As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 24, 2016
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
YANGTZE
RIVER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
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27-1636887 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
183
Broadway, Suite 5
New
York, NY 10007
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Yangtze
River Development Limited 2016 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
CSC
Services of Nevada, Inc.
2215-B
Renaissance Drive
Las
Vegas, NV 89119
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(888)
921-8397
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy
to:
Gregg
E. Jaclin, Esq.
Szaferman,
Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C.
101
Grovers Mill Road, 2nd Floor
Lawrenceville,
New Jersey 08648
(609)
275-0400
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ☐ |
Accelerated
filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Smaller
reporting company ☒ |
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered | |
Amount to be registered (1) | | |
Proposed maximum offering price per share | | |
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price | | |
Amount of registration fee | |
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per share | |
| 10,000,000 shares | | |
| $4.27 (2) | | |
$ | 42,700,000 | | |
$ | 4,299.89 | |
(1) |
Pursuant
to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement
also registers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued pursuant to the above-named plans as the result
of any future stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration which results in an increase in the number of our outstanding shares of common stock. |
(2) |
This estimate is made pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The computation is based upon the average of the high and low price of Yangtze River Development Limited’s common stock as reported on the OTC Markets on February 23, 2016. |
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.
Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The
documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or
others as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the
SEC and the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the SEC either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such documents,
together with the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act, and are available
upon written request to: Secretary, Yangtze River Development Limited, 183 Broadway, Suite 5, New York, NY 10007, 646-861-3315.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
In
this registration statement, Yangtze River Development Limited is sometimes referred to as “Registrant,”, “Company”,
“we,” “us” or “our.”
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we
file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information
incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information filed with the SEC will
update and supersede this information. We hereby incorporate by reference into this registration statement the following documents
previously filed with the SEC:
| (a) | Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the
SEC on February 2, 2016; |
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(b) |
Our Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 17, 2016; |
| (c) | Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2016, January 20, 2016,
January 27, 2016, and January 28, 2016. |
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(d) |
the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form S-1 filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) on February 18, 2016, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating such descriptions. |
In
addition, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the filing of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents, except as to specific
sections of such statements as set forth therein. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement contained herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Subsection
7 of Section 78.138 of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “Nevada Law”) provides that, subject to certain very limited
statutory exceptions, a director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders or creditors for
any damages as a result of any act or failure to act in his or her capacity as a director or officer, unless it is proven that
the act or failure to act constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer and such breach of those
duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law. The statutory standard of liability established by
Section 78.138 controls even if there is a provision in the corporation’s articles of incorporation unless a provision in
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation provides for greater individual liability.
Subsection
1 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (any such person, a “Covered Person”),
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the Covered Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section
78.138 of the Nevada Law or the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable
cause to believe the Covered Person’s conduct was unlawful.
Subsection
2 of Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any Covered Person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment
in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in the capacity of a Covered Person against expenses, including amounts
paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit, if the Covered Person is not liable pursuant to Section 78.138 of the Nevada Law or the
Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner the Covered Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation. However, no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the
Covered Person shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction (after exhaustion of all appeals) to be liable to
the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such
action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances
the Covered Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
Section
78.7502 of the Nevada Law further provides that to the extent a Covered Person has been successful on the merits or otherwise
in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Subsection 1 or 2, as described above, or in the defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify the Covered Person against expenses (including attorneys’
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the Covered Person in connection with the defense.
Subsection
1 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that any discretionary indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada
Law, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to Subsection 2 of Section 78.751, may be made by a corporation only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances. Such determination
must be made (a) by the stockholders, (b) by the board of directors of the corporation by majority vote of a quorum consisting
of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (c) if a majority vote of a quorum of such non-party directors
so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion if a quorum
of such non-party directors cannot be obtained.
Subsection
2 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or an agreement
made by the corporation may require the corporation to pay as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of a criminal or
civil action, suit or proceeding, the expenses of officers and directors in defending such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. Subsection 2 of Section
78.751 further provides that its provisions do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other
than officers and directors may be entitled under contract or otherwise by law.
