Amendment: SEC Form 20-F/A filed by JIN MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Jin Medical International Ltd. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, as initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 24, 2025 (the “Initial Filing”), solely for the purpose of amending and restating in its entirety the section “Item 15. Controls and Procedures” in the Initial Filing in response to certain comments from the staff of the SEC, and to restate that the Company is an accelerated filer for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.
This Amendment speaks as of January 24, 2025, the date of the Initial Filing. Except as set forth above, this Amendment does not amend, update or restate in any way the financial statements, any other item or disclosure contained in the Initial Filing. As a result, this Amendment does not reflect any event that has occurred after January 24, 2025. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Initial Filing as well as the Company’s other filings with, and reports furnished to, the SEC after January 24, 2025.
As required by Rule 12b-15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company is filing or furnishing the certifications required under Section 302 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as exhibits to this Amendment.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures Evaluation
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, which is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of September 30, 2024. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2024, were not effective as described below.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or because the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2024. The assessment was based on criteria established in the framework Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013), issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
In relation to the examination of our combined and consolidated financial statements presented in this Annual Report, we have identified a significant weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. This identified material weakness is associated with a lack of adequately skilled staff possessing U.S. GAAP knowledge for financial reporting purposes, thereby affecting the proper adherence to U.S. GAAP and SEC requirements. A comprehensive assessment of our internal control, aimed at identifying and reporting material weaknesses and other deficiencies, was not conducted by either us or our independent registered public accounting firm. Performing such an assessment or having an audit of our internal control over financial reporting might have revealed additional deficiencies.
To address the identified material weakness stemming from the audit of our combined and consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2024, we intend to implement various measures, including the hiring of additional accounting personnel to enhance the financial reporting function and the establishment of a financial and system control framework. We also intend to initiate regular U.S. GAAP and SEC financial reporting training programs for our accounting and financial personnel. Moreover, we are in the process of developing and implementing a set of policies and procedures for period-end financial reporting. However, we cannot provide assurance that these measures will be entirely effective in remediating the material weakness in a timely manner or at all.
Being a company with less than US$1.235 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company is entitled to certain reduced reporting and other requirements that are typically applicable to public companies. These provisions include exemption from the auditor attestation requirement under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 concerning the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm
This Annual Report on Form 20-F does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm because our company is an emerging growth company.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than those disclosed above, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
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* | Filed with this Annual Report on Form 20-F |
** | Furnished with this Annual Report on Form 20-F |
† | Previously filed or furnished. |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
Jin Medical International Ltd. | ||
By: | /s/ Erqi Wang | |
Name: | Erqi Wang | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
By: | /s/ Ziqiang Wang | |
Name: | Ziqiang Wang | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: March 20, 2025
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