As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2018

Registration No. 333-222208

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 1 to

 

FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

AERKOMM INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   4899   46-3424568
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

923 Incline Way #39

Incline Village, NV 89451

(877) 742-3094

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Jeffrey Wun

Chief Executive Officer

Aerkomm Inc.

923 Incline Way #39

Incline Village, NV 89451

(877) 742-3094

(Names, addresses and telephone numbers of agents for service)

 

Copy to:

 

Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.

BEVILACQUA PLLC

1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 869-0888

Fang Liu, Esq.

Mei & Mark LLP

818 18th Street NW, Suite 410

Washington, DC 20006-3506

(888) 860-5678

 

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

 

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. ☒

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

  Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐
  Non-accelerated filer ☐  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company ☒
    Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered   Amount to be
Registered (1)
   

Proposed

maximum offering

price per security (2)

    Proposed maximum aggregate offering
price (2)(3)
    Amount of registration fee (4)  
                                 
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share     [*] shares     $ [*]     $ 69,000,000     $ 8,590.50  
Underwriter Warrants (5)                     -          
Shares of Common Stock Underlying Underwriter Warrants (6)                   $ 4,485,000     $ 558.40  

 

 

 

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(3) Includes shares that may be sold pursuant to the exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriter to cover over-subscriptions, if any.
(4) $4,980.00 of the registration fee for the common stock was previously paid and $3,610.50 is being paid herewith; $323.70 of the registration fee for the shares of common stock underlying the underwriter warrants was previously paid and $234.70 is being paid herewith.
(5) In accordance with Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, because the shares of the registrant’s shares of common stock underlying the Underwriter Warrants are being registered hereby, no separate registration fee is required with respect to the warrants registered hereby.
(6) We have agreed to issue, on the closing date of this offering, warrants to our underwriter, exercisable at a rate of one warrant per share to purchase up to 6.5% of the securities sold by the Registrant in this offering (the “Underwriter Warrants”).  Assuming an offering price of $[•] per share and full exercise of the underwriter’s over-subscription option, on the closing date the underwriter would receive Underwriter Warrants to purchase [*] shares of our common stock at an aggregate purchase price of $[•]. The exercise price of the Underwriter Warrants is equal to 100% of the price of the common stock offered hereby. The Underwriter Warrants are exercisable within five years of the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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 offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY [*], 2018

 

AERKOMM iNC.  

UP TO $60,000,000 OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

We are offering up to $60,000,000 of shares of common stock on a best efforts basis as described in this prospectus, with a minimum offering amount of approximately $5,000,000, and a maximum offering amount of $60,000,000. We expect that the price to the public in this offering will be between $[*] and $[*] per share.

Our common stock is quoted for trading on the OTC Markets Group Inc. OTCQX Best Market under the symbol “AKOM.” On [*], 2018, the last reported sale price of our common stock on OTCQX was $[*]. Prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to this prospectus, we plan to file an application to the have the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “AKOM.”

INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES SIGNIFICANT RISKS. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 8 AND CONSIDER RISK FACTORS DESCRIBED HEREIN OR REFERRED TO IN ANY DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED 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 determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.  

Boustead Securities, LLC is the underwriter for this offering. The underwriter is selling our shares in this offering on a best efforts basis and is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares offered by this prospectus, but will use its best efforts to sell such shares. We have granted the underwriter the option for a period of 45 days to purchase up to an additional 15% of the total number of shares of common stock to be offered by us in this offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, solely to cover over-subscriptions, if any.  If the underwriter exercises the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us will be $[*], and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be [*]. We do not intend to close this offering unless we sell at least $5,000,000 of shares, at the price per share set forth in the table below. This offering will terminate on [      ], 2018 (which we refer to as the Initial Offering Termination Date), which date may be extended to a date up to and including [        ], 2018 (which we refer to as the Offering Termination Date), unless we sell the maximum amount of shares set forth below before that date or we decide to terminate this offering prior to that date. In addition, in the event that the maximum amount has been met on or prior to the Offering Termination Date, the underwriter may exercise the over-subscription option on or prior to the Offering Termination Date to extend the offering for an additional 45 days. All subscription agreements and wire transfers should be sent to Signature Bank New York (“Signature Bank”), 905 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022. The gross proceeds of this offering will be deposited at Signature Bank in an escrow account established by us until we have sold a minimum of $5,000,000 of shares. Once we satisfy the minimum offering amount, the funds will be released to us. In the event we decide to extend the offering period beyond the Initial Offering Termination Date, we will seek reconfirmations from investors who have deposited funds into the escrow account and all funds deposited by investors who do not reconfirm will be promptly returned without interest or offset. In the event we do not sell a minimum of $12,500,000 of shares by the Offering Termination Date, all funds received will be promptly returned to investors without interest or offset.

    Per Share     Total Minimum     Total Maximum without Over-Subscription Option     Total Maximum
with Over-Subscription Option
 
Public offering price   $             $ 5,000,000     $ 60,000,000     $ 69,000,000  
Underwriting discount (1)   $     $ 325,000     $ 3,900,000     $ 4,485,000  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us (2)   $     $ 4,675,000     $ 56,100,000     $ 64,515,000  

 

(1) The underwriter will receive compensation in addition to the underwriting discount. See “Underwriting” beginning on page 76 of this prospectus for a description of compensation payable to the underwriter.
(2) We estimate the total expenses of this offering, excluding the underwriting commissions, will be approximately $[*] if the minimum number of shares being offered are sold, $[*] if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold without exercise of the over-subscription option, or $[*] if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold and the underwriter exercises the over-subscription option in full.  Because this is a best efforts offering, the actual public offering amount, underwriting commissions and proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than the total maximum offering set forth above.

On the closing date, we will issue the Underwriter Warrants to our underwriter exercisable at a rate of one warrant per share to purchase up to 6.5% of the securities sold in this offering, at an exercise price equal to 100% of the price at which we sell our common stock in this offering. We do not intend to list the Underwriter Warrants either on an exchange or an over the counter quotation system.

Underwriter

 

The date of this prospectus is [*], 2018

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 1
RISK FACTORS 8
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 27
USE OF PROCEEDS 28
DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE 29
DIVIDEND POLICY 30
CAPITALIZATION 31
DILUTION 32
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 33
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 35
MANAGEMENT 63
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 68
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 68
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 71
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 72
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES 74
UNDERWRITING 76
LEGAL MATTERS 84
EXPERTS 84
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 84
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1

 

Please read this prospectus carefully. It describes our business, financial condition and results of operations. We have prepared this prospectus so that you will have the information necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriter has not, authorized anyone to provide you with any information other than that contained in this prospectus. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, the securities covered hereby only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of the securities covered hereby. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date. We are not, and the underwriter are not, making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

 

For investors outside the United States: We have not, and the underwriter has not, taken any action that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of the securities covered hereby or the distribution of this prospectus outside the United States.

 

This prospectus includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. We believe that the data obtained from these industry publications and third-party research, surveys and studies are reliable. We are ultimately responsible for all disclosure included in this prospectus.

 

We further note that the representations, warranties and covenants made by us in any agreement that is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part were made solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement, including, in some cases, for the purpose of allocating risk among the parties to such agreements, and should not be deemed to be a representation, warranty or covenant to you. Moreover, such representations, warranties or covenants were accurate only as of the date when made. Accordingly, such representations, warranties and covenants should not be relied on as accurately representing the current state of our affairs.

 

WE HAVE NOT AUTHORIZED ANY DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENT ANYTHING NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON ANY UNAUTHORIZED INFORMATION. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR BUY ANY SHARES IN ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL. THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS CURRENT AS OF THE DATE ON THE COVER. YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

   

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights selected information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all the information you should consider before investing in our common stock. You should carefully read this prospectus in its entirety before investing in our common stock, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes beginning on page F-1. Unless otherwise indicated, (i) the terms “Aerkomm,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation, and our four wholly-owned subsidiaries Aircom Pacific, Inc., a California corporation, or Aircom, Aircom Pacific Inc. Limited (Hong Kong), or Aircom HK, Aircom Pacific Ltd. (Seychelles), or Aircom Seychelles and Aircom Japan, Inc. (Japan), or Aircom Japan, and (ii) the term “common stock” refers to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation. The financial information included herein is presented in United States dollars, or US Dollars, the functional currency of our company.

 

This prospectus assumes the over-subscription option of the underwriter has not been exercised, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Business Overview

 

With advanced technologies and a unique business model, we, as a service provider of in-flight entertainment and connectivity, or IFEC, solutions, intend to provide airline passengers with a broadband in-flight experience that encompasses a wide range of service options. Such options include Wi-Fi, cellular, movies, gaming, live TV, and music. We plan to offer these core services, which we are currently still developing, through both built-in in-flight entertainment systems, such as a seat-back display, as well as on passengers’ personal devices. We also expect to provide content management services and e-commerce solutions related to our IFEC solutions.

 

We plan to partner with airlines and offer airline passengers free IFEC services. We plan to generate revenue through advertising and in-flight transactions. We believe that this is an innovative approach that differentiates us from existing market players.

 

To complement and facilitate our planned IFEC service offerings, we intend to build satellite ground stations and related data centers within the geographic regions where we expect to be providing IFEC airline services. Initially, we are planning to build our first ground station and data center in the Asia region, subject to the availability of sufficient capital and an appropriate ground location.

 

Competitive Strengths

 

Unique Business Model

 

We believe that our business model sets us apart from our competitors. We combine cutting-edge connectivity technology with a unique content-driven approach. Traditionally, providers of in-flight connectivity focus primarily on the profit margin derived from the sale of hardware to airlines and of bandwidth to passengers. Both airlines and passengers must “pay to play,” which results in low participation and usage rates. We break away from this model and set a new trend with our business model, under which neither airlines nor passengers need to pay for products or services. Furthermore, our business plan provides our airline partners with an opportunity to participate in our revenue sharing model. Taken together, this novel approach creates incentive for the airlines to work with us while driving up passenger usage rates.

 

Dual-Band Satellite Technology

 

Most in-flight connectivity systems currently rely on the Ku-band satellite signals for communication, though many players in the market are working to provide higher bandwidth and faster transmitting rates using the Ka-band. However, there are few Ka-enabled satellites, which limits the coverage area in the Asia-Pacific region. Our dual band system architecture brings our airline partners and their passengers the benefits of both Ka- and Ku-band satellite technology. The Ka-band increases data throughput, while the Ku-band offers reliable service outside of the Ka-band coverage area or when Ka-band is not available due to weather or other interference.

 

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Growth Strategy

 

We will strive to be a leading provider of IFEC solutions by pursuing the following growth strategies:

 

Increase Number of Connected Aircraft

 

As of the date of this report, we have not provided our services on any commercial aircraft. However, we plan to rollout installation and provide our services in 2018. We plan to leverage our unique ability to cost-effectively equip each commercial aircraft type in an airline’s fleet to increase the number of equipped aircraft, targeting full-fleet availability of our services for our current and future airline partners. We plan to pursue this significant global growth opportunity by leveraging our broad and innovative technology platform and technical expertise. Further, we will offer attractive business models to our prospective airline partners, giving them the flexibility to determine the connectivity solution that meets the unique demands of their business.

 

Increase Passenger Use of Connectivity

 

We believe that internet connectivity has become a necessary utility rather than a novelty because most passengers are trying to remain “connected” while travelling. This trend is manifestly evident from the increasing data usage on mobile phones. However, the traditional business model has been to charge as much money as possible for high-end in-flight connectivity services offered to a very small number of people. Such business logic has resulted in the in-flight connectivity option acquiring the reputation of being “pricey” and “only for business travelers whose employers will pay for it.” With a focus on catering to only a small number of people in a narrow market niche, our competitors are paying less attention to an innovative business model that can encourage a wider, broad-based usage of in-flight connectivity services. We believe that certain providers of existing in-flight connectivity services discourage in-flight usage since they believe such usage will increase their overhead expenses without generating additional profit. Due to such a business model and the small amounts of revenue generated from currently available connectivity services, airlines have considered in-flight connectivity as a “service” to passengers provided at their expense. Under this thinking, in-flight connectivity is a “cost center” from which airlines do not expect to generate profit.

 

We believe that the value of a networking system grows exponentially with its usage and it is a waste of resources to build a networking system to be utilized only by a narrow niche market. Therefore, our business model encourages usage of our in-flight connectivity services on a much broader basis. In order to encourage such broader usage, we plan to offer our in-flight connectivity services to passengers in all travel classes for free, while we generate revenue from add-on services that will tie together passengers’ connectivity and usage. Thus, with our business model, we plan to create connectivity friendly aircraft cabins to provide free on-board internet connectivity for the passengers, and to generate revenue through the sale of advertising commercials, banner advertising, in-app purchases, in-game purchases and other related in-flight transactions.

 

Expand Satellite Network

 

We will continue to expand our global satellite network coverage through the purchase of additional Ku-band and Ka-band capacity, and seek to install aircraft with our satellite solutions, while continuing to invest in research and development of satellite antenna and modem technologies. We are actively working with satellite providers in order to accommodate airlines’ global routes and growing fleets. We are monitoring the satellite industry for growth in coverage, with recent attention on China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd.’s, or China Satcom, plan to launch high-capacity Ka-band and Ka High Throughput Satellites, or HTS, multisport-beam satellites over the Asia Pacific region.

 

Expand Satellite-Based Services to Other Markets

 

We anticipate broadening our satellite-based services to high-speed railways, maritime and cruise lines, 4G/5G backhauling, and converged triple-play services in remote communities, with the potential to expand internationally into new markets. Future business prospects will be evaluated on a case by case basis by weighing the projected revenue from advertising fees and e-commerce revenue shares against the operating and capital expenditures of satellite coverage, bandwidth and operations. Our existing business model could be applied to high-speed railways and cruise lines, both of which have a sufficient passenger base for the service to be viable. High-speed railways in China sit under existing, available Ka satellite coverage areas that are not served by 4G/LTE mobile networks, providing us with a unique opportunity to deliver our services. High-speed railways in other regions of Asia present similar opportunities. Remote communities in Asia lack a telecom infrastructure, partly due to geographical limitations such as the many islands of the Philippines or Indonesia. Satellite-based communications and mesh network technology make triple play services possible, delivering live TV broadcasting, videos, and telecom services to these regions.

