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Bonso Electronics International Inc. – ‘20-F’ for 3/31/20 – ‘XML’

On:  Monday, 8/17/20, at 1:06pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1079973-20-708   ·   File #:  0-17601

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/17/20  Bonso Electronics Int’l Inc.      20-F        3/31/20  115:6.1M                                   Edgar Tech & Bus… Inc/FA

Annual or Annual-Transition Report by a Foreign Non-Canadian Issuer   —   Form 20-F   —   SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Non-Canadian Issuer                                              
 4: EX-13.1     Annual or Quarterly Report to Security Holders      HTML     27K 
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