As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2020

Registration 333-_______

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form F-3

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

British Virgin Islands    Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

Room 2803, Dachong Business Centre, Dachong 1st Road

Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China

Tel: +(86) 0755-8695-0818

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Lina L. Liu

8577 Haven Avenue, #301

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730

Tel: 909-719-9950

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

Copy to:

John P. Yung, Esq.

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

333 Bush Street, Suite 1100

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 362-2580

Facsimile: (415) 434-0882

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨

 

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x

 

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨

 

If this Form is registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨

 

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Emerging growth company x

 

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

 

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered

 

Amount to be

Registered(1)(2)

(3)(4)(5)

   

Proposed maximum

offering price per unit(3)

   

Aggregate maximum

offering price(3)

(4)(5)

   

Amount of

registration fee(3)

 
Ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share     (2 )     (2 )     (2 )     (2 )
Preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share                                
Debt securities                                
Warrants     (6 )                        
Units                                
Total   $ 50,000,000             $ 50,000,000     $ 6,490.00  

 

(1) Also includes an indeterminate aggregate principal amount and number of securities (except for debt securities which will not exceed $10,000,000) of each identified class of securities up to a proposed aggregate offering price of $50,000,000, which may be offered by the registrant from time to time in unspecified numbers and at indeterminate prices, and as may be issued upon conversion, redemption, repurchase, exchange or exercise of any securities registered hereunder, including under any applicable anti-dilution provisions.  Except as provided in Rule 426(b) under Securities Act of 1933, in no event will the aggregate offering price of all types of securities (except for debt securities which will not exceed $10,000,000) issued by the Registrant pursuant to this registration statement exceed $50,000,000.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(3) Pursuant to General Instruction II.C. of Form F-3, the table lists each of the classes of securities being registered and the aggregate proceeds to be raised, but does not specify by each class information as to the amount to be registered, proposed maximum offering price per unit, and proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
(4) The proposed maximum aggregate offering price has been estimated solely to calculate the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.
(5) Includes consideration to be received by the Registrant, if applicable, for registered securities that are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of other registered securities.
(6) In no case shall the aggregate amount of debt securities exceed $10,000,000.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 12, 2020

 

PROSPECTUS

 

ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED

(incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability)

 

$50,000,000

Ordinary Shares

Preferred Shares

Debt Securities

Warrants

Units

 

We may offer and sell our ordinary shares, par value US$0.001 per share, preferred shares, par value US$0.001, debt securities, warrants, units consisting of ordinary shares, preferred shares, debt securities or warrants, or any other combination of these securities from time to time in one or more offerings, at prices and on terms described in one or more supplements to this prospectus. In addition, this prospectus may be used to offer securities for the account of persons other than us. The aggregate initial offering price of the securities that we may offer and sell under this prospectus will not exceed $50,000,000.

 

Each time we sell securities, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offering and the terms of the securities. The supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided in connection with a specific offering. You should read this prospectus, any prospectus supplement and any free writing prospectus before you invest in any of our securities.

 

We may sell the securities independently or together with any other securities registered hereunder to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, or through a combination of these methods, on a continuous or delayed basis. See “Plan of Distribution.” If any underwriters, dealers or agents are involved in the sale of any of the securities, their names, and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangements between or among them, will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

Our ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ATIF.” We have registered $50,000,000 of our securities. On April 22, 2020, a date within sixty (60) days of the date of this prospectus, the aggregate market value of our outstanding ordinary shares held by non-affiliates was approximately $32,149,109, based on 47,014,674 ordinary shares outstanding, of which 15,164,674 ordinary shares were held by non-affiliates, and a per ordinary share price of $2.12 based on the closing sale price of our ordinary shares on April 22, 2020. On June 11, 2020, the closing price for our ordinary shares was $1.98. You are urged to obtain current market quotations of our ordinary shares. We have not offered any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.5. of Form F-3 during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of this prospectus. We will state on the cover of each prospectus supplement the amount of our public float, the amount of securities being offered, and the amount of securities sold during the prior 12 calendar month period that ends on, and includes, the date of the prospectus supplement.

 

Investing in our securities involves risks. You should read the “Risk Factors” section contained in the applicable prospectus supplement, any related free writing prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus before investing in our securities.

 

 

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or completeness of this prospectus, including any prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus and documents incorporated by reference. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is , 2020.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS 1
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE 2
SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 3
OUR COMPANY 4
RISK FACTORS 7
OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE 13
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS 13
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER 14
DESCRIPTION OF SHARES 14
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS 24
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES 26
DESCRIPTION OF UNITS 28
USE OF PROCEEDS 29
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION 29
TAXATION 31
MATERIAL CHANGES 31
LEGAL MATTERS 32
EXPERTS 32
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES 32
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 33
PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS II-1

 

 

 

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

 

This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form F-3 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a “shelf” registration, or continuous offering, process. Under the shelf registration process, we may issue and sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings with a maximum offering price of up to $50,000,000.

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities under this shelf registration, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain certain specific information about the terms of that offering, including a description of any risks related to the offering, if those terms and risks are not described in this prospectus. A prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. The registration statement we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission includes exhibits that provide more details on the matters discussed in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the related exhibits filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the accompanying prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the headings “Incorporation Of Documents By Reference” before investing in any of the securities offered.

 

We may sell securities to or through underwriters or dealers, and also may sell securities directly to other purchasers or through agents. To the extent not described in this prospectus, the names of any underwriters, dealers or agents employed by us in the sale of the securities covered by this prospectus, the principal amounts or number of shares or other securities, if any, to be purchased by such underwriters or dealers and the compensation, if any, of such underwriters, dealers or agents will be set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

 

The information in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover. Information incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate as of the date of the document from which the information is incorporated. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any other date.

 

You should rely only on the information provided or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional or different information. This document may only be used where it is legal to sell these securities. You should not assume that any information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus.

 

In this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

l “Affiliated Entities” refers to our subsidiaries and Qianhai (defined below);

 

l “ATIF HK” refers to the indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ATIF, ATIF Limited, a Hong Kong corporation;

 

l “AT Consulting Center” refers to Asia Era International Financial Consulting Center, which is owned and operated by Qianhai (defined below);

 

l “BVI” refers to the “British Virgin Islands”;

 

l “China” or the “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for the purpose of this document only, Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau;

   

l

“Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refers  to ATIF Holdings Limited (“ATIF”), a British Virgin Islands business company, and its Affiliated Entities (defined above), as the case may be.  Neither ATIF nor any of its Affiliated Entities are in any way or manner related to or associated with a digital publishing company incorporated and registered in Hong Kong, Asia Times Holdings Limited;

 

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l “CNNM” refers to www.chinacnnm.com, a news and media platform owned and operated by ATIF HK;

 

l “Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

l “Huaya,” “Huaya Consultant,” or “WFOE” refers to Huaya Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, which is wholly-owned by ATIF HK;

 

l “initial public offering” or “IPO” means our initial public offering of Ordinary Shares at $5.00 per Unit which closed in April 29, 2019;

 

l

“LGC” refers to Leaping Group Co., Ltd. a limited liability organized under the laws of Cayman Islands and a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company;

 

l “LGC WFOE” refers to Yuezhong (Shenyang) Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, which is indirectly wholly-owned by LGC;

 

l “LMG” refers to Leaping Media Group Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, which we control via a serious of contractual arrangements between LGC WFOE (defined below) and LMG;

 

l

“preferred shares,” or “Preferred Shares” refer to the Class A preferred shares of the Company, par value $0.001 per share;

 

l “Qianhai” is to Qianhai Asia Era (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, which we control via a series of contractual arrangements between WFOE and Qianhai;

 

l “RMB” and “Renminbi” refer to the legal currency of the PRC;

   

l “SEC” refers to the Securities and Exchange Commission;

   

l “Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

   

l “shares,” “Shares,” “Ordinary Shares,” or “ordinary shares” refer to the Ordinary Shares of the Company, par value $0.001 per share;

   

l “U.S. dollars” and “$” refer to the legal currency of the United States; and

   

l “VIE” refers to variable interest entity.

 

INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with them. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Each document incorporated by reference is current only as of the date of such document, and the incorporation by reference of such documents should not create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since such date. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus and should be read with the same care. When we update the information contained in documents that have been incorporated by reference by making future filings with the SEC, the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is considered to be automatically updated and superseded. In other words, in the case of a conflict or inconsistency between information contained in this prospectus and information incorporated by reference into this prospectus, you should rely on the information contained in the document that was filed later.

 

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We incorporate by reference the documents listed below:

 

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Our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on December 2, 2019, or the 2019 Form 20-F;

 

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Our current report on Form 6-K furnished with the SEC on December 26, 2019, February 12, 2020, April 8, 2020, April 23, 2020, and June 11, 2020;

 

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The description of the securities contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed on April 18, 2019 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, together with all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description; and

 

 

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With respect to each offering of securities under this prospectus, all of our subsequent annual reports on Form 20-F and any report on Form 6-K that indicates that it is being incorporated by reference, in each case, that we file with the SEC on or after the date on which the registration statement is first filed with the SEC and until the termination or completion of the offering under this prospectus.

 

Our 2019 Form 20-F contains a description of our business and audited consolidated financial statements with a report by our independent auditors. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Unless expressly incorporated by reference, nothing in this prospectus shall be deemed to incorporate by reference information furnished to, but not filed with, the SEC. We will provide to you, upon your written or oral request, without charge, a copy of any or all of the documents we refer to above which we have incorporated in this prospectus by reference, other than exhibits to those documents unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in the documents. You should direct your requests to Fang Cheng, our chief financial officer, at Room 2803, Dachong Business Centre, Dachong 1st Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China. Our telephone number at this address is +86-0755-8695-0818.

 

SPECIAL NOTE ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and related free writing prospectus, and the information incorporated by reference herein and therein may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of, and intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by, the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements, which are not statements of historical fact, may contain estimates, assumptions, projections and/or expectations regarding future events, which may or may not occur. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions, including their negatives. We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements include:

 

· Any changes in the laws of the PRC or local province that may affect our operation;

 

· Current and future economic and political conditions;

 

· Inflation and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

 

· Future financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenditures, cash balances and other financial items;

 

· Our ability to execute our growth and expansion, including our ability to meet our goals;

 

· Our on-going ability to obtain all mandatory and voluntary government and other industry certifications, approvals, and/or licenses to conduct our business;

 

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· Our ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting;

 

· Our ability to compete in an industry with low barriers to entry;

 

· Our ability to continue to operate through our VIE structure;

 

· Our capital requirements and our ability to raise any additional financing which we may require;

 

· Our ability to attract new clients, and further enhance our brand recognition;

 

· Our ability to hire and retain qualified management personnel and key employees in order to enable us to develop our business; and

 

· Trends and competition in the financial consulting services industry.

 

You should read thoroughly this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors.” Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

 

The forward-looking statements and any related statements made in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference are made as of the date of the respective documents. The forward-looking statements obtained from third-party studies or reports are made as of the date of the corresponding study or report. We undertake no obligation, beyond that required by law, to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made, even though circumstances may change in the future.

 

OUR COMPANY

 

Overview

 

We are a consulting company providing financial consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”). Since our inception in 2015, the main focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges. Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with clients and offices throughout Asia. We have to date primarily focused on helping clients going public on the OTC markets and exchanges in the U.S., but we are in the process of expanding our services to listing clients on domestic exchanges in China as well as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

 

Since our inception until July 31, 2019, our revenue was mainly generated from our going public consulting services. We also generated a small portion of our revenue from a one-time registration fee charged to our new clients. We generated total revenue of approximately $3,635,000, $5,308,000, and $3,079,000 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. The revenues generated from going public consulting services were $3,469,224, $5,236,196, and $3,078,758 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively.

 

Beginning in August 2018, to complement and facilitate the growth of our going public consulting services, we launched AT Consulting Center to offer financial consulting programs in Shenzhen, and in September 2018, we acquired CNNM, or www.chinacnnm.com, a news and media website focused on distributing financial news and information. In July 2019, we launched an investment and financing analysis reporting business. Although upfront capital and human investments are required in connection with the aforementioned developments, we believe positive synergies can be generated by effectively integrating these three new business ventures with our existing going public consulting services, and we expect these to contribute to our growth in the long run.

 

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In China, a fast-growing economy and a positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need assistance in obtaining development funds through financing. China has relatively immature financial systems compared to developed countries. Due to restrictions imposed by China’s foreign exchange regulations, it is difficult for foreign capital to enter China’s capital market. Because of the strict listing policies and a relatively closed financial environment in mainland China, most small to medium sized enterprises in the development stage are unable to list on domestic exchanges in China. Therefore, many Chinese enterprises strive to enter international capital markets through overseas listing for equity financing. However, in China, there is a general lack of understanding of international capital markets, as well as a lack of professional institutions that provide overseas going public consulting services to these companies, and many of them may not be familiar with overseas listing requirements.

 

We launched our consulting services in 2015. Our aim was to assist these Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between PRC companies and overseas markets and exchanges. We have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language expertise in several overseas jurisdictions. Our services are designed to help SMEs in China achieve their goal of becoming public companies. We create a going public strategy for each client based on many factors, including our assessment of the client’s financial and operational situations, market conditions, and the client’s business and financing requirements. Since our inception and up to July 31, 2019, we have successfully helped seven Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S. OTC markets and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts. All of our current and past clients have been Chinese companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore, by the year of 2020.

 

Recent Developments

 

On April 22, 2020, we completed the acquisition of approximately 51.2% of the issue and outstanding ordinary shares of Leaping Group Co., Ltd. (“LGC”) pursuant to the (i) Debt Conversion and Share Purchase Agreement dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Debt Conversion SPA”) among the Company and LGC, and (ii) Share Exchange Agreement dated as of April 8, 2020 (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) by and among the Company, LGC, and all of the shareholders of LGC (the “Sellers”). Under the terms of the Debt Conversion SPA, LGC issued 3,934,029 of its ordinary shares to the Company in exchange for (i) the satisfaction of the outstanding debt owed to the Company in the amount of US$1,851,000, and (ii) the issuance of 2,800,000 ordinary shares of the Company to LGC. Concurrent with the closing of the Debt Conversion SPA and under the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement (the “Acquisitions”), the Sellers assigned an aggregate of 6,283,001 ordinary shares of LGC to the Company in exchange for an aggregate of 7,140,002 ordinary shares of the Company. After giving effect to the Acquisitions, LGC will be considered a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company and its financial statements will be consolidated with ours.

 

LGC currently operates a multi-channel advertising business, event planning and execution business, film production business, and movie theater operating business in China. Currently, LGC’s primary market is Heilongjiang and Liaoning, covering major second-tier cities in the areas such as Harbin and Shenyang. LGC’s services are as follows:

 

· Multi-Channel Advertising Services. LGC provides advertising creation and production, pre-movie advertisements display, and advertising result evaluation. Typically, LGC will sign an advertising service agreement with an advertising client to undertake the advertising campaign of the client. The scope of service varies according to clients’ needs; it could be a full package of all the above services, or the combination of the latter two services. The price of 15-second slots on our pre-movie advertising network currently ranges from US$3,810 to US$5,276 based on the number of movie theaters in which the advertisement is placed, the length of the time slot purchased, and the duration of the advertising campaign.

 

· Event Planning and Execution Services. LGC provides services related to planning and arrangement of events, and production of related advertising materials. After entering an event planning and execution service agreement with a client, LGC will first decide on the suitable form for a marketing event. If it is an offline event, LGC will choose an event venue based on the target customers and budget, design and order exhibition models, decorate the venue, and hold the event on the designated date. If it is an online event, LGC will develop the concept and discuss them with the client. Upon approval, LGC’s designers will design the website based on the concept, and provide background support to make sure that the website is successfully launched and maintained. Typical marketing events include brand promotion through elevator and in-store LED billboard advertisements and potential customer information collection by offering incentives such as static display, performances, free movie tickets, and VR experiences. LGC’s fees for providing Event Planning and Execution Services for an event is negotiated with the client on a case-by-case basis, depending on the scale and length of the event, the number of employees and independent contractors involved, and the desired effect of the event.

 

· Film Production Services. LGC Film Production Services include investment in films and TV programs and their distribution in movie theaters or through online platforms.

 

· Movie Theater Operating Business. LGC invests in and operates movie theaters in China. LGC currently operates three movie theaters in Shenyang with a total of 17 screens. The operating of our own movie theaters will further enhance both our Multi-Channel Advertising Business and Film Production Business.

 

· 5G & AI Information Distribution Platform. LGC is investing in and developing a 5G & AI information distribution platform (the “Platform”) to integrate big data of urban cities, enhance effective interaction between consumers and merchants, and boost China’s digital economy. The Platform will feature integration of big platforms, systems, and services, as well as decision making through big data. Once completed, it will be an intelligent information publishing platform that utilizes a unified government network as the channel, a unified cloud data center as the carrier, and a unified information security protection feature as the safeguard. In addition, the Platform will mainly focus on facilitating information sharing, interconnectivity, and business collaboration.

 

Corporate Information

 

On January 5, 2015, we established a holding company, ATIF, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. ATIF owns 100% of ATIF HK, a Hong Kong company incorporated on January 6, 2015 (formerly known as China Elite International Holdings Limited).

 

On May 20, 2015, WFOE (Huaya Consultant (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.) was incorporated pursuant to the PRC law as a wholly foreign owned enterprise. ATIF HK holds 100% of the equity interests in WFOE.

 

On November 3, 2015, our VIE, Qianhai, was incorporated pursuant to the PRC law as a limited company. We operate our going public financial consulting services through Qianhai.

 

On December 11, 2015, Qianhai established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Qianhai Asia Era (Shenzhen) International Fund Management Co., Ltd. (“Asia Era Fund”). We disposed of our entire equity ownership in Asia Era Fund on September 19, 2018.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, Qianhai has two shareholders and both are PRC residents. Ronghua Liu, as trustee, is holding 4,925,000 shares (the “Beneficial Shares”), for their beneficial owner, Qiuli Wang (the “Beneficiary”), pursuant to a trust deed entered into and executed under the PRC law on December 11, 2017. The trust deed stipulates, among other customary provisions, that (1) all dividends and interest accrued on the Beneficial Shares shall be payable as directed by the Beneficiary in writing, and (2) the Beneficiary may transfer the Beneficial Shares to a third-party company or individual as required.

 

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In August 2018, Qianhai launched AT Consulting Center to provide financial consulting services.

 

On September 20, 2018, ATIF HK acquired and started operating CNNM, a news and media platform based in Hong Kong.

 

On March 7, 2019, ATIF HK changed its name from ASIA TIMES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED to ATIF LIMITED. On March 8, 2019, ATIF changed its name from ASIA TIMES HOLDINGS LIMITED to ATIF HOLDINGS LIMITED.

 

On April 29, 2019, we completed our IPO of 2,074,672 Ordinary Shares at a public offering price of $5.00 per share. Our Ordinary Shares commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on May 3, 2019, under the symbol “ATIF.”

 

Pursuant to PRC law, each entity formed under PRC law shall have a business scope as submitted to the Administration of Industry and Commerce or its local counterpart. Depending on the particular business scope, approval by the relevant competent regulatory agencies may be required prior to commencement of business operations. WFOE’s business scope is to primarily engage in investment consulting, business management consulting, corporate image engineering, and communication product development. Since the sole business of WFOE is to provide Qianhai with technical support, consulting services, and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management in exchange for a service fee approximately equal to Qianhai’s net income after the deduction of the required PRC statutory reserve, such business scope is appropriate under PRC law. Qianhai, on the other hand, is also able to, pursuant to its business scope, provide financial consulting businesses. Qianhai is approved by the competent regulatory body in Shenzhen that regulates financial consulting businesses, to engage in financial consulting business operations.

 

Mr. Ronghua Liu was the majority shareholder of Qianhai prior to our IPO. However, we control Qianhai through VIE contractual arrangements.

 

On April 22, 2020, we acquired approximately 51.2% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of LGC. LGC operates through its VIE, LMG, and its subsidiaries. LMG was established in 2013 as a limited company pursuant to PRC laws, and began generating revenue in 2014. Since the inception of LMG, LGC has consolidated its business practice, consistently expanded our business operation beyond Event Planning and Execution Services to include Multi-Channel Advertising Services and more recently in 2017, started to invest in films and TV programs production and distribution. LGC established a wholly owned subsidiary of LMG, Horgos Xinyuezhong Film Media Co., Ltd. in 2017 pursuant to PRC laws, which was subsequently dissolved on April 17, 2019. The related parties of LMG also established companies pursuant to PRC laws, including Shenyang Tianniu Media Co., Ltd. in 2013, Yuezhong Media (Dalian) Co., Ltd. in 2016, Yuezhong (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd. in 2017, and Harbin Yuechuzhong Media Co., Ltd., Shenyang Xiagong Hotel Management Co., Ltd., and Liaoning Leaping International Cinema Management Co., Ltd. in 2018. The ownership of these companies was transferred to LMG, resulting in these companies being wholly owned subsidiaries of LMG.

 

Pursuant to PRC laws, each entity formed under PRC law shall have a certain business scope as submitted to the Administration of Industry and Commerce or its local counterpart. Pursuant to specific business scopes, approval by the relevant competent regulatory agencies may be required prior to commencement of business operations. As such, LGC WFOE’s business scope is to primarily engage in technology development, provision of technology service, technology consulting; development of computer software and hardware, computer network technology, game software, provision of enterprise management and related consulting service, human resource consulting service and intellectual property consulting service. Since the sole business of LGC WFOE is to provide LMG with technical support, consulting services and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management in exchange for a service fee approximately equal to LMG’s net income after the deduction of the required PRC statutory reserve, such business scope is necessary and appropriate under PRC laws. LMG, on the other hand, is also able to, pursuant to its business scope, provide Multi-Channel Advertising Services, Event Planning and Execution Services, and Film Production Services.

 

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The following diagram illustrates our current corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus:

 

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* 98.5% shares are held by Ronghua Liu in trust for Qiuli Wang.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at Room 2803, Dachong Business Centre, Dachong 1st Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, and our telephone number is (+86) 0755-8695-0818. We maintain a website at www.atifchina.com. The Company’s registered office in the British Virgin Islands is located at 4th Floor, Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110. Our current website is www.atifchina.com. The information contained on our website does not constitute a part of this document. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Lina L. Liu, 8577 Haven Avenue, #301, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730.

 

RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk. Therefore, you should not invest in our securities unless you are able to bear a loss of your entire investment. You should carefully consider the factors set forth under the heading “Item 3. Key Information - D. Risk Factors” in our most recently filed annual report on Form 20-F, which is incorporated in this prospectus by reference, as updated by our subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, and, if applicable, in any accompanying prospectus supplement before investing in any securities that may be offered pursuant to this prospectus.

 

Risks Related to Our Securities and the Offering

 

Future sales or other dilution of our equity could depress the market price of our ordinary shares.

 

Sales of our ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants, debt securities, units consisting of ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants, or debt securities, or any combination of the foregoing securities in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could negatively impact the price of our ordinary shares. We have a number of shareholders that own significant blocks of our ordinary shares. If one or more of these shareholders were to sell large portions of their holdings in a relatively short time, for liquidity or other reasons, the prevailing market price of our ordinary shares could be negatively affected.

