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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2023

 

Registration No. 333-268636

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 4

FORM S-1

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

PINEAPPLE FINANCIAL INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Ontario, Canada   6199   Not applicable
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

Unit 200, 111 Gordon Baker Road

North York, Ontario M2H 3R1

Tel: (416) 669-2046

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

 

Shubha Dasgupta

Chief Executive Officer

Unit 200, 111 Gordon Baker Road

North York, Ontario M2H 3R1

Tel: (416) 669-2046

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

 

Copies to:

 

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.

Darrin Ocasio, Esq.

Barrett DiPaolo, Esq.

Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP
1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor

New York, NY 10036

Telephone: (212) 930-9700

Facsimile: (212) 930-9725

 

Joseph M. Lucosky, Esq.

Lawrence Metelitsa, Esq.

Lucosky Brookman LLP

101 Wood Avenue South, 5th Floor

Woodbridge, NJ 08830

Telephone: (732) 395-4400

Facsimile: (732) 395-4401

 

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 a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the 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  

 

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 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 such Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Pineapple Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) (File No. 333-268636) is being filed as an exhibit-only filing solely to file the Opinion of Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature pages to the Registration Statement, and the referenced exhibits. The prospectus and the balance of Part II of the Registration Statement are unchanged hereby and have been omitted.

 

 
 

 

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
1.1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement
3.1*   Articles of Continuance
3.2*   Bylaws
4.1*   Form of Representative’s Warrant (included in Exhibit 1.1)
5.1*   Opinion of DuMoulin Black LLP
5.2   Opinion of Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP
10.1*   Stock Option Plan
10.2*   Salesforce Agreement, between the Company and Salesforce.com, dated December 1, 2020
10.3*   Employment Agreement, dated April 4, 2023 between the Company and Sarfraz Habib
10.4*   Form of Mortgage Broker Affiliation Agreement
14.1*   Code of Ethics
21.1*   List of Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1*   Consent of MNP LLP
23.2*   Consent of DuMoulin Black LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3   Consent of Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
24.1*   Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement)
99.1*   Audit Committee Charter
99.2*   Compensation Committee Charter
99.3*   Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
107*   Filing Fee Table

 

* Previously filed.

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in City of North York, Province of Ontario, Canada on July 5, 2023.

 

  PINEAPPLE FINANCIAL INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shubha Dasgupta
    Shubha Dasgupta
    Chief Executive Officer
     
  By: /s/ Sarfraz Habib
    Sarfraz Habib
    Chief Financial Officer

 

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.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Shubha Dasgupta   Chief Executive Officer   July 5, 2023
Shubha Dasgupta   (Principal Executive Officer)    
         
/s/ Sarfraz Habib   Chief Financial Officer   July 5, 2023
Sarfraz Habib   (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)    
         
/s/ *   President; Chief Operating Officer; and Director   July 5, 2023
Kendall Marin        
         
/s/ *   Chief Strategy Officer and Director   July 5, 2023
Christa Mitchell        
         
/s/ *   Chairman of the Board   July 5, 2023
Drew Green        
         
/s/ *   Director   July 5, 2023
Paul Baron        
         
/s/ *   Director   July 5, 2023
Tasis Giannoukakis        
         
/s/ *   Director   July 5, 2023
Nima Besharat