LDSN 10-K
Aphoenity International Holdings Inc. (LDSN)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
We are a Delaware holding company that, through our wholly owned Hong Kong operating subsidiaries, are a business-to-business gaming technology company. We provide events marketing strategies with a combination of digital interactive solutions and content production services in Hong Kong. In digital marketing industry, we offer business-to-business digital marketing solutions on our proprietary and secure network, which accommodates a wide range of devices and theme-based gaming content, including multi-touch table, body motion sensing, indoor positioning device and electronic circuit system, together with the customized game content, as an integrated marketing solution. We are principally engaged in developing and distributing digital entertainment - interactive game software and providing system development consultancy, maintenance services to our customers and providing interactive games installations in shopping mall events, exhibitions and brand promotions.
We provide our business customers in the entertainment industry with a full line of custom-made interactive gaming services. In this entertainment segment, we offer a customized device box with a library of self-developed interactive game contents, such as, sport-themed social games, motion-sensing action games, logic and puzzle games, original IP characters education game for children, etc., to meet with our business customers’ operational use or business-to-business social solutions.
We provide our business customers in entertainment industry with a full line of custom-made interactive gaming services. In this entertainment segment, we offer a customized device box with a library of self-developed interactive game contents, such as, sport-themed social games, motion-sensing action games, logic and puzzle games, original IP characters education game for children, etc., to meet with our business customers’ operational use or business-to-business social solutions.
Our goal is to provide an innovative and effective interactive solution services to satisfy diverse marketing needs. We are committed to working at a high-quality standard to address the needs of differing budgets. We provide services to wide range of customer across different industry segments and regions.
Our principal executive and registered offices are located at 17/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, telephone number +852-2119 1031.
We are not a Chinese operating company but a Delaware holding company with operations conducted through our wholly owned subsidiaries based in Hong Kong. Our holding company structure presents unique risks as our investors may never directly hold equity interests in our Hong Kong subsidiaries and will be dependent upon contributions from our subsidiaries to finance our cash flow needs. Our Hong Kong subsidiaries are currently not required to obtain permission from the Chinese authorities including the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, or Cybersecurity Administration Committee, or CAC, to operate or to issue securities to foreign investors. The business of our subsidiaries until now are not subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, given that: (i) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations. In addition, we are not subject to merger control review by China’s anti-monopoly enforcement agency due to the level of our revenues which provided from us and audited by our auditor and the fact that we currently do not expect to propose or implement any acquisition of control of, or decisive influence over, any company with revenues within China of more than RMB400 million. Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operations, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange.
Further, in light of the recent statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government, such as those related to Hong Kong’s national security, the promulgation of regulations prohibiting foreign ownership of Chinese companies operating in certain industries, which are constantly evolving, and anti-monopoly concerns, we may be subject to the risks of uncertainty of any future actions of the PRC government in this regard, including the risk that we inadvertently conclude that such approvals are not required, that applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change such that we are required to obtain approvals in the future, which may result in a material change in our operations, including our ability to continue our existing holding company structure, carry on our current business, accept foreign investments, and offer or continue to offer securities to our investors, and the resulting adverse change in value to our common stock. We may also be subject to penalties and sanctions imposed by the PRC regulatory agencies, including the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission, if we fail to comply with such rules and regulations, which could adversely affect the ability of the Company’s securities to continue to trade on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, which may cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or become worthless. For a detailed description of the risks facing the Company and the offering associated with our operations in Hong Kong, please refer to “Risk Factors – Risk Factors Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong.”
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Risk Factor Summary
In addition to the foregoing risks, we face various legal and operational risks and uncertainties arising from doing business in Hong Kong as summarized below and in “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong.”
| • | Adverse changes in economic and political policies of the PRC government could have a material and adverse effect on overall economic growth in China and Hong Kong, which could materially and adversely affect our business. | |
| • | We are a holding company and will rely on dividends paid by our subsidiaries for our cash needs any limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to make payments to us could have a material adverse effect on our ability to conduct business. We do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future; you should not buy our stock if you expect dividends. | |
| • | PRC regulation of loans to and direct investments in PRC entities by offshore holding companies may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our operating subsidiaries in Hong Kong. | |
| • | Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation of the PRC Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and business operations. | |
| • | The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over, and can intervene at any time with little to no advance notice: (i) in the manner in which we operate and conduct our business activities; and (ii) offering conducted overseas and or foreign investment in China-based issuers, which could result in a material change in our operations and or the value of our securities. We are currently not required to obtain approval from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges. However, to the extent that the Chinese government exerts more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in Hong Kong-based issuers over time and if our subsidiaries or the holding company were required to obtain approval in the future and were denied permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges, we will not be able to continue listing on a U.S. exchange and the value of our common stock may significantly decline or become worthless, which would materially affect the interest of the investors. | |
| • | Governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to utilize our revenues effectively and affect the value of your investment. | |
| • | We may become subject to a variety of laws and regulations in the PRC regarding privacy, data security, cybersecurity, and data protection. We may be liable for improper use or appropriation of personal information provided by our customers. | |
| • | Under the Enterprise Income Tax Law, we may be classified as a “Resident Enterprise” of China. Such classification will likely result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders. | |
| • | PRC regulation of loans to, and direct investments in, Hong Kong entities by offshore holding companies may delay or prevent us from using proceeds from this offering and/or future financing activities to make loans or additional capital contributions to our Hong Kong operating subsidiaries. | |
| • | Failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident Shareholders to personal liability, may limit our ability to acquire Hong Kong and PRC companies or to inject capital into our Hong Kong subsidiaries, may limit the ability of our Hong Kong subsidiaries to distribute profits to us or may otherwise materially and adversely affect us. | |
| • | The recent joint statement by the SEC and PCAOB, and the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. Trading in our securities may be prohibited under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and the Accelerating the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or investigate completely our auditor, and that as a result an exchange may determine to delist our securities. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCAA) which would reduce the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCAA from three years to two thus reducing the time before our securities may be prohibited from trading or being delisted. On December 2, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted rules to implement the HFCAA. Pursuant to the HFCAA, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued its report notifying the Commission that it is unable to inspect or investigate completely accounting firms headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong due to positions taken by authorities in mainland China and Hong Kong. Our auditor is located in Malaysia and not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. However, in the event the Malaysian authorities subsequently take a position disallowing the PCAOB to inspect our auditor, then we would need to change our auditor to avoid having our securities delisted. Please see “Risk Factors- The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act requires the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to be permitted to inspect the issuer's public accounting firm within three years. This three-year period will be shortened to two years if the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is enacted. There are uncertainties under the PRC Securities Law relating to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, they may suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and delist our securities from applicable trading market within the US.” |
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| • | You may be subject to PRC income tax on dividends from us or on any gain realized on the transfer of shares of our common stock. | |
| • | We face uncertainties with respect to indirect transfers of equity interests in PRC resident enterprises by their non-PRC holding companies. | |
| • | We are organized under the laws of the State of Nevada as a holding company that conducts its business through a number of subsidiaries organized under the laws of foreign jurisdictions such as Hong Kong. This may have an adverse impact on the ability of U.S. investors to enforce a judgment obtained in U.S. Courts against these entities, bring actions in Hong Kong against us or our management or to effect service of process on the officers and directors managing the foreign subsidiaries. | |
| • | U.S. regulatory bodies may be limited in their ability to conduct investigations or inspections of our operations in Hong Kong. | |
| • | There are significant uncertainties under the EIT Law relating to the withholding tax liabilities of PRC subsidiaries, and dividends payable by PRC subsidiaries to our offshore subsidiaries may not qualify to enjoy certain treaty benefits |
Transfers of Cash to and from Our Subsidiaries
Luduson G Inc. is a Delaware holding company with no operations of its own. We conduct our operations in Hong Kong primarily through our subsidiaries in Hong Kong. We may rely on dividends to be paid by our Hong Kong subsidiaries to fund our cash and financing requirements, including the funds necessary to pay dividends and other cash distributions to our shareholders, to service any debt we may incur and to pay our operating expenses. If our Hong Kong subsidiaries incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to us.
Luduson G Inc. is permitted under the Delaware laws to provide funding to our subsidiaries in Hong Kong through loans or capital contributions without restrictions on the amount of the funds, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registration, approval and filing requirements. Our Hong Kong subsidiaries are also permitted under the laws of Hong Kong to provide funding to DH Enchantment, Inc. through dividend distribution without restrictions on the amount of the funds. As of the date of this prospectus, there has been no dividends or distributions among the holding company or the subsidiaries.
We currently intend to retain all available funds and future earnings, if any, for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring or paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors after considering our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, contractual requirements, business prospects and other factors the board of directors deems relevant, and subject to the restrictions contained in any future financing instruments.
Subject to the Nevada Revised Statutes and our bylaws, our board of directors may authorize and declare a dividend to shareholders at such time and of such an amount as they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that immediately following the dividend the value of our assets will exceed our liabilities and we will be able to pay our debts as they become due. There is no further Nevada statutory restriction on the amount of funds which may be distributed by us by dividend.
Under the current practice of the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong, no tax is payable in Hong Kong in respect of dividends paid by us. The laws and regulations of the PRC do not currently have any material impact on transfer of cash from DH Enchantment, Inc. to Ho Shun Yi Limited or from Ho Shun Yi Limited to DH Enchantment, Inc. There are no restrictions or limitation under the laws of Hong Kong imposed on the conversion of HK dollar into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of Hong Kong or across borders and to U.S investors.
Current PRC regulations permit PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends to Hong Kong subsidiaries only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, each of our subsidiaries in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital. Each of such entity in China is also required to further set aside a portion of its after-tax profits to fund the employee welfare fund, although the amount to be set aside, if any, is determined at the discretion of its board of directors. Although the statutory reserves can be used, among other ways, to increase the registered capital and eliminate future losses in excess of retained earnings of the respective companies, the reserve funds are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of liquidation. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not have any PRC subsidiaries.
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The PRC government also imposes controls on the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of the PRC. Therefore, we may experience difficulties in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain and remit foreign currency for the payment of dividends from our profits, if any. Furthermore, if our subsidiaries in the PRC incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other payments. If we or our subsidiaries are unable to receive all of the revenues from our operations, we may be unable to pay dividends on our common stock.
Cash dividends, if any, on our common stock will be paid in U.S. dollars. If we are considered a PRC tax resident enterprise for tax purposes, any dividends we pay to our overseas shareholders may be regarded as China-sourced income and as a result may be subject to PRC withholding tax at a rate of up to 10.0%.
In order for us to pay dividends to our shareholders, we will rely on payments made from our Hong Kong subsidiary to DH Enchantment, Inc. If in the future we have PRC subsidiaries, certain payments from such PRC subsidiaries to Hong Kong subsidiaries will be subject to PRC taxes, including business taxes and VAT. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not have any PRC subsidiaries and our Hong Kong subsidiary has not made any transfers or distributions.
Pursuant to the Arrangement between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Tax Evasion on Income, or the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, the 10% withholding tax rate may be lowered to 5% if a Hong Kong resident enterprise owns no less than 25% of a PRC entity. However, the 5% withholding tax rate does not automatically apply and certain requirements must be satisfied, including, without limitation, that (a) the Hong Kong entity must be the beneficial owner of the relevant dividends; and (b) the Hong Kong entity must directly hold no less than 25% share ownership in the PRC entity during the 12 consecutive months preceding its receipt of the dividends. In current practice, a Hong Kong entity must obtain a tax resident certificate from the Hong Kong tax authority to apply for the 5% lower PRC withholding tax rate. As the Hong Kong tax authority will issue such a tax resident certificate on a case-by-case basis, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the tax resident certificate from the relevant Hong Kong tax authority and enjoy the preferential withholding tax rate of 5% under the Double Taxation Arrangement with respect to dividends to be paid by a PRC subsidiary to its immediate holding company. As of the date of this prospectus, we do not have a PRC subsidiary. In the event that we acquire or form a PRC subsidiary in the future and such PRC subsidiary desires to declare and pay dividends to our Hong Kong subsidiary, our Hong Kong subsidiary will be required to apply for the tax resident certificate from the relevant Hong Kong tax authority. In such event, we plan to inform the investors through SEC filings, such as a current report on Form 8-K, prior to such actions. See “Risk Factors – Risk Factors Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong.”
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CAUTIONARY NOTE CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Form 10-K including, without limitation, statements in the “Market Overview” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s market projections, financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, events or developments which the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including such things as future capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof); expansion and growth of the Company's business and operations; and other such matters are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors it believes are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results or developments will conform with the Company's expectations and predictions is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic, market and business conditions; the business opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to and pursued by the Company; changes in laws or regulation; and other factors, most of which are beyond the control of the Company.
These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of predictive, future-tense or forward-looking terminology, such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "plans," "may," "will," or similar terms. These statements appear in a number of places in this filing and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, and its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) trends affecting the Company's financial condition or results of operations for its limited history; (ii) the Company's business and growth strategies; and, (iii) the Company's financing plans. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Such factors that could adversely affect actual results and performance include, but are not limited to, the Company's limited operating history, potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results and expenses, government regulation, technological change and competition. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 22, 2020.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-K are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by the Company will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequence to or effects on the Company or its business or operations. The Company assumes no obligations to update any such forward-looking statements.
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PART I
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS.
Overview
We are a Delaware holding company that, through our wholly owned Hong Kong operating subsidiaries, are a business-to-business gaming technology company. We provide events marketing strategies with a combination of digital interactive solutions and content production services in Hong Kong. In digital marketing industry, we offer business-to-business digital marketing solutions on our proprietary and secure network, which accommodates a wide range of devices and theme-based gaming content, including multi-touch table, body motion sensing, indoor positioning device and electronic circuit system, together with the customized game content, as an integrated marketing solution. We are principally engaged in developing and distributing digital entertainment - interactive game software and providing system development consultancy, maintenance services to our customers and providing interactive games installations in shopping mall events, exhibitions and brand promotions.
We provide our business customers in the entertainment industry with a full line of custom-made interactive gaming services. In this entertainment segment, we offer a customized device box with a library of self-developed interactive game contents, such as, sport-themed social games, motion-sensing action games, logic and puzzle games, original IP characters education game for children, etc., to meet with our business customers’ operational use or business-to-business social solutions.
We provide our business customers in entertainment industry with a full line of custom-made interactive gaming services. In this entertainment segment, we offer a customized device box with a library of self-developed interactive game contents, such as, sport-themed social games, motion-sensing action games, logic and puzzle games, original IP characters education game for children, etc., to meet with our business customers’ operational use or business-to-business social solutions.
Our goal is to provide an innovative and effective interactive solution services to satisfy diverse marketing needs. We are committed to working at a high-quality standard to address the needs of differing budgets. We provide services to wide range of customer across different industry segments and regions.
Our principal executive and registered offices are located at 17/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, telephone number +852-2119 1031.
We are not a Chinese operating company but a Delaware holding company with operations conducted through our wholly owned subsidiaries based in Hong Kong. Our holding company structure presents unique risks as our investors may never directly hold equity interests in our Hong Kong subsidiaries and will be dependent upon contributions from our subsidiaries to finance our cash flow needs. Our Hong Kong subsidiaries are currently not required to obtain permission from the Chinese authorities including the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, or Cybersecurity Administration Committee, or CAC, to operate or to issue securities to foreign investors. The business of our subsidiaries until now are not subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, given that: (i) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations. In addition, we are not subject to merger control review by China’s anti-monopoly enforcement agency due to the level of our revenues which provided from us and audited by our auditor and the fact that we currently do not expect to propose or implement any acquisition of control of, or decisive influence over, any company with revenues within China of more than RMB400 million. Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operations, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange.
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Further, in light of the recent statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government, such as those related to Hong Kong’s national security, the promulgation of regulations prohibiting foreign ownership of Chinese companies operating in certain industries, which are constantly evolving, and anti-monopoly concerns, we may be subject to the risks of uncertainty of any future actions of the PRC government in this regard, including the risk that we inadvertently conclude that such approvals are not required, that applicable laws, regulations or interpretations change such that we are required to obtain approvals in the future, which may result in a material change in our operations, including our ability to continue our existing holding company structure, carry on our current business, accept foreign investments, and offer or continue to offer securities to our investors, and the resulting adverse change in value to our common stock. We may also be subject to penalties and sanctions imposed by the PRC regulatory agencies, including the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission, if we fail to comply with such rules and regulations, which could adversely affect the ability of the Company’s securities to continue to trade on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, which may cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or become worthless. For a detailed description of the risks facing the Company and the offering associated with our operations in Hong Kong, please refer to “Risk Factors – Risk Factors Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong.”
History
We were established as part of the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Pacific Shores Development, Inc. ("PSD"). PSD and its subsidiary, Jovanovic-Steele, were in the real estate development business, and the real estate crash and the recession of 2008 made it impossible for them to obtain the financing needed to carry on their projects. In 2010, PSD filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California ordered the incorporation of the Company and the distribution of the following securities:
| • | 80,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were distributed to all general unsecured creditors of PSD on a pro rata basis according to amount of debt held; |
| • | 500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were distributed to all administrative creditors of PSD, with these creditors receiving one share of common stock in the Company for each $0.10 of PSD's administrative debt held; |
| • | 2,500,000 common stock purchase warrants of the Company were distributed to all administrative creditors of PSD, with these creditors receiving five common stock purchase warrants of the Company for each $0.10 of PSD's administrative debt held. The 2,500,000 warrants consisted of 500,000 "A Warrants" each convertible into one share of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00; 500,000 "B Warrants" each convertible into one share of common stock at an exercise price of $5.00; 500,000 "C Warrants" each convertible into one share of common stock at an exercise price of $6.00; 500,000 "D Warrants" each convertible into one share of common stock at an exercise price of $7.00; and 500,000 "E Warrants" each convertible into one share of common stock at an exercise price of $8.00. All warrants are exercisable at any time prior to August 30, 2020. |
The exercise price of the warrants was reduced to $0.10 per share on April 7, 2020, and on April 15, 2020, the warrant expiration date was extended to August 30, 2025.
On March 6, 2014, we issued 20,000 common shares for services at par value, $0.0001 per share, for total value of $2. On June 16, 2014, we issued a total of 15,000,000 common shares for services at par value, $0.0001 per share, for total value of $1,500. On August 1, 2017, we issued a total of 10,000 common shares for services at par value, $0.0001 per share, for a total value of $1.
On April 3, 2020, the Company, Linda Masters, our Chief Executive Officer and President, entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”), pursuant to which Ms. Masters agreed to sell to Lan CHAN 14,960,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 (the “Shares”), representing approximately 95.8% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Company, for aggregate consideration of Three Hundred Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($391,000) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SPA. The acquisition of the Shares consummated on April 15, 2020, and was purchased by Lan CHAN with his personal funds. As a result of the acquisition, Mr. Chan holds a controlling interest in the Company and may unilaterally determine the election of the Board and other substantive matters requiring approval of the Company’s stockholders.
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Upon the consummation of the sale of the Shares, Linda Masters, our Chief Executive Officer, President and director, and Kathleen Chula, our Vice President and Director, resigned from all of their positions with the Company, effective April 15, 2020. Their resignations were not due to any dispute or disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.
Concurrently with such resignations, Lan CHAN was appointed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Secretary and sole Director of the Company, until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. None of the directors or executive officers has a direct family relationship with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer. Mr. Chan will serve in his positions without compensation. The Company hopes to enter into a compensatory arrangement with each officer in the future.
Acquisition of LHCL
On May 8, 2020, we executed a Share Exchange Agreement, or the “Share Exchange Agreement,” with Luduson Holding Company Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of British Virgin Islands, or “LHCL,” and the shareholders of LHCL. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, we purchased Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of LHCL, or the “LHCL Shares,” representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of LHCL. As consideration, we agreed to issue to the shareholders of LHCL Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of our common stock, at a value of US $0.10 per share, for an aggregate value of US $1,000,000. We consummated the acquisition of LHCL on May 22, 2020. LHCL is a business-to-business gaming technology company. As a result of our acquisition of LHCL, we entered into the business-to-business gaming technology industry. As a result of the acquisition, our corporate structure is below:
| (1) | Luduson G Inc. was incorporated in the state of Delaware on March 6, 2014. | |
| (2) | Luduson Holding Company Limited is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. | |
| (3) | Luduson Entertainment Limited is a sales and marketing company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong. | |
| (4) | G Music Asia Limited is an event planning company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. |
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Investment Agreement with Strattner Alternative Credit Fund LP
The Company is a party to an Investment Agreement dated as of April 6, 2021, or the “Investment Agreement,” with Strattner pursuant to which Strattner is committed to purchase up to $5,000,000, or the “Strattner Total Commitment,” worth of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value, over the 36-month term of the Investment Agreement.
From time to time over the term of the Investment Agreement, commencing on the trading day immediately following the date on which the initial registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “Commission,” as further discussed below, the Company may, in its sole discretion, provide Strattner with written notices, or a “Strattner Put Notice,” stating the amount of Common Shares of the Company that the Company intends to sell to Strattner, or the “Strattner Put Amount,” with each put subject to the limitations discussed below. The maximum amount of common stock that the Company shall be entitled to put to Strattner under any applicable put notice, or the “Maximum Strattner Put Amount,” shall be an amount of shares up to or equal to 200% of the average of the daily trading volume of our common stock for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately prior to the applicable date on which we make our put to Strattner, so long as such amount is at least $5,000 and does not exceed $250,000, as calculated by multiplying the number of shares under our put by the average daily volume weighted average price for the 10 consecutive trading days immediately prior to the applicable date we submit our put to Strattner.
Once presented with a Strattner Put Notice, Strattner is required to purchase the number of Strattner Put Shares underlying the Strattner Put Notice. The per share purchase price for the Common Shares subject to a Strattner Put Notice shall be equal to 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price of the Common Shares during the five (5) consecutive trading days including and immediately following the applicable Strattner Put Notice date, provided, however, an additional 10% will be added to the discount of each Put if (i) the Company is not DWAC eligible and (ii) an additional 15% will be added to the discount of each Put if the Company is under DTC “chill” status on the applicable Strattner Put Notice Date.