 

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Organization

 

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 14, 2013 under the name Maple Tree Kids, Inc. On January 10, 2017, we changed our name to Aerkomm Inc. and on February 13, 2017, we consummated a reverse acquisition with Aircom Pacific, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary through which we conduct substantially all of our business transactions. Aerkomm’s principal executive offices are located at 923 Incline Way #39, Incline Village, NV 89451 and Aircom’s principal executive offices are located at 44043 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. Our telephone number is (877) 742-3094. We maintain a website at www.aerkomm.com. The information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

   

Risks Related to Our Business

 

Our business is subject to numerous risks, which are highlighted in the section entitled “Risk Factors” immediately following this prospectus summary. Some of these risks include:

 

  we have a history of operating losses (after excluding non-recurring revenues) and we may not be able to reach or maintain profitability;

 

  difficulties in entering into and maintaining long-term business arrangements with airline partners, which agreements depends on numerous factors including the real or perceived availability, quality and price of our services and product offerings as compared to those offered by our competitors;

 

  difficulties in having airline partners and ultimately customers adopt our products and services;

 

  difficulties in implementing our technology and upgrades on a timely basis;

 

  difficulties in the execution of our expansion plans, including modification to our network to accommodate satellite technology, development and implementation of new satellite-based technologies, the availability of satellite capacity, costs of satellite capacity to which we may have to commit well in advance, and compliance with regulations;

 

  difficulties in managing a rapidly growing company;

 

  the number of aircraft in service in our markets, including consolidation of the airline industry or changes in fleet size by one or more of our commercial airline partners;

 

  the economic environment and other trends that affect both business and leisure travel;

 

  the continued demand for connectivity and proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets and laptops;

 

  our ability to obtain required telecommunications, aviation and other licenses and approvals necessary for our operations;

 

  changes in laws, regulations and interpretations affecting telecommunications services and aviation, including, in particular, changes that impact the design of our equipment and our ability to obtain required certifications for our equipment;

 

  our industry is subject to intense competition and rapid technological change, which may result in products or new solutions that are superior to our products under development or other future products we may bring to market from time to time and if we are unable to anticipate or keep pace with changes in the marketplace and the direction of technological innovation and customer demands, our products may become less useful or obsolete and our operating results will suffer;

 

  we may not be able to operate and grow our business effectively if we lose the services of any of our key personnel or are unable to attract qualified personnel in the future; and

 

  our growth strategy will require significant additional financial resources, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms.

 

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For further discussion of these and other risks you should consider before making an investment in our common stock, see the section titled “Risk Factors” immediately following this prospectus summary.

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

  have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
     
  comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);
     
  submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;” and
     
  disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 

In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our shares of common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

Conventions Used in this Prospectus

 

Throughout this prospectus we use certain terms repeatedly. To assist you in reading and understanding the disclosure contained in this prospectus, please note the following frequently used terms, which, except as otherwise specified, have the meanings set forth below:

 

  “we,” “us,” “our,” or “our company,” are to the combined business of Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries;

 

  “Aircom” are to Aircom Pacific, Inc., a California corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of our company;

 

  “Aircom Seychelles” are to Aircom Pacific Ltd., a Republic of Seychelles company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircom;

 

  “Aircom HK” are to Aircom Pacific Inc. Limited, a Hong Kong company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircom;

 

  “Aircom Japan” are to Aircom Japan, Inc., a Japanese company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Aircom;

 

  “our shareholders” refers to holders of our shares of common stock;

 

  “offering” refers to the offering contemplated by this prospectus;

 

  “listing date” refers to the date from and after which our shares of common stock may be listed on the NYSE, which requires a majority of our directors to be independent as defined by such exchange’s listing standards;

 

  “SEC” refers to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

 

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

 

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

 

On January 10, 2017, we completed a 1-for-10 reverse split of our issued and outstanding common stock. All share and per share information in this report has been adjusted to give retroactive effect to such reverse split.

 

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The Offering

 

Securities being offered:   A minimum of [*] shares of our common stock and up to a maximum of [*] shares of common stock, or a minimum of approximately $5,000,000 and a maximum of $60,000,000.
     
Best Efforts Offering   The underwriter is selling the shares offered in this prospectus on a “best efforts” basis and is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of the shares offered by this prospectus, but will use its best efforts to sell such shares. We will not close this offering unless we sell a minimum of $5,000,000 of shares.
     
Securities issued and outstanding before this offering:   41,453,816 shares of common stock as of January 30, 2018. (1)
     
Securities issued and outstanding after this offering: (2)   [*] shares of our common stock if the minimum number of shares being offered is sold, [*] shares of our common stock if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold, [*] shares of our common stock if the underwriter exercises the over-subscription option in full.
     
Underwriter’s over-subscription option:   The underwriting agreement with our underwriter provides that we will grant to the underwriter an option, exercisable within 45 days after the closing of this offering, to purchase up to an additional 15% of the total number of shares of common stock to be offered by us pursuant to this offering, solely for the purpose of covering over-subscriptions, if any.
     
Use of proceeds:  

We estimate our net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $[*], if the minimum number of shares being offered are sold, approximately $[*], if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold, or approximately $[*] if the underwriter exercise their over-subscription option in full, based upon an assumed public offering price of $[*] per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus) and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimating offering expenses payable by us.

 

We expect to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, product development, marketing activities, expending our internal organization and other capital expenditures including the purchase of land for the building of our first ground station and data center in the Asia region. For a more detailed discussion, see “Use of Proceeds” below.

     
Escrow account  

All subscription agreements and wire transfers should be sent to Signature Bank New York, 905 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022. The gross proceeds of this offering will be deposited at Signature Bank in an escrow account established by us. The funds will be held in such escrow account until $5,000,000 of gross proceeds from the offering has been received, at which time the funds will be released to us. Any funds received in excess of $5,000,000 and up to $60,000,000 (or $69,000,000 if the underwriter exercises the over-subscription option in full) will immediately be available to us, after deducting the applicable underwriting commissions. If the minimum amount of $5,000,000 has not been received by [*], 2018 (which we refer to as the Initial Offering Termination Date), which date may be extended to a date up to and including [*], 2018 (which we refer to as the Offering Termination Date), all funds will be returned to purchasers in this offering on the next business day after the offering’s termination, without charge, deduction or interest. In the event that the maximum amount has been met on or prior to the Offering Termination Date, the underwriter may exercise the over-subscription option on or prior to the Offering Termination Date to extend the offering for an additional 45 days.

 

Prior to the Initial Offering Termination Date, in no event will funds be returned to you, unless we elect, at our option, to terminate the offering. In the event we decide to extend the offering period beyond the Initial Offering Termination Date, we will seek reconfirmations from investors who have deposited funds into the escrow account and all funds deposited by investors who do not reconfirm will be promptly returned without interest or offset. Except as described in the preceding sentence, you will only be entitled to receive a refund of your subscription if we do not raise a minimum of $5,000,000 by the Offering Termination Date, or if we terminate the offering before such date.

 

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Current symbol:   OTCQX Best Market: AKOM.
     

Listing and proposed [NYSE][Nasdaq] symbol:

 

  Prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to this prospectus, we plan to file an application to have the shares of common stock and warrants offered hereby listed on the [NYSE] [Nasdaq Stock Market] under the symbol “AKOM.” No assurance can be given that our application will be approved.  
     
Dividend and distribution policy:   We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, if at all. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
     
Lock-up:   We and our directors, officers and any other [1]% or greater holder of outstanding shares of common stock (and all holders of securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock) have agreed with the underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of any of our securities, including the issuance of shares of common stock upon currently outstanding option for a period of [nine (9) months] after the date of this prospectus, without the prior written consent of the underwriter. See “Underwriting.”
     
Risk factors:   Investing in our securities is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 8 before deciding to invest in our securities.

 

  (1) The number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering is based on 41,453,816 shares of our common stock outstanding as of January 30, 2018, and excludes:

 

  3,319,011 shares of our common stock reserved for future option grants pursuant to our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan;
  2,000,000 shares of our common stock have been approved by our board of directors for issuance upon the exercise of options granted to our officers, directors, employees and service providers;
  4,680,989 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options under our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan to be issued to holders of Aircom Pacific, Inc. options (“Aircom 2014 Plan”) assumed by us as a result of the closing of the reverse acquisition with Aircom Pacific, Inc.; and
  Up to [*] shares of common stock underlying the Underwriter Warrants.

 

  (2) The total number of shares of common stock outstanding after this offering is based on 41,453,816 shares outstanding as of January 30, 2018 and an assumed public offering price of $[*] per share (the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus).

 

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Summary Consolidated Financial Data

 

The following tables summarize our consolidated financial data. You should read this summary consolidated financial data together with the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes that are included elsewhere in this prospectus.

  

The consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The consolidated statement of operations data for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated balance sheet data as of September 30, 2017, are derived from our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements that are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared on a basis consistent with our audited consolidated financial statements and include, in management’s opinion, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments that we consider necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information set forth in those statements. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future, and our interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other period.

 

    Years Ended December 31,     Nine Months Ended September 30, (unaudited)  
    2016     2015     2017     2016  
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:                        
Revenue   $ -     $ 6,128,900     $ -     $ -  
Cost of revenue     -       1,337,905       -       -  
Gross profit     -       4,790,995       -       -  
Operating expenses     3,970,105       1,235,796       4,735,979       3,255,855  
Income (loss) from continuing operations     (3,176,464 )     2,670,414       (4,735,979 )     (3,255,855 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations     -       -       -       -  
Net income (loss)   $ (3,176,464 )   $ 2,670,414     $ (4,720,702 )   $ (2,529,412 )
Net income (loss) per share:                                
Basic   $ (0.0808 )   $ 0.0841     $ (0.1167 )   $ (0.0644 )
Diluted   $ (0.0808 )   $ 0.0759     $ (0.1167 )   $ (0.0644 )
Weighted average shares outstanding:                                
Basic     39,335,796       31,752,318       40,439,237       39,305,412  
Diluted     39,335,796       35,190,236       40,439,237       39,305,412  

 

    September 30,
2017
 
    Actual  
    (unaudited)  
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:      
Current assets   $ 1,137,853  
Total assets   $ 10,403,964  
Total liabilities   $ 3,693,895  
Total stockholders’ equity   $ 6,710,069  

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider each of the following risks, together with all other information set forth in this prospectus, including the financial statements and the related notes, before making a decision to buy our common stock. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

Our company is in the development stage and has a limited operating history, which may make it difficult to evaluate our current business and predict our future performance.

 

Our company and our core business are in the development stage and faces all of the risks and uncertainties associated with a new and unproven business. We plan to launch our services in Asia in 2018, initially in China or Southeast Asia. The limited operating history of our business may make it difficult to accurately evaluate the business and predict its future performance. Any assessments of our current business and predictions that we or you make about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history. We have encountered and will continue to encounter risks and difficulties frequently experienced by growing companies in rapidly changing industries, and the size and nature of our market opportunity will change as we scale our business and increase deployment of our service. If we do not address any of the foregoing risks successfully, our business will be harmed.

 

Excluding non-recurring revenues in2015 from affiliates, we have incurred operating losses in every quarter since we launched our business and may continue to incur quarterly operating losses, which could negatively affect the value of our company.

 

Excluding non-recurring revenues we earned from affiliates in 2015, we have incurred operating losses since our inception in 2014, and we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue in the future to generate operating income. We also expect our costs to increase materially in future periods, which could negatively affect our future operating results. We expect to continue to expend substantial financial and other resources on the continued launch and future expansion of our business. The amount and timing of these costs are subject to numerous variables and such initiatives may require additional funding. In addition, we may incur significant costs in connection with our pursuit of next generation air to ground technology or other new technologies. With respect to our expansion, such variables may include costs related to sales and marketing activities and administrative support functions, equipment subsidies to airlines and additional legal and regulatory expenses associated with operating in the international commercial aviation market. In addition, we expect to incur additional general and administrative expenses, including legal and accounting expenses, related to being a public company. These investments may not result in revenue or growth in our business. If we fail to grow our overall business and generate revenue, our financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.

 

There is substantial uncertainty that we will continue operations as a going concern in which case you could lose your entire investment.

 

Our future existence remains uncertain. We have generated no recurring revenues to date, our only non-recurring revenues were from sales to our affiliates in 2015 and we have suffered losses from our operations after excluding those non-recurring revenues. We also have outstanding accrued liabilities. Although we expect to raise capital from the sale of equity or debt securities, there is no assurance that we will be able to do so. This means that there is substantial doubt that we can continue as a going concern for the next twelve months unless we obtain additional capital to pay our bills and debts and execute our plan of operations.

 

We expect to rely on a few key customers for all of our initial revenue.

 

Our initial business will be substantially dependent on our relationship with a few key airline customers. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain our relationship with these airlines. If we are unable to maintain and renew our relationship with these airlines, or if our arrangement is modified so that the economic terms become less favorable to us, then our business would be materially adversely affected.

   

Our agreement with Hong Kong Airlines will have no legal effect until we receive approval of our VSTC by the HKCAD.

 

Until such time as we have received all required approvals from the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department, or HKCAD, the agreement with Hong Kong Airlines only expresses the desires and understandings between us and Hong Kong Airlines and will not create any legal rights, liabilities or responsibilities whatsoever and will not be legally binding on us or Hong Kong Airlines. There can be no assurance as to when we will receive the required HKCAD approvals or if we will receive such approvals at all. If we do not receive the HKCAD approval of our Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate, or VSTC, our agreement with Hong Kong airlines will have no economic impact. Such an outcome would have a substantial adverse effect on our revenue prospect.

 

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If the transactions contemplated by several memorandums of understanding (MOU) and our letter of intent (LOI) do not proceed, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

On January 19, 2016, January 29, 2016, June 16, 2016, September 26, 2017 and October 28, 2017, Aircom entered into the Yahoo MOU, the LeTV MOU, the India MOU, the Malta MOU and the LOI, respectively. These MOUs and LOI are nonbinding and as a result, they only express the desires and understandings between the parties and do not create any legally binding rights, obligations or contracts except for certain customary provisions such as exclusivity, costs and expenses, confidentiality and governing law. For more information related to these MOUs, please refer to the section “MOUs and LOI with Our Business Partners.” Any binding obligation to proceed with the transactions contemplated by the MOUs and the LOI would need to be included in a definitive agreement that is subject to negotiations of the parties, approvals by the board of directors of respective parties and in certain instances, approvals from regulatory authorities. There can be no assurance that we will be able to enter into such definitive agreements or receive the required governmental approvals. If for whatever reason the transactions contemplated by the MOUs and the LOI do not proceed, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

One of our suppliers has failed to deliver a key component of our IFEC System and we have terminated our satellite services agreement with another. We cannot be sure that we will be able to find alternative source for this component or for the required satellite services and, as a result, we may not be able to implement our business plan.

 

The implementation of the Hong Kong Airlines project is conditioned upon VSTC approval from the HKCAD. We and our equipment supplier have submitted the VSTC application to HKCAD but the application process is presently on hold due to the supplier’s failure to deliver a key component of the IFEC system. We do not expect this supplier to be able to delivery this key component and we are actively seeking alternative options to implement the Hong Kong Airline project, including developing necessary equipment or components thereof with other strategic partners. Because we cannot be sure when and if we will be able to obtain the IFEC component for the VSTC approval, we cannot be sure when we will receive approval for the Hong Kong Airlines project, if at all. If we are not able to source this necessary IFEC component, our current agreement with Hong Kong Airlines will not become executable and we will not be able to implement our business plan as currently envisioned.

 

Additionally, our satellite services agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, or AsiaSat, was recently terminated. If we are not able to find a replacement satellite services provider, we will not be able to deliver our service offerings to Hong Kong Airlines even once we receive the VSTC approval from HKCAD. Such a failure would have a negative impact on our business prospects.

