[S-1/A] Nova Lifestyle, Inc. Amends IPO Registration Statement

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Nova Lifestyle, Inc. filed an amendment to its S-1 registration to furnish exhibits and disclose recent financing and corporate governance details. The company lists estimated offering expenses of $224,775, including a $4,685 SEC fee and $150,000 in legal costs. In the prior three years it completed multiple private placements under Regulation S, selling a total of 1,575,000 shares for aggregate proceeds of $1,100,000 at prices ranging from $0.40 to $2.00. The filing summarizes Nevada law protections for directors and officers, the company’s indemnification provisions in its charter and bylaws, and notes the existence of directors and officers insurance while acknowledging Securities Act limitations on indemnification for certain liabilities.

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Financial Analyst

TL;DR: The amendment documents completed private placements totaling $1.1M and shows offering costs of $224,775, a routine capital-raising disclosure.

The registrant discloses five private placements totaling $1,100,000 and 1,575,000 shares issued via Regulation S exemptions at varied prices from $0.40 to $2.00. These financings increase share count and provide near-term liquidity but may dilute existing holders. The estimated offering costs are explicitly itemized, which helps investors assess net proceeds. The amendment is primarily administrative—filing exhibits and standard undertakings—rather than operational news.

Corporate Governance Expert

TL;DR: Indemnification terms and D&O insurance are documented; Nevada law limits monetary liability except for fraud or knowing violations.

The filing summarizes statutory protection under Nevada law and the company’s charter/bylaws that provide indemnification for directors and officers and maintain D&O insurance. It also acknowledges the SEC view that indemnification for Securities Act liabilities may be unenforceable and that unresolved claims would require judicial determination. These disclosures are standard and clarify legal risk allocation for leadership, but do not reveal new governance changes or litigation.

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2025

Registration No. 333-287559

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 4

to

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Nova LifeStyle, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		90-0746568
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employee Identification No.)

6565 E. Washington Blvd.

Commerce, CA 90040

(323) 888-9999

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Xiaohua Lu

Chief Executive Officer

6565 E. Washington Blvd.

Commerce, CA 90040

Tel: (323) 888-9999

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐		Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒		Smaller reporting company	☒
			Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-287559) is being filed solely to file certain exhibits thereto.

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table indicates the expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this registration statement, excluding discounts and commissions of the Placement Agent, all of which will be paid by us. All amounts are estimated except the SEC registration fee.

		Amount
SEC registration fee		$	4,685
FINRA filing fee			5,090
Printing and EDGAR expenses			25,000
Legal fees and expenses			150,000
Accounting fees and expenses			40,000
Total			224,775

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its shareholders or creditors for any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that (1) the director’s or officer’s act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer and (2) his or her breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

This provision is intended to afford directors and officers protection against and to limit their potential liability for monetary damages resulting from suits alleging a breach of the duty of care by a director or officer. As a consequence of this provision, shareholders of our Company will be unable to recover monetary damages against directors or officers for action taken by them that may constitute negligence or gross negligence in performance of their duties unless such conduct falls within one of the foregoing exceptions. The provision, however, does not alter the applicable standards governing a director’s or officer’s fiduciary duty and does not eliminate or limit the right of our company or any shareholder to obtain an injunction or any other type of non-monetary relief in the event of a breach of fiduciary duty.

Our Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws provide, among other things, that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation may be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such claim, action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best of our interests, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Company also maintains an insurance policy to assist in funding indemnification of directors and officers for certain liabilities.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be provided for directors, officers, employees, agents or persons controlling an issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the opinion of the SEC is that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

Except as set forth below, in the three years preceding the filing of this registration statement, the registrant has not issued any securities that were not registered under the Securities Act:

On March 13, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Huge Energy International Limited, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser in a private placement 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $0.40 per share for an aggregate price of $200,000. The Private Placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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On February 10, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Huge Energy International Limited, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser in a private placement 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $0.60 per share for an aggregate price of $150,000. The Private Placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On January 6, 2025, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Huge Energy International Limited, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser in a private placement 500,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $0.40 per share for an aggregate price of $200,000. The Private Placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On October 25, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Huge Energy International Limited, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser in a private placement 125,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $1.20 per share for an aggregate price of $150,000. The Private Placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On May 16, 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain purchaser identified on the signature page thereto, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Purchaser in a private placement 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a purchase price of $2.00 per share for an aggregate price of $400,000. The Private Placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 16. Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1**		Form of Placement Agent Agreement
3.1		Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-163019) filed on November 10, 2009)
3.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 333-163019) filed on June 30, 2011)
3.3		Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of the State of Nevada on December 15, 2009, and effective as of September 9, 2009 (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 333-163019) filed on June 30, 2011)
5.1**		Opinion of Fennemore Craig, P.C.
10.1**		Form of Securities Purchase Agreement
10.2**		Form of Subscription Escrow Agreement
10.3**		Form Warrant
21.1**		Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1*		Consent of WWC, P.C.
23.2*		Consent of Enrome LLP
23.3**		Consent of Fennemore Craig, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1**		Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page)
107**		Filing Fee Table

* Filed herewith.

** Previously filed.

Item 17. Undertakings

The undersigned hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§230.430A of this chapter), shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(6) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(7) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(8) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Commerce, State of California on August 8, 2025.

	NOVA LIFESTYLE, INC.
	By:	/s/ Xiaohua Lu
		Xiaohua Lu
		Chief Executive Officer, President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Xiaohua Lu as attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to sign on his or her behalf, individually and in any and all capacities, including the capacities stated below, any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and any registration statements filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 462 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Date		Title
/s/ Xiaohua Lu		August 8, 2025		Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Xiaohua Lu				(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Jeffery Chuang*		August 8, 2025		Chief Financial Officer
Jeffery Chuang				(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Thanh H. Lam *		August 8, 2025		Director and Chairperson
Thanh H. Lam
/s/ Umesh Patel*		August 8, 2025		Director
Umesh Patel
/s/ Ming-Cherng Sky Tsai*		August 8, 2025		Director
Ming-Cherng Sky Tsai
/s/ Huy P. La*		August 8, 2025		Director
Huy P. La

* By: /s/ Xiaohua Lu

Xiaohua Lu, Attorney & Agent In Fact (pursuant to the power of attorney included on the signature page of the registration statement filed on August 8, 2025)

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FAQ

What private placements did Nova Lifestyle (NVFY) disclose?

The company disclosed five private placements under Regulation S totaling 1,575,000 shares and aggregate proceeds of $1,100,000, with per-share prices of $0.40, $0.60, $1.20 and $2.00.

How much will the offering costs be according to the S-1/A?

Estimated offering expenses total $224,775, including a $4,685 SEC registration fee and $150,000 for legal fees.

Does Nova Lifestyle provide indemnification for officers and directors?

Yes. The articles and bylaws provide indemnification for expenses and liabilities if actions were in good faith, and the company maintains D&O insurance, subject to limitations under the Securities Act.

Under what exemption were the private placements completed?

Each private placement will be completed pursuant to the exemption under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.

How many shares were sold at the lowest disclosed price?

1,000,000 shares were sold at $0.40 per share across two transactions (500,000 shares each).