Among other conditions, the Company is prohibited from issuing a Strattner Put Notice if (i) the amount requested in such Strattner Put Notice exceeds Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), as calculated by multiplying the Strattner Put Amount by the average daily VWAP for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately prior to the applicable Strattner Put Notice Date, (ii) the sale of Shares pursuant to such Strattner Put Notice would cause the Company to issue or sell or Strattner to acquire or purchase an aggregate dollar value of Shares that would exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,0000), or (iii) the sale of Shares pursuant to the Strattner Put Notice would cause the Company to sell or Strattner to purchase an aggregate number of shares of the Company’s common stock which would result in beneficial ownership by Strattner of more than 9.99% of the Company’s common stock (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder). The Company cannot make more than one put in any pricing period and must allow 10 days to elapse between the completion of the settlement of any one put and the commencement of a pricing period for any other put.
Registration Rights Agreement with Strattner Alternative Credit Fund LP
In connection with the execution of the Investment Agreement, on April 6, 2021, the Company and Strattner also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, or the “Strattner Registration Rights Agreement.” Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file an initial registration statement, the “Registration Statement,” with the Commission to register an agreed upon number of Strattner Put Shares, on or prior to July 5, 2021, or the “Filing Deadline,” and have it declared effective on or before the 150th calendar day the Company has filed the Registration Rights Agreement, or the “Effectiveness Deadline.” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company is not obligated to file Registration Statements with respect to securities not issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement.
If at any time all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) are not covered by the initial Registration Statement, the Company has agreed to file with the Commission one or more additional Registration Statements so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities not covered by such initial Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the applicable filing deadline for such additional Registration Statements as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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Equity Purchase Agreement with Williamsburg Venture Holdings, LLC
The Company is a party to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated August 20, 2021, or the “Equity Purchase Agreement,” pursuant to which Williamsburg is committed to purchase up to $30,000,000 worth of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value, over the 36-month term of the Equity Purchase Agreement, or the “Williamsburg Total Commitment”. From time to time over the term of the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, provide Williamsburg with written notices, or a “Williamsburg Put Notice,” stating the amount of Common Shares of the Company that the Company intends to sell to Williamsburg, or the “Williamsburg Put Amount.” Once presented with a Williamsburg Put Notice, Williamsburg is required to purchase the number of Williamsburg Put Shares underlying the Williamsburg Put Notice with each put subject to the limitations discussed below.
The per share purchase price for the Williamsburg Put Shares shall be equal to 88% the lowest traded price of the Common Stock on the principal market during the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date which Williamsburg received the Williamsburg Put Shares as DWAC Shares in its brokerage account (as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P., Quotestream, or other reputable source).
The exercise of each put option is subject to the following limitations:
| (i) | each investment amount must be at least than $25,000 and not in excess of an amount that equals the lesser of (i) 200% of the average daily trading volume, and (ii) $500,000; | |
| (ii) | the aggregate investment amount of all option puts shall not exceed $30,000,000; | |
| (iii) | the lowest traded price of the Common Stock in the five trading days preceding the respective Put Date must exceed $0.01 per share; and | |
| (iv) | at least ten trading days must have lapsed since the most recent Put Notice. |
The Equity Purchase Agreement provides that the number of Williamsburg Put Shares to be sold to Williamsburg shall not exceed the number of shares that when aggregated together with all other shares of the Company’s common stock which Williamsburg is deemed to beneficially own, would result in Williamsburg owning more than 4.99% of the Company’s outstanding common stock (as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder). The Equity Purchase Agreement provides that any provision of the Investment Agreement may be amended or waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.
The Company has paid to Williamsburg a commitment fee equal in the form of 100,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Williamsburg Initial Commitment Shares”).
Registration Rights Agreement with Williamsburg Venture Holdings, LLC
In connection with the Equity Purchase Agreement, on August 20, 2021, the Company and Williamsburg also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, or the “Williamsburg Registration Rights Agreement.” Pursuant to the Williamsburg Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed to file an initial registration statement, or the “Registration Statement,” with the Commission to register the Williamsburg Initial Commitment Shares and that number of Williamsburg Put Shares as set forth in the Williamsburg Registration Rights Agreement, within 90 days after the execution date, or the “Filing Deadline.”.
If at any time all of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) are not covered by the initial Registration Statement, the Company has agreed to file with the Commission one or more additional Registration Statements so as to cover all of the Registrable Securities not covered by such initial Registration Statement, in each case, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the applicable filing deadline for such additional Registration Statements as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.
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Our Products and Services
We provide a wide range of interactive game software that targets customers in Hong Kong and China. Notably a number of the games developed, operated or published by us are game adaptations of famous or popular literature, comics or animations. Our game library includes more than 100 games. Our game library consists of our self/co-developed games and third-party developed games. Our self/co-developed games generate revenue primarily from grant a right-to-use to our clients who subscribe to our games via an online portal. Clients are able to select from a wide range of games and download them from our portal.
For shopping malls, exhibition organizers and brand owners, we provide customized interactive games according to the intellectual properties, licenses or brands and offer technical consultancy services, including system deployment, service maintenance and user analytics. After initial commercialization or game launch with specific literature, comics or animations, we would further reuse the game engine to generate another game title with our self-developed characters. The newly developed interactive game will be included to our game library, and provide another stream of revenue, i.e. game license.
Markets and Regions
With the development of digital technology, interactive gaming and its applications have increased their footprint in the marketplace. Interactive gaming involves Sound Design, Interface Design, Design Simulation, Navigation Design, Application Design, etc. Today, interactive technology is used in art and games including in museums, commercial special exhibitions, marketing, mutual media, business innovation, theme parks, etc. We communicate with business customers to assist them in converting their thought into feasible technology, as part of their B2B marketing strategies and solutions to appeal to their target audience in the launch of their marketing events and campaigns.
Traditional forms of gaming such as PC game and online games with its single form of display are gradually being replaced by interactive gaming. The wide application of interactive game has attracted the attention of the public, mobilizing the enthusiasm of participants. We believe that, in the near future, the multimedia interactive games will be well-accepted, especially in Hong Kong and China. We believe that interactive games will become the trend in the 21th century globally.
The below statistic shows the digital advertising expenditure in Hong Kong from 2016 to 2022.
* Projected figures
Sourced from Statista 2020
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Currently, we derive revenue from two main business segments: digital marketing and entertainment. During the year ended December 31, 2021, our digital marketing and entertainment revenues accounted for 58% and 42% of our revenues as follows:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| US$ | US$ | |||||||
| Digital marketing | $ | 693,304 | $ | 5,916,380 | ||||
| Entertainment | 308,134 | 19,340 | ||||||
| $ | 1,001,438 | $ | 5,935,720 | |||||
We commenced our operations in Hong Kong. Our services and products are marketed and sold in Hong Kong and China. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, our revenues are attributable from the following regions:
| Region |
Revenue Percentage Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
Revenue Percentage Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
| Hong Kong | 70% | 56% |
| China | 30% | 44% |
| All other regions | –% | –% |
Digital Marketing
In Hong Kong, we usually co-operate with shopping malls, exhibition organizers, brand owners and marketing agency, offering events marketing strategies with the combination of intellectual-property or branding interactive game solutions in order to provide entertainment experiences to our target audience and increase attractions to the venue.
Entertainment
For the entertainment industry, the marketing strategy is slightly different. We offer and provide the library of our custom-made game contents in a customized computer device through a plug and play model for business-to-business (B2B) content aggregation used by their operators. Our device is easily connected to TV sets and our game contents are freely distributed to play for leisure and entertainment, such as, sport-themed social games, motion-sensing action games, logic and puzzle games, original IP characters education games for children, etc.
As of December 31, 2021, the following customers represented 10% or more of our revenues:
| Revenues (US$) |
Percentages of Revenues |
Accounts Receivable (US$) |
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| Ease Audio Group Limited | $ | 693,304 | 70% | $ | 2,427,487 | |||||||
| Yu Lin Nuo Ya Interactive Entertainment Company Limited | 154,067 | 15% | 1,509,812 | |||||||||
| Shenzhen Jiu Sheng Optoelectronic Comm Tech Co., Ltd | 154,067 | 15% | 1,164,531 | |||||||||
| Total: | $ | 1,001,438 | 100% | $ | 5,101,830 |
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As of December 31, 2020, the following customers represented 10% or more of our revenues:
| Revenues (US$) | Percentages of Revenues | Accounts Receivable (US$) | ||||||||||
| Ease Audio Group Limited | $ | 3,284,657 | 55% | $ | 2,041,928 | |||||||
| Yu Lin Nuo Ya Interactive Entertainment Company Limited | 1,448,086 | 24% | 1,352,108 | |||||||||
| Shenzhen Jiu Sheng Optoelectronic Comm Tech Co., Ltd | 1,183,637 | 20% | 1,088,683 | |||||||||
| Total: | $ | 5,916,380 | 99% | $ | 4,482,719 | |||||||
Our Strategies
We are focused on executing on key strategies to achieve long-term growth in revenues, profit and cash flow. We seek to achieve our targets by delivering innovative and differentiated products that provide value to our clients and exciting experiences. We place great emphasis on developing creative solutions, in terms of interactive game and play, that deliver and sustain superior performance primarily for distributed gaming. This networked strategy often allows us to update our games and operating software remotely, keeping pace with evolving requirements in game play, security, technology and regulations.
Our primary objectives are (i) to strengthen our position as an operator and developer in the interactive game industry in Hong Kong and China and (ii) to actively expand into overseas markets in respect of self/co-developed games. To this end, we plan to pursue the following business strategies:
| • | expand our game portfolio through developing more high-quality self/co-developed games and introducing licensed games with a focus on interactive games; |
| • | continue to secure development rights for popular literatures, comics and animations; |
| • | fully utilize existing games and development rights to broaden our revenue stream; |
| • | enhance our game development capacity and increase the investment in game technology to increase the number of self-developed games; |
| • | consolidate our market position and enhance our marketing efforts; |
| • | pursue strategic alliances and acquisition opportunities; |
| • | further expand into the interactive gaming market in China; |
| • | broaden reach into international markets; and |
| • | pursue strategic acquisitions and partnerships |
We currently develop and operate interactive games. To maximize the value of our self/co-developed games, we intend to explore market opportunities of other geographic markets by offering other language versions (such as English or Malay or Chinese versions) of our self/co-developed games.
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We strive to introduce high-quality games and deliver a superior game experience to our customers in order to retain their interest in our games. It is our constant endeavour to elevate the awareness of our brand-name in order to associate our brand with high-quality games and appealing game experience. This is achieved through investments in our game development team and staff, upgrades of software such as game engines, game-designing tools, and the acquisition of hardware to accommodate increasing technical demands for operating the games. Furthermore, we believe that our investment in technology, both in terms of hardware and software, would raise the barrier to entry for future competitors as well as maintaining our competitive edge against existing competitors.
Here are some rolling campaigns with the distribution of interactive game contents in the marketing events.
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Here is our customized computer device with a full line of our custom-made interactive game contents to offer the entertainment service, which we install a variety of digital games, such as:
· sport-themed social games, · motion-sensing action games, · logic and puzzle games, · original IP characters education game for children, etc.
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Examples of cartoon-themed game and motion-sensing action game.
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Development and Modification
Our project team in our technical department is responsible for creating game logic, in-game graphics as long as music and sound effect. The project team may further adopt other interactive technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), human motion sensing, gesture control, location-based detection, projection mapping and other special effects to our game so as to maximize the gaming experience for our players. We engage external service providers for the soundtracks, motion pictures and part of the artwork associated with the game. We also engage external third party services providers for special-themed game artwork.
During the development process, our project team will test-play the game to look for errors, bugs, lagging, faulty designs and etc. This is a continuous process until the project manager is satisfied with the performance and the overall playability of the alpha version.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND PATENTS
We expect to rely on, trade secrets, copyrights, know-how, trademarks, license agreements and contractual provisions to establish our intellectual property rights and protect our “Luduson” brand, as well as its related products and services. These legal means, however, afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights. Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others. Litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.
The laws of Hong Kong, China and our target countries may not protect our brand and services and intellectual property to the same extent as U.S. laws, if at all. We may be unable to fully protect our intellectual property rights in these countries. Further, companies in the internet, social media technology and other industries may own large numbers of patents, copyrights and trademarks and may frequently request license agreements, threaten litigation or file suit against us based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights.
We intend to seek the widest possible protection for significant product and process developments in our major markets through a combination of copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, patents, confidentiality provisions and procedures and other contractual provisions, if applicable. We anticipate that the form of protection will vary depending upon the level of protection afforded by the particular jurisdiction. We expect that our revenue will be derived principally from our operations in Hong Kong and China where intellectual property protection may be limited and difficult to enforce. In such instances, we may seek protection of our intellectual property through measures taken to increase the confidentiality of our findings.
We intend to register trademarks as a means of protecting the brand names of our companies and products. We intend protect our trademarks against infringement and also seek to register design protection where appropriate.
We rely on trade secrets and unpatentable know-how that we seek to protect, in part, by confidentiality agreements. We expect that, where applicable, we will require our employees to execute confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of employment with us. We expect these agreements to provide that all confidential information developed or made known to the individual during the course of the individual's relationship with us is to be kept confidential and not disclosed to third parties except in specific limited circumstances. The agreements will also provide that all inventions conceived by the individual while rendering services to us shall be assigned to us as the exclusive property of our company. There can be no assurance, however, that all persons who we desire to sign such agreements will sign, or if they do, that these agreements will not be breached, that we would have adequate remedies for any breach, or that our trade secrets or unpatentable know-how will not otherwise become known or be independently developed by competitors.
We also devote financial and operational resources to implement systems, processes and technologies to guard against cyber events and to help protect our intellectual property, employee and consumer data and information technology systems against intrusions or other security breaches. In addition, we engage in activities designed to limit the impact of abuse of our digital products and services, including monitoring our games for evidence of exploitation and re-balancing our game environments in the event that such abuse is discovered.
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COMPETITION
Competition in the game industry is intense in Hong Kong and China. We compete with other game developers, operators and publishers of interactive games in Hong Kong and China. We may also face competition from emerging mobile game developers, operators and publishers, as well as some traditional online PC game companies that are entering the mobile game market. The game industry is fragmented and sensitive to price and service. We believe the principal competitive factors in our market include the following:
| • | strong in-house game development expertise with a track record of successful games and robust pipeline; |
| • | leading publishing platform; |
| • | large game portfolio and diversified publishing network; and |
| • | collaborative culture led by a stable management team. |
| • | local presence and understanding of local business trends; |
| • | ability to minimize the time-to-market of the game solutions; |
| • | ability to build up a high volume of game titles in the library; |
| • | ability to form partnership with famous IP and brand owners; |
| • | ability to assist our client to generate positive feedback on adopting our products; and |
| • | strength and recognition of our brand. |
Although we believe we compete favorably on the factors described above, many of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources, larger product and services offerings, larger customer base and greater brand recognition. These factors may allow our competitors to benefit from their existing customer base with lower development costs or to respond more quickly than we can to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements.
These competitors may engage in more extensive research and development efforts, undertake more far-reaching marketing campaigns and adopt more aggressive pricing policies, which may allow them to build a larger customer base more effectively than us. Our competitors may develop products or services that are similar to our products and services or that achieve greater market acceptance than our products and services. In addition, although we do not believe that customer payment terms are a principal competitive factor in our market, they may become such a factor, and we may be unable to compete on such terms.
EMPLOYEES
As of March 23, 2022, we have the following full time employees:
| Administration / Finance | 2 | |
| Total | 2 |
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We work with our programmers and developers on a contractual basis as they are not employees of the Company.
All of our employees are located in Hong Kong. None of our employees are members of a trade union. We believe that we maintain good relationships with our employees and have not experienced any strikes or shutdowns and have not been involved in any labor disputes.
GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY REGULATIONS
Our business is located in Hong Kong and is subject to the laws and regulations of Hong Kong governing businesses concerning, in particular labor, occupational safety and health, contracts, tort and intellectual property. Furthermore, we need to comply with the rules and regulations of Hong Kong governing the data usage and regular terms of service applicable to our potential customers or clients. As the information of our potential customers or clients is preserved in Hong Kong, we need to comply with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
If PRC authorities reinterpret PRC laws to apply to Hong Kong companies, we may become subject to the laws and regulations of China governing businesses in general, including labor, occupational safety and health, contracts, tort and intellectual property. We may also become subject to foreign exchange regulations might limit our ability to convert foreign currency into Renminbi or Hong Kong Dollars, acquire any other PRC companies, establish VIEs in the PRC, or make dividend payments from any future WFOEs to us.
Hong Kong
The Employment Ordinance is the main piece of legislation governing conditions of employment in Hong Kong since 1968. It covers a comprehensive range of employment protection and benefits for employees, including Wage Protection, Rest Days, Holidays with Pay, Paid Annual Leave, Sickness Allowance, Maternity Protection, Statutory Paternity Leave, Severance Payment, Long Service Payment, Employment Protection, Termination of Employment Contract, Protection Against Anti-Union Discrimination. In addition, every employer must take out employees’ compensation insurance to protect the claims made by employees in respect of accidents occurred during the course of their employment.
An employer must also comply with all legal obligations under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance, (CAP485). These include enrolling all qualifying employees in MPF schemes and making MPF contributions for them. Except for exempt persons, employer should enroll both full-time and part-time employees who are at least 18 but under 65 years of age in an MPF scheme within the first 60 days of employment. The 60-day employment rule does not apply to casual employees in the construction and catering industries. Pursuant to the said Ordinance, we are required to make MPF contributions for our Hong Kong employees once every contribution period (generally the wage period within 1 month). Employers and employees are each required to make regular mandatory contributions of 5% of the employee’s relevant income to an MPF scheme, subject to the minimum and maximum relevant income levels. For a monthly-paid employee, the minimum and maximum relevant income levels are $7,100 and $30,000, respectively.
China
Depending upon the political climate, we may also become subject to the laws and regulations of China governing businesses in general, including labor, occupational safety and health, contracts, tort and intellectual property. We may also become subject to foreign exchange regulations might limit our ability to convert foreign currency into Renminbi, acquire PRC companies, or make dividend payments to ENMI.
Regulations on Tax
PRC Corporate Income Tax
The PRC corporate income tax, or CIT, is calculated based on the taxable income determined under the applicable CIT Law and its implementation rules, which became effective on January 1, 2008 and amended on February 24, 2017 and December 29, 2018 respectively. The CIT Law imposes a uniform corporate income tax rate of 25% on all resident enterprises in China, including foreign-invested enterprises.
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Uncertainties exist with respect to how the CIT Law applies to the tax residence status of the Company and our offshore subsidiaries. Under the CIT Law, an enterprise established outside of China with a “de facto management body” within China is considered a “resident enterprise,” which means that it is treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for corporate income tax purposes. Although the implementation rules of the CIT Law define “de facto management body” as a managing body that exercises substantive and overall management and control over the production and business, personnel, accounting books and assets of an enterprise, the only official guidance for this definition currently available is set forth in Circular 82 issued by the State Administration of Taxation, which provides guidance on the determination of the tax residence status of a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise, defined as an enterprise that is incorporated under the laws of a foreign country or territory and that has a PRC enterprise or enterprise group as its primary controlling shareholder. Although the Company does not have a PRC enterprise or enterprise group as our primary controlling shareholder and is therefore not a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise within the meaning of Circular 82, in the absence of guidance specifically applicable to us, we have made reference to the guidance set forth in Circular 82 to evaluate the tax residence status of the Company and our subsidiaries organized outside the PRC.
According to Circular 82, a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having a “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC corporate income tax on its worldwide income only if all of the following criteria are met:
| • | the primary location of the day-to-day operational management is in the PRC; | |
| • | decisions relating to the enterprise’s financial and human resource matters are made or are subject to approval by organizations or personnel in the PRC; | |
| • | the enterprise’s primary assets, accounting books and records, company seals, and board and shareholders meeting minutes are located or maintained in the PRC; and | |
| • | 50% or more of voting board members or senior executives habitually reside in the PRC. |
Currently, our Hong Kong entities are not considered entities inside China and therefore not deemed to be a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes as defined above. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.” As all of our management members are based in Hong Kong, it remains unclear how the tax residency rule will apply to our case. If the PRC tax authorities determine that we or any of our subsidiaries outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC enterprise income tax purposes, then we or such subsidiary could be subject to PRC tax at a rate of 25% on its world-wide income, as our entity enterprise in China is an state high-tech enterprise, it is possible to be impose 15% enterprise income tax on state high-tech enterprises in accordance with provisions of the Chinese tax law, thus materially reducing our net income. In addition, we will also be subject to PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations. Furthermore, if the PRC tax authorities determine that we are a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, gains realized on the sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares may be subject to PRC tax, at a rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals (in each case, subject to the provisions of any applicable tax treaty), if such gains are deemed to be from PRC sources. It is unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of our company would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax may reduce the returns on your investment in our common stock.
Value-Added Tax and Business Tax
The Provisional Regulations of the PRC on Value-added Tax (“VAT”) were promulgated by the State Council on December 13, 1993 and came into effect on January 1, 1994 which were subsequently amended on November 10, 2008, February 6, 2016 and November 19, 2017. The Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Provisional Regulations of the PRC on Value-added Tax (Revised in 2011) were promulgated by the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) on 28 October 2011 and came into effect on November 1, 2011 (collectively, the “VAT Law”). According to the VAT Law, all enterprises and individuals engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of processing, repair and replacement services, and the importation of goods within the territory of the PRC must pay value-added tax. For general VAT taxpayers selling or importing goods other than those specifically listed in the VAT Law, the VAT rate is 17%. Starting from April 1, 2019, the VAT rate for revenue generated from providing products was changed from 16% into 13%. VAT is reported as a deduction of revenue when incurred. Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are allowed to offset qualified input VAT paid to suppliers against their output VAT liabilities. Net VAT balance between input VAT and output VAT is recorded in taxes payable.
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On March 23, 2016, the Ministry of Finance and the SAT jointly issued the Circular on Full Implementation of Business Tax to Value-added Tax Reform which has been partially repealed on July 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018, confirms that business tax would be completely replaced by VAT from May 1, 2016.