 

If we cannot timely deliver our first order of onboard equipment to Klingon Aerospace Inc., our reseller and development partner, we may lose our agreement with Klingon.

 

Because of the delay in our receiving approval of the VSTC from the HKCAD, we have not been able to deliver to Klingon a ready for sale, certified onboard system equipment package. Klingon has the right to terminate our agreement with them upon 60 days’ prior notice, subject to a 60-day cure period, if we fail to timely deliver the certified product. If Klingon terminates its agreement with us, we may be responsible for refunding to Klingon the milestone payments that we have received.

 

We may not be able to grow our business with our current potential airline partner or successfully negotiate agreements with airlines to which we do not currently provide our service.

 

Currently, our only potential airline partner is Hong Kong Airlines, although we have not yet begun to sell our products and services to Hong Kong Airlines under our agreement with them. We are currently in negotiations or discussions with certain other airline partners to provide our IFEC services on additional aircraft in their fleets. We have no assurance that these efforts will be successful. Negotiations with prospective airline partners require substantial time, effort and resources. The time required to reach a final agreement with an airline is unpredictable and may lead to variances in our operating results from quarter to quarter. We may ultimately fail in our negotiations and any such failure could harm our results of operations due to, among other things, a diversion of our focus and resources, actual costs and opportunity costs of pursuing these opportunities. In addition, the terms of any future agreements could be materially different and less favorable to us than the terms included in our existing agreement with Hong Kong Airlines. To the extent that any negotiations with current or future potential airline partners are unsuccessful, or any new agreements contain terms that are less favorable to us, our growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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We will likely need additional financing to execute our business plan or new initiatives, which we may not be able to secure on acceptable terms, or at all.

 

We will require additional financing in the near and long term to fully execute our business plan. Our success may depend on our ability to raise such additional financing on reasonable terms and on a timely basis. Conditions in the economy and the financial markets may make it more difficult for us to obtain necessary additional capital or financing on acceptable terms, or at all. If we cannot secure sufficient additional financing, we may be forced to forego strategic opportunities or delay, scale back or eliminate additional service deployment, operations and investments or employ internal cost savings measures.

 

We are dependent on airline partners to be able to access our customers. We expect that future payments by these customers for our services to be provided to them will account for most, if not all, of our initial revenues.

 

Under our existing contract with Hong Kong Airlines, once our VSTC is approved by the HKCAD, we will provide our equipment for installation on, and provide our services to passengers on, a portion of the aircraft operated by this airline. We expect to enter into similar contracts with other airlines in the future but there is no assurance that we will be successful in signing up additional airlines partners. We expect that revenue from passengers using our service while flying on aircraft operated by our airline partners will account for the majority of our projected initial revenue once we begin our services. As of the date of this report, we do not yet have any revenue from equipment sales and installation. Our growth will be dependent on our ability to have our equipment installed on the aircraft of airline partners and increased use of our service on installed aircraft. Any delays in installations under these contracts may negatively affect our ability to grow our user base and revenue.

   

A failure to maintain airline satisfaction with our equipment or our service could have a material adverse effect on our revenue and results of operations.

 

Our relationships with our current and future potential airline partners are critical to the growth and ongoing success of our business. If airline partners are not satisfied with our equipment or our service for any reason, including passenger dissatisfaction with the service as a result of capacity constraints, they may reduce efforts to co-market our service to their passengers, which could result in lower passenger usage and reduced revenue, which could in turn give airline partners the right to terminate their contracts with us. In addition, airline dissatisfaction with us for any reason, including delays in obtaining certification for or installing our equipment, could negatively affect our ability to expand our service to additional airline partners or aircraft or lead to claims for damages, which may be material, or termination rights under our existing or potential contracts with airline partners.

 

We are experiencing network capacity constraints in our operation region and expect capacity demands to increase, and we may in the future experience capacity constraints internationally. If we are unable to successfully implement planned or future technology enhancements to increase our network capacity, or our airline partners do not agree to such enhancements, our ability to maintain sufficient network capacity and our business could be materially and adversely affected.

 

All providers of wireless connectivity services, including all providers of in-flight connectivity services, face certain limits on their ability to provide connectivity service, including escalating capacity constraints due to expanding consumption of wireless services and the increasing prevalence of higher bandwidth uses such as file downloads and streaming media content. The success of our business depends on our ability to provide adequate bandwidth to meet customer demands while in-flight.

 

Competition from a number of companies, as well as other market forces, could result in price reduction, reduced revenue and loss of market share and could harm our results of operations.

 

We face strong competition from satellite-based providers of broadband services that include in-flight internet and live television services. Competition from such providers has had in the past and could have in the future an adverse effect on our ability to maintain or gain market share. Most of our competitors are larger, more diversified corporations and have greater financial, marketing, production, and research and development resources. As a result, they may be better able to withstand the effects of periodic economic downturns or may offer a broader product line to customers. In addition, to the extent that competing in-flight connectivity services offered by commercial airlines that are not our airline partners are available on more aircraft or offer improved quality or reliability as compared to our service, our business and results of operations could be adversely affected. Competition could increase our sales and marketing expenses and related customer acquisition costs. We may not have the financial resources, technical expertise or marketing and support capabilities to continue to compete successfully. A failure to effectively respond to established and new competitors could have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

 

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We may be unsuccessful in generating revenue from live television and other in-flight entertainment services.

 

We are currently developing a host of service offerings to deliver to our future commercial airline customers. We plan to offer live television and other service to our customers and no assurance can be given that we will ultimately be able to launch any channels or provide any service. Additionally, we plan to generate a revenue stream from our video on demand and other in-flight entertainment services. If we are unable to generate revenue from live television or if other entertainment services do not ultimately develop, our growth and financial prospects would be materially adversely impacted.

 

We are working to acquire a sufficient number of on-demand movies and television shows and a variety of other content on our system. The future growth prospects for our business depend, in part, on revenue from advertising fees and e-commerce revenue share arrangements on passenger purchases of goods and services, including video and media services. Our ability to generate revenue from these service offerings depends on:

 

  growth of commercial airline customer base;

 

  the attractiveness of our customer base to media partners;

 

  rolling out live television and media on demand on more aircraft and with additional airline customers and increasing passenger adoption both in the U.S. and abroad;

 

  establishing and maintaining beneficial contractual relationships with media partners whose content, products and services are attractive to airline passengers; and

 

  our ability to customize and improve our service offerings in response to trends and customer interests.

 

If we are unsuccessful in generating revenue from our service offerings, that failure could have a material adverse effect on our growth prospects.

 

We face limitations on our ability to grow our operations which could harm our operating results and financial condition.

 

We have not yet begun selling our products or services to our future customers.  Our addressable market and our ability to expand in our operating region is inherently limited by various factors, including limitations on the number of commercial airlines with which we could partner, the number of planes in which our equipment can be installed, the passenger capacity within each plane and the ability of our network infrastructure or bandwidth to accommodate increasing capacity demands. Future expansion is also limited by our ability to develop new technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis, as well as our ability to mitigate network capacity constraints through, among other things, the expansion of our satellite coverage area. Our future growth may slow, or once we begin selling products and services to our customers, we may stop growing altogether, to the extent that we have exhausted all potential airline partners and as we approach installation on full fleets and maximum penetration rates on all flights. In order to grow our future revenue, we will have to rely on customer and airline partner adoption of currently available and new or developing services and additional offerings. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain a market presence or establish new markets and, if we fail to do so, our business and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

 

We may be unsuccessful in expanding our operations internationally.

 

Our business will initially be international business. Our ability to grow our international business involves various risks, including the need to invest significant resources in unfamiliar markets and the possibility that we may not realize a return on our investments in the near future or at all. In addition, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant expenses before we generate any material revenue in these new markets. Under our agreements with providers of satellite capacity, we are obligated to purchase bandwidth for specified periods in advance. If we are unable to generate sufficient passenger demand or airline partners to which we provide satellite service to their aircraft terminate their agreements with us for any reason during these periods, we may be forced to incur satellite costs in excess of connectivity revenue generated through such satellites.

 

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Any future international operations may fail to succeed due to risks inherent in foreign operations, including:

 

  legal and regulatory restrictions, including different communications, privacy, censorship, aerospace and liability standards, intellectual property laws and enforcement practices;

 

  changes in international regulatory requirements and tariffs;

 

  restrictions on the ability of U.S. companies to do business in foreign countries, including restrictions on foreign ownership of telecommunications providers imposed by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, which we refer to as OFAC;

 

  inability to find content or service providers to partner with on commercially reasonable terms, or at all;

 

  compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the (U.K.) Bribery Act 2010 and other similar corruption laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate and related risks;

 

  difficulties in staffing and managing foreign operations;

 

  currency fluctuations; and

 

  potential adverse tax consequences.

  

As a result of these obstacles, we may find it difficult or prohibitively expensive to grow our business internationally or we may be unsuccessful in our attempt to do so, which could harm our future operating results and financial condition.

 

We may not be successful in our efforts to develop and monetize new products and services that are currently in development, including our operations-oriented communications services.

 

In order to continue to meet the evolving needs of our future airline partners and customers, we must continue to develop new products and services that are responsive to those needs. Our ability to realize the benefits of enabling airlines, other aircraft operators and to use these applications, including monetizing our services at a profitable price point, depends, in part, on the adoption and utilization of such applications by airlines, other aircraft operators and other companies in the aviation industry such as aircraft equipment suppliers, and we cannot be certain that airlines, other aircraft operators and others in the aviation industry will adopt such offerings in the near term or at all. We also expect to continue to rely on third parties to develop and offer the operational applications to be used to gather and process data transmitted on our network between the aircraft and the ground, and we cannot be certain that such applications will be compatible with our network or onboard equipment or otherwise meet the needs of airlines or other aircraft operators. If we are not successful in our efforts to develop and monetize new products and services, including our operations-oriented communications services, our future business prospects, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected.

 

A future act or threat of terrorism or other events could result in a prohibition on the use of Wi-Fi enabled devices on aircraft.

 

A future act of terrorism, the threat of such acts or other airline accidents could have an adverse effect on the airline industry. In the event of a terrorist attack, terrorist threats or unrelated airline accidents, the industry would likely experience significantly reduced passenger demand. The U.S. federal government or foreign governments could respond to such events by prohibiting the use of Wi-Fi enabled devices on aircraft, which would eliminate demand for our equipment and service. In addition, any association or perceived association between our equipment or service and accidents involving aircraft on which our equipment or service operates would likely have an adverse effect on demand for our equipment and service. Reduced demand for our products and services would adversely affect our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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If our efforts to retain and attract customers are not successful, our revenue will be adversely affected.

 

We expect to generate substantially all of our revenue from sales of services, some of which will be on a subscription basis. We must be able to retain subscribers and attract new and repeat customers. If we are unable to effectively retain subscribers and attract new and repeat customers, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.

 

Unreliable service levels, lack of sufficient capacity, uncompetitive pricing, lack of availability, security risk and lack of related features of our equipment and services are some of the factors that may adversely impact our ability to retain customers and partners and attract new and repeat customers. If our customers are able to satisfy their in-flight entertainment needs through activities other than broadband internet access, at no or lower cost, they may not perceive value in our products and services. If our efforts to satisfy and retain customers and subscribers are not successful, we may not be able to attract new customers through word-of-mouth referrals. Any of these factors could cause our customer growth rate to fall, which would adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The demand for in-flight broadband internet access service may decrease or develop more slowly than we expect. We cannot predict with certainty the development of the U.S. or international in-flight broadband internet access market or the market acceptance for our products and services.

 

Our future success depends upon growing demand for in-flight broadband internet access services, which is inherently uncertain. We have invested significant resources towards the roll-out of new service offerings, which represent a substantial part of our growth strategy. We face the risk that the U.S. and international markets for in-flight broadband internet access services may decrease or develop more slowly or differently than we currently expect, or that our services, including our new offerings, may not achieve widespread market acceptance. We may be unable to market and sell our services successfully and cost-effectively to a sufficiently large number of customers.

 

Our business depends on the continued proliferation of Wi-Fi as a standard feature in mobile devices. The growth in demand for in-flight broadband internet access services also depends in part on the continued and increased use of laptops, smartphones, tablet computers, and other Wi-Fi enabled devices and the rate of evolution of data-intensive applications on the mobile internet. If Wi-Fi ceases to be a standard feature in mobile devices, if the rate of integration of Wi-Fi on mobile devices decreases or is slower than expected, or if the use of Wi-Fi enabled devices or development of related applications decreases or grows more slowly than anticipated, the market for our services may be substantially diminished.

   

Increased costs and other demands associated with our growth could impact our ability to achieve profitability over the long term and could strain our personnel, technology and infrastructure resources.

 

We expect our costs to increase in future periods, which could negatively affect our future operating results. We expect to experience growth in our headcount and operations, which will place significant demands on our management, administrative, technological, operational and financial infrastructure. Anticipated future growth will require the outlay of significant operating and capital expenditures and will continue to place strains on our personnel, technology and infrastructure. Our success will depend in part upon our ability to contain costs with respect to growth opportunities. To successfully manage the expected growth of our operations, on a timely and cost-effective basis we will need to continue to improve our operational, financial, technological and management controls and our reporting systems and procedures. In addition, as we continue to grow, we must effectively integrate, develop and motivate a large number of new employees, and we must maintain the beneficial aspects of our corporate culture. If we fail to successfully manage our growth, it could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Adverse economic conditions may have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Macro-economic challenges are capable of creating volatile and unpredictable environments for doing business. We cannot predict the nature, extent, timing or likelihood of any economic slowdown or the strength or sustainability of any economic recovery, worldwide, in the United States or in the airline industry. For many travelers, air travel and spending on in-flight internet access are discretionary purchases that they can eliminate in difficult economic times. Additionally, a weaker business environment may lead to a decrease in overall business travel, which is an important contributor to our service revenue. These conditions may make it more difficult or less likely for customers to purchase our equipment and services. If economic conditions in the United States or globally deteriorate further or do not show improvement, we may experience material adverse effects to our business, cash flow and results of operations.

 

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Our operating results may fluctuate unpredictably and may cause us to fail to meet the expectations of investors, adversely affecting our stock price.

 

We operate in a highly dynamic industry and our future quarterly operating results may fluctuate significantly. Our future revenue and operating results may vary from quarter to quarter due to many factors, many of which are not within our control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. Further, it is difficult to accurately forecast our revenue, margin and operating results, and if we fail to match our expected results or the results expected by financial analysts or investors, the future trading price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

 

In addition, due to generally lower demand for business travel during the summer months and holiday periods, and leisure and other travel at other times during the year, our quarterly results may not be indicative of results for the full year. Due to these and other factors, quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our historical operating results should not be relied upon as accurate indicators of our future performance.

 

If our marketing and advertising efforts fail to generate revenue on a cost-effective basis, or if we are unable to manage our marketing and advertising expenses, it could harm our results of operations and growth.