Subsection
3 of Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law provides that indemnification pursuant to Section 78.7502 of the Nevada Law and advancement
of expenses authorized in or ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.751 does not exclude any other rights to which the Covered
Person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors
or otherwise, for either an action in his or her official capacity or in another capacity while holding his or her office. However,
indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to Section 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses under Subsection 2 of
Section 78.751 of the Nevada Law, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation if a final adjudication
establishes that his or her acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and were
material to the cause of action. Additionally, the scope of such indemnification and advancement of expenses shall continue for
a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, and shall inure to the benefit
of his or her heirs, executors and administrators.
Section
78.752 of the Nevada Law empowers a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf
of a Covered Person for any liability asserted against such person and liabilities and expenses incurred by such person in his
or her capacity as a Covered Person or arising out of such person’s status as a Covered Person whether or not the corporation
has the authority to indemnify such person against such liability and expenses.
The
Bylaws of the Company provide for indemnification of Covered Persons substantially identical in scope to that permitted under
the Nevada Law. Such Bylaws provide that the expenses of directors and officers of the Company incurred in defending any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, must be paid by the Company as they are incurred
and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that
the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The
Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference as the list of exhibits required as part of this registration statement.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement,
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement
or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if this registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference
in this registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement, relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on February 24, 2016.
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YANGTZE
RIVER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
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By: |
/s/ Xiangyao Liu |
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Xiangyao Liu |
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Chief
Executive Officer |
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Xiangyao Liu, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Name |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/
Xiangyao Liu |
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Xiangyao Liu |
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(Principal
Executive Officer) |
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Chief
Financial Officer |
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/s/
Xin Zheng |
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(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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February
24, 2016 |
Xin Zheng |
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/s/
James Stuart Coleman |
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Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
James Stuart Coleman |
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/s/
Zhanhuai Cheng |
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Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Zhanhuai Cheng |
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/s/
Yanliang Wu |
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Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Yanliang Wu |
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/s/
Yu Zong |
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Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Yu Zong |
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/s/
Harvey Leibowitz |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Harvey Leibowitz |
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/s/
Zhixue Liu |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Zhixue Liu |
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/s/Tongming
Wang |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Tongming Wang |
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/s/
Romano Tio |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Romano Tio |
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/s/
Daniel W. Heffernan |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Daniel W. Heffernan |
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/s/
Zhihong Su |
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Independent
Director |
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February
24, 2016 |
Zhihong
Su
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number |
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Exhibit Description |
3.1 |
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(a) Articles of Incorporation dated December 23, 2009 (1) |
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(b) Certificate of Correction dated April 21, 2010 (1) |
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(c) Certificate of Amendment dated March 10, 2011 (1) |
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(d) Certificate of Amendment dated March 14, 2011 (1) |
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(e) Certificate of Amendment dated January 13, 2016 (1) |
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3.2 |
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Bylaws. (2) |
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4.1 |
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Specimen Common Stock Certificate (1) |
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4.2* |
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Yangtze River Development Limited 2016 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan |
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5.1* |
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Opinion of Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C. |
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23.1* |
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Consent of Dominic KF Chan & Co., independent registered public accounting firm |
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23.2* |
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Consent of Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1) |
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24.1* |
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Power of Attorney (see signature page) |
(1) |
Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 18, 2016 |
(2) |
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed on Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010 |
* Filed Herewith
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Exhibit 4.2
YANGTZE
RIVER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
2016
AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
SECTION
1. | GENERAL
PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS |
The
name of the plan is the YANGTZE RIVER DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2016 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (the
“Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, directors and other key
persons (including consultants and prospective employees) of Yangtze River Development Limited, a Nevada corporation
(including any successor entity, the “Company”) and its Subsidiaries, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts
the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business to acquire an equity interest in the Company. It is
anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer
identification of their interests with those of the Company, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf
and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.
The
following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
“Affiliate”
of any Person means a Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with the first mentioned Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such first Person
possesses directly or indirectly the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the second Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Award”
or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive
Stocks, Non-Qualified Stocks or any combination of the foregoing.