Regulations Relating to Foreign Exchange and Dividend Distribution
Foreign Exchange Regulations
The principal regulations governing foreign currency exchange in China are the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations. Under the PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, such as profit distributions and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, may be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) by complying with certain procedural requirements. By contrast, approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of foreign currency-denominated loans or foreign currency is to be remitted into China under the capital account, such as a capital increase or foreign currency loans to PRC subsidiaries. Our operating currency is the Hong Kong Dollar. If PRC authorities reinterpret foreign exchange regulations to include the Hong Kong Dollar, then we may become subject to the regulations affecting foreign exchange and dividend distributions as set forth herein.
In November 2012, SAFE promulgated the Circular of Further Improving and Adjusting Foreign Exchange Administration Policies on Foreign Direct Investment. Pursuant to this circular, the opening of various special purpose foreign exchange accounts, such as pre-establishment expense accounts, foreign exchange capital accounts and guarantee accounts, the reinvestment of RMB proceeds by foreign investors in the PRC, and remittance of foreign exchange profits and dividends by a foreign-invested enterprise to its foreign shareholders no longer require the approval or verification of SAFE, and multiple capital accounts for the same entity may be opened in different provinces, which was not possible previously. In addition, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Printing and Distributing the Provisions on Foreign Exchange Administration over Domestic Direct Investment by Foreign Investors and the Supporting Documents in May 2013, which specifies that the administration by SAFE or its local branches over direct investment by foreign investors in the PRC shall be conducted by way of registration and banks shall process foreign exchange business relating to the direct investment in the PRC based on the registration information provided by SAFE and its branches.
Additionally, pursuant to the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Further Simplifying and Improving the Direct Investment related Foreign Exchange Administration Policies (“SAFE Notice No. 13”), which was promulgated on February 13, 2015 and became effective on June 1, 2015, the foreign exchange registration in relation to foreign direct investment shall be directly reviewed and handled by qualified banks in accordance with SAFE Notice No. 13, and SAFE and its branches shall perform indirect regulation over the foreign exchange registration via qualified banks.
We typically do not need to use our offshore foreign currency to fund our Hong Kong operations. In the event we need to do so, we may be required to apply to obtain the relevant approvals of, registration or filing with SAFE and other PRC government authorities as necessary.
On August 29, 2008, SAFE issued the Circular on the Relevant Operating Issues Concerning the Improvement of the Administration of the Payment and Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, or SAFE Circular 142. Pursuant to SAFE Circular 142, RMB resulting from the settlement of foreign currency capital of a foreign-invested enterprise must be used within the business scope as approved by the applicable government authority and cannot be used for domestic equity investment, unless it is otherwise approved. Documents certifying the purposes of the settlement of foreign currency capital into RMB, including a business contract, must also be submitted for the settlement of the foreign currency. In addition, SAFE strengthened its oversight of the flow and use of RMB capital converted from foreign currency registered capital of a foreign-invested company. The use of such RMB capital may not be altered without SAFE’s approval, and such RMB capital may not be used to repay RMB loans if such loans have not been used. Violations of SAFE Circular 142 could result in severe monetary fines or penalties. We expect that our use of RMB funds have been, and will be, within the approved business scope of our PRC subsidiary. We believe that our PRC subsidiary is permitted to conduct its castor seeds distribution operations and provide consulting services to castor farmers. However, we may not be able to use such RMB funds to make equity investments in the PRC through our PRC subsidiaries. There are no costs associated with applying for registration or approval of loans or capital contributions with or from relevant PRC governmental authorities, other than nominal processing charges. Under PRC laws and regulations, the PRC governmental authorities are required to process such approvals or registrations or deny our application within a prescribed time period, which is usually less than 90 days. The actual time taken, however, may be longer due to administrative delays. If we are required to obtain these registrations or approvals, we cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain these government registrations or approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to our operations in Hong Kong. If we fail to receive such registrations or approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from our funds to capitalize our Hong Kong operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and ability to fund and expand our business.
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SAFE Circular 37
SAFE promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37, on July 4, 2014, which replaced the former circular commonly known as “SAFE Circular 75” promulgated by SAFE on October 21, 2005. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents to register with local branches of SAFE in connection with their direct establishment or indirect control of an offshore entity, for the purpose of overseas investment and financing, with such PRC residents’ legally owned assets or equity interests in domestic enterprises or offshore assets or interests, referred to in SAFE Circular 37 as a “special purpose vehicle.” SAFE Circular 37 further requires amendment to the registration in the event of any significant changes with respect to the special purpose vehicle, such as increase or decrease of capital contributed by PRC individuals, share transfer or exchange, merger, division or other material event. In the event that a PRC shareholder holding interests in a special purpose vehicle fails to fulfill the required SAFE registration, the PRC subsidiaries of that special purpose vehicle may be prohibited from making profit distributions to the offshore parent and from carrying out subsequent cross-border foreign exchange activities, and the special purpose vehicle may be restricted in its ability to contribute additional capital into its PRC subsidiary. Furthermore, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC law for evasion of foreign exchange controls. On February 13, 2015, SAFE Notice No. 13 was promulgated, pursuant to which the aforementioned registration shall be conducted with and handled by qualified banks.
We have notified substantial beneficial owners of our ordinary shares who we know are PRC residents of their filing obligation, and to the best of our knowledge, those shareholders whom we know are PRC residents have completed the registration or will carry out the registration as required under SAFE Circular 37. However, we may not be aware of the identities of all our beneficial owners who are PRC residents. In addition, we do not have control over our beneficial owners and cannot assure you that all of our PRC resident beneficial owners will comply with SAFE Circular 37. The failure of our beneficial owners who are PRC residents to register or amend their SAFE registrations in a timely manner pursuant to SAFE Circular 37 or the failure of future beneficial owners of our company who are PRC residents to comply with the registration procedures set forth in SAFE Circular 37 may subject such beneficial owners or our PRC subsidiaries to fines and legal sanctions. Failure to register or amend the registration may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital to our PRC subsidiaries or receive dividends or other distributions from our PRC subsidiaries or other proceeds from disposal of our PRC subsidiaries, or we may be penalized by SAFE.
Share Option Rules
Under the Administration Measures on Individual Foreign Exchange Control issued by the PBOC on December 25, 2006, all foreign exchange matters involved in employee share ownership plans and share option plans in which PRC citizens participate require approval from SAFE or its authorized branch. Pursuant to SAFE Circular 37, PRC residents who participate in share incentive plans in overseas non-publicly-listed companies may submit applications to SAFE or its local branches for the foreign exchange registration with respect to offshore special purpose companies. In addition, under the Notices on Issues concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Share Incentive Plans of Overseas Publicly-Listed Companies, or the Share Option Rules, issued by SAFE on February 15, 2012, PRC residents who are granted shares or share options by companies listed on overseas stock exchanges under share incentive plans are required to (i) register with SAFE or its local branches, (ii) retain a qualified PRC agent, which may be a PRC subsidiary of the overseas listed company or another qualified institution selected by the PRC subsidiary, to conduct the SAFE registration and other procedures with respect to the share incentive plans on behalf of the participants, and (iii) retain an overseas institution to handle matters in connection with their exercise of share options, purchase and sale of shares or interests and funds transfers.
Regulation of Dividend Distributions
The principal laws, rules and regulations governing dividend distributions by foreign-invested enterprises in the PRC are the Company Law of the PRC, as amended, the Wholly Foreign-owned Enterprise Law and its implementation regulations, the Chinese-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Law and its implementation regulations, and the Chinese-foreign Equity Joint Venture Law and its implementation regulations. Under these laws, rules and regulations, foreign-invested enterprises may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profit, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Both PRC domestic companies and wholly-foreign owned PRC enterprises are required to set aside a general reserve of at least 10% of their after-tax profit, until the cumulative amount of such reserve reaches 50% of their registered capital. A PRC company is not permitted to distribute any profits until any losses from prior fiscal years have been offset. Profits retained from prior fiscal years may be distributed together with distributable profits from the current fiscal year.
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Seasonality.
Our business is highly dependent upon various festivals in Hong Kong and China. In Hong Kong and China, we experience peak demand for our services during Chinese new year, Easter holiday, summer holiday and Christmas in December.
Insurance.
Our business is located in Hong Kong are subject to the laws and regulations of Hong Kong governing businesses concerning, in particular labor, occupational safety and health, contracts, tort and intellectual property. Furthermore, we need to comply with the rules and regulations of Hong Kong governing the data usage and regular terms of service applicable to our potential customers or clients. As the information of our potential customers or clients is preserved in Hong Kong, we need to comply with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Our principal executive and registered offices are located at 17/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, telephone number +852-2119 1031.
Near-Term Requirements For Additional Capital
We believe that we will require approximately $1,000,000 over the next 18-24 months to implement our business plan of expanding throughout Hong Kong. For the immediate future, we intend to finance our business expansion efforts through loans from existing shareholders or financial institutions.
Available Information
Access to all of our Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is provided, free of charge, on our website (www.luduson.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The reports will be provided at no cost to the requester. Each request for these reports should be made to Luduson G Inc., Attention: Secretary, 17/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
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ITEM 1A. Risk Factors.
An investment in our common stock involves a number of very significant risks. You should carefully consider the following known material risks and uncertainties in addition to other information in this document in evaluating our company and its business before purchasing shares of our company's common stock. You could lose all or part of your investment due to any of these risks.
Risks Relating to the Company
COVID-19 has had an adverse effect that is material on our business and may continue to do so for the next twelve months.
During March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak to be a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted health and economic conditions throughout Hong Kong and China. National, regional and local governments took a variety of actions to contain the spread of COVID-19, including office and store closures or capacity limitations. These developments have caused a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
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We cannot predict how soon we will be able to resume normal operations as our ability to resume will depend in part on the actions of a number of governmental bodies over which we have no control. Moreover, once restrictions are lifted, it is unclear how quickly customers will commence operations and resume consuming our products and service, which may be a function of continued concerns over safety and/or depressed consumer sentiment due to adverse economic conditions, including job losses. Considering the significant uncertainty as to when we can resume operations and the uncertain customer demand environment, in addition to the actions described above, we expect to engage in conversations with potential investors to secure additional sources of financing.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused significant disruptions to the Company’s ability to generate revenues and cash flows, and uncertainty regarding the length of the disruption may adversely impact our financial condition and ability to raise additional capital. As part of our business continuity efforts, we reduced expenses broadly, including by furloughing our workforce except a small team of essential personnel, reducing pay and benefits for remaining employees, and cutting back capital spending. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows will depend on our ability to have sufficient liquidity until such time as we again generate revenue and profits capable of supporting our ongoing operations, all of which remain highly uncertain at this time.
We may be materially and adversely affected by the complexity, uncertainties and changes in PRC regulation of the companies and businesses in the digital space.
In recent activity, the PRC government has issued extensive regulations affecting the digital industry such as online gaming, online tutoring, e-commerce and other online and technology companies, including foreign ownership of, and the licensing and permit requirements pertaining to, companies in the digital space. These laws and regulations are relatively new and evolving, and their interpretation and enforcement involve significant uncertainty. As a result, in certain circumstances it may be difficult to determine what actions or omissions may be deemed to be in violations of applicable laws and regulations. There is also uncertainty regarding such laws may be expanded to increase its effect on our business and operations. Issues, risks and uncertainties relating to PRC regulations of digital businesses include, but are not limited to, the following:
| • | There are uncertainties relating to the regulation of the online gaming and Internet business in China, including evolving licensing practices and the requirement for real-name registrations and the applicability of PRC regulations to Hong Kong companies. Permits, licenses or operations of our Hong Kong subsidiaries may be subject to challenge, we may not be able to timely obtain or maintain all the required licenses or approvals, permits, or to complete filing, registration or other formalities necessary for our present or future operations, and we may not be able to renew certain permits or licenses or renew certain filing or registration or other formalities. | |
| • | The evolving PRC regulatory system in the digital space may lead to the establishment of new regulatory agencies. For example, in May 2011, the State Council announced the establishment of a new department, the State Internet Information Office. The primary role of this new agency is to facilitate the policy-making and legislative development in this field to direct and coordinate with the relevant departments in connection with online content administration and to deal with cross-ministry regulatory matters in relation to the Internet industry. We are unable to determine what policies this new agency or any new agencies to be established in the future may have or how they may interpret existing laws, regulations and policies and how they may affect us. Further, new laws, regulations or policies may be promulgated or announced that will regulate Internet activities, including online video and online advertising businesses. In August 2021, the National Press and Publication Administration issued new limits restricting online gaming for minors which may adversely impact our gaming business in Hong Kong. If these new laws, regulations or policies are promulgated, additional licenses may be required for our operations. If our operations do not comply with these new regulations after they become effective, or if we fail to obtain any licenses required under these new laws and regulations, we could be subject to penalties, and our business could be disrupted. |
The interpretation and application of existing PRC laws, regulations and policies and possible new laws, regulations or policies relating to the digital industry have created substantial uncertainties regarding the legality of existing and future foreign investments in, and the businesses and activities of, Internet businesses in China and Hong Kong including our business. There are also risks that we may be found to violate the existing or future laws and regulations given the uncertainty and complexity of China’s regulation of the digital industry.
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Our business generates and processes personal data, and we are required to comply with PRC laws and regulations relating to cyber security. These laws and regulations could create unexpected costs, subject us to enforcement actions for compliance failures, or restrict portions of our business or cause us to change our data practices or business model.
Our business generates and processes personal data and face risks inherent in handling and protecting personal data. In particular, we face a number of challenges relating to data we collect through our game distribution platform, including:
| • | protecting the data in and hosted on our system, including against attacks on our system by outside parties or fraudulent behavior or improper use by our employees; | |
| • | addressing concerns related to privacy and sharing, safety, security and other factors; and | |
| • | complying with applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the collection, use, storage, transfer, disclosure and security of personal information, including any requests from regulatory and government authorities relating to this data. |
Governments around the world, including the PRC government, have enacted or are considering legislation related to online businesses. There may be an increase in legislation and regulation related to the collection and use of anonymous internet user data and unique device identifiers, such as IP address or mobile unique device identifiers, and other data protection and privacy regulation. The PRC regulatory and enforcement regime with regard to data security and data protection is evolving. We may be required by Chinese governmental authorities to share personal information and data that we collect to comply with PRC laws relating to cybersecurity. All these laws and regulations may result in additional expenses to us and any non-compliance may subject us to negative publicity which could harm its reputation and negatively affect the trading price of our securities. There are also uncertainties with respect to how these laws will be implemented in practice. PRC regulators have been increasingly focused on regulation in the areas of data security and data protection. We expect that these areas will receive greater attention and focus from regulators, as well as attract continued or greater public scrutiny and attention going forward, which could increase our compliance costs and subject it to heightened risks and challenges associated with data security and protection. If we are unable to manage these risks, we could become subject to penalties, fines, suspension of business and revocation of required licenses, and our reputation and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, regulatory authorities around the world have recently adopted or are considering a number of legislative and regulatory proposals concerning data protection. These legislative and regulatory proposals, if adopted, and the uncertain interpretations and application thereof could, in addition to the possibility of fines, result in an order requiring that we change our data practices, which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
We may become subject to a variety of laws and regulations in the PRC regarding privacy, data security, cybersecurity, and data protection. We may be liable for improper use or appropriation of personal information provided by our customers.
We may become subject to a variety of laws and regulations in the PRC and Hong Kong regarding privacy, data security, cybersecurity, and data protection. These laws and regulations are continuously evolving and developing. The scope and interpretation of the laws that are or may be applicable to us are often uncertain and may be conflicting, particularly with respect to foreign laws. In particular, there are numerous laws and regulations regarding privacy and the collection, sharing, use, processing, disclosure, and protection of personal information and other user data. Such laws and regulations often vary in scope, may be subject to differing interpretations, and may be inconsistent among different jurisdictions.
We expect to obtain information about various aspects of our operations as well as regarding our employees and third parties. We also maintain information about various aspects of our operations as well as regarding our employees. The integrity and protection of our customer, employee and company data is critical to our business. Our customers, end users and employees expect that we will adequately protect their personal information.
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We are required by applicable laws to keep strictly confidential the personal information that we collect, and to take adequate security measures to safeguard such information.
The PRC Criminal Law, as amended by its Amendment 7 (effective on February 28, 2009) and Amendment 9 (effective on November 1, 2015), prohibits institutions, companies and their employees from selling or otherwise illegally disclosing a citizen’s personal information obtained during the course of performing duties or providing services or obtaining such information through theft or other illegal ways. On November 7, 2016, the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress issued the Cyber Security Law of the PRC, or Cyber Security Law, which became effective on June 1, 2017.
Pursuant to the Cyber Security Law, network operators must not, without users’ consent, collect their personal information, and may only collect users’ personal information necessary to provide their services. Providers are also obliged to provide security maintenance for their products and services and shall comply with provisions regarding the protection of personal information as stipulated under the relevant laws and regulations.
The Civil Code of the PRC (issued by the PRC National People’s Congress on May 28, 2020 and effective from January 1, 2021) provides main legal basis for privacy and personal information infringement claims under the Chinese civil laws. PRC regulators, including the Cyberspace Administration of China, MIIT, and the Ministry of Public Security have been increasingly focused on regulation in the areas of data security and data protection.
The PRC regulatory requirements regarding cybersecurity are constantly evolving. For instance, various regulatory bodies in China, including the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Public Security and the SAMR, have enforced data privacy and protection laws and regulations with varying and evolving standards and interpretations. In April 2020, the Chinese government promulgated Cybersecurity Review Measures, which came into effect on June 1, 2020. According to the Cybersecurity Review Measures, operators of critical information infrastructure must pass a cybersecurity review when purchasing network products and services which do or may affect national security.
In November 2016, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress passed China’s first Cybersecurity Law (“CSL”), which became effective in June 2017. The CSL is the first PRC law that systematically lays out the regulatory requirements on cybersecurity and data protection, subjecting many previously under-regulated or unregulated activities in cyberspace to government scrutiny. The legal consequences of violation of the CSL include penalties of warning, confiscation of illegal income, suspension of related business, winding up for rectification, shutting down the websites, and revocation of business license or relevant permits. In April 2020, the Cyberspace Administration of China and certain other PRC regulatory authorities promulgated the Cybersecurity Review Measures, which became effective in June 2020. Pursuant to the Cybersecurity Review Measures, operators of critical information infrastructure must pass a cybersecurity review when purchasing network products and services which do or may affect national security. On July 10, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a revised draft of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review for public comments (“2021 Measures”), which required that, in addition to “operator of critical information infrastructure,” any “data processor” carrying out data processing activities that affect or may affect national security should also be subject to cybersecurity review, and further elaborated the factors to be considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities, including, among others, (i) the risk of core data, important data or a large amount of personal information being stolen, leaked, destroyed, and illegally used or exited the country; and (ii) the risk of critical information infrastructure, core data, important data or a large amount of personal information being affected, controlled, or maliciously used by foreign governments after listing abroad. The 2021 Measures became effective on February 15, 2022. The Cyberspace Administration of China has said that under the 2021 Measures companies holding data on more than 1,000,000 users must now apply for cybersecurity approval when seeking listings in other nations because of the risk that such data and personal information could be “affected, controlled, and maliciously exploited by foreign governments.” The cybersecurity review will also investigate the potential national security risks from overseas IPOs. Article 7 of the 2021 Measures states that “Where any network platform operator who possesses the personal information of more than one million users seeks foreign listings (“国外上市”), it shall file an application with the Office of Cybersecurity Review for cybersecurity review.” The cybersecurity review will also investigate the potential national security risks from overseas IPOs.
We do not know what regulations will be adopted or how such regulations will affect us. In the event that the Cyberspace Administration of China determines that we are subject to these regulations, our securities may no longer be traded on the OTC QB and we may be subject to fines and penalties.
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We believe that we will not be subject to the cybersecurity review by the CAC given that: (i) our products and services are offered not directly to individual users but through our business customers; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations; and (iii) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities. However, there remains uncertainty as to how the 2021 Measures will be interpreted or implemented and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws, regulations, rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the 2021 Measures. If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation comes into effect, we will take all reasonable measures and actions to comply and to minimize the adverse effect of such laws on us.
On June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the NPC promulgated the PRC Data Security Law, which took effect on September 1, 2021. The Data Security Law also sets forth the data security protection obligations for entities and individuals handling personal data, including that no entity or individual may acquire such data by stealing or other illegal means, and the collection and use of such data should not exceed the necessary limits. The costs of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, CSL and any other cybersecurity and related laws may limit the use and adoption of our products and services and could have an adverse impact on our business.
On August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the NPC approved the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”), which became effective on November 1, 2021. The PIPL regulates collection of personal identifiable information and seeks to address the issue of algorithmic discrimination. Companies in violation of the PIPL may be subject to warnings and admonishments, forced corrections, confiscation of corresponding income, suspension of related services, and fines. We offer our products and services mainly to corporate clients and have limited interactions with individual end-users, which means our potential access or exposure to end-users’ personal identifiable information is limited. However, in the event we inadvertently accesses or becomes exposed to end-users’ personal identifiable information, through its corporate clients’ end-user-facing applications which access or store end users’ personal identifiable information, then we may face heightened exposure to the PIPL. We cannot assure you that PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, would take the same view as we do, and there is no assurance that we can fully or timely comply with such laws. In the event that we are subject to any mandatory cybersecurity review and other specific actions required by the CAC, we face uncertainty as to whether any clearance or other required actions can be timely completed, or at all. Given such uncertainty, we may be further required to suspend relevant business, shut down our website, or face other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results.
If we fail to retain existing or attract new advertising customers to advertise within their customized gaming content, maintain and increase our wallet share of advertising budget, or if we are unable to collect accounts receivable in a timely manner, our business, financial condition may be adversely affected.
We generate a substantial part of our revenues from advertising or marketing customers who engage us to develop their customized gaming content to launch in their digital interactive marketing campaigns. However, because our advertising customers are not under long term contracts, we may not be able to retain our advertising customers in the future, attract new advertising customers continuously or be able to retain our advertising customers at all. If our advertising customers find that they can generate better returns elsewhere, or if our competitors provide better online advertising services to suit the advertising customers’ goals, we may lose some or all of our advertising customers. Since most of our advertising customers are not bound by long-term contracts, they may easily reduce or discontinue advertising arrangements without incurring material liabilities. Failure to retain existing advertising customers or attract new advertising customers to advertise within the video content produced by us or on our e-commerce platform may materially and adversely affect our business, financial conditions and results of operations.
