UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission file number: 001-36055
TD Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
|
45-4077653 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
|
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
25th Floor, Block C, Tairan Building
No. 31 Tairan 8th Road, Futian District
Shenzhen, Guangdong, PRC
|
|
518000 |
(Address of principal executive
offices) |
|
(Zip
Code) |
+86 (0755) 88898711
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each
class |
|
Trading Symbol(s) |
|
Name of each exchange on which
registered |
Common
Stock, par value $0.001 |
|
GLG |
|
Nasdaq
Capital Market |
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. Yes ☒ No
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
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 such files). Yes ☒ No
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No
☒
As of November 12, 2020, 71,131,207 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share, were issued and outstanding.
PART 1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
|
|
September 30,
2020 |
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
2,967,557 |
|
|
$ |
1,777,276 |
|
Loans receivable from third parties |
|
|
87,310,943 |
|
|
|
576,647 |
|
Prepayments |
|
|
6,901,974 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Due from related parties |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,840,728 |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
2,168,127 |
|
|
|
39,960 |
|
Escrow account receivable |
|
|
369,552 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Assets of discontinued operations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,645,269 |
|
Total current assets |
|
|
99,718,153 |
|
|
|
7,879,880 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in equity investees |
|
|
410,000 |
|
|
|
410,000 |
|
Right-of-use lease assets, net |
|
|
237,524 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Assets of discontinued operations, noncurrent |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,098,520 |
|
Total noncurrent assets |
|
|
647,524 |
|
|
|
3,508,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
$ |
100,365,677 |
|
|
$ |
11,388,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advances from customers |
|
$ |
1,469,875 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Third party loans payable |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
315,729 |
|
Due to related parties |
|
|
1,772,083 |
|
|
|
166,332 |
|
Stock subscription advance |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,600,000 |
|
Income tax payable |
|
|
2,301,668 |
|
|
|
14,735 |
|
Lease liabilities |
|
|
215,658 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
697,823 |
|
|
|
200,602 |
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,138,016 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
6,457,107 |
|
|
|
5,435,414 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
152,124 |
|
Total Non-current Liabilities |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
152,124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
6,457,107 |
|
|
|
5,587,538 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 12) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock (par
value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 71,130,512
and 11,585,111 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020
and December 31, 2019, respectively) |
|
|
71,130 |
|
|
|
11,585 |
|
Stock subscription receivable |
|
|
(5,000,000 |
) |
|
|
-
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
131,393,177 |
|
|
|
38,523,170 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(35,703,655 |
) |
|
|
(32,391,040 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
|
3,147,918 |
|
|
|
(334,281 |
) |
Total Shareholders’ Equity |
|
|
93,908,570 |
|
|
|
5,809,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-controlling interests |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,572 |
) |
Total Equity |
|
|
93,908,570 |
|
|
|
5,800,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Equity |
|
$ |
100,365,677 |
|
|
$ |
11,388,400 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements.
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and
2019
(Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of
shares)
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from sales of commodity products |
|
$ |
3,680,944 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
6,298,245 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Revenue from supply chain management services |
|
|
3,531,885 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,093,072 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total Revenue |
|
|
7,212,829 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
12,391,317 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenue - commodity product sales |
|
|
(3,697,490 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,322,765 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Cost of revenue - supply chain management services |
|
|
(17,155 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(25,721 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
|
(3,714,645 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,348,486 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit |
|
|
3,498,184 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,042,831 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
|
|
(292,080 |
) |
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
(1,032,660 |
) |
|
|
(2,123,191 |
) |
Total operating cost and expenses |
|
|
(292,080 |
) |
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
(1,032,660 |
) |
|
|
(2,123,191 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income
(expenses), net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
2,356,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,965,283 |
|
|
|
636 |
|
Interest expenses |
|
|
(15,164 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(69,644 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature relating to issuance
of convertible notes |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,400,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Amortization of relative fair value of warrants relating to
issuance of convertible notes |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,060,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total other income (expenses), net |
|
|
2,340,836 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,564,361 |
) |
|
|
636 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (Loss) from
Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes |
|
|
5,546,940 |
|
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
2,445,810 |
|
|
|
(2,122,555 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expenses |
|
|
(1,376,282 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,223,691 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss)
from Continuing Operations |
|
|
4,170,658 |
|
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
222,119 |
|
|
|
(2,122,555 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss from Discontinued Operations |
|
|
(2,989,116 |
) |
|
|
(132,898 |
) |
|
|
(3,541,807 |
) |
|
|
(1,140,439 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss) |
|
|
1,181,542 |
|
|
|
(392,843 |
) |
|
|
(3,319,688 |
) |
|
|
(3,262,994 |
) |
Less: Net
(income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
7,073 |
|
|
|
486 |
|
Net income (loss) attributable to TD Holdings, Inc.’s
Stockholders |
|
$ |
1,181,542 |
|
|
$ |
(392,848 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,312,615 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,262,508 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Income (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
1,181,542 |
|
|
$ |
(392,843 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,319,688 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,262,994 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
3,576,833 |
|
|
|
(57,232 |
) |
|
|
3,482,199
|
|
|
|
(74,256 |
) |
Comprehensive
income (loss) |
|
|
4,758,375 |
|
|
|
(450,075 |
) |
|
|
162,511 |
|
|
|
(3,337,250 |
) |
Less: Total comprehensive (income) loss attributable to
non-controlling interests |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
7,073 |
|
|
|
486 |
|
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to TD Holdings,
Inc. |
|
$ |
4,758,375 |
|
|
$ |
(450,080 |
) |
|
$ |
169,584 |
|
|
$ |
(3,336,764 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (Loss) per
share – basic and diluted |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.46 |
) |
Income (Loss) per share from continuing operations – basic and
diluted |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
|
$ |
(0.30 |
) |
Income (Loss) per share from discontinued operations – basic and
diluted |
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.16 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted |
|
|
58,625,143 |
|
|
|
8,646,297 |
|
|
|
43,695,789 |
|
|
|
7,122,560 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements.
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
EQUITY
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of
shares)
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional
paid-in |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Subscription
advanced
from a
Shareholder
(Stock
Subscription |
|
|
Accumulated
other
comprehensive |
|
|
Non-controlling |
|
|
Total
(Deficit) |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
receivable) |
|
|
loss |
|
|
interests |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at December 31, 2018 |
|
|
5,023,906 |
|
|
$ |
5,024 |
|
|
$ |
28,765,346 |
|
|
$ |
(25,457,090 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(511,057 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
2,802,223 |
|
Issuance of common stock to service providers |
|
|
502,391 |
|
|
|
502 |
|
|
|
883,706 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
884,208 |
|
Issuance of common stocks pursuant to registered direct offering,
net of transaction cost |
|
|
3,120,000 |
|
|
|
3,120 |
|
|
|
4,650,320 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,653,440 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,262,508 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(486 |
) |
|
|
(3,262,994 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(74,256 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(74,256 |
) |
Balance as at September 30, 2019 |
|
|
8,646,297 |
|
|
$ |
8,646 |
|
|
$ |
34,299,372 |
|
|
$ |
(28,719,598 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(585,313 |
) |
|
$ |
(486 |
) |
|
$ |
5,002,621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at December 31, 2019 |
|
|
11,585,111 |
|
|
$ |
11,585 |
|
|
$ |
38,523,170 |
|
|
$ |
(32,391,040 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(334,281 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,572 |
) |
|
$ |
5,800,862 |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with private
placements |
|
|
19,000,000 |
|
|
|
19,000 |
|
|
|
20,081,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(18,500,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,600,000 |
|
Issuance of common stocks in
connection with exercise of convertible notes |
|
|
20,000,000 |
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
29,980,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
30,000,000 |
|
Beneficial conversion feature
relating to issuance of convertible notes |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,400,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,400,000 |
|
Relative fair value of warrants
relating to issuance of convertible notes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,060,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,060,000 |
|
Issuance of common stocks in
connection with exercise of warrants |
|
|
20,545,401 |
|
|
|
20,545 |
|
|
|
36,349,007 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
36,369,552 |
|
Collection of subscription
fee |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
13,500,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
13,500,000 |
|
Disposal of
subsidiaries |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(35,673 |
) |
|
|
15,645 |
|
|
|
(20,028 |
) |
Net income |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,312,615 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(7,073 |
) |
|
|
(3,319,688 |
) |
Foreign currency translation
adjustments |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,517,872 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,517,872 |
|
Balance as at September 30,
2020 |
|
|
71,130,512 |
|
|
$ |
71,130 |
|
|
$ |
131,393,177 |
|
|
$ |
(35,703,655 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,000,000 |
) |
|
$ |
3,147,918 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
93,908,570 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
EQUITY
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(Expressed in U.S. dollars, except for the number of
shares)
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional
paid-in |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Subscription
advanced
from a
Shareholder
(Stock
Subscription |
|
|
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
|
|
|
Non-controlling |
|
|
Total
(Deficit) |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
receivable) |
|
|
(loss) |
|
|
interests |
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2019 |
|
|
8,646,297 |
|
|
$ |
8,646 |
|
|
$ |
34,299,372 |
|
|
$ |
(28,326,750 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(528,081 |
) |
|
$ |
(491 |
) |
|
$ |
5,452,696 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(392,848 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
(392,843 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(57,232 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(57,232 |
) |
Balance as at September 30, 2019 |
|
|
8,646,297 |
|
|
$ |
8,646 |
|
|
$ |
34,299,372 |
|
|
$ |
(28,719,598 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(585,313 |
) |
|
$ |
(486 |
) |
|
$ |
5,002,621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
as at June 30, 2020 |
|
|
68,585,111 |
|
|
$ |
68,585 |
|
|
$ |
126,026,170 |
|
|
$ |
(36,885,197 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(428,915 |
) |
|
$ |
(15,645 |
) |
|
$ |
88,764,998 |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with private
placements |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
4,998,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(5,000,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with exercise of
warrants |
|
|
545,401 |
|
|
|
545 |
|
|
|
369,007 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
369,552 |
|
Disposal of
subsidiaries |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(35,673 |
) |
|
|
15,645 |
|
|
|
(20,028 |
) |
Net income |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,181,542 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,181,542 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,612,506 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,612,506 |
|
Balance as at September 30, 2020 |
|
|
71,130,512 |
|
|
$ |
71,130 |
|
|
$ |
131,393,177 |
|
|
$ |
(35,703,655 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,000,000 |
) |
|
$ |
3,147,918 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
93,908,570 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
(Expressed in U.S. dollar)
|
|
For
the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Cash Flows from Operating
Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss |
|
$ |
(3,319,688 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,262,994 |
) |
Less: net loss
from discontinued operations |
|
|
3,541,807 |
|
|
|
1,140,439 |
|
Net loss from continuing
operations |
|
|
222,119 |
|
|
|
(2,122,555 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of
right of use assets |
|
|
222,840 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stock-based
compensation to service providers |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
884,208 |
|
Amortization of
beneficial conversion feature relating to issuance of convertible
notes |
|
|
3,400,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Amortization of
relative fair value of warrants relating to issuance of convertible
notes |
|
|
3,060,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
(6,712,152 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Escrow account
receivable |
|
|
(369,552 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Other current
assets |
|
|
(2,068,858 |
) |
|
|
(13,000 |
) |
Advances from
customers |
|
|
1,429,450 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Income tax
payable |
|
|
2,223,691 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
479,182 |
|
|
|
51,103 |
|
Lease
liabilities |
|
|
(244,104 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities from Continuing
Operations |
|
|
1,642,616 |
|
|
|
(1,200,244 |
) |
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities from Discontinued
Operations |
|
|
(700,039 |
) |
|
|
(802,446 |
) |
Net
Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
|
|
942,577 |
|
|
|
(2,002,690 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from
Investing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in equity investees |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(200,000 |
) |
Investments in financial products |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,000,000 |
) |
Collection of loans from third
parties |
|
|
78,833,017 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Loans made to
third parties |
|
|
(160,913,200 |
) |
|
|
(499,000 |
) |
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities from Continuing
Operations |
|
|
(82,080,183 |
) |
|
|
(1,699,000 |
) |
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities from Discontinued
Operations |
|
|
368,612 |
|
|
|
(3,758,537 |
) |
Net
Cash Used in Investing Activities |
|
|
(81,711,571 |
) |
|
|
(5,457,537 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from
Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from third party
borrowings |
|
|
1,559,088 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds from a private placement |
|
|
13,500,000 |
|
|
|
5,241,440 |
|
Proceeds from issuance of convertible
notes |
|
|
30,000,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds from exercise of
warrants |
|
|
36,369,552 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities from Continuing
Operations |
|
|
81,428,640 |
|
|
|
5,241,440 |
|
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities from
Discontinued Operations |
|
|
(381,554 |
) |
|
|
2,157,822 |
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
|
81,047,086 |
|
|
|
7,399,262 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of
exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
912,189 |
|
|
|
(14,197 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents |
|
|
1,190,281 |
|
|
|
(75,162 |
) |
Cash at beginning of period |
|
|
1,777,276 |
|
|
|
416,459 |
|
Cash at end of period |
|
$ |
2,967,557 |
|
|
$ |
341,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Cash
Flow Information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for
interest expense |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cash paid for
income tax |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure of Non-cash investing and financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Right-of-use
assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations |
|
$ |
455,635 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with private placements,
net of issuance costs with proceeds collected in advance in
November 2019 |
|
$ |
1,600,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with conversion of
convertible notes |
|
$ |
30,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with private placements,
net of issuance costs with proceeds uncollected |
|
$ |
5,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issuance of common stocks in connection with cashless exercise of
1,502,022 warrants |
|
$ |
868,530 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements
TD HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
1. |
ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS
DESCRIPTION |
TD Holdings, Inc. (“TD” or “the Company”), is a holding company
that was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on
December 19, 2011. On January 11, 2019, the Company changed its
name to China Bat Group, Inc. and on June 3, 2019, further changed
its name to Bat Group, Inc. On March 6, 2020, the Company amended
its Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of
Delaware to effect a name change to TD Holdings, Inc.