“Board”
means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Cause”
means dismissal as a result of (i) a pattern of drug, alcohol or other substance abuse affecting Participant’s performance;
(ii) the commission of any act of fraud, misappropriation, gross negligence or any other material and intentional wrongful or
unlawful act by Participant, in connection with Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii)
conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude; (iv) a breach of any fiduciary
duty which Participant owes to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) failure to report to work, or inability to perform
Participant’s employment duties for any unexcused reason (excluding illness or disability) for five (5) consecutive workdays,
exclusive of paid time off and the Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s regular paid holidays; (vi) continued failure
to perform the duties assigned to Participant in a satisfactory manner, as reasonably determined by the Board, after notice to
Participant from the Board as to the basis for the Board’s determination of such failure, and Participant’s failure
to cure any such performance issues within fourteen (14) days after such notice is given; or (vii) a material and intentional
violation by Participant of any law or regulation applicable to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which
violation has or is reasonably likely to be injurious to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any acts taken by Participant
in accordance with advice provided by the Company’s legal counsel or as directed by the Board.
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto and related rules, regulations and interpretations.
“Committee”
means the Committee of the Board referred to in Section 2.
“Disability”
means, with respect to an Participant, any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that the Committee, on the
basis of competent medical evidence, reasonably determines has rendered or will render the Participant permanently and totally
disabled within the meaning of Section 422(c)(6) of the Code.
“Effective
Date” means the date on which the Plan is approved by stockholders as set forth at the end of this Plan.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Fair
Market Value” means for purpose of setting the exercise price of a share of the Stock, the fair market value of a share
of the Stock on any given date as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 409A-1(a)(5)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations
promulgated under the Code. If the Stock is admitted to quotation on a national securities exchange, the determination shall be
made by reference to market quotations. If the date for which Fair Market Value is determined is the first day when trading prices
for the Stock are reported on a national securities exchange, the Fair Market Value shall be the “Price to the Public”
(or equivalent) set forth on the cover page for the final prospectus relating to the Company’s Initial Public Offering.
“Incentive
Stock” means any Stock designated and qualified as an “incentive stock” as defined in the Code.
“Initial
Public Offering” means the consummation of the first fully underwritten, firm commitment public offering pursuant to
an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the offer and sale by the Company of its equity securities,
as a result of or following which the Stock shall be publicly held.
“Non-Qualified
Stock” means any Stock that is not an Incentive Stock.
“Shares”
means outstanding shares of Stock that were issued to a Participant upon the exercise of a Stock.
“Participant”
means the Person to whom an Award has been made and is in possession of such Shares.
“Person”
shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership (limited or general), limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or any similar entity.
“Sale
Event” means the consummation of (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (ii) the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated Person, (iii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation
in which the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for securities of the successor entity and the holders
of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding
voting power of the successor entity immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iv) the sale of all or a majority of the
Stock of the Company to an unrelated Person, or (v) any other transaction in which the holders of the Company’s outstanding
voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company
or a successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction; provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the foregoing
(i) through (v), no Sale Event shall be deemed to occur as a result of a bona fide financing transaction, the purpose of which
is to raise funds to finance the operations of the Company.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“Section
409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.
“Shares”
means shares of Stock.
“Stock”
means the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has a controlling interest, either directly
or indirectly.
“Ten
Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d)
of the Code) more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent of
the Company or any Subsidiary.
SECTION
2. | ADMINISTRATION
OF PLAN; COMMITTEE AUTHORITY TO SELECT PARTICIPANTS AND DETERMINE AWARDS |
(a) Administration
of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Board, or the Compensation Committee, if applicable, comprised of not less
than two (2) Directors. All references herein to the “Committee” shall be deemed to refer to the Compensation Committee
for administration of the Plan at the relevant time (i.e., either the Board of Directors or a committee or committees of the Board,
as applicable).