The financial soundness of our marketing customers and agencies may affect our collection of accounts receivable. We make a credit assessment of our marketing customers and agencies to evaluate the collectability of the digital marketing service fees before entering into a contract. However, we may not be able to accurately assess the creditworthiness of each customer or agency, and any inability of customers or agencies to pay us for our services in a timely manner would negatively our liquidity and cash flows and may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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We may need to raise additional financing to support our operations and future acquisitions, but we cannot be sure that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us when needed. If we are unable to obtain additional financing to meet our needs, our operations may be adversely affected or terminated.
Our ability to generate future operating revenues depends in part on whether we can obtain the financing necessary to implement our business plan. We will likely require additional financing through the issuance of debt and/or equity in order to establish profitable operations, and such financing may not be forthcoming. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain financing to fund our operations in light of factors beyond our control such as the market demand for our securities, the state of financial markets, generally, and other relevant factors. Even if additional financing is available, it may not be available on terms favorable to us. At this time, we have not identified or secured sources of additional financing. Any sale of our Common Stock in the future may result in dilution to existing stockholders. Furthermore, there is no assurance that we will not incur debt in the future, that we will have sufficient funds to repay any future indebtedness or that we will not default on our future debts, which would thereby jeopardize our business viability. We may not be able to borrow or raise additional capital in the future to meet our needs, which might result in the loss of some or all of your investment in our Common Stock. Even if we do raise sufficient capital and generate revenues to support our operating expenses, there can be no assurance that the revenue will be sufficient to enable us to develop our business to a level where it will generate profits and cash flows from operations or provide a return on investment. In addition, if we raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our stockholders could be significantly diluted, the newly-issued securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders and the trading price of our Common Stock could be adversely affected. Further, if we obtain additional debt financing, a substantial portion of our operating cash flow may be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on such indebtedness, and the terms of the debt securities issued could impose significant restrictions on our operations. If we are unable to continue as a going concern, you may lose your entire investment.
Our future performance depends to a significant degree upon the continued service of key members of management as well as marketing, sales and product development personnel.
We are dependent upon the continued service of Mr. Ka Leung WONG, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, and Lan Chan, our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director. The loss of Messrs. WONG or CHAN or one or more of our other key personnel would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition. We believe our future success will also depend in large part upon our ability to attract, retain and further motivate highly skilled management, marketing, sales and product development personnel. We expect to establish an incentive compensation plan for our key personnel to retain their services. We have experienced intense competition for personnel, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to retain our key employees or that we will be successful in attracting, assimilating and retaining personnel in the future.
Lan CHAN, our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and director, beneficially owns approximately or has the right to vote 53.05% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, Mr. Chan has a substantial voting power in all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval including:
| • | Election of our board of directors; | |
| • | Removal of any of our directors or officers; | |
| • | Amendment of our Amended Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; | |
| • | Adoption of measures that could delay or prevent a change in control or impede a merger, takeover or other business combination involving us. |
As a result of his ownership and position, Mr. Chan is able to substantially influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. In addition, the future prospect of sales of significant amounts of shares held by him could affect the market price of our common stock if the marketplace does not orderly adjust to the increase in shares in the market and the value of your investment in our company may decrease. Mr. Chan’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium over our stock price.
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Our procurement of new games and amusement offerings is contingent upon availability, and in some instances, our ability to obtain licensing rights.
Our ability to continue to procure new games, amusement offerings, and other entertainment-related equipment is important to our business strategy. The number of suppliers from which we can purchase games, amusement offerings and other entertainment-related equipment is limited. To the extent that the number of suppliers declines, we could be subject to the risk of distribution delays, pricing pressure, lack of innovation and other associated risks. We may not be able to anticipate or react to changing amusement offerings cost by adjusting purchasing practices or game prices, and a failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our operating results. In addition, any decrease in availability of new amusement offerings that appeal to customers could lead to decreases in revenues as customers negatively react to lack of new game options.
We have successfully developed several proprietary amusement offerings that are not available to operations outside the Company. Our ability to develop future offerings is dependent on, among other things, obtaining rights to compelling game content and developing new amusement offerings that are accepted by our customers. There is no guarantee that additional licensing rights will be obtained by us or that our customers will accept the future offerings that we develop. The result could be increased expenses without increased revenues putting downward pressure on our results of operations and financial performance.
A significant disruption in our computer systems and our inability to adequately maintain and update those systems could adversely affect our operations and our ability to maintain user confidence.
We rely extensively on our computer systems to manage and account for inventory, process user transactions, manage and maintain the privacy of users data, communicate with our vendors and other third parties, service accounts, and summarize and analyze results. We also rely on continued and unimpeded access to the Internet to use our computer systems. Our systems are subject to damage or interruption from power outages, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, malicious attacks, security breaches, and catastrophic events. If our systems are damaged or fail to function properly or reliably, we may incur substantial repair or replacement costs, experience data loss or theft and impediments to our ability to manage inventories or process user transactions, engage in additional promotional activities to retain our users, and encounter lost user confidence, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
We continually invest to maintain and update our computer systems. Implementing significant system changes increases the risk of computer system disruption. The potential problems and interruptions associated with implementing technology initiatives, as well as providing training and support for those initiatives, could disrupt or reduce our operational efficiency, and could negatively impact user experience and user confidence.
If our efforts to protect the security of information about our resellers, customers, and other third parties are unsuccessful, we may face additional costly government enforcement actions and private litigation, and our sales and reputation could suffer.
We regularly receive and store information about our resellers, customers, merchants, vendors and other third parties. We have programs in place to detect, contain, and respond to data security incidents. However, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, disable or degrade service, or sabotage systems change frequently and may be difficult to detect for long periods of time, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or implement adequate preventive measures. In addition, hardware, software, or applications we develop or procure from third parties or through open source solutions may contain defects in design or manufacture or other problems that could unexpectedly compromise information security. Unauthorized parties may also attempt to gain access to our systems or facilities, or those of third parties with whom we do business, through fraud, trickery, or other forms of deceiving our team members, contractors, and vendors.
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To date, we have not encountered significant incidents of data breach or breaches that were material to our consolidated financial statements. If we, our vendors, or other third parties with whom we do business experience significant data security breaches or fail to detect and appropriately respond to significant data security breaches, we could be exposed to government enforcement actions and private litigation. In addition, our users could lose confidence in our ability to protect their information, which could cause them to discontinue using our e-wallets, our digital products, or loyalty programs, or stop shopping with us altogether.
The success of our business depends on our ability to maintain and enhance our brand.
We believe that maintaining and enhancing our brand is of significant importance to the success of our business. Our well-recognized brand is critical to increasing our user base and, in turn, expanding our shoppers for our e-commerce platform and attractiveness to advertising customers and content providers. Since the internet video industry is highly competitive, maintaining and enhancing our brand depends largely on our ability to become and remain a market leader in Hong Kong, which may be difficult and expensive to accomplish. To the extent our original content is perceived as low quality or otherwise not appealing to users, our ability to maintain and enhance our brand may be adversely impacted which in turn may result in a loss of users for our mobile and online video and e-commerce platform.
We may grow our business through acquisitions in the near future, which may result in operating difficulties, dilution, and other harmful consequences.
We expect to achieve our business plan through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions and investments. We periodically evaluate an array of potential strategic transactions and may make one or more acquisitions in the near future. The process of integrating an acquired company, business, or technology may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. The areas where we face risks include:
| • | Implementation or remediation of controls, procedures, and policies at the acquired company; | |
| • | Diversion of management time and focus from operating our business to acquisition integration challenges; | |
| • | Cultural challenges associated with integrating employees from the acquired company into our organization; | |
| • | Retention of employees from the businesses we acquire; | |
| • | Integration of the acquired company’s accounting, management information, human resource, and other administrative systems; | |
| • | Liability for activities of the acquired company before the acquisition, including patent and trademark infringement claims, violations of laws, commercial disputes, tax liabilities, and other known and unknown liabilities; | |
| • | Litigation or other claims in connection with the acquired company, including claims from terminated employees, customers, former stockholders, or other third parties; | |
| • | In the case of foreign acquisitions, the need to integrate operations across different cultures and languages and to address the particular economic, currency, political, and regulatory risks associated with specific countries; and | |
| • | Failure to successfully further develop the acquired product, service or technology. |
Our failure to address these risks or other problems encountered in connection with future acquisitions and investments could cause us to fail to realize the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions or investments, incur unanticipated liabilities, and harm our business generally.
Future acquisitions may also result in dilutive issuances of our equity securities, the incurrence of debt, contingent liabilities, or amortization expenses, or write-offs of goodwill, any of which could harm our financial condition. Also, the anticipated benefit of many of our acquisitions may not materialize.
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Other factors can have a material adverse effect on our future profitability and financial condition.
Many other factors can affect our profitability and financial condition, including:
| • | changes in, or interpretations of, laws and regulations including changes in accounting standards and taxation requirements; | |
| • | changes in the rate of inflation, interest rates and the performance of investments held by us; | |
| • | changes in the creditworthiness of counterparties that transact business with; | |
| • | changes in business, economic, and political conditions, including: war, political instability, terrorist attacks, the threat of future terrorist activity and related military action; natural disasters; the cost and availability of insurance due to any of the foregoing events; labor disputes, strikes, slow-downs, or other forms of labor or union activity; and, pressure from third-party interest groups; | |
| • | changes in our business and investments and changes in the relative and absolute contribution of each to earnings and cash flow resulting from evolving business strategies, changing product mix, changes in tax rates and opportunities existing now or in the future; | |
| • | difficulties related to our information technology systems, any of which could adversely affect business operations, including any significant breakdown, invasion, destruction, or interruption of these systems; | |
| • | changes in credit markets impacting our ability to obtain financing for our business operations; or | |
| • | legal difficulties, any of which could preclude or delay commercialization of products or technology or adversely affect profitability, including claims asserting statutory or regulatory violations, adverse litigation decisions, and issues regarding compliance with any governmental consent decree. |
Risk Factors Relating to Doing Business in Hong Kong
The PRC government has significant oversight and discretion over the conduct of a Hong Kong company’s business operations or to exert control over any offering of securities conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, and may intervene with or influence our operations , may limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors, and may cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless, as the government deems appropriate to further regulatory, political and societal goals.
The PRC government may intervene or influence our operations at any time with little to no advanced notice, which could result in a material change in our operations and/or the value of our common stock. For example, the PRC government has recently published new policies that significantly affected certain industries such as the education and internet industries, and we cannot rule out the possibility that it will in the future release regulations or policies regarding any industry that could adversely affect the business, financial condition and results of operations of our company. Furthermore, the PRC government has also recently indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over securities offerings and other capital markets activities that are conducted overseas and foreign investment in China-based companies. Any such action, once taken by the PRC government, could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or in extreme cases, become worthless.
Recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas using variable interest entity structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. We believe we are not subject to cybersecurity review with the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC, given that: (i) our products and services are offered not directly to individual users but through our institutional customers; (ii) we do not possess a large amount of personal information in our business operations; and (iii) data processed in our business does not have a bearing on national security and thus may not be classified as core or important data by the authorities. See also “Risk Factors -
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We may become subject to a variety of laws and regulations in the PRC regarding privacy, data security, cybersecurity, and data protection. We may be liable for improper use or appropriation of personal information provided by our customers.”
We believe that we are not subject to merger control review by China’s anti-monopoly enforcement agency due to the level of our revenues which provided from us and audited by our auditor, and the fact that we currently do not expect to propose or implement any acquisition of control of, or decisive influence over, any company with revenues within China of more than RMB400 million. Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange. Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on an U.S. or other foreign exchange.
We face the risk that changes in the policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to conduct in the Hong Kong and the profitability of such business.
Our business and assets are primarily located in Hong Kong. Accordingly, economic, political and legal developments in Hong Kong and the PRC will significantly affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on economic conditions in Hong Kong. While we believe that the PRC will continue to strengthen its economic and trading relationships with foreign countries and that business development in the PRC will continue to follow market forces, we cannot assure you that this will be the case. Our interests may be adversely affected by changes in policies by the PRC government, including:
| • | changes in laws, regulations or their interpretation especially with respect to application of PRC tax, labor, currency restriction and other laws to Hong Kong operations; | |
| • | confiscatory taxation or changes in taxation; | |
| • | Currency revaluations or restrictions on currency conversion, imports or sources of supplies, or ability to continue as a for-profit enterprise; | |
| • | expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises; and | |
| • | the allocation of resources. |
Substantial uncertainties and restrictions with respect to the political and economic policies of the PRC government and PRC laws and regulations could have a significant impact upon the business that we may be able to conduct in Hong Kong and accordingly on the results of our operations and financial condition.
Our business operations may be adversely affected by the current and future political environment in the PRC. The PRC government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. We expect the Hong Kong legal system to rapidly evolve in the near future and may become closer aligned with legal system in China with the PRC government exerting more oversight and control over companies operating in Hong Kong, offerings conducted overseas and or foreign investment in Hong Kong based issuers. The interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules may not always be uniform and the enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules may involve uncertainties for you and us. Our ability to operate in Hong Kong, conduct overseas offerings and continue to investment in Hong Kong based issuers may be harmed by these changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, healthcare regulations, environmental regulations, land use and property ownership rights, and other matters. Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in Hong Kong or particular regions thereof, and could limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors or require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Hong Kong properties or joint ventures. Any such actions (including divesture or similar actions) could result in a material adverse effect on us and on your investment in us and could render our securities and your investment in our securities worthless.
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There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement and performance of our contractual arrangements with borrowers in the event of the imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. Only after 1979 did the Chinese government begin to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws that regulate economic affairs in general, deal with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate organization and governance, commerce, taxation and trade, as well as encourage foreign investment in China. Although the influence of the law has been increasing, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system and recently enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China. Also, because these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of published cases and their lack of force as precedents, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve significant uncertainties. New laws and regulations that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. In addition, there have been constant changes and amendments of laws and regulations over the past 30 years in order to keep up with the rapidly changing society and economy in China. Because government agencies and courts that provide interpretations of laws and regulations and decide contractual disputes and issues may change their interpretation or enforcement very rapidly with little advance notice at any time, we cannot predict the future direction of Chinese legislative activities with respect to either businesses with foreign investment or the effectiveness on enforcement of laws and regulations in China. The uncertainties, including new laws and regulations and changes of existing laws, as well as, may cause possible problems to foreign investors.
Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies for more than two decades, the PRC government continues to exercise significant control over economic growth in the PRC through the allocation of resources, controlling payments of foreign currency, setting monetary policy and imposing policies that impact particular industries in different ways. We cannot assure you that the PRC government will continue to pursue policies favoring a market oriented economy or that existing policies will not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting political, economic and social life in the PRC.
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act requires the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) to be permitted to inspect the issuer's public accounting firm within three years. This three-year period will be shortened to two years if the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is enacted. There are uncertainties under the PRC Securities Law relating to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, they may suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and delist our securities from applicable trading market within the US.
The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act was signed into law on December 18, 2020, and requires Auditors of publicly traded companies to submit to regular inspections every three years to assess such auditors’ compliance with applicable professional standards. On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holdings Foreign Companies Accountable Act which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law, would reduce the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCA Act from three years to two, thus reducing the time before our securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted. As a result, the time period before our securities may be prohibited from trading or delisted will be reduced. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, there exists a risk that they may determine to suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and may also delist our securities from applicable trading market within the US. On December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted final amendments implementing congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions.
According to Article 177 of the Securities Law of the PRC (“Article 177”), overseas securities regulatory authorities are prohibited from engaging in activities pertaining to investigations or evidence collection directly conducted within the territories of the PRC, and Chinese entities or individuals are further prohibited from providing documents and information in connection with securities business activities to any organizations and/or persons abroad without the prior consent of the securities regulatory authority of the State Council and the competent departments of the State Council. As of the date of this document, we are not aware of any implementing rules or regulations which have been published regarding application of Article 177.
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We believe Article 177 is only applicable where the activities of overseas authorities constitute a direct investigation or evidence collection by such authorities within the territory of the PRC. Our principal business operation is conducted in Hong Kong. In the event that the U.S. securities regulatory agencies carry out an investigation on us such as an enforcement action by the Department of Justice, the SEC or other authorities, such agencies’ activities will constitute conducting an investigation or collecting evidence directly within the territory of the PRC and accordingly fall within the scope of Article 177. In that case, the U.S. securities regulatory agencies may have to consider establishing cross-border cooperation with the securities regulatory authority of the PRC by way of judicial assistance, diplomatic channels or establishing a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authority of the PRC. However, there is no assurance that the U.S. securities regulatory agencies will succeed in establishing such cross-border cooperation in this particular case and/or establish such cooperation in a timely manner.
Furthermore, it remains unclear as to how Article 177 will be interpreted, implemented or applied by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission or other relevant government authorities. As such, there are uncertainties as to the procedures and requisite timing for the U.S. securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence within the territory of the PRC. The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act requires the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) be permitted to inspect the issuer's public accounting firm within three years. This three-year period will be shortened to two years if the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act is enacted. If the U.S. securities regulatory agencies are unable to conduct such investigations, there exists a risk that they may determine to suspend or de-register our registration with the SEC and may also delist our securities from applicable trading market within the US.
Our auditor is located in Kuala Lumpur and is subject to PCAOB inspections. Therefore, it is not subject to the determinations announced by the PCAOB on December 16, 2021. However, in the event the Malaysian authorities subsequently take a position disallowing the PCAOB to inspect our auditor, then we would need to change our auditor. Furthermore, due to the recent developments in connection with the implementation of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, we cannot assure you whether the SEC or other regulatory authorities would apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach or experience as it relates to the audit of our financial statements. The requirement in the HFCA Act that the PCAOB be permitted to inspect the issuer’s public accounting firm within two or three years, may result in the delisting of our securities from applicable trading markets in the U.S., in the future if the PCAOB is unable to inspect our accounting firm at such future time.
Adverse regulatory developments in China may subject us to additional regulatory review, and additional disclosure requirements and regulatory scrutiny to be adopted by the SEC in response to risks related to recent regulatory developments in China may impose additional compliance requirements for companies like us with Hong Kong-based operations, all of which could increase our compliance costs, subject us to additional disclosure requirements.
The recent regulatory developments in China, in particular with respect to restrictions on China-based companies raising capital offshore, may lead to additional regulatory review in China over our financing and capital raising activities in the United States. In addition, we may be subject to industry-wide regulations that may be adopted by the relevant PRC authorities, which may have the effect of limiting our service offerings, restricting the scope of our operations in Hong Kong, or causing the suspension or termination of our business operations in Hong Kong entirely, all of which will materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may have to adjust, modify, or completely change our business operations in response to adverse regulatory changes or policy developments, and we cannot assure you that any remedial action adopted by us can be completed in a timely, cost-efficient, or liability-free manner or at all.
On July 30, 2021, in response to the recent regulatory developments in China and actions adopted by the PRC government, the Chairman of the SEC issued a statement asking the SEC staff to seek additional disclosures from offshore issuers associated with China-based operating companies (including Hong Kong) before their registration statements will be declared effective. On August 1, 2021, the China Securities Regulatory Commission stated in a statement that it had taken note of the new disclosure requirements announced by the SEC regarding the listings of Chinese companies and the recent regulatory development in China, and that both countries should strengthen communications on regulating China-related issuers. Since we operate in Hong Kong, we cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to tightened regulatory review and we could be exposed to government interference from China.
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Under the PRC enterprise income tax law, we may be classified as a “PRC resident enterprise”, which could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our shareholders and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.
Under the PRC enterprise income tax law that became effective on January 1, 2008, an enterprise established outside the PRC with “de facto management bodies” within the PRC is considered a “resident enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax purposes and is generally subject to a uniform 25% enterprise income tax rate on its worldwide income. On April 22, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation, or the SAT, issued the Notice Regarding the Determination of Chinese-Controlled Overseas Incorporated Enterprises as PRC Tax Resident Enterprise on the Basis of De Facto Management Bodies, or SAT Circular 82, which provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management body” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. Further to SAT Circular 82, on August 3, 2011, the SAT issued the Administrative Measures of Enterprise Income Tax of Chinese-Controlled Offshore Incorporated Resident Enterprises (Trial), or SAT Bulletin 45, which became effective on September 1, 2011, to provide more guidance on the implementation of SAT Circular 82.
According to SAT Circular 82, an offshore incorporated enterprise controlled by a PRC enterprise or a PRC enterprise group will be considered a PRC tax resident enterprise by virtue of having its “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on its worldwide income only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) the senior management and core management departments in charge of its daily operations function have their presence mainly in the PRC; (b) its financial and human resources decisions are subject to determination or approval by persons or bodies in the PRC; (c) its major assets, accounting books, company seals, and minutes and files of its board and shareholders’ meetings are located or kept in the PRC; and (d) not less than half of the enterprise’s directors or senior management with voting rights habitually reside in the PRC. SAT Bulletin 45 further clarifies the resident status determination, post-determination administration as well as competent tax authorities.
Although SAT Circular 82 and SAT Bulletin 45 only apply to offshore incorporated enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise group instead of those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners, the determination criteria set forth therein may reflect SAT’s general position on how the term “de facto management body” could be applied in determining the tax resident status of offshore enterprises, regardless of whether they are controlled by PRC enterprises, individuals or foreigners.
We believe that none of our entities outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for PRC tax purposes even if the standards for “de facto management body” prescribed in the SAT Circular 82 are applicable to us. However, the tax resident status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body.” If the PRC tax authorities determine that we or any of our subsidiaries outside of China is a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we may be subject to PRC enterprise income on our worldwide income at the rate of 25%, which could materially reduce our net income. In addition, we will also be subject to PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations.