On April 2, 2020, HC High Summit Holding Limited (“HC High BVI”),
the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, established Tongdow Block
Chain Information Technology Company Limited (“Tongdow Block
Chain”), a holding company incorporated in accordance with the laws
and regulations of Hong Kong. Tongdow Block Chain is wholly owned
by HC High BVI. On April 2, 2020 and July 16, 2020, Tongdow Block
Chain established Shanghai Jianchi Supply Chain Company Limited
(“Shanghai Jianchi”) and Tongdow Hainan Digital Technology Co.,
Ltd. (“Tondow Hainan”), respectively, as its wholly owned
subsidiaries. Both Shanghai Jianchi and Tongdow Hainan are holding
companies incorporated in accordance with the laws and regulations
of People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).
On June 25, 2020, Hao Limo Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (“Hao
Limo”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in PRC,
and Shenzhen Huamucheng Trading Co., Ltd. (“Huamucheng”), a former
VIE of the Company, entered into certain VIE Termination Agreement
(the “VIE Termination Agreement”) to terminate the Huamucheng VIE
Agreements. As such, Hao Limo will no longer have the control
rights and rights to the assets, property and revenue of
Huamucheng. On the same date, Shanghai Jianchi, Huamucheng and the
shareholders of Huamucheng (the “Huamucheng Shareholders”) entered
into certain Share Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition
Agreement”) pursuant to which Shanghai Jianchi acquired 100% equity
interest of Huamucheng from the Huamucheng Shareholders for nominal
consideration.
As a result of the above reorganization, Huamucheng transitioned
from being a variable interest entity (“VIE”) controlled by Company
into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company remained
in control of Huamucheng both before and after the reorganization
and its operating results are consolidated into the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
On August 28, 2020, the Company closed the sales of HC High Summit
Limited and its subsidiaries and Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology
Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Tianxing”), the VIE with Vision Loyal Limited
(“Vision Loyal”), at a nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a
valuation report presented by a third party valuation firm.
On
September 11, 2020, the Company acquired Zhong Hui Dao Ming
Investment Management Limited (“ZHDM HK”) and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Tongdow E-trading Limited (“Tongdow HK”). Both entities
were holding companies incorporated in accordance with the laws and
regulations of Hong Kong. The consideration was zero because both
entities have not commenced any operations before the date of
acquisition.
As of
September 30, 2020, the Company conducts business through
Huamucheng, a subsidiary of the Company, which is engaged in the
commodity trading business and providing supply chain management
services to customers in the PRC. Supply chain management services
consist of loan recommendation services and commodity product
distribution services.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the
activities of Huamucheng and each of the following holding
entities:
Name |
|
Background |
|
Ownership |
HC High Summit Holding Limited
(“HC High BVI”) |
|
● A BVI company
● Incorporated on March 22,
2018
● A holding company
|
|
100% owned by the
Company |
Tongdow Block Chain Information
Technology Company Limited (“Tongdow Block Chain”) |
|
● A Hong Kong company
● Incorporated on April 2,
2020
● A holding company
|
|
100% owned by HC High
BVI |
Shanghai Jianchi Supply Chain
Company Limited (“Shanghai Jianchi”) |
|
● A PRC company and deemed a
wholly foreign owned enterprise (“WFOE”)
● Incorporated on April 2,
2020
● Registered capital of $10
million
● A holding company
|
|
WFOE, 100% owned by Tongdow Block
Chain |
Shenzhen Huamucheng Trading Co.,
Ltd. (“Huamucheng”) |
|
● A PRC limited liability
company
● Incorporated on December 30,
2013
● Registered capital of
$1,417,736 (RMB 10 million) with registered capital fully
paid-up
● Engaged in commodity trading
business and providing supply chain management services to
customers
|
|
VIE of Hao Limo before June 25,
2020, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Jianchi |
Tongdow Hainan Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
(“Tondow Hainan”)
|
|
● A PRC limited liability
company
● Incorporated on July 16,
2020
● Registered capital of
$1,417,736 (RMB 10 million) with registered capital fully
paid-up
● Engaged in commodity trading
business and providing supply chain management services to
customers
|
|
A wholly owned subsidiary of
Shanghai Jianchi |
Zhong Hui Dao Ming Investment Management Limited
(“ZHDM HK”)
|
|
● A Hong Kong company
● Incorporated on March 28,
2007
● A holding company
|
|
100% owned by HC High
BVI |
Tongdow E-trading Limited
(“Tongdow HK”) |
|
● A Hong Kong company
● Incorporated on November 25,
2010
● A holding company
|
|
100% owned by HC High
BVI |
DISPOSITION OF HC High Summit Limited
Historically, one of the Company’s core businesses had been the
used luxurious car leasing business conducted through Beijing
Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Tianxing”), an entity
that the Company controlled via certain contractual
arrangements.
On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into certain share purchase
agreement (the “Disposition SPA”) with Vision Loyal, HC High Summit
Limited (“HC High HK”) and HC High BVI. Pursuant to the Disposition
SPA, Vision Loyal agreed to purchase HC High HK in exchange for
nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a valuation report
presented by an independent third party valuation firm, Beijing
North Asia Asset Assessment Firm. The Company’s board of directors
(the “Board”) approved the transaction contemplated by the
Disposition SPA (the “Disposition”). The Disposition closed on
August 28, 2020.
HC High HK is the sole shareholder of Hao Limo, and controls
Beijing Tianxing via a series of contractual arrangements. The list
of disposed entities are as follows:
Name |
|
Relationship |
HC High Summit Limited (“HC High
HK”) |
|
100% owned by HC High BVI before
August 28, 2020 |
Hao Limo Technology (Beijing) Co.
Ltd.
(“Hao Limo”) |
|
WOFE, 100% owned by HC High
HK |
Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd.
(“Beijing Tianxing”)* |
|
VIE of Hao Limo |
|
* |
Upon
disposition, Beijing Tianxing’ six wholly owned subsidiaries and
one 60% owned subsidiary were also disposed. |
|
● |
Beijing Tianrenshijia Apparel Co.,
Ltd. |
|
● |
Beijing Blue Light Marching Technology Co.,
Ltd. |
|
● |
Beijing Eighty Weili Technology Co.,
Ltd. |
|
● |
Beijing Bat Riding Technology Co.,
Ltd |
|
● |
Beijing Blue Light Riding Technology Co.,
Ltd., and |
|
● |
Car
Master (Beijing) Information Consulting Co., Ltd. |
|
● |
Beijing
Blue Light Supercar Technology Co., Ltd. (over which the Company
previously held 60% equity interest) |
Upon closing of the Disposition on August 28, 2020, Vision Loyal
became the sole shareholder of HC High HK and as a result, assumed
all assets and obligations of all the subsidiaries and VIE entities
owned or controlled by HC High HK. See Note 4 for details of assets
and liabilities of discontinued operations.
The
following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the
date of this report, reflecting the Disposition and acquisition of
Qianhai Baiyu as discussed further in “Note 14. Subsequent
Events” .
2. |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES |
(a) |
Basis of
Presentation |
The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial information as of
September 30, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019 has been prepared without audit,
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and pursuant to
Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures, which
are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP, have been omitted pursuant to those
rules and regulations. The unaudited interim financial information
should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements
and the notes thereto, included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on May
29, 2020.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring
adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of
financial results for the interim periods presented. The Company
believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information
presented not misleading. The accompanying unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the same
accounting policies as used in the preparation of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2019. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the
results for the full years.
(b) |
Loans receivable due from
third parties |
The Company provided loans to certain third parties for the purpose
of making use of its cash.
The Company accrues interest income on its loans receivable
based on the contractual terms of the respective note. The
Company monitors all loans receivable for delinquency and
provides for estimated losses for specific receivables that are not
likely to be collected. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, the Company did not accrue allowance against loans
receivables due from third parties.
(c) |
Discontinued operation |
In accordance with ASC 205-20, Reporting Discontinued Operations
and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, a disposal
of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity
is required to be reported as discontinued operations if the
disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a
major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when
the components of an entity meets the criteria in paragraph
205-20-45-1E to be classified as held for sale. When all of the
criteria to be classified as held for sale are met, including
management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to
a plan to sell the entity, the major current assets, other assets,
current liabilities, and noncurrent liabilities shall be reported
as components of total assets and liabilities separate from those
balances of the continuing operations. At the same time, the
results of all discontinued operations, less applicable income
taxes (benefit), shall be reported as components of net income
(loss) separate from the net income (loss) of continuing operations
in accordance with ASC 205-20-45.
On August
28, 2020 when the Company closed disposition of HC High Summit
Limited, the Company’s used luxurious car leasing business
met all
the conditions required in order to be classified as a discontinued
operation (Note 1). Accordingly, the operating results of used
luxurious car leasing business are reported as a loss from
discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial
statements for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and
liabilities related to our used luxurious car leasing business are
reported as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in
the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2019.
For additional information, see Note 4, “Disposition of HC High
Summit Limited”.
The Company has two operating business lines, including business
with metal products trading and supply chain management services
business conducted by Huamucheng (“Commodity Trading and Supply
Chain Management Services”) and used luxurious car leasing business
(“Used Car Leasing”) conducted by Beijing Tianxing. However, due to
changes in our organizational structure associated with the used
luxurious car leasing business as a discontinued operation (Note
2(c)), management has determined that the Company now operates in
one operating segment with one reporting segment. The accounting
policies of our one reportable segment are the same as those
described in this Note 2.
Certain items in the financial statements of comparative period
have been reclassified to conform to the financial statements for
the current period, primarily for the effects of discontinued
operations.