(b) Powers of Committee. The Committee shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the
Plan, including the power and authority:
(i) to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;
(ii) to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock s, Non-Qualified Stocks, or any combination
of the foregoing, granted to any one or more Participants;
(iii) to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;
(iv) to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of
the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Participants, and to approve the form
of written instruments evidencing the Awards;
(v) to accelerate the date of vesting or exercise of all or any portion of any Award;
(vi) to impose any limitations on Awards granted under the Plan, including limitations on transfers, repurchase provisions and the
like and to exercise repurchase rights or obligations;
(vii) subject to any restrictions applicable to Incentive Stock s, to extend at any time the period in which Stock s may be exercised;
and
(viii) at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts
and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related
written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes
arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.
All
decisions and interpretations of the Committee shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Participants.
(c) Indemnification.
Neither the Board nor the Committee, nor any member of either or any delegatee thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission,
interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and
the Committee (and any delegatee thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in
respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting
therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage
which may be in effect from time to time.
SECTION
3. | STOCK
ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; CHANGES IN STOCK; SUBSTITUTION |
(a) Stock
Issuable. The maximum number of Shares reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be TEN MILLION
(10,000,000) Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b). For purposes of this limitation, the Shares
underlying any Awards which are forfeited, canceled, reacquired by the Company, satisfied without the issuance of Stock or
otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the Shares available for issuance under the Plan.
Subject to such overall limitation, Shares may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award.
The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued Shares or Shares reacquired by the Company
and held in its treasury.
(b) Changes in Stock. Subject to Section 4 hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification,
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding
shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the
Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed
with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for a different number or kind
of securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Committee shall make an appropriate
or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number and kind
of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price per share subject
to each outstanding Award, if any, and (iv) the exercise price and/or exchange price for each share subject to any then outstanding
Stocks under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of Stock
s) as to which such Stock s remain exercisable. The adjustment by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional
shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Committee in its discretion may make
a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.
The
Committee may also adjust the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding
Awards to take into consideration material changes in accounting practices or principles, extraordinary dividends, acquisitions
or dispositions of stock or property or any other event if it is determined by the Committee that such adjustment is appropriate
to avoid distortion in the operation of the Plan, provided that no such adjustment shall be made in the case of an Incentive Stock
, without the consent of the Participant, if it would constitute a modification, extension or renewal of the within the meaning
of Section 424(h) of the Code.
(c) Substitute
Awards. The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock based awards held by employees,
directors or other key persons of another corporation in connection with a merger or consolidation of the employing corporation
with the Company or a Subsidiary or the acquisition by the Company or a Subsidiary of property or stock of the employing corporation.
The Committee may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate
in the circumstances. Any substitute Awards granted under the Plan shall not count against the share limitation set forth in Section 3(a).
| SECTION
4. | TREATMENT
UPON SALE EVENT OR OTHER extraordinary TRANSACTION |
(a) In
the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the Plan and all stocks issued hereunder whether vested or not shall
terminate upon the effective time of any such Sale Event unless provision is made in connection with the Sale Event in the sole
discretion of the parties thereto for the assumption or continuation of stock theretofore granted by the successor entity, or
the substitution of such stocks with new stocks of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the
number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree (after taking into account
any acceleration hereunder).
(b) In the event of the termination of the Plan and all s issued hereunder, each Participant shall be permitted, whether such s are
vested or not, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Committee, to
exercise all such s which are then exercisable or will become exercisable as of the effective time of the Sale Event; provided,
however, that the exercise of stocks not exercisable prior to the Sale Event shall be subject to the consummation of the Sale
Event.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 4(a), in the event of a Sale Event pursuant to which holders of the Stock of the Company
will receive upon consummation thereof a cash payment for each share surrendered in the Sale Event, the Company shall have the
right, but not the obligation, to make or provide for a cash payment to the Participants holding vested s in exchange for the
cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the value as determined by the Committee of the consideration
payable per share of Stock pursuant to the Sale Event (the “Sale Price”) times the number of shares of Stock subject
to outstanding vested s (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise
price of all such outstanding vested s.