 

Our future growth and profitability, as well as the maintenance and enhancement of our brands, will depend in large part on the effectiveness and efficiency of our future marketing and advertising expenditures. We plan to use a diverse mix of television, print, trade show and online marketing and advertising programs to promote our business. Significant increases in the pricing of one or more of our marketing and advertising channels could increase our expenses or cause us to choose less expensive, but potentially less effective, marketing and advertising channels. In addition, to the extent we implement new marketing and advertising strategies, we may in the future have significantly higher expenses. We may in the future incur, marketing and advertising expenses significantly in advance of the time we anticipate recognizing revenue associated with such expenses, and our marketing and advertising expenditures may not result in increased revenue or generate sufficient levels of brand awareness. If we are unable to maintain our marketing and advertising channels on cost-effective terms, our marketing and advertising expenses could increase substantially, our customer levels could be affected adversely, and our business, financial condition and results of operations may suffer.

 

Regulation by United States and foreign government agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Communications Commission, may increase our costs of providing service or require us to change our services.

 

We are subject to various regulations, including those regulations promulgated by various federal, state and local regulatory agencies and legislative bodies and comparable agencies outside the United States where we may do business. The two U.S. government agencies that have primary regulatory authority over our operations are the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, and the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC.

 

The commercial and private aviation industries, including civil aviation manufacturing and repair industries, are highly regulated in the United States by the FAA. FAA certification is required for all equipment we install on commercial aircraft and type certificated business aircraft, and certain of our operating activities require that we obtain FAA certification as a parts manufacturer. As discussed in more detail in the section entitled “Business—Regulation—Federal Aviation Administration,” FAA approvals required to operate our business include Supplemental Type Certificates, or STCs and Parts Manufacturing Authorities, or PMAs. Obtaining STCs and PMAs is an expensive and time-consuming process that requires significant focus and resources. Any inability to obtain, delay in obtaining, or change in, needed FAA certifications, authorizations, or approvals, could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet our installation commitments, manufacture and sell parts for installation on aircraft, or expand our business and could, therefore, materially adversely affect our growth prospects, business and operating results. The FAA closely regulates many of our operations. If we fail to comply with the FAA’s many regulations and standards that apply to our activities, we could lose the FAA certifications, authorizations, or other approvals on which our manufacturing, installation, maintenance, preventive maintenance, and alteration capabilities are based. In addition, from time to time, the FAA or comparable foreign agencies adopt new regulations or amend existing regulations. The FAA could also change its policies regarding the delegation of inspection and certification responsibilities to private companies, which could adversely affect our business. To the extent that any such new regulations or amendments to existing regulations or policies apply to our activities, those new regulations or amendments to existing regulations generally increase our costs of compliance.

 

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As a broadband Internet provider, we must comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, or CALEA, which requires communications carriers to ensure that their equipment, facilities and services can accommodate certain technical capabilities in executing authorized wiretapping and other electronic surveillance. Currently, our CALEA solution is being deployed in our network. However, we could be subject to an enforcement action by the FCC or law enforcement agencies for any delays related to meeting, or if we fail to comply with, any current or future CALEA, or similarly mandated law enforcement related, obligations. Such enforcement actions could subject us to fines, cease and desist orders, or other penalties, all of which could adversely affect our business. Further, to the extent the FCC adopts additional capability requirements applicable to broadband Internet providers, its decision may increase the costs we incur to comply with such regulations.

 

In addition to these U.S. agencies, we are also subject to regulation by foreign government agencies that choose to assert jurisdiction over us as a result of the service we provide on aircraft that fly international routes. Adverse decisions or regulations of these U.S. and foreign regulatory bodies could negatively impact our operations and costs of doing business and could delay the roll-out of our services and have other adverse consequences for us. Our ability to obtain certain regulatory approvals to offer our services internationally may also be the responsibility of a third- party, and, therefore, may be out of our control. We are unable to predict the scope, pace or financial impact of regulations and other policy changes that could be adopted by the various governmental entities that oversee portions of our business.

 

If government regulation of the Internet, including e-commerce or online video distribution changes, we may need to change the way we conduct our business to a manner that incurs greater operating expenses, which could harm our results of operations.

 

The current legal environment for Internet communications, products and services is uncertain and subject to statutory, regulatory or interpretive change. We cannot be certain that we, our vendors and media partners or our customers are currently in compliance with applicable regulatory or other legal requirements in the countries in which our service is used. Our failure, or the failure of our vendors and media partners, customers and others with whom we transact business to comply with existing or future legal or regulatory requirements could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Regulators may disagree with our interpretations of existing laws or regulations or the applicability of existing laws or regulations to our business, and existing laws, regulations and interpretations may change in unexpected ways.

 

For example, our mobile wireless broadband Internet access services were previously classified as information services, and not as telecommunications services. Therefore, these services were not subject to FCC common carrier regulation. However, effective June 12, 2015, the FCC reclassified mobile (and fixed) broadband Internet access services as Title II telecommunications services pursuant to the Open Internet Order. The Open Internet Order also adopted broad new net neutrality rules. For example, broadband providers may not block access to lawful content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices. Broadband providers also may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices. In addition, broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind, and they may not prioritize the content and services of their affiliates. Other than for paid prioritization, the rules contain an exception for “reasonable network management.” The Open Internet Order recognizes that whether a network management practice is reasonable varies according to the broadband technology involved and may provide more flexibility to implement network management practices in the context of our capacity-constrained air-to-ground and satellite broadband networks.

 

Other jurisdictions may adopt similar or different regulations that could affect our ability to use “network management” techniques. Likewise, the United States and the European Union, among other jurisdictions, are considering proposals regarding data protection that, if adopted, could impose heightened restrictions on certain of our activities relating to the collection and use of data of end users. Further, as we promote exclusive content and services and increase targeted advertising with our media partners to customers of our services, we may attract increased regulatory scrutiny.

 

We cannot be certain what positions regulators may take regarding our compliance with, or lack of compliance with, current and future legal and regulatory requirements or what positions regulators may take regarding any past or future actions we have taken or may take in any jurisdiction. Regulators may determine that we are not in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, and impose penalties, or we may need to make changes to our services, which could be costly and difficult. Any of these events would adversely affect our operating results and business.

 

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Our possession and use of personal information and the use of credit cards by our customers present risks and expenses that could harm our business. Unauthorized disclosure or manipulation of such data, whether through breach of our network security or otherwise, could expose us to costly litigation and damage our reputation.

 

Maintaining our network security is of critical importance because our online systems will store confidential registered user, employee and other sensitive data, such as names, email addresses, addresses and other personal information. We will depend on the security of our networks and the security of the network infrastructures of our third-party telecommunications service providers, our customer support providers and our other vendors. Unauthorized use of our, or our third-party service providers’, networks, computer systems and services could potentially jeopardize the security of confidential information, including credit card information, of our future customers. There can be no assurance that any security measures we, or third parties, take will be effective in preventing these activities. As a result of any such breaches, customers may assert claims of liability against us as a result of any failure by us to prevent these activities. Further, our in-cabin network operates as an open, unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot, and non-encrypted transmissions users send over this network may be vulnerable to access by users on the same plane. These activities may subject us to legal claims, adversely impact our reputation, and interfere with our ability to provide our services, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Failure to protect confidential customer data or to provide customers with adequate notice of our privacy policies could also subject us to liabilities imposed by United States federal and state regulatory agencies or courts. For example, the FCC’s Consumer Proprietary Network Information, or CPNI rules, applicable to our satellite-based offerings, require us to comply with a range of marketing and privacy safeguards. The FTC could assert jurisdiction to impose penalties related our service if it found our privacy policies or security measures to be inadequate under existing federal law. We could also be subject to certain state laws that impose data breach notification requirements, specific data security obligations, or other consumer privacy-related requirements. Our failure to comply with any of these rules or regulations could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Other countries in which we may operate or from which our services may be offered, including those in the European Union, also have certain privacy and data security requirements that may apply to our business, either now or in the future. These countries’ laws may in some cases be more stringent than the requirements in the United States. For example, European Union member countries have specific requirements relating to cross border transfers of personal information to certain jurisdictions, including to the United States. In addition, some countries have stricter consumer notice and/or consent requirements relating to personal information collection, use or sharing. Moreover, international privacy and data security regulations may become more complex. For example, the European Union is considering a draft proposed data protection regulation which, if enacted, may result in even more restrictive privacy-related requirements. Our failure to comply with other countries’ privacy or data security-related laws, rules or regulations could also have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition, our customers will use credit cards to purchase our products and services. Problems with our or our vendors billing software could adversely affect our customer satisfaction and could cause one or more of the major credit card companies to disallow our continued use of their payment services. In addition, if our billing software fails to work properly and, as a result, we do not automatically charge our subscribers’ credit cards on a timely basis or at all, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

   

We depend upon third parties to manufacture equipment components and to provide services for our network.

 

We rely on third-party suppliers for equipment components that we use to provide our services. The supply of third- party components could be interrupted or halted by a termination of our relationships, a failure of quality control or other operational problems at such suppliers or a significant decline in their financial condition. If we are not able to continue to engage suppliers with the capabilities or capacities required by our business, or if such suppliers fail to deliver quality products, parts, equipment and services on a timely basis consistent with our schedule, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

We may fail to recruit, train and retain the highly skilled employees that are necessary to remain competitive and execute our growth strategy. The loss of one or more of our key personnel could harm our business.

 

Competition for key technical personnel in high-technology industries such as ours is intense. We believe that our future success depends in large part on our continued ability to hire, train, retain and leverage the skills of qualified engineers and other highly skilled personnel needed to maintain and grow our business and technology. We may not be as successful as our competitors at recruiting, training, retaining and utilizing these highly skilled personnel. In particular, we may have more difficulty attracting or retaining highly skilled personnel during periods of poor operating performance. Any failure to recruit, train and retain highly skilled employees could negatively impact our business and results of operations.

 

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We depend on the continued service and performance of our key personnel, including Jeffrey Wun, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Wun became our Chief Executive Officer and President effective December 31, 2017 pursuant to a unanimous written consent of our board of directors dated December 30, 2017 and was appointed Chairman on January 22, 2018. Mr. Wun has replaced Peter Chiou who resigned from these positions and who will remain a consultant to the Company. Such individuals have acquired specialized knowledge and skills with respect to our operations. As a result, if any of these individuals were to leave us, we could face substantial difficulty in hiring qualified successors and could experience a loss of productivity while any such successor obtains the necessary training and expertise. We do not maintain key man insurance on any of our officers or key employees. In addition, much of our key technology and systems are custom-made for our business by our personnel. The loss of key personnel, including key members of our management team, as well as certain of our key marketing or technology personnel, could disrupt our operations and have an adverse effect on our ability to grow our business.

 

We have identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to develop or maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results and prevent fraud. As a result, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial statements, which would harm the trading price of our common stock.

 

Companies that file reports with the SEC, including us, are subject to the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or SOX 404. SOX 404 requires management to establish and maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting and annual reports on Form 10-K filed under the Exchange Act to contain a report from management assessing the effectiveness of a company’s internal control over financial reporting. Separately, under SOX 404, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, public companies that are large accelerated filers or accelerated filers must include in their annual reports on Form 10-K an attestation report of their regular auditors attesting to and reporting on management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting. Non-accelerated filers and smaller reporting companies, like us, are not required to include an attestation report of their auditors in annual reports.

 

A management discussion of our “Controls and Procedures” is included in our latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017.   During its evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2017, management identified material weaknesses. These material weaknesses were associated with our lack of sufficient and skilled accounting personnel with an appropriate level of technical accounting knowledge and experience in the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States commensurate with our financial reporting requirements and our need to rely heavily on the use of external legal and accounting professionals to mitigate these deficiencies. In April 2017, we retained Mr. Y. Tristan Kuo as our Chief Financial Officer, who will oversee the improvement of our disclosure controls and procedures, as well as internal control over financial reporting. There can be no assurance that this measure will be sufficient to remedy the material weakness identified or that additional material weaknesses or other control or significant deficiencies will not be identified in the future. If we continue to experience material weaknesses in our internal controls or fail to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, such circumstances could cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements, or adversely affect the results of periodic management evaluations and, if required, annual auditor attestation reports. Each of the foregoing results could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and lead to a decline in our stock price. See Item 4 “Controls and Procedures” of our quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 20, 2017 for more information.

 

Our co-founder, Daniel Shih 1 , would be considered a “bad actor” under Rule 506(d) of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “Securities Act”) but for the fact that SEC interpretations of Rule 506(d) provide that disqualification under Rule 506(d) is not triggered by actions taken in jurisdictions other than the United States, such as convictions, court orders, or injunctions in a foreign court, or regulatory orders issued by foreign regulatory authorities.

 

Our co-founder (and, thus, a “promoter” as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), Daniel Shih, was involved in two cases in Taiwan the first of which could have resulted in his being deemed a “bad actor” under Rule 506(d) if such cases were in the United States and not Taiwan. SEC compliance and disclosure interpretation 260.20 provides that disqualification under Rule 506(d) is not triggered by actions taken in jurisdictions other than the United States and accordingly, Mr. Shih is not a bad actor because of such interpretation.

 

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The first case related to the publicly traded shares of Kitai Construction and Development Inc., a listed company on the Taiwanese over-the-counter market (“Kitai”). From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Shih’s father served as the General Manager of Kitai. Prior to the annual meeting of the stockholders in 2008, the incumbent management team, together with friends and family members (including Mr. Shih) collectively purchased a large number of shares of Kitai common stock in the open market in order to obtain sufficient votes to maintain the current management team’s control of Kitai. Kitai’s stock price fluctuated as a result of these purchases. Acting upon a report from an opposing party in the fight for Kitai’s management control, the Taipei district prosecutor’s office brought an action at the district court level, or the Court of First Instance, against several defendants, including Mr. Shih, alleging a violation of the Taiwanese security law provision that prohibits “continuing buying of shares with an attempt to influence stock prices.” Counsel for the defendants argued that there was no attempt to influence stock prices because (1) the real purpose of the buying activities was to maintain management control of Kitai and was not to influence the stock prices and (2) the defendants did not attempt to sell any of the shares and there was no sale of Kitai shares by the defendants during the relevant time period. Prior to the incident that led to the charge, Mr. Shih owned no shares of Kitai stock and, other than the fact that Mr. Shih’s father was General Manager of Kitai, he had no relationship with Kitai. In this case, the Court of First Instance found Mr. Shih guilty and sentenced him to four years in prison. In August 2016, Mr. Shih filed with the Taiwanese appellate court, or the Court of Second Instance, to appeal the decision of the Court of First Instance. Although only in the preparatory states, the Court of Second Instance will conduct a full re-trial of the case, as is the practice under Taiwanese law, with a full substantive review including both factual and legal aspects of the case. While this second trial is pending, Mr. Shih’s sentence has been stayed, without bond. Because, as the defendant in the case, Mr. Shih’s personal appearance will be required at most of the proceedings of the Court of Second Instance, which proceedings could continue for an extended period of time, which would greatly affect Mr. Shih’s ability to conduct his business affairs, Mr. Shih may decide to negotiate with the prosecutor for a settlement, which may result in probation and the payment of a penalty or the requirement to make a substantive donation to public charities. Mr. Shih and his local legal counsel in Taiwan believe that the Court of First Instance was in error in finding him guilty because he had no intent to manipulate the Kitai stock prices and Mr. Shih did not profit from his purchases of Kitai shares.