Although dividends paid by one PRC tax resident to another PRC tax resident should qualify as “tax-exempt income” under the enterprise income tax law, we cannot assure you that dividends by our Hong Kong subsidiaries to our British Virgin Islands holding company will not be subject to a 10% withholding tax, as the PRC foreign exchange control authorities, which enforce the withholding tax on dividends, and the PRC tax authorities have not yet issued guidance with respect to the processing of outbound remittances to entities that are treated as resident enterprises for PRC enterprise income tax purposes.
Non-PRC resident holders of our common stock may also be subject to PRC withholding tax on dividends paid by us and PRC tax on gains realized on the sale or other disposition of common stock, if such income is sourced from within the PRC. The tax would be imposed at the rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC resident enterprise holders and 20% in the case of non-PRC resident individual holders. In the case of dividends, we would be required to withhold the tax at source. Any PRC tax liability may be reduced under applicable tax treaties or similar arrangements. Although our holding company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, it remains unclear whether dividends received and gains realized by non-PRC resident holders of our common stock will be regarded as income from sources within the PRC if we are classified as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax will reduce the returns on your investment in our common stock.
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We cannot assure you that the PRC tax authorities will not, at their discretion, adjust any capital gains and impose tax return filing and withholding or tax payment obligations with respect to any internal restructuring, and our Hong Kong subsidiaries may be requested to assist in the filing. Any PRC tax imposed on a transfer of our shares not through a public stock exchange, or any adjustment of such gains would cause us to incur additional costs and may have a negative impact on the value of your investment in the company.
We face uncertainty with respect to indirect transfers of equity interests in PRC resident enterprises by their non-PRC holding companies.
We face uncertainties regarding the reporting on and consequences of private equity financing transactions involving the transfer of shares in the Company by non-resident investors. In February 2015, the SAT issued the Bulletin on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises, or SAT Bulletin 7, as amended in 2017. Pursuant to this bulletin, an “indirect transfer” of assets, including equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise, by non-PRC resident enterprises may be re-characterized and treated as a direct transfer of PRC taxable assets, if such arrangement does not have a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of avoiding payment of PRC enterprise income tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax. According to SAT Bulletin 7, “PRC taxable assets” include assets attributed to an establishment in China, immovable properties located in China, and equity investments in PRC resident enterprises, in respect of which gains from their transfer by a direct holder, being a non-PRC resident enterprise, would be subject to PRC enterprise income taxes. When determining whether there is a “reasonable commercial purpose” of the transaction arrangement, features to be taken into consideration include: whether the main value of the equity interest of the relevant offshore enterprise derives from PRC taxable assets; whether the assets of the relevant offshore enterprise mainly consist of direct or indirect investment in China or if its income mainly derives from China; whether the offshore enterprise and its subsidiaries directly or indirectly holding PRC taxable assets have real commercial nature which is evidenced by their actual function and risk exposure; the duration of existence of the business model and organizational structure; the replicability of the transaction by direct transfer of PRC taxable assets; and the tax situation of such indirect transfer and applicable tax treaties or similar arrangements. In respect of an indirect offshore transfer of assets of a PRC establishment, the resulting gain is to be included with the enterprise income tax filing of the PRC establishment or place of business being transferred, and would consequently be subject to PRC enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%. Where the underlying transfer relates to the immovable properties located in China or to equity investments in a PRC resident enterprise, which is not related to a PRC establishment or place of business of a non-resident enterprise, a PRC enterprise income tax of 10% would apply, subject to available preferential tax treatment under applicable tax treaties or similar arrangements, and the party who is obligated to make the transfer payments has the withholding obligation. SAT Bulletin 7 does not apply to transactions of sale of shares by investors through a public stock exchange where such shares were acquired from a transaction through a public stock exchange.
There is uncertainty as to the application of SAT Bulletin 7. We face uncertainties as to the reporting and other implications of certain past and future transactions where PRC taxable assets are involved, such as offshore restructuring, sale of the shares in our offshore subsidiaries or investments. We may be subject to filing obligations or taxed if we are a transferor in such transactions, and may be subject to withholding obligations if we are a transferee in such transactions under SAT Bulletin 7. For transfer of shares in us by investors that are non-PRC resident enterprises, our Hong Kong subsidiaries may be requested to assist in the filing under SAT Bulletin 7. As a result, we may be required to expend valuable resources to comply with SAT Bulletin 7 or to request the relevant transferors from whom we purchase taxable assets to comply with these circulars, or to establish that we should not be taxed under these circulars, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The M&A Rules and certain other PRC regulations may make it more difficult for us to pursue growth through acquisitions.
The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies in 2006 and amended in 2009, and some other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established complex procedures and requirements for acquisition of Chinese companies by foreign investors, including requirements in some instances that the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. Moreover, the Anti-Monopoly Law promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which became effective in 2008, requires that transactions which are deemed concentrations and involve parties with specified turnover thresholds must be cleared by the Ministry of Commerce before they can be completed. In addition, the security review rules issued by the Ministry of Commerce and became effective in September 2011 specify that mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security” concerns are subject to strict review by the Ministry of Commerce, and the rules prohibit any activities attempting to bypass a security review, including by structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual control arrangement.
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In the future, we may pursue potential strategic acquisitions that are complementary to our business and operations. Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval or clearance from the Ministry of Commerce, may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to expand our business or maintain our market share. Furthermore, according to the M&A Rules, if a PRC entity or individual plans to merger or acquire its related PRC entity through an overseas company legitimately incorporated or controlled by such entity or individual, such a merger and acquisition will be subject to examination and approval by the Ministry of Commerce. The application and interpretations of M&A Rules are still uncertain, and there is possibility that the PRC regulators may promulgate new rules or explanations requiring that we obtain approval of the Ministry of Commerce for our completed or ongoing mergers and acquisitions. There is no assurance that we can obtain such approval from the Ministry of Commerce for our mergers and acquisitions, and if we fail to obtain those approvals, we may be required to suspend our acquisition and be subject to penalties. Any uncertainties regarding such approval requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and corporate structure.
Furthermore, the M&A Rules, among other things, purport to require that an offshore special purpose vehicle controlled directly or indirectly by PRC domestic companies or individuals and formed for purposes of overseas listing through acquisition of PRC domestic interests obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. The CSRC has not issued any definitive rules or interpretations concerning whether the listing and trading of our securities are subject to the CSRC approval procedures under the M&A Rules. Although we are of the position that we are not required to obtain approval from the CSRC under the M&A Rules for listing and trading of our securities, uncertainties still exist as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted and implemented and the opinion stated above is subject to any new laws, rules and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules.
PRC regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may limit our Hong Kong subsidiaries’ ability to increase their registered capital or distribute profits to us or otherwise expose us to liability and penalties under PRC law.
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Relating to PRC Resident’s Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37, in July 2014 that requires PRC residents or entities to register with SAFE or its local branch in connection with their establishment or control of an offshore entity established for the purpose of overseas investment or financing. In addition, such PRC residents or entities must update their SAFE registrations when the offshore special purpose vehicle undergoes material events relating to any change of basic information (including change of such PRC residents or entities, name and operation term), increases or decreases in investment amount, transfers or exchanges of shares, or mergers or divisions.
SAFE Circular 37 is issued to replace the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for PRC Residents Engaging in Financing and Roundtrip Investments through Overseas Special Purpose Vehicles. If our shareholders who are PRC residents or entities do not complete their registration with the local SAFE branches, our Hong Kong subsidiaries may be prohibited from distributing their profits and proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may be restricted in our ability to contribute additional capital to our Hong Kong subsidiaries. Moreover, failure to comply with SAFE registration described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions.
However, we may not be informed of the identities of all the PRC residents or entities holding direct or indirect interest in us, nor can we compel our shareholders to comply with the requirements of SAFE Circular 37. As a result, we cannot assure you that all of our shareholders who are PRC residents or entities have complied with, and will in the future make or obtain any applicable registrations or approvals required by, SAFE Circular 37. Failure by such shareholders to comply with SAFE Circular 37, or failure by us to amend the foreign exchange registrations of its Hong Kong subsidiaries, if applicable, could subject us to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our Hong Kong subsidiaries’ ability to make distributions or pay dividends to us or affect o our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects. For a detailed description of the potential government regulations facing the Company and the offering associated with our operations in Hong Kong, please refer to “Government and Industry Regulations – Regulations Relating to Foreign Exchange and Dividend Distribution.”
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PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds we receive from offshore financing activities to make loans to or make additional capital contributions to our Hong Kong subsidiaries, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand business.
Any transfer of funds by us to our Hong Kong subsidiaries, either as a shareholder loan or as an increase in registered capital, may become subject to approval by or registration or filing with relevant governmental authorities in China. According to the relevant PRC regulations on foreign-invested enterprises in China, capital contributions to PRC subsidiaries are subject to the approval of or filing with the Ministry of Commerce in its local branches and registration with a local bank authorized by SAFE. It is unclear if Hong Kong subsidiaries will be deemed a PRC subsidiary. If Hong Kong subsidiaries are deemed to be PRC subsidiaries, (i) any foreign loan procured by our Hong Kong subsidiaries will be required to be registered with SAFE or its local branches or filed with SAFE in its information system; and (ii) our Hong Kong subsidiaries will not be able to procure loans which exceed the difference between their total investment amount and registered capital or, as an alternative, only procure loans subject to the calculation approach and limitation as provided in the People’s Bank of China Notice No. 9 (“PBOC Notice No. 9”). We may not be able to obtain these government approvals or complete such registrations on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future capital contributions or foreign loans by us to our Hong Kong subsidiaries, if required. If we fail to receive such approvals or complete such registration or filing, our ability to use the proceeds we receive from our offshore financing activities and to capitalize our Hong Kong operations may be negatively affected, which could adversely affect our liquidity and ability to fund and expand our business.
The Circular on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital of Foreign-Invested Enterprises, or SAFE Circular 19, effective as of June 1, 2015, as amended by Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Regulating Policies on the Control over Foreign Exchange Settlement under the Capital Account, or SAFE Circular 16, effective on June 9, 2016, allows FIEs to settle their foreign exchange capital at their discretion, but continues to prohibit FIEs from using the Renminbi fund converted from their foreign exchange capitals for expenditure beyond their business scopes, and also prohibit FIEs from using such Renminbi fund to provide loans to persons other than affiliates unless otherwise permitted under its business scope. If Safe Circulars 16 and 19 are interpreted to apply to the Hong Kong Dollar, our ability to use Hong Kong Dollars converted from the net proceeds from our offshore financing activities to fund the establishment of new entities in Hong Kong, to invest in or acquire any other Hong Kong or PRC companies may be limited, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our Hong Kong subsidiaries may be subject to restrictions on paying dividends or making other payments to us, which may restrict its ability to satisfy liquidity requirements, conduct business and pay dividends to holders of our common stock.
We are a holding company incorporated in Delaware. We rely on dividends from our Hong Kong subsidiaries for our cash and financing requirements, such as the funds necessary to service any debt we may incur. Current PRC regulations permit PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends to foreign parent companies only out of their accumulated after-tax profits upon satisfaction of relevant statutory condition and procedures, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, PRC subsidiaries are required to set aside at least 10% of their accumulated profits each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds until the total amount set aside reaches 50% of its registered capital. Furthermore, if PRC subsidiaries and their subsidiaries incur debt on their own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make other payments to the foreign parent company, which may restrict the ability of the foreign parent company to satisfy its liquidity requirements. If such restrictions on dividend and other payments are interpreted to apply to Hong Kong entities, our ability to rely on payments from our Hong Kong subsidiaries will be adversely affected.
In addition, the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, or the PRC EIT Law, and its implementation rules provide that withholding tax rate of 10% will be applicable to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless otherwise exempted or reduced according to treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC-resident enterprises are incorporated. For a detailed description of the potential government regulations facing the Company and the offering associated with our operations in Hong Kong, please refer to “Government and Industry Regulations – Regulations Relating to Foreign Exchange and Dividend Distribution.”
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Governmental control of currency conversion may limit our ability to utilize revenues effectively and affect the value of your investment.
The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of the Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of China. Approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. In light of the flood of capital outflows of China in 2016 due to the weakening Renminbi, the PRC government has imposed more restrictive foreign exchange policies and stepped up scrutiny of major outbound capital movement including overseas direct investment. More restrictions and substantial vetting process are put in place by SAFE to regulate cross-border transactions falling under the capital account. If any of our shareholders regulated by such policies fail to satisfy the applicable overseas direct investment filing or approval requirement timely or at all, it may be subject to penalties from the relevant PRC authorities. The PRC government may at its discretion further restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions.
We receive substantially all of our revenues in Hong Kong Dollars. Under our current corporate structure, we and our British Virgin Islands holding company may rely on dividend payments from our Hong Kong subsidiaries to fund any cash and financing requirements that we may have. If the PRC government expands its currency controls to include the Hong Kong Dollar, we will be required to obtain SAFE approval to use cash generated from the operations of our Hong Kong subsidiaries and consolidated affiliated entities to pay off their respective debt in a currency other than Hong Kong Dollar or Renminbi owed to entities outside China, or to make other capital expenditure payments outside China in a currency other than Renminbi or the Hong Kong Dollar. We may be prevented from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency demands. As a result, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders. For a detailed description of the potential government regulations facing the Company and the offering associated with our operations in Hong Kong, please refer to “Government and Industry Regulations – Regulations Relating to Foreign Exchange and Dividend Distribution.”
Failure to comply with PRC regulations regarding the registration requirements for employee stock ownership plans or share option plans may subject the PRC plan participants or us to fines and other legal or administrative sanctions.
Pursuant to SAFE Circular 37, PRC residents who participate in share incentive plans in overseas non-publicly-listed companies may submit applications to SAFE or its local branches for the foreign exchange registration with respect to offshore special purpose companies. In the meantime, our directors, executive officers and other employees who are PRC citizens or who are non-PRC residents residing in the PRC for a continuous period of not less than one year, subject to limited exceptions, and who have been granted incentive share awards by us, may follow the Notices on Issues Concerning the Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Stock Incentive Plan of Overseas Publicly-Listed Company, or 2012 SAFE notices, promulgated by the SAFE in 2012. Pursuant to the 2012 SAFE notices, PRC citizens and non-PRC citizens who reside in China for a continuous period of not less than one year who participate in any stock incentive plan of an overseas publicly listed company, subject to a few exceptions, are required to register with SAFE through a domestic qualified agent, which could be the PRC subsidiaries of such overseas listed company, and complete certain other procedures. In addition, an overseas entrusted institution must be retained to handle matters in connection with the exercise or sale of stock options and the purchase or sale of shares and interests. Our executive officers and other employees who are PRC citizens or who reside in the PRC for a continuous period of not less than one year and who have been granted options will be subject to these regulations. It is unclear if these regulations will be expanded to include Hong Kong residents or citizens. Failure to complete the SAFE registrations may subject them to fines, and legal sanctions and may also limit our ability to contribute additional capital into our Hong Kong subsidiaries and limit our Hong Kong subsidiaries’ ability to distribute dividends to us if Hong Kong residents or citizens are covered under these PRC regulations. We also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt additional incentive plans for our directors, executive officers and employees under PRC law.
The SAT has issued certain circulars concerning employee share options and restricted shares. Under these circulars, employees working in China who exercise share options or are granted restricted shares will be subject to PRC individual income tax. It is unclear whether these regulations will be expanded in the future to cover our employees in Hong Kong. Our Hong Kong subsidiaries may become obligated to file documents related to employee share options or restricted shares with relevant tax authorities and to withhold individual income taxes of those employees who exercise their share options. If our employees fail to pay or we fail to withhold their income taxes according to relevant laws and regulations, we may face sanctions imposed by the tax authorities or other PRC governmental authorities.
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Risks Related to our International Operations
We are subject to risks associated with doing business internationally including compliance with domestic and foreign laws and regulations, economic downturns, political instability and other risks that could adversely affect our operating results.
We conduct our businesses and have assets located in Hong Kong. We are required to comply with numerous and broad reaching laws and regulations administered by United States federal, state and local, and foreign governmental authorities. We must also comply with other general business regulations such as those directed toward accounting and income taxes, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, global trade, handling of regulated substances, and other commercial activities, conducted by our employees and third-party representatives globally. Any failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations could subject us to administrative penalties and injunctive relief, and civil remedies including fines, injunctions, and recalls of our products. In addition, changes to regulations or implementation of additional regulations may require us to modify existing processing facilities and/or processes, which could significantly increase operating costs and negatively impact operating results.
Our operating results may be affected by changes in trade, monetary, fiscal and environmental policies, laws and regulations, and other activities of governments, agencies, and similar organizations. These conditions include but are not limited to changes in a country’s or region’s economic or political conditions, trade regulations affecting production, pricing and marketing of products, local labor conditions and regulations, reduced protection of intellectual property rights, changes in the regulatory or legal environment, restrictions on currency exchange activities, currency exchange fluctuations, burdensome taxes and tariffs, enforceability of legal agreements and judgments, other trade barriers, and regulation or taxation of greenhouse gases. International risks and uncertainties, including changing social and economic conditions as well as terrorism, political hostilities, and war, may limit our ability to transact business in these markets and may adversely affect our revenues and operating results.
We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We will have operations, agreements with third parties and make sales in Asia, which may experience corruption. Our proposed activities in Asia create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of the employees, consultants, or sales agents of our Company, because these parties are not always subject to our control. It will be our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. Also, our existing practices and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the employees, consultants, or sales agents of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
We expect our revenues to be paid in non-U.S. currencies, and if currency exchange rates become unfavorable, we may lose some of the economic value of the revenues in U.S. dollar terms.
Our primary operations are conducted in Hong Kong and our operating currency is the Hong Kong Dollar. Since we conduct business in currencies other than U.S. dollars but report our financial results in U.S. dollars, we face exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. For instance, if currency exchange rates were to change unfavorably, the U.S. dollar equivalent of our operating income recorded in foreign currencies would be diminished.
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We currently do not, but may in the future, implement hedging strategies, such as forward contracts, options, and foreign exchange swaps to mitigate this risk. There is no assurance that our efforts will successfully reduce or offset our exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations. Additionally, hedging programs expose us to risks that could adversely affect our financial results, including the following:
| • | We have limited experience in implementing or operating hedging programs. Hedging programs are inherently risky and we could lose money as a result of poor trades; | |
| • | We may be unable to hedge currency risk for some transactions or match the accounting for the hedge with the exposure because of a high level of uncertainty or the inability to reasonably estimate our foreign exchange exposures; | |
| • | We may be unable to acquire foreign exchange hedging instruments in some of the geographic areas where we do business, or, where these derivatives are available, we may not be able to acquire enough of them to fully offset our exposure; | |
| • | We may determine that the cost of acquiring a foreign exchange hedging instrument outweighs the benefit we expect to derive from the derivative, in which case we would not purchase the derivative and would be exposed to unfavorable changes in currency exchange rates; | |
| • | To the extent we recognize a gain on a hedge transaction in one of our subsidiaries that is subject to a high statutory tax rate, and a loss on the related hedged transaction that is subject to a lower rate, our effective tax rate would be higher; and | |
| • | Significant fluctuations in foreign exchange rates could greatly increase our hedging costs. |
We anticipate increased exposure to exchange rate fluctuations as we expand the breadth and depth of our international sales.
In our financial statements, we translate our local currency financial results into U.S. dollars based on average exchange rates prevailing during a reporting period or the exchange rate at the end of that period. To the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions could result in reduced revenue, operating expenses and net income for our international operations. Similarly, to the extent the U.S. dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions could result in increased revenue, operating expenses and net income for our international operations.
Because our holding company structure creates restrictions on the payment of dividends, our ability to pay dividends is limited.
We are a holding company whose primary assets are our ownership of the equity interests in our subsidiaries. We conduct no other business and, as a result, we depend entirely upon our subsidiaries’ earnings and cash flow. If we decide in the future to pay dividends, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries and projects may be restricted in their ability to pay dividends, make distributions or otherwise transfer funds to us prior to the satisfaction of other obligations, including the payment of operating expenses or debt service, restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars or other hard currency and other regulatory restrictions. If future dividends are paid in the Hong Kong Dollars, fluctuations in the exchange rate for the conversion of any of these currencies into U.S. dollars may adversely affect the amount received by U.S. stockholders upon conversion of the dividend payment into U.S. dollars. We do not presently have any intention to declare or pay dividends in the future. You should not purchase shares of our common stock in anticipation of receiving dividends in future periods.
It may be difficult for stockholders to enforce any judgment obtained in the United States against us, which may limit the remedies otherwise available to our stockholders.
Substantially all of our assets are located in Hong Kong. Moreover, our current directors and officers are nationals of Hong Kong. All or a substantial portion of the assets of this person are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for our stockholders to effect service of process within the United States upon this person. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of Hong Kong would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or such officers and/or directors predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities law of the United States or any state thereof or be competent to hear original actions brought in Hong Kong against us or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
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Risks Related to our Common Stock
Due to the limited trading market for our securities, you may have difficulty selling any shares you own.
While our shares of common stock are quoted on the OTCQB tier of the OTC Markets Group, Inc., there is presently no meaningful demand for our common stock and virtually no public market exists for the shares being offered by the selling stockholders. The OTCQB is a regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last sale prices and volume information in over-the-counter securities. The OTCQB is not an issuer listing service, market or exchange. Although the OTCQB does not have any listing requirements per se, to be eligible for quotation on the OTCQB, issuers must remain current in their filings with the SEC or applicable regulatory authority. Market makers are not permitted to begin quotation of a security whose issuer does not meet this filing requirement. If no market is ever developed for our common stock, it will be difficult for you to sell any shares you own or subsequently purchase. In such a case, you may find that you are unable to achieve any benefit from your investment or liquidate your shares without considerable delay, if at all.
Our common stock may become subject to the "penny stock" rules of the sec and the trading market in our securities is limited, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the value of an investment in our stock.