 

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In addition, the issuance of additional shares of our ordinary shares, securities convertible into or exercisable for our ordinary shares, other equity-linked securities, including warrants or any combination of the securities pursuant to this prospectus will dilute the ownership interest of our shareholders and could depress the market price of our ordinary shares and impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.

 

We may need to seek additional capital. If this additional financing is obtained through the issuance of equity securities, debt convertible into equity or options or warrants to acquire equity securities, our existing shareholders could experience significant dilution upon the issuance, conversion or exercise of such securities.

 

Our management will have broad discretion over the use of the proceeds we receive from the sale our securities pursuant to this prospectus and might not apply the proceeds in ways that increase the value of your investment.

 

Our management will have broad discretion to use the net proceeds from any offerings under this prospectus, and you will be relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of these proceeds. Except as described in any prospectus supplement or in any related free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you, the net proceeds received by us from our sale of the securities described in this prospectus will be added to our general funds and will be used for general corporate purposes. Our management might not apply the net proceeds from offerings of our securities in ways that increase the value of your investment and might not be able to yield a significant return, if any, on any investment of such net proceeds. You may not have the opportunity to influence our decisions on how to use such proceeds.

 

We face business disruption and related risks resulting from the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), which could have a material adverse effect on our business plan.

 

Our financial consulting services to SMEs and the businesses of the SMEs could be disrupted and materially adversely affected by the recent outbreak of COVID-19. As a result of measures imposed by the China governments in affected regions, businesses and schools have been suspended due to quarantines intended to contain this outbreak. The spread of COVID-19 from China to other countries has resulted in the Director General of the World Health Organization declaring the outbreak of COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), based on the advice of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. issued a warning on February 25, 2020 regarding the likely spread of COVID-19 to the U.S. While the COVID-19 outbreak is still in very early stages, international stock markets have begun to reflect the uncertainty associated with the slow-down in the Chinese economy and the reduced levels of international travel experienced since the beginning of January and the significant declines in the Dow Industrial Average at the end of February and beginning of March 2020 was largely attributed to the effects of COVID-19. We are still assessing our business plans and the impact COVID-19 may have on our ability to provide financial consulting services to SMEs and to the SMEs’ businesses, but there can be no assurance that this analysis will enable us to avoid part or all of any impact from the spread of COVID-19 or its consequences, including downturns in business sentiment generally or in our sector in particular.

 

In addition, COVID-19 has created substantial disruption of LGC’s operations including the suspension of all theatre operations as a result of mandatory quarantine since January 23, 2020, resulting in the cessation of substantially all revenues related to LGC’s theater business during that period. LGC is still accessing the impact of COVID-19 to its theater business and its other operations. In addition, no assurance can be given that there would not be a future outbreak of COVID-19 which may result in additional quarantine and other measures taken to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19, which may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Risks Related to LGC’s Business

 

LGC’s business is susceptible to fluctuations in the advertising market of China.

 

We conduct our Multi-Channel Advertising Business primarily in China. Our business depends substantially on the conditions of the PRC advertising market. Demand for pre-movie advertising in China has grown rapidly in the recent decade but such growth is often coupled with volatility in market conditions and fluctuation in pre-movie advertising slot prices. Fluctuations of supply and demand in China’s advertising market are caused by economic, social, political and other factors. Over the years, the Chinese government has announced and implemented various policies and measures aimed to regulate the advertising markets, prohibiting, among other things, misleading content, superlative wording, socially destabilizing content or content involving obscenities, superstition, violence, discrimination or infringement of the public interest. These measures can affect advertising clients’ eligibility to purchase advertising slots. These measures have affected and may continue to affect the conditions of China’s advertising market and cause fluctuations in advertising slot pricing and transaction volume. Furthermore, there may be situations in which advertising clients see a reduced need for marketing initiatives and reduce their spending on such initiatives, which could potentially adversely affect our results of operations. To the extent fluctuations in the advertising market adversely affect advertising transaction volumes or prices, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Failure to maintain or enhance LGC’s brands or image could have a material and adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

We believe LGC’s “Yuezhong” brand is well-recognized among advertising clients and other film industry players such as cinema operators, film producers and advertising agencies in the local markets we operate in. LGC’s brand is integral to its sales and marketing efforts. LGC’s continued success in maintaining and enhancing its brand and image depends to a large extent on its ability to satisfy customer needs by further developing and maintaining quality of services across LGC’s operations, as well as LGC’s ability to respond to competitive pressures. If we are unable to satisfy customer needs or if LGC’s public image or reputation were otherwise diminished, our business transactions with our customers may decline, which could in turn adversely affect our results of operations.

 

LGC may not be able to successfully execute its strategy of expanding into new geographical markets in China, which could have a material and adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

 

LGC plans to expand our business into new geographical areas in China, such as first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier cities in the eastern seaboard area and central China. As China is a large and diverse market, consumer trends and demands may vary significantly by region and LGC’s experience in the markets in which it currently operate may not be applicable in other parts of China. As a result, LGC may not be able to leverage its experience to expand into other parts of China. When LGC enters new markets, it may face intense competition from companies with greater experience or an established presence in the targeted geographical areas or from other companies with similar expansion targets. In addition, LGC’s business model may not be successful in new and untested markets and markets with a different legal and business environment, such as Hong Kong and Macau. Therefore, LGC may not be able to grow its revenues in the new cities it enters into due to the substantial costs involved.

 

If advertising clients or the viewing public do not accept, or lose interest in, our pre-movie advertising network, we may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow from our operating activities and our prospects and results of operations could be negatively affected.

 

The market for pre-movie advertising networks in China is relatively new and its potential is uncertain. We compete for advertising spending with many forms of more established advertising media, such as television, print media, Internet and other types of out-of-home advertising. Our success depends on the acceptance of our pre-movie advertising network by advertising clients and agencies and their continuing and increased interest in this medium as a component of their advertising strategies. Our success also depends on the viewing public continuing to be receptive towards our media network. Advertising clients may elect not to use our services if they believe that consumers are not receptive to our network or that our network does not provide sufficient value as an effective advertising medium. Likewise, if consumers find some element of our network to be disruptive or intrusive, movie theaters may decide not to allow us to operate the film screens in movie theaters and advertising clients may view our network as a less attractive advertising medium compared to other alternatives. In that event, advertising clients may determine to reduce their spending on our network and pre-movie advertising.

 

Pre-Movie advertising is a relatively new concept in China and in the advertising industry generally. If LGC is not able to adequately track filmgoers’ responses to its programs, in particular, tracking the demographics of filmgoers most receptive to pre-movie advertising, LGC will not be able to provide sufficient feedback and data to existing and potential advertising clients to help it to generate demand and determine pricing. Without improved market research, advertising clients may reduce their use of pre-movie advertising and instead turn to more traditional forms of advertising that have more established and proven methods of tracking effectiveness.

 

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If a substantial number of advertising clients lose interest in advertising on LGC’s media network for these or other reasons or become unwilling to purchase advertising time slots on our network, LGC will be unable to generate sufficient revenues and cash flow to operate its business, and our revenues, prospects and results of operations could be negatively affected.

 

LGC derives a large portion of its revenues from the provision of Multi-Channel Advertising Services. If there is a downturn in the film industry, LGC may not be able to diversify its revenue sources and our ability to generate revenues and our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

A large portion of LGC’s historical revenues and expected future revenues have been and will be generated from the provision of Multi-Channel Advertising Services, in particular through the display of advertisements on film screens before a movie starts. LGC plans to increase its investments in film and TV programs production and distribution is also closely related to the film industry.

 

LGC does not have any current plans to expand outside of sectors related to the film industry and enter into other sectors to diversify our revenue sources. As a result, if there were a downturn in the film industry for any reason, LGC may not be able to diversify its revenue sources and our ability to generate revenues and our results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

One or more of our regional distributors could engage in activities that are harmful to LGC’s reputation in the industry and to its business.

 

As of April 30, 2020, LGC covered 13 out of the 16 cities where we provide our pre-movie advertising network through contractual arrangements with regional distributors. Under these arrangements, LGC provides its business model and operating expertise to local advertising companies in exchange for their acting as regional distributors of our pre-movie advertising services. LGC’s contractual arrangements with its regional distributors, however, do not provide LGC with control or oversight over their everyday business activities, and one or more of LGC’s regional distributors may engage in activities that violate PRC laws and regulations governing the advertising industry and advertising content, or other PRC laws and regulations generally. Some of LGC’s regional distributors may not possess all of the licenses required to operate an advertising business, or may fail to maintain the licenses they currently hold, which could result in local regulators suspending the operations of the network in those cities. In addition, although LGC has the right to review the advertising content that its regional distributors display on the portion of LGC’s pre-movie advertising network that they operate independently, LGC’s regional distributors may include advertising content on their part of the pre-movie advertising network and violate PRC advertising laws or regulations or expose them and LGC to lawsuits or result in the revocation of LGC’s business license. If any of these events occurs, it could harm LGC’s reputation in the industry.

 

If LGC is unable to attract advertising clients to purchase advertising time slots on its network, LGC will be unable to maintain or increase its advertising fees, which could negatively affect its ability to grow its profits.

 

The fees LGC charges advertising clients and agencies for time slots on its network depends on the size and quality of LGC’s network and the demand by advertising clients for advertising time on its network. LGC believes advertising clients choose to advertise on its network in part based on the size of its network and the desirability of the locations of the movie theaters LGC operates. If LGC fails to maintain or increase the number of film screens it operates on or solidify its brand name and reputation as a quality pre-movie advertising provider, advertising clients may be unwilling to purchase time on its network or to pay the levels of advertising fees LGC requires to grow its profits.

 

When LGC’s current pre-movie advertising network of film screens reaches saturation in the major movie theaters where it operates, LGC may be unable to offer additional time slots to satisfy all of its advertising clients’ needs, which could hamper its ability to generate higher levels of revenues and profitability over time.

 

When LGC’s pre-movie advertising network of film screens reaches saturation in any particular movie theater, LGC may be unable to offer additional advertising time slots to satisfy all of its advertising clients’ needs. LGC would need to increase its advertising rates for advertising in such movie theaters in order to increase its revenues. However, advertising clients may be unwilling to accept rate increases, which could hamper its ability to generate higher levels of revenues over time. In particular, the utilization rates of LGC’s advertising time slots in the movie theaters with best location are higher than those in other movie theaters and saturation of film screens in these movie theaters could have a material adverse effect on its growth prospects.

 

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If LGC is unable to compete successfully, its financial condition and results of operations may be harmed.

 

In the pre-movie advertising market inside Heilongjiang and Liaoning, China, LGC believes that it currently does not have any credible competitors because it currently occupies 82% of the market share in the pre-movie advertising market in Heilongjiang and Liaoning. LGC, however, competes for overall advertising spending with other alternative media companies, such as Internet, street furniture, billboard and public transportation advertising companies, and with traditional advertising media, such as newspapers, television, magazines and radio. LGC also competes for advertising dollars spent in the pre-movie advertising industry and faces competition from new entrants into the film multimedia industry in the future. Competition in the advertising industry is primarily based on quality of services or program, brand name recognition, network size and geographic coverage, price, and range of services.

 

Significant competition could reduce LGC’s operating margins and profitability and result in a loss of market share. Some of LGC’s existing and potential competitors may have competitive advantages, such as significant greater brand recognition, financial, marketing or other resources and may be able to mimic and adopt our business model. Several of LGC’s competitors have significantly larger advertising networks than it does, which gives them an ability to reach a larger number of overall potential consumers and which make them less susceptible to downturns in particular sectors, such as the film industry. Significant competition will provide advertising clients with a wider range of media and advertising service alternatives, which could lead to lower prices and decreased revenues, gross margins and profits.

 

LGC may be subject to, and may expend significant resources in defending against, government actions and civil suits based on the content LGC provides through its pre-movie advertising network.

 

Civil claims may be filed against LGC for fraud, defamation, subversion, negligence, copyright or trademark infringement or other violations due to the nature and content of the information displayed on its network. If consumers find the content displayed on LGC’s network to be offensive, movie theaters may seek to hold LGC, and us, responsible for any consumer claims or may terminate their relationships with LGC. Offensive and objectionable content and legal standards for defamation and fraud in China are less defined than in other more developed countries and LGC may not be able to properly screen out unlawful content.

 

In addition, if the security of the content management system of LGC’s pre-movie advertising network is breached and unauthorized images, text or audio sounds are displayed on its network, viewers or the PRC government may find these images, text or audio sounds to be offensive, which may subject LGC to civil liability or government censure despite LGC’s efforts to ensure the security of its content management system. Any such event may also damage LGC’s reputation. If LGC’s advertising viewers do not believe LGC’s content is reliable or accurate, LGC’s business model may become less appealing to viewers in China and its advertising clients may be less willing to place advertisements on LGC’s network.

 

LGC has no control over theater chain companies and LGC’s Movie Theater Operating Business may be adversely affected if its access to films is limited or delayed.

 

In China, film production and distribution entities provide films directly to theater chain companies. Operators of movie theaters lack opportunities to negotiate directly with the film production and distribution entitles for purposes of movie screening. For a movie theater to get the license to screen any movies, it is required to join an existing theater chain or establish its own theater chain. Therefore, we rely on theater chain companies, over whom we have no control, for the films that we exhibit. Although LGC has entered into Theater Chain Agreements with Liaoning North Cinema Line Co., Ltd., according to which the theater chain company will provide LGC with a certain number of films each year. LGC cannot decide which particular films would be provided to it or whether the films provided to it are popular at the moment of exhibition. If the theater chain that LGC has joined could not obtain licenses for first-run exhibition of popular films, LGC’s access to such films would be limited or delayed and LGC’s business may be adversely affected. To the extent that LGC is unable to obtain the license for the exhibition of a popular film in its theaters, LGC’s operating results may be adversely affected.

 

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LGC’s Movie Theater Operating Business depends on film production and performance.

 

LGC’s ability to operate successfully depends upon the availability, diversity, and appeal of films, its ability to obtain licensed films, and the performance of such films in our markets. The most attended films are usually released during the summer, the calendar year-end holidays, and other holidays, making LGC’s Movie Theater Operating Business highly seasonal. Poor performance of, or any disruption in the production of these films (including by reason of a strike or lack of adequate financing), or a reduction in the marketing efforts of the major film studios, could hurt LGC’s business and results of operations. Conversely, the successful performance of these films, particularly the sustained success of any one film, or an increase in effective marketing efforts of the major film studios, may generate positive results for LGC’s business and operations in a specific fiscal quarter or year that may not necessarily be indicative of, or comparable to, future results of operations.

 

LG’s movie theaters are subject, at times, to intense competition.

 

LGC movie theaters are subject to varying degrees of competition in the geographic areas in which it operates. Competitors may be national circuits, regional circuits, or smaller independent exhibitors. Competition among theater exhibition companies is often intense with respect to the following factors:

 

· Attracting patrons. The competition for patrons is dependent upon factors such as the availability of popular films, the location and number of theaters and screens in a market, the comfort and quality of the theaters, and pricing. Competitors have built or may be planning to build theaters in certain areas where LGC operates, which could result in excess capacity and increased competition for patrons.

 

· Licensing films. LGC believes that the principal competitive factors with respect to film licensing include licensing terms, number of seats and screens available for a particular picture, revenue potential, and the location and condition of an exhibitor’s theaters.

 

· New sites and acquisitions. LGC must compete with exhibitors and others in our efforts to locate and acquire attractive new and existing sites for our theaters. There can be no assurance that LGC will be able to acquire such new sites or existing theaters at reasonable prices or on favorable terms. Moreover, some of these competitors may be stronger financially than LGC. As a result of the foregoing, LGC may not succeed in acquiring theaters or may have to pay more than LGC would prefer to make an acquisition.

 

The theatrical exhibition industry also faces competition from other forms of out-of-home entertainment, such as concerts, amusement parks, and sporting events and from other distribution channels for filmed entertainment, such as cable television, pay-per-view, and home video systems, and from other forms of in-home entertainment.

 

An increase in the use of alternative film delivery methods or other forms of entertainment may drive down the attendance of LGC’s theaters and limit its ticket prices.

 

LGC competes with other film delivery methods, including network, syndicated cable and satellite television, and DVDs, as well as video-on-demand, pay-per-view services, and downloads via the Internet. LGC also competes for the public’s leisure time and disposable income with other forms of entertainment, including sporting events, amusement parks, live music concerts, live theater, and restaurants. An increase in the popularity of these alternative film delivery methods and other forms of entertainment could reduce attendance at LGC’s theaters, limit the prices LGC can charge for admission, and materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

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General political, social, and economic conditions can reduce the attendance of our movie theaters.

 

LGC’s success depends on general political, social, and economic conditions and the willingness of consumers to spend money at movie theaters. If going to films becomes less popular or consumers spend less on concessions, LGC’s operations could be adversely affected. In addition, LGC’s operations could be adversely affected if consumers’ discretionary income falls as a result of an economic downturn. Geopolitical events, including the threat of domestic terrorism or cyber attacks, could cause people to avoid our theaters or other public places where large crowds are in attendance. In addition, due to LGC’s concentration in certain markets, natural disasters such as hurricanes or earthquakes in those markets could adversely affect our overall results of operations.

 

OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

 

We may offer ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants to purchase ordinary shares, preferred shares, debt securities, (not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate), or units consisting of a combination of any or all of these securities at an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000. The warrants that we may offer will consist of warrants to purchase any of the other securities that may be sold under this prospectus. The securities offered under this prospectus may be offered separately, together, or in separate series, and in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined at the time of sale.

 

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities under this shelf registration, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain certain specific information about the terms of that offering, including a description of any risks related to the offering, if those terms and risks are not described in this prospectus. A prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement. The registration statement we filed with the SEC includes exhibits that provide more details on the matters discussed in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the related exhibits filed with the SEC and the accompanying prospectus supplement together with additional information described under the headings “Incorporation Of Documents By Reference” before investing in any of the securities offered.

 

CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

 

The following table sets forth our audited consolidated capitalization as of July 31, 2019. This table should be read in conjunction with the consolidated audited financial statements for the two years ended July 31, 2019 beginning on page F-1 of the 2019 Form 20-F incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

    As at July 31, 2019  
Total Current Liabilities   $ 1,141,389  
         
Shareholders’ Equity        
Ordinary shares, $0.001 par value, 100,0000,000 shares authorized, 37,074,672 shares issued and outstanding as of July 31, 2019   $ 37,075  
Additional paid-in capital   $ 9,492,893  
Statutory reserve   $ 355,912  
Retained earnings   $ 1,391,040  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   $ (75,715 )
Total Shareholders’ Equity   $ 11,201,205  
         
Total Capitalization   $ 11,201,205  

 

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER

 

We may offer, from time to time, our ordinary shares, warrants to purchase ordinary shares, debt securities, or units consisting of a combination of any or all of these securities in amounts we will determine from time to time, under this prospectus at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of offering. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. See “Description of Share Capital,” “Description of Warrants,” “Description of Debt Securities,” “Description of Units,” and “Description of Debt Securities” below. Each time we offer a type or series of securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific amounts, prices and other important terms of the securities, including, to the extent applicable:

 

· Designation or classification;
· Aggregate principal amount or aggregate offering price;
· Rates and times of payment of interest or dividends, if any;
· Redemption, conversion or sinking fund terms, if any;
· Voting or other rights, if any;
· Conversion prices, if any; and
· Important federal income tax considerations.

 

The prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus also may supplement, or, as applicable, add, update or change information contained in this prospectus or in documents we have incorporated by reference. However, no prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus will offer a security that is not registered and described in this prospectus at the time of the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.

 

The terms of any particular offering, the offering price and the net proceeds to us will be contained in the prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus relating to such offering.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES

 

We are a British Virgin Islands company with limited liability and our affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time, and the BVI Business Companies Act of 2004, as amended, which is referred to as the BVI Act below and the common law of the British Virgin Islands.

 

We are authorized to issue up to 100,000,000,000 ordinary shares and Class A preferred share, with a par value of $0.001 each. As of the date of this prospectus, there are 47,14,674 ordinary shares issued and outstanding. There are no Class A preferred shares outstanding. The following are summaries of material provisions of our current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which are currently effective and the BVI Act insofar as they relate to the material terms of our ordinary shares. You should read the forms of our current memorandum and articles of association, which was filed as an exhibit to our 2019 Form 20-F. For information on how to obtain copies of our current memorandum and articles of association, see “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”

 

Ordinary Shares

 

General

 

All of our issued ordinary shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Certificates evidencing the ordinary shares are issued in registered form. There are no limitations imposed by our memorandum and articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our ordinary shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our memorandum and articles of association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

 

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Under the BVI Act, the ordinary shares are deemed to be issued when the name of the shareholder is entered in our register of members. If  (a) information that is required to be entered in the register of members is omitted from the register or is inaccurately entered in the register, or (b) there is unreasonable delay in entering information in the register, a shareholder of the company, or any person who is aggrieved by the omission, inaccuracy or delay, may apply to the British Virgin Islands Courts for an order that the register be rectified, and the court may either refuse the application or order the rectification of the register, and may direct the company to pay all costs of the application and any damages the applicant may have sustained.

 

Distributions

 

Shareholders holding ordinary shares in the Company are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors subject to the BVI Act and the memorandum and articles of association.

 

Voting rights

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders must be effected at a duly called meeting of the shareholders entitled to vote on such action or may be effected by a resolution of members in writing, each in accordance with the memorandum and articles of association. At each meeting of shareholders, each shareholder who is present in person or by proxy (or, in the case of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) will have one vote for each share that such shareholder holds.

 

Election of directors

 

BVI law permits cumulative voting for the election of directors only if expressly authorized in the memorandum and articles of association. There is nothing under BVI law which specifically prohibits or restricts the creation of cumulative voting rights for the election of our directors. Our memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting for elections of directors.

 

Meetings

 

Under our memorandum and articles of association, a copy of the notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given not less than seven (7) days before the date of the proposed meeting to those persons whose names appear as shareholders in the register of members on the date of the notice and are entitled to vote at the meeting. Our board of directors shall call a meeting of shareholders upon the written request of shareholders holding at least 30% of our outstanding voting shares. In addition, our board of directors may call a meeting of shareholders on its own motion. A meeting of shareholders may be called on short notice if at least 90% of the shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered at the meeting have agreed to short notice of the meeting, or if all members holding shares entitled to vote on all or any matters to be considered at the meeting have waived notice and presence at the meeting shall be deemed to constitute waiver for this purpose.

 

At any meeting of shareholders, a quorum will be present if there are shareholders present in person or by proxy representing not less than one-third of the issued shares entitled to vote on the resolutions to be considered at the meeting. Such quorum may be represented by only a single shareholder or proxy. If no quorum is present within two hours of the start time of the meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved if it was requested by shareholders. In any other case, the meeting shall be adjourned to the next business day, and if shareholders representing not less than one-third of the votes of the common shares or each class of shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered at the meeting are present within one (1) hour of the start time of the adjourned meeting, a quorum will be present. If not, the meeting will be dissolved. No business may be transacted at any meeting of shareholders unless a quorum is present at the commencement of business. If present, the chair of our board of directors shall be the chair presiding at any meeting of the shareholders. If the chair of our board is not present then the members present shall choose a shareholder to act to chair the meeting of the shareholders. If the shareholders are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting shares present in person or by proxy shall preside as chairman, failing which the oldest individual member or member representative shall take the chair.