 

In another case, in 2016, a significant shareholder of Priceplay Taiwan, Inc., Chernan Technology Ltd., Co., or Chernan, filed a criminal complaint against several defendants alleging fraud in inducing Chernan to purchase shares of Priceplay Taiwan, Inc. The case was accepted by the New Taipei prosecutors’ office. Although Daniel Shih was not listed as a defendant, the original prosecutor assigned to this case believed that Mr. Shih possessed material information relating to the defendants’ alleged activities and threatened to charge Mr. Shih if he did not cooperate. Subsequently, a new prosecutor who was assigned to the case expressed his desire that the parties reach a private settlement so that the case could be dismissed. The parties have formally begun a civil mediation process, and Mr. Shih is not a party in this mediation. If there is no settlement in the mediation process, which could take from up to one to three years to resolve, the then prosecutor would have to decide at that time whether to revert to the criminal proceeding or move to have the matter resolved through a civil litigation.  Mr. Shih and his local Taiwan legal counsel strongly believe that it is unlikely that Mr. Shih will be charged in any criminal proceeding relating to this matter. Mr. Shih is the Chairman of Priceplay.com, Inc., a 70% owned subsidiary of Priceplay Taiwan, Inc. Mr. Shih was not, and is not, an officer, director or stockholder of Priceplay Taiwan, Inc.

 

1 Daniel Shih has relinquished “beneficial ownership” of substantially all of his equity interests in the Company (whether held directly or indirectly) in a manner acceptable to the Company. This means that Mr. Shih no longer, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, securities, and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, shares of our common stock, except for a de minimus number of shares of our common stock which will continue to be beneficially owned by him by way of his being a control person in another entity that owns shares of our common stock. Mr. Shih will, however, retain a pecuniary interest in some of the shares of our common stock over which he has relinquished voting and investment power.  Mr. Shih has also removed himself from any and all activities relating to our business, including, but not limited to managerial, directional, advisory, promotional, developmental and fund-raising activities, effective upon the effectiveness of the registration statement relating to this prospectus. Additionally, Barbie Shih, Daniel Shih’s wife, was not re-elected to the board of directors of the Company under the written consent of the Company’s stockholders in lieu of an annual meeting, which concluded on December 29, 2017. As a result of these events, neither Mr. Shih nor Ms. Shih will maintain any active affiliation with, or material beneficial ownership interest in, the Company.

 

Mr. Shih will not be able to restore his status as a “beneficial owner” of the shares of our common stock that he previously beneficially owned nor will he be able to return to any active role or executive function in the Company unless he is exonerated from any wrongdoing with respect to the two matters in Taiwan discussed above or the relevant time period prescribed in Rule 506(d) has expired.

 

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Due to the nature of the actions described above involving our co-founder/ promoter, Daniel Shih, potential investors may not want to invest in our company and third parties may not want to do business with us. The deterrence of investors from investing in our company or of third parties from doing business with us because of reputational issues associated with the actions against Mr. Shih that are described above could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operations, results of operations and prospects.

 

We believe our business depends on strong brands, and if we do not develop, maintain and enhance our brand, our ability to gain new customers and retain customers may be impaired.

 

We believe that our brands will be a critical part of our business. We expect to collaborate extensively with our future airline partners on the look and feel of the in-flight homepage that their passengers encounter when logging into our service in flight. In order to maintain strong relationships with our airline partners, we may have to reduce the visibility of our brand or make other decisions that do not promote and maintain our brand. In addition, many of our trademarks contain words or terms having a somewhat common usage and, as a result, we may have trouble registering or protecting them in certain jurisdictions. If we fail to promote and maintain our brand, or if we incur significant expenses to promote the brands and are still unsuccessful in maintaining strong brands, our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

 

Businesses or technologies we acquire could prove difficult to integrate, disrupt our ongoing business, dilute stockholder value or have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

As part of our business strategy, we may engage in acquisitions of businesses or technologies to augment our organic or internal growth. We do not have any relevant experience with integrating and managing acquired businesses or assets. Acquisitions involve challenges and risks in negotiation, execution, valuation and integration. Moreover, we may not be able to find suitable acquisition opportunities on terms that are acceptable to us. Even if successfully negotiated, closed and integrated, certain acquisitions may not advance our business strategy, may fall short of expected return-on-investment targets or may fail. Any future acquisition could involve numerous risks, including:

 

  potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management;

 

  difficulty integrating the operations and products of the acquired business;

 

  use of cash to fund the acquisition or for unanticipated expenses;

 

  limited market experiences in new businesses;

 

  exposure to unknown liabilities, including litigation against the companies we acquire;

 

  additional costs due to differences in culture, geographical locations and duplication of key talent;

 

  delays associated with or resources being devoted to regulatory review and approval;

 

  acquisition-related accounting charges affecting our balance sheet and operations;

 

  difficulty integrating the financial results of the acquired business in our consolidated financial statements;

 

  controls in the acquired business;

 

  potential impairment of goodwill;

 

  dilution to our current stockholders from the issuance of equity securities; or

 

  potential loss of key employees or customers of the acquired company.

 

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In the event that we enter into any acquisition agreements, closing of the transactions could be delayed or prevented by regulatory approval requirements, including antitrust review, or other conditions. We may not be successful in addressing these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with any attempted acquisitions, and we could assume the economic risks of such failed or unsuccessful acquisitions.

  

Expenses or liabilities resulting from litigation could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

 

From time to time, we may be subject to claims or litigation in the ordinary course of our business, including for example, claims related to employment matters and class action lawsuits. Our operations are characterized by the use of new technologies and services across multiple jurisdictions that implicate a number of statutory schemes and a range of rules and regulations that may be subject to broad or creative interpretation, which may subject to us to litigation, including class action lawsuits, the outcome of which may be difficult to assess or quantify due to the potential ambiguity inherent in these regulatory schemes and/or the nascence of our technologies and services. Plaintiffs in these types of litigation may seek recovery of very large or indeterminate amounts, and the magnitude of the potential loss relating to such lawsuits may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. Any such claims or litigation may be time-consuming and costly, divert management resources, require us to change our products and services, or have other adverse effects on our business. Any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and could require us to pay significant monetary damages. In addition, costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce our existing contracts and, even if successful, could have an adverse effect on us. In addition, prolonged litigation against any airline partner, customer or supplier could have the effect of negatively impacting our reputation and goodwill with existing and potential airline partners, customers and suppliers.

 

Technological advances may harm our business.

 

Due to the widening use of state-of-the-art, personal electronic devices such as Apple’s iPad, ever-increasing numbers of passengers have their own mobile devices, which they might use to bring their own content such as movies, music or games with them on a flight. This could decrease demand for our in-flight offerings. Carriers now also have greater technical means at their disposal to offer passengers in-flight access to the Internet, including through our offerings and those of our competitors. At present, these offerings do not allow passengers to fully stream content on their mobile devices. If, however, in-flight Internet access in the future allows passengers to fully stream content on their mobile devices, this could decrease demand for our in-flight offerings. While both trends will give rise to risks as well as opportunities for us, it is impossible to foresee at present whether and, if so, to what extent these trends will have lasting effects. Note, too, that the in-flight entertainment systems currently in place are unable to support these developments. Given average useful lives of 15 to 20 years, the conventional systems will continue to dominate the in-flight entertainment industry for the foreseeable future. As a result, possible changes will happen slowly, giving all market players sufficient time to adapt.

 

We may have exposure to foreign currency risks in the future and our future hedging activities could create losses.

 

Currency risks essentially arise from the fact that sales to customers and purchasing are effected in one currency while fixed costs are incurred in other currencies. If necessary, we will engage in hedging transactions to counteract direct currency risks. However, we cannot always guarantee that all currency risks will have been hedged in full. Severe currency fluctuations could also cause the hedging transactions to fail if agreed thresholds (triggers) are not met or exceeded. We therefore cannot fully preclude negative foreign currency effects in the future - some of which might be substantial - due to unforeseen exchange rate fluctuations and/or inaccurate assessments of market developments.

 

We will source our content from studios, distributors and other content providers, and any reduction in the volume of content produced by such content providers could hurt our business by providing us with less quality content to choose from and resulting in potentially less attractive offerings for passengers.

 

We will receive content from studios, distributors and other content providers, and in some circumstances, we will depend on the volume and quality of the content that these content providers produce. If studios, distributors or other content providers were to reduce the volume or quality of content they make available to us over any given time period, whether because of their own financial limitations or other factors influencing their businesses, we would have less quality content to choose from and our programmers would have more difficulty finding relevant and appropriate content to provide to our customers. This could negatively impact the passenger experience, which could in turn reduce the demand for our offerings, which would have a negative impact on our revenue and results of operations.

 

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We are a holding company with no operations of our own, and we depend on our subsidiaries for cash.

 

Currently, we are a holding company and do not have any material assets or operations other than ownership of equity interests of our subsidiaries. Our operations are conducted almost entirely through our subsidiaries, and our ability to generate cash to meet our obligations or to pay dividends is highly dependent on the earnings of, and receipt of funds from, our subsidiaries through dividends or intercompany loans. The ability of our subsidiaries to generate sufficient cash flow from future operations to allow us and them to make scheduled payments on our obligations will depend on their future financial performance, which will be affected by a range of economic, competitive and business factors, many of which are outside of our control. We cannot assure you that the cash flow and future earnings of our operating subsidiaries will be adequate for our subsidiaries to service their debt obligations. If our subsidiaries do not generate sufficient cash flow from future operations to satisfy corporate obligations, we may have to: undertake alternative financing plans (such as refinancing), restructure debt, sell assets, reduce or delay capital investments, or seek to raise additional capital. We cannot assure you that any such alternative refinancing would be possible, that any assets could be sold, or, if sold, of the timing of the sales and the amount of proceeds realized from those sales, that additional financing could be obtained on acceptable terms, if at all, or that additional financing would be permitted under the terms of our various debt instruments then in effect. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our obligations, or to refinance our obligations on commercially reasonable terms, would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, we and our subsidiaries may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future that may severely restrict or prohibit our subsidiaries from making distributions, paying dividends or making loans to us.

 

Risks Relating to our Industry

 

Our business is highly dependent on the airline industry, which is itself affected by factors beyond the airlines’ control. The airline industry is highly competitive and sensitive to changing economic conditions.

 

Our business is directly affected by the number of passengers flying on commercial aircraft, the financial condition of the airlines and other economic factors. If consumer demand for air travel declines, including due to increased use of technology such as videoconferencing for business travelers, or the number of aircraft and flights shrinks due to, among other reasons, reductions in capacity by airlines, the number of passengers available to use our service will be reduced, which would have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Unfavorable general economic conditions and other events that are beyond the airlines’ control, including higher unemployment rates, higher interest rates, reduced stock prices, reduced consumer and business spending, terrorist attacks or threats and pandemics could have a material adverse effect on the airline industry. A general reduction or shift in discretionary spending can result in decreased demand for leisure and business travel and lead to a reduction in airline flights offered and the number of passengers flying. Further, unfavorable economic conditions could also limit airlines’ ability to counteract increased fuel, labor or other costs though raised prices. Our airline partners operate in a highly competitive business market and, as a result, continue to face pressure on offerings and pricing. These unfavorable conditions and the competitiveness of the air travel industry could cause one or more of our airline partners to reduce expenditures on passenger services including deployment of our service or file for bankruptcy. Any of these events would have a material adverse effect on our business prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Air traffic congestion at airports, air traffic control inefficiencies, weather conditions, such as hurricanes or blizzards, increased security measures, new travel-related taxes, the outbreak of disease or any other similar event could harm the airline industry.

 

Airlines are subject to cancellations or delays caused by factors beyond their control. Cancellations or delays due to weather conditions or natural disasters, air traffic control problems, breaches in security or other factors could reduce the number of passengers on commercial flights and thereby reduce demand for the services provided by us and our products and services and harm our businesses, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Risks Relating to our Technology and Intellectual Property

 

We could be adversely affected if we suffer service interruptions or delays, technology failures or damage to our equipment.

 

Our reputation and ability to attract, retain and serve our future commercial airline customers will depend upon the reliable performance of our satellite transponder capacity, network infrastructure and connectivity system. We have experienced interruptions in these systems in the past, including component and service failures that temporarily disrupted users’ access to the Internet, and we may experience service interruptions, service delays or technology or systems failures in the future, which may be due to factors beyond our control. If we experience frequent system or network failures, our reputation could be harmed and our future airline customers may have the right to terminate their contracts with us or pursue other remedies.

 

Our operations and services will depend upon the extent to which our equipment and the equipment of our third-party network providers is protected against damage from fire, flood, earthquakes, power loss, solar flares, telecommunication failures, computer viruses, break-ins, acts of war or terrorism and similar events. Damage to our networks could cause interruptions in the services that we will provide, which could have a material adverse effect on service revenue, our reputation and our ability to attract or retain customers.

 

We rely on service providers for certain critical components of and services relating to our satellite connectivity network.

 

We currently source key components of our hardware, including the aircraft installed satellite antenna, from third parties and key aspects of our connectivity services, including all of our satellite transponder services from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. While we have written contracts with these key component and service providers, if we experience a disruption in the delivery of products and services from either of these providers, it may be difficult for us to continue providing our own products and services to our customers. We have experienced component delivery issues in the past and there can be no assurance that it will avoid similar issues in the future. Additionally, the loss of the exclusive source protections that we have with our hardware provider could eliminate our competitive advantage in the use of satellites for in-flight connectivity, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and operations.

 

Assertions by third parties of infringement, misappropriation or other violation by us of their intellectual property rights could result in significant costs and substantially harm our business and operating results.

 

In recent years, there has been significant litigation involving intellectual property rights in many technology-based industries, including the wireless communications industry. Any infringement, misappropriation or related claims, whether or not meritorious, is time-consuming, diverts technical and management personnel and is costly to resolve. As a result of any such dispute, we may have to develop non-infringing technology, pay damages, enter into royalty or licensing agreements, cease providing certain products or services or take other actions to resolve the claims. These actions, if required, may be costly or unavailable on terms acceptable to us. Certain of our suppliers do not provide indemnity to us for the use of the products and services that these providers supply to us. At the same time, we generally offer third-party intellectual property infringement indemnity to our customers which, in some cases, does not cap our indemnity obligations and thus could render us liable for both defense costs and judgments. Any of these events could result in increases in operating expenses, limit our service offerings or result in a loss of business if we are unable to meet our indemnification obligations and our airline customers terminate or fail to renew their contracts.

 

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights.