2. |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(CONTINUED) |
(f) |
Recent accounting
pronouncement |
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13,
“Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic
326)”, which significantly changes the way entities recognize
impairment of many financial assets by requiring immediate
recognition of estimated credit losses expected to occur over their
remaining life, instead of when incurred. In November 2018,
the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to
Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses”, which amends
Subtopic 326-20 (created by ASU No.2016-13) to explicitly state
that operating lease receivables are not in the scope of Subtopic
326-20. Additionally, in April 2019, the FASB issued ASU
No.2019-04, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial
Instruments—Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and
Topic 825, Financial Instruments”, in May 2019, the FASB
issued ASU No. 2019-05, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses
(Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief”, and in
November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10,
“Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and
Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates”, and
ASU No. 2019-11, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326,
Financial Instruments—Credit Losses”, to provide further
clarifications on certain aspects of ASU No. 2016-13 and to
extend the nonpublic entity effective date of ASU No. 2016-13.
The changes (as amended) are effective for the Company for annual
and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2022, and the Company is in the process of
evaluating the potential effect on its consolidated financial
statements.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06 (“ASU
2020-06”) “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options
(Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s
Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible
Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity.” ASU
2020-06 will simplify the accounting for convertible instruments by
reducing the number of accounting models for convertible debt
instruments and convertible preferred stock. For public business
entities, the amendments in ASU 2020-06 are effective for public
entities which meet the definition of a smaller reporting
company are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods
within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2023. The
Company will adopt ASU 2020-06 effective January 1, 2024.
Management is currently evaluating the effect of the adoption of
ASU 2020-06 on the consolidated financial statements. The effect
will largely depend on the composition and terms of the financial
instruments at the time of adoption.
In assessing the Company’s liquidity, the Company monitors and
analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow
in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure
commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working
capital requirements and operating expenses obligations.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had a positive working
capital of approximately $93.3 million, among which the Company had
a loan due from a customer of approximately $85.6 million for the
purpose of developing supply chain financing business. Pursuant to
the loan agreement, the loan term for each individual loan was
twelve months from disbursement, but in practice the loans are
revolving every 3 – 4 months. From October 1, 2020 to the date of
the report, the Company collected approximately RMB 76.1 million,
or $10.9 million from the customer.
Going
forward, the Company plans to fund its operations through revenue
generated from its commodity trading business, funds from its
private placements as well as financial support commitments from
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and major
shareholders.
Based on above operating plan, the management believes that the
Company will continue as a going concern in the following 12
months.
4. |
DISPOSITION OF HC HIGH SUMMIT LIMITED
(CONTINUED) |
On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into the Disposition SPA by
and among Vision Loyal, HC High HK and HC High BVI. Pursuant to the
Disposition SPA, Vision Loyal agreed to purchase the HC High HK in
exchange for nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a valuation
report presented by a third party valuation firm. The Board
approved the transaction contemplated by the Disposition SPA. The
Disposition closed on August 28, 2020.
Upon completion of the Disposition, the Company does not bear any
contractual commitment or obligation to the used luxurious car
leasing business or the employees of HC High HK, nor to Vision
Loyal.
On August 28, 2020, management was authorized to approve and commit
to a plan to sell HC High HK, therefore the major assets and
liabilities relevant to the disposal are reported as components of
total assets and liabilities separate from those balances of the
continuing operations. At the same time, the results of all
discontinued operations, less applicable income taxes, are reported
as components of net income (loss) separate from the net loss of
continuing operations in accordance with ASC 205-20-45. The assets
relevant to the sale of HC High Summit Limited with a carrying
value of $5.32 million were classified as assets held for sale as
of August 28, 2020. The assets of discontinued operations mainly
consisted of loan receivables due from third parties of $1.57
million due from third parties and leasing business assets (used
luxurious cars) of $2.23 million. The liabilities relevant to the
sale of HC High Summit Limited with a carrying value of $2.61
million were classified as liabilities held for sale, which was
comprised of loans of $1.17 million due to third parties and due to
related parties of $1.06 million. A net loss of $2.99 million was
recognized as the net loss from disposal of discontinued operation,
all attributable to the Company’s shareholders. The following is a
reconciliation of net loss of $2.99 million from disposition in the
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income
(loss):
|
|
Fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
Consideration in exchange
for the disposal |
|
$ |
1 |
|
Noncontrolling interest of HC High
Summit Limited |
|
|
(15,645 |
) |
Less: Net
assets (comprised of assets of $5,320,768 and liabilities of
$2,606,257) |
|
|
(2,714,511 |
) |
Loss from disposal |
|
|
(2,730,155 |
) |
Other
comprehensive income |
|
|
(258,961 |
) |
Net loss
from discontinued operations |
|
$ |
(2,989,116 |
) |
The following is a reconciliation of the carrying amounts of major
classes of assets and liabilities held for sale in the in the
consolidated balance sheet as of August 28, 2020 and December 31,
2019.
|
|
August 28,
2020 |
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
Carrying amounts of major classes of
assets held for sale: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
84 |
|
|
$ |
669,407 |
|
Loans receivable from third
parties |
|
|
1,568,418 |
|
|
|
1,379,050 |
|
Due from related parties |
|
|
463,391 |
|
|
|
470,154 |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
488,911 |
|
|
|
167,846 |
|
Investments in equity investees |
|
|
554,711 |
|
|
|
562,807 |
|
Leasing business assets, net |
|
|
2,229,819 |
|
|
|
2,426,109 |
|
Other
noncurrent assets |
|
|
15,434 |
|
|
|
68,416 |
|
Total
assets of disposal group classified as held for sale |
|
$ |
5,320,768 |
|
|
$ |
5,743,789 |
|
Carrying amounts of
major classes of liabilities held for sale: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third party loans payable |
|
$ |
1,168,660 |
|
|
$ |
2,052,236 |
|
Due to related parties |
|
|
1,056,249 |
|
|
|
1,003,154 |
|
Other current
liabilities |
|
|
381,348 |
|
|
|
234,750 |
|
Liabilities directly associated with the assets classified as held
for sale |
|
$ |
2,606,257 |
|
|
$ |
3,290,140 |
|
4. |
DISPOSITION OF HC HIGH SUMMIT LIMITED
(CONTINUED) |
The following is a reconciliation of the amounts of major classes
of income from operations classified as discontinued operations in
the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income
(loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and
2019.
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Discontinued Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from operating leases |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
564,614 |
|
|
$ |
13,946 |
|
|
$ |
1,505,508 |
|
Cost of
operating lease |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(372,632 |
) |
|
|
(323,608 |
) |
|
|
(1,063,305 |
) |
Total
operating cost and expenses |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(351,969 |
) |
|
|
(175,959 |
) |
|
|
(1,569,833 |
) |
Total
other income (expenses), net |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
27,089 |
|
|
|
(67,070 |
) |
|
|
(12,809 |
) |
Income
tax expenses |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net loss from disposal of discontinued operations |
|
|
(2,989,116 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,989,116 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net Loss from Discontinued Operations |
|
$ |
(2,989,116 |
) |
|
$ |
(132,898 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,541,807 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,140,439 |
) |
|
5. |
LOANS RECEIVABLE FROM THIRD
PARTIES |
|
|
September 30,
2020
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans receivable from Shenzhen Xinsuniao Technology Co., Ltd.
(“Shenzhen Xinsuniao”) |
|
$ |
85,641,601 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Loans receivable from Shenzhen Qianhai Baiyu Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
(“Qianhai Baiyu”) |
|
|
1,669,342 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Loans receivable from others |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
576,647 |
|
Loan receivable from other third parties |
|
$ |
87,310,943 |
|
|
$ |
576,647 |
|
Loans receivable from Shenzhen Xinsuniao
On March 25, 2020, the Company entered into a revolving credit
facility with Shenzhen Xinsuniao to provide a credit line of RMB
568 million or approximately $80 million to Shenzhen
Xinsuniao, to which the Company also provided loan recommendations
services during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The
Company selected Shenzhen Xinsuniao as its customer, because
Shenzhen Xinsuniao and its wholly-owned subsidiary Qianhai Baiyu,
were reputable for their extensive experiences in supply chain
services for commodities trading.
Pursuant
to the loan agreement, the proceeds should solely be used for the
operations of the commodity trading business including sales and
purchase of commodity products, and supply chain management
services. Each loan was repayable in twelve months from
disbursement, with a per annum interest rate of 10%. However in
practice, the loans are generally revolving every three
months, which matches the transaction turnover of Shenzhen
Xinsuniao and Qianhai Baiyu. From October 1, 2020 to the date of
this report, the Company has collected RMB 76.1 million, or $10.9
million from Shenzhen Xinsuniao.
The revolving credit facility lasts for a period of two years.
Shenzhen Xinsuniao pledged 100% of its equity interest in
Qianhai Baiyu, which enterprise value was estimated at
approximately $106 million. For the nine months ended September 30,
2020, the Company made loans aggregating $155.9 million to
Shenzhen Xinsuniao and recognized interest income of $3.8 million
with corresponding account of “other current assets.” For the nine
months ended September 30, 2020, the Company also collected loans
principal and interest of $72.6 million and $1.8 million,
respectively, from Shenzhen Xinsuniao.
|
5. |
LOANS RECEIVABLE FROM THIRD PARTIES
(CONTINUED) |
Management periodically assesses the collectability of these loans
receivable. Delinquent account balances are written-off against the
allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined
that the likelihood of collection is not probable. As of September
30, 2020, there was no allowance recorded as the Company considers
all of the loans receivable fully collectible.
Loans receivable from Qianhai Baiyu
The
Company had a balance of $1,669,342 due from Qianhai Baiyu, which
was recorded as a balance due from a related party because Qianhai
Biayu was controlled by Mr. Zhiping Chen, the legal representative
of Huamucheng before March 31, 2020. On March 31, 2020, Mr. Zhiping
Cheng transferred its equity interest in Qianhai Baiyu to unrelated
third parties, and Qianhai Baiyu became a third party to the
Company. As of September 30, 2020, the Company classified the
balance due from Qianhai Baiyu to the account of “loans receivable
due from third parties.” The Company charged an interest
rate of 10% per annum.
Principal and interest are repaid on maturity of the loan. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company made loans of
$1,665,495 to and collected $2,846,325 from Qianhai Baiyu. For
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recognized interest income of $2,102 and $116,135, respectively,
from Qianhai Baiyu.
Management periodically assesses the collectability of these loans
receivable. Delinquent account balances are written-off against the
allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined
that the likelihood of collection is not probable. As of September
30, 2020, there was no allowance recorded as the Company considers
all of the loans receivable fully collectible.
Loans receivable from other third parties
As of December 31, 2019, the Company had balance of $576,647 due
from three third party individuals who were engaged in used
luxurious car leasing business. Pursuant to the loan agreements,
these loans matured before December 2020, and the Company charged
the third parties interest rates ranging between 11% and 13% per
annum. Principal and interest are repaid on maturity of the loan.
Upon disposition of the used luxurious car leasing busines, the
management assessed the collectability of these third-party loans
receivable was remoted and wrote off the balance of $576,647 into
“net loss from discontinued operations”.
Interest
income of $2,411,164 and $nil was recognized for the three months
ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Interest income of
$3,963,717 and $nil was accrued for the nine months ended September
30, 2020 and 2019. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31,
2019, the Company recorded an interest receivable of $2,110,366 and
$nil as reflected under “other current assets” in the unaudited
condensed consolidated balance sheets.
6. |
INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY
INVESTEES |
As of September 30, 2020, the Company’s investments in equity
investees were comprised of the following:
|
|
Investment |
|
|
% of ownership |
|
|
Investment
dates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hangzhou Yihe Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hangzhou Yihe”) |
|
|
410,000 |
|
|
|
20 |
% |
|
December 17, 2019 |
|
|
|
410,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Share of results of equity
investees |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
410,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
October 14, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with
Hangzhou Yihe and agreed to issue 1,253,814 shares of the Company’s
common stock to acquire 20% equity interest in Hangzhou Yihe. On
December 17, 2019, the Company closed the acquisition.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, Hangzhou
Yihe did not resume operations as affected by COVID-19. As a
result, the Company had no share of results of equity investees for
the period. Because the closure of business was temporary, the
management determined the decline in fair value below the carrying
value is not other-than-temporary. As of September 30, 2020, the
Company did not provide impairment against the investments in
equity investees.