 

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A corporation that is a shareholder shall be deemed for the purpose of our memorandum and articles of association to be present in person if represented by its duly authorized representative. This duly authorized representative shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as that corporation could exercise if it were our individual shareholder.

 

Protection of minority shareholders

 

British Virgin Islands law permits a minority shareholder to commence a derivative action in our name, or an unfair prejudice claim, or seek a restraining or compliance order, as appropriate, to challenge, for example (1) an act which is ultra vires or illegal, (2) an act which is likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial to a shareholder, (3) an act which constitutes an infringement of individual rights of shareholders, such as the right to vote, (4) conduct of the Company or a director which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association or (5) an irregularity in the passing of a resolution which requires a majority of the shareholders.

 

Pre-emptive rights

 

Our memorandum and articles of association disapply the pre-emptive rights provisions of the BVI Act and do not provide for any other pre-emptive rights. Accordingly, there are no pre-emptive rights applicable to the issue by us of new shares.

 

Transfer of shares

 

Subject to the restrictions in our memorandum and articles of association, and applicable securities laws, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of his or her shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form, in the case of listed shares, in any manner permitted by and in accordance with the rules of the relevant exchange, or in any other form which our directors may approve.

 

Liquidation

 

As permitted by the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, we may be voluntarily liquidated under Part XII of the BVI Act by resolution of directors and resolution of shareholders if our assets exceed our liabilities and we are able to pay our debts as they fall due. We also may be wound up in circumstances where we are insolvent in accordance with the terms of the BVI Insolvency Act, 2003 (as amended).

 

If we are wound up and the assets available for distribution among our shareholders are more than sufficient to repay all amounts paid to us on account of the issue of shares immediately prior to the winding up, the excess shall be distributable pari passu among the shareholders. If we are wound up and the assets available for distribution among the shareholders as such are insufficient to repay the whole of the amounts paid to us on account of the issue of shares, those assets shall be distributed in proportion to the amounts paid up immediately prior to the winding up on the shares held by them, respectively. If we are wound up, the liquidator appointed by us may, in accordance with the BVI Act, divide among our shareholders in specie or kind the whole or any part of our assets (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may, for such purpose, set such value as the liquidator deems fair upon any property to be divided and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders.

 

Calls on ordinary shares and forfeiture of ordinary shares

 

Our board of directors may, on the terms established at the time of the issuance of such ordinary shares or as otherwise agreed, make calls upon shareholders for any amounts unpaid on their ordinary shares in a notice served to such shareholders at least fourteen (14) days prior to the specified time of payment. The ordinary shares that have been called upon and remain unpaid are subject to forfeiture.

 

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Redemption of shares

 

Subject to the provisions of the BVI Act, we may issue ordinary shares on terms that are subject to redemption, at our option or at the option of the holders, on such terms and in such manner as may be determined by our memorandum and articles of association and subject to any applicable requirements imposed from time to time by, the BVI Act, the SEC, the NASDAQ Capital Market, or by any recognized stock exchange on which our securities may be listed.

 

Modifications of class rights

 

If at any time, the Company is authorized to issue more than one (1) class of ordinary shares, all or any of the rights attached to any class of ordinary shares may be amended only with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the shares of the class to be affected.

 

Changes in the number of ordinary shares we are authorized to issue and those in issue

 

We may from time to time by resolution of our board of directors, subject to our memorandum and articles of association:

 

amend our memorandum and articles of association to increase or decrease the maximum number of ordinary shares we are authorized to issue;

 

divide our authorized and issued ordinary shares into a larger number of shares;

 

combine our authorized and issued ordinary shares into a smaller number of shares; and

 

create new classes of shares with preferences to be determined by resolution of the board of directors to amend the memorandum and articles of association to create new classes of shares with such preferences at the time of authorization.

 

Inspection of books and records

 

Under the BVI Act, members of the general public, on payment of a nominal fee, can obtain copies of the public records of a company available at the office of the Registrar of Corporate Affairs which will include the company’s certificate of incorporation, its memorandum and articles of association (with any amendments) and records of license fees paid to date and will also disclose any articles of dissolution, articles of merger and a register of charges if the company has elected to file such a register.

 

A member of the Company is also entitled, upon giving written notice to us, to inspect (i) our memorandum and articles of association, (ii) the register of members, (iii) the register of directors, and (iv) minutes of meetings and resolutions of members and of those classes of members of which that member is a member, and to make copies and take extracts from the documents and records referred to in (i) to (iv) above. However, our directors may, if they are satisfied that it would be contrary to the company’s interests to allow a member to inspect any document, or part of a document specified in (ii) to (iv) above, refuse to permit the member to inspect the document or limit the inspection of the document, including limiting the making of copies or the taking of extracts or records. See “Where You Can Find More Information.” Where a company fails or refuses to permit a member to inspect a document or permits a member to inspect a document subject to limitations, that member may apply to the BVI court for an order that he should be permitted to inspect the document or to inspect the document without limitation.

 

Rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders

 

There are no limitations imposed by our memorandum and articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise voting rights on our shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our memorandum and articles of association governing the ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

 

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Issuance of additional shares

 

Our memorandum and articles of association authorizes our board of directors to issue additional shares from authorized but unissued shares, to the extent available, from time to time as our board of directors shall determine.

 

Preferred Shares

 

Our memorandum and articles of association authorizes the creation and issuance without shareholder approval preferred shares up to the maximum number of authorized but unissued shares, divided into a single class, Class A preferred shares, with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined by a resolution of our board of directors to amend the memorandum and articles of association to create such designations, rights and preferences. Under BVI law, all shares of a single class must be issued with the same rights and obligations. No preferred shares are currently issued or outstanding. Accordingly, our board of directors is empowered, without shareholder approval, to issue preferred shares with dividend, liquidation, redemption, voting or other rights, which could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of ordinary shares. The preferred shares could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing a change in control of us. Although we do not currently intend to issue any preferred shares, we may do so in the future.

 

The rights of preferred shareholders, once the preferred shares are in issue, may only be amended by a resolution to amend our memorandum and articles of association provided such amendment is also approved by a separate resolution of a majority of the votes of preferred shareholders who being so entitled attend and vote at the class meeting of the relevant preferred class. If our preferred shareholders want us to hold a meeting of preferred shareholders (or of a class of preferred shareholders), they may requisition the directors to hold one upon the written request of preferred shareholders entitled to exercise at least thirty percent (30%) of the voting rights in respect of the matter (or class) for which the meeting is requested. Under British Virgin Islands law, we may not increase the required percentage to call a meeting above thirty percent (30%).

 

Differences in Corporate Law

 

The BVI Act and the laws of the British Virgin Islands affecting British Virgin Islands companies like us and our shareholders differ from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the significant differences between the provisions of the laws of the British Virgin Islands applicable to us and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.

 

Mergers and similar arrangements

 

Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, two or more companies may merge or consolidate in accordance with Section 170 of the BVI Act. A merger means the merging of two or more constituent companies into one of the constituent companies (the “surviving company”) and a consolidation means the uniting of two or more constituent companies into a new company (the “consolidated company”). The procedure for a merger or consolidation between the company and another company (which need not be a BVI company, and which may be the company’s parent or subsidiary, but need not be) is set out in the BVI Act. In order to merge or consolidate, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which with the exception of a merger between a parent company and its subsidiary, must also be approved by a resolution of a majority of the shareholders voting at a quorate meeting of shareholders or by written resolution of the shareholders of the BVI company or BVI companies which are to merge. While a director may vote on the plan of merger or consolidation, or any other matter, even if he has a financial interest in the plan, the interested director must disclose the interest to all other directors of the company promptly upon becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the company. A transaction entered into by our company in respect of which a director is interested (including a merger or consolidation) is voidable by us unless the director’s interest was (a) disclosed to the board prior to the transaction or (b) the transaction is (i) between the director and the company and (ii) the transaction is in the ordinary course of the company’s business and on usual terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the above, a transaction entered into by the company is not voidable if the material facts of the interest are known to the shareholders and they approve or ratify it or the company received fair value for the transaction. In any event, all shareholders must be given a copy of the plan of merger or consolidation irrespective of whether they are entitled to vote at the meeting to approve the plan of merger or consolidation. A foreign company which is able under the laws of its foreign jurisdiction to participate in the merger or consolidation is required by the BVI Act to comply with the laws of that foreign jurisdiction in relation to the merger or consolidation. The shareholders of the constituent companies are not required to receive shares of the surviving or consolidated company but may receive debt obligations or other securities of the surviving or consolidated company, other assets, or a combination thereof. Further, some or all of the shares of a class or series may be converted into a kind of asset while the other shares of the same class or series may receive a different kind of asset. As such, not all the shares of a class or series must receive the same kind of consideration. After the plan of merger or consolidation has been approved by the directors and authorized, if required, by a resolution of the shareholders, articles of merger or consolidation are executed by each company and filed with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands. The merger or consolidation is effective on the date that the articles of merger or consolidation are registered with the Registrar or on such subsequent date, not exceeding thirty days, as is stated in the articles of merger or consolidation.

 

As soon as a merger or consolidation becomes effective: (a) the surviving company or consolidated company (so far as is consistent with its memorandum and articles of association, as amended or established by the articles of merger or consolidation) has all rights, privileges, immunities, powers, objects and purposes of each of the constituent companies; (b) in the case of a merger, the memorandum and articles of association of any surviving company are automatically amended to the extent, if any, that changes to its memorandum and articles of association are contained in the articles of merger or, in the case of a consolidation, the memorandum and articles of association filed with the articles of consolidation are the memorandum and articles of the consolidated company; (c) assets of every description, including choses-in-action and the business of each of the constituent companies, immediately vest in the surviving company or consolidated company; (d) the surviving company or consolidated company is liable for all claims, debts, liabilities and obligations of each of the constituent companies; (e) no conviction, judgment, ruling, order, claim, debt, liability or obligation due or to become due, and no cause existing, against a constituent company or against any member, director, officer or agent thereof, is released or impaired by the merger or consolidation; and (f) no proceedings, whether civil or criminal, pending at the time of a merger or consolidation by or against a constituent company, or against any member, director, officer or agent thereof, are abated or discontinued by the merger or consolidation; but: (i) the proceedings may be enforced, prosecuted, settled or compromised by or against the surviving company or consolidated company or against the member, director, officer or agent thereof; as the case may be; or (ii) the surviving company or consolidated company may be substituted in the proceedings for a constituent company. The Registrar of Corporate Affairs shall strike off the register of companies each constituent company that is not the surviving company in the case of a merger and all constituent companies in the case of a consolidation. If the directors determine it to be in the best interests of the company, it is also possible for a merger or consolidation to be approved as a Court approved plan of arrangement or scheme of arrangement in accordance with the BVI Act.

 

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A shareholder may dissent from (a) a merger if the company is a constituent company, unless the company is the surviving company and the member continues to hold the same or similar shares; (b) a consolidation if the company is a constituent company; (c) any sale, transfer, lease, exchange or other disposition of more than fifty percent (50%) in value of the assets or business of the company if not made in the usual or regular course of the business carried on by the company but not including: (i) a disposition pursuant to an order of the court having jurisdiction in the matter, (ii) a disposition for money on terms requiring all or substantially all net proceeds to be distributed to the members in accordance with their respective interest within one year after the date of disposition, or (iii) a transfer pursuant to the power of the directors to transfer assets for the protection thereof; (d) a compulsory redemption of ten percent (10%), or fewer of the issued shares of the company required by the holders of ninety percent (90%), or more of the shares of the company pursuant to the terms of the BVI Act; and (e) a plan of arrangement, if permitted by the British Virgin Islands Court (each, an Action). A shareholder properly exercising his dissent rights is entitled to a cash payment equal to the fair value of his shares.

 

A shareholder dissenting from an Action must object in writing to the Action before the vote by the shareholders on the merger or consolidation, unless notice of the meeting was not given to the shareholder. If the merger or consolidation is approved by the shareholders, the company must give notice of this fact to each shareholder within twenty (20) days who gave written objection. Such objection shall include a statement that the member proposes to demand payment for his or her shares if the Action is taken. These shareholders then have twenty (20) days to give to the company their written election in the form specified by the BVI Act to dissent from the Action, provided that in the case of a merger, the twenty (20) days starts when the plan of merger is delivered to the shareholder. Upon giving notice of his election to dissent, a shareholder ceases to have any shareholder rights except the right to be paid the fair value of his shares. As such, the merger or consolidation may proceed in the ordinary course notwithstanding his dissent. Within seven (7) days of the later of the delivery of the notice of election to dissent and the effective date of the merger or consolidation, the company shall make a written offer to each dissenting shareholder to purchase his shares at a specified price per share that the company determines to be the fair value of the shares. The company and the shareholder then have thirty (30) days to agree upon the price. If the company and a shareholder fail to agree on the price within the thirty (30) days, then the company and the shareholder shall, within twenty (20) days immediately following the expiration of the 30-day period, each designate an appraiser and these two appraisers shall designate a third appraiser. These three appraisers shall fix the fair value of the shares as of the close of business on the day prior to the shareholders’ approval of the transaction without taking into account any change in value as a result of the transaction.

 

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Shareholders’ suits

 

There are both statutory and common law remedies available to our shareholders as a matter of British Virgin Islands law. These are summarized below.

 

Prejudiced members

 

A shareholder who considers that the affairs of the company have been, are being, or are likely to be, conducted in a manner that is, or any act or acts of the company have been, or are, likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory or unfairly prejudicial to him in that capacity, can apply to the court under Section 184I of the BVI Act, inter alia, for an order that his shares be acquired, that he be provided compensation, that the Court regulate the future conduct of the company, or that any decision of the company which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association be set aside.

 

Derivative actions

 

Section 184C of the BVI Act provides that a shareholder of a company may, with the leave of the Court, bring an action in the name of the company in certain circumstances to redress any wrong done to it. Such actions are known as derivative actions. The BVI Court may only grant permission to bring a derivative action where the following circumstances apply:

 

the company does not intend to bring, diligently continue or defend or discontinue proceedings; and

 

it is in the interests of the company that the conduct of the proceedings not be left to the directors or to the determination of the shareholders as a whole.

 

When considering whether to grant leave, the British Virgin Islands Court is also required to have regard to the following matters:

 

whether the shareholder is acting in good faith;

 

whether a derivative action is in the company’s best interests, taking into account the directors’ views on commercial matters;

 

whether the action is likely to proceed;

 

the costs of the proceedings; and

 

whether an alternative remedy is available.

 

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Restraining or compliance order

 

If a BVI company or a director of a BVI company engages in, proposes to engage in or has engaged in, conduct that contravenes the BVI Act or the memorandum or articles of the company, the Court may, on the application of a shareholder of the company pursuant to Section 184B of the BVI Act, make an order directing the company or director to comply with, or restraining the company or director from engaging in conduct that contravenes, the BVI Act or the company's memorandum or articles.

 

Just and equitable winding up

 

In addition to the statutory remedies outlined above, shareholders can also petition the BVI Court for the winding up of a company under the BVI Insolvency Act, 2003 (as amended), for the appointment of a liquidator to liquidate the company and the court may appoint a liquidator for the company if it is of the opinion that it is just and equitable for the court to so order. Save in exceptional circumstances, this remedy is generally only available where the company has been operated as a quasi-partnership and trust and confidence between the partners has broken down.

 

Indemnification of directors and executive officers and limitation of liability

 

Our memorandum and articles of association provide that, subject to certain limitations, we indemnify against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings for any person who:

 

is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the person is or was our director; or

 

is or was, at our request, serving as a director or officer of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another body corporate or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise

 

These indemnities only apply if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to our best interests and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful and is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the memorandum and articles of association, unless a question of law is involved. The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Anti-takeover provisions in our Memorandum and Articles of Association

 

Some provisions of our articles of association may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable. Under the BVI Act there are no provisions, which specifically prevent the issuance of preferred shares or any such other ‘poison pill’ measures. The memorandum and articles of association of the company also do not contain any express prohibitions on the issuance of any preferred shares. Therefore, the directors without the approval of the holders of ordinary shares may issue preferred shares that have characteristics that may be deemed to be anti-takeover. Additionally, such a designation of shares may be used in connection with plans that are poison pill plans. However, under British Virgin Islands law, our directors, in the exercise of their powers granted to them under our memorandum and articles of association and performance of their duties, are required to act honestly and in good faith in what the director believes to be in the best interests of our company.

 

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Directors’ fiduciary duties

 

Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction.

 

The duty of loyalty requires that a director act in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He must not use his corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interest of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, a director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

 

Under British Virgin Islands law, our directors owe fiduciary duties to the company both at common law and under statute including, among others, a statutory duty to act honestly, in good faith, for a proper purpose and with a view to what the directors believe to be in the best interests of the company. Our directors are also required, when exercising powers or performing duties as a director, to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in comparable circumstances, taking into account without limitation, the nature of the company, the nature of the decision and the position of the director and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken. In the exercise of their powers, our directors must ensure neither they nor the company acts in a manner which contravenes the BVI Act or our memorandum and articles of association. The directors owe their duties to the company itself as distinct body rather than to the shareholders of the company (either collectively or individually) so, where there has been a breach of fiduciary duty by a director, it would typically be for the company to raise proceedings against the director for the breach. Only in special circumstances would the directors of a company become subject to a fiduciary duty to the shareholders of the company such that a shareholder would be able to raise proceedings against the director.

 

Pursuant to the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, a director of a company who has an interest in a transaction and who has declared such interest to the other directors, may:

 

(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;

 

(b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and

 

(c) sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.

 

Shareholder action by written consent

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may eliminate the right of shareholders to act by written consent by amendment to its certificate of incorporation. British Virgin Islands law provides that, subject to the memorandum and articles of association of a company, an action that may be taken by members of the company at a meeting may also be taken by a resolution of members consented to in writing.

 

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Shareholder proposals

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders, provided it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. A special meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling special meetings. British Virgin Islands law and memorandum and articles of association allow our shareholders holding thirty percent (30%) or more of the votes of the outstanding voting shares to requisition a shareholders’ meeting. There is no requirement under BVI law to hold shareholders’ annual general meetings, but our memorandum and articles of association do permit the directors to call such a meeting. The location of any shareholders’ meeting can be determined by the board of directors and can be held anywhere in the world.

 

Cumulative voting

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, cumulative voting for elections of directors is not permitted unless the corporation’s certificate of incorporation specifically provides for it. Cumulative voting potentially facilitates the representation of minority shareholders on a board of directors since it permits the minority shareholder to cast all the votes to which the shareholder is entitled on a single director, which increases the shareholder’s voting power with respect to electing such director. As permitted under British Virgin Islands law, our memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting. As a result, our shareholders are not afforded any less protections or rights on this issue than shareholders of a Delaware corporation.

 

Removal of directors

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our memorandum and articles of association, directors can be removed from office, with or without cause, by a resolution of shareholders. Directors can also be removed by a resolution of directors passed at a meeting of directors called for the purpose of removing the director or for purposes including the removal of the director.

 

Transactions with interested shareholders

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware public corporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificate of incorporation, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for three (3) years following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or group who or which owns or owned fifteen percent (15%) or more of the target’s outstanding voting shares within the past three (3) years. This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware public corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors. British Virgin Islands law has no comparable statute and our memorandum and articles of association fails to expressly provide for the same protection afforded by the Delaware business combination statute.

 

Dissolution; Winding Up

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding one hundred percent (100%) of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiated by the board. Under the BVI Act and our memorandum and articles of association, we may appoint a voluntary liquidator by a resolution of the shareholders or a resolution of the directors, provided that the directors have made a

declaration of solvency that the company is able to discharge its debts as they fall due and that the value of the company’s assets exceed its liabilities.

 

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Variation of rights of shares

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under our memorandum and articles of association, if at any time our shares are divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class may only be varied, whether or not our company is in liquidation, with the consent in writing of or by a resolution passed at a meeting by a majority of the votes cast by those entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of the issued shares in that class. For these purposes the creation, designation or issue of preferred shares with rights and privileges ranking in priority to an existing class of shares is deemed not to be a variation of the rights of such existing class and may in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association be effected by resolution of directors without shareholder approval.

 

Amendment of governing documents

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s governing documents may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. As permitted by British Virgin Islands law, our memorandum and articles of association may be amended by a resolution of shareholders and, subject to certain exceptions, by a resolution of directors. An amendment is effective from the date it is registered at the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands.

 

Anti-Money Laundering Laws

 

In order to comply with legislation or regulations aimed at the prevention of money laundering we are required to adopt and maintain anti-money laundering procedures, and may require subscribers to provide evidence to verify their identity. Where permitted, and subject to certain conditions, we also may delegate the maintenance of our anti-money laundering procedures (including the acquisition of due diligence information) to a suitable person.

 

We reserve the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a subscriber. In the event of delay or failure on the part of the subscriber in producing any information required for verification purposes, we may refuse to accept the application, in which case any funds received will be returned without interest to the account from which they were originally debited.

 

If any person resident in the British Virgin Islands knows or suspects that another person is engaged in money laundering or terrorist financing and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business the person will be required to report his belief or suspicion to the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act 1997 (as amended). Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.

 

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

 

General

 

We may issue warrants to purchase ordinary shares, preferred shares, debt securities or units representing a combination thereof. We may issue the warrants independently or together with any underlying securities, and the warrants may be attached or separate from the underlying securities. We may also issue a series of warrants under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a warrant agent. The warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of such series and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

 

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The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to the warrants that we may issue. The summary is not complete. When warrants are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or a free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the warrants as described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.

 

This summary and any description of warrants in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of any specific warrant document or agreement, if applicable. We will file each of these documents, as applicable, with the SEC and incorporate them by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part on or before the time we issue a series of warrants. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Information by Reference” above for information on how to obtain a copy of a warrant document when it is filed.

 

When we refer to a series of warrants, we mean all warrants issued as part of the same series under the applicable warrant agreement.

 

Terms

 

The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, may describe the terms of any warrants that we may offer, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

The title of the warrants;

 

The total number of warrants;

 

The price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;

 

The price or prices at which the warrants may be exercised;

 

The currency or currencies that investors may use to pay for the warrants;

 

The date on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

 

Whether the warrants will be issued in registered form or bearer form;

 

Information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;

 

If applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

 

If applicable, the designation and terms of the underlying securities with which the warrants are issued and the number of warrants issued with each underlying security;

 

If applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related underlying securities will be separately transferable;

 

If applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax considerations;

 

If applicable, the terms of redemption of the warrants;

 

The identity of the warrant agent, if any;

 

The procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the warrants; and

 

Any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures, and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the warrants.

 

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Warrant Agreement

 

We may issue the warrants in one or more series under one or more warrant agreements, each to be entered into between us and a bank, trust company, or other financial institution as warrant agent. We may add, replace, or terminate warrant agents from time to time. We may also choose to act as our own warrant agent or may choose one of our subsidiaries to do so.

