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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2025.

 

No. 333-290275

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

Amendment No. 1 to

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

WeShop Holdings Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

British Virgin Islands   7389   NOT APPLICABLE
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Primary Standard Industrial   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number)   Identification No.)

 

Hawk House

22 The Esplanade

Jersey,

JE1 1HH

Channel Islands

+44 (808) 196-8324

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, Delaware 19711

(302) 738-6680

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

 

 

 

Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:

 

Christian O. Nagler, P.C.

Christina M. Thomas

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 446-4800

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

 

 

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, 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 an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

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, as amended, or until the 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. 1 to the registration statement of WeShop Holdings Limited on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-290275) is an exhibit-only filing being filed solely to provide a copy of certain exhibits.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

Item 8. Exhibits

 

(a) The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Exhibit

     
3.1   Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
5.1*   Opinion of Harney Westwood & Riegels (BVI) LP
10.1#   2022 Employee Share Option Plan
10.2**   Publisher Service Agreement between the Registrant and Awin AG, dated as of March 25, 2014.
10.3**   Partner User Agreement between the Registrant and Impact Radius, dated as of February 22, 2021
10.4**   Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement.
10.5*   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
21.1**   List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
23.1**   Consent of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*   Consent of Harney Westwood & Riegels (BVI) LP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1**   Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
107**   Filing Fee Table.

 

 

* To be filed by amendment
** Previously filed
# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan

 

Item 9. Undertakings

 

The undersigned hereby undertakes:

 

  (a) The undersigned registrant 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, as amended, or the Securities Act.
     
  (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;
     
  (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, 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) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by “Item 8.A. of Form 20-F” at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.
     
  (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act 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, 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.

 

Insofar as indemnification by the registrant for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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 registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Channel Island of Jersey, on September 19, 2025.

 

  WeShop Holdings Limited
     
  By: /s/ Paul Ellerbeck
  Name: Paul Ellerbeck
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

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:

 

Name   Title   Date
         
/s/ Paul Ellerbeck        
Paul Ellerbeck   Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer and Director)   September 19, 2025
         
/s/ Johnny Hickling        
Johnny Hickling   Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and Director)   September 19, 2025
         
*        
Matthew Behan   Head of Finance (principal accounting officer)   September 19, 2025
         
*        
John Foley   Chairman of the Board   September 19, 2025
         
*        
Oliver Egerton-Vernon   Director   September 19, 2025
         
*        
Andrew Fearon   Director   September 19, 2025
         
*        
Oana Crisan   Director   September 19, 2025

 

* By: /s/ Paul Ellerbeck  
 

Paul Ellerbeck

 
  Attorney-in-Fact  

 

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Authorized Representative in the United States

 

Puglisi & Associates  
   
By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi  
Name: Donald J. Puglisi  
Title: Managing Director  

 

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