7. |
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
September 30,
2020
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other payable |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
128,301 |
|
Accrued interest expenses |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
163 |
|
Accrued payroll and benefit |
|
|
30,867 |
|
|
|
29,466 |
|
Other tax payable |
|
|
651,964 |
|
|
|
35,169 |
|
Others |
|
|
14,992 |
|
|
|
7,503 |
|
|
|
$ |
697,823 |
|
|
$ |
200,602 |
|
8. |
STOCK SUBSCRIPTION ADVANCE FROM
SHAREHOLDERS/STOCK SUBSCRIPTION RECEIVABLE |
On November 21, 2019, the Company entered into a securities
purchase agreement with certain investors (the “Purchasers”),
pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell an aggregate of
2,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share,
at a per share purchase price of $0.80. As of December 31,
2019, the Company received the proceeds of $1,600,000 in advance
from the Purchasers and recorded the amount as “stock subscription
advance from shareholder”. On February 5, 2020, the Company issued
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock to the Purchasers, and reversed
the amount in the account of “stock subscription advance from
shareholder”.
On
September 1, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which the Company
agreed to sell an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of its common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a per share purchase price of
$2.50. As of September 30, 2020, the Company issued the shares but
has not received the proceeds of $5,000,000. The Company recorded
the amount in the account of “stock subscription
receivable”.
Common Stock
On January 22, 2020, the Company entered into certain securities
purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which the
Company agreed to sell an aggregate of 15,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, at a per share purchase price of $0.90. The transaction was
consummated on March 23, 2020 by issuance of 15,000,000 shares of
Common Stock. The Company received proceeds of $13,500,000 in April
2020.
On January 22, 2020, the Company also agreed to sell unsecured
senior convertible promissory notes (“Notes”) in the aggregate
principal amount of $30,000,000 accompanied by warrants to purchase
20,000,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Notes at an exercise price of $1.80 (the “2020 Warrants” ). On
March 23, 2020, the Company issued the Notes and Warrants to the
investors. In April 2020, the Company received the proceeds of
$30,000,000 from the issuance of Notes and 2020 Warrants.
The Notes have a maturity date of 12 months with an interest rate
of 7.5% per annum. Holders have the right to convert all or any
part of the Notes into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price
of $1.50 per share 30 days after its date of issuance. The Company
retains the right to prepay the Note at any time prior to
conversion with an amount in cash equal to 107.5% of the principal
that the Company elects to prepay.
The 2020 Warrants are exercisable immediately upon the date of
issuance at the exercise price of $1.80 for cash (the “Warrant
Shares”). The 2020 Warrants may also be exercised cashless if at
any time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance date.
There is no effective registration statement registering, or no
current prospectus available for the resale of the Warrant Shares,
if exercised, The 2020 Warrants will expire five years from date of
issuance. The 2020 Warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions
to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar
transactions. The 2020 Warrants contain a mandatory exercise right
for the Company to force exercise of the 2020 Warrants if the
Company’s common stock trades at or above $3.00 for 20 consecutive
trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares
issuable upon exercise of the are registered or may be sold
pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 300,000
shares of Common stock per trading day on each trading day in a
period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable
date.
The Company applied Black-Scholes model to determine the fair value
of the 2020 Warrants at $3.42 million. Significant estimates and
assumptions used included stock price on January 22, 2020 of $1.52
per share, risk-free interest rate of six month of 1.52%, time to
maturity of 2.5 years, and volatility of 25.99%.
9. |
CAPITAL TRANSACIONS
(CONTINUED) |
The proceeds of $30 million must be allocated between the Note and
the 2020 Warrants, based on the relative fair value. The ratio of
the relative fair values of the Notes and the Warrants was 89.8% to
10.2%. After allocating 10.2%, or $3.06 million, of the proceeds to
the 2020 Warrants, the Company estimated the embedded conversion
option within the Notes is beneficial to the holders, because the
effective conversion price was $1.35 ($27.0 million/20 million
shares), which was below the Company’s share price of $1.52 on
January 22, 2020. The fair value of this beneficial conversion
feature was estimated to be $3.4 million, and was recorded to debt
discount, to be amortized to interest expense using the effective
interest method over the term of the Note.
The total Notes discount was recognized at $6.46 million ($3.06
million from the allocation of proceeds to the Warrants and an
additional $3.4 million from the measurement of the intrinsic value
of the conversion option). The Note discount was initially
recognized as a reduction to the carrying amount of the Notes and
an addition to paid-in capital, and was to be subsequently
amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method
over the Note period.
In April 2020, the Holders elected to convert the Notes at a
conversion price of $1.50 per share and also exercise the Warrants
at an exercise price of $1.80 per share, and paid cash
consideration of $36,000,000 for the exercise of the Warrants by
April 15, 2020. As a result, an aggregate of 40,000,000 shares of
the Company’s Common Stock were issued on May 18, 2020. The Company
received proceeds aggregating $66,000,000 from the
transaction, and upon settlement of the Note and the 2020 Warrants,
the Company immediately expensed the Note discount of $6.46 million
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
recognized amortization of beneficial conversion feature relating
to issuance of convertible notes of $3.4 million and amortization
of relative fair value of warrants relating to issuance of
conversion notes of $3.06 million.
During July 2020 through August 2020, the holders of warrants
issued in direct offering closed on April 11, 2019 (“April Offer”)
elected to exercise 167,978 shares of warrants at an exercise price
of $2.2, and exercise 1,502,022 shares of warrants at cashless
exercise. The Company received proceeds of $369,522 through escrow
account and issued 545,401 shares of common stocks.
Warrants
A summary of warrants activity for the nine months ended September
30, 2020 was as follows:
|
|
Number of
shares |
|
|
Weighted
average life |
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance of warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2019 |
|
|
3,033,370 |
|
|
4.38 years |
|
|
1.58 |
|
Granted |
|
|
20,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
1.80 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(21,670,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
1.68 |
|
Balance
of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2020 |
|
|
1,363,370 |
|
|
3.63 years |
|
|
1.90 |
|
9. |
CAPITAL TRANSACIONS
(CONTINUED) |
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had
3,033,370 shares of warrants, among which 273,370 shares of
warrants were issued to two individuals in private placements, and
2,760,000 shares of warrants were issued in two direct
offerings closed on May 20, 2019 (“May Offering”) and April 11,
2019 (“April Offering”)
In connection with April Offering, the Company issued warrants to
investors to purchase a total of 1,680,000 ordinary shares with a
warrant term of five (5) years. The warrants have an exercise price
of $2.20 per share. On May 20, 2019, the exercise price was
reduced to $1.32, and on August 30, 2019 the exercise price was
revised to $2.20.
In connection with May Offering, the Company issued warrants to
investors to purchase a total of 1,080,000 ordinary shares with a
warrant term of five and a half (5.5) years. The warrants have an
exercise price of $1.32 per share.
On August 30, 2019, the Company updated the estimation of fair
value of warrants issued on April 11, 2019 as a result of the
change in exercise price of the warrants from $1.32 to $2.20.
Accordingly the fair value of the Replacement Warrant decreased
from $1,638,000 to $1,357,440.
Both warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect
stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions, but not
as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices. The
warrants did not meet the definition of liabilities or derivatives,
and as such they are classified as equity.
On April 11, 2019 and May 20, 2019, the Company estimated fair
value of the both warrants at $1,638,000 and $762,480,
respectively, using the Black-Scholes valuation model, which took
into consideration the underlying price of ordinary shares, a
risk-free interest rate, expected term and expected volatility. As
a result, the valuation of the warrant was categorized as Level 3
in accordance with ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement”.
The key
assumptions used in estimates
are as follows:
|
|
April 11, |
|
|
August 30, |
|
|
May 20, |
|
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Replacement Warrants) |
|
|
|
|
Price of underlying stock |
|
$ |
1.71 |
|
|
$ |
1.71 |
|
|
$ |
1.32 |
|
Terms of warrants (in months) |
|
|
60.0 |
|
|
|
55.3 |
|
|
|
66.0 |
|
Exercise price |
|
$ |
1.32 |
|
|
$ |
2.20 |
|
|
$ |
1.32 |
|
Risk free rate of interest |
|
|
2.77 |
% |
|
|
2.77 |
% |
|
|
2.77 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
Annualized volatility of underlying
stock |
|
|
55.6 |
% |
|
|
63.45 |
% |
|
|
57.04 |
% |
Effective January 1, 2008, the New Taxation Law of PRC stipulates
that domestic enterprises and foreign invested enterprises (the
“FIEs”) are subject to a uniform tax rate of 25%. Under the PRC tax
law, companies are required to make quarterly estimate payments
based on 25% tax rate; companies that received preferential tax
rates are also required to use a 25% tax rate for their installment
tax payments. The overpayment, however, will not be refunded and
can only be used to offset future tax liabilities.
The Company evaluates the level of authority for each uncertain tax
position (including the potential application of interest and
penalties) based on the technical merits, and measures the
unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company had no
unrecognized tax benefits. Due to uncertainties surrounding future
utilization, the Company estimates there will not be sufficient
future income to realize the deferred tax assets for certain
subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the
Company had deferred tax assets of $5,305,479 and $2,933,705,
respectively. The Company maintains a full valuation allowance on
its net deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2020.
The Company does not anticipate any significant increase to its
liability for unrecognized tax benefit within the next 12 months.
The Company will classify interest and penalties related to income
tax matters, if any, in income tax expense.
For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company
had current income tax expenses of $1,376,282 generated by
Huamucheng and $nil, respectively, and deferred income tax expenses
of $nil and $nil, respectively. For the nine months ended September
30, 2020 and 2019, the Company had current income tax expenses of
$2,223,691 generated by Huamucheng and $nil, respectively, and
deferred income tax expenses of $nil and $nil, respectively.
The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes using a
two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax
positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for
recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence
indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be
sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or
litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the tax
benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being
realized upon settlement. Interest and penalties related to
uncertain tax positions are recognized and recorded as necessary in
the provision for income taxes. The Company is subject to income
taxes in the PRC. According to the PRC Tax Administration and
Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the
underpayment of taxes is due to computational errors made by the
taxpayer or the withholding agent. The statute of limitations is
extended to five years under special circumstances, where the
underpayment of taxes is more than RMB 100,000. In the case of
transfer pricing issues, the statute of limitation is ten years.
There is no statute of limitation in the case of tax evasion. There
were no uncertain tax positions as of September 30, 2020 and
December 31, 2019 and the Company does not believe that its
unrecognized tax benefits will change over the next twelve
months.
11. |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND
BALANCES |
1) |
Nature of relationships with related
parties |
Name |
|
Relationship with the
Company |
Shenzhen Qianhai Baiyu Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
(“Qianhai Baiyu”)
|
|
Controlled by Mr. Zhiping Chen, the legal
representative of Huamucheng, prior to March 31, 2020 |
Guangzhou Chengji Investment
Development Co., Ltd.
(“Guangzhou Chengji”) |
|
Controlled by Mr. Weicheng Pan, who is an
independent director of the Company. |
Guotao Deng |
|
Legal
representative of an entity over which the Company exercised
significant influence |
2) |
Balances with related parties |
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balances with
related parties were as follows:
- |
Due from related
parties |
|
|
September,
2020
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qianhai Baiyu (i) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
2,840,728 |
|
Total Due from related parties |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
2,840,728 |
|
|
(i) |
The
balance due from Qianhai Baiyu represented a loan principal and
interest due from the related party. The Company charged the
related party interest rates 10% per annum. Principal and interest
are repaid on maturity of the loan. On March 31, 2020, Mr. Zhiping
Chen transferred his controlling equity interest to an unrelated
third party and Qianhai Baiyu was not a related party of the
Company. As of September 30, 2020, the Company classified the
balance due from Qianhai Baiyu to “Loans receivable from third
parties” (Note 5). |
11. |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
(CONTINUED) |
2) |
Balances with related parties
(continued) |
- |
Due to related parties,
current |
|
|
September 30,
2020
|
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guangzhou Chengji (1) |
|
$ |
1,771,574 |
|
|
$ |
164,897 |
|
Guotao Deng (2) |
|
|
509 |
|
|
|
1,435 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
1,772,083 |
|
|
$ |
166,332 |
|
(1) |
The
balance due to Guangzhou Chengji represents loan principal and
interest due to the related parties. The loan has an interest rate
of 8% per annum with a maturity date of September 4,
2020. |
|
|
(2) |
The
balances due to Guotao Deng represent the operating expenses paid
by the related parties on behalf of the Company. The balance is
payable on demand and interest free. |
3) |
Transactions with related
parties |
- |
Purchase from a related party and cost of
revenue associated with commodity trading business |
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased
aluminum ingots of $1,055,143 from Qianhai Baiyu, which was
controlled by Mr. Zhiping Chen, the legal representative of
Huamucheng. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company
sold all aluminum ingots to customers and recorded cost of revenue
of $1,055,143 associated with commodity product sales.