 

The warrant agent under a warrant agreement will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants issued under that agreement. Any holder of warrants may, without the consent of any other person, enforce by appropriate legal action, on its own behalf, its right to exercise those warrants in accordance with their terms.

 

Form, Exchange and Transfer

 

We may issue the warrants in registered form or bearer form. Warrants issued in registered form, i.e., book-entry form, will be represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository, which will be the holder of all the warrants represented by the global security. Those investors who own beneficial interests in a global warrant will do so through participants in the depository’s system, and the rights of these indirect owners will be governed solely by the applicable procedures of the depository and its participants. In addition, we may issue warrants in non-global form, i.e., bearer form. If any warrants are issued in non-global form, warrant certificates may be exchanged for new warrant certificates of different denominations, and holders may exchange, transfer, or exercise their warrants at the warrant agent’s office or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus.

 

Prior to the exercise of their warrants, holders of warrants exercisable for shares of ordinary shares will not have any rights of holders of ordinary shares and will not be entitled to dividend payments, if any, or voting rights of the ordinary shares.

 

Exercise of Warrants

 

A warrant will entitle the holder to purchase for cash an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in, or that will be determinable as described in, the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus. Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the applicable offering material. After the close of business on the expiration date, unexercised warrants will become void. Warrants may be redeemed as set forth in the applicable offering material.

 

Warrants may be exercised as set forth in the applicable offering material. Upon receipt of payment and the warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable offering material, we will forward, as soon as practicable, the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the warrants represented by such warrant certificate are exercised, a new warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining warrants.

 

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

 

General

 

We may issue debt securities which may or may not be converted into ordinary shares or preferred shares. In no case shall the amount of the debt securities exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate. We may issue the debt securities independently or together with any underlying securities, and warrants may be attached or separate from the underlying securities. We may also issue a series of debt securities under a separate indenture agreement to be entered into between us and an indenture agent. Such indenture agreement, if any, will not be qualified with the SEC pursuant to an exemption. The indenture agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the warrants of such series and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency for or with holders or beneficial owners of warrants.

 

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The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to the debt securities that we may issue. The summary is not complete. When debt securities are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or a free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the debt securities as described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.

 

This summary and any description of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of any specific debt securities document or agreement. We will file each of these documents, as applicable, with the SEC and incorporate them by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part on or before the time we issue a series of warrants. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Information by Reference” above for information on how to obtain a copy of a warrant document when it is filed.

 

When we refer to a series of debt securities, we mean all debt securities issued as part of the same series under the applicable indenture.

 

Terms

 

The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, may describe the terms of any debt securities that we may offer, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

The title of the debt securities;

 

   The total amount of the debt securities;

 

   The amount or amounts of the debt securities will be issued and interest rate;

 

   The conversion price at which the debt securities may be converted;

 

   The date on which the right to exercise the debt securities will commence and the date on which the right will expire;

 

   If applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of debt securities that may be exercised at any one time;

 

   If applicable, the designation and terms of the underlying securities with which the debt securities are issued and the amount of debt securities issued with each underlying security;

 

   If applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax consideration;

 

   If applicable, the terms of the payoff of the debt securities;

 

   The identity of the indenture agent, if any;

 

   The procedures and conditions relating to the exercise of the debt securities; and

 

Any other terms of the debt securities, including terms, procedure and limitation relating to the exchange or exercise of the debt securities.

 

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Debt Securities

 

We may issue the debt securities in one or more series under one or more agreements, which may include a trust indenture to be entered into between us and a bank, trust company, or other financial institution as indenture agent, if any.

 

In connection with the issuance of any debt securities, we do not intend to issue them pursuant to a trust indenture. However, if a trust indenture is requested by a placement agent, underwriter or broker-dealer as a condition of the financing, we will provide and enter into a trust indenture. If a trust indenture is entered into, we do not intend to register the trust indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (“Trust Indenture Act”) pursuant to an exemption. Under Section 304(a)(9) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act does not apply to any security which is to be issued under an indenture which limits the aggregate principal amount of securities at any time outstanding thereunder to $10,000,000. We do not intend to issue debt securities, if any, pursuant to a trust indenture that will exceed $10,000,000. If a trust indenture is entered into, we will file the trust indenture as an exhibit on Form 6-K before making any offer of debt securities.

 

The indenture agent under an indenture agreement, if any, will act solely as our agent in connection with the debt securities issued under that agreement. Any holder of debt securities may, without the consent of any other person, enforce by appropriate legal action, on its own behalf, its right to exercise those debt securities in accordance with their terms.

 

Form, Exchange and Transfer

 

We may issue the debt securities in registered form or bearer form. Debt securities issued in registered form, i.e., book-entry form, will be represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository, which will be the holder of all the debt securities represented by the global security. Those investors who own beneficial interests in global debt securities will do so through participants in the depository’s system, and the rights of these indirect owners will be governed solely by the applicable procedures of the depository and its participants. In addition, we may issue warrants in non-global form, i.e., bearer form. If any debt securities are issued in non-global form, debt securities certificates may be exchanged for new warrant certificates of different denominations, and holders may exchange, transfer, or exercise their warrants at the warrant agent’s office or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus.

 

Prior to the exercise of their debt securities, holders of debt securities exercisable for shares of debt securities will not have any rights of holders of ordinary shares or preferred shares, and will not be entitled to dividend payments, if any, or voting rights of the ordinary shares or preferred shares.

 

Conversion of Debt Securities

 

A debt security may entitle the holder to purchase, in exchange for the extinguishment of debt, an amount of securities at an exercise price that will be stated in the debt security. Debt securities may be converted at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date set forth in the terms of such debt security. After the close of business on the expiration date, debt securities not exercised will be paid in accordance with their terms.

 

Debt securities may be converted as set forth in the applicable offering material. Upon receipt of a notice of conversion properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the indenture agent, if any, or to us, we will forward, as soon as practicable, the securities purchasable upon such exercise. If less than all of the debt security represented by such security is converted, a new debt security will be issued for the remaining debt security.

 

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

 

We may issue units composed of any combination of our ordinary shares, preferred shares, warrants and debt securities. We will issue each unit so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. As a result, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any time or at any time before a specified date.

 

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The following description is a summary of selected provisions relating to units that we may offer. The summary is not complete. When units are offered in the future, a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or a free writing prospectus, as applicable, will explain the particular terms of those securities and the extent to which these general provisions may apply. The specific terms of the units as described in a prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference, or free writing prospectus will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this section.

 

This summary and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the unit agreement, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements, if applicable. We will file each of these documents, as applicable, with the SEC and incorporate them by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part on or before the time we issue a series of units. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information” and “Incorporation of Information by Reference” above for information on how to obtain a copy of a document when it is filed.

 

The applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus may describe:

 

The designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately;

 

Any provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer, or exchange of the units or of the securities composing the units;

 

Whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form; and

 

Any other terms of the units.

 

The applicable provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Capital Share,” “Description of Warrants,” and “Description of Debt Securities” above, will apply to each unit and to each security included in each unit, respectively.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, information incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities to fund our growth plans, for working capital, and for other general corporate purposes.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell the securities offered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more transactions, including, without limitation:

 

Through agents;

 

To or through underwriters;

 

Through broker-dealers (acting as agent or principal);

 

Directly by us to purchasers (including our affiliates and shareholders), through a specific bidding or auction process, a rights offering, or other method;

 

Through a combination of any such methods of sale; or

 

Through any other methods described in a prospectus supplement.

 

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The distribution of securities may be effected, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including:

 

Block transactions (which may involve crosses) and transactions on the NYSE American or any other organized market where the securities may be traded;

 

Purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its own account pursuant to a prospectus supplement;

 

Ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which a broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

Sales “at the market” to or through a market maker or into an existing trading market, on an exchange or otherwise; and

 

Sales in other ways not involving market makers or established trading markets, including direct sales to purchasers.

 

The securities may be sold at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The consideration may be cash, extinguishment of debt or another form negotiated by the parties. Agents, underwriters or broker-dealers may be paid compensation for offering and selling the securities. That compensation may be in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions to be received from us or from the purchasers of the securities. Dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and compensation received by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. If such dealers or agents were deemed to be underwriters, they may be subject to statutory liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

We may also make direct sales through subscription rights distributed to our existing shareholders on a pro rata basis, which may or may not be transferable. In any distribution of subscription rights to our shareholders, if all of the underlying securities are not subscribed for, we may then sell the unsubscribed securities directly to third parties or may engage the services of one or more underwriters, dealers or agents, including standby underwriters, to sell the unsubscribed securities to third parties.

 

Some or all of the securities that we offer through this prospectus may be new issues of securities with no established trading market. Any underwriters to whom we sell our securities for public offering and sale may make a market in those securities, but they will not be obligated to do so and they may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Accordingly, we cannot assure you of the liquidity of, or continued trading markets for, any securities that we offer.

 

Agents may, from time to time, solicit offers to purchase the securities. If required, we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, as applicable, any agent involved in the offer or sale of the securities and set forth any compensation payable to the agent. Unless otherwise indicated, any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its appointment. Any agent selling the securities covered by this prospectus may be deemed to be an underwriter of the securities.

 

If underwriters are used in an offering, securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold, from time to time, in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or under delayed delivery contracts or other contractual commitments. Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting as underwriters. If an underwriter or underwriters are used in the sale of securities, an underwriting agreement will be executed with the underwriter or underwriters at the time an agreement for the sale is reached. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the managing underwriter or underwriters, as well as any other underwriter or underwriters, with respect to a particular underwritten offering of securities, and will set forth the terms of the transactions, including compensation of the underwriters and dealers and the public offering price, if applicable. This prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and any applicable free writing prospectus will be used by the underwriters to resell the securities.

 

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If a dealer is used in the sale of the securities, we, or an underwriter, will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of resale. To the extent required, we will set forth in the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, as applicable, the name of the dealer and the terms of the transactions.

 

We may directly solicit offers to purchase the securities and may make sales of securities directly to institutional investors or others. These persons may be deemed to be underwriters with respect to any resale of the securities. To the extent required, the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, as applicable, will describe the terms of any such sales, including the terms of any bidding or auction process, if used.

 

Agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against specified liabilities, including liabilities incurred under the Securities Act, or to contribution by us to payments they may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. If required, the prospectus supplement, document incorporated by reference or free writing prospectus, as applicable, will describe the terms and conditions of such indemnification or contribution. Some of the agents, underwriters or dealers, or their affiliates may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries or affiliates in the ordinary course of business.

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the securities offered by this prospectus may be sold in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.

 

Any person participating in the distribution of securities registered under the registration statement that includes this prospectus will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act, and the applicable SEC rules and regulations, including, among others, Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of our securities by any such person. Furthermore, Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of our securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to our securities.

 

These restrictions may affect the marketability of our securities and the ability of any person or entity to engage in market-making activities with respect to our securities.

 

Certain persons participating in an offering may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the offered securities. If any such activities will occur, they will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

 

If more than ten percent (10%) of the net proceeds of any offering of securities made under this prospectus will be received by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) members participating in the offering or affiliates or associated persons of such FINRA members, the offering will be conducted in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(h).

 

To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended or supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution.

 

TAXATION

 

Material income tax consequences relating to the purchase, ownership and disposition of any of the securities offered by this prospectus will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the offering of those securities.

 

MATERIAL CHANGES

 

Except as otherwise described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2019, in our Reports on Form 6-K filed or submitted under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference herein and as disclosed in this prospectus, no reportable material changes have occurred since July 31, 2019.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters related to the securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon on the Company’s behalf by Ogier, with respect to matters of British Virgin Islands law, and Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, with respect to matters of United States law. Legal matters as to PRC law will be passed upon for us by SD & Partners. If legal matters in connection with offerings made pursuant to this prospectus are passed upon by counsel to underwriters, dealers or agents, such counsel will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to any such offering.

 

EXPERTS

 

Friedman LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited our consolidated financial statements and schedule included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended July 31, 2019, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement. In addition, the consolidated financial balance sheet of LGC and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, change in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years then ended, and the related notes, have been audited by Friedman LLP as stated in their report which is included herein. Such financial statements and schedules of the Company and of LGC have been incorporated herein in reliance on the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

We are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands to take advantage of certain benefits associated with being a British Virgin Islands business company, such as:

 

political and economic stability;

 

an effective judicial system;

 

a favorable tax system;

 

the absence of exchange controls or currency restrictions; and

 

the availability of professional and support services.

 

However, certain disadvantages accompany incorporation in the British Virgin Islands. These disadvantages include, but are not limited to:

 

the British Virgin Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and these securities laws provide significantly less protection to investors as compared to the United States; and

 

British Virgin Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States.

 

Our memorandum and articles of association do not contain provisions requiring that disputes, including those arising under the securities laws of the United States, between us, our officers, directors and shareholders, be arbitrated.

 

Substantially all of our assets are located in the PRC. In addition, all of our directors and officers are nationals or residents of the PRC and all or a substantial portion of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these persons, or to enforce against us or them judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

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Ogier, our counsel with respect to the laws of BVI, and SD & Partners, our counsel with respect to PRC law, have advised us (privilege in which advice is not waived) that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the BVI or the PRC would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the BVI or the PRC against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

There is uncertainty with regard to British Virgin Islands law as to whether a judgment obtained from the United States courts under civil liability provisions of the securities laws will be determined by the courts of the British Virgin Islands as penal or punitive in nature. If such a determination is made, the courts of the British Virgin Islands are also unlikely to recognize or enforce the judgment against a British Virgin Islands company. Because the courts of the British Virgin Islands have yet to rule on whether such judgments are penal or punitive in nature, it is uncertain whether they would be enforceable in the British Virgin Islands. Ogier has advised us that although there is no statutory enforcement in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the federal or state courts of the United States, in certain circumstances a judgment obtained in such jurisdiction may be recognized and enforced in the courts of the British Virgin Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the British Virgin Islands, provided such judgment:

 

is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction;

 

imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given;

 

is final;

 

is not in respect of taxes, a fine, a penalty or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; and

 

was not obtained in a fraudulent manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the British Virgin Islands.

 

In appropriate circumstances, a British Virgin Islands court may give effect in the British Virgin Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.

 

SD & Partners has further advised us that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedure Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedure Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. SD & Partners has advised us further that there are no treaties between China and the United States for the mutual recognition and enforcement of court judgments, thus making the recognition and enforcement of a U.S. court judgment in China difficult.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We are currently subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act as applicable to foreign private issuers. Accordingly, we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F and other information. All information filed with or furnished to the SEC can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference rooms. Additional information may also be obtained over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

We also maintain a website at www.atifchina.com, but information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. You should not regard any information on our website as a part of this prospectus or any prospectus supplement.

 

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As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-3 relating to the securities covered by this prospectus. This prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement are part of the registration statement and do not contain all the information in the registration statement. You will find additional information about us in the registration statement. Any statement made in this prospectus concerning a contract or other document of ours is not necessarily complete, and you should read the documents that are filed as exhibits to the registration statement or otherwise filed with the SEC for a more complete understanding of the document or matter. Each such statement is qualified in all respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s website.

 

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PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 8. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

To the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former secretary, director (including alternate director), and any of our other officers (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:

 

(a) all actions, proceedings, costs, charges, expenses, losses, damages or liabilities incurred or sustained by the existing or former secretary or officer in or about the conduct of our business or affairs or in the execution or discharge of the existing or former secretary’s or officer’s duties, powers, authorities or discretions; and

 

(b) without limitation to paragraph (a) above, all costs, expenses, losses or liabilities incurred by the existing or former secretary or officer in defending (whether successfully or otherwise) any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative proceedings (whether threatened, pending or completed) concerning us or our affairs in any court or tribunal, whether in the BVI or elsewhere.

 

These indemnities will only apply if the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to our best interests and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

To the extent permitted by law, we may make a payment, or agree to make a payment, whether by way of advance, loan or otherwise, for any legal costs incurred by an existing or former secretary or any of our officers in respect of any matter identified in above on condition that the secretary or officer must repay the amount paid by us to the extent that it is ultimately found not liable to indemnify the secretary or that officer for those legal costs.

 

Pursuant to indemnification agreements, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the 2019 Form 20-F, we will agree to indemnify our directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 9. Exhibits

 

See the Exhibit Index attached to this registration statement and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 10. UNDERTAKINGS

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)        To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

(i)        To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”);

 

(ii)        To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC (“Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

 

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(iii)        To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

Provided, however, that:

 

(A)        Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

(2)        That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3)        To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

(4)        To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act or Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.

 

(5)        That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

(i)        If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B (§ 230.430B of this chapter):

 

(A)        Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) (§ 230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

(B)        Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) (§ 230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this chapter) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) (§ 230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) of this chapter) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

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(6)        That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

 

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

(i)        Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§ 230.424 of this chapter);

 

(ii)        Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

(iii)        The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

(iv)        Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in PRC on June 12, 2020.

 

  ATIF Holdings Limited
   

 

     
  By: /s/ Jun Liu
  Name: Jun Liu
   

Chief Executive Officer

    (Principal Executive Officer)

 

  By: /s/ Fang Cheng
  Name: Fang Cheng
   

Chief Financial Officer

    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mr. Jun Liu and Ms. Fang Cheng, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this registration statement on Form F-3 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as each such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title    Date
         
/s/ Qiuli Wang      Director, Chairman and President     June 12, 2020 
Qiuli Wang          
            
/s/ Jun Liu     Director and Chief Executive Officer    June 12, 2020
Jun Liu    (Principal Executive Officer)     
              
/s/ Fang Cheng    Chief Financial Officer    June 12, 2020
Fang Cheng    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)     
            
/s/ Kwong Sang Liu    Director    June 12, 2020
Kwong Sang Liu           
            
/s/ Yongyuan Chen    Director    June 12, 2020
Yongyuan Chen           
            
/s/ Longdley Zephirin    Director    June 12, 2020
Longdley Zephirin        

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of ATIF Holdings Limited, has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in Rancho Cucamonga, California, on June 12, 2020.

 

 
By:
/s/ Lina L. Liu

    Lina L. Liu

 

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Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

   Description of Exhibit
        
1.1    Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant**
        
1.2    Form of Underwriting Agreement.*
     
4.1   Registrant’s Specimen Certificate for Ordinary Shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-228750), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2018)
     
4.2    Form of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificate.*
        
4.3  

Form of Debt Security* 

     
4.4    Form of Unit Agreement and Unit Certificate.*
        
5.1    Opinion of Ogier, British Virgin Islands counsel to the Company**
        
23.1    Consent of Friedman LLP – ATIF Holdings Limited **
     
23.2   Consent of Friedman LLP – Leaping Group Co., Ltd. **
        
23.3    Consent of Ogier, British Virgin Islands counsel to the Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
     
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereof)
     

99.1

 

Audited Financial Statement as at June 30, 2019 and 2018 and for the three years then ended June 30, 2019 for Leaping Group Co., Ltd.**

 

* To be filed, if applicable, by amendment or as an exhibit to a report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.

**Filed herewith

 

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EXHIBIT 1.1

   

 

 

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

ATIF Holdings Limited

亞洲时代控股有限公司

 

a company limited by shares

 

Amended and restated on 18th March 2019

1 NAME

 

The name of the Company is ATIF Holdings Limited. In addition to its name, the Company has also registered a foreign character name, being 亞洲时代控股有限公司.

 

2 STATUS

 

The Company shall be a company limited by shares.

 

3 REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

3.1 The first registered office of the Company is the office of Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited, Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110, the office of the first registered agent.

 

3.2 The current registered office of the Company is Portcullis Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110

 

3.3 The first registered agent of the Company is the office of Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited of Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110.

 

3.4 The current registered agent of the Company is Portcullis (BVI) Ltd of Portcullis Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110.

 

3.5 The Company may change its registered office or registered agent by a Resolution of Directors or a Resolution of Members. The change shall take effect upon the Registrar registering a notice of change filed under section 92 of the Act.

 

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4 CAPACITY AND POWER

 

4.1 The Company has, subject to the Act and any other British Virgin Islands legislation for the time being in force, irrespective of corporate benefit:

 

(a) full capacity to carry on or undertake any business or activity, do any act or enter into any transaction; and

 

(b) for the purposes of paragraph (a), full rights, powers and privileges.

 

4.2 There are subject to Clause 4.1 and Regulation 23, no limitations on the business that the Company may carry on.

 

5 NUMBER AND CLASSES OF SHARES

 

5.1 The maximum number of shares that he Company is authorised to issue is 100,000,000,000 shares with a par value of US$0.001 divided into two classes of shares as follows:

 

(a) Ordinary shares (Ordinary Shares); and

 

(b) Class A preferred shares (the Preferred Shares).

 

5.2 The Company may at the discretion of the Board of Directors, but shall not otherwise be obliged to, issue fractional Shares or round up or down fractional holdings of Shares to its nearest whole number and a fractional Share (if authorised by the Board of Directors) may have the corresponding fractional rights, obligations and liabilities of a whole share of the same class or series of shares.

 

6 DESIGNATIONS POWERS PREFERENCES OF SHARES

 

6.1 Each Ordinary Share in the Company confers upon the Member (unless waived by such Member):

 

(a) the right to one vote at a meeting of the Members of the Company or on any Resolution of Members;

 

(b) the right to an equal share with in any distribution by way of dividend paid by the Company; and

 

(c) the right to an equal share in the distribution of the surplus assets of the Company on its liquidation.

 

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6.2 The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Preferred Shares shall be stated in this Memorandum, which shall be amended accordingly prior to the issue of such Preferred Shares. Such rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions may include:

 

(a) the number of shares and series constituting that class and the distinctive designation of that class;

 

(b) the dividend rate of the Preferred Shares of that class, if any, whether dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and whether they shall be payable in preference to, or in relation to, the dividends payable on any other class or classes of Shares;

 

(c) whether that class shall have voting rights, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights;

 

(d) whether that class shall have conversion or exchange privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors shall determine;

 

(e) whether or not the Preferred Shares of that class shall be redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of such redemption, including the manner of selecting Shares for redemption if less than all Preferred Shares are to be redeemed, the date or dates upon or after which they shall be redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount maybe less than fair value and which may vary under different conditions and at different dates;

 

(f) whether that class shall be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of Preferred Shares of that class, and, if so, the terms and amounts of such sinking fund;

 

(g) the right of the Preferred Shares of that class to the benefit of conditions and restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional Preferred Shares (including additional Preferred Shares of such class of any other class) and upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or any subsidiary of any outstanding Preferred Shares of the Company;

 

(h) the right of the Preferred Shares of that class in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and whether such rights be in preference to, or in relation to, the comparable rights or any other class or classes of Shares; and

 

(i) any other relative, participating, optional or other special rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of that class.

 

6.3 The Directors may at their discretion by Resolution of Directors redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire all or any of the Shares in the Company subject to Regulation 6 and Regulation 23 of the Articles.

 

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6.4 The Directors have the authority and the power by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to authorise and create additional classes of shares; and

 

(b) (subject to the provisions of Clause 6.2) to fix the designations, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if any, appertaining to any and all classes of shares that may be authorised to be issued under this Memorandum.

