f20a_052413.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
 (Mark One)
 
o
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
OR
 
þ
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
 
OR
 
o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
   
OR
 
o
 
SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of event requiring this shell company report
 
Commission file number: 000-50975
 
CHINA FINANCE ONLINE CO. LIMITED
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
 
Hong Kong
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
9th Floor of Tower C, Corporate Square
NO.35 Financial Street, Xicheng District
Beijing 100033, China
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Jun Wang, Chief Financial Officer
Telephone: + (86 10) 58325288
Email: ir@jrj.com
Facsimile: + (86 10)58325200
9/F, Tower C, Corporate Square
No.35 Financial Street, Xicheng District
Beijing 100033, China

(Name, Telephone, Email and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
 
 
 
Title of each class
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
 
None
 
None
 
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.
 
American Depositary Shares, each representing 5 ordinary shares,
 
par value HK$0.001 per share *
______________________________________________________
(Title of Class)
 
 

 
 
*Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing on the NASDAQ Global Market of American Depository Shares each representing 5 ordinary shares pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
 
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.
None
 
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 110,955,383 ordinary shares, par value HK$0.001 per share.
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            oYes                      þ No
 
If this report is an annual or transaction report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            o Yes                      þ No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           þ Yes                      o No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registration has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T(§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
 
                     þ Yes                      o No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.
 
Large accelerated filer o                     Accelerated filer  o                         Non-accelerated filer þ
 
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in the filing:
 
U.S. GAAP þ International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board o Other o
 
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
 
 Item 17 o  Item 18 o
 
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
 
oYes                                                                                                                                                  þ No
 
 

 

 EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2013 (“2012 Form 20-F”), is being filed solely for the purposes of furnishing Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T and updating “Item 19. Exhibits” with the exhibits included in this Amendment No. 1.

Other than as expressly set forth above, this Amendment No. 1 does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2012 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred after the 2012 Form 20-F was originally filed. The Company’s 2012 Form 20-F, as amended by this Amendment No. 1, continues to speak as of the initial filing date of the 2012 Form 20-F.
 
 

 
 
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit
Number 
Description of Document 
   
101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document
   
101.SCH*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
   
101.CAL*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
   
101.DEF*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
   
101.LAB*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
   
101.PRE*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
*
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.
 
 

 
CHINA FINANCE ONLINE CO. LIMITED
 
SIGNATURE
 
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F on its behalf.
 
 
 
 
Date: May 24, 2013
CHINA FINANCE ONLINE CO. LIMITED
 
 
 
/s/ Jeff Wang
 
 
Name:
Jeff Wang
 
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer