Sec Form 4 Filing - Okabe Kensuke @ AERWINS Technologies Inc. - 2023-02-03

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Okabe Kensuke 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AERWINS Technologies Inc. [ AWIN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) SHIBA KOEN ANNEX 6 F, 1-8,, SHIBA KOEN 3-CHOME, MINATO-KU 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 02/03/2023 (Street) TOKYO, M0105-0011 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Stock Option (right to buy) ( 1 ) 02/03/2023 A 469,291 ( 2 ) 05/03/2023( 3 ) 02/03/2033 Common Stock 469,291 ( 4 ) 469,291 D

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Okabe Kensuke SHIBA KOEN ANNEX 6 F, 1-8, SHIBA KOEN 3-CHOME, MINATO-KU TOKYO, M0105-0011 Chief Financial Officer Signatures /s/ Kensuke Okabe 02/06/2023 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )The stock option has an exercise price of $0.00015 per share. ( 2 )Represents an option to purchase shares of the issuer's common stock, acquired by the reporting person on February 3, 2023, upon the closing of a business combination (the "Merger") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 7, 2022, by and among Pono Capital Corp. ("Pono"), Pono Merger Sub, Inc., AERWINS Technologies Inc. ("AERWINS"), Mehana Equity LLC, and Shuhei Komatsu, as previously disclosed in the issuer's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2022 (the "Form 8-K"), and as set forth in Exhibit 2.1 to the Form 8-K. Upon consummation of the Merger, the issuer changed its name to "AERWINS Technologies Inc." ( 3 )The stock option vests as follows: 1/3 on the 3-month anniversary of February 3, 2023 (the "Award Date"), 1/3 on the 15-month anniversary of the Award Date, and 1/3 on the 27-month anniversary of the Award Date. ( 4 )As consideration for the Merger, the reporting person received a stock option to purchase the indicated number of shares of the issuer's common stock.

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