 

7 VARIATION OF RIGHTS

 

7.1 The rights attached to the Ordinary Shares as specified in Clause 6.1 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the total number of Ordinary Shares that have voted (and are entitled to vote thereon) in relation to any such resolution, unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class

 

7.2 The rights attached to any class of Preferred Shares in issue as specified in Clause 6.2 may only, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied by a resolution passed at a meeting by the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Preferred Shares of that same class present at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company holding Preferred Shares in such class which were present at the meeting and voted unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of such class.

 

8 RIGHTS NOT VARIED BY THE ISSUE OF SHARES PARI PASSU

 

The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith, and, for the avoidance of doubt, the issue of shares in any class of the Preferred Shares where such class is authorised under Clause 5.1 hereof at the date of the IPO shall not be considered to vary the terms of the Ordinary Shares.

 

9 REGISTERED SHARES

 

9.1 The Company shall issue registered shares only.

 

9.2 The Company is not authorised to issue bearer shares, convert registered shares to bearer shares or exchange registered shares for bearer shares.

 

10 TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

A Share may be transferred in accordance with Regulation 4 of the Articles.

 

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11 AMENDMENT OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES

 

11.1 The Company may amend its Memorandum or Articles by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors, save that no amendment may be made by a Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to restrict the rights or powers of the Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;

 

(b) to change the percentage of Members required to pass a Resolution of Members to amend the Memorandum or Articles;

 

(c) in circumstances where the Memorandum or Articles cannot be amended by the Members; or

 

(d) to change Clauses 7 or 8, this Clause 11 or Regulation 23 (or any of the defined terms used in any such Clause or Regulation)..

 

12 DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

 

12.1 In this Memorandum of Association and the attached Articles of Association, if not inconsistent with the subject or context:

 

(a) Act means the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and includes the regulations made under the Act;

 

(b) AGM means an annual general meeting of the Members;

 

(c) Articles means the attached Articles of Association of the Company;

 

(d) Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company;

 

(e) Business Days means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York are required or are authorised to be closed for business;

 

(f) Chairman means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Company and Chairman of the Board means a person who is appointed as chairman to preside at a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the Articles;

 

(g) Class A Preferred Shares has the meaning given to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(h) Designated Stock Exchange means the Capital Market of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. provided, however, that until the Shares are listed on the Designated Stock Exchange, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange shall be inapplicable to the Company and this Memorandum or the Articles;

 

(i) Director means any director of the Company, from time to time;

 

(j) Distribution in relation to a distribution by the Company means the direct or indirect transfer of an asset, other than Shares, to or for the benefit of a Member in relation to Shares held by a Member, and whether by means of a purchase of an asset, the redemption or other acquisition of Shares, a distribution of indebtedness or otherwise, and includes a dividend;

 

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(k) Eligible Person means individuals, corporations, trusts, the estates of deceased individuals, partnerships and unincorporated associations of persons;

 

(l) Enterprise means the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which an Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent;

 

(m) Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

 

(n) Expenses shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all legal fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses, in each case reasonably incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding, including reasonable compensation for time spent by the Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses shall also include any or all of the foregoing expenses incurred in connection with all judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred (whether by an Indemnitee, or on his behalf) in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, or any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the principal, premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent, but shall not include amounts paid in settlement by an Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against an Indemnitee;

 

(o) Indemnitee means any person detailed in sub regulations (a) and (b) of Regulation 15.

 

(p) IPO means the initial public offering of securities or other rights to receive or subscribe for securities of the Company;

 

(q) Member means an Eligible Person whose name is entered in the share register of the Company as the holder of one or more Shares or fractional Shares;

 

(r) Memorandum means this Memorandum of Association of the Company;

 

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(s) Officer means any officer of the Company, from time to time;

 

(t) Ordinary Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(u) Proceeding means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought in the name of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative nature, in which an Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that such Indemnitee is or was a Director or Officer of the Company, by reason of any action (or failure to act) taken by him or of any action (or failure to act) on his part while acting as a Director, Officer, employee or adviser of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Director, Officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee, adviser or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or advancement of Expenses can be provided under these Articles;

 

(v) Preferred Shares has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 5.1;

 

(w) relevant system means a relevant system for the holding and transfer of shares in uncertificated form;

 

(x) Resolution of Directors means either:

 

(i) Subject to sub-paragraph (ii) below, a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of Directors of the Company or of a committee of Directors of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting who voted except that where a Director is given more than one vote, he shall be counted by the number of votes he casts for the purpose of establishing a majority; or

 

(ii) a resolution consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of a committee of Directors of the Company, as the case may be;

 

(y) Resolution of Members means:

 

(i) a resolution approved at a duly convened and constituted meeting of the Members of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote thereon which were present at the meeting and were voted; or

 

(ii) a resolution duly consented to in writing by Members representing a majority of the votes of shares entitled to vote (or the Members of the class of representing a majority of the votes of the shares entitled to vote) upon such resolution;

 

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(z) Seal means any seal which has been duly adopted as the common seal of the Company;

 

(aa) SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

(bb) Securities means Shares, other securties and debt obligations of every kind of the Company, and including without limitation options, warrants and rights to acquire shares or debt obligations;

 

(cc) Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

(dd) Share means a share issued or to be issued by the Company and Shares shall be construed accordingly;

 

(ee) Treasury Share means a Share that was previously issued but was repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company and not cancelled; and

 

(ff) written or any term of like import includes information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric or photonic means, including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy, and "in writing" shall be construed accordingly.

 

12.2 In the Memorandum and the Articles, unless the context otherwise requires a reference to:

 

(a) a Regulation is a reference to a regulation of the Articles;

 

(b) a Clause is a reference to a clause of the Memorandum;

 

(c) voting by Member is a reference to the casting of the votes attached to the Shares held by the Member voting;

 

(d) the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles is a reference to the Act or those documents as amended; and

 

(e) the singular includes the plural and vice versa.

 

12.3 Any words or expressions defined in the Act unless the context otherwise requires bear the same meaning in the Memorandum and Articles unless otherwise defined herein.

 

12.4 Headings are inserted for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the Memorandum and Articles.

 

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We, Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited of Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign this Memorandum of Association the 5th day of January, 2015.

 

Incorporator

 

 
   
Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited  
Portcullis TrustNet Chambers  
4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building  
3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway  
Road Town, Tortola  
British Virgin Islands VG1110  
   
   
(Sgd. Petagaye Daley-Savage)  

 

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TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT 2004

 

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

OF

 

ATIF Holdings Limited

亞洲时代控股有限公司

 

a company limited by shares

 

Amended and restated on 18th March 2019

 

1 REGISTERED SHARES

 

1.1 Every Member is entitled to a certificate signed by a Director of the Company or under the Seal specifying the number of Shares held by him and the signature of the Director and the Seal may be facsimiles.

 

1.2 Any Member receiving a certificate shall indemnify and hold the Company and its Directors and officers harmless from any loss or liability which it or they may incur by reason of any wrongful or fraudulent use or representation made by any person by virtue of the possession thereof. If a certificate for Shares is worn out or lost it may be renewed on production of the worn out certificate or on satisfactory proof of its loss together with such indemnity as may be required by a Resolution of Directors.

 

1.3 If several Eligible Persons are registered as joint holders of any Shares, any one of such Eligible Persons may give an effectual receipt for any Distribution.

 

1.4 Nothing in these Articles shall require title to any Shares or other Securities to be evidenced by a certificate if the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange permit otherwise.

 

1.5 Subject to the Act and the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board of Directors without further consultation with the holders of any Shares or Securities may resolve that any class or series of Shares or other Securities in issue or to be issued from time to time may be issued, registered or converted to uncertificated form and the practices instituted by the operator of the relevant system. No provision of these Articles will apply to any uncertificated shares or Securities to the extent that they are inconsistent with the holding of such shares or securities in uncertificated form or the transfer of title to any such shares or securities by means of a relevant system.

 

1.6 Conversion of Shares held in certificated form into Shares held in uncertificated form, and vice versa, may be made in such manner as the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may think fit (subject always to the requirements of the relevant system concerned). The Company or any duly authorised transfer agent shall enter on the register of members how many Shares are held by each member in uncertificated form and certificated form and shall maintain the register of members in each case as is required by the relevant system concerned. Notwithstanding any provision of these Articles, a class or series of Shares shall not be treated as two classes by virtue only of that class or series comprising both certificated shares and uncertificated shares or as a result of any provision of these Articles which applies only in respect of certificated shares or uncertificated shares.

 

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1.7 Nothing contained in Regulation 1.5 and 1.6 is meant to prohibit the Shares from being able to trade electronically. For the avoidance of doubt, Shares shall only be traded and transferred electronically upon consummation of the IPO.

 

2 SHARES

 

2.1 Subject to the provisions of these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the unissued Shares of the Company shall be at the disposal of the Directors and Shares and other Securities may be issued and option to acquire Shares or other Securities may be granted at such times, to such Eligible Persons, for such consideration and on such terms as the Directors may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

2.2 Without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of any existing Preferred Shares or class of Preferred Shares, any class of Preferred Shares may be issued with such preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions, whether in regard to dividend, voting or otherwise as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

2.3 Section 46 of the Act does not apply to the Company.

 

2.4 A Share may be issued for consideration in any form, including money, a promissory note, real property, personal property (including goodwill and know-how) or a contract for future services.

 

2.5 No Shares may be issued for a consideration other than money, unless a Resolution of Directors has been passed stating:

 

(a) the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares; and

 

(b) that, in their opinion, the present cash value of the non-money consideration for the issue is not less than the amount to be credited for the issue of the Shares.

 

2.6 Subject to Regulation 2.7, the Company shall keep a register (the share register) containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who hold Shares;

 

(b) the number of each class and series of Shares held by each Member;

 

(c) the date on which the name of each Member was entered in the share register; and

 

(d) the date on which any Eligible Person ceased to be a Member.

 

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2.7 Where the Company or any of its Shares is listed on a Designated Stock Exchange, the company may keep a share register containing the information referred to in Regulation 2.6 or such other information as these Articles permit or as may be approved by a Resolution of Members.

 

2.8 The share register may be in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents. Until the Directors otherwise determine, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage form shall be the original share register.

 

2.9 A Share is deemed to be issued when the name of the Member is entered in the share register.

 

2.10 Subject to the provisions of the Act, Shares may be issued on the terms that they are redeemable, or at the option of the Company be liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the Directors before or at the time of the issue of such Shares may determine. The Directors may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of a similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of Shares or Securities on such terms as the Directors may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Directors may also issue options, warrants, other rights to acquire shares or convertible securities in connection with the Company's IPO.

 

3 FORFEITURE

 

3.1 Shares that are not fully paid on issue are subject to the forfeiture provisions set forth in this Regulation and for this purpose Shares issued for a promissory note or a contract for future services are deemed to be not fully paid.

 

3.2 A written notice of call specifying the date for payment to be made shall be served on the Member who defaults in making payment in respect of the Shares.

 

3.3 The written notice of call referred to in Regulation 3.2 shall name a further date not earlier than the expiration of 14 days from the date of service of the notice on or before which the payment required by the notice is to be made and shall contain a statement that in the event of non-payment at or before the time named in the notice the Shares, or any of them, in respect of which payment is not made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

3.4 Where a written notice of call has been issued pursuant to Regulation 3.2 and the requirements of the notice have not been complied with, the Directors may, at any time before tender of payment, forfeit and cancel the Shares to which the notice relates.

 

3.5 The Company is under no obligation to refund any moneys to the Member whose Shares have been cancelled pursuant to Regulation 3.4 and that Member shall be discharged from any further obligation to the Company.

 

4 TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

4.1 Subject to the Memorandum, certificated shares may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and containing the name and address of the transferee, which shall be sent to the Company for registration.

 

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4.2 A member shall be entitled to transfer uncertificated shares by means of a relevant system and the operator of the relevant system shall act as agent of the Members for the purposes of the transfer of such uncertificated shares.

 

4.3 The transfer of a Share is effective when the name of the transferee is entered on the share register.

 

4.4 If the Directors of the Company are satisfied that an instrument of transfer relating to Shares has been signed but that the instrument has been lost or destroyed, they may resolve by Resolution of Directors:

 

(a) to accept such evidence of the transfer of Shares as they consider appropriate; and

 

(b) that the transferee's name should be entered in the share register notwithstanding the absence of the instrument of transfer.

 

4.5 Subject to the Memorandum, the personal representative of a deceased Member may transfer a Share even though the personal representative is not a Member at the time of the transfer.

 

4.6 Except in relation to a transfer made pursuant to Regulation 4.2, the Directors may decline to register a transfer of an Ordinary Share which (i) is not fully paid up or on which the Company has a lien; or (ii) in the case of a transfer to join holders, the number of joint holders to whom the share is to be transferred does not exceed four (4). If the Directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within one (1) month after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

4.7 A member wishing to transfer a Share is liable to pay to the Company a fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as the Director may from time to time require, is paid to the Company in respect of such transfer.

 

4.8 The registration of transfers may, on fourteen (14) days' notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the register closed at such times and for such periods as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than thirty (30) days in any year.

 

5 DISTRIBUTIONS

 

5.1 The Directors of the Company may, by Resolution of Directors, authorise a distribution at a time and of an amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

 

5.2 Dividends may be paid in money, shares, or other property.

 

5.3 The Company may, by Resolution of Directors, from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Directors to be justified by the profits of the Company, provided always that they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after the distribution, the value of the Company's assets will exceed its liabilities and the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

 

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5.4 Notice in writing of any dividend that may have been declared shall be given to each Member in accordance with Regulation 21 and all dividends unclaimed for three years after such notice has been given to a Member may be forfeited by Resolution of Directors for the benefit of the Company.

 

5.5 No dividend shall bear interest as against the Company.

 

6 REDEMPTION OF SHARES AND TREASURY SHARES

 

6.1 The Company may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire and hold its own Shares save that the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its own Shares without the consent of the Member whose Shares are to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired unless the Company is permitted or required by the Act or any other provision in the Memorandum or Articles to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Shares without such consent.

 

6.2 The purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of its own Shares is deemed not to be a distribution where:

 

(a) the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares pursuant to a right of a Member to have his Shares redeemed or to have his shares exchanged for money or other property of the Company, or

 

(b) the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires the Shares by virtue of the provisions of section 179 of the Act.

 

6.3 Sections 60, 61 and 62 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

 

6.4 Subject to the provisions of Regulation 23, shares that the Company purchases, redeems or otherwise acquires pursuant to this Regulation may be cancelled or held as Treasury Shares except to the extent that such Shares are in excess of 50 percent of the issued Shares in which case they shall be cancelled but they shall be available for reissue.

 

6.5 All rights and obligations attaching to a Treasury Share are suspended and shall not be exercised by the Company while it holds the Share as a Treasury Share.

 

6.6 Treasury Shares may be disposed of by the Company on such terms and conditions (not otherwise inconsistent with the Memorandum and Articles) as the Company may by Resolution of Directors determine.

 

6.7 Where Shares are held by another body corporate of which the Company holds, directly or indirectly, shares having more than 50 per cent of the votes in the election of Directors of the other body corporate, all rights and obligations attaching to the Shares held by the other body corporate are suspended and shall not be exercised by the other body corporate.

 

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7 MORTGAGES AND CHARGES OF SHARES

 

7.1 A Member may by an instrument in writing mortgage or charge his Shares.

 

7.2 There shall be entered in the share register at the written request of the Member:

 

(a) a statement that the Shares held by him are mortgaged or charged;

 

(b) the name of the mortgagee or chargee; and

 

(c) the date on which the particulars specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) are entered in the share register.

 

7.3 Where particulars of a mortgage or charge are entered in the share register, such particulars may be cancelled:

 

(a) with the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee or anyone authorised to act on his behalf; or

 

(b) upon evidence satisfactory to the Directors of the discharge of the liability secured by the mortgage or charge and the issue of such indemnities as the Directors shall consider necessary or desirable.

 

7.4 Whilst particulars of a mortgage or charge over Shares are entered in the share register pursuant to this Regulation:

 

(a) no transfer of any Share the subject of those particulars shall be effected;

 

(b) the Company may not purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any such Share; and

 

(c) no replacement certificate shall be issued in respect of such Shares,

 

without the written consent of the named mortgagee or chargee.

 

8 MEETINGS AND CONSENTS OF MEMBERS

 

8.1 Any Director of the Company may convene meetings of the Members at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the Director considers necessary or desirable. Following the IPO, an AGM shall be held annually at such date and time as may be determined by the Directors.

 

8.2 Upon the written request of the Members entitled to exercise 30 percent or more of the voting rights in respect of the matter for which the meeting is requested the Directors shall convene a meeting of Members.

 

8.3 The Director convening a meeting of Members shall give not less than 7 days' written notice of such meeting to:

 

(a) those Members whose names on the date the notice is given appear as Members in the share register of the Company and are entitled to vote at the meeting; and

 

(b) the other Directors.

 

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8.4 The Director convening a meeting of Members shall fix in the notice of the meeting the record date for determining those Members that are entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

8.5 A meeting of Members held in contravention of the requirement to give notice is valid if Members holding at least either (i) 90 per cent of the shares entitled to vote on the matters to be considered at the meeting; or (ii) all members holding shares entitled to vote on all or any maters to be considered at the meeting, have waived notice of the meeting and, for this purpose, the presence of a Member at the meeting shall constitute waiver in relation to all the Shares which that Member holds.

 

8.6 The inadvertent failure of a Director who convenes a meeting to give notice of a meeting to a Member or another Director, or the fact that a Member or another Director has not received notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

8.7 A Member may be represented at a meeting of Members by a proxy who may speak and vote on behalf of the Member.

 

8.8 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be produced at the place designated for the meeting before the time for holding the meeting at which the person named in such instrument proposes to vote.

 

8.9 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in substantially the following form or such other form as the chairman of the meeting shall accept as properly evidencing the wishes of the Member appointing the proxy.

 

ATIF Holdings Limited

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I/We being a Member of the above Company HEREBY APPOINT ……………………………………………………………………………..…… of ……………………………………...……….…………..………… or failing him …..………………………………………………….…………………….. of ………………………………………………………..…..…… to be my/our proxy to vote for me/us at the meeting of Members to be held on the …… day of …………..…………, 20…… and at any adjournment thereof.

 

(Any restrictions on voting to be inserted here.)

 

Signed this……day of ………………………, 20

 

 

 ……………………………

 

Member

 

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8.10 The following applies where Shares are jointly owned:

 

(a) if two or more persons hold Shares jointly each of them may be present in person or by proxy at a meeting of Members and may speak as a Member;

 

(b) if only one of the joint owners is present in person or by proxy he may vote on behalf of all joint owners; and

 

(c) if two or more of the joint owners are present in person or by proxy they must vote as one and in the event of disagreement between any of the joint owners of Shares then the vote of the joint owner whose name appears first (or earliest) in the share register in respect of the relevant Shares shall be recorded as the vote attributable to the Shares.

 

8.11 A Member shall be deemed to be present at a meeting of Members if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Members participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

8.12 A meeting of Members is duly constituted if, at the commencement of the meeting, there are present in person or by proxy not less than one-third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote on Resolutions of Members to be considered at the meeting. If the Company has two or more classes of shares, a meeting may be quorate for some purposes and not for others. A quorum may comprise a single Member or proxy and then such person may pass a Resolution of Members and a certificate signed by such person accompanied where such person holds a proxy by a copy of the proxy instrument shall constitute a valid Resolution of Members. No business may be transacted at any meeting of Members unless a quorum is present at the commencement of business.

 

8.13 If within two hours from the time appointed for the meeting of Members, a quorum is not present, the meeting, at the discretion of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be dissolved if it was requisitioned by Members, In any other case, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the next business day in the jurisdiction in which the meeting was to have been held at the same time and place, and if at the adjourned meeting there are present within one hour from the time appointed for the meeting in person or by proxy not less than one third of the votes of the Shares entitled to vote or each class or series of Shares entitled to vote, as applicable, on the matters to be considered by the meeting, those present shall constitute a quorum but otherwise the meeting shall either be dissolved.

 

8.14 At every meeting of Members, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present at the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be the chairman. If the Members are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the person representing the greatest number of voting Shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall preside as chairman failing which the oldest individual Member or representative of a Member present shall take the chair.

 

8.15 The person appointed as chairman of the meeting pursuant to Regulation 8.14 may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and from place to place. For the avoidance of doubt, a meeting may remain open indefinitely for as long a period as may be determined by the chairman.

 

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8.16 At any meeting of the Members the chairman of the meeting is responsible for deciding in such manner as he considers appropriate whether any resolution proposed has been carried or not and the result of his decision shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting. If the chairman has any doubt as to the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution, he shall cause a poll to be taken of all votes cast upon such resolution. If the chairman fails to take a poll then any Member present in person or by proxy who disputes the announcement by the chairman of the result of any vote may immediately following such announcement demand that a poll be taken and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken. If a poll is taken at any meeting, the result shall be announced to the meeting and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

 

8.17 Subject to the specific provisions contained in this Regulation for the appointment of representatives of Members other than individuals the right of any individual to speak for or represent a Member shall be determined by the law of the jurisdiction where, and by the documents by which, the Member is constituted or derives its existence. In case of doubt, the Directors may in good faith seek legal advice and unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise rule, the Directors may rely and act upon such advice without incurring any liability to any Member or the Company.

 

8.18 Any Member other than an individual may by resolution of its Directors or other governing body authorise such individual as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of Members or of any class of Members, and the individual so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same rights on behalf of the Member which he represents as that Member could exercise if it were an individual.

 

8.19 The chairman of any meeting at which a vote is cast by proxy or on behalf of any Member other than an individual may at the meeting but not thereafter call for a notarially certified copy of such proxy or authority which shall be produced within 7 days of being so requested or the votes cast by such proxy or on behalf of such Member shall be disregarded.

 

8.20 Directors of the Company may attend and speak at any meeting of Members and at any separate meeting of the holders of any class or series of Shares.

 

8.21 Any action that may be taken by the Members at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Members consented to in writing, without the need for any prior notice. If any Resolution of Members is adopted otherwise than by the unanimous written consent of all Members, a copy of such resolution shall forthwith be sent to all Members not consenting to such resolution. The consent may be in the form of counterparts, each counterpart being signed by one or more Members. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the earliest date upon which Eligible Persons holding a sufficient number of votes of Shares to constitute a Resolution of Members have consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.

 

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9 DIRECTORS

 

9.1 The first Directors of the Company shall be appointed by the first registered agent within 30 days of the incorporation of the Company; and thereafter, the Directors shall be elected:

 

(a) subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), by Resolution of Members or by Resolution of Directors for such term as the Members or Directors determine;

 

(b)           following consummation of the Company's IPO, those Directors who were appointed by a Resolution of Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company's next AGM. Commencing at the Company’s first AGM, and at each following AGM, Directors elected to succeed those Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the AGM following their election. Except as the Act or any applicable law may otherwise require, in the interim between an AGM or general meeting called for the election of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors any vacancy on the Board of Directors, may be filled by the majority vote of the remaining Directors.