From April 1, 2020, Qianhai Baiyu was no longer a related party of
the Company.
- |
Lending to a related party |
For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company lent loans
aggregating $1,593,260 to Qianhai Baiyu, which was controlled by
Mr. Zhiping Chen, the legal representative of Huamucheng. The
Company charged the related party interest rates 10% per annum. For
the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized
interest income of $54,193.
From April 1, 2020, Qianhai Baiyu was not a related party of the
Company.
- |
Borrowings from related
parties |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company borrowed
a loan of $1,441,461 from Guangzhou Chengji. The Loan has an annual
interest rate of 8% and a maturity date of December 4, 2020. For
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
accrued interest expenses of $29,949 and $67,106, respectively.
12. |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
The Company’s VIEs lease their offices which are classified as
operating leases in accordance with Topic 842. Under Topic 842,
lessees are required to recognize the following for all leases
(with the exception of short-term leases) on the commencement date:
(i) lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease
payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and
(ii) right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the
lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for
the lease term.
The Company leases offices space with terms ranging from one to two
years. The Company considers those renewal or termination options
that are reasonably certain to be exercised in the determination of
the lease term and initial measurement of right of use assets and
lease liabilities. Lease expense for lease payment is recognized on
a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with initial term
of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.
The Company determines whether a contract is or contains a lease at
inception of the contract and whether that lease meets the
classification criteria of a finance or operating lease. When
available, the Company uses the rate implicit in the lease to
discount lease payments to present value; however, most of the
Company’s leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit
rate. Therefore, the Company discount lease payments based on an
estimate of its incremental borrowing rate.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had one lease contract with
lease expiration in June 2021. The lease contract does not contain
any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive
covenants. The table below presents the operating lease related
assets and liabilities recorded on the balance sheet.
|
|
September 30,
2020 |
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rights of use lease assets |
|
$ |
237,524 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease liabilities,
current |
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Operating lease
liabilities, noncurrent |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total operating
lease liabilities |
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
The Company did not enter into lease agreements until January 1,
2020. As of September 30, 2020, the weighted average remaining
lease term was 0.75 years and discount rates were 4.75%.
Lease expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2020 were $79,098 and $234,744, respectively. Lease expenses for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 were $nil.
The following is a schedule, by years, of maturities of lease
liabilities as of September 30, 2020:
Twelve
months ended September 30, 2021 |
|
$ |
219,517 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total lease payments |
|
|
219,517 |
|
Less: imputed interest |
|
|
(3,859 |
) |
Present value of lease liabilities |
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
12. |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(CONTINUED) |
On February 3, 2015, a purported shareholder Kiran Kodali filed a
putative shareholder derivative complaint against the Company,
alleging that the Company and its former officers and directors
violated their fiduciary duties, grossly mismanaged the Company and
were unjustly enriched based upon the transfer that was the subject
of the Internal Review and other grounds substantially similar to
those asserted in the class action complaints.
On July 16, 2019, the Company received a copy of the final order
and judgment that the Court entered on July 11, 2019, approving the
settlement set forth in the Stipulation. The Stipulation provides
for dismissal of the Derivative Action as to the Company and the
Individual Defendants, and the Company agrees to adopt or maintain
certain corporate governance reforms for at least three years. The
Stipulation also provides for attorneys’ fees and expenses to be
paid by the Individual Defendants’ insurance carriers to
plaintiffs’ counsel.
b |
2017
Arbitration with Sorghum |
On December 21, 2017, the Company delivered notice (“Notice”) to
Sorghum notifying Sorghum that certain recent actions of Sorghum
constituted breaches of Sorghum’s covenants under the Exchange
Agreement. Specifically, we believe that Sorghum is in breach of
Section 6.9 (a and Section 6.11 (b of the Exchange Agreement which
required Sorghum to use commercially reasonable efforts and to
cooperate fully with the other parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and to make its
directors, officers and employees available in connection with
responding in a timely manner to SEC comments. According to the
terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Company is entitled to
terminate the Exchange Agreement if the breach is not cured within
twenty (20 days after the Notice is provided to Sorghum.
On January 25, 2018, the Company filed an arbitration demand
(“Arbitration Demand” with the American Arbitration Association
(“AAA” against Sorghum in connection with Sorghum’s breach of the
Exchange Agreement.
On July 30, 2018, Arbitrator entered a reasoned award, accepting
the Company’s proposal for resolution, awarding the Company damages
of $1,436,522 against Sorghum and denying Sorghum’s Counterclaim
against the Company in its entirety with prejudice. Sorghum has
sought to vacate the arbitration award by filing a petition to
vacate the arbitration award in the Supreme Court for the State of
New York, New York County. The Court heard the Company and
Sorghum’s arguments on May 1, 2019, and entered an order vacating
the arbitration award. The Company vigorously opposed and moved to
confirm the arbitration award on May 6, 2019. On June 5, 2019, the
Company filed a notice of appeal with the New York Supreme Court
Appellate Division First Department. The appeal was scheduled to be
mediated on November 20, 2019. On November 15, 2019, the Company
withdrew its appeal filed June 5, 2019, upon the stipulation of the
parties and accordingly, the arbitration award is deemed to be
vacated.
12. |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
(CONTINUED) |
c |
2018
Court Matter with Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service
Co. Ltd. |
On August 2, 2018, the Company became party to an action filed by
Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd.
(“Plaintiff”) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New
York County (“NY Supreme Court” (Index No. 653834/2018 (the
“Action”). Plaintiff’s complaint seeks to recover approximately
$3.5 million of Plaintiff’s funds that were allegedly required to
be held in escrow in New York pursuant to an agreement by and
between Plaintiff, Yang Jie and Yi Lin (the “Complaint”). Plaintiff
has alleged that the funds were required to be held in escrow in a
New York attorney trust account pending the alleged consummation of
a merger between Plaintiff’s parent company and the Company.
Plaintiff alleged two causes of action against the Company for
fraud/fraudulent inducement and conversion. On August 30, 2018, the
Company filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s causes of action
against the Company. The Court has scheduled oral arguments on the
Company’s motion to dismiss for May 1, 2019.
On July 15, 2019, the Company received a copy of the decision and
order the Court entered on July 12, 2019, granting the Company’s
motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety as against the
Company without prejudice, with costs and disbursements to the
Company as taxed by the Clerk of the Court, and the Clerk is
directed to enter judgment accordingly in favor of the
Company.
d |
2020
Court Matter with Harrison Fund |
On April 6, 2020, the Company filed a law suit against Harrison
Fund, LLC (“Harrison Fund”) in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of California (the “District Court”) (Case
No. 3:20-cv-2307). The Company had invested $1,000,000 in Harrison
Fund around May 2019. However, Harrison Fund had been reluctant to
disclose related investment information to the Company and it was
discovered that certain information presented on Harrison Fund’s
brochure appeared to be problematic. The Company demanded a return
of its investment from Harrison Fund. When the Company failed to
obtain a response from Harrison Fund, it filed the complaint
against Harrison Fund seeking to recover the $1,000,000
investment.
Due to the uncertainty arising from this pending legal proceeding,
a full impairment has been applied against the Company’s investment
in financial products.
13. |
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
Assets that potentially subject the Company to significant
concentration of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash
equivalents. The maximum exposure of such assets to credit risk is
their carrying amount as at the balance sheet dates. As of
September 30, 2020, approximately $2.97 million was primarily
deposited in financial institutions located in Mainland China,
which were uninsured by the government authority. To limit exposure
to credit risk relating to deposits, the Company primarily place
cash deposits with large financial institutions in China which
management believes are of high credit quality.
The Company’s operations are carried out in Mainland China.
Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and
results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic
and legal environments in the PRC as well as by the general state
of the PRC’s economy. In addition, the Company’s business may be
influenced by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws
and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion
and remittance abroad, rates and methods of taxation, and the
extraction of mining resources, among other factors.
The Company is also exposed to liquidity risk which is risk that it
is unable to provide sufficient capital resources and liquidity to
meet its commitments and business needs. Liquidity risk is
controlled by the application of financial position analysis and
monitoring procedures. When necessary, the Company will turn to
other financial institutions and the owners to obtain short-term
funding to meet the liquidity shortage.
Substantially all of the Company’s operating activities and the
Company’s major assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB,
which is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. All
foreign exchange transactions take place either through the
Peoples’ Bank of China (“PBOC”) or other authorized financial
institutions at exchange rates quoted by PBOC. Approval of foreign
currency payments by the PBOC or other regulatory institutions
requires submitting a payment application form together with
suppliers’ invoices and signed contracts.
The value of RMB is subject to changes in central government
policies and to international economic and political developments
affecting supply and demand in the China Foreign Exchange Trading
System market. Where there is a significant change in value of RMB,
the gains and losses resulting from translation of financial
statements of a foreign subsidiary will be significant
affected.
Translation of amounts from RMB into US$ has been made at the
following exchange rates for the respective periods:
|
|
September 30,
2020 |
|
|
December 31,
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts |
|
|
6.8033 |
|
|
|
6.9680 |
|
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Items in the statements of operations, comprehensive loss and
statements of cash flows |
|
|
6.9957 |
|
|
|
6.8634 |
|
On October
26, 2020, Huamucheng, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
entered into certain share purchase agreements (the “SPA”) with
Shenzhen Xinsuniao Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Seller”), a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, and Shenzhen
Qianhai Baiyu Supply Chain Co., Ltd. (the “Target”), a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the PRC. The Seller
is the record holder and beneficial owner of all registered paid-up
capital of the Target. Pursuant to the SPA, Huamucheng agreed to
pay to the Seller an aggregate cash consideration of RMB670 million
(approximately US$99.3 million) (the “Total Consideration”), of
which 85% will be paid to the Seller in installments on or before
December 25, 2020 and the remaining 15% will be paid to the Seller
in installments on or before December 25, 2021, and the Seller
agreed to transfer to Huamucheng, within 7 business days of the
execution of the SPA, all of its registered paid-up capital of the
Target (the “Acquisition”).
The
Company evaluated all events and transactions that occurred after
September 30, 2020 up through the date the Company issued these
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements on November
12, 2020.
ITEM 2. |
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
Overview
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
discontinued its used luxury car leasing business. As of September
30, 2020, the Company had one main business line, which is the
commodities trading business.
Commodities Trading Business
The commodity trading business primarily involves purchasing
non-ferrous metal product, such as aluminium ingots, copper,
silver, and gold, from upstream metal and mineral suppliers and
then selling to downstream customers. In connection with the
Company’s commodity sales, in order to help customers to obtain
sufficient funds to purchase various metal products and also help
upstream metal and mineral suppliers to sell their metal products,
the Company launched its supply chain management service in
December 2019. The Company primarily generates revenues from bulk
non-ferrous commodity products, and from providing related supply
chain management services in the PRC.