Participants
under the Plan will be such full or part-time officers and other employees, directors and key persons (including consultants and
prospective employees but conditioned on their employment) of the Company and its Subsidiaries as are selected from time to time
by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided, however, that an Incentive Stock may be granted only to a person
who, at the time the Incentive Stock is granted, is an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(a) Nature
of Stock. A Stock is an Award entitling the recipient to acquire, at such exercise price as determined by the Committee, shares
of Stock subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may be based
on continuing employment (or other service relationship) or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The
grant of a Stock is contingent on the Participant executing an Award agreement. The terms and conditions of each such agreement
shall be determined by the Committee, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and Participants. To the
extent of any conflict between the Award agreement and this Plan, the terms of this Plan shall control and govern.
Stock
s granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stocks or Non-Qualified Stock. Incentive Stocks may be granted only to employees
of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the
Code. To the extent that any does not qualify as an Incentive Stock , it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock . The
Stock Agreement reflecting the issuance of Stock s shall designate whether such Stocks are Incentive Stock s or Non-Qualified
Stocks.
(i) If
a Stock has been issued as an “incentive stock ” the Participant understands that, while this Stock is intended to
qualify as an “incentive stock” to the extent permitted under applicable law, the Company makes no representation
or warranty that this Stock will, in fact, so qualify. In order to obtain the benefits of incentive stock under Section 422
of the Code, the Participant understands that such Stock must be exercised within three (3) months after termination of employment
or within twelve (12) months after termination of employment if such termination is due to death or Disability; provided, that
in no event may such Stock be exercised after the Expiration Date. The Participant further understands that, to obtain such
benefits, no sale or other disposition may be made of Shares for which incentive stock treatment is desired within the one-year
period beginning on the day after the day of the transfer of such Shares to him or her, nor within the two-year period beginning
on the day after the Grant Date of this Stock . If the Participant disposes (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) of
any such Shares within either of these periods (a “Disqualifying Disposition”), he or she will notify the Company
within thirty (30) days after such disposition. The Participant also agrees to provide the Company with any information concerning
any such dispositions required by the Company for tax purposes. Further, to the extent Underlying Shares and any other incentive
stock s of the Participant having an aggregate Fair Market Value in excess of $100,000 (determined as of the Grant Date) vest
in any year, such Stock will not qualify as incentive stocks. To the extent that any portion of the Stock does not qualify as
an incentive stock, whether due to a Disqualifying Disposition or otherwise, it shall be deemed a non-qualified stock. The Company
shall have no liability to the Participant or any transferee if the Stock fails to qualify as an incentive stock.
(ii) If
this Stock has been issued as a “non-qualified” stock , the Participant acknowledges that all of the tax benefits
of Section 4(a)(i) are not available and there may be a regular federal (and state) income tax liability upon the exercise of
the . Participant will be treated as having received compensation income (taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess,
if any, of the fair market value of the Shares on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price. If Participant is an Employee,
the Company will be required to withhold from Participant's compensation or collect from Participant and pay to the applicable
taxing authorities an amount equal to a percentage of this compensation income at the time of exercise. If Shares issued upon
exercise of a non-qualified stock are held for at least one year, any gain realized on disposition of the Shares will be treated
as long-term capital gain for federal income tax purposes.
No
Incentive Stock shall be granted under the Plan after the date which is ten (10) years from the date the Plan is approved by Board
of Directors.
(b) Grants
of Stocks. The Committee in its discretion may grant Stock s to eligible directors, officers, employees and key persons of
the Company or any Subsidiary. Stocks granted under the Plan shall be subject to the terms and conditions and shall contain such
additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Committee shall deem desirable. If the Committee
so determines, Stocks may be granted in lieu of cash compensation at the Participant’s election, subject to such terms and
conditions as the Committee may establish.
(i) Exercise
Price. The exercise price per share for the Stock covered by a Stock granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee
at the time of grant, including on a cashless basis.
(ii) Term.
Each Stock granted hereunder shall not be exercisable more than 10 years after the date the Stock is granted. In the case of an
Incentive Stock that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock shall be no more than five years from the Grant
Date.
(iii) Vesting.