 

We regard our trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, proprietary technologies, domain names and similar intellectual property as important to our success. We rely on trademark, copyright and patent law, trade secret protection and confidentiality agreements with our employees, vendors, airline customers, customers and others to protect our proprietary rights. We have sought and obtained patent protection for certain of our technologies in the United States and certain other countries. Many of the trademarks that we use contain words or terms having a somewhat common usage and, as a result, we may have difficulty registering them in certain jurisdictions. We have not yet obtained registrations for our most important marks in all markets in which we may do business in the future, including countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. If other companies have registered or have been using in commerce similar trademarks for services similar to ours in foreign jurisdictions, we may have difficulty in registering, or enforcing an exclusive right to use, our marks in those foreign jurisdictions.

 

There can be no assurance that our efforts to protect our proprietary rights will be sufficient or effective, that any pending or future patent and trademark applications will lead to issued patents and registered trademarks in all instances, that others will not develop or patent similar or superior technologies, products or services, or that our patents, trademarks and other intellectual property will not be challenged, invalidated, misappropriated or infringed by others. Additionally, the intellectual property laws and enforcement practices of other countries in which our service is or may in the future be offered may not protect our products and intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property from unauthorized use, our brand image may be harmed and our business and results of operations may suffer.

 

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Our use of open source software could limit our ability to commercialize our technology.

 

Open source software is software made widely and freely available to the public in human-readable source code form, usually with liberal rights to modify and improve such software. Some open source licenses require as a condition of use that proprietary software that is combined with licensed open source software and distributed must be released to the public in source code form and under the terms of the open source license. Accordingly, depending on the manner in which such licenses were interpreted and applied, we could face restrictions on our ability to commercialize certain of our products and we could be required to (i) release the source code of certain of our proprietary software to the public, including competitors; (ii) seek licenses from third parties for replacement software; and/or (iii) re-engineer our software in order to continue offering our products. Such consequences could materially adversely affect our business.

 

The satellites that we currently rely on or may rely on in the future have minimum design lives, but could fail or suffer reduced capacity before then.

 

The usefulness of the satellites upon which we currently rely and may rely on in the future is limited by each satellite’s minimum design life. For example, the satellites through which we provide our service have minimum design lives ranging from 10 to 15 years. Our ability to offer in-flight connectivity and alleviate capacity constraints throughout our network depends on the continued operation of the satellites or any replacement satellites, each of which has a limited useful life. We can provide no assurance, however, as to the actual operational lives of those or future satellites, which may be shorter than their design lives, nor can we provide assurance that replacement satellites will be developed, authorized or successfully deployed.

 

In the event of a failure or loss of any of these satellites, our satellite service providers may relocate another satellite and use it as a replacement for the failed or lost satellite, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such a relocation may require regulatory approval, including through, among other things, a showing that the replacement satellite would not cause additional interference compared to the failed or lost satellite. We cannot be certain that our satellite service provider could obtain such regulatory approval. In addition, we cannot guarantee that another satellite will be available for use as a replacement for a failed or lost satellite, or that such relocation can be accomplished without disrupting or otherwise adversely impacting our business.

 

Satellites that are not yet in service are subject to construction and launch related risks.

 

Satellite construction and launch are subject to significant risks, including delays, launch failure and incorrect orbital placement. Launch failures result in significant delays in the deployment of satellites because of the need both to construct replacement satellites and to obtain other launch opportunities. Construction and launch delays could materially and adversely affect our ability to generate revenues.

 

A failure to raise sufficient capital will delay or prohibit our building of a satellite ground station and related data center, which will inhibit our business development.

 

Because our IFEC services will require the transmission and processing of large amounts of data, we will need to build satellite ground stations and related data centers in our regions of operation, to facilitate the effectiveness and efficiency of our IFEC services. If we are not able to raise an amount of capital sufficient to purchase land for and build a satellite ground station and data center near our area of operations, initially in the Asia region, we may not be able to provide our IFEC services in an efficient and operationally effective way and, as a result, our business prospects and results of operations could suffer.

 

Risks Related to Ownership of our Common Stock

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQX Best Market, which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.

 

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQX Best Market. The OTCQB Best Market is a significantly more limited market than the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market. The quotation of our shares on the OTCQX may result in a less liquid market available for existing and potential stockholders to trade shares of our common stock, could depress the trading price of our common stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. We plan to list our common stock as soon as practicable. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such listing.

 

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We cannot predict the extent to which an active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained. If an active public trading market does not develop or cannot be sustained, you may be unable to liquidate your investment in our common stock.

 

At present, there is minimal public trading in our common stock. We cannot predict the extent to which an active public market for our common stock will develop or be sustained due to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company that is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors, and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares of common stock until such time as we became more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that an active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained. If such a market cannot be sustained, you may be unable to liquidate your investment in our common stock.

 

Our common stock may be subject to significant price volatility which may have an adverse effect on your ability to liquidate your investment in our common stock.

 

The market for our common stock may be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The potential volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. First, our shares of common stock may be sporadically and/or thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our stockholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our shares of common stock are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer that could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. Secondly, an investment in us is a speculative or “risky” investment due to our lack of meaningful profits to date and uncertainty of future profits. As a consequence of this enhanced risk, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned issuer.

 

We may be subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock.

 

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define so-called “penny stocks” to be an equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. Our common stock is a “penny stock” and is subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the Penny Stock Rule. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors” (generally, individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual incomes exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouses). For transactions covered by Rule 15g-9, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market, thus possibly making it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.

 

For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required to be made about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.

 

There can be no assurance that our common stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our common stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock, if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.

 

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Substantial future sales of our common stock, or the perception in the public markets that these sales may occur, may depress our stock price.

 

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after this Offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, could adversely affect the price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional shares. Following this Offering, we will have approximately [*] shares of common stock outstanding (assuming the minimum number of shares are sold in the offering), [*] shares of common stock outstanding (assuming the maximum number of shares are sold in the offering), or [*] shares of common stock outstanding (assuming the over-subscription amount is exercised in full). All of the shares of common stock to be sold in this Offering will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the federal securities laws. The remaining [*], or [*] %, of our outstanding common stock will be subject to restrictions on resale under U.S. securities laws. Holders of [*] of these shares have agreed not to sell these shares for at least 180 days following the date of this Prospectus.

 

We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this Offering, and our use of the Offering proceeds may not yield a favorable return on your investment.

 

We expect to use most of the net proceeds from this Offering for working capital, business development, product development and capital expenditure. However, our management has broad discretion over how these proceeds are to be used and based on unforeseen technical, commercial or regulatory issues could spend the proceeds in ways with which you may not agree. Moreover, the proceeds may not be invested effectively or in a manner that yields a favorable or any return, and consequently, this could result in financial losses that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

We have never paid cash dividends on our stock and do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

 

We have paid no cash dividends on any class of our stock to date and we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the near term. For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board deems relevant.

 

Fulfilling our obligations incident to being a public company, including with respect to the requirements of and related rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is expensive and time-consuming, and any delays or difficulties in satisfying these obligations could have a material adverse effect on our future results of operations and our stock price.

 

As a public company, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules and regulations of the SEC require us to implement various corporate governance practices and adhere to a variety of reporting requirements and complex accounting rules. Compliance with these public company obligations requires us to devote significant time and resources and places significant additional demands on our finance and accounting staff and on our financial accounting and information systems. We plan to hire additional accounting and financial staff with appropriate public company reporting experience and technical accounting knowledge. Other expenses associated with being a public company include increased auditing, accounting and legal fees and expenses, investor relations expenses, increased directors’ fees and director and officer liability insurance costs, registrar and transfer agent fees and listing fees, as well as other expenses.

 

We are required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to document and test the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, we are required under the Exchange Act to maintain disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Any failure to maintain effective controls or implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. If we are unable to conclude that we have effective internal control over financial reporting, investors could lose confidence in the reliability of our financial statements. This could result in a decrease in the value of our common stock. Failure to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 could potentially subject us to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

 

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Investors in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution.

 

The offering price of $[*] per share is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately following this offering. Therefore, if you purchase common stock in the offering, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net tangible book value per share in relation to the price that you paid for your shares. We expect the dilution as a result of the offering to be $[*] per share to new investors purchasing our shares in this offering if the minimum number of shares being offered are sold, $[*] per share to new investors purchasing our shares in this offering if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold without exercise of the over-subscription option, and $[*] per share to new investors purchasing our shares in this offering if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold and the over-subscription option is exercised in full, at the assumed offering price of $[*], the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. Accordingly, if we were liquidated at our net tangible book value, you would not receive the full amount of your investment. See “Dilution” below.

 

Our board of directors has broad discretion to issue additional securities and any such issuance may cause substantial dilution to our stockholders.

 

We are entitled under our articles of incorporation to issue up to 450,000,000 shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock, although these amounts may change in the future subject to stockholder approval. Shares of our blank check preferred stock provide our board of directors’ broad authority to determine voting, dividend, conversion, and other rights. As of November 30, 2017, we had issued and outstanding 41,340,416 shares of common stock and we had 10,000,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under our 2017 equity incentive plan of which options to purchase 4,680,989 shares of our common stock have been granted to stockholders of Aircom in exchange for Aircom options as a result of completion of the reverse acquisition, options to purchase 2,000,000 shares of our common stock have been granted to certain of our officers, directors, employees and service providers, and options to purchase 3,319,011 shares of our common stock remain available for future grants under our 2017 equity incentive plan. As of January 30, 2018, we had no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. Accordingly, as of January 30, 2018, we could issue up to 408,546,184 additional shares of common stock and 50,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock. Any additional stock issuances could be made at a price that reflects a discount or premium to the then-current market price of our common stock. In addition, in order to raise capital, we may need to issue securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for a significant amount of our common stock. Our board may generally issue those common and preferred shares, or convertible securities to purchase those shares, without further approval by our stockholders. Any preferred shares we may issue could have such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions as may be designated from time-to-time by our board, including preferential dividend rights, voting rights, conversion rights, redemption rights and liquidation provisions. We may also issue additional securities to our directors, officers, employees and consultants as compensatory grants in connection with their services, both in the form of stand-alone grants or under our stock incentive plans. The issuance of additional securities may cause substantial dilution to our stockholders.

 

Our articles of incorporation, bylaws and Nevada law have anti-takeover provisions that could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control, which may cause our stock price to decline.

 

Our articles of incorporation, bylaws and Nevada law contain provisions which could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if closing such a transaction would be beneficial to our stockholders. We are currently authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock. This preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by stockholders. The terms of any series of preferred stock may include voting rights (including the right to vote as a series on particular matters), preferences as to dividend, liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. No shares of our preferred stock are currently outstanding. The issuance of any preferred stock could materially adversely affect the rights of the holders of our common stock, and therefore, reduce the value of our common stock. In particular, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell our assets to, a third party and thereby preserve control by current management.

 

Provisions of our articles of incorporation, bylaws and Nevada law also could have the effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or making a tender offer or delaying or preventing a change in control, including changes a stockholder might consider favorable. Such provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. In particular, our articles of incorporation, our bylaws and Nevada law, as applicable, among other things, provide our board of directors with the ability to alter our bylaws without stockholder approval, and provide that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by a majority of directors in office, although less than a quorum.

 

We may become subject to Nevada’s control share acquisition laws (Nevada Revised Statutes 78.378 - 78.3793), which prohibit an acquirer, under certain circumstances, from voting shares of a corporation’s stock after crossing specific threshold ownership percentages, unless the acquirer obtains the approval of the issuing corporation’s stockholders. We are also subject to Nevada’s Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes 78.411 -78.444) which prohibits an interested stockholder from entering into a “combination” with the corporation, unless certain conditions are met. These provisions are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to first negotiate with our board of directors. These provisions may delay or prevent someone from acquiring or merging with us, which may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus, including the sections entitled “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Business” contains forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “plan,” “ongoing,” “expect” and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following: 

 

  our future financial and operating results;

 

  our intentions, expectations and beliefs regarding anticipated growth, market penetration and trends in our business;

 

  our ability to attract and retain customers;

 

  our dependence on growth in our customers’ businesses;

 

  the effects of changing customer needs in our market;

 

  the effects of market conditions on our stock price and operating results;

 

  our ability to maintain our competitive advantages against competitors in our industry;

 

  our ability to timely and effectively adapt our existing technology and have our technology solutions gain market acceptance;

 

  our ability to introduce new offerings and bring them to market in a timely manner;

 

  our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property;

 

  the effects of increased competition in our market and our ability to compete effectively;

 

  our plans to use the proceeds from this offering;

 

  our expectations concerning relationship with customers and other third parties;

 

  the attraction and retention of qualified employees and key personnel;

 

  future acquisitions of our investments in complementary companies or technologies; and

 

  our ability to comply with evolving legal standards and regulations.

 

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks, 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 we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in our forward-looking statements. 

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances described in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law. 

You should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect. 

This prospectus includes market and industry data that has been obtained from third-party sources, including industry publications, as well as industry data prepared by our management on the basis of its knowledge of and experience in the industries in which we operate (including our management’s estimates and assumptions relating to such industries based on that knowledge). Management’s knowledge of such industries has been developed through its experience and participation in these industries. While our management believes the third-party sources referred to in this prospectus are reliable, neither we nor our management have independently verified any of the data from such sources referred to in this prospectus or ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon by such sources. Internally prepared and third-party market forecasts, in particular, are estimates only and may be inaccurate, especially over long periods of time. In addition, the underwriter has not independently verified any of the industry data prepared by management or ascertained the underlying estimates and assumptions relied upon by management. Furthermore, references in this prospectus to any publications, reports, surveys or articles prepared by third parties should not be construed as depicting the complete findings of the entire publication, report, survey or article. The information in any such publication, report, survey or article is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of common stock offered by us will be approximately $[*] million if the minimum number of shares being offered are sold, or approximately $[*] if the maximum number of shares being offered are sold without exercise of the over-subscription option, assuming a public offering price of $[*], the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. If the underwriter’s over-subscription option to purchase additional shares in this offering is exercised in full, we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately $[*] million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

The principal purposes of this offering are to increase our capitalization and financial flexibility, and to increase our visibility in the marketplace. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds of this offering. However, we currently intend to use the net proceeds to us from this offering, together with existing cash, primarily for general corporate purposes, such as working capital, product development, marketing activities, and other capital expenditures including the purchase of land for, and the building of, our first satellite ground station and data center, in the Asia region. More specifically, depending on the amount we raise in this offering, we expect to spend between $8 million and $35 million to acquire land in Taiwan that we will use to establish this first satellite ground station and data center.  We have identified a suitable location for such base station in the northern part of Taiwan and have begun negotiating with the local landowners the terms of an acquisition.  We expect that the approximate cost of the land per square meter will be between $1,280 and $1,565 (or $120 and $145 per square foot) and that we will purchase between 21,830 and 24,620 square meters (between 235,000 and 265,000 square feet) of land with an option to acquire additional contiguous land.

 

We may also use a portion of the net proceeds for the acquisition of, or investment in, businesses, products, technologies or other assets that complement our business, although we have no present commitments or agreements to enter into any material acquisitions or investments. We will have broad discretion over the uses of the net proceeds in this offering.