Under U.S. federal securities legislation, our common stock will constitute "penny stock" is if has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. While the market price of our common stock is currently above $5.00, there can be no assurance that are price will consistently remain above $5.00, given the lack of liquidity in our stock. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require that a broker or dealer approve a potential investor's account for transactions in penny stocks, and the broker or dealer receive from the investor a written agreement to the transaction, setting forth the identity and quantity of the penny stock to be purchased. In order to approve an investor's account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or dealer must obtain financial information and investment experience objectives of the person, and make a reasonable determination that the transactions in penny stocks are suitable for that person and the person has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be capable of evaluating the risks of transactions in penny stocks. The broker or dealer must also deliver, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, a disclosure schedule prepared by the Commission relating to the penny stock market, which, in highlight form sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability determination. Brokers may be less willing to execute transactions in securities subject to the "penny stock" rules. This may make it more difficult for investors to dispose of our common stock and cause a decline in the market value of our stock. Disclosure also has to be made about the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks.
FINRA sales practice requirements may also limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. The FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.
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Certain restrictions on the extent of puts may have little, if any, effect on the adverse impact of our issuance of shares in connection with the Investment Agreement and the Equity Purchase Agreement, and as such, Strattner and Williamsburg may sell a large number of shares, resulting in substantial dilution to the value of shares held by existing stockholders.
Each of Strattner and Williamsburg has agreed to refrain from holding an amount of shares which would result in Strattner and Williamsburg owning more than 9.99% and 4.99%, respectively, of the then-outstanding shares of our common stock at any one time. These restrictions, however, do not prevent them from selling shares of common stock received in connection with a put, and then receiving additional shares of common stock in connection with a subsequent put. In this way, each of Strattner or Williamsburg could sell more than the foregoing limits in a relatively short time frame while still maintaining compliance with the prescribed limitations.
Because Strattner and Williamsburg will be paying less than the then-prevailing market price for our common stock, your ownership interest may be diluted and the value of our common stock may decline by exercising the put right pursuant to the Investment Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement.
The common stock to be issued to Strattner and Williamsburg pursuant to the Investment Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement will be purchased at a price that is a discount to market. Because the put price is lower than the prevailing market price of our common stock, to the extent that the put right is exercised, your ownership interest may be diluted. Strattner and Williamsburg have a financial incentive to sell our common stock immediately upon receiving the shares to realize the profit equal to the difference between the discounted price and the market price. If Strattner and Williamsburg sell the shares, the price of our common stock could decrease. If our stock price decreases, Strattner and Williamsburg may have a further incentive to sell the shares of our common stock that it holds. These sales may have a further adverse impact on our stock price.
The pricing structure of the Investment Agreement and the Equity Purchase Agreement may result in dilution to our stockholders.
Pursuant to the Investment Agreement and the Equity Purchase Agreement, Strattner and Williamsburg committed to purchase, subject to certain conditions, up to an aggregate of $35,000,000 of our common stock over a prescribed period. If we sell shares to Strattner and Williamsburg under the Investment Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement, it will have a dilutive effect on the holdings of our current stockholders, and may result in downward pressure on the price of our common stock. If we draw down amounts under the Investment Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement, we will issue shares to Strattner and Williamsburg at a discount. If we draw down amounts under these agreements when our share price is decreasing, we will need to issue more shares to raise the same amount than if our stock price was higher. Issuances in the face of a declining share price will have an even greater dilutive effect than if our share price were stable or increasing, and may further decrease our share price.
We may not be able to access sufficient funds pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement.
Our ability to purchase shares of our common stock to Strattner and Williamsburg and obtain funds pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement and Equity Purchase Agreement is limited, including restrictions on when we may exercise our put rights, restrictions on the amount we may put to Strattner and Williamsburg at any one time, which is determined in part by the trading price of our common stock, and a limitation on the obligation of Strattner and Williamsburg to purchase if such purchase would result in Strattner and Williamsburg beneficially owning more than 9.99% or 4.99%, as applicable, of our common stock. Accordingly, we may not be able to access sufficient funds when needed.
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Future issuances of our common stock could dilute current stockholders or adversely affect the market.
Our business plan contemplates expanding our operations through acquisitions which may involve significant issuances of our common stock. Future issuances of our common stock may be at values substantially below the price paid by the current holders of our common stock. In addition, common stock could be issued to fend off unwanted tender offers or hostile takeovers without further stockholder approval. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or even just the prospect of such sales, could depress the prevailing price of our common stock and our ability to raise equity capital in the future. Additionally, large share issuances would generally have a negative impact on our share price. It is possible that, due to additional share issuance, you could lose a substantial amount, or all, of your investment. In addition, if a trading market develops for our common stock, we may attempt to raise capital by selling shares of our common stock, possibly at a discount to market. These actions will result in dilution of the ownership interests of existing shareholders, further dilute common stock book value, and that dilution may be material.
The market for penny stocks has experienced numerous frauds and abuses that could adversely impact investors in our stock.
Company management believes that the market for penny stocks has suffered from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include:
| • | Control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; | |
| • | Manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; | |
| • | "Boiler room" practices involving high pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by sales persons; | |
| • | Excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differentials and markups by selling broker-dealers; and | |
| • | Wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the inevitable collapse of those prices with consequent investor losses. |
The market price of our common stock may be volatile, and our stock price may fall below your purchase price at the time you desire to sell your shares of our common stock, resulting in a loss on your investment.
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate substantially due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including, without limitation:
| • | actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly and annual operating results, financial condition or asset quality; | |
| • | changes in general economic or business conditions, both domestically and internationally; | |
| • | the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies, including the interest rate policies of the Federal Reserve, or in laws and regulations affecting us; | |
| • | the number of securities analysts covering us; | |
| • | publication of research reports about us, our competitors, or the financial services industry generally, or changes in, or failure to meet, securities analysts’ estimates of our financial and operating performance, or lack of research reports by industry analysts or ceasing of coverage; | |
| • | changes in market valuations or earnings of companies that investors deemed comparable to us; | |
| • | the average daily trading volume of our common stock; | |
| • | future issuances of our common stock or other securities; | |
| • | additions or departures of key personnel; | |
| • | perceptions in the marketplace regarding our competitors and/or us; | |
| • | significant acquisitions or business combinations, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by or involving our competitors or us; and | |
| • | other news, announcements or disclosures (whether by us or others) related to us, our competitors, our core market or the financial services industry. |
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The stock market and, in particular, the market for financial institution stocks have experienced significant fluctuations in recent years. In many cases, these changes have been unrelated to the operating performance and prospects of particular companies. In addition, significant fluctuations in the trading volume in our common stock may cause significant price variations to occur. Increased market volatility may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock, which may make it difficult for you to resell your shares at the volume, prices and times desired.
Investing in our Company is highly speculative and could result in the entire loss of your investment.
An investment in our shares is highly speculative and involves significant risk. Our shares should not be purchased by any person who cannot afford to lose their entire investment. Our business objectives are also speculative, and it is possible that we would be unable to accomplish them. Our shareholders may be unable to realize a substantial or any return on their purchase of the offered shares and may lose their entire investment. For this reason, each prospective purchaser of our shares should read this document, the Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022 and all of its exhibits carefully, and consult with their attorney, business and/or investment advisor.
State securities laws may limit secondary trading, which may restrict the states in which and conditions under which you can sell the shares offered by us.
Secondary trading in our common stocks will not be possible in any state until the common stock is qualified for sale under the applicable securities laws of the state or there is confirmation that an exemption, such as listing in certain recognized securities manuals, is available for secondary trading in the state. If we fail to register or qualify, or to obtain or verify an exemption for the secondary trading of, the common stock in any particular state, the common stock could not be offered or sold to, or purchased by, a resident of that state. In the event that a significant number of states refuse to permit secondary trading in our common stock, the liquidity for the common stock could be significantly impacted thus causing you to realize a loss on your investment.
The Company does not intend to seek registration or qualification of its shares of common stock in any State or territory of the United States. Aside from a "secondary trading" exemption, other exemptions under state law and the laws of US territories may be available to purchasers of the shares of common stock sold by the selling stockholders.
Anti-takeover effects of certain provisions of Delaware state law hinder a potential takeover of our company.
Though not now, in the future we may become subject to Delaware’s business combination law which prohibits certain business combinations between Delaware corporations and "interested stockholders" for three years after the "interested stockholder" first becomes an "interested stockholder," unless the corporation's board of directors approves the combination in advance. For purposes of Delaware law, an "interested stockholder" is any person who is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of fifteen percent or more of the voting power of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation. A corporation is subject to Delaware’s business combination law if it has more than 2000 stockholders or has its securities listed on a national securities exchange. The effect of Delaware’s business combination law is to potentially discourage parties interested in taking control of our company from doing so if it cannot obtain the approval of our board of directors.
Because we do not intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock, our stockholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them.
We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Unless we pay dividends, our stockholders will not be able to receive a return on their shares unless they sell them. Stockholders may never be able to sell shares when desired. Before you invest in our securities, you should be aware that there are various risks. You should consider carefully these risk factors, together with all of the other information included in this annual report before you decide to purchase our securities. If any of the following risks and uncertainties develop into actual events, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected.
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ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
ITEM 2. Properties.
We maintain our approximately 2,186 square feet production workshop at Room 8, 4/F, Trans Asia Centre, 18 Kin Hong St, Kwai Chung, Kowloon, Hong Kong. According to the lease, we pay a monthly rent of HK$25,000 (approximately US$3,205). The lease initially expired on December 31, 2021, but was extended for an additional one (1) year term to December 31, 2022. The foregoing description of the lease and lease extension is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Lease Agreement and Extension Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Annual Report and incorporated herein by reference.
We believe that our current facilities are adequate for our current needs. We expect to secure new facilities or expand existing facilities as necessary to support future growth. We believe that suitable additional space will be available on commercially reasonable terms as needed to accommodate our operations.
ITEM 3. Legal Proceedings.
There are no material pending legal proceedings to which we or our subsidiaries are a party or to which any of our or their property is subject, nor are there any such proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities. None of our directors, officers, affiliates or any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of our common stock, or any associate of any of the foregoing, is involved in a proceeding adverse to our business or has a material interest adverse to our business.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) Market Information
Shares of our common stock are quoted on the OTC Pink under the symbol “LDSN”. Shares of our common stock began trading on April 1, 2020. As of April 11, 2022, the last closing price of our securities was $1.15, with little to no quoting activity. There is no established public trading market for our securities and a regular trading market may not develop, or if developed, may not be sustained.
The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low bid information for our common stock, as reported on the Pink Sheets. The following quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
| Quarterly period | High | Low | ||||||
| Fiscal year ended December 31, 2021: | ||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 8.00 | $ | 2.00 | ||||
| Third Quarter | $ | 17.95 | $ | 1.02 | ||||
| Second Quarter | $ | 16.00 | $ | 5.70 | ||||
| First Quarter | $ | 5.50 | $ | 1.75 | ||||
| Fiscal year ended December 31, 2020: | ||||||||
| Fourth Quarter | $ | 2.00 | $ | 0.13 | ||||
| Third Quarter | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.13 | ||||
| Second Quarter | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.13 | ||||
| First Quarter | $ | – | $ | – | ||||
(b) Approximate Number of Holders of Common Stock
As of April 11, 2022, there were approximately 55 shareholders of record of our common stock. Such number does not include any shareholders holding shares in nominee or “street name”.
(c) Dividends
Holders of our common stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors. On January 2, 2020, prior to the consummation of the acquisition of LHCL, LHCL declared and paid dividends of $184,919 to the shareholders. Except as otherwise set forth above, we paid no dividends during the periods reported herein, nor do we anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future.
(d) Equity Compensation Plan Information
None.
(e) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
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ITEM 6. RESERVED.
ITEM 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
This discussion summarizes the significant factors affecting the operating results, financial condition, liquidity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiary for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020. The discussion and analysis that follows should be read together with the section entitled “Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” and our consolidated financial statements and the notes to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K.
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this section are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and are based upon judgments concerning various factors that are beyond the Company’s control. Consequently, and because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report.
Currency and exchange rate
Unless otherwise noted, all currency figures quoted as “U.S. dollars”, “dollars” or “US$” refer to the legal currency of the United States. References to “Hong Kong Dollar” are to the Hong Kong Dollar, the legal currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Throughout this report, assets and liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at average rates prevailing during the period. The gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income within the statement of stockholders’ equity.
Impact of COVID-19 on our business
The outbreak of COVID-19 that started in late January 2020 in the PRC has negatively affected our business. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic and has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of stores and business facilities in China and the U.S. in the subsequent months. Given the rapidly expanding nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because substantially all of the Company’s business operations and its workforce are concentrated in China, the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition for calendar year 2020 have been adversely affected.
Management believes that COVID-19 could continue to have a material impact on its financial results for the first half of calendar year 2021 and could cause the potential impairment of certain assets. To mitigate the overall financial impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business, management has worked closely with its service centers to enhance their marketing and promotion activities during the second quarter of 2021 that were designed to generate sales in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2021.
To resume normal operations in the second quarter of 2021, we believe that the Company can generate sufficient cash flow over the next 12 months to implement the revised business plan.
Results of Operations
We are not required to obtain permission from the Chinese authorities to operate or to issue securities to foreign investors.
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Our audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that we will be able to continue to operate in the future in the normal course of business. In our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, it has included a note about our ability to continue as a going concern due to consecutive quarterly losses from operations in 2020 as a result of COVID-19. Business closures in Hong Kong and limitations on business operations arising from COVID-19 has significantly disrupted our ability to generate revenues and cash flow during the fiscal year 2021.
The success of our business strategy is dependent in part upon the availability of additional capital resources on terms satisfactory to management as we are not generating sufficient revenues from our business operations. Our sources of capital in the past have included advance from stockholders and affiliates. There can be no assurance that we can raise such additional capital resources on satisfactory terms. We believe that our current cash and other sources of liquidity discussed above are adequate to support operations for at least the next 12 months. We anticipate continuing to rely on equity sales of our common shares and shareholder loans in order to continue to fund our business operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders. There is no assurance that we will achieve any additional sales of our equity securities or arrange for debt or other financing to fund our plan of operations.
Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020
The following table sets forth certain operational data for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 1,001,438 | $ | 5,935,720 | ||||
| Cost of revenue | (230,840 | ) | (1,027,662 | ) | ||||
| Gross profit | 770,598 | 4,908,058 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | (5,214,194 | ) | (659,097 | ) | ||||
| Other (expenses) income | – | (1,898 | ||||||
| (Loss) income before Income Taxes | (4,443,596 | ) | 4,247,063 | |||||
| Income tax expense | (90,993 | ) | (602,877 | ) | ||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | (4,534,589 | ) | $ | 3,644,186 | |||
| Net (loss) income (excluding stock-based compensation expense) | (4,534,589 | ) | 3,969,186 | |||||
Revenue. We generated revenues of $1,001,438 and $5,935,720 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. The significant decrease is due to the decrease in business volume due to downturn economy under the pandemic, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the following customers accounted for 10% or more of our total net revenues:
| Revenues (US$) | Percentages of Revenues | Accounts Receivable (US$) | ||||||||||
| Ease Audio Group Limited | $ | 693,304 | 70% | $ | 2,427,487 | |||||||
| Yu Lin Nuo Ya Interactive Entertainment Company Limited | 154,067 | 15% | 1,509,812 | |||||||||
| Shenzhen Jiu Sheng Optoelectronic Comm Tech Co., Ltd | 154,067 | 15% | 1,164,531 | |||||||||
| Total: | $ | 1,001,438 | 100% | $ | 5,101,830 | |||||||
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During the year ended December 31, 2020, the following customers accounted for 10% or more of our total net revenues:
| Revenues (US$) | Percentages of Revenues | Accounts Receivable (US$) | ||||||||||
| Ease Audio Group Limited | $ | 3,284,657 | 55% | $ | 2,041,928 | |||||||
| Yu Lin Nuo Ya Interactive Entertainment Company Limited | 1,448,086 | 24% | 1,352,108 | |||||||||
| Shenzhen Jiu Sheng Optoelectronic Comm Tech Co., Ltd | 1,183,637 | 20% | 1,088,683 | |||||||||
| Total: | $ | 5,916,380 | 99% | $ | 4,482,719 | |||||||
All customers are located in the PRC and Hong Kong.
Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $230,840, and as a percentage of net revenue, approximately 23.0%. Cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $1,027,662, and as a percentage of net revenue, approximately 17.3%. Cost of revenue decreased primarily as a result of the decrease in our business volume.
Gross Profit. We achieved a gross profit of $770,598 and $4,908,058 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The decrease in gross profit is primarily attributable to the decrease in our business volume.
Operating Expenses. We incurred operating expenses of $5,214,194 and $659,097 for the years ended December 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021, consisted of $4,977,996 in allowance for doubtful accounts, $88,932 of professional fees and $147,266 of general and administrative expenses. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020, consisted solely of general and administrative expenses. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020, consisted of $325,000 in share based compensation, $127,416 of professional fees, $95,283 of payroll expenses and $111,398 of general and administrative expenses. The increase in general and administrative expenses is attributable to a significant allowance for doubtful accounts.
Income Tax Expense. Our income tax expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $90,993 and $602,877, respectively.
Net Income. We incurred a net loss of $4,534,589 and a net income of $3,644,186 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The decrease in net income is primarily attributable to the decrease in our business volume and a significant allowance for doubtful accounts.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $290, net accounts receivable of $129,150, deposits, prepayments and other receivables of $827,971 and debt discount of $700,000.
As of December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $40,447, accounts receivable of $4,499,746, and deposits, prepayments and other receivables of $665,052.
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | $ | (4,982 | ) | $ | 422,094 | |||
| Net cash used in investing activities | – | (462,109 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (14,560 | ) | (195,154 | ) | ||||
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in operating activities was $4,982, which consisted primarily of net loss of $4,534,589, depreciation of plant and equipment of $157,487, allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,977,996 and an increase of accrued expenses and other payables of $77,805 and tax payable of $86,638, offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $607,400, an increase in deposits, prepayments and other receivables of $162,919.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash provided by operating activities was $422,904, which consisted primarily of a net income of $3,644,186, stock-based compensation expense of $325,000, depreciation of plant and equipment of $48,889, non-cash lease expenses of $35,600, an increase in tax payable of $603,758, an increase in accounts payable of $3,251, and increase in lease liabilities of $2,051 and an increase in accrued expenses and other payable of $22,232, offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $3,739,013 and an increase in deposits, prepayments and other receivables of $523,050.
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, there is no net cash provided by investing activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, cash used in investing activities was $462,109 from the purchase of plant and equipment.
Net Cash Used In Financing Activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in financing activities was $14,560, consisting primarily of advance to a director.
For the year ended December 31, 2020, net cash used in financing activities was $195,154 consisting primarily of $184,919 dividend paid to the shareholder of the Company and repayment of lease liabilities of $38,525, offset by $28,290 advances from a director.
We believe that our current cash and other sources of liquidity discussed below are adequate to support general operations for at least the next 12 months.
Material Cash Requirements
We have not achieved profitability during this year and we expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. We expect net cash expended in 2022 to be slightly lower than 2021. As of December 31, 2021, we had the accumulated loss of $51,127. Our material cash requirements are highly dependent upon the additional financial support from our major shareholders in the next 12 - 18 months.
We had the following contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2021:
| Contractual Obligations | Total | Less than 1 year | 1-3 Years | 3-5 Years | More than 5 Years | |||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount due to director | 13,730 | 13,730 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| Commercial commitments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bank loan repayment | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| Tax payable | 830,200 | 830,200 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| Total obligations | 843,930 | 843,930 | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
Going Concern
The consolidated financial statements contain an explanatory paragraph expressing substantial doubt about our ability to continue operating as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared “assuming that we will continue as a going concern,” which states that we will realize our assets and satisfy any liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. Our continuation as a going concern is dependent upon improving our profitability and the continuing financial support from our stockholders. Our sources of capital may include the sale of equity securities, which include common stock sold in private transactions, capital leases and short-term and long-term debts. While we believe that we will obtain external financing and the existing shareholders will continue to provide the additional cash to meet our obligations as they become due, there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise such additional capital resources on satisfactory terms. We believe that our current cash and other sources of liquidity discussed below are adequate to support operations for at least the next 12 months.
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We require additional funding to meet its ongoing obligations and to fund anticipated operating losses. Our auditor has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on raising capital to fund its initial business plan and ultimately to attain profitable operations. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets and liabilities that may result in the Company not being able to continue as a going concern.
We expect to incur marketing and professional and administrative expenses as well expenses associated with maintaining our filings with the Commission. We will need to raise funds to fund our ongoing operational expenses. Additional funding will likely come from equity financing from the sale of our common stock. If we are successful in completing equity financing, existing shareholders will experience dilution of their interest in the Company. We do not have any financing arranged and we cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of our common stock to fund our 12-month plan of operation and ongoing operational expenses. In the absence of such financing, our business will likely fail. There are no assurances that we will be able to achieve further sales of our common stock or any other form of additional financing. If we are unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue our plan of operations, then we will not be able to continue our 12-month plan of operation and our business will fail.
If we cannot raise additional funds, we will have to cease business operations. As a result, our common stock investors would lose all of their investment.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. In addition, we have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our own shares and classified as shareholders’ equity, or that are not reflected in our financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. Moreover, we do not have any variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We prepare our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted by the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require us to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect our reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and any related disclosures. Although there were no material changes made to the accounting estimates and assumptions in the past three years, we continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from our expectations as a result of changes in our estimates.
We believe that our accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates. Accordingly, the policies we believe are the most critical to understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations are summarized in “Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See “Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.
The Company believes that other recent accounting pronouncement will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
ITEM 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The consolidated financial statements and the Report of Independent Registered Certified Public Accounting Firm thereon are filed pursuant to this Item 8 and are included in this report beginning on page F-1.
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LUDUSON G INC.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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J&S ASSOCIATE (AF002380) (Registered with PCAOB and MIA) UNIT B222,SOLARIS DUTAMAS 1, JALAN DUTAMAS 1, 50480, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel : 03-62053622 Fax : 03-62053623 Email : [email protected] |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Director and Stockholder of
LUDUSON G INC.
Opinion on the Financial Statement
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Luduson G Inc. and its subsidiaries (the ‘Company’) as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 4, the Company has incurred a net loss of $4,534,589 for the current year, and the liquidity position as at year end is not sufficient to service the liabilities of the Company in the next twelve months These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans with regards to these matters are also described in Note 4 to the financial statements. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matters
Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current year audit of the financial statements that were communicated or are required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements, and (2) involved especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgements. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.
