| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HWH International Inc. [ HWH ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 11/20/2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 11/20/2024 | J | 6,500,000 | D | $0.63(1) | 9,958,347(2)(3) | I | See Footnote(2)(3) | ||
| Common Stock | 11/20/2024 | J | 6,500,000 | A | $0.63(1) | 6,976,190(4)(5) | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. On September 26, 2024, Alset Inc. entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") with Alset International Limited. Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, Alset Inc. has purchased 6,500,000 shares (the "Shares") of HWH International Inc. (the "Issuer") from Alset International Limited. As consideration for the Shares, Alset Inc. issued a secured promissory note to Alset International Limited in the original principal amount of $4,095,000.00. The closing of the purchase of the Shares was contingent upon the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. The purchase closed on November 20, 2024. |
| 2. Alset Inc. owns 85.7% of Alset International Limited. Alset Inc. may be deemed to possess beneficial ownership of the shares of the Issuer owned by Alset International Limited. |
| 3. Following this transaction, Alset International Limited owns 9,958,347 shares of the Issuer's common stock. These shares are shown here as indirectly owned by Alset Inc. |
| 4. Following this transaction, 6,500,000 shares of Issuer's common stock that were previously included in the number of shares Alset Inc. owned indirectly are now included in the number of shares of Issuer's common stock that Alset Inc. owns directly. This transaction does not impact the total number of securities beneficially owned by Alset Inc. Alset Inc. now beneficially owns 19,264,692 shares of the Issuer's common stock, including 6,976,190 shares owned directly, 9,958,347 shares owned indirectly through Alset International Limited, and 2,330,155 shares owned indirectly through another majority owned subsidiary of Alset Inc., Alset Acquisition Sponsor, LLC. |
| 5. The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and majority stockholder of Alset Inc., Chan Heng Fai, may also be deemed to possess beneficial ownership of shares of the Issuer owned by Alset Inc. Mr. Chan also owns 13,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock personally. This transaction has not impacted the number of shares of the Issuer's common stock owned by Mr. Chan. |
| Alset Inc. /s/ Chan Heng Fai Ambrose, Chief Executive Officer | 11/22/2024 | |
| Alset International Limited. /s/ Chan Heng Fai Ambrose, Chief Executive Officer | 11/22/2024 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
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