 

As of the date of this prospectus and except as explicitly set forth herein, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses of the net proceeds from this offering. Pending use of the net proceeds from this offering as described above, we may invest the net proceeds in short-term interest-bearing investment grade instruments.

 

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DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

 

Our common stock is quoted for trading on the OTC Markets Group Inc. OTCQX Best Market under the symbol “AKOM.” On February [*], 2018, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the OTCQX Best Market was $[*]. The price of our common stock on the OTCQX Best Market during recent periods will only be one of many factors in determining the public offering price. The public offering price will be determined through negotiations between us and the underwriter. In addition to prevailing market conditions, the factors to be considered in determining the public offering price include:

 

  the valuations of publicly traded companies in the United States that the underwriter believe to be comparable to us;

 

  our financial information;

 

  the history of, and the prospects for, our company and the industries in which we compete;

 

  an assessment of our management, our past and present operations, and the prospects for, and timing of, our future revenues;

 

  the present state of our development; and

 

  various valuation measures of other companies engaged in activities like ours.

 

It is also possible that after this offering, our securities will not trade in the public market at or above the public offering price.

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, if at all. Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our capitalization, as of September 30, 2017:  

 

  on an actual basis;

 

  on a pro forma basis to give effect to the sale of the minimum number of shares in this offering at the assumed public offering price of $[*] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by us.
     
 

on a pro forma basis to give effect to the sale of the maximum number of shares in this offering at the assumed public offering price of $[*] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by us.

     
  on a pro forma basis to give effect to the sale of the minimum number of shares in this offering (assuming that the underwriter’s over-subscription option is exercised in full) at the assumed public offering price of $[*] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

You should read this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds” above as well as our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the related notes to those financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

          As of September 30, 2017 (1)    
      Actual        Pro Forma Minimum       Pro Forma Maximum (without Over-Subscription Option   Pro Forma Maximum (with Over-Subscription Option)  
Cash   $ 6,566     $          
Other assets     126,497                      
Total assets   $ 10,403,964     $            
Short-term bank loan   $ 10,000     $                 
Accrued expenses     498,106                      
Other payable – related parties     899,268                      
Other payable – others     2,286,068                      
Total liabilities     3,693,895                      
Shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value Authorized – 450,000,000 shares issued and outstanding – 40,758,328 (excluding unvested restricted stock of 337,683) shares as of September 30, 2017.     40,758                      
Shares of Common Stock, no par value Authorized – 210,000,000 shares issued and outstanding – 98,720,0660 (excluding unvested restricted stock of 6,683,340 shares) shares as of December 31, 2016.     -                      
Additional paid-in capital (2)     10,860,030                      
Accumulated Deficit     (4,732,026                        
Total liabilities and equity   $ 10,403,964     $                     

 

  (1) Gives effect to the sale of the minimum amount, the maximum amount and the maximum amount including the over-subscription amount, at an assumed public offering price of $[•] per share and to reflect the application of the proceeds after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts (6.5% commission), and our estimated offering expenses. (See note 2 below.)

 

  (2) Pro forma adjusted for IPO additional paid in capital reflects the net proceeds we expect to receive, assuming the minimum amount, the maximum amount and the maximum amount including the over-subscription amount is sold, after deducting underwriting discount, underwriter’s expense allowance and approximately $[•] in other expenses. We expect to receive net proceeds of approximately $[•] ($[•] offering, less underwriting discount of $[•], accountable expense allowance of $[•] and offering expenses of $[•]).

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in our securities, your investment will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price you pay in this offering, and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after this offering.

 

Net tangible book value (deficit) per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets reduced by our total liabilities, divided by the outstanding shares of common stock. Tangible assets equal our total assets less intangible assets. As of September 30, 2017, our actual net tangible book value was $2,708,819 and our net tangible book deficit per share was $0.0655.

 

After giving effect to the sale of $5,000,000 of shares (minimum), $60,000,000 of shares (maximum without over-subscription option), or $69,000,000 of shares (maximum with over-subscription option) in this offering at the assumed public offering price of $[*] per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, but without adjusting for any other change in our pro forma net tangible book value subsequent to September 30, 2017, our pro forma net tangible book value would have been $[*] per share of common stock if the minimum amount of shares are sold, $[*] per share of common stock if the maximum amount of shares are sold without exercise of the over-subscription option, and $[*] per share of common stock if the maximum amount of shares are sold and the over-subscription option is exercised in full. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of  $[*] per share to our existing shareholders and immediate dilution of $[*] per share to new investors purchasing shares in this offering if the minimum number of shares are sold, an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $[*] per share to our existing shareholders and immediate dilution of $[*] per share to new investors purchasing shares in this offering if the maximum number of shares are sold without exercise of the over-subscription option, and an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of  $[*] per share to our existing shareholders and immediate dilution of $[*] per share to new investors purchasing shares in this offering if the maximum number of shares are sold and the over-subscription option is exercised in full.

 

The following table illustrates this dilution on a per share basis to new investors:

 

      Minimum       Maximum without Over-Subscription Option       Maximum with Over-Subscription Option  
Assumed public offering price per unit   $              $                    $                   
Historical net tangible book value per common share as of September 30, 2017   $       $       $  
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per common share as of September 30, 2017   $     $     $  
Increase in net tangible book value per common share attributable to new investors   $     $     $  
Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per common share after this offering   $     $     $  
Dilution per common share to new investors   $     $     $  

 

As of September 30, 2017, the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering, assuming [*] shares of our common stock are sold in the offering, is [*] and excludes the following:

 

  6,661,307 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a weighted average exercise price of $1.8324 per share as of September 30, 2017;
     
  [*] shares of common stock ([*] shares of common stock if over-subscription is exercised in full) underlying the warrants to be issued to the underwriter in connection with this offering;
     
  [*] shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the underwriter’s over-subscription option;
     
  [*] shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issuable upon the exercise of the underwriter’s over-subscription option; and
     
  Up to [*] shares of common stock underlying the Underwriter Warrants.

  

If the underwriter’s over-subscription option is exercised in full, our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value following the offering will be $[*] per share, and the dilution to new investors in the offering will be $[*] per share.

 

A $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed public offering price per share would increase or decrease our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value after this offering by approximately $[*], and dilution per share to new investors by approximately $[*] for an increase of $1.00, or $[*] for a decrease of $1.00, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

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MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Market Information

 

Our common stock began trading on the OTCQB on May 30, 2017 under the symbol “AKOM.” On July 31, 2017, our stock began trading on the OTCQX Best Market. To date, there has been limited trading for our common stock on the OTC Markets.

 

As of January 30, 2018, we had a total of 41,453,816 shares of our common stock outstanding. On [*], 2018, the closing sales price of our common stock was $[*] per share on the OTCQX Best Market. Our stock only recently began trading and it is extremely thinly traded. We cannot guarantee that an active market in our common stock will develop on the OTCQX Best Market.

 

Prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to this prospectus, we plan to file an application to have our shares of common stock listed on the NYSE under the symbol “AKOM.” No assurance can be given that our application will be approved.  

 

Number of Holders of Our Shares of Common Stock

 

We had 57 record holders of our common stock as of January 30, 2018. Because brokers and other institutions hold shares on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

On May 5, 2017, we established our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was approved by our board of directors on May 5, 2017, and an amendment to increase the number of shares of our common stock available for grant under the Plan was approved by the board of directors on June 26, 2017. We expect that the Plan will be approved by our stockholders at our annual meeting in early 2018. The purpose of the Plan is to grant stock and options to purchase our common stock to our employees, directors and key consultants. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, as amended, is 10,000,000 shares. Cancelled and forfeited stock options and stock awards may again become available for grant under the Plan. There were 3,319,011 shares available for grant under the Plan as of January 30, 2018; 4,680,989 shares of our common stock are issuable upon the exercise of options to be issued under the Plan to holders of Aircom options assumed by us as a result of the closing of the reverse acquisition with Aircom; and options exercisable for 2,000,000 shares of our common stock have been approved by our board of directors for grants to certain of our officers, directors, employees and service providers.

   

Equity Compensation Plan and Employee Benefits

 

Summary of the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan

 

The following summary briefly describes the principal features of the Plan, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan.

 

Administration . The Plan is administered by our Compensation Committee, or if no such committee is formed, our board of directors. Our Compensation Committee has the authority to select the eligible participants to whom awards will be granted, to determine the types of awards and the number of shares covered and to set the terms, conditions and provisions of such awards, to cancel or suspend awards under certain conditions, and to accelerate the exercisability of awards. Our Compensation Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms of agreements entered into with recipients under the Plan, and to make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

Eligibility . All employees, directors and individuals providing services to our company or its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

Shares Subject to Plan . Subject to adjustment as described herein, as of June 26, 2017 the number of shares of common stock that is available for grant of awards under the Plan is 10,000,000 shares.

 

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Stock Option and SAR Grants. The exercise price per share of common stock purchasable under any stock option or stock appreciation right (SAR) will be determined by our Compensation Committee, but cannot in any event be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date the option is granted. Our Compensation Committee will determine the term of each stock option or SAR (subject to a maximum of 10 years) and each stock option or SAR will be exercisable pursuant to a vesting schedule determined by our Compensation Committee. The grants and the terms of incentive stock options, or ISOs, shall be restricted to the extent required for qualification as ISOs by the Internal Revenue Code, or the Code. Subject to approval of our Compensation Committee, stock options or SARs may be exercised by payment of the exercise price in cash, shares of our common stock, which have been held for at least six months, or pursuant to a “cashless exercise” through a broker-dealer under an arrangement approved by us. We may require the grantee to pay to us any applicable withholding taxes that we are required to withhold with respect to the grant or exercise of any award. The withholding tax may be paid in cash or, subject to applicable law, our Compensation Committee may permit the grantee to satisfy such obligations by the withholding or delivery of shares of our common stock. We may withhold from any shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to a stock option or SAR or from any cash amounts otherwise due from us to the recipient of the award an amount equal to such taxes.

 

Stock Grants. Shares may be sold or awarded for consideration and with or without restriction as determined by the Compensation Committee, including cash, full-recourse promissory notes, as well as past and future services. Any award of shares will be subject to the vesting schedule, if any, determined by the Compensation Committee. In general, holders of shares sold or awarded under the Plan will have the same voting, dividend and other rights as our other stockholders. As a condition to the purchase of shares under the Plan, the purchaser will make such arrangements as our Compensation Committee may require for the satisfaction of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with such purchase.

 

Adjustments . In the event of any change affecting the shares of our common stock by reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distribution to stockholders other than cash dividends, our board of directors will make such substitution or adjustment in the aggregate number of shares that may be distributed under the Plan and in the number and option price (or exercise or purchase price, if applicable) as it deems to be appropriate in order to maintain the purpose of the original grant.

 

Termination of Service. If a participant’s service to our company terminates on account of death or disability, then the participant’s unexercised options, if exercisable immediately before the participant’s death, disability or retirement, may be exercised in whole or in part, on the earlier of the date on which such stock options would otherwise expire and one year after the event. If a participant’s service to us terminates for any other reason, then the participant’s unexercised options, to the extent exercisable immediately before such termination, will remain exercisable, and may be exercised in whole or in part, for a period ending on the earlier of the date on which such stock options would otherwise expire and three months after such termination of service.

 

Amendment and Termination. Our board of directors may, at any time, alter, amend, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the right of grantees to stock awards or stock options previously granted and no amendment, without the approval of our stockholders, shall increase the maximum number of shares which may be awarded under the Plan in the aggregate, materially increase the benefits accruing to grantees under the Plan, change the class of employees eligible to receive options under the Plan, or materially modify the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Overview

 

We are a full-service provider of IFEC solutions. With advanced technologies and a unique business model, we plan to provide airline passengers with a true broadband in-flight experience that encompasses a wide range of service options. Such options will include Wi-Fi, cellular networks, movies, gaming, live TV, and music. We expect to offer these core services, which we are currently still developing, through both built-in in-flight entertainment systems, such as a seatback display, as well as on passengers’ personal devices. We also expect to provide content management services and e-commerce solutions.

 

We plan to partner with airlines and offer airline passengers free IFEC services. We expect to generate revenues through advertising and in-flight transactions.

 

Our total sales were $0 and $6,128,900 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Our total sales of $6,128,900 in 2015 were non-recurring sales of equipment to related parties. Our net loss for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 was $3,176,464, as compared to a net income of $2,670,414 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Principal Factors Affecting Financial Performance

 

We believe that our operating and business performance is driven by various factors that affect the commercial airline industry, including trends affecting the travel industry and trends affecting the customer bases that we target, as well as factors that affect wireless Internet service providers and general macroeconomic factors. Key factors that may affect our future performance include:

 

  our ability to enter into and maintain long-term business arrangements with airline partners, which depends on numerous factors including the real or perceived availability, quality and price of our services and product offerings as compared to those offered by our competitors;

 

  the extent of the adoption of our products and services by airline partners and customers;

 

  costs associated with implementing, and our ability to implement on a timely basis, our technology, upgrades and installation technologies;

 

  costs associated with and our ability to execute our expansion, including modification to our network to accommodate satellite technology, development and implementation of new satellite-based technologies, the availability of satellite capacity, costs of satellite capacity to which we may have to commit well in advance, and compliance with regulations;

 

  costs associated with managing a rapidly growing company;

 

  the number of aircraft in service in our markets, including consolidation of the airline industry or changes in fleet size by one or more of our commercial airline partners;

 

  the economic environment and other trends that affect both business and leisure travel;

 

  continued demand for connectivity and proliferation of Wi-Fi enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets and laptops;

 

  our ability to obtain required telecommunications, aviation and other licenses and approvals necessary for our operations; and

 

  changes in laws, regulations and interpretations affecting telecommunications services and aviation, including, in particular, changes that impact the design of our equipment and our ability to obtain required certifications for our equipment.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments. We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements:

 

Revenue Recognition . We recognize sales when the earning process is completed, as evidenced by an arrangement with the customer, transfer of title and acceptance, if applicable, has occurred, as well as the price is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. Sales are recorded net of returns, discounts and allowances.

 

Inventories . Inventories are recorded at the lower of weighted-average cost or market. We assess the impact of changing technology on our inventory on hand and write off inventories that are considered obsolete. Estimated losses on scrap and slow-moving items are recognized in the allowance for losses.

 

Research and Development Costs . Research and development costs are charged to operating expenses as incurred. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, we incurred approximately $1,597,000 and $25,000 of research and development costs, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we incurred approximately $0 and $ 1,579,000 of research and development cost, respectively.

 

Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. When value impairment is determined, the related assets are stated at the lower of fair value or book value. Significant additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed by using the straight-line method over the following estimated service lives: computer equipment - 3 to 5 years, furniture and fixtures - 5 years and satellite equipment – 5 years. Construction costs for on-flight entertainment equipment not yet in service are recorded to construction in progress. Upon sale or disposal of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the corresponding accounts, with any gain or loss credited or charged to non-operating income in the period of sale or disposal. We review the carrying amount of property and equipment for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. We determined that there was no impairment loss for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 or for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

Intangible Asset . Intangible asset consists of satellite system software and is amortized on the straight-line basis over 10 years.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments . We utilize the three-level valuation hierarchy for the recognition and disclosure of fair value measurements. The categorization of assets and liabilities within this hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement of fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy consist of the following:

 

Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.

