UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NOVA
LIFESTYLE INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
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90-0746568 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
6565
E. Washington Blvd. Commerce, CA |
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90040 |
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip
Code) |
Nova
LifeStyle Inc.
2024
Omnibus Equity Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Tawny
Lam
Chief
Executive Officer
6565
E. Washington Blvd. Commerce, CA 90040
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(323)
888-9999
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Jeffrey
Li
FisherBroyles,
LLP
1200
G Street, NW
Washington,
D.C. 20005
(202)
830-5905
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company,
or an emerging growth company. See 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 ☐ |
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If
an emerging growth company, 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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Registration Statement is being filed by the Registrant in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act in order
to register 3,000,000 shares of common stock of the Registrant, par value $0.001 per share, issuable pursuant to Nova LifeStyle, Inc.’s
2024 Omnibus Equity Plan (the “2024 Plan”) adopted at the Registrant’s annual meeting of stockholders held on May 31,
2024.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item
1. Plan Information*
Item
2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
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Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with
Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing information specified in this Part
I will be separately provided to the participants covered by the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. |
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
Nova LifeStyle, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents
filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”):
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1. |
The
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 filed on April 15, 2024; |
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2. |
The
Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 filed with the Commission
on May 15, 2024 and August 14, 2024, respectively; |
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3. |
The
Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 filed with the Commission on November 14,
2024; |
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3. |
The
Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 19, 2024, with respect
to those portions that are incorporated by reference in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2023; and |
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4. |
Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on October
28, 2024, October
15, 2024, October
11, 2024, September
26, 2024, August
12, 2024, August
2, 2024, July
11, 2024, July
1, 2024, June
3, 2024, May
21, 2024 and April 23, 2024; and |
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5. |
The
description of the Company’s Common Stock which is contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration
No. 001-36259), as filed with the Commission on January 13, 2014, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating
such description. |
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicated
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
You
may request a copy of any filings referred to above (excluding exhibits), at no cost, by contacting the Company at the following address:
Nova
LifeStyle, Inc.
6565
E. Washington Blvd.
Commerce,
CA 90040
Telephone:
(323) 888-9999
Item
4. Description of Securities.
Not
Applicable.
Item
5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
Applicable.
Item
6. 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
7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
Applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:
Exhibit
Number |
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Description |
3.1 |
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Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated November 10, 2009) |
3.2 |
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Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2011) |
3.3 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2011). |
3.4 |
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First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nova Lifestyle, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 28, 2018). |
3.5 |
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Certificate of Change to Authorized Shares of Nova Lifestyle, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20, 2019) |
3.6 |
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Certificate of Change to Authorized Shares of Nova Lifestyle, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 6, 2023) |
4.1 |
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Specimen Stock Certificate (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 30, 2011). |
4.2 |
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Nova LifeStyle Inc. 2024 Omnibus Equity Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Annex A to our Definitive Proxy on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on April 19, 2024). |
5.1 |
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Opinion of FisherBroyles, LLP* |
23.1 |
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Consent of WWC. PC* |
23.3 |
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Consent of FisherBroyles, LLP (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)* |
24.1 |
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Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)* |
107 |
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Calculation of Filing Fee Table* |
Item
9. Undertakings
(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 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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration
Fee” table in the effective 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;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(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.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 section 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.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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 of 1933 and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 S-8 and 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 November 27, 2024.
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Nova
LifeStyle, Inc.
(Registrant) |
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By: |
/s/
Thanh H. Lam |
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Thanh
H. Lam |
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Chief
Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below appoints Thanh Lam as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including any post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
indicated as of November 27, 2024.
Name
and Title |
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Date |
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/s/
Thanh H. Lam |
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Thanh
H. Lam |
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November
27, 2024 |
Chief
Executive Officer and Director and Chairperson
(principal
executive officer) |
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/s/
Jeffery Chuang |
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Jeffery
Chuang |
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November
27, 2024 |
Chief
Financial Officer |
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(principal
financial officer and accounting officer) |
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/s/
Min Su |
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Min
Su, Director |
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November
27, 2024 |
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/s/
Umesh Patel |
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Umesh
Patel, Director |
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November
27, 2024 |
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/s/
Ming-Cherng Sky Tsai |
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Ming-Cherng
Sky Tsai, Director |
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November
27, 2024 |
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/s/
Huy P. La |
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Huy
P. La, Director |
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November
27, 2024 |
Exhibit
5.1
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1200
G Street, Suite 800
Washington
DC 20005
www.FisherBroyles.com |
November
27, 2024
Nova
Lifestyle, Inc.