 

9.2 No person shall be appointed as a Director of the Company unless he has consented in writing to act as a Director.

 

9.3 The minimum number of Directors shall be one and there shall be no maximum number of Directors.

 

9.4 Each Director holds office for the term, if any, fixed by the Resolution of Members or Resolution of Directors appointing him, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. If no term is fixed on the appointment of a Director, the Director serves indefinitely until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

9.5 A Director may be removed from office with or without cause by:

 

(a) a Resolution of Members passed at a meeting of Members called for the purposes of removing the Director or for purposes including the removal of the Director; or

 

(b) subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), a Resolution of Directors passed at a meeting of Directors.

 

9.6 A Director may resign his office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Company and the resignation has effect from the date the notice is received by the Company at the office of its registered agent or from such later date as may be specified in the notice. A Director shall resign forthwith as a Director if he is, or becomes, disqualified from acting as a Director under the Act.

 

9.7 Subject to Regulation 9.1 (b), the Directors may at any time appoint any person to be a Director either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Directors. Where the Directors appoint a person as Director to fill a vacancy, the term shall not exceed the term that remained when the person who has ceased to be a Director ceased to hold office.

 

9.8 A vacancy in relation to Directors occurs if a Director dies or otherwise ceases to hold office prior to the expiration of his term of office.

 

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9.9 The Company shall keep a register of Directors containing:

 

(a) the names and addresses of the persons who are Directors of the Company;

 

(b) the date on which each person whose name is entered in the register was appointed as a Director of the Company;

 

(c) the date on which each person named as a Director ceased to be a Director of the Company; and

 

(d) such other information as may be prescribed by the Act.

 

9.10 The register of Directors may be kept in any such form as the Directors may approve, but if it is in magnetic, electronic or other data storage form, the Company must be able to produce legible evidence of its contents. Until a Resolution of Directors determining otherwise is passed, the magnetic, electronic or other data storage shall be the original register of Directors.

 

9.11 The Directors, or if the Shares (or depository receipts therefore) are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, any committee thereof, may, by a Resolution of Directors, fix the emoluments of Directors with respect to services to be rendered in any capacity to the Company.

 

9.12 A Director is not required to hold a Share as a qualification to office.

 

10 POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

10.1 The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by, or under the direction or supervision of, the Directors of the Company. The Directors of the Company have all the powers necessary for managing, and for directing and supervising, the business and affairs of the Company. The Directors may pay all expenses incurred preliminary to and in connection with the incorporation of the Company and may exercise all such powers of the Company as are not by the Act or by the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members.

 

10.2 If the Company is the wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company, a Director of the Company may, when exercising powers or performing duties as a Director, act in a manner which he believes is in the best interests of the holding company even though it may not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

10.3 Each Director shall exercise his powers for a proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the Company acting in a manner that contravenes the Memorandum, the Articles or the Act. Each Director, in exercising his powers or performing his duties, shall act honestly and in good faith in what the Director believes to be the best interests of the Company.

 

10.4 Any Director which is a body corporate may appoint any individual as its duly authorised representative for the purpose of representing it at meetings of the Directors, with respect to the signing of consents or otherwise.

 

10.5 The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body.

 

10.6 Subject to Regulation 23.7, the Directors may by Resolution of Directors exercise all the powers of the Company to incur indebtedness, liabilities or obligations and to secure indebtedness, liabilities or obligations whether of the Company or of any third party.

 

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10.7 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by Resolution of Directors.

 

10.8 Section 175 of the Act shall not apply to the Company.

 

11 PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

11.1 Any one Director of the Company may call a meeting of the Directors by sending a written notice to each other Director.

 

11.2 The Directors of the Company or any committee thereof may meet at such times and in such manner and places within or outside the British Virgin Islands as the notice calling the meeting provides.

 

11.3 A Director is deemed to be present at a meeting of Directors if he participates by telephone or other electronic means and all Directors participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

11.4 A Director may by a written instrument appoint an alternate who need not be a Director, any such alternate shall be entitled to attend meetings in the absence of the Director who appointed him and to vote or consent in place of the Director until the appointment lapses or is terminated.

 

11.5 A Director shall be given not less than three days' notice of meetings of Directors, but a meeting of Directors held without three days' notice having been given to all Directors shall be valid if all the Directors entitled to vote at the meeting who do not attend waive notice of the meeting, and for this purpose the presence of a Director at a meeting shall constitute waiver by that Director. The inadvertent failure to give notice of a meeting to a Director, or the fact that a Director has not received the notice, does not invalidate the meeting.

 

11.6 A meeting of Directors is duly constituted for all purposes if at the commencement of the meeting there are present in person or by alternate not less than one-half of the total number of Directors, unless there are only two Directors in which case the quorum is two.

 

11.7 If the Company has only one Director the provisions herein contained for meetings of Directors do not apply and such sole Director has full power to represent and act for the Company in all matters as are not by the Act, the Memorandum or the Articles required to be exercised by the Members. In lieu of minutes of a meeting the sole Director shall record in writing and sign a note or memorandum of all matters requiring a Resolution of Directors. Such a note or memorandum constitutes sufficient evidence of such resolution for all purposes.

 

11.8 At meetings of Directors at which the Chairman of the Board is present, he shall preside as chairman of the meeting. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if the Chairman of the Board is not present, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting. If the Directors are unable to choose a chairman for any reason, then the oldest individual Director present (and for this purpose an alternate Director shall be deemed to be the same age as the Director that he represents) shall take the chair.

 

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11.9 An action that may be taken by the Directors or a committee of Directors at a meeting may also be taken by a Resolution of Directors or a resolution of a committee of Directors consented to in writing by all Directors or by all members of the committee, as the case may be, without the need for any notice. The consent may be in the form of counterparts each counterpart being signed by one or more Directors. If the consent is in one or more counterparts, and the counterparts bear different dates, then the resolution shall take effect on the date upon which the last Director has consented to the resolution by signed counterparts.

 

12 COMMITTEES

 

12.1 The Directors may, by Resolution of Directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of one or more Directors, and delegate one or more of their powers, including the power to affix the Seal, to the committee.

 

12.2 The Directors have no power to delegate to a committee of Directors any of the following powers:

 

(a) to amend the Memorandum or the Articles;

 

(b) to designate committees of Directors;

 

(c) to delegate powers to a committee of Directors;

 

(d) to appoint Directors;

 

(e) to appoint an agent;

 

(f) to approve a plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or

 

(g) to make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan.

 

12.3 Regulations 12.2(b) and (c) do not prevent a committee of Directors, where authorised by the Resolution of Directors appointing such committee or by a subsequent Resolution of Directors, from appointing a sub-committee and delegating powers exercisable by the committee to the sub-committee.

 

12.4 The meetings and proceedings of each committee of Directors consisting of 2 or more Directors shall be governed mutatis mutandis by the provisions of the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors so far as the same are not superseded by any provisions in the Resolution of Directors establishing the committee.

 

13 OFFICERS AND AGENTS

 

13.1 The Company may by Resolution of Directors appoint officers of the Company at such times as may be considered necessary or expedient. Such officers may consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer (in each case there may be more than one of such officers), one or more vice-presidents, secretaries and treasurers and such other officers as may from time to time be considered necessary or expedient. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

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13.2 The officers shall perform such duties as are prescribed at the time of their appointment subject to any modification in such duties as may be prescribed thereafter by Resolution of Directors. In the absence of any specific prescription of duties it shall be the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board (or Co-Chairman, as the case may be) to preside at meetings of Directors and Members, the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be) to manage the day to day affairs of the Company, the vice-presidents to act in order of seniority in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be) but otherwise to perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the Chief Executive Officer (or Co-Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be), the secretaries to maintain the share register, minute books and records (other than financial records) of the Company and to ensure compliance with all procedural requirements imposed on the Company by applicable law, and the treasurer to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Company.

 

13.3 The emoluments of all officers shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors.

 

13.4 The officers of the Company shall hold office until their death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by Resolution of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company may be filled by Resolution of Directors.

 

13.5 The Directors may, by a Resolution of Directors, appoint any person, including a person who is a Director, to be an agent of the Company. An agent of the Company shall have such powers and authority of the Directors, including the power and authority to affix the Seal, as are set forth in the Articles or in the Resolution of Directors appointing the agent, except that no agent has any power or authority with respect to the matters specified in Regulation 12.1. The Resolution of Directors appointing an agent may authorise the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all of the powers conferred on the agent by the Company. The Directors may remove an agent appointed by the Company and may revoke or vary a power conferred on him.

 

14 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

 

14.1 A Director of the Company shall, forthwith after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company, disclose the interest to all other Directors of the Company.

 

14.2 For the purposes of Regulation 14.1, a disclosure to all other Directors to the effect that a Director is a member, Director or officer of another named entity or has a fiduciary relationship with respect to the entity or a named individual and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction which may, after the date of the entry or disclosure, be entered into with that entity or individual, is a sufficient disclosure of interest in relation to that transaction.

 

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14.3 Provided that the requirements of Regulation 9.13 have first been satisfied, a Director of the Company who is interested in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the Company may:

 

(a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;

 

(b) attend a meeting of Directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the Directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and

 

(c) sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a Director, that relates to the transaction,

 

and, subject to compliance with the Act and these Articles shall not, by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from such transaction and no such transaction shall be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.

 

15 INDEMNIFICATION

 

15.1 Subject to the limitations hereinafter provided the Company may indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate against all direct and indirect costs, fees and Expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, any person who:

 

(a) is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Director of the Company; or

 

(b) is or was, at the request of the Company, serving as a Director of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another Enterprise.

 

15.2 The indemnity in Regulation 15.1 only applies if the relevant Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

15.3 The decision of the Directors as to whether an Indemnitee acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company and as to whether such Indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the Articles, unless a question of law is involved.

 

15.4 The termination of any Proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the relevant Indemnitee did not act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Company or that such Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

15.5 The Company may purchase and maintain insurance, purchase or furnish similar protection or make other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond in relation to any Indemnitee or who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a Director, officer or liquidator of, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another Enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by him in that capacity, whether or not the Company has or would have had the power to indemnify him against the liability as provided in these Articles.

 

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16 RECORDS

 

16.1 The Company shall keep the following documents at the office of its registered agent:

 

(a) the Memorandum and the Articles;

 

(b) the share register, or a copy of the share register;

 

(c) the register of Directors, or a copy of the register of Directors; and

 

(d) copies of all notices and other documents filed by the Company with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the previous 10 years.

 

16.2 If the Company maintains only a copy of the share register or a copy of the register of Directors at the office of its registered agent, it shall:

 

(a) within 15 days of any change in either register, notify the registered agent in writing of the change; and

 

(b) provide the registered agent with a written record of the physical address of the place or places at which the original share register or the original register of Directors is kept.

 

16.3 The Company shall keep the following records at the office of its registered agent or at such other place or places, within or outside the British Virgin Islands, as the Directors may determine:

 

(a) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Members and classes of Members;

 

(b) minutes of meetings and Resolutions of Directors and committees of Directors; and

 

(c) an impression of the Seal, if any.

 

16.4 Where any original records referred to in this Regulation are maintained other than at the office of the registered agent of the Company, and the place at which the original records is changed, the Company shall provide the registered agent with the physical address of the new location of the records of the Company within 14 days of the change of location.

 

16.5 The records kept by the Company under this Regulation shall be in written form or either wholly or partly as electronic records complying with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Act.

 

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17 REGISTERS OF CHARGES

 

17.1 The Company shall maintain at the office of its registered agent a register of charges in which there shall be entered the following particulars regarding each mortgage, charge and other encumbrance created by the Company:

 

(a) the date of creation of the charge;

 

(b) a short description of the liability secured by the charge;

 

(c) a short description of the property charged;

 

(d) the name and address of the trustee for the security or, if there is no such trustee, the name and address of the chargee;

 

(e) unless the charge is a security to bearer, the name and address of the holder of the charge; and

 

(f) details of any prohibition or restriction contained in the instrument creating the charge on the power of the Company to create any future charge ranking in priority to or equally with the charge.

 

18 CONTINUATION

 

The Company may by Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors continue as a company incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the British Virgin Islands in the manner provided under those laws.

 

19 SEAL

 

The Company may have more than one Seal and references herein to the Seal shall be references to every Seal which shall have been duly adopted by Resolution of Directors. The Directors shall provide for the safe custody of the Seal and for an imprint thereof to be kept at the registered office. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein the Seal when affixed to any written instrument shall be witnessed and attested to by the signature of any one Director or other person so authorised from time to time by Resolution of Directors. Such authorisation may be before or after the Seal is affixed, may be general or specific and may refer to any number of sealings. The Directors may provide for a facsimile of the Seal and of the signature of any Director or authorised person which may be reproduced by printing or other means on any instrument and it shall have the same force and validity as if the Seal had been affixed to such instrument and the same had been attested to as hereinbefore described.

 

20 ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

 

20.1 The Company shall keep records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company's transactions and that will, at any time, enable the financial position of the Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy.

 

20.2 The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the Directors to prepare periodically and make available a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. The profit and loss account and balance sheet shall be drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the profit and loss of the Company for a financial period and a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities of the Company as at the end of a financial period.

 

20.3 The Company may by Resolution of Members call for the accounts to be examined by auditors.

 

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20.4 If the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, and if required by the Designated Stock Exchange, the Directors shall establish and maintain an audit committee as a committee of the Board of Directors, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange subject to any available exemptions therefrom and the operation of the Act. The audit committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

20.5 If the Shares are listed or quoted on a Designated Stock Exchange that requires the Company to have an audit committee, the Directors shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter and review and assess the adequacy of the formal written charter on an annual basis.

 

20.6 If the Shares are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and, if required, shall utilise the audit committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.

 

20.7 If applicable, and subject to applicable law and the rules of the SEC and the Designated Stock Exchange:

 

(a) at the AGM or at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting in each year, the Members shall appoint an auditor who shall hold office until the Members appoint another auditor. Such auditor may be a Member but no Director or officer or employee of the Company shall during, his continuance in office, be eligible to act as auditor;

 

(b) a person, other than a retiring auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed auditor at an AGM unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate that person to the office of auditor has been given not less than ten days before the AGM and furthermore the Company shall send a copy of such notice to the retiring auditor; and

 

(c) the Members may, at any meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by resolution remove the auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by resolution at that meeting appoint another auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term.

 

20.8 The remuneration of the auditors shall be fixed by Resolution of Directors in such manner as the Directors may determine or in a manner required by the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange and the SEC.

 

20.9 The auditors shall examine each profit and loss account and balance sheet required to be laid before a meeting of the Members or otherwise given to Members and shall state in a written report whether or not:

 

(a) in their opinion the profit and loss account and balance sheet give a true and fair view respectively of the profit and loss for the period covered by the accounts, and of the assets and liabilities of the Company at the end of that period; and

 

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(b) all the information and explanations required by the auditors have been obtained.

 

20.10 The report of the auditors shall be annexed to the accounts and shall be read at the meeting of Members at which the accounts are laid before the Company or shall be otherwise given to the Members.

 

20.11 Every auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books of account and vouchers of the Company, and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanations as he thinks necessary for the performance of the duties of the auditors.

 

20.12 The auditors of the Company shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend any meetings of Members at which the Company's profit and loss account and balance sheet are to be presented.

 

21 NOTICES

 

21.1 Any notice, information or written statement to be given by the Company to Members may be given by personal service by mail, facsimile or other similar means of electronic communication, addressed to each Member at the address shown in the share register.

 

21.2 Any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be served by leaving it, or by sending it by registered mail addressed to the Company, at its registered office, or by leaving it with, or by sending it by registered mail to, the registered agent of the Company.

 

21.3 Service of any summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement to be served on the Company may be proved by showing that the summons, notice, order, document, process, information or written statement was delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company or that it was mailed in such time as to admit to its being delivered to the registered office or the registered agent of the Company in the normal course of delivery within the period prescribed for service and was correctly addressed and the postage was prepaid.

 

22 VOLUNTARY WINDING UP

 

The Company may by a Resolution of Members or by a Resolution of Directors appoint a voluntary liquidator.

 

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We, Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited of Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, Portcullis TrustNet Chambers, 4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building, 3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands VG1110, for the purpose of incorporating a BVI business company under the laws of the British Virgin Islands hereby sign these Articles of Association the 5th day of January, 2015.

 

Incorporator

 

 
   
Portcullis TrustNet (BVI) Limited  
Portcullis TrustNet Chambers  
4th Floor Ellen Skelton Building  
3076 Sir Francis Drake Highway  
Road Town, Tortola  
British Virgin Islands VG1110  
   
(Sgd. Petagaye Daley-Savage)  

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

ATIF Holdings Limited

Room 3803

Dachong International Centre

39 Tonggu Road

Nanshan district, Shenzhen

China

 

 

  D:  +44 1534 514000
  E:  simon.schilder@ogier.com
   
  Ref:  SIS/EFH//175987.00003
   
     
    12 June 2020

 

Dear Sirs

 

ATIF Holdings Limited (company number 1857285) (the Company)

 

We have acted as counsel as to British Virgin Islands law to the Company in connection with the Company's registration statement on Form F-3, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the Registration Statement), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), and the base prospectus (the Prospectus) included therein, relating to securities to be issued and sold by the Company from time to time. Such securities include:

 

(a) ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.001 per share (the Ordinary Shares);

 

(b) Class A preferred shares of the Company with a par value of US$0.001 per share (the Preferred Shares);

 

(c) debt securities of the Company, which may include senior debt securities, subordinated debt securities, senior convertible debt securities and subordinated convertible debt securities of the Company (collectively the Debt Securities), each series of Debt Securities to be issued under note indentures to be entered into by the Company and the trustee for such Debt Securities (the Note Indentures);

 

(d) warrants to subscribe for Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares, or Debt Securities (or any combination thereof) in the Company (the Warrants) to be issued under warrant agreements to be entered into between the Company and the warrant agent for such Warrants thereunder (the Warrant Agreements); and

 

 

Ogier

Ritter House, Wickhams Cay II

PO Box 3170

Road Town, Tortola

British Virgin Islands

VG1110

 

T +1 284 852 7300

F +1 284 852 7450

ogier.com

  A list of Partners may be inspected on our website

 

 

 

 

(e) units which may be comprised of one or more of the other securities described above (the Unit) to be issued under a unit agreement (the Unit Agreement) between the Company and a unit agent to be specified therein, if any.

 

The Ordinary Shares, Preferred Shares, Warrants, Debt Securities, and Units are hereinafter referred to collectively as the Shelf Securities. The Warrant Agreements, Note Indentures and Unit Agreements are referred to herein collectively as Governing Documents.

 

We are furnishing this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.

 

1 Documents Reviewed

 

We have reviewed copies of the following documents:

 

1.1 the constitutional documents and public records of the Company obtained from the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the Registry) on 29 May 2020, as updated by an update search on 11 June 2020;

 

1.2 the public information revealed from searches (the Court Searches) of the electronic records of the Civil Division and the Commercial Division of the Registry of the High Court and of the Court of Appeal (Virgin Islands) Register, each from 1 January 2000, as maintained on the Judicial Enforcement Management System (JEMS) by the Registry of the High Court of the Virgin Islands on 29 May 2020, as updated by an update search on 11 June 2020,

 

(each of the searches in 1.1 and 1.2 together, the Public Records);

 

1.3 a registered agent's certificate issued by the Company's registered agent dated 11 June 2020 (the Registered Agent's Certificate);

 

1.4 the written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company passed on 11 June 2020 (the Resolutions); and

 

1.5 the Registration Statement.

 

2 Assumptions

 

This opinion is given only as to the circumstances existing on the date hereof and as to British Virgin Islands law in force on this date. We have relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1 all parties to the Registration Statement (other than the Company) have the capacity, power and authority to exercise their rights and perform their obligations under such Registration Statement;

 

2.2 the Registration Statement has been or, as the case may be, will be duly authorised by or on behalf of all relevant parties (other than the Company);

 

2.3 the Note Indentures and the Debt Securities, the Warrant Agreements and the Warrants, the Unit Agreements and the Units have been, or will be, authorised and duly executed and unconditionally delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties in accordance with all relevant laws;

 

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2.4 copies of documents or records provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals, and translations of documents provided to us are complete and accurate;

 

2.5 all signatures and seals on all documents are genuine and authentic and in particular that any signatures on the documents we have reviewed are the true signatures of the persons authorised to execute the same;

 

2.6 the Resolutions remain in full force and effect;

 

2.7 the accuracy and completeness of the Registered Agent's Certificate and the Director's Certificate as at the date hereof;

 

2.8 the information and documents disclosed by the searches of the Public Records was and is accurate, up-to-date and remains unchanged as at the date hereof and there is no information or document which has been delivered for registration by any party (other than the Company), or which is required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands to be delivered for registration by any party (other than the Company), which was not included and available for inspection in the Public Records;

 

2.9 the Company will receive money or money's worth in consideration for the issue of the Ordinary Shares, and none of the Ordinary Shares will be issued for less than their par value;

 

2.10 the Company will receive money or money's worth in consideration for the issue of the Preferred Shares, and none of the Preferred Shares will be issued for less than their par value.

 

2.11 there is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under British Virgin Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Registration Statement and duly authorised, executed and delivered Governing Documents;

 

2.12 the Company will have sufficient unissued authorised shares to effect the issue of the Ordinary Shares at the time of issuance.

 

2.13 the applicable Governing Documents and the Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Units will be legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with their terms under the laws of the State of New York and all other relevant laws (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the British Virgin Islands);

 

2.14 the choice of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law of the Governing Documents and the Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Units, will be made in good faith and would be regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of the State of New York and any other relevant jurisdiction (other than the British Virgin Islands) as a matter of the laws of the State of New York and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands);

 

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2.15 the capacity, power, authority and legal right of all parties under all relevant laws and regulations (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands) to enter into, execute, unconditionally deliver and perform their respective obligations under Note Indentures and Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Warrant Agreements and the Units and the Unit Agreements;

 

2.16 the Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Units will respectively be issued and authenticated as required in accordance with the provisions of a duly authorised, executed and delivered Note Indenture, Warrant Agreement and Unit Agreement.

 

2.17 the Note Indentures and the Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Warrant Agreements and the Units and the Unit Agreements will be, or have been, duly executed and delivered by an authorised person of the parties thereto;

 

2.18 no monies paid to or for the account of the Company in respect of the Ordinary Shares, the Debt Securities, the Warrants, or the Units represent, or will represent proceeds of criminal conduct or criminal property or terrorist property;

 

2.19 there is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the British Virgin Islands) which would or might affect the opinions set out below. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of the State of New York;

 

2.20 the issue of (i) the Ordinary Shares, (ii) Preferred Shares, (iii) the Debt Securities under the Note Indentures, (iv) the Warrants under the Warrant Agreements, and (v) the Units under the Unit Agreement will be of commercial benefit to the Company;

 

2.21 that no other event occurs after the date hereof which would affect the opinions herein stated; and

 

2.22 no invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the British Virgin Islands to subscribe for any of the Ordinary Shares, the Debt Securities, the Warrants or the Units.

 

3 Opinion

 

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications expressed below, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1 The Company is a company duly incorporated as a company limited by shares under the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. It is a separate legal entity and is subject to suit in its own name.