The Committee may impose such vesting conditions and other requirements as the Committee deems appropriate.
(iv) Exercisability;
Rights of a Stockholder. Stock s shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as set forth
in the Plan. No Stock can be exercised unless it has vested. An expired cannot be exercised. The Committee may at any time accelerate
the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock. A Participant shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares
acquired upon the exercise of a Stock and not as to unexercised Stocks. An Participant shall not be deemed to have acquired any
such shares unless and until a Stock shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company shall have issued and
delivered the shares to the Participant, and the Participant’s name shall have been entered on the books of the Company
as a stockholder.
(v) Method
of Exercise. Vested Stocks which have not expired or been terminated may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written
notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made
by one or more of the following methods or as otherwise provided by the Committee:
(A) In
cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Committee in U.S. funds payable to the order of the Company
in an amount equal to the purchase price of such Shares;
(B) By
the Participant delivering to the Company a promissory note if the Board has expressly authorized the loan of funds to the Participant
for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Participant to effect the exercise of his or her Stock; provided that at least so
much of the exercise price as represents the par value of the Stock shall be paid other than with a promissory note if otherwise
required by state law;
(C) If
a Public Offering has occurred, through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased
by the Participant on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Participant and are not then subject to restrictions
under any Company plan. To the extent required to avoid variable accounting treatment under applicable accounting rules, such
surrendered shares if originally purchased from the Company shall have been owned by the Participant for at least six (6) months.
Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date; or
(D) If
permitted by the Committee, through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been beneficially
owned by the Participant for at least six months and are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered
shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date.
Payment
instruments will be received subject to collection. No certificates for shares of Stock so purchased will be issued to Participant
until the Company has completed all steps required by law to be taken in connection with the issuance and sale of the shares,
including, without limitation, (i) receipt of a representation from the Participant at the time of exercise of the that the Participant
is purchasing the shares for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to any sale or distribution thereof, (ii)
the legending of any certificate representing the shares to evidence the foregoing representations and restrictions, and (iii)
obtaining from Participant payment or provision for all withholding taxes due as a result of the exercise of the . The delivery
of certificates representing the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock will be contingent upon receipt
from the Participant (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock ) by the Company of the
full purchase price for such shares, execution by the Participant (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions
of the Stock ) of a joinder to any Shareholders Agreement or Investor Rights Agreement that the Committee may from time to time
require, and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award agreement or applicable provisions of laws. In the
event an Participant chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the
number of shares of Stock transferred to the Participant upon the exercise of the Stock shall be net of the number of shares attested
to.
(c) Termination of Employment. Except as the Committee may otherwise expressly provide, or as may otherwise be expressly provided
in any employment agreement between the Company and the Participant, if the Participant’s employment with the Company or
a Subsidiary terminates, the period within which the Participant may exercise this Stock may be subject to earlier termination
as set forth below:
(i) Termination Due to Death or Disability. If the Participant’s employment terminates by reason of such Participant’s
death or Disability (as defined in the Plan), all Stock held by such Participant may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on
the date of such termination, by the Participant or by the Participant’s legal representative or legatee for a period of
(i) in the event of Participant’s death, twelve (12) months from the date of such termination or until the Expiration Date,
if earlier, and (ii) in the event of Participant’s Disability, six (6) months from the date of such termination or until
the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(ii) Termination for Cause. If the Participant’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, all stocks held by
such Participant (unvested and vested) shall terminate immediately.
(iii) Other Termination. If the Participant’s employment terminates for any reason other than death or Disability or Cause,
Stock s held by such Participant, may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, by the Participant
for a period of three (3) months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier.
(iv) Treatment
of Unvested s on Termination of Employment. Any Stock s that are not exercisable on the date of termination of the Participant’s
employment with the Company, for any reason, shall terminate immediately and be null and void and of no further force and effect.
SECTION
7. | TAX
WITHHOLDING |
(a) Payment
by Participant. Each Participant shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other
amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the Participant for Federal income tax purposes, pay
to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding payment of, any Federal, state, or local taxes of
any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such income. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, to the extent permitted
by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the Participant. The Company’s
obligation to deliver stock certificates to any Participant is subject to and conditioned on any such tax obligations being satisfied
by the Participant.