6565
E. Washington Blvd.
Commerce,
CA 90040
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have acted as counsel to Nova LifeStyle, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the filing
on the date hereof of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 (the “Shares”), issuable under the Company’s 2024 Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Plan”).
The
opinion hereinafter set forth is given with regard to the Registration Statement, at the request of the Company, pursuant to Item 8 of
Form S-8 and Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K. The only opinion rendered by this firm consists of the matter set forth below (our “Opinion”),
and no opinion is implied or to be inferred beyond such matter. Additionally, our Opinion is based upon and subject to the qualifications,
limitations and exceptions set forth in this letter.
In
rendering our Opinion, we have examined such agreements, documents, instruments and records as we deemed necessary or appropriate under
the circumstances for us to express our Opinion, including, without limitation, the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended
through the date hereof (the “Articles of Incorporation”), the Bylaws of the Company, as amended through the date
hereof (the “Bylaws”), the record of corporate proceedings, and the Plan. In making all of our examinations, we assumed
the genuineness of all signatures, the authority of the persons who executed such documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted
to us as originals, the conformity to the original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, and the due execution and delivery
of all documents by any persons or entities where due execution and delivery by such persons or entities is a prerequisite to the effectiveness
of such documents. As to various factual matters that are material to our Opinion, we have relied upon certificates of public officials
and certificates, resolutions, documents, statements and other information of the Company or its representatives. In addition, for purposes
of the Opinion, we have assumed that a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share, will be available for issuance when the Shares are issued and that the Company is and shall remain validly existing
as a corporation under the laws of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”). We have not independently verified or investigated,
nor do we assume any responsibility for, the factual accuracy or completeness of such factual statements.
We
do not herein express any opinion concerning any matter respecting or affected by any laws other than provisions of the Chapter 78 of
the NRS as now in effect and that, in the exercise of reasonable professional judgment, are normally considered in transactions such
as the issuance of the Shares. We are generally familiar with the NRS as currently in effect. We are not opining on, and we assume no
responsibility for, the applicability to or effect on any of the matters covered herein of any other laws, the laws of any other jurisdiction
or the local laws of any jurisdiction. The Opinion hereinafter set forth is based upon pertinent laws and facts in existence as of the
date hereof, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to advise you of changes to such pertinent laws or facts that hereafter may come
to our attention.
Based
upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the following opinion: the Shares, when, and if, issued in accordance with the terms of
the Plan, and, in the case of options granted thereunder to acquire Shares, upon due exercise and payment therefor, will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable.
We
hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder.
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Very
truly yours, |
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FISHERBROYLES,
LLP |
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/s/
FisherBroyles, LLP |
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J.Q.L.
/ D.L. |
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Exhibit
23.1
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Nova
LifeStyle, Inc.
We
hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated April 12, 2024, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Nova LifeStyle, Inc., and subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) as of December
31, 2023 and 2022, and the related consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows
in each of the years for the two-year period ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
statements”) which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023.
/s/
WWC, P.C.
WWC,
P.C.
Certified
Public Accountants
San
Mateo, California
PCAOB
ID: 1171
November
27, 2024
Exhibit
107
Calculation
of Filing Fee Tables
S-8
(Form
Type)
Nova
LifeStyle, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Table
1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities
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Security Type | |
Security Class Title | |
Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule | |
Amount Registered(1) | | |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2) | | |
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price | | |
Fee Rate | | |
Amount of Registration Fee | |
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Newly Registered Securities |
Fees to Be Paid | |
Equity | |
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share | |
Rule 457(c) and (h)(2) | |
| 3,000,000 | (1) | |
$ | 0.545 | | |
$ | 1,635,000 | | |
| 0.00015310 | | |
$ | 250.32 | |
Fees previously Paid | |
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| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | |
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Total Offering Amounts | |
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$ | 1,635,000 | | |
| 0.00015310 | | |
$ | 250.32 | |
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Total Fees Previously Paid | |
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| — | |
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Total Fee Offsets | |
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| — | |
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Net Fee Due | |
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$ | 250.32 | |
(1)
Nova LifeStyle Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company” or “Registrant”), is registering 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Nova LifeStyle Inc. 2024 Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule
416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), there are also registered hereunder such indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable under the Plan as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant’s outstanding shares
of Common Stock.
(2)
The offering price for these shares is estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and is based upon the average of the high and low prices of our
Common Stock as quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market on November 26, 2023.
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