Through Huamucheng’s business, the Company sources bulk commodity
products from non-ferrous metal and mines or its designated
distributors and then sells to manufacturers who need these metals
in large quantities. The Company works with upstream suppliers in
the sourcing of commodities. Major suppliers include various metal
and mineral suppliers such as Kunsteel Group, Baosteel Group,
Aluminum Corporate of China Limited, Yunnan Benyuan, Yunnan Tin,
and Shanghai Copper. The Company’s target customers include large
infrastructure companies such as China National Electricity, Datang
Power, China Aluminum Foshan International Trade, Tooke Investment
(China), CSSC International Trade Co., Ltd., Shenye Group, and
Keliyuan.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded
revenue of $6,298,245 from commodities trading business and
$6,093,072 from supply chain management services, respectively,
from Huamucheng’s operations. For the three months ended September
30, 2020, the Company recorded revenue of $3,680,944 from
commodities trading business and $3,531,885 from supply chain
management services, respectively, from Huamucheng’s
operations.
For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
generated net income of $222,119 and $4,170,658 from its continuing
business.
In addition, the Company commenced supply chain financing services
and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company
provided such services to one customer. On March 25, 2020, the
Company entered into a revolving credit facility with Shenzhen
Xinsuniao to provide a credit line of RMB 568 million or
approximately $80 million to Shenzhen Xinsuniao, to which the
Company also provided loan recommendations services during the nine
months ended September 30, 2020. The Company selected Shenzhen
Xinsuniao as its customer because Shenzhen Xinsuniao and its
wholly-owned subsidiary Qianhai Baiyu were reputable for their
extensive experience in supply chain services for commodities
trading.
Competition
The Company mainly competes against other large domestic commodity
metal product trading service providers such as Xiamen
International Trade and Yijian Shares. Currently, the principal
competitive factors in the non-ferrous metals commodities trading
business are price, product availability, quantity, service, and
financing terms for purchases and sales of commodities.
Applicable Government Regulations
Huamucheng has obtained all material approvals, permits, licenses
and certificates required for our metal product trading operations,
including registrations from the local business and administrative
department authorizing the purchase of raw materials.
Recent developments
Acquisition of supply chain service business
As disclosed on the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on
October 29, 2020, Huamucheng acquired Qianhai Baiyu pursuant to
certain share purchase agreements dated October 26, 2020, by and
among Huamucheng, Qianhai Baiyu, and Shenzhen Xinsuniao for an
aggregate cash consideration of RMB670 million (approximately
US$99.3 million). Upon closing of this acquisition, Huamucheng owns
all the registered paid-up capital of Qianhai Baiyu.
Qianhai Baiyu was established on August 17, 2016 and is engaged in
the supply chain service business, covering a full range of
commodities, including non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, coal,
metallurgical raw materials, soybean oils, oils, rubber, wood and
various other types of commodities. It also has a supply chain
infrastructure, which includes processing, logistics, warehousing
and terminals. Utilizing its customer base, industry experience,
and expertise in the commodity trading industry, Qianhai Baiyu
serves as an one-stop commodity supply chain service and digital
intelligence supply chain platform integrating upstream and
downstream enterprises, warehouses, logistics, information, and
futures trading.
The acquisition of Qianhai Baiyu has laid a solid foundation for us
to expand our operations in the commodity supply chain field. We
plan to strengthen and upgrade our supply chain services platform
by introducing a systematic quantitative risk control system, which
will be based on the Qianhai Baiyu’s massive historical market data
and complex data analysis models. The platform is expected to
establish a quantitative risk management system utilizing Extract,
Transform, Load (ETL) data integration as its core, and then
optimize trading portfolios by incorporating a combination of
various factors and strategies in order to effectively control
risks and sustain business development.
Disposition of used luxurious car leasing
business
Historically, one of the Company’s core business has been the used
luxurious car leasing business conducted through Beijing Tianxing
Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Tianxing”), an entity that the
Company controlled via certain contractual arrangements.
On August 28, 2020, the Company entered into the Disposition SPA
with Vision Loyal, HC High HK and HC High BVI. Pursuant to the
Disposition SPA, Vision Loyal agreed to purchase HC High HK in
exchange for nominal consideration of $1.00 based on a valuation
report presented by an independent third party valuation firm,
Beijing North Asia Asset Assessment Firm. The Board approved the
Disposition and the Disposition closed on August 28, 2020.
Revolving Credit Facility
On March 25, 2020, the Company entered into a revolving credit
facility with Shenzhen Xinsuniao to provide a credit line of RMB
568 million or approximately $80 million to Shenzhen Xinsuniao, to
which the Company also provided loan recommendations services
during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.
From
October 1, 2020 to the date of this report, the Company collected
RMB 76.1 million, or $10.9 million from Shenzhen
Xinsuniao.
Termination of VIE Agreement
On April 2, 2020, HC High Summit Holding Limited (“HC High BVI”),
the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, established Tongdow Block
Chain Information Technology Company Limited (“Tongdow Block
Chain”), a holding company incorporated in accordance with the laws
and regulations of Hong Kong. Tongdow Block Chain is wholly owned
by HC High BVI. On April 2, 2020, Tongdow Block Chain established
Shanghai Jianchi Supply Chain Company Limited (“Shanghai Jianchi”)
as its wholly owned subsidiary. Shanghai Jianchi is a holding
company incorporated in accordance with the laws and regulations of
People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).
On June 25, 2020, Hao Limo Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd. (“Hao
Limo”), the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in PRC,
and Shenzhen Huamucheng Trading Co., Ltd. (“Huamucheng”), a former
VIE of the Company, entered into certain VIE Termination Agreement
(the “VIE Termination Agreement”) to terminate the Huamucheng VIE
Agreements. As such, Hao Limo will no longer have the control
rights and rights to the assets, property and revenue of
Huamucheng. On the same date, Shanghai Jianchi, Huamucheng and the
shareholders of Huamucheng (the “Huamucheng Shareholders”) entered
into certain Share Acquisition Agreement (the “Acquisition
Agreement”) pursuant to which Shanghai Jianchi acquired 100% equity
interest of Huamucheng from the Huamucheng Shareholders for nominal
consideration.
As a result of the above reorganization, Huamucheng transitioned
from being a variable interest entity (“VIE”) controlled by Company
into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company remained
in control of Huamucheng both before and after the reorganization
and its operating results are consolidated into the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
The Company has commenced its supply chain financing services and
the Company provided such services to one customer for the nine
months ended September 30, 2020.
Key Factors Affecting Our Results of Operation
The commodities trading industry is also experiencing decreasing
demand as a result of China’s overall economic slowdown. We expect
competition in commodities trading business to persist and
intensify.
We have a limited operating history having just started our
commodities trading business in late November 2019. We believe our
future success depends on our ability to significantly increase
sales as well as maintain profitability from our operations. Our
limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our
business and future prospects. You should consider our future
prospects in light of the risks and challenges encountered by a
company with a limited operating history in an emerging and rapidly
evolving industry. These risks and challenges include, among other
things,
|
● |
our ability to continue our growth as well as
maintain profitability; |
|
● |
preservation of our competitive position in
commodities trading industry in China; |
|
● |
our
ability to implement our strategies and make timely and effective
responses to competition and changes in customer preferences;
and |
|
● |
recruitment, training and retaining of qualified
managerial and other personnel. |
Our business requires a significant amount of capital in large part
due to needing to purchase bulk volume of commodities, and expand
our business in existing markets and to additional markets where we
currently do not have operations.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 as Compared to Three
Months Ended September 30, 2019
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
% |
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
from sales of commodity products |
|
$ |
3,680,944 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
3,680,944 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Revenue from supply chain management services |
|
|
3,531,885 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,531,885 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Total Revenue |
|
|
7,212,829 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,212,829 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue -
commodity product sales - related party |
|
|
(3,697,490 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,697,490 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Cost
of revenue - supply chain management services |
|
|
(17,155 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(17,155 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Total cost of revenue |
|
|
(3,714,645 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(3,714,645 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
3,498,184 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,498,184 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
|
|
(292,080 |
) |
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
(32,135 |
) |
|
|
12 |
% |
Total operating cost and expenses |
|
|
(292,080 |
) |
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
(32,135 |
) |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses), net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income |
|
|
2,356,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,356,000 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Interest expenses |
|
|
(15,164 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(15,164 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Total other income, net |
|
|
2,340,836 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,340,836 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes |
|
|
5,546,940 |
|
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
5,806,885 |
|
|
|
(2,234 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
tax expenses |
|
|
(1,376,282 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,376,282 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss)
from Continuing Operations |
|
|
4,170,658 |
|
|
|
(259,945 |
) |
|
|
4,430,603 |
|
|
|
(1,704 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss from Discontinued Operations |
|
|
(2,989,116 |
) |
|
|
(132,898 |
) |
|
|
(2,856,218 |
) |
|
|
2,149 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
1,181,542 |
|
|
$ |
(392,843 |
) |
|
$ |
1,574,385 |
|
|
|
(401 |
)% |
Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, we generate revenue
from the following two sources, including (1) revenue from sales of
commodity products, and (2) revenue from supply chain management
services. Total revenue increased by $7,212,829 from $nil for the
three months ended September 30, 2019 to $7,212,829 for the three
months ended September 30, 2020, because we just commenced our
commodity product trading business in December 2019. Among the
revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020, revenue
from commodity trading and supply chain management accounted for
51.0%, 49.0%, respectively.
(1) |
Revenue from sales of commodity
products |
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold
non-ferrous metals to six customers at fixed prices, and earned
revenues when the product ownership was transferred to its
customers. The Company earned revenues of $3,680,944 from sales of
commodity products. There was no such revenue for the three months
ended September 30, 2019.
(2) |
Revenue from supply chain management
services |
In connection with the Company’s commodity sales, in order to help
customers to obtain sufficient funds to purchase various metal
products and also help upstream metal and mineral suppliers sell
their metal products, the Company launched its supply chain
management service business in December 2019, which primarily
consisted of loan recommendation services and distribution
services.
Loan recommendation service fees
The
Company refers customers who have financing needs for metal product
trading to various financial institutions and assists these
customers in obtain loans from the financial institutions. The
Company receives a referral fee from the customers if funding is
secured. Such revenue is recognized at the point when referral
services are performed and the related funds are drawdown by the
customer. The referral service fee is set at 2.5% of the amount of
loans obtained by the customers from the financial institutions.
For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company did not
earn revenues from loan recommendation services.
Distribution service fees
The Company utilizes its strong sales, marketing expertise and
customer network to introduce customers to large metal and mineral
suppliers, and facilitate the metal product sales between the
suppliers and the customers. The Company merely acts as an agent in
this type of transaction and earns a commission fee based on the
percentage of volume of metal products that customers purchase.
Distribution service fees are recognized as revenue when the
Company successfully facilitates the sales transactions between the
suppliers and the customers. For the three months ended September
30, 2020, the Company earned distribution commission fees of
$3,531,885 from facilitating such sales transactions.
Cost of revenue
Our cost of revenue primarily includes cost of commodity products
and taxes and surcharges associated with sales of commodity
products and management services of supply chain. Total cost of
revenue increased by $3,714,645 from $nil for the three months
ended September 30, 2019 to $3,714,645 for the three months ended
September 30, 2020, primarily because we just launched commodity
product trading business in December 2019.
Cost of revenue associated with commodity trading
Cost of revenue primarily consists of purchase costs of non-ferrous
metal products and business taxes and surcharges. For the three
months ended September 30, 2020, the Company purchased
non-ferrous metal products of $3,617,068 from two third party
suppliers, and sold non-ferrous metal products to four customers.
The Company recorded cost of revenue of $3,697,490. There was no
such cost for the three months ended September 30, 2019 because
this was a new business launched in December 2019.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from
$259,945 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 to $292,080
for the three months ended September 30, 2020, representing an
increase of $32,135, or 12%. Selling, general and administrative
expenses primarily consisted of salary and employee benefits,
office rental expense, business tax and surcharge, professional
service fees, office supplies. The increase was mainly attributable
to an increase of $79,098 in rental expenses with our launch of
commodity product trading business, against a decrease of salary
and payroll expenses of $27,012 because our new senior management
charged less salary expenses.