 

3.2 The Company is authorised to issue 1,000,000,000,000 shares of US$0.001 par value.

 

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3.3 With respect to the Ordinary Shares, when (i) the board of directors of the Company (the Company's Board) has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) the issue of such Ordinary Shares has been recorded in the Company's register of members (shareholders); and (iii) the subscription price of such Ordinary Shares (being not less than the par value of the Ordinary Shares) has been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the Company's Board, the Ordinary Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.4 With respect to the Preferred Shares, when (i) Company's Board has taken all necessary corporate action to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) the issue of such Preferred Shares has been recorded in the Company's register of members (shareholders); and (iii) the subscription price of such Preferred Shares (being not less than the par value of the Preferred Shares) has been fully paid in cash or other consideration approved by the Company's Board, the Preferred Shares will be duly authorised, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

3.5 As a general rule, in the absence of a contractual arrangement to the contrary and subject to the limitations described below, the liability of a shareholder of a British Virgin Islands company which has been incorporated as a company limited by shares is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid in respect of the shares he holds. A British Virgin Islands company has a legal personality separate from that of its shareholders, and is separately liable for its own debts due to third parties. A shareholder will not be subject to any liability in the British Virgin Islands in respect of any liability of the Company by virtue only of holding any shares in the Company, or to make any further contribution to the Company's assets (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

3.6 With respect to each issue of Debt Securities, when (i) the Company's Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise and approve the creation and terms of the Debt Securities and to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Note Indenture relating to the Debt Securities shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and unconditionally delivered by and on behalf of the Company and all the relevant parties thereunder; and (iii) when such Debt Securities issued thereunder have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and authenticated in the manner set forth in the Note Indenture relating to such issue of Debt Securities and delivered against due payment therefor pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Registration Statement and any relevant prospectus supplement, such Debt Securities issued pursuant to the Note Indenture will have been duly executed, issued and delivered.

 

3.7 With respect to each issue of Warrants, when (i) the Company's Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise and approve the creation and terms of the Warrants and to approve the issue thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and unconditionally delivered by the Company and the warrant agent thereunder; and (iii) the certificates representing the Warrants have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with the Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants and the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Company's Board upon payment of the consideration therefor provided therein, the Warrants will be duly authorised, and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company.

 

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3.8 With respect to each issue of Units, when (i) the Company's Board has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise and approve the creation and terms of the Units and to approve the issue of any Shelf Securities which are components thereof, the terms of the offering thereof and related matters; (ii) a Unit Agreement relating to the Units shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and unconditionally delivered by the Company and the financial institution designated as unit agent thereunder; (iii) a Warrant Agreement shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and unconditionally delivered by the Company and the warrant agent thereunder, in respect of any Warrants which are components of the Units; (iv) a Note Indenture shall have been duly authorised and validly executed and unconditionally delivered by the Company and all relevant parties thereunder, in respect of any Debt Securities which are components of the Units, and (v) the Units and any Shelf Securities which are components of the Units shall have been duly executed, countersigned, authenticated, issued, registered and delivered (in each case, as and when applicable), in accordance with the provisions of (A) the Unit Agreement relating to the Units, (B) the applicable Warrant Agreement relating to any Warrants which are components of the Units, (C) the applicable Note Indenture relating to any Debt Securities which are components of the Units, and (D) the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement approved by the Company's Board, and upon payment of the consideration therefor provided therein, the Units will be duly authorised and issued, and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company.

 

4 Limitations

 

We offer no opinion:

 

(a) in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the British Virgin Islands (and we have not made any investigation into such laws);

 

(b) in relation to any representation or warranty made or given by the Company in the Registration Statement; or

 

(c) as to the commerciality of the transactions envisaged in the Registration Statement or, save as expressly stated in this opinion, whether the Registration Statement and the transaction envisaged therein achieve the commercial, tax, legal, regulatory or other aims of the parties to the Registration Statement.

 

5 Governing Law and Reliance

 

(a) This opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein. This opinion is confined to and given on the basis of the laws and practice in the British Virgin Islands at the date hereof.

 

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(b) We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm in the sections of the Registration Statement under the headings "Legal Matters" and "Enforceability of Civil Liabilities" and elsewhere in the Registration Statement. In the giving of our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

/s/ Ogier

 

Ogier

 

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EXHIBIT 23.1

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 (“Registration Statement”) of our report dated December 2, 2019, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of ATIF Holdings Limited as of July 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended July 31, 2019, and the related notes included in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of ATIF Holdings Limited for the year ended July 31, 2019. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ Friedman LLP 

 

New York, New York

June 12, 2020

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 23.2

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form F-3 (“Registration Statement”) of our report dated September 30, 2019, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Leaping Group Co., Ltd. as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”), included in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ Friedman LLP

 

New York, New York

June 12, 2020

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2019 and 2018 F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017 F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017 F-6
   
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 – F-24

 

F-1

 

 

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of 
Leaping Group Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Leaping Group Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Friedman LLP

​We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018. 

 

New York, New York 
September 30, 2019

 

 

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
ASSETS                
CURRENT ASSETS:                
Cash   $ 194,488     $ 19,564  
Accounts receivable, net     7,384,640       2,122,803  
Deposits     570,204       362,549  
Deferred offering costs     1,403,604       -  
Advances to suppliers     22,862       2,518  
Prepaid expenses and other receivables     96,499       29,985  
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS     9,672,297       2,537,419  
Inventories, net     332,542       291,509  
Property and equipment, net     1,015,959       -  
Deferred tax assets     78,222       64,581  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 11,099,020     $ 2,893,509  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES:                
Accounts payable   $ 449,058     $ 997  
Deferred revenue     189,268       219,936  
Taxes payable     2,726,821       1,616,184  
Accrued expense and other payables     1,173,555       162,777  
Due to related parties     567,346       25,541  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES     5,106,048       2,025,435  
TOTAL LIABILITIES     5,106,048       2,025,435  
                 
Commitments and contingencies                
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:                
Ordinary Shares, $0.00284 par value 50,000,000 shares authorized; 16,021,126.7606 and 17,605,633.8028 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2018, respectively *     45,500       50,000  
Additional paid-in capital     421,398       416,898  
Statutory reserve     875,271       356,336  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)     (54,021 )     10,000  
Retained earnings     4,704,824       34,840  
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     5,992,972       868,074  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   $ 11,099,020     $ 2,893,509  

 

*Retrospectively restated for effect of reverse split. Prior to the reverse split, the authorized share capital was US$50,000 and consisted of 50,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

  

   

For the Years Ended

June 30,

 
    2019     2018     2017  
REVENUE   $ 11,679,690     $ 5,037,793     $ 3,817,574  
Cost of revenue     3,297,582       1,544,569       869,772  
Business taxes and surcharges     90,011       108,230       67,008  
  Total cost of revenue     3,387,593       1,652,799       936,780  
GROSS PROFIT     8,292,097       3,384,994       2,880,794  
                         
Selling expenses     62,811       61,587       485,594  
General and administrative expenses     1,342,480       256,423       198,027  
  Total operating expenses     1,405,291       318,010       683,621  
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS     6,886,806       3,066,984       2,197,173  
                         
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)                        
Interest income     158       174       58  
Other income (expenses)     1,645       (2 )     (141 )
Total other income (expenses), net     1,803       172       (83 )
                         
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION     6,888,609       3,067,156       2,197,090  
                         
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES     1,699,690       741,557       554,521  
                         
NET INCOME     5,188,919       2,325,599       1,642,569  
Other comprehensive income (loss)     (64,021 )     13,470       2,855  
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME   $ 5,124,898     $ 2,339,069     $ 1,645,424  
                         
Earnings per common share - basic and diluted   $ 0.310     $ 0.132     $ 0.093  
Weighted average shares - basic and diluted*     16,728,728.5356       17,605,633.8028       17,605,633.8028  

 

* Retrospectively restated for effect of reverse split.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD

CONSOLIDATION STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

                          Accumulated         
                                  Other        
    Ordinary Shares     Additional     Statutory     Retained     Comprehensive     Shareholders'  
    Shares*     Amount    

Paid-in Capital

    Reserve    

Earnings

   

Income (Loss)

    Equity  
Balance, June 30, 2016     17,605,633.8028     $ 50,000     $ 416,898     $ -     $ (433,325 )   $ (6,325 )   $ 27,248  
                                                         
Net income for the year     -       -       -       -       1,642,569       -       1,642,569  
Appropriation of statutory reserves     -       -       -       123,759       (123,759 )     -       -  
Foreign currency translation gain     -       -       -       -       -       2,855       2,855  
Profit dividend     -       -       -       -       (986,044 )     -       (986,044 )
Balance, June 30, 2017     17,605,633.8028     $ 50,000     $ 416,898     $ 123,759     $ 99,441     $ (3,470 )   $ 686,628  
                                                         
Net income for the year     -       -       -       -       2,325,599       -       2,325,599  
Appropriation of statutory reserve     -       -       -       232,577       (232,577 )     -       -  
Foreign currency translation gain     -       -       -       -       -       13,470       13,470  
Profit dividend     -       -       -       -       (2,157,623 )     -       (2,157,623 )
Balance, June 30, 2018     17,605,633.8028     $ 50,000     $ 416,898     $ 356,336     $ 34,840     $ 10,000     $ 868,074  
                                                         
Share cancellation     (1,584,507.0422 )     (4,500 )     4,500       -       -       -       -  
Net income for the period     -       -       -       -       5,188,919       -       5,188,919  
Appropriation of statutory reserve     -       -       -       518,935       (518,935 )     -       -  
Foreign currency translation loss     -       -       -       -       -       (64,021 )     (64,021 )
Balance, June 30, 2019     16,021,126.7606     $ 45,500     $ 421,398     $ 875,271     $ 4,704,824     $ (54,021 )   $ 5,992,972  

 

* Retrospectively restated for effect of reverse split.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    For the Years Ended  
    June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net Income   $ 5,188,919     $ 2,325,599     $ 1,642,569  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:                        
Provision for doubtful accounts     87,166       39,055       -  
Depreciation of property and equipment     59,297       -       -  
Deferred tax benefit     (16,066 )     (38,019 )     172,525  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                        
Accounts receivable, net     (5,494,486 )     (1,297,604 )     (588,414 )
Deposits     (222,100 )     (279,725 )     49,321  
Advances to suppliers     (20,565 )     271,154       (223,329 )
Prepaid expenses and other receivables     (59,977 )     (30,508 )     -  
Inventories, net     (59,891 )     (141,640 )     (147,989 )
Accounts payable     327,165       (75,833 )     (767,522 )
Deferred revenue     (22,902 )     113,021       8,891  
Taxes payable     1,176,205       1,013,951       597,083  
Accrued expense and other payables     1,023,101       (260,813 )     357,363  
Net cash provided by operating activities     1,965,866       1,638,638       1,100,498  
                         
Cash flows from investing activities:                        
Purchase of property and equipment     (883,871 )     -       -  
Purchase of construction in progress     (34,807 )                
Net cash used in investing activities     (918,678 )     -       -  
                         
Cash flows from financing activities:                        
Proceeds from related party loans     542,088       417,857       (20,384 )
Deferred offering costs     (1,412,531 )     -       -  
Dividend payment to shareholders     -       (2,157,623 )     (986,044 )
Net cash used in financing activities     (870,443 )     (1,739,766 )     (1,006,428 )
                         
Effect of exchange rate fluctuation on cash     (1,821 )     4,499       52  
                         
Net increase (decrease) in cash     174,924       (96,629 )     94,122  
Cash at beginning of year     19,564       116,193       22,071  
Cash at end of year   $ 194,488     $ 19,564     $ 116,193  
                         
Supplemental cash flow information                        
Cash paid for income taxes   $ 415,688     $ 4,572     $ 3,809  
                         
Non-cash investing and financing activities                        
Non-cash payment for property and equipment purchase   $ 35,173     $ -     $ -  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD.  

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

 

Leaping Group Co., Ltd. (“Leaping Group” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 21, 2018.

 

On July 16, 2018, Yuezhong Media Co., Limited (“Yuezhong Media HK”) was incorporated in accordance with laws and regulations of Hong Kong. On September 4, 2018, Yuezhong International Co., Ltd (“Yuezhong International”) was incorporated under the law of British Virgin Islands. Leaping Group owns 100% of Yuezhong International. Yuezhong International owns 100% of Yuezhong Media HK. Yuezhong Media HK and Yuezhong International are currently not engaging in any active business and merely acting as holding companies.

 

On October, 12, 2018, Yuezhong (Shenyang) Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yuezhong Shenyang” or “WFOE”) was incorporated, as a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”). WFOE is wholly owned by Yuezhong Media HK.

 

Leaping Media Group Co., Ltd (“LMG”) was incorporated on November 19, 2013, as a limited company pursuant to PRC laws. LMG also owns 100% of the following companies: Horgos Xinyuezhong Film Media Co., Ltd., incorporated on December 25, 2017 and dissolved on April 17, 2019; Shenyang Tianniu Media Co., Ltd. (“Shenyang Tianniu”), incorporated on January 10, 2013; Yuezhong Media (Dalian) Co., Ltd., incorporated on March 15, 2016; Yuezhong (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd., incorporated on May 26, 2017; Harbin Yuechuzhong Media Co., Ltd. (“Harbin Yuechuzhong”), incorporated on January 10, 2018; Shenyang Xiagong Hotel Management Co., Ltd., incorporated on June 11, 2018; and Liaoning Leaping International Cinema Management Co., Ltd. (“Liaoning Cinema”), incorporated on September 29, 2018.

 

On October 15, 2018, WFOE entered into a series of agreements with the shareholders of LMG. These agreements are designed to provide WFOE with the power, rights, and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of LMG, including absolute control rights and the rights to the assets, property, and revenue of LMG. According to the Exclusive Service Agreement, LMG is obligated to pay service fees to WFOE approximately equal to the net income of LMG. In essence, WFOE has gained effective control over LMG. Therefore, the Company believes that LMG should be considered as a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810 “Consolidation.” Accordingly, the accounts of LMG are consolidated with those of WFOE and are ultimately consolidated into those of Leaping Group.

 

The above-mentioned transaction was considered a reorganization of the Company (the “Reorganization”). After the Reorganization, Leaping Group ultimately owns 100% equity interests of Yuezhong Media HK and WFOE, which further has the effective control over the operating entity, LMG and its subsidiaries through the VIE agreements.

 

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-50-25, the Reorganization has been accounted for as a recapitalization among entities under common control since the same controlling shareholder controlled all these entities before and after the Reorganization. The consolidation of the Company and its subsidiaries has been accounted for at historical cost and prepared on the basis as if the aforementioned transactions had become effective as of the beginning of the first period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Results of operations for the period presented comprise those of the previously separate entities combined from the beginning of the period to the end of the period. By eliminating the effects of intra-entity transactions in determining the results of operations for the period before the Reorganization, those results will be on substantially the same basis as the results of operations for the period after the date of combination. The effects of intra-entity transactions on current assets, current liabilities, revenue, and cost of sales for periods presented and on retained earnings (accumulated deficit) at the beginning of the periods presented are eliminated to the extent possible. Furthermore, ASC 805-50-45-5 indicates that the financial statements and financial information presented for prior years also shall be retrospectively adjusted to furnish comparative information.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION (Continued) 

 

Leaping Group, through its subsidiaries and its VIE (collectively, the “Group”), is principally engaged in the Multi-Channel Advertising Business, Event Planning and Execution Business, Film Production Business and Movie Theater Operating Business in China.

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and have been consistently applied. The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Leaping Group, its subsidiaries and its affiliates controlled by the VIE agreements. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Details of the subsidiaries and VIEs of the Company are set out below:

 

Name of Entity Date of
Incorporation
Place of
Incorporation
% of
Ownership
Principal Activities
Parent company:
                           
Leaping Group Co., Ltd August 21, 2018 Cayman Islands Parent Investment holding
                           
Subsidiaries:
                           
Yuezhong International Co., Ltd September 4, 2018 British Virgin Islands 100% Investment holding
                           
Yuezhong Media Co., Limited July 16, 2018 Hong Kong 100% Investment holding
                           
Yuezhong (Shenyang) Technology Co., Ltd. October, 12, 2018 PRC 100% Investment holding
                           
Variable interest entities:
                           
Leaping Media Group Co., Ltd. November 19, 2013 PRC Nil Multi-Channel advertising, event planning and execution, film production

 

Subsidiaries of variable interest entity:
                           
Yuezhong (Beijing) Film Co., Ltd. May 26, 2017 PRC Nil Film production
                           
Yuezhong Media (Dalian) Co., Ltd. March 15, 2016 PRC Nil Advertising
                           
Shenyang Tianniu Media Co., Ltd. January 10, 2013 PRC Nil Advertising
                           
Shenyang Xiagong Hotel Management Co., Ltd. June 11, 2018 PRC Nil Hotel management  
                             
Harbin Yuechuzhong Media Co., Ltd. January 10, 2018 PRC Nil Event planning and execution  
                             
Horgos Xinyuezhong Film Media Co., Ltd.

December 25, 2017

 

(Dissolved on April 17,2019)

 

PRC Nil Film production  
Liaoning Leaping International Cinema Management Co., Ltd. September 29, 2018 PRC Nil Movie Theater Operating  

 

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

The Company has adopted the guidance of accounting for VIE, which requires the VIE to be consolidated by the primary beneficiary of the entity. The Company’s management made evaluations of the relationships between the Company and its VIE and the economic benefit flow of contractual arrangements with the VIE. In connection with such evaluation, management also took into account the fact that, as a result of such contractual arrangements, the Company controls the shareholders’ voting interests in the VIE. As a result of such evaluation, management concluded that the Company is the primary beneficiary of its VIE. As a result, the Company consolidates all of its VIE in its consolidated financial statements.

 

Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities

 

In accordance with accounting standards regarding consolidation of VIEs, VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. The VIE with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes. The Company has determined that WFOE is the primary beneficiary of LMG’s risks and rewards.

 

The following tables set forth the assets, liabilities, results of operations, and changes in cash of the VIE, LMG, which were included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, statements of income and comprehensive income and cash flows:

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Current assets   $ 9,672,297     $ 2,537,419  
Non-current assets     1,426,723       356,090  
Total assets     11,099,020       2,893,509  
Current liabilities     5,106,048       2,025,435  
Total liabilities     5,106,048       2,025,435  
Net assets   $ 5,992,972     $ 868,074  

 

    For the years ended June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
Revenue   $ 11,679,690     $ 5,037,793     $ 3,817,574  
Net income   $ 5,188,919     $ 2,325,599     $ 1,642,569  

 

    For the years ended June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
Net cash provided by operating activities   $ 1,965,866     $ 1,638,638     $ 1,100,498  
Net cash used in investing activities     (918,678 )     -       -  
Net cash used in financing activities     (870,443 )     (1,739,766 )     ​(1,006,428 )
Effect of exchange rate fluctuation on cash     (1,821 )     4,499       52  
Net increase (decrease) in cash   $ 174,924     $ (96,629 )   $ 94,122  

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates that affect the amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the reporting date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the allowances for doubtful accounts. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investment instruments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company had no cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash with various financial institutions mainly in the PRC. Balances in banks in the PRC are uninsured.

 

Accounts Receivable, net

 

Accounts receivable are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an estimated allowance for uncollectible accounts.

 

The Company determines the adequacy of reserves for doubtful accounts based on individual account analysis and historical collection trends. The Company establishes a provision for doubtful receivables when there is objective evidence that the Company may not be able to collect amounts due. The allowance is based on management’s best estimates of specific losses on individual exposures, as well as a provision on historical trends of collections. The provision is recorded against accounts receivables balances, with a corresponding charge recorded in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Actual amounts received may differ from management’s estimate of credit worthiness and the economic environment. Delinquent account balances are written-off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the allowances for doubtful accounts from accounts receivable were $123,621 and $38,386, respectively.

 

Inventories, net

 

The Company produces and contracts third parties to produce films and television series to be shown in movie theaters and/or on popular online portal. Produced content includes direct production costs, production overhead and acquisition costs and is stated at the lower of unamortized cost or estimated fair value. Produced content also includes cash expenditures made to enter into arrangements with third parties to co-produce certain of its theatrical and television productions.

 

The Company uses the individual-film-forecast-computation method and amortizes the produced content based on the ratio of current period actual revenue (numerator) to estimated remaining unrecognized ultimate revenue as of the beginning of the fiscal year (denominator) in accordance with ASC subtopic 926-20, Entertainment — Films, Other Assets — Film Costs (“ASC 926-20”). Ultimate revenue estimates for the produced content are periodically reviewed and adjustments, if any, will result in prospective changes to amortization rates. When estimates of total revenues and other events or changes in circumstances indicate that a film or television series has a fair value that is less than its unamortized cost, a loss is recognized currently for the amount by which the unamortized cost exceeds the film or television series’ fair value. For the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, based on management analysis, no impairment was recorded.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

Property and Equipment, net

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line method over their expected useful lives, as follows:

 

    Useful life
Furniture, fixtures and equipment   5 years
Transportation vehicles   3-5 years
Leasehold improvement   Lesser of useful life and lease term

 

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, which do not materially extend the useful lives of the assets, are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments which substantially extend the useful life of assets are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets retired or sold are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income in income from operations.

 

Accounts Payable

 

Accounts payable includes all operating payables, including those related to all media and production costs. These payables are due within 12 months.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues are principally derived from the Multi-Channel Advertising Business, Event Planning and Execution Business, Film Production Business, and Movie Theater Operating Business.

 

On July 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC Topic 606”) using the modified retrospective method for contracts that were not completed as of July 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and no adjustments to opening retained earnings were made as the Company’s revenue was recognized based on the amount of consideration expects to receive in exchange for satisfying the performance obligations.

 

ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the entity’s contracts to provide goods or services to customers. The core principle requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that it expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services recognized as performance obligations are satisfied.

 

ASC 606 requires the use of a new five-step model to recognize revenue from customer contracts. The five-step model requires that the Company (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant future reversal will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation. The application of the five-step model to the revenue streams compared to the prior guidance did not result in significant changes in the way the Company records its revenue. The Company has assessed the impact of the guidance by reviewing its existing customer contracts and current accounting policies and practices to identify differences that will result from applying the new requirements, including the evaluation of its performance obligations, transaction price, customer payments, transfer of control and principal versus agent considerations. Based on the assessment, the Company concluded that there was no change to the timing and pattern of revenue recognition for its current revenue streams in scope of Topic 606 and therefore there was no material changes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption of ASC 606.

 

F-11

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

Multi-Channel advertising

 

The Company’s Multi-Channel Advertising Services include pre-movie advertisements display, elevator and supermarket advertising, and brand promotion. Most of the Company’s client contracts are individually negotiated and, accordingly, the service period and prices vary significantly. Service periods typically range from one day to one year.

 

The Company provides advertising services over the contract period. Revenues from advertising services are recognized on straight-line basis over the contract period, which approximates the pattern of when the underlying services are performed. Prepayments for advertising services are deferred and recognized as revenue when the advertising services are rendered and the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied.