(b) Payment
in Stock. Subject to approval by the Committee, an Participant may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation
satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award
a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding
amount due, or (ii) transferring to the Company shares of Stock owned by the Participant with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as
of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the minimum withholding amount due.
To
the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section
409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Committee
from time to time in order to comply with Section 409A. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon a “separation
from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) to an Participant who is considered a “specified employee”
(within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months
and one day after the Participant’s date of separation from service, or (ii) the Participant’s death, but only to
the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed
pursuant to Section 409A.
SECTION
9. | AMENDMENTS
AND TERMINATION |
The
Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Committee may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award
(or provide substitute Awards at the same or a reduced exercise or purchase price or with no exercise or purchase price) in a
manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, provided that such price, if any, must satisfy the requirements which would
apply to the substitute or amended Award if it were then initially granted under this Plan, for the purpose of satisfying changes
in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the
Participant’s consent. In addition, to the extent determined by the Committee to be required by the Code to ensure that
Incentive Stock s granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to
approval by the Company’s stockholders who are entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders. Nothing in this Section 10
shall limit the Committee’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(c).
SECTION
10. | STATUS
OF PLAN |
With
respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received
by an Participant, an Participant shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Committee
shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Committee may authorize
the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect
to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.
| SECTION
11. | GENERAL
PROVISIONS |
(a) No
Distribution; Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Committee may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award
to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution
thereof. No shares of Stock shall be issued pursuant to an Award until all applicable securities law and other legal and stock
exchange or similar requirements have been satisfied. The Committee may require the placing of restrictive legends on certificates
for Stock and Awards as it deems appropriate.
(b) Delivery of Stock Certificates. Stock certificates to Participants under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes
when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed
to the Participant, at the Participant’s last known address on file with the Company.
(c) Other Compensation Arrangements; No Employment Rights. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting
other or additional compensation arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable
only in specific cases. The ad of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any employee any right to continued employment
with the Company or any Subsidiary.
(d) Loans to Award Recipients. The Company shall have the authority to make loans to recipients of Awards hereunder (including
to facilitate the purchase of shares) and shall further have the authority to issue shares for promissory notes hereunder.
(e) Designation
of Beneficiary. Each Participant to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries
to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the Participant’s death. Any such designation
shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Committee and shall not be effective until received by the Committee. If no
beneficiary has been designated by a deceased Participant, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the Participant,
the beneficiary shall be the Participant’s estate.
SECTION
12. | EFFECTIVE
DATE OF PLAN |
This
Plan shall become effective upon approval by the stockholders in accordance with applicable law. This Plan expires unless the
stockholders approve the Plan in the manner provided by applicable law no later than the date which is twelve (12) months following
the date on which the Directors approve the Plan. Subject to such approval by the stockholders and to the requirement that no
Stock may be issued hereunder prior to such approval, Stocks and other Awards may be granted hereunder on and after ad of this
Plan by the Board. No grants of Stocks may be made hereunder after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date
and no grants of Incentive Stock s may be made hereunder after the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date the Plan is
approved by the Board.
This
Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of Nevada, applied without regard to conflict of law principles.
SECTION
14. | dispute
resolution |
(a) Except
as provided below, any dispute arising out of or relating to this Plan or any Award made hereunder, or any agreement executed
in connection herewith, or the breach, termination or validity of this Plan, any such Award or any such agreement, shall be finally
settled by binding arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the J.A.M.S./Endispute Comprehensive Arbitration Rules
and Procedures (the “J.A.M.S. Rules”). The arbitration shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C.
Sections 1-16, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction thereof.
The place of arbitration shall be Scottsdale, Arizona.
(b) The arbitration shall commence within 60 days of the date on which a written demand for arbitration is filed by any party hereto.