Interest income
Interest income was primarily generated from loans made to third
parties and related parties. For the three months ended September
30, 2020, interest income was $2,356,000, as compared with $nil for
the same period ended September 30, 2019. The increase was
primarily due to net loans of $83.3 million made to a customer,
from which the Company earned interest income of $2.4 million.
Net loss from discontinued operations
During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the net loss from
discontinued operations was comprised of a net loss of $nil from
discontinued operations of used luxurious car leasing business and
a loss of $2,989,116 from disposal of the discontinued operations
of used luxurious car leasing business.
During the three months ended September 30, 2019, the net loss from
discontinued operations was comprised of a net loss of $132,898
from discontinued operations of used luxurious car leasing
business.
For details of discontinued operations, please refer to Note 4 to
unaudited condensed financial statements.
Net income (loss)
As a result of the foregoing, net income for the three months ended
September 30, 2020 was $1,181,542, representing a change of
$1,574,385 from net loss of $392,843 for the three months ended
September 30, 2019.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 as Compared to Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2019
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
Change |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
% |
|
Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from sales of commodity
products |
|
$ |
6,298,245 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
6,298,245 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Revenue from supply chain management
services |
|
|
6,093,072 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,093,072 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Total Revenue |
|
|
12,391,317 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
12,391,317 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenue - commodity product sales - related party |
|
|
(6,322,765 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,322,765 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Cost of
revenue - supply chain management services |
|
|
(25,721 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(25,721 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Total cost of revenue |
|
|
(6,348,486 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,348,486 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
6,042,831 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
6,042,831 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling, general, and administrative
expenses |
|
|
(1,032,660 |
) |
|
|
(2,123,191 |
) |
|
|
1,090,531 |
|
|
|
(51 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating cost and
expenses |
|
|
(1,032,660 |
) |
|
|
(2,123,191 |
) |
|
|
1,090,531 |
|
|
|
(51 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expenses), net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
3,965,283 |
|
|
|
636 |
|
|
|
3,964,647 |
|
|
|
>100 |
% |
Interest expenses |
|
|
(69,644 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(69,644 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Amortization of beneficial conversion
feature and relative fair value of warrants relating to issuance of
convertible notes |
|
|
(6,460,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,460,000 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
Total other income (expenses),
net |
|
|
(2,564,361 |
) |
|
|
636 |
|
|
|
(2,564,997 |
) |
|
|
>100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
Before Income Taxes |
|
|
2,445,810 |
|
|
|
(2,122,555 |
) |
|
|
4,568,365 |
|
|
|
(215 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expenses |
|
|
(2,223,691 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,223,691 |
) |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss) from
Continuing Operations |
|
|
222,119 |
|
|
|
(2,122,555 |
) |
|
|
2,344,674 |
|
|
|
(110 |
)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss from Discontinued
Operations |
|
|
(3,541,807 |
) |
|
|
(1,140,439 |
) |
|
|
(2,401,368 |
) |
|
|
211 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
$ |
(3,319,688 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,262,994 |
) |
|
$ |
(56,694 |
) |
|
|
2 |
% |
Revenue
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we generate revenue
from the following three sources, including (1) revenue from sales
of commodity products, and (2) revenue from supply chain management
services. Total revenue increased by $12,391,317 from $nil for the
nine months ended September 30, 2019 to $12,391,317 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2020, because we just commenced our
commodity product trading business in December 2019. Among the
revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, revenue from
commodity trading and supply chain management accounted for 50.8%,
49.2%, respectively.
(1) |
Revenue from sales of commodity
products |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company sold
non-ferrous metals to six customers at fixed prices, and earned
revenues when the product ownership was transferred to its
customers. The Company earned revenues of $6,298,245 from sales of
commodity products. There was no such revenue for the nine months
ended September 30, 2019.
(2) |
Revenue from supply chain management
services |
In connection with the Company’s commodity sales, in order to help
customers to obtain sufficient funds to purchase various metal
products and also help upstream metal and mineral suppliers sell
their metal products, the Company launched its supply chain
management service business in December 2019, which primarily
consisted of loan recommendation services and distribution
services.
Loan recommendation service fees
The Company refers customers who have financing needs for metal
product trading to various financial institutions and assists these
customers in obtain loans from the financial institutions. The
Company receives a referral fee from the customers if funding is
secured. Such revenue is recognized at the point when referral
services are performed and the related funds are drawdown by the
customer. The referral service fee is set at 2.5% of the amount of
loans obtained by the customers from the financial institutions.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company earned
$2,332,735 from loan recommendation services from the facilitation
of a loan volume of approximately $93.3 million (RMB 652.8 million)
with five customers.
Distribution service fees
The Company utilizes its strong sales and marketing expertise and
customer network to introduce customers to large metal and mineral
suppliers, and facilitate the metal product sales between the
suppliers and the customers. The Company merely acts as an agent in
this type of transaction and earns a commission fee based on the
percentage of volume of metal products that customers purchase.
Distribution service fees are recognized as revenue when the
Company successfully facilitates the sales transactions between the
suppliers and the customers. For the nine months ended September
30, 2020, the Company earned distribution commission fees of
$3,760,338 from facilitating such sales transactions.
Cost of revenue
Our cost of revenue primarily includes cost of commodity products
and taxes and surcharges associated with sales of commodity
products and management services of supply chain. Total cost of
revenue increased by $6,348,486 from $nil for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019 to $6,348,486 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020, primarily because we just launched commodity
product trading business in December 2019.
Cost of revenue associated with commodity trading
Cost of revenue primarily consists of purchase costs of non-ferrous
metal products and business taxes and surcharges. For the nine
months ended September 30, 2020, the Company purchased non-ferrous
metal products of $6,233,590 from three third party suppliers, and
sold non-ferrous metal products to six customers. The Company
recorded cost of revenue of $6,322,765. There was no such cost
for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 because this was a new
business launched in December 2019.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from
$2,123,191 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to
$1,032,660 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
representing a decrease of $1,090,531, or 51%. Selling, general and
administrative expenses primarily consisted of salary and employee
benefits, office rental expense, business tax and surcharge,
professional service fees, office supplies. The decrease was mainly
attributable to a decrease a decrease of stock-based compensation
expenses of $884,208, because we issued 502,391 restricted shares
as compensation of $884,208 to certain service providers for the
nine months ended September 30, 2019, while no such issuance for
the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and a decrease of
$112,061 in salary and payroll expenses because the new senior
management of the Company charged less payroll expenses.
Interest income
Interest
income was primarily generated from loans made to third parties and
related parties. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
interest income was $3,965,283, representing an increase of
$3,964,647 from $636 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
The increase was primarily due to net loans of $83.3 million made
to a customer. The Company earned interest income of $3.82 million
from this customer.
Amortization of beneficial conversion feature and relative fair
value of warrants relating to issuance of convertible notes
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the item represented
the full amortization of beneficial conversion feature of $3.4
million and amortization of relative fair value of warrants of
$3.06 million relating to the convertible notes which was exercised
in May 2020.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, no such expenses
incurred.
Net loss from discontinued operations
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the net loss from
discontinued operations was comprised of a net loss of $552,691
from discontinued operations of used luxurious car leasing business
and a loss of $3,541,807 from disposal of the discontinued
operations of used luxurious car leasing business.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the net loss from
discontinued operations was comprised of a net loss of $1,140,439
from discontinued operations of used luxurious car leasing
business.
For details of discontinued operations, please refer to Note 4 to
unaudited condensed financial statements.
Net loss
As a result of the foregoing, net loss for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 was $3,319,688, representing an increase of
$56,694 from net loss of $3,262,994 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019.
Cash Flows and Capital Resources
We have financed our operations primarily through shareholder
contributions, cash flow from operations, borrowings from third
parties and related parties, and equity financing through public
offerings of our securities.
In March 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 17,000,000 shares
of its common stock, and unsecured senior convertible promissory
notes (“Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000
accompanied by warrants to purchase 20,000,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes at an exercise price of
$1.80. In April 2020, the Holders elected to convert the Notes at a
conversion price of $1.50 per share and also exercise the Warrants
at an exercise price of $1.80 per share. The Company raised an
aggregation of $81.1 million from these equity financing
transactions, among which $1.6 million was advanced from investors
in November 2019, and the remaining $79.5 million was collected in
April and May 2020. The Company expects to use the proceeds from
this equity financing as working capital to expand its commodity
trading business.
Liquidity
For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred
a net loss of $3.32 million, and reported cash inflows of
approximately $1.31 million from operating activities. As of
September 30, 2020, the Company had cash balance of $2,967,557.
In assessing the Company’s liquidity, the Company monitors and
analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow
in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure
commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working
capital requirements and operating expenses obligations.
As of
September 30, 2020, the Company had a positive working capital of
approximately $93.3 million, among which the Company had a loan due
from a customer of approximately $85.6 million for the purpose of
developing supply chain financing business. Pursuant to the loan
agreement, the loan term for each individual loan was twelve months
from disbursement, but in practice the loans are revolving every 3
– 4 months. From October 1, 2020 to the date of the report, the
Company collected approximately RMB 76.1 million, or $10.9 million
from the customer.
Going forward, the Company plans to fund its operations through
revenue generated from its commodity trading business, funds from
its private placements as well as financial support commitments
from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and major
shareholders.
Based on above operating plan, the management believes that the
Company will continue as a going concern in the following 12
months.
Statement of Cash Flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively:
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, |
|
|
|
2020 |
|
|
2019 |
|
Net Cash Provided by (Used
in) Operating Activities |
|
$ |
942,577 |
|
|
$ |
(2,002,690 |
) |
Net Cash Used in Investing
Activities |
|
|
(81,711,571 |
) |
|
|
(5,457,537 |
) |
Net Cash Provided by Financing
Activities |
|
|
81,047,086 |
|
|
|
7,399,262 |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on
cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
912,189 |
|
|
|
(14,197 |
) |
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents |
|
|
1,190,281 |
|
|
|
(75,162 |
) |
Cash at beginning of period |
|
|
1,777,276 |
|
|
|
416,459 |
|
Cash at end of period |
|
$ |
2,967,557 |
|
|
$ |
341,297 |
|
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we had a cash
inflow from operating activities of $942,577, a change of
$2,945,267 from a cash outflow of $2,002,690 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2019. We incurred a net loss for the nine
months ended September 30, 2020 of $3,319,688, an increase of
$56,694 from the nine months ended September 30, 2019, during which
we recorded a net loss of $3,262,994. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 and 2019, we had a cash outflow of $700,039 and
$802,446 from operating activities from discontinued operations,
and we incurred net loss of $3,541,807 and $1,140,439 from
discontinued operations, respectively.
In addition to the change in profitability, the change in net cash
provided by/(used in) operating activities from continuing
operations was the result of several factors, including:
|
● |
An
increase of $6,712,152 in changes of prepayments for the nine
months ended September 30, 2020 because the suppliers of trading
commodities required us to make repayments; and |
|
● |
An
increase of $1,429,450 in changes of advance from customers for the
nine months ended September 30, 2020 because we required of one of
our customers to make advance payments before we delivering
commodity products. |
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended
September 30, 2020 was $81,711,571, which was primarily loans of
$160,913,200 made to third parties, against collections of loans of
$78,833,017 from third parties, and cash of $368,612 used in
investing activities from discontinued operations.
Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended
September 30, 2019 was $5,457,537. The cash used in investing
activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was
combined effects of investment in one equity investee of $200,000,
investments in financial products of $1,000,000 and loans disbursed
to third parties of $499,000, and cash of $3,758,537 used in
investing activities from discontinued operations.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the cash provided
by financing activities was mainly attributable to borrowings from
third parties of $1,559,088, cash raised of $13,500,000 from a
private placements by issuance of 15,000,000 shares of common
stocks, cash raised of $66,000,000 from issuance of unsecured
senior convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal
amount of $30,000,000, exercise of accompanied warrants to purchase
20,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.80,
and cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations
of $381,554.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the cash provided
by financing activities was mainly attributable to cash raised in
registered direct offerings of $5,241,440 and cash provided by
financing activities from discontinued operations of
$2,157,822.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of September
30, 2020.
