Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

CFL Transaction

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CFL Transaction
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
CFL Transaction

11. CFL Transaction

 

On August 12, 2016, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), with CFL, a Republic of Seychelles company wholly-owned by a group of Chinese investors. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to issue and sell to CFL, and CFL agreed to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, a number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), such that CFL would hold shares of Common Stock equal to approximately 51% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, determined on a fully-diluted basis, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement.

 

At the closing of the CFL Transaction, the Company entered into a Stockholders’ Agreement, dated November 7, 2016 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) with CFL and each of its shareholders: Maoji (Michael) Wang, Jingbo Song, Yong Xiong Zheng and Nan Kou (the “CFL Shareholders”). The Stockholders’ Agreement sets forth the agreement of the Company, CFL and the CFL Shareholders relating to board representation rights, transfer restrictions, standstill provisions, voting, registration rights and other matters following the closing of the Share Issuance and Sale.

 

On September 22, 2021, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with CFL, in which the Company sold 474,384 shares of its common stock at a price per share of $2.10 for gross proceeds of approximately $1,000,000. On October 30, 2021, CFL entered into a transfer stock agreement with a former shareholder of the Company to purchase an additional 375,869 shares of its common stock.

 

As of December 31, 2022, CFL beneficially held 5,139,203 shares of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock equal to approximately 26.1% of the outstanding class.