In connection with the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator shall have the power to order the production of documents by each
party and any third-party witnesses. In addition, each party may take up to three (3) depositions as of right, and the arbitrator
may in his or her discretion allow additional depositions upon good cause shown by the moving party. However, the arbitrator shall
not have the power to order the answering of interrogatories or the response to requests for admission. In connection with any
arbitration, each party to the arbitration shall provide to the other, no later than seven (7) business days before the date of
the arbitration, the identity of all persons that may testify at the arbitration and a copy of all documents that may be introduced
at the arbitration or considered or used by a party’s witness or expert. The arbitrator’s decision and award shall
be made and delivered within six (6) months of the selection of the arbitrator. The arbitrator’s decision shall set forth
a reasoned basis for any award of damages or finding of liability. The arbitrator shall not have power to award damages in excess
of actual compensatory damages and shall not multiply actual damages or award punitive damages, and each party hereby irrevocably
waives any claim to such damages.
(c) The Company, each Participant, each party to an agreement governed hereby and any other holder of Stock issued under this Plan
(each, a “Party”) covenants and agrees that such Party will participate in the arbitration in good faith. This Section 15
applies equally to requests for temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief, except that in the case of temporary or
preliminary injunctive relief any party may proceed in court without prior arbitration for the limited purpose of avoiding immediate
and irreparable harm.
(d) Each Party (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any United States District Court of competent jurisdiction for
the purpose of enforcing the award or decision in any such proceeding, (ii) hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of
motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the
jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution (except as protected
by applicable law), that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action
or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court, and (iii)
hereby waives and agrees not to seek any review by any court of any other jurisdiction which may be called upon to grant an enforcement
of the judgment of any such court. Each Party hereby consents to service of process by registered mail at the address to which
notices are to be given. Each Party agrees that its, his or her submission to jurisdiction and its, his or her consent to service
of process by mail is made for the express benefit of each other Party. Final judgment against any Party in any such action, suit
or proceeding may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit, action or proceeding on the judgment, or in any other manner provided
by or pursuant to the laws of such other jurisdiction.
DATE
APPROVED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: February 23, 2016
DATE
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF STOCKHOLDERS: February 23, 2016
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Exhibit
5.1
Szaferman,
Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, P.C.
Attorneys
at Law
101
Grovers Mill Road, Suite 200
Lawrenceville,
NJ 08648
P:
609.275.0400
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609.275.4511
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#NY
Bar
†U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office |
February
24, 2016
Securities
and Exchange Commission
100
F Street N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
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Re: |
Yangtze River Development Limited |
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We
have acted as counsel to Yangtze River Development Limited, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the registration of the offer and
sale of up to 10,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the
“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the terms and in the manner set forth in the Yangtze River Development Limited
2016 Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
In
connection with the opinion expressed herein, we have examined such documents, records and matters of law as we have deemed relevant
or necessary for purposes of this opinion.
In
rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on all documents examined by us, the due authority of
the parties signing such documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals
of all documents submitted to us as copies and that the offer and sale of the Shares complies in all respects with the terms,
conditions and restrictions set forth in the Registration Statement and the Plan. As to any facts material to this opinion that
we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and
other representatives of the Company and others.
Based
upon the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that the
Plan has been duly authorized and the Shares underlying the Plan, upon issuance and payment therefor in accordance with the terms
of the Plan and the agreements or certificates issued thereunder, will have been validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
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The
foregoing opinion is based upon and limited to Nevada law as currently in effect, and we express no opinion as to the effect of
any other law of the State of Nevada or the laws, statutes, regulations or ordinances of any other jurisdiction.
We
hereby consent to the use of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to said Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit
that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very
truly yours,
Szaferman,
Lakind, Blumstein & Blader, PC |
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By: |
/s/
Gregg E. Jaclin |
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Gregg
E. Jaclin |
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For
the firm |
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the use in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of Yangtze River Development Limited of our report dated February 1, 2016, relating to the consolidated financial
statement of Yangtze River Development Limited for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, which appears in such Registration
Statement.
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Dominic K.F. Chan & Co.
Certified Public Accountants
Hong Kong, February 24, 2016
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