Contractual Obligations
As of September 30, 2020, the present value of annual amounts of
future minimum payments under certain of our contractual
obligations were:
|
|
|
|
|
Less
than |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
1 year |
|
|
1-2 years |
|
|
Thereafter |
|
Contractual obligations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease (1) |
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Total |
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
215,658 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
(1) |
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020,
the Company entered into one additional lease contract. As of
September 30, 2020, we had one rental free office lease agreement
with a third party and one office lease agreement with third
parties which expire through June 30, 2021, both of which have
leases term over 12 months. |
|
(2) |
The
Company classifies these lease agreements as operating leases in
accordance with Topic 842. |
Critical Accounting Policies
Please
refer to Note 2 of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements included in this Form 10-Q and Note 2 of the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Form 10-K file on
May 29, 2020 for details of our critical accounting
policies.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1. |
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS |
The
Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the
ordinary course of its business.
a) |
2015
Derivative Action |
On
February 3, 2015, a purported shareholder Kiran Kodali filed a
putative shareholder derivative complaint against the Company,
alleging that the Company and its former officers and directors
violated their fiduciary duties, grossly mismanaged the Company and
were unjustly enriched based upon the transfer that was the subject
of the Internal Review and other grounds substantially similar to
those asserted in the class action complaints.
On
July 16, 2019, the Company received a copy of the final order and
judgment that the Court entered on July 11, 2019, approving the
settlement set forth in the Stipulation. The Stipulation provides
for dismissal of the Derivative Action as to the Company and the
Individual Defendants, and the Company agrees to adopt or maintain
certain corporate governance reforms for at least three years. The
Stipulation also provides for attorneys’ fees and expenses to be
paid by the Individual Defendants’ insurance carriers to
plaintiffs’ counsel.
b) |
2017
Arbitration with Sorghum |
On
December 21, 2017, the Company delivered notice (“Notice”) to
Sorghum notifying Sorghum that certain recent actions of Sorghum
constituted breaches of Sorghum’s covenants under the Exchange
Agreement. Specifically, we believe that Sorghum is in breach of
Section 6.9 (a and Section 6.11 (b of the Exchange Agreement which
required Sorghum to use commercially reasonable efforts and to
cooperate fully with the other parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and to make its
directors, officers and employees available in connection with
responding in a timely manner to SEC comments. According to the
terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Company is entitled to
terminate the Exchange Agreement if the breach is not cured within
twenty (20 days after the Notice is provided to Sorghum.
On
January 25, 2018, the Company filed an arbitration demand
(“Arbitration Demand” with the American Arbitration Association
(“AAA” against Sorghum in connection with Sorghum’s breach of the
Exchange Agreement.
On
July 30, 2018, Arbitrator entered a reasoned award, accepting the
Company’s proposal for resolution, awarding the Company damages of
$1,436,522 against Sorghum and denying Sorghum’s Counterclaim
against the Company in its entirety with prejudice. Sorghum has
sought to vacate the arbitration award by filing a petition to
vacate the arbitration award in the Supreme Court for the State of
New York, New York County. The Court heard the Company and
Sorghum’s arguments on May 1, 2019, and entered an order vacating
the arbitration award. The Company vigorously opposed and moved to
confirm the arbitration award on May 6, 2019. On June 5, 2019, the
Company filed a notice of appeal with the New York Supreme Court
Appellate Division First Department. The appeal was scheduled to be
mediated on November 20, 2019. On November 15, 2019, the Company
withdrew its appeal filed June 5, 2019, upon the stipulation of the
parties and accordingly, the arbitration award is deemed to be
vacated.
c) |
2018
Court Matter with Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service
Co. Ltd. |
On August 2, 2018, the Company became party to an action filed by
Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd.
(“Plaintiff”) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New
York County (“NY Supreme Court” (Index No. 653834/2018 (the
“Action”). Plaintiff’s complaint seeks to recover approximately
$3.5 million of Plaintiff’s funds that were allegedly required to
be held in escrow in New York pursuant to an agreement by and
between Plaintiff, Yang Jie and Yi Lin (the “Complaint”). Plaintiff
has alleged that the funds were required to be held in escrow in a
New York attorney trust account pending the alleged consummation of
a merger between Plaintiff’s parent company and the Company.
Plaintiff alleged two causes of action against the Company for
fraud/fraudulent inducement and conversion. On August 30, 2018, the
Company filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s causes of action
against the Company. The Court has scheduled oral arguments on the
Company’s motion to dismiss for May 1, 2019.
On
July 15, 2019, the Company received a copy of the decision and
order the Court entered on July 12, 2019, granting the Company’s
motion to dismiss the Complaint in its entirety as against the
Company without prejudice, with costs and disbursements to the
Company as taxed by the Clerk of the Court, and the Clerk is
directed to enter judgment accordingly in favor of the
Company.
d) |
2020
Court Matter with Harrison Fund |
On
April 6, 2020, the Company filed a law suit against Harrison Fund,
LLC (“Harrison Fund”) in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California (the “District Court”) (Case No.
3:20-cv-2307). The Company had invested $1,000,000 in Harrison Fund
around May 2019. However, Harrison Fund had been reluctant to
disclose related investment information to the Company and it was
discovered that certain information presented on Harrison Fund’s
brochure appeared to be problematic. The Company demanded a return
of its investment from Harrison Fund. When the Company failed to
obtain a response from Harrison Fund, it filed the complaint
against Harrison Fund seeking to recover the $1,000,000
investment.
Due
to the uncertainty arising from this pending legal proceeding, a
full impairment has been applied against the Company’s investment
in financial products.
As
of the date of this Report and except as set forth below, there
have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our
annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 29,
2020.
Risk
Factors Relating to Our Acquisition of Supply Chain Service
Business
There is no assurance that we will be able to synergize the
operations of Huamucheng and Qianhai Baiyu effectively.
Synergizing the commodity supply chain services of Qianhai Baiyu
with the commodities trading business of Huamucheng is a
significant challenge and there is no assurance that we will be
able to manage the synergization successfully. If we are unable to
efficiently synergize these businesses, the attention of our
management could be diverted from our existing operations and the
ability of the management teams at these business units to meet
operational and financial expectations could be adversely impacted,
which could impair our ability to execute our business plans.
Failure to successfully synergize the commodity supply chain
services of Qianhai Baiyu or to realize the expected benefits of
our expansion in the commodity supply chain services field may have
an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial
condition.
Acquisitions or strategic investments we have made or may make
could turn out to be unsuccessful.
As
part of our strategy, we frequently monitor and analyze acquisition
or investment opportunities that we believe will create value for
our shareholders. For example, in October 2020, we acquired Qianhai
Baiyu and plan to leverage Qianhai Baiyu’s experiences and
technique to expand our operations in the commodity supply chain
service field.
However,
our acquisition of Qianhai Baiyu or future acquisitions and
investments could involve numerous risks that may prevent us from
fully realizing the benefits that we anticipated as a result of the
transaction. These risks include the failure to derive any
commercial value from the acquired technology, products and
intellectual property including as a result of the failure to
obtain regulatory approval or to monetize products once approved,
as well as risks from lengthy product development and high upfront
development costs without guarantee of successful results. Patents
and other intellectual property rights covering acquired technology
and/or intellectual property may not be obtained, and if obtained,
may not be sufficient to fully protect the technology or
intellectual property. We may be subject to liabilities, including
unanticipated litigation costs, that are not covered by
indemnification protection we may obtain. As we pursue or
consummate a strategic acquisition or investment, we may value the
acquired or funded company incorrectly, fail to successfully manage
our operations as our asset diversity increases, expend unforeseen
costs during the acquisition or integration process, or encounter
other unanticipated risks or challenges. Once an investment is
made, we may fail to value it accurately, properly account for it
in our consolidated financial statements, or successfully divest it
or otherwise realize the value which we originally invested or have
subsequently reflected in our consolidated financial statements.
Any failure by us to effectively limit such risks as we implement
our acquisitions or strategic investments could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of
operations and may negatively impact our net income and cause the
price of our securities to fall.
Our Supply Chain Service Business is susceptible to volatility due
to ongoing uncertainty as a result of ongoing international and
domestic pandemic response and recovery efforts.
Our Supply Chain Services Business has been relatively stable since
May, 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic has been brought under control
in China. As of the date of this Report, we are continuing to
execute our pandemic response plan and planning to best position
our company to emerge as strong as possible when the COVID-19
pandemic officially ends. However, our supply chain services
business is still susceptible to volatility due to ongoing
international and domestic pandemic response and recovery efforts.
Despite our diligent efforts to monitor and respond as appropriate
to the impacts of the pandemic on our supply chain services
business, there remains a fair degree of uncertainty regarding the
potential impact of the pandemic on our business, from both a
financial and operational perspective, and the scope and costs
associated with additional measures that may be necessary in
response to the pandemic going forward.
If customers of our supply chain services are able to reduce their
logistics and supply chain costs or increase utilization of their
internal solutions, our supply chain services business and
operating results may be materially and adversely
affected.
Our
acquisition of Qianhai Baiyu in October 2020, has laid a solid
foundation for us to expand our operations in the commodity supply
chain service field. Qianhai Baiyu has a supply chain
infrastructure, which includes processing, logistics, warehousing
and terminals. Utilizing its customer base, industry experience,
and expertise in the commodity trading industry, Qianhai Baiyu
serves as a one-stop commodity supply chain service and digital
intelligence supply chain platform integrating upstream and
downstream enterprises, warehouses, logistics, information, and
futures trading.
A
major driver for merchants and other customers to use third-party
logistics and supply chain service providers is the high cost and
degree of difficulty associated with developing in-house logistics
and supply chain expertise and operational efficiencies. If,
however, our customers are able to develop their own logistics and
supply chain solutions, increase utilization of their in-house
supply chain, reduce their logistics spending, or otherwise choose
to terminate our services, our logistics and supply chain
management business and operating results may be materially and
adversely affected.
ITEM
2. |
UNREGISTERED SALES
OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
None.
ITEM
3. |
DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
None.
ITEM
4. |
MINE
SAFETY DISCLOSURES |
Not
applicable.
ITEM
5. |
OTHER
INFORMATION |
None.
Exhibit No. |
|
Description |
|
|
|
3.1* |
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the draft registration statement on Form DRS filed
on February 14, 2013) |
3.2* |
|
Bylaws
of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
draft registration statement on Form DRS filed on February 14,
2013) |
3.3* |
|
Articles
of Association of Wujiang Luxiang Rural Microcredit Co. Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the registration
statement on Form S-1/A filed on June 27, 2013) |
3.4* |
|
Certificate
of Approval of Wujiang Luxiang Rural Microcredit Co. Ltd.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the registration
statement on Form S-1 filed on June 7, 2013) |
3.5* |
|
Certificate
of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the registration
statement on Form S-1/A filed on July 16, 2013) |
3.6* |
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2019) |
3.7* |
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2019) |
3.8* |
|
Certificate
of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2020) |
10.1* |
|
Share
Purchase Agreement dated August 28, 2020 by and among the Company,
Vision Loyal Limited, HC High Summit Limited and HC High Summit
Holding Limit (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of
the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 28,
2020) |
10.2* |
|
Share
Purchase Agreement dated October 26, 2020 by and among Shenzhen
Huamucheng Trading Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Xinsuniao Technology Co.,
Ltd. and Shenzhen Qianhai Baiyu Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on October 29, 2020) |
31.1** |
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
31.2** |
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
32.1** |
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 |
32.2** |
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 |
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 |
* |
Previously
filed |
** |
Filed
herewith |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
|
TD
HOLDINGS, INC. |
|
|
|
Date:
November 13, 2020 |
By: |
/s/
Renmei Ouyang |
|
Name: |
Renmei
Ouyang |
|
Title: |
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
|
|
|
|
By: |
/s/
Wei Sun |
|
Name: |
Wei
Sun |
|
Title: |
Chief
Financial Officer |
|
|
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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