/s/
Certified Public Accountants
PCAOB Number : 6743
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.
April 15, 2022
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TOTAL ASIA ASSOCIATES PLT (AF002128 & LLP0016837-LCA) A Firm registered with US PCAOB and Malaysian MIA
Block C-3-1, Megan Avenue 1, 189, Off Jalan Tun Razak, 50400, Kuala Lumpur. Tel: (603) 2733 9989 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Shareholders of
LUDUSON G INC.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Luduson G Inc. and its subsidiaries (the ‘Company’) as of December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ TOTAL ASIA ASSOCIATES PLT
March 25, 2021
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.
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LUDUSON G INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021 and 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current asset: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | ||||||||
| Debt discount | ||||||||
| Deposits, prepayments and other receivables | ||||||||
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| Non-current asset: | ||||||||
| Plant and equipment | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities and other payables | ||||||||
| Amount due to a director | ||||||||
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| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| Preferred stock, $ par value, shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively | ||||||||
| Common stock, $ par value, shares authorized, and shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income | ( | ) | ||||||
| (Accumulated deficit) Retained earnings | ( | ) | ||||||
| Shareholders’ equity | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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LUDUSON G INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Revenue, net | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cost of revenue | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation | ( | ) | ||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| (Loss) income from operation | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other (expenses) income: | ||||||||
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| Interest expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total other expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income tax expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| NET (LOSS) INCOME | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other comprehensive (loss) income: | ||||||||
| Foreign currency translation (loss) gain | ( | ) | ||||||
| COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Net (loss) income per share: | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted | ||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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LUDUSON G INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | ||||||||
| Depreciation of plant and equipment | ||||||||
| Allowance for doubtful accounts | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation for services | ||||||||
| Non-cash lease expense | ||||||||
| Change in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Deposits, prepayments and other receivables | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | ||||||||
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| Tax payable | ||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Purchases of plant and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| (Advance to) repayment from a director | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of lease liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Dividend paid to former shareholders | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Effect on exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| BEGINNING OF YEAR | ||||||||
| END OF YEAR | $ | $ | ||||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION | ||||||||
| Cash paid for tax | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
| F-6 |
LUDUSON G INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| Common stock | Additional paid-in | Accumulated other comprehensive | Retained | Total shareholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| No. of shares | Amount | capital | (loss) income | earnings | equity | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as at January 1, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dividends paid to former shareholders | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for acquisition of legal acquirer | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for service rendered | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the year | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as at December 31, 2020 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as at January 1, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for commitment shares as debt discount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for the year | – | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as at December 31, 2021 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
| F-7 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
Luduson G Inc. ("the Company" or "LDSN") was organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on March 6, 2014 under the name Jovanovic-Steele, Inc. The Company’s name was changed to Baja Custom Designs, Inc. on November 30, 2017. The Company was established as part of the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Pacific Shores Development, Inc. ("PSD"). The Company’s name was further changed to Luduson G Inc. on July 15, 2020.
Currently, the Company through its subsidiaries, mainly provide events marketing strategies with a combination of digital interactive solutions and content production services in Hong Kong. The Company is principally engaged in developing and distributing digital entertainment - interactive game software and providing system development consultancy, maintenance services to the customers and providing interactive games installations in shopping mall events, exhibitions and brand promotions.
On April 15, 2020, Linda Master, the former Chief Executive Officer, President and majority owner of the Company, sold 14,960,000 shares of her common stock of the Company, or 95.8% of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company, to Lan Chan, the current Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company.
On May 8, 2020, the Company executed a Share Exchange Agreement with Luduson Holding Company Limited, a limited liability company organized under the laws of British Virgin Islands (“LHCL”), and the shareholders of LHCL. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company purchased Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of LHCL (the “LHCL Shares”), representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of LHCL. As consideration, the Company agreed to issue to the shareholders of LHCL Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of its common stock, at a value of $0.10 per share, for an aggregate value of $1,000,000. The Company consummated the acquisition of LHCL on May 22, 2020.
Because the Company is a shell company, LHCL will comprise the ongoing operations of the combined entity and its senior management will serve as the senior management of the combined entity, LHCL is deemed to be the accounting acquirer for accounting purposes. The transaction will be treated as a recapitalization of the Company. Accordingly, the consolidated assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Company will become the historical financial statements of LHCL, and the Company’s assets, liabilities and results of operations will be consolidated with LHCL beginning on the acquisition date. LHCL was the legal acquiree but deemed to be the accounting acquirer. The Company was the legal acquirer but deemed to be the accounting acquiree in the reverse merger. The historical financial statements prior to the acquisition are those of the accounting acquirer (LHCL). After completion of the Share Exchange Transaction, the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the assets and liabilities, the operations and cash flow of the accounting acquirer.
Description of subsidiaries
| Name |
Place of incorporation and kind of legal entity |
Principal activities |
Particulars of registered/ paid up share capital |
Effective interest held | ||||
The Company and its subsidiaries are hereinafter referred to as (the “Company”).
| F-8 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the application of certain significant accounting policies as described in this note and elsewhere in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes.
| • | Basis of presentation |
These accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
| • | Use of estimates and assumptions |
In preparing these consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheet and revenues and expenses during the years reported. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
| • | Basis of consolidation |
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company balances and transactions within the Company have been eliminated upon consolidation.
| • | Cash and cash equivalents |
Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost and represent cash on hand, demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase date of such investments.
| • | Accounts receivable |
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced
amount and do not bear interest, which are due within contractual payment terms, generally 30 to 90 days from completion of service. Credit
is extended based on evaluation of a customer's financial condition, the customer credit-worthiness and their payment history. Accounts
receivable outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. Past due balances over 90 days and over a specified
amount are reviewed individually for collectibility. At the end of fiscal year, the Company specifically evaluates individual customer’s
financial condition, credit history, and the current economic conditions to monitor the progress of the collection of accounts receivables.
The Company will consider the allowance for doubtful accounts for any estimated losses resulting from the inability of its customers to
make required payments. For the receivables that are past due or not being paid according to payment terms, the appropriate actions are
taken to exhaust all means of collection, including seeking legal resolution in a court of law. Account balances are charged off against
the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company does
not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related to its customers. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $
| F-9 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| • | Plant and equipment |
Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis over the following expected useful lives from the date on which they become fully operational and after taking into account their estimated residual values:
| Expected useful lives | ||||
| Leasehold improvement | ||||
| Computer equipment | ||||
| Furniture and equipment |
Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. When assets have been retired or sold, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recognized in the results of operations.
| • | Revenue recognition |
The Company recognizes revenue from its contracts with customers in accordance with ASC 606 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company recognizes revenues when satisfying the performance obligation of the associated contract that reflects the consideration expected to be received based on the terms of the contract.
Under ASC 606, a performance obligation is a promise within a contract to transfer a distinct good or service, or a series of distinct goods and services, to a customer. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied and the customer obtains control of promised goods or services. The amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for goods or services. Under the standard, a contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the Company performs the following five steps:
| • | identify the contract with a customer; |
| • | identify the performance obligations in the contract; |
| • | determine the transaction price; |
| • | allocate the transaction price to performance obligations in the contract; and |
| • | recognize revenue as the performance obligation is satisfied. |
The transaction price for each contract is determined based on the amount the Company expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for transferring the promised products or services to the customer. Collectability of revenue is reasonably assured based on historical evidence of collectability of fees the Company charges its customers. The transaction price in the contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation in an amount that represents the relative amount of consideration expected to be received in exchange for satisfying each performance obligation. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations are satisfied. At contract inception, the Company determines whether it satisfies the performance obligation over time or at a point in time.
The Company derives its revenues from the sale of marketing software solution and maintenance service, in a monthly term. The Company’s performance obligation includes the software maintenance to certain digital interactive system or outdoor LED interactive gaming system.
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
The majority of the Company’s contracts with customers only contain a single performance obligation. When the agreements involve with multiple performance obligations, the Company will account for individual performance obligations separately, if they are distinct.
The Company recognizes its revenue upon the rendering of certain services, upon the monthly billing.
| • | Cost of revenue |
Cost of revenue consists primarily of the fees paid to contracted programmers and labor costs, which are directly attributable to the rendering of services.
| • | Income taxes |
The Company adopted the ASC 740 Income tax provisions of paragraph 740-10-25-13, which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Under paragraph 740-10-25-13, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent (50%) likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Paragraph 740-10-25-13 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties on income taxes, accounting in interim periods and requires increased disclosures. The Company had no material adjustments to its liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits according to the provisions of paragraph 740-10-25-13.
The estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities are reported in the accompanying balance sheets, as well as tax credit carry-backs and carry-forwards. The Company periodically reviews the recoverability of deferred tax assets recorded on its balance sheets and provides valuation allowances as management deems necessary.
| • | Uncertain tax positions |
The Company did not take any uncertain tax positions and had no adjustments to its income tax liabilities or benefits pursuant to the ASC 740 provisions of Section 740-10-25 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.
| • | Foreign currencies translation |
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet dates. The resulting exchange differences are recorded in the consolidated statement of operations.
The reporting currency of the Company is United States Dollar ("US$") and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been expressed in US$. In addition, the Company is operating in Hong Kong and maintain its books and record in its local currency, Hong Kong Dollars (“HKD”), which is a functional currency as being the primary currency of the economic environment in which their operations are conducted. In general, for consolidation purposes, assets and liabilities of its subsidiary whose functional currency is not US$ are translated into US$, in accordance with ASC Topic 830-30, “Translation of Financial Statement”, using the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average rates prevailing during the period. The gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements of foreign subsidiary are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income within the statements of changes in shareholders’ equity.
| F-11 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
Translation of amounts from HKD into US$ has been made at the following exchange rates for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
| December 31,2021 | December 31,2020 | |||
| Year-end HKD:US$ exchange rate | ||||
| Annual average HKD:US$ exchange rate |
| • | Comprehensive income |
ASC Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income”, establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances. Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity during a period from non-owner sources. Accumulated other comprehensive income, as presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity, consists of changes in unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency translation. This comprehensive income is not included in the computation of income tax expense or benefit.
| • | Retirement plan costs |
Contributions to retirement plans (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to general and administrative expenses in the accompanying statements of operation as the related employee service are provided.
| • | Share-based compensation |
The Company follows ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards, including restricted stock units, based on estimated grant date fair values. Restricted stock units are valued using the market price of the Company’s common shares on the date of grant. The Company records compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period.
| • | Debt issued with common stock |
Debt issued with common stock is accounted for under the guidelines established by ASC 470-20 – Accounting for Debt With Conversion or Other Options. The Company recorded the relative fair value of common stock and warrants related to the issuance of debt as a debt discount or premium. The discount or premium is subsequently amortized to interest expense over the expected term of the debt.
| • | Leases |
The Company adopts the FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842).” for all periods presented. This standard requires lessees to recognize lease assets (“right of use”) and related lease obligations (“lease liabilities”) on the balance sheet for leases with terms in excess of 12 months.
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in finance lease ROU assets and finance lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease and finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at January 1, 2019 based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term discounted using the rate implicit in the lease. In cases where the implicit rate is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
| F-12 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| • | Related parties |
The Company follows the ASC 850-10, Related Party for the identification of related parties and disclosure of related party transactions.
Pursuant to section 850-10-20 the related parties include a) affiliates of the Company; b) entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required, absent the election of the fair value option under the Fair Value Option Subsection of section 825–10–15, to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; c) trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and Income-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; d) principal owners of the Company; e) management of the Company; f) other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests; and g) other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.
The consolidated financial statements shall include disclosures of material related party transactions, other than compensation arrangements, expense allowances, and other similar items in the ordinary course of business. However, disclosure of transactions that are eliminated in the preparation of consolidated or combined financial statements is not required in those statements. The disclosures shall include: a) the nature of the relationship(s) involved; b) a description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements; c) the dollar amounts of transactions for each of the periods for which income statements are presented and the effects of any change in the method of establishing the terms from that used in the preceding period; and d) amount due from or to related parties as of the date of each balance sheet presented and, if not otherwise apparent, the terms and manner of settlement.
| • | Commitments and contingencies |
The Company follows the ASC 450-20, Commitments to report accounting for contingencies. Certain conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued, which may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or un-asserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or un-asserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.
| F-13 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates that a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, and an estimate of the range of possible losses, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.
Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed. Management does not believe, based upon information available at this time that these matters will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, there is no assurance that such matters will not materially and adversely affect the Company’s business, financial position, and results of operations or cash flows.
| • | Fair value of financial instruments |
The Company follows paragraph 825-10-50-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments and has adopted paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Paragraph 820-10-35-37”) to measure the fair value of its financial instruments. Paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three (3) broad levels. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The three (3) levels of fair value hierarchy defined by paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification are described below:
| Level 1 | Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. | |
| Level 2 | Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. | |
| Level 3 | Pricing inputs that are generally observable inputs and not corroborated by market data. |
Financial assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.
The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. If the inputs used to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one level described above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, deposits, prepayment and other receivables, amount due from a director and operating lease right-of-use assets, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.
| F-14 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| • | Recent accounting pronouncements |
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) or other standard setting bodies and adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations upon adoption.
In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt-Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40), (“ASU 2021-04”). This ASU reduces diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options (for example, warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. This ASU provides guidance for a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that is not within the scope of another Topic. It specifically addresses: (1) how an entity should treat a modification of the terms or conditions or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange; (2) how an entity should measure the effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange; and (3) how an entity should recognize the effect of a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that remains equity classified after modification or exchange. This ASU will be effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. An entity should apply the amendments prospectively to modifications or exchanges occurring on or after the effective date of the amendments. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The adoption of ASU 2021-04 on January 1, 2022 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.
The Company has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption of any such pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on its financial condition or the results of its operations.
| 3. | COVID-19 RELATED RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES |
Since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has become a global pandemic. As a result of the measures implemented by governments around the world, the business operations have been directly affected. In particular, during 2021, the Company experienced a significant decline in demand for marketing and gaming businesses, as a result of the reduction in cost budgets by the merchandizers and competition in online gaming businesses. In order to mitigate the risk from COVID-19, the Company took expedited measures to reduce operating expenses and preserve cash, including headcount reduction, freezing hiring and voluntary salary reductions from the senior leadership. The majority of the Company’s customers suffered from liquidity difficulties and deteriorated the collection of the accounts receivables.
Due to the speed and fluidity with which the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve, and the emergence of highly contagious variants, the Company has experienced by a certain extent of the impact of COVID-19 on its business operations. The ultimate extent of the impact of any epidemic, pandemic, outbreak, or other public health crisis on the business, financial condition and results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information that may emerge concerning the severity of such epidemic, pandemic, outbreak, or other public health crisis and actions taken to contain or prevent the further spread, including the effectiveness of vaccination and booster vaccination campaigns, among others. Accordingly, the Company cannot predict the extent to which our business, financial condition and results of operations will be affected.
| F-15 |
LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| 4. |
GOING CONCERN UNCERTAINTIES |
The Company’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2021 been prepared using generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has incurred a net loss of $4,534,589 for the current year. In addition, with respect to the ongoing and evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which was designated as a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, the outbreak has caused substantial disruption in international and U.S. economies and markets and if repercussions of the outbreak are prolonged, could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s business.
In order to continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, additional capital resources. Management’s plan is to obtain such resources for the Company by obtaining capital and the continued financial support from management and significant shareholders sufficient to meet its minimal operating expenses and seeking third party equity and/or debt financing. Management believes the Company is currently pursuing additional financing for its operations. However, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing sufficient funds to sustain the operations.
These and other factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets and liabilities that may result in the Company not being able to continue as a going concern.
| 5. | BUSINESS SEGMENT |
The Company considers its business activities to constitute two reportable segments. The segment analysis of the Company’s revenues is as follows:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Digital marketing | $ | $ | ||||||
| Entertainment | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| 6. | ACCOUNTS AND RETENTION RECEIVABLE |
The majority of the Company’s sales are on open credit terms and in accordance with terms specified in the contracts governing the relevant transactions. The Company evaluates the need of an allowance for doubtful accounts based on specifically identified amounts that management believes to be uncollectible. If actual collections experience changes, revisions to the allowance may be required. Based upon the aforementioned criteria, the Company has not provided the allowance for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, as follows:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable, cost | $ | $ | ||||||
| Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | $ | $ | ||||||
As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, the Company’ customers suffer from a general economic downturn in Hong Kong and China, including, but not limited to, financial market volatility and erosion, deteriorating credit, liquidity concerns, further increases in government intervention, increasing unemployment, broad declines in consumer discretionary spending, reductions in production because of decreased demand, layoffs and other restructuring activities. The Company’s business has been directly affected and experienced from the deteriorating collection trend and considered to make a significant allowance for long-aged and doubtful accounts receivable.
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020,
the Company made $
Subsequently, the Company fully recovered $129,150 by subsequent settlements from its customer in January 2022.
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| 7. | PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
Plant and equipment consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Leasehold improvement | $ | $ | ||||||
| Computer equipment | ||||||||
| Furniture and equipment | ||||||||
| Foreign translation difference | ( | ) | ||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Less: foreign translation difference | ( | ) | ||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Depreciation expense for the years ended December
31, 2021 and 2020 were $
| 8. | DEPOSITS, PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES |
Deposits, prepayments and other receivables consisted of the following:
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Deposit for business project | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepayment for vending machine | ||||||||
| Prepayments | ||||||||
| Rental deposit | ||||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
Prepayment for business project represents the security deposit to the project under the collaboration agreement, which is unsecured and non-refundable. The prepayment will be charged to the project cost upon the commencement of its project in the next six months.
Prepayment for vending machine represents the deposit for purchase of vending machines. The prepayment will be charged to the project cost upon the use of the machine in the next twelve months.
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
9. AMOUNT DUE TO A RELATED PARTY
As of December 31, 2021, the amount due to a related party represented temporary advances made by the Company’s director, Mr Wong Ka Leung, which was unsecured, interest-free with no fixed repayment term. Imputed interest on this amount is considered insignificant.
10. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Authorized shares
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the authorized share capital of the Company consisted of 100,000,000 shares of common stock with $0.0001 par value, and 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock also with $0.0001 par value. No other classes of stock are authorized.
The Company's first issuance of common stock, totaling 580,000 shares, took place on March 6, 2014 pursuant to the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the matter of Pacific Shores Development, Inc. (“PSD”). The Court ordered the distribution of shares in the Company to all general unsecured creditors of PSD, with these creditors to receive their Pro Rata share (according to amount of debt held) of a pool of 80,000 shares in the Company. The Court also ordered the distribution of shares in the Company to all administrative creditors of PSD, with these creditors to receive one share of common stock in the Company for each $0.10 of PSD's administrative debt which they held. A total of 500,000 shares were issued to PSD’s administrative creditors.
The Court also ordered the distribution of 2,500,000
warrants in the Company to all administrative creditors of PSD, with these creditors to receive five warrants in the Company for each
$0.10 of PSD's administrative debt which they held. These creditors received
On May 22, 2020, the Company consummated the acquisition
of LHCL and agreed to issue to the shareholders of LHCL Ten Million () shares of its common stock, at a value of $0.10 per share,
for an aggregate value of $
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has a total of 2,500,000 shares of warrants.
Issued and outstanding shares
On January 2, 2020, the Company declared and paid
a dividend of $
On May 8, 2020, the Company executed a Share Exchange Agreement (“the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Luduson Holding Company Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“LHCL”), and the shareholders of LHCL. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase Ten Thousand (10,000) ordinary shares representing 100% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the LHCL (the “LHCL Shares”). As consideration, the Company agreed to issue to the shareholders of LHCL Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of its common stock, at a value of US$0.10 per share, for an aggregate value of US$1,000,000. The Company consummated the acquisition of LHCL on May 22, 2020.
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
On September 9, 2020, the Company issued
shares of its common stock to five individuals of consultants and service providers for the IT programming and marketing services rendered
to the Company, at the fair value of $0.13 per shares, totally $
In September 2021, the Company issued 100,000 restricted shares of its common stock to Williamsburg as Initial Commitment Shares which is treated as debt discount and it will be amortized to interest expense over the expected term of the debt.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has a total of 28,210,000 and 28,110,000 shares of its common stock issued and outstanding.
| 11. | INCOME TAX |
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the local (“United States of America”) and foreign components of (loss) income before income taxes were comprised of the following:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Domestic | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Foreign | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
The provision for income taxes as shown in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations consists of the following:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Current: | ||||||||
| Domestic | $ | $ | ||||||
| Foreign | ||||||||
| Deferred: | ||||||||
| Domestic | ||||||||
| Foreign | ||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | $ | ||||||
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
The effective tax rate in the years presented is the result of the mix of income earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax rate. The Company operates in various countries: United States of America and Hong Kong that are subject to taxes in the jurisdictions in which they operate, as follows:
United States of America
LDSN is registered in the State of Delaware and is subject to US federal corporate income tax. The U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Reform Act”) was signed into law. The Tax Reform Act significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax regime by, among other things, lowering the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. The Company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in its income tax provision. The Company has not accrued or paid interest or penalties which were not material to its results of operations for the periods presented. Deferred tax asset is not provided for as the tax losses may not be able to carry forward after a change in substantial ownership of the Company in May 2020.
As of December 31, 2021, the operations in the
United States of America incurred $
ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence when determining whether it is more likely than not that deferred tax assets are recoverable. Such assessment is required on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis. The Company’s history of cumulative losses, along with expected future U.S. losses required that a full valuation allowance be recorded against all net deferred tax assets. The Company intends to maintain a full valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets until sufficient positive evidence exists to support reversal of the valuation allowance.
BVI
Under the current BVI law, the Company is not subject to tax on income.