 

The Company also provides advertising services through its regional distributors. Pursuant to advertising services distribution agreements, the Company grants the regional distributors the exclusive rights to provide local pre-movie advertising. The advertising services distribution agreements with these regional distributors typically have terms ranging from 11 to 24 months without automatic renewal provisions. Under the advertising services distribution agreements, the Company has the right to set the minimum local pre-movie advertisement prices in the movie theaters, regulate the content and quality of local pre-movie advertisements according to related laws and movie theater rules, and examine the source of local pre-movie advertisements and refuse to display advertisements from any competitors. The receipt of distribution fee is initially recorded as deferred revenue and is recognized as revenue ratably as services are rendered and the Company’s performance obligations are satisfied.

 

Event planning and execution

 

The Company’s Event Planning and Execution Business includes planning and arrangement of events, and production of related advertising materials. From the preparation of the events to executing it typically takes no more than one week. Revenue is realized when the service is performed in accordance with the client arrangement and upon the completion of the earnings process.

 

Film production

 

The Company has already finished the production of one television series and is in the process of producing more television series and movies. Revenues from the online distribution of the television series are recognized when viewers have clicked the content and viewed the content for certain length, as agreed with the distributors.

 

Movie Theater Operating

 

The Company’s movie theater operating revenues are generated primarily from box office admissions and theater food and beverage sales. Revenues of this business line are recognized when admissions and food and beverage sales are received at the theaters and are reported net of sales tax. The Company defers 100% of the revenue associated with the sales of gift cards and packaged tickets until such time as the items are redeemed.

 

Contract Balances and Remaining Performance Obligations

 

Contract balances typically arise when a difference in timing between the transfer of control to the customer and receipt of consideration occurs.

 

The Company’s contract assets, consist primarily of accounts receivable related to providing multi-channel advertising and event planning and execution services to customers, in which the Company’s contracted performance obligations have been satisfied, amount billed and the Company has an unconditional right to payment. The Company had accounts receivable related to revenues from contracts with customers of  $7,384,640 and $2,122,803 as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

F-12

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

The Company’s contract liabilities, which are reflected in its consolidated balance sheets as deferred revenue of  $189,268 and $219,936 as of June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, consist primarily of the Company’s unsatisfied performance obligations as of the balance sheet dates.

 

Refer to Note 12 — Segment reporting for details of revenue segregation.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

Cost of the multi-channel advertising revenues consists primarily of payments to movie theater operators for pre-movie advertising right and the billboards of elevators and supermarkets.

 

Cost of event planning and execution consists primarily of advertising design costs, salary and benefits expenses, leasing costs, and other related expenses.

 

Cost of film production consists primarily of direct production costs and production overhead.

 

Cost of movie theater operating consists primarily of film exhibition costs, which is accrued on the applicable admissions revenues and estimates of the final settlement pursuant to film licenses of the Company. These licenses typically state that rental fees are based on aggregate terms established prior to the opening of the film.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period including the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

 

The provisions of ASC 740-10-25, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” prescribe a more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax return. This interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax positions, and related disclosures. The Company does not believe that there was any uncertain tax position at June 30, 2019 and 2018.

 

The Company’s operating subsidiary and VIE in China are subject to the income tax laws of the PRC. No taxable income was generated outside the PRC for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017. As of June 30, 2019, the tax years ended December 31, 2014, through December 31, 2018, for the Company’s PRC subsidiary and VIE remain open for statutory examination by PRC tax authorities.

 

Value Added Tax (“VAT”)

 

Sales revenue derived from advertising service revenues is subject to VAT. The applicable VAT rates for the Company is 6% for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

 

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 the line item of taxes payable on the consolidated balance sheets. All of the VAT returns of the Company have been and remain subject to examination by the tax authorities for five years from the date of filing.

 

F-13

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

Since the Company operates in the PRC, the Company’s functional currency is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been translated into the reporting currency, the United States Dollar (“USD or US$”). Assets and liabilities of the Company are translated at the exchange rate at each reporting period end date. Equity is translated at historical rates. Income and expense accounts are translated at the average rate of exchange during the reporting period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses resulting from the translations of foreign currency transactions and balances are reflected in the result of operations. RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US$ at the rates used in translation.

 

    June 30, 2019   June 30, 2018   June 30, 2017
Year-end spot rate   US$1=RMB6.8668   US$1=RMB6.6198   US$1=RMB6.7774
Average rate   US$1=RMB6.8234   US$1=RMB6.5064   US$1=RMB6.8124

 

Earnings per Share

 

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (for example, convertible securities, options and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (namely those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS. There is no anti-dilutive effect for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income (loss). The foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the financial statements expressed in RMB to US$ is reported in other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. ASC 820 clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

 

Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

 

Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions on what assumptions the market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best available information.

 

F-14

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, deposits, deferred offering costs, other current assets, accounts payable, deferred revenue, taxes payable, other payables, and due to related parties approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, which cover a wide range of matters. Liabilities for contingencies are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated.

 

If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss is incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is accrued in the Company’s 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, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss, if determinable and material, would be disclosed.

 

Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the nature of the guarantee would be disclosed.

 

Concentration and Credit Risk

 

Substantially all of the Company’s operating activities are transacted in RMB, which is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. All foreign exchange transactions take place either through the People’s Bank of China or other banks authorized to buy and sell foreign currencies at the exchange rates quoted by the People’s Bank of China. Approval of foreign currency payments by the People’s Bank of China or other regulatory institutions requires submitting a payment application form together with suppliers’ invoices, shipping documents and signed contracts.

 

The Company maintains certain bank accounts in the PRC, Hong Kong, and British Virgin Islands, which are not insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance or other insurance. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, $143,128 and $14,205 of the Company’s cash were on deposit at financial institutions in the PRC where there currently is no rule or regulation requiring such financial institutions to maintain insurance to cover bank deposits in the event of bank failure.

 

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and derived from revenue earned from customers, thereby exposed to credit risk. The risk is mitigated by the Company’s assessment of its customers’ creditworthiness and its ongoing monitoring of outstanding balances.

 

The Company’s sales are made to customers that are located primarily in China. The Company has a concentration of its revenues and receivables with specific customers. For the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, a major customer accounted for 15%, 13% and 43% of the Company’s total revenue, respectively.

 

As of June 30, 2019, four customers represented 29%, 13%, 11% and 11% of the net accounts receivable balance. As of June 30, 2018, two customers represented 36% and 22% of the net accounts receivable balance, respectively.

 

For the year ended June 30, 2019, the Company purchased 51% and 18% of its services from two suppliers, respectively. For the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company purchased approximately 84% and 80% of its services from one major supplier, respectively.

 

Statements of Cash Flows

 

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 230, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the Company are calculated based upon the local currencies and translated at the average rate of exchange during the reporting period. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.

 

F-15

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The main objective is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, for (1) public business entities, (2) not-for-profit entities that have issued, or are conduit bond obligors for, securities that are traded, listed, or quoted on an exchange or an over-the-counter market, and (3) employee benefit plans that file financial statements with the SEC. For all other entities, the ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities. The Company will adopt this new lease standard within annual reporting period of June 30, 2020, and the Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its financial statements and related disclosures, and the Company estimated that the adoption of this AUS will not have material impact on the results of the operations and cash flows.

 

In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260),” Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The amendments in Part I of this Update change the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. When determining whether certain financial instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments, a down round feature no longer precludes equity classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. The amendments in Part II of this Update re-characterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. For public business entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The Company expects that the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

In September 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-13, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Leases (Topic 842).” The main objective of this pronouncement is to clarify the effective date of the adoption of ASC Topic 606 and ASC Topic 842 and the definition of public business entity as stipulated in ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2016-02. ASU 2014-09 provides that a public business entity and certain other specified entities adopt ASC Topic 606 for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. All other entities are required to adopt ASC Topic 606 for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. ASU 2016-12 requires that “a public business entity and certain other specified entities adopt ASC Topic 842 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. All other entities are required to adopt ASC Topic 842 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.” ASU 2017-13 clarifies that the SEC would not object to certain public business entities electing to use the non-public business entities effective dates for applying ASC 606 and ASC 842. ASU 2017-13, however, limits such election to certain public business entities that “otherwise would not meet the definition of a public business entity except for a requirement to include or inclusion of its financial statements or financial information in another entity’s filings with the SEC.” The Company adopted ASC 606 on July 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method. The Company has completed the assessment of the impact of this new guidance by reviewing its existing customer contracts and current accounting policies and practices to identify differences that might result from applying the new requirements, including the evaluation of its performance obligations, transaction price, customer payments, transfer of control and principal versus agent considerations. Based on the assessment, the Company concluded that there was no change to the timing and pattern of revenue recognition for its current revenue streams in the scope of Topic 606. The adoption of Topic 606 did not result in a cumulative catch-up adjustment to the Company’s opening balance sheets of retained earnings at the effective date and therefore there were no material changes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

F-16

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

In November 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-14, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which amends certain aspects of the new revenue recognition standard. This standard will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company adopted ASC 606 on July 1, 2018, using the modified retrospective method. There was no change to the timing and pattern of revenue recognition for its current revenue streams in scope of Topic 606. The adoption of Topic 606 did not result in a cumulative catch-up adjustment to the Company’s opening balance sheets of retained earnings at the effective date and therefore there were no material changes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-05 — Income Taxes (Topic 740): Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“ASU 2018-05”), which amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification and XBRL Taxonomy based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) that was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) that was released by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Act changes numerous provisions that impact U.S. corporate tax rates, business-related exclusions, and deductions and credits and may additionally have international tax consequences for many companies that operate internationally. The Company does not believe this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, “Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases,” which clarifies how to apply certain aspects of the new leases standard. This ASU addresses the rate implicit in the lease, impairment of the net investment in the lease, lessee reassessment of lease classification, lessor reassessment of lease term and purchase options, variable payments that depend on an index or rate and certain transition adjustments. This ASU has the same effective date and transition requirements as the new leases standard, which is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its financial statements and related disclosures, and the Company estimated that the adoption of this AUS will not have material impact on the results of the operations and cash flows.

 

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements” which provides a new transition method and a practical expedient for separating components of a contract. This ASU is intended to reduce costs and ease the implementation of the new leasing standard for financial statement preparers. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments related to separating components of a contract are the same as the effective date and transition requirements in ASU 2016-02. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its financial statements and related disclosures, and the Company estimated that the adoption of this AUS will not have material impact on the results of the operations and cash flows.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement,” to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in the notes to financial statements related to recurring or nonrecurring fair value measurements by removing amounts and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the policy for timing of transfers between levels, and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements. The new standard requires disclosure of the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. The amendments in this update are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company expects that the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

F-17

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) 

 

On March 6, 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-02, Entertainment — Films — Other Assets — Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment — Broadcasters — Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 920-350): Improvements to Accounting for Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials. ASU 2019-02 helps organizations align their accounting for production costs for films and episodic content produced for television and streaming services. For public business entities, the amendments in ASU 2019-02 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including early adoption in an interim period. The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively. Under a prospective transition, an entity should apply the amendments at the beginning of the period that includes the adoption date. The Company is now assessing the impact of the new guidance and does not expects that the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The Company does not believe other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, statements of operations and cash flows.

 

NOTE 3 — ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Accounts receivable   $ 7,508,261     $ 2,161,189  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts     (123,621 )     (38,386 )
Accounts receivable, net   $ 7,384,640     $ 2,122,803  

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts movement is as follows:

 

    For the years ended June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
Beginning balance   $ 38,386     $ -     $ -  
Provision for doubtful accounts     87,166       39,055       -  
Foreign currency translation adjustments     (1,931 )     (669 )     -  
Ending balance   $ 123,621     $ 38,386     $ -  

 

F-18

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 4 — DEFERRED OFFERING COSTS

 

Deferred offering costs consisted principally of legal, underwriting, and other professional service expenses in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “IPO”) of the Company’s ordinary shares. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company capitalized $1,403,604 and $Nil of deferred offering costs. Such costs will be deferred until the closing of the IPO, at which time the deferred costs will be offset against the offering proceeds.

 

NOTE 5 — INVENTORIES, NET

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Film production costs   $       $    
In development     8,817       109,739  
In production     323,725       -  
Total film production costs     332,542       109,739  
                 
Television production costs                
Released, less accumulated amortization     -       181,770  
Total television production costs     -       181,770  
Total inventories   $ 332,542     $ 291,509  

 

Amortization expense was $176,346, $Nil and $Nil for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

The Company expects to amortize $323,725 of the film production costs during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

 

NOTE 6 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

Property and equipment, net, consist of the following:

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment   $ 404,352     $      -  
Leasehold improvement     600,991       -  
Transportation vehicles     34,951       -  
Subtotal     1,040,294       -  
Less: accumulated depreciation     (58,922 )     -  
    $ 981,372     $ -  
Construction in Progress   $ 34,587     $ -  
Property and equipment, net   $ 1,015,959     $ -  

 

Depreciation expense was $59,297, $Nil and $Nil for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

F-19

 

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 7 — ACCRUED EXPENSE AND OTHER PAYABLES

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Deposits from customers   $ 36,255     $ 162,241  
Deferred offering costs payable     901,763       -  
Professional service fees payable     104,982       -  
Accrued expense     123,932       -  
Others     6,623       536  
    $ 1,173,555     $ 162,777  

 

Deposits from customers were mainly received from advertising agents for multi-channel advertising.

 

NOTE 8 — TAXES

 

a. VAT, Business Tax and related surcharges

 

Effective on September 1, 2012, a pilot program (the “Pilot Program”) for transition from the imposition of PRC business tax (“Business Tax”) to the imposition of VAT for revenues from certain industries and certain cities. On May 1, 2016, the transition from the imposition of Business Tax to the imposition of VAT, was expanded to all industries in China, and as a result all of the Company’s revenues have been subject to a 6% VAT and related surcharges on VAT payable at a rate of 12% since that date. To record VAT payable, the Company adopted the net presentation method, which presents the difference between the output VAT (at a rate of 6%) and the available input VAT amount (at the rate applicable to the supplier).

 

There is a culture construction fee surcharge of 3% on gross revenues from the multi-channel advertising businesses.

 

b. Income tax

 

Cayman Islands

 

Under the current tax laws of the Cayman Islands, the Company is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. In addition, no Cayman Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon the payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders.

 

British Virgin Islands

 

Yuezhong International was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is not subject to income taxes or capital gain tax under current laws of British Virgin Islands.

 

Hong Kong

 

Entities incorporated in Hong Kong are subject to profits tax in Hong Kong at the rate of 16.5% for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and there are no withholding taxes in Hong Kong on remittance of dividends.

 

China

 

The Corporate Income Tax Law generally applies an income tax rate of 25% to all enterprises. Once an enterprise meets certain requirements and is identified as a small-scale minimal profit enterprise, the part of its taxable income not more than RMB1 million is subject to a reduced rate of 5% and the part between RMB1 million and 3 million is subject to a reduced rate of 10%.

 

F-20

 

 

LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 8 — TAXES (Continued) 

 

(i)The components of the income tax provision are as follows:

 

    For the years ended June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
Current income tax provision   $ 1,715,756     $ 779,576     $ 381,996  
Deferred income tax benefit     (16,066 )     (38,019 )     172,525  
Total   $ 1,699,690     $ 741,557     $ 554,521  

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(ii)The following table summarizes deferred tax assets resulting from differences between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of assets and liabilities:

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30, 2018  
Allowance for doubtful accounts   $ 30,905     $ 9,597  
Deferred revenue     47,317       54,984  
Total deferred tax assets   $ 78,222     $ 64,581  

 

No valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets is considered necessary since the Company believes that it will more likely than not to utilize the future benefits.

 

The following table reconciles the statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

 

    For the years ended June 30,  
    2019     2018     2017  
China Statutory income tax rate     25 %     25  %     25  %
Favorable tax rate impact (a)     (0.4 )%     -       -  
Non-deductible expenses (non-taxable income)-permanent difference     0.1 %     (0.8 )%     0.2 %
Effective tax rate     24.7 %     24.2 %     25.2 %

 

(a) Shenyang Tianniu, Harbin Yuechuzhong and Liaoning Cinema are subject to corporate income tax at a reduced rate of 10% as approved by local government as small-scaled minimal profit enterprises.

 

c. Taxes payable

 

Taxes payable consisted of the following:

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Value-added tax   $ 160,781     $ 297,366  
Corporate income tax     2,399,384       1,148,887  
Related surcharges on VAT payable     166,656       169,931  
Total   $ 2,726,821     $ 1,616,184  

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 9 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Ordinary shares

 

When the Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 21, 2018, 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares were authorized, issued and outstanding at par value of US$0.001.

 

On August 24, 2018, the Company issued 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares to certain founder shareholders in connection with entering into the VIE contractual arrangements. On October 19, 2018, one of the Company’s founder shareholders, Asia Equity Exchange Group Co., Ltd., transferred 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares it owned to Mr. Bo Jiang, chairman of the Company. On October 23, 2018, Mr. Bo Jiang transferred 4,500,000 Ordinary Shares to ATIF Holdings Limited, (“ATIF,” formerly known as Asia Times Holdings Limited), a British Virgin Islands company, as compensation for consulting services to be provided by Qianhai Asia Era (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd., a PRC company and a VIE of ATIF (“Qianhai,” formerly known as Qianhai Asia Times (Shenzhen) International Financial Services Co., Ltd.), in connection with the Company’s proposed initial public offering. Pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Consulting Agreement between Qianhai and LMG dated December 10, 2018, ATIF agreed to receive cash instead of Ordinary Shares as compensation. As a result, the 4,500,000 Ordinary Shares previously held by ATIF have been returned to the Company and cancelled.

 

On February 26, 2019, the Company’s shareholders approved a reverse split of the outstanding Ordinary Shares at a ratio of 1-for-2.84 shares, which was effected on February 26, 2019 (the “Share Consolidation”). All references to Ordinary Shares, options to purchase Ordinary Shares, share data, per share data, and related information have been retroactively adjusted, where applicable, in this annual report to reflect the reverse split of the Company’s Ordinary Shares as if it had occurred at the beginning of the earlier period presented. Furthermore, on February 26, 2019, the authorized share capital was increased to US$142,000 divided into 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares of  $0.00284 each, and therefore the Company maintains the same number of shares that were previously available to be issued prior to the Share Consolidation (that being 50,000,000). The Company believes it is appropriate to reflect the Share Consolidation on a retroactive basis pursuant to ASC 260. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, there were 50,000,000 Ordinary Shares authorized at par value of  $0.00284, and 16,021,126.7606 and 17,605,633.8028 (respectively) shares issued and outstanding, giving the effect of the Share Consolidation and the share repurchase detailed above.

 

Statutory reserve

 

The Company is required to make appropriations to certain reserve funds, comprising the statutory surplus reserve and the discretionary surplus reserve, based on after-tax net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the PRC (“PRC GAAP”). Appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve are required to be at least 10% of the after-tax net income determined in accordance with PRC GAAP until the reserve is equal to 50% of the entity’s registered capital. Appropriations to the surplus reserve are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors. As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the balance of statutory reserves was $875,271 and $356,336, respectively.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 10 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

a) The table below sets forth the major related parties and their relationships with the Company:

 

Name of related party   Relationship with the Company
Tao Jiang   CEO and director of the Company

 

b) The Group had the following related party balances with the major related party:

 

As of June 30, 2019 and 2018, the balances of due to related party were mainly loans provided by the CEO and director of the Company to fund the Company’s operations as set forth in the table below. The payables are unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand.

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Amount due to Tao Jiang   $ 567,346     $ 25,541  
Total due to related party   $ 567,346     $ 25,541  

 

NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS

 

Operating lease commitments

 

The Company leases facilities in the PRC under non-cancelable operating leases expiring on different dates. Payments under operating leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the periods of the respective leases. The Company’s lease agreements are entered into with third parties and usually have a renewal option with an advance notice period of one to 12 months, and no restrictions or contingent rents. For lease agreements with escalated rental payments, they are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

The Company’s leases mainly include office buildings and movie theaters. Rental expense charged to operations under operating leases for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, amounted to 335,379, $50,212 and $34,801, respectively.

 

Future minimum lease obligations for operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year at June 30, 2019 are as follows:

 

For the 12 months ending June 30,        
         
2020   $ 521,905  
2021     475,359  
2022     474,797  
2023     486,265  
2024     489,823  
Thereafter     2,646,590  
Total   $ 5,094,739  

 

NOTE 12 — SEGMENT REPORTING

 

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for details on the Company’s business segments. The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. Management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operation results by the revenue of different services. Based on management’s assessment, the Company has determined that it has four operating segments: multi-channel advertising, event planning and execution, film production and movie theater operating.

 

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LEAPING GROUP CO., LTD. 

 

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

NOTE 12 — SEGMENT REPORTING (Continued) 

 

The following tables present summary information by segment for the years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively:

 

    For the year ended June 30, 2019  
    Multi-Channel
Advertising
    Event
Planning and
Execution
    Film
Production
    Movie
Theater
Operating
    Total  
Revenue   $ 7,958,143     $ 2,604,892     $ 775,080     $ 341,575     $ 11,679,690  
Cost of revenue and related taxes     2,580,905       475,901       182,319       148,468       3,387,593  
Gross profit     5,377,238       2,128,991       592,761       193,107       8,292,097  
Operating expenses     957,517       313,419       93,257       41,098       1,405,291  
Income from operations     4,419,721       1,815,572       499,504       152,009       6,886,806  
Net income   $ 3,330,128     $ 1,367,902     $ 376,347     $ 114,542     $ 5,188,919  

 

    For the year ended June 30, 2018  
    Multi-Channel
Advertising
    Event
Planning and
Execution
    Film
Production
    Movie
Theater
Operating
    Total  
Revenue   $ 4,005,598     $ 1,032,195     $          -     $         -     $ 5,037,793  
Cost of revenue and related taxes     1,443,464       209,335       -       -       1,652,799  
Gross profit     2,562,134       822,860       -       -       3,384,994  
Operating expenses     252,853       65,157       -       -       318,010  
Income from operations     2,309,281       757,703       -       -       3,066,984  
Net income   $ 1,751,062     $ 574,537     $ -     $ -     $ 2,325,599  

 

    For the year ended June 30, 2017  
    Multi-Channel
Advertising
    Event
Planning and
Execution
    Film
Production
    Movie
Theater
Operating
    Total  
Revenue   $ 2,175,371     $ 1,642,203     $         -     $          -     $ 3,817,574  
Cost of revenue and related taxes     807,590       129,190       -       -       936,780  
Gross profit     1,367,781       1,513,013       -       -       2,880,794  
Operating expenses     389,548       294,073       -       -       683,621  
Income from operations     978,233       1,218,940       -       -       2,197,173  
Net income   $ 731,303     $ 911,266     $ -     $ -     $ 1,642,569  

 

    As of June 30,
2019
    As of June 30,
2018
 
Total assets:   $     $  
Multi-Channel Advertising     7,311,842       2,068,875  
Event Planning and Execution     2,393,342       533,125  
Film Production     332,542       291,509  
Movie Theater Operating     1,061,294       -  
Total Assets   $ 11,099,020     $ 2,893,509  

 

NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

These consolidated financial statements were approved by management and available for issuance on September 30, 2019. The Company evaluated subsequent events through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued.

 

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