Hong Kong
The Company’s subsidiary operating in Hong Kong is subject to the Hong Kong Profits Tax at the two-tiered profits tax rates from 8.25% to 16.5% on the estimated assessable profits arising in Hong Kong during the current year, after deducting a tax concession for the tax year. The reconciliation of income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Statutory income tax rate | ||||||||
| Income tax expense at statutory rate | ( | ) | ||||||
| Tax effect of non-deductible items | ||||||||
| Tax effect of non-taxable items | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| One-off tax reduction | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Income tax expense | $ | $ | ||||||
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| 12. | NET (LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE |
Basic net (loss) income per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The dilutive effect of potential common shares outstanding is included in diluted net (loss) income per share. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:
| Years ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Net (loss) income attributable to common shareholders | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic and diluted | ||||||||
| Net (loss) income per share – Basic and diluted | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
| 13. | PENSION COSTS |
The Company is required to make contribution
under a defined contribution pension scheme for all of its eligible employees in Hong Kong. The Company is required to contribute a specified
percentage of the participants' relevant income based on their ages and wages level. The total contributions made were $
| 14. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
Apart from the transactions and balances detailed elsewhere in these accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has no other significant or material related party transactions during the years presented.
| 15. | CONCENTRATIONS OF RISK |
The Company is exposed to the following concentrations of risk:
(a) Major customers
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the individual customer who accounts for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues and its outstanding receivable balances as at year-end dates, are presented as follows:
| Year ended December 31, 2021 | December 31, 2021 | |||||||||||
Customers | Revenues | Percentage of revenues | Accounts receivable | |||||||||
| Customer A | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Customer B | ||||||||||||
| Customer C | ||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | Total: | $ | |||||||||
At December 31, 2021, accounts receivable balances were provided by the allowance of doubtful accounts of $4,972,680, after considering the subsequent settlements in January 2022.
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LUDUSON G INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
(Currency expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)
| Year ended December 31, 2020 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||||||
Customers | Revenues | Percentage of revenues | Accounts receivable | |||||||||
| Customer A | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Customer B | ||||||||||||
| Customer C | ||||||||||||
| Total: | $ | Total: | $ | |||||||||
All customers are located in the PRC and Hong Kong.
| (b) | Economic and political risk |
The Company’s major operations are conducted in Hong Kong. Accordingly, the political, economic, and legal environments in Hong Kong, as well as the general state of Hong Kong’s economy may influence the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.
| (c) | Exchange rate risk |
The Company cannot guarantee that the current exchange rate will remain steady; therefore there is a possibility that the Company could post the same amount of profit for two comparable periods and because of the fluctuating exchange rate actually post higher or lower profit depending on exchange rate of HKD converted to US$ on that date. The exchange rate could fluctuate depending on changes in political and economic environments without notice.
16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As of December 31, 2021, the Company has no material commitments or contingencies.
On August 20, 2021, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with Williamsburg Venture Holdings, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor agreed to invest up to Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) over a 36-month period in accordance with the terms and conditions of that certain Equity Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2021, by and between the Company and the Investor (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”). During the term, the Company shall be entitled to put to the Investor, and the Investor shall be obligated to purchase, such number of shares of the Company’s common stock and at such price as are determined in accordance with the Equity Purchase Agreement. The per share purchase price for the Williamsburg Put Shares will be equal to 88% the lowest traded price of the Common Stock on the principal market during the five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date which Williamsburg received the Williamsburg Put Shares as DWAC Shares in its brokerage account (as reported by Bloomberg Finance L.P., Quotestream, or other reputable source). In connection with the Equity Purchase Agreement, the parties also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to register with the SEC the common stock issuable under the Equity Purchase Agreement, among other securities. The Company agreed to use its best efforts to file such registration statement with the SEC by November 30, 2021.
17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In accordance with ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before consolidated financial statements are issued, the Company has evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after December 31, 2021, up through the date the Company issued the audited consolidated financial statements. The Company determined that there are no further events to disclose.
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ITEM 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time specified in the Commission's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, we have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Under the direction of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting and concluded that (i) there continue to be material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting, that the weaknesses constitute a “deficiency” and that this deficiency could result in misstatements of the foregoing accounts and disclosures that could result in a material misstatement to the financial statements for the period covered by this report that would not be detected, and (ii) accordingly, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2021.
However, it should be noted that the design of any system of controls is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
Management's Annual Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act. Our management is also required to assess and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”). Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework. During our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, management identified significant deficiencies related to (i) the U.S. GAAP expertise of our internal accounting staff and chief financial officer, (ii) our internal audit functions and (iii) a lack of segregation of duties within accounting functions. Although management believes that these deficiencies do not amount to a material weakness, our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective at December 31, 2021.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the Company’s financial reporting.
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In light of these material weaknesses, we performed additional analyses and procedures in order to conclude that our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K were fairly stated in accordance with the U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that despite our material weaknesses, our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 are fairly stated, in all material respects, in accordance with the U.S. GAAP.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. Other Information.
None.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS.
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Set forth below are the present directors and executive officers of the Company. Note that there are no other persons who have been nominated or chosen to become directors nor are there any other persons who have been chosen to become executive officers. There are no arrangements or understandings between any of the directors, officers and other persons pursuant to which such person was selected as a director or an officer. Directors are elected to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and have qualified. Officers are appointed to serve until the meeting of the board of directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.
| Name | Age | Positions | ||||
| Ka Leung Wong | 43 | Chief Executive Officer, Director | ||||
| Lan Chan | 58 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary, Director | ||||
Biographies
Set forth below are brief accounts of the business experience during the past five years of each director, executive officer and significant employee of the Company.
Ka Leung (Wallis) WONG, age 43, joined us as our President, Chief Executive Officer and Director on May 8, 2020. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the manufacturing, import and export trade industry in Asia. In 2004, Mr. Wong founded 3 Dynamics (Asia) Limited, a Hong Kong based mobile game and entertainment services company where he currently serves as the director. Under his leadership, 3 Dynamics has become one of the top innovators in Hong Kong, leveraging location-based technology in 3G and Wi-Fi game applications. He has successfully developed and launched more than 80 mobile games and entertainment services (including multiple award-winning games, “3G Mopas”, “Hong Kong War” and “DigiPublish” Platform) and launched in multiple regions such as Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Mainland China, Southeast Asia and Europe.
Mr. Wong is the vice chairman (interaction design) of Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association and the founding member of International Federation of Creativity and Technology. Mr. Wong has received numerous awards including the gold award of HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur (2001), second runner-up of Net King Business Plan Contest (Open Group) (2001), one of the three winners of the 1st Digital Pioneers Programme organized by The British Council (2007), one of the three Hong Kong finalists of The Creative Young Entrepreneur Awards (2007), and Paragon 100 (Young Entrepreneurs and Social Changemakers of Up to 30 years of age) by The Foundation of Youth Social Entrepreneurs in 2009.
Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Electronic Engineering and a Continuing Education Diploma in Information and Internet Security from City University of Hong Kong. He also holds a Master Degree of Business Administration at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Mr. Wong brings to our board his deep experience in the mobile game and entertainment services industry.
Lan CHAN, age 58, joined us as our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director on April 15, 2020. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the manufacturing, import and export trade industry in Asia. He graduated from a tertiary school in Hong Kong and received his engineering diploma. He founded his business that markets and distributes LED products and components throughout the People’s Republic of China and the Asian region in 2012 and currently serves as its director. Mr. Chan will bring to the Company his deep experience of conducting business in the PRC and Asia region.
Family Relationships.
There are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
No executive officer or director has been involved in the last ten years in any of the following:
| • | Any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business or property of such person, or of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; |
| • | Any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); |
| • | Being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; |
| • | Being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated; |
| • | Being the subject of or a party to any judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, or any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, including but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail, fraud, wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or |
| • | Being the subject of or a party to any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act, any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member. |
Board Committees and Audit Committee Financial Expert
We do not currently have a standing audit, nominating or compensation committee of the board of directors, or any committee performing similar functions. Our board of directors performs the functions of audit, nominating and compensation committees. As of the date of this report, no member of our board of directors qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act. We hope to attract a director who qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as our business operations mature.
Our board of directors does not have a policy with regards to the consideration of any director candidates recommended by our shareholders. Our board of directors has determined that it is in the best position to evaluate our company’s requirements as well as the qualifications of each candidate when the board considers a nominee for a position on our board of directors.
There have not been any material changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors since December 31, 2021.
Code of Ethics
We have not yet adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer principal accounting officer or controller in light of our Company’s current stage of development. We expect to adopt a code of ethics in the near future.
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ITEM 11. Executive Compensation.
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
Currently, our executive directors and officers do not receive compensation for services provided in such capacities. We anticipate providing cash compensation for services in the future to our executive officers and directors. We expect to establish an incentive compensation plan as our company matures. We expect that our executive compensation philosophy will be to create a long-term direct relationship between pay and our performance. Our executive compensation program will be designed to provide a balanced total compensation package over the executive’s career with us. The compensation program objectives will be to attract, motivate and retain the qualified executives that help ensure our future success, to provide incentives for increasing our profits by awarding executives when corporate goals are achieved and to align the interests of executives and long-term stockholders. We expect the compensation package of our named executive officers to consist of the following main elements:
| 1. | base salary for our executives that is competitive relative to the market, and that reflects individual performance, retention and other relevant considerations; |
| 2. | incentive compensation consisting of stock options, restricted stock and the like; and |
| 3. | discretionary bonus awards payable in cash and or securities of the Company tied to the satisfaction of corporate objectives. |
Process for Setting Executive Compensation
As we do not have Compensation Committee, our Board will be responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of our philosophy with respect to the compensation of executives and for monitoring the implementation and results of the compensation philosophy to ensure compensation remains competitive, creates proper incentives to enhance stockholder value and rewards superior performance. The Board will annually review and approve for each named executive officer, and particularly with regard to the Chief Executive Officer, all components of the executive’s compensation. The Board may award discretionary bonuses to each of the named executives, and reviews and approves the process and factors (including individual and corporate performance measures and actual performance versus such measures) used by the Chief Executive Officer to recommend such awards. Additionally, the Board will review and approve the base salary, equity-incentive awards (if any) and any other special or supplemental benefits of the named executive officers.
We expect our Chief Executive Officer to periodically provide the Board with an evaluation of each named executive officer’s performance, based on the individual performance goals and objectives developed by the Chief Executive Officer at the beginning of the year, as well as other factors. The Board will provide an evaluation for the Chief Executive Officer. These evaluations will serve as the bases for bonus recommendations and changes in the compensation arrangements of our named executives.
Our Compensation Peer Group
We expect to engage in informal market analysis in evaluating our executive compensation arrangements. As the Company and its businesses mature, we may retain compensation consultants that will assist us in developing a formal benchmark and selecting a compensation peer group of companies similar to us in size or business for the purpose of comparing executive compensation levels.
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Program Components
We expect our executive compensation program to consist of the following elements:
Base Salary
Our base salary structure will be designed to encourage internal growth, attract and retain new talent, and reward strong leadership that will sustain our growth and profitability. The base salary for each named executive officer will reflect our past and current operating profits, the named executive officer’s individual contribution to our success throughout his career, internal pay equity and informal market data regarding comparable positions within similarly situated companies. In determining and setting base salary, the Board will consider all of these factors, though it will not assign specific weights to any factor. The Board will generally review the base salary for each named executive officer on an annual basis. For each of our named executive officers, we expect to review base salary data internally obtained by the Company for comparable executive positions in similarly situated companies to ensure that the base salary rate for each executive is competitive relative to the market.
Discretionary Bonus
The objectives of our bonus awards will be to encourage and reward our employees, including the named executive officers, who contribute to and participate in our success by their ability, industry, leadership, loyalty or exceptional service and to recruit additional executives who will contribute to that success.
Each of our named executive officers will be eligible for consideration for a discretionary cash bonus. The Chief Executive Officer will make recommendations regarding bonus awards for the named executive officers and the Board provides the bonus recommendation for the Chief Executive Officer. However, the Board/Compensation Committee will have sole and final authority and discretion in designating to whom awards are made, the size of the award, if any, and its terms and conditions. The bonus recommendation for each of the named executive officers depends on a number of factors, including (i) the performance of the Company for the year, (ii) the satisfaction of certain individual and corporate performance measures, and (iii) other factors which the Board may deem relevant. The Company did not award any cash bonuses during fiscal year 2021.
Stock Holdings
The Board recognizes the importance of having a portion of the named executive officers’ compensation be paid in the form of equity, to help align the executives’ interests with the interests of the Company’s shareholders. Initially, we expect the Board to emphasize the cash-based portion of our compensation program over a stock program because it believes the discretionary nature of the cash-based compensation gives it the needed flexibility to factor in and reward the attainment of longer-term goals for the Company and the executives, as the Board deems appropriate.
We have not timed nor do we plan to time our release of material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.
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| Summary Compensation Table |
The following summary compensation table sets forth the aggregate compensation we paid or accrued during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 to (i) our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer), (ii) our two most highly compensated executive officers other than the principal executive officer who were serving as executive officers on December 31, 2021, whose total compensation was in excess of $100,000, and (iii) up to two additional individuals who would have been within the two-other-most-highly compensated but were not serving as executive officers on December 31, 2021.
| Name and Principal Position | Fiscal Year |
Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Equity Awards ($) |
All Other Compen- sation ($) |
Total ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ka Leung WONG | 2021 | 46,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46,220 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Chief Executive Officer, President and Director) | 2020 | 47,706 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47,706 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lan CHAN (2) | 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director) | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| (1) | Linda Masters served as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and director from February 18, 2016, to March 27, 2018. |
| (2) | Ka Leung WONG was appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Director effective May 22, 2020 |
| (3) | Lan CHAN was appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director effective April 15, 2020. Mr. Chan resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and President effective May 22, 2020, and was concurrently appointed Chief Operating Officer. |
Narrative disclosure to Summary Compensation
Our executive officers are not parties to employment agreements with the Company. As the Company matures, we expect to enter into compensation arrangements in the near future.
Other than set out above and below, there are no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar benefits for directors or executive officers. We expect to establish one or more incentive compensation plans in the future. Our directors and executive officers may receive securities of the Company as incentive compensation at the discretion of our board of directors in the future. We do not have any material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or executive officers.
Equity Awards
There are no unvested options, warrants or convertible securities outstanding.
At no time during the last fiscal year with respect to any of any of our executive officers was there:
| • | any outstanding option or other equity-based award repriced or otherwise materially modified (such as by extension of exercise periods, the change of vesting or forfeiture conditions, the change or elimination of applicable performance criteria, or the change of the bases upon which returns are determined; | |
| • | any waiver or modification of any specified performance target, goal or condition to payout with respect to any amount included in non-stock incentive plan compensation or payouts; | |
| • | any option or equity grant; | |
| • | any non-equity incentive plan award made to a named executive officer; | |
| • | any nonqualified deferred compensation plans including nonqualified defined contribution plans; or | |
| • | any payment for any item to be included under All Other Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table. |
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Compensation of Directors
During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, we did not provide compensation to any of our employee directors for serving as our director. We currently have no formal plan for compensating our directors for their services in their capacity as directors, although we may elect to issue stock options to such persons from time to time. Directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors. Our board of directors may award special remuneration to any director undertaking any special services on our behalf other than services ordinarily required of a director.
Compensation Risk Management
Our Board of directors and human resources staff conducted an assessment of potential risks that may arise from our compensation programs. Based on this assessment, we concluded that our policies and practices do not encourage excessive and unnecessary risk taking that would be reasonably likely to have material adverse effect on the Company. The assessment included our cash incentive programs, which awards non-executives with cash bonuses for punctuality. Our compensation programs are substantially identical among business units, corporate functions and global locations (with modifications to comply with local regulations as appropriate). The risk-mitigating factors considered in this assessment included:
| • | the alignment of pay philosophy, peer group companies and compensation amounts relative to local competitive practices to support our business objectives; and |
| • | effective balance of cash, short- and long-term performance periods, caps on performance-based award schedules and financial metrics with individual factors and Board and management discretion. |
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
We have not yet established a Compensation Committee. Our Board of Directors performs the functions that would be performed by a compensation committee. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, none of our executive officers has served: (i) on the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on our board of directors; (ii) as a director of another entity, one of whose executive officers served on the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) of the registrant; or (iii) as a member of the compensation committee (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) of another entity, one of whose executive officers served as a director of the company.
Compensation Committee Report
Our board of directors has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis in this report with management. Based on its review and discussion with management, the board of directors recommended that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. The material in this report is not deemed filed with the SEC and is not incorporated by reference in any of our filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made on, before, or after the date of this Report on Form 10-K and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Submitted by the board of directors:
Ka Leung Wong
Lan Chan
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ITEM 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the number of shares of our common stock owned beneficially as of April 11, 2022 by: (i) each person (including any group) known to us to own more than five percent (5%) of any class of our voting securities, (ii) each of our directors and each of our named executive officers (as defined under Item 402(m)(2) of Regulation S-K), and (iii) officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, the shareholders listed possess sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares shown.
| Name of Beneficial Owner (2) | Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership(1) |
Percent of Class | ||
| Officers and Directors | ||||
| Lan CHAN (3) | 14,960,000 | 53.03% | ||
| Ka Leung WONG (4) | 1,200,000 | 4.25% | ||
| All executive officers and directors as a group (2 persons) | 16,160,000 | 57.28% | ||
| Shareholders Holding In Excess of 5% | ||||
| Siu Chung CHEUNG | 6,800,000 | 24.10% |
| (1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with SEC rules and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. For purposes of this table, a person or group of persons is deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of any shares of common stock that such person has the right to acquire within 60 days of April 11, 2022. Applicable percentage ownership is based on 28,210,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of April 11, 2022, and any shares that such person or persons has the right to acquire within 60 days of April 11, 2022, is deemed to be outstanding for such person, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. The inclusion herein of any shares listed as beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership. |
| (2) |
Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each beneficial owner listed is 17/F, 80 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong. Except as otherwise indicated, the persons listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of our common stock owned by them, except to the extent that power may be shared with a spouse. |
| (3) | Lan CHAN was appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Director effective April 15, 2020. Mr. Chan resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and President effective May 22, 2020, and was concurrently appointed Chief Operating Officer. |
| (4) | Ka Leung WONG was appointed to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Director effective May 22, 2020. |
ITEM 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Other than as disclosed below, there are no transactions during our two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, or any currently proposed transaction, in which our Company was or to be a participant and the amount exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our Company’s total assets at year end for our last two completed years, and in which any of our directors, officers or principal stockholders, or any other related person as defined in Item 404 of Regulation S-K, had or have any direct or indirect material interest.
From time to time, Mr. Wong Ka Leung, our director, makes temporary advances on an unsecured, interest-free basis with no fixed repayment terms. As of December 31, 2021, the amount due to Mr. Wong was $66,135.
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We have not adopted policies or procedures for approval of related person transactions but review them on a case-by-case basis. We believe that all related party transactions were on terms at least as favorable as we would have secured in arm’s-length transactions with third parties. Except as set forth above, we have not entered into any material transactions with any director, executive officer, and promoter, beneficial owner of five percent or more of our common stock, or family members of such persons.
Director Independence
Our board of directors currently consists of Ka Leung Wong, our CEO, and Lan Chan, our Secretary, CFO, and COO. Our directors do not qualify as an independent director under the published listing requirements of the NASDAQ Stock Market or the NYSE because they are executive officers of the Company. As of the date hereof, we have not adopted a standard of independence nor do we have a policy with respect to independence requirements for our board members or that a majority of our board be comprised of “independent directors.”
ITEM 14. Principal AccountING Fees And Services.
Total Asia Associates PLT (“Total”) audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020. J&S Associate (“JS”) audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021.
All audit work was performed by the full time employees of Total and JS for the above mentioned fiscal years. Our board of directors does not have an audit committee. The functions customarily delegated to an audit committee are performed by our full board of directors. Our board of directors approves in advance, all services performed by Total and JS, but have not adopted pre-approval policies or procedures. Our board of directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence, and has approved such services.
The following table sets forth fees billed by our auditors during the last two fiscal years for services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our quarterly financial statements, services by our auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and that are not reported as audit fees, services rendered in connection with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, and all other fees for services rendered.
The following table shows the fees paid or accrued by us for the audit and other services provided for the fiscal periods shown.
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
| Category | 2021 | 2020* | ||||||
| TOTAL ASIA ASSOCIATES PLT: | ||||||||
| Audit Fees | $ | 13,500 | $ | 38,000 | ||||
| Audit Related Fees | – | – | ||||||
| Tax Fees | – | – | ||||||
| All Other Fees | – | – | ||||||
| $ | – | $ | 38,000 | |||||
| J&S ASSOCIATES: | ||||||||
| Audit Fees | $ | 32,000 | $ | – | ||||
| Audit Related Fees | – | – | ||||||
| Tax Fees | – | – | ||||||
| All Other Fees | – | – | ||||||
| $ | 32,000 | $ | – | |||||
| * | The 2020 fees billed by our predecessor independent accountants, TOTAL Asia Associates PLT. |
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Audit fees. Consists of fees billed for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of our Form 10-K, review of our interim financial statements included in our Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with year-end statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
Audit-related fees. Consists of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees”, review of our Forms 8-K filings and services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with non-year-end statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
Tax fees. Consists of professional services rendered by a company aligned with our principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
Other fees. The services provided by our accountants within this category consisted of advice and other services relating to SEC matters, registration statement review, accounting issues and client conferences.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
| (1) | Financial Statements |
Financial Statements are included in Part II, Item 8 of this report.
| (2) | Financial Statement Schedules |
No financial statement schedules are included because such schedules are not applicable, are not required, or because required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.
| (3) | Exhibits |
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| 10.7 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 20, 2021, by and between Luduson G Inc., a Delaware corporation and Williamsburg Venture Holdings, LLC (6) |
| 21 | List of Subsidiaries (7) |
| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 * |
| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 * |
| 32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 * |
| 32.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 * |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instances Document * |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document * |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document * |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document * |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document * |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document * |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). * |
_______________________
| * | Filed Herewith. |
| (1) | Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits to Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018. |
| (2) | Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits to the Definitive Information Statement of Schedule 14C filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2020. |
| (3) | Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2020. |
| (4) | Incorporated by reference to the Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2020. |
| (5) | Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2021. |
| (6) | Incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2021. |
| (7) | Incorporated by reference to the Exhibits to the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021. |
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY.
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
| April 15, 2022 | LUDUSON G INC. | |
| By: | /s/Ka Leung Wong | |
| Ka Leung Wong | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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