 

Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable inputs based upon management’s best estimate of inputs market participants could use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date, including assumptions.

 

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The carrying amounts of our cash, accounts receivable, other receivable, short-term loans, accounts payable, and other payable approximated their fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

 

Foreign Currency Translation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the company are reported in US dollar. The financial position and results of operations of the company’s subsidiaries in the PRC are measured using the Renminbi, which is the local and functional currency of these entities. Assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries are translated at the prevailing exchange rate in effect at each period end. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange during the period. Translation adjustments are included in other comprehensive income (loss).

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

We qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As a result, we are permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

 

  have an auditor report on our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
     
  comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (i.e., an auditor discussion and analysis);
     
  submit certain executive compensation matters to shareholder advisory votes, such as “say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency;” and
     
  disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation.

 

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

 

In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

 

We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our shares of common stock that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Income Taxes

 

In October 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-16, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfer of Assets Other than Inventory,” or ASU 2016-16, which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. ASU 2016-06 will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and for us in our first quarter of 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-16 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Financial Instruments

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, “Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” or ASU 2016-01, which updates certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for us in our first quarter of 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments,” or ASU 2016-13, which modifies the measurement of expected credit losses of certain financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for us in our first quarter of 2021, and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Leases

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842), or ASU 2016-02, which modifies lease accounting for both lessees and lessors to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous accounting standards and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for us in our first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the timing of its adoption and the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Stock Compensation

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation” (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, or ASU 2016-09, which simplifies certain aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income taxes, classification of awards and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and for us in our first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-09 on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606), or ASU 2014-09, which amends the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to customers. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and for us in our first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted.

 

Subsequently, the FASB issued the following standards related to ASU 2014- 09: ASU No. 2016-08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations,” or ASU 2016-08; ASU No. 2016-10, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606): Identifying “Performance Obligations and Licensing,” or ASU 2016-10; and ASU No. 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606): “Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients,” or ASU 2016-12. We must adopt ASU 2016- 08, ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12 with ASU 2014-09 (collectively, the “new revenue standards”).

 

The new revenue standards may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption. We currently expect to adopt the new revenue standards in our first quarter of 2019 utilizing the full retrospective transition method. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new revenue standards on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Business Combinations

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations” (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which a business is an integrated set of activities and assets that is capable of being conducted and managed for the purpose of providing a return in the form of dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly to investors or other owners, members, or participants. ASU 2017-01 will be effective for annual periods beginning after March 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after March 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-01 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

    Three Months Ended September 30,     Change  
    2017     2016     $     %  
Sales   $ -     $ -     $ -       -  
Cost of sales     -       -       -       -  
Operating expenses     1,398,590       680,836       717,754       105.4 %
Loss from operations     (1,398,590 )     (680,836 )     (717,754 )     105.4 %
Net non-operating income (loss)     (998 )     -       (998 )     100.0 %
Loss before income taxes     (1,399,588 )     (680,836 )     (718,752 )     105.6 %
Income tax expense (benefit)     4,453       (249,000 )     244,547       (98.2 )%
Net Loss     (1,404,041 )     (431,836 )     (972,205 )     225.1 %
Other comprehensive loss     (242 )     -       (242 )     100.0 %
Total comprehensive loss   $ (1,404,283 )   $ (431,836 )   $ (972,447 )     225.2 %

 

Sales .   Our sales were $0 for both the three-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 as we are still developing our core business in in-flight entertainment and connectivity and there was no non-recurring sale of equipment to related parties during the periods.

 

Cost of sales . Our cost of sales includes the direct costs of our raw materials and component parts, as well as the cost of labor and overhead. Our cost of sales was $0 for both the three-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 as we did not have any sales during the periods.

 

Operating expenses . Our operating expenses consist primarily of compensation and benefits, professional advisor fees, cost of promotion, business development, business travel, transportation costs, and other expenses incurred in connection with general operations. Our operating expenses increased by $718,752 to $1,399,588 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, from $680,836 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016. Such increase was mainly due to increased stock based compensation, payroll and related expenses, consulting fees, go-public expense and satellite service fee of $321,325, $44,877, $107,378, $50,198 and $152,821, respectively, which was offset by the decrease in outsourcing expenses of $129,391.

 

Net non-operating income (expense) . We had $998 in net non-operating income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared to net non-operating expense of $0 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016. Net non-operating income in the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 includes a foreign exchange translation gain of $929.

 

Loss before income taxes . Our loss before income taxes increased by $718,752 to $1,399,588 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, from a loss of $680,836 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016, as a result of the factors described above.

 

Income tax expense .   Income tax expense increased to $4,453 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, from the income taxes benefit of $249,000 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016. The income tax expense for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 was mainly due to foreign subsidiary’s income tax expenses. The income tax benefit for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016 was because the operating loss reduced the taxable income carried over from December 31, 2015.

 

Total comprehensive loss . As a result of the cumulative effect of the factors described above, our total comprehensive loss increased by $972,447 to $1,404,283 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017, from a total comprehensive loss of $431,836 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2016.

 

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Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

 

   

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

    Change  
    2017     2016     $     %  
Sales   $ -     $ -     $ -       -  
Cost of sales     -       -       -       -  
Operating expenses     4,735,979       3,255,855       1,480,124       45.5 %
Loss from operations     (4,735,979 )     (3,255,855 )     (1,480,124 )     45.5 %
Net non-operating income (loss)     25,166       (89,557 )     114,723       (128.1 )%
Loss before income taxes     (4,710,813 )     (3,345,412 )     (1,365,401 )     (40.8 )%
Income tax expense (benefit)     9,889       (816,000 )     806,111       (98.8 )%
Net Loss     (4,720,702 )     (2,529,412 )     (2,191,290 )     86.6 %
Other comprehensive loss     (3,596 )     -       (3,596 )     (100.0 )%
Total comprehensive loss   $ (4,724,298 )   $ (2,529,412 )   $ (2,194,886 )     86.8 %

 

Sales .   Our sales were $0 for both the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 as we are still developing our core business in in-flight entertainment and connectivity and there was no non-recurring sale of equipment to related parties during the periods.

 

Cost of sales . Our cost of sales was $0 for both the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 as we did not have any sales during the periods.

 

Operating expenses . Our operating expenses increased by $1,480,124 to $4,735,979 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, from $3,255,855 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. Such increase was mainly due to the increase in stock based compensation, satellite service fees, payroll and related expenses, legal expense, accounting fees, travel expenses and consulting fee of $1,114,235, $651,168, $350,800, $275,743, $304,025, $163,015 and $225,840, respectively, which was offset by the decrease in R&D and outsourcing expenses of $1,578,659 and $190,000, respectively.

 

Net non-operating income (expense) . We had $25,166 in net non-operating income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared to net non-operating expense of $89,557 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. Net non-operating income (loss) in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 represents the cancellation of debt from a related party of $26,213, while net non-operating expense in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 consisted of $89,559 interest expense.

 

Loss before income taxes . Our loss before income taxes increased by $1,365,401 to $4,710,813 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, from a loss of $3,345,412 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016, as a result of the factors described above.

 

Income tax expense .   Income tax expense increased to $9,889 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, from the income taxes benefit of $816,000 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. The income tax expense for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 was mainly due to California franchise tax and foreign subsidiary’s income tax expenses. The income tax benefit for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 was because the operating loss reduced the taxable income carried over from December 31, 2015.

 

Total comprehensive loss . As a result of the cumulative effect of the factors described above, our total comprehensive loss increased by $2,194,886 to $4,724,298 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, from a total comprehensive loss of $2,509,412 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016.

 

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Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015  

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, both in dollars and as a percentage of our sales.

 

    For the Year Ended December 31,  
    2016     2015  
    Amount     % of Sales     Amount     % of Sales  
Sales   $ -       -     $ 6,128,900       100.0 %
Cost of sales     -       -       1,337,905       21.8 %
Operating expenses     3,970,105       -       1,235,796       20.2 %
Income (loss) from operations     (3,970,105 )     -       3,555,199       58.0 %
Net non-operating income (expense)     (89,559 )     -       15       0.0 %
Income (loss) before income taxes     (4,059,664 )     -       3,555,214       58.0 %
Income tax expense (benefit)     (883,200 )     -       884,800       14.4 %
Net income (loss)     (3,176,464 )     -       2,670,414       43.6 %
Other comprehensive income (loss)     (10 )     -       -       -  
Total comprehensive income (loss)   $ (3,176,474 )     -     $ 2,670,414       43.6 %

 

Sales . Our sales were $0 for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to the $6,128,900 for the same period in 2015. The decrease is because we are still developing our core business in on-board entertainment and connectivity and no recurring sales in 2016, while the sales of $6,128,900 in 2015 mainly from non-recurring sales of equipment to related parties.

 

Cost of sales . Our cost of sales includes the direct costs of our raw materials and component parts, as well as the cost of labor and overhead. Our cost of sales is $0 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as we did not have any sales during the period, compared to the $1,337,905 for the same period in 2015 as a result of the non-recurring sales of equipment to related parties.

 

Operating expenses . Our operating expenses consist primarily of compensation and benefits, professional advisor fees, cost of promotion, business development, business travel, transportation costs, and other expenses incurred in connection with general operations. Our operating expenses increased by $2,734,309, or 221.3%, to $3,970,105 for the year ended December 31, 2016, from $1,235,796 for the year ended December 31, 2015. Such increase was mainly due to the increase in R&D expenses, amortization expenses, outside services, payroll expenses and consulting fees, by the amount of $1,572,184, $412,500, 290,000, $531,381 and $125,399, respectively, offset by the decrease in marketing expenses by the amount of $169,081. The increase in payroll expenses for the year ended December 31, 2016 is because all payroll expenses in 2016 were classified as operating expenses while a portion of the payroll expenses, $652,800, were classified as cost of sales in 2015.

 

Net Non-Operating income (expense) . We had $89,559 in net non-operating expense for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to net non-operating income of $15 for the year ended December 31, 2015. All of the $89,559 net non-operating expense in the year ended December 31, 2016 represents interest expense.

 

Income (loss) before income taxes . Our loss before income taxes is $4,059,664 for the year ended December 31, 2016 as compared to the income before income taxes of $3,555,214 for the year ended December 31, 2015, increased by $7,614,878, as a result of the factors described above.

 

Income tax expense (benefit) . Income tax benefit increased to $883,200 for the year ended December 31, 2016, from the income taxes expense of $884,800 for the year ended December 31, 2015. The income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2016 is due to the operating loss reduced the taxable income carried over from December 31, 2015.

 

Net comprehensive (income) loss . As a result of the cumulative effect of the factors described above, our net loss increased by $5,846,888 to $3,176,474 for the year ended December 31, 2016 from a net income of $2,670,414 for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

 

As of September 30, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of $6,566. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through sales of equipment, in 2015, to related parties, cash proceeds from financing activities, short-term borrowings and equity contributions by our stockholders.

 

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The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this report:

 

Cash Flow

 

   

Nine Months

Ended September 30,

 
    2017     2016  
Net cash used for operating activities   $ (2,376,968 )   $ (667,531 )
Net cash used for investing activity     (279,968 )     (3,677,337 )
Net cash provided by financing activity     2,354,935       4,349,729  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     (302,001 )     4,861  
Cash at beginning of period     312,173       19,498  
Foreign currency translation effect on cash     (3,606 )     -  
Cash at end of period   $ 6,566     $ 24,359  

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used for operating activities was $2,376,968 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $667,531 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. The increase in net cash used for operating activities was mainly due to net operating loss, increase in prepaid expenses, prepaid investment, other receivable and decrease in other payable related parties of $4,720,702, $470,606, $460,000, $29,332 and $42,385, respectively, offset by the decrease in deposits, accrued expenses, and other payable of $679,874, $439,606, and $614,799, respectively.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used for investing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 was $279,968, as compared to $3,677,337 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. The decrease was mainly attributable to purchase of property and equipment during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. 

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 was $2,354,935, as compared to $4,349,729 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016. The increase was mainly attributable to more proceeds from the issuance of our common stock during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017.

 

Currently available working capital will not be adequate to sustain our operations at our current levels for the next twelve months. We expect to satisfy our working capital requirements over the next twelve months through the sale of equity or debt securities. However, we do not have any commitment from any third-party to invest in our company or otherwise acquire any of our equity or debt securities. Furthermore, even if we successfully raise sufficient capital to satisfy our needs over the next twelve months, in the future, we will require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions, implementation of our strategy to expand our business or other investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our own financial resources are insufficient to satisfy our capital requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could require us to agree to operating and financial covenants that would restrict our operations. Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us, or at all, could limit our ability to expand our business operations and could harm our overall business prospects.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

Our operations continue to require significant capital expenditures primarily for technology development, equipment and capacity expansion. Capital expenditures are associated with the supply of airborne equipment to our airline partners, which correlates directly to the roll out and/or upgrade of service to our airline partners’ fleets. Capital spending is also associated with the expansion of our network, ground stations and data centers and includes design, permitting, network equipment and installation costs.

 

Capital expenditures for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were $193 and $1,704 respectively. The decrease in capital expenditures was mainly due to construction in progress during the three-month ended September 30, 2016.

 

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We anticipate an increase in capital spending in fiscal year 2017 and estimate capital expenditures for the year ending December 31, 2017 will range from $6 million to $20 million as we increase the number of airborne equipment installations and continue to execute our expansion strategy.

 

Inflation

 

Inflation and changing prices have not had a material effect on our business and we do not expect that inflation or changing prices will materially affect our business in the foreseeable future. However, our management will closely monitor price changes in our industry and continually maintain effective cost control in operations.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our securities.

 

Seasonality

 

Our operating results and operating cash flows historically have not been subject to significant seasonal variations. This pattern may change, however, as a result of new market opportunities or new product introductions.

 

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

As of December 31, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of $312,173. To date, we have financed our operations primarily through sales of equipment, in 2015, to related parties, cash proceeds from financing activities, short-term borrowings and equity contributions by our stockholders.

 

The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this report:

 

Cash Flow

 

    Years Ended December 31,  
    2016     2015  
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities   $ (1,185,102 )   $ 2,394,442  
Net cash used for investing activity     (4,006,285 )     (5,028,508 )
Net cash provided by financing activity     5,462,422       864,452  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     271,035       (1,769,614 )
Cash from acquired subsidiaries     21,650       -  
Cash at beginning of period     19,498       1,789,112  
Foreign currency translation effect on cash     (10 )     -  
Cash at end of period   $ 312,173     $ 19,498  

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used for operating activities was $1,185,102 for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to $2,394,442 net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase in net cash used for operating activities was mainly due to net operating loss, decrease in deposits, increase in income tax payable and other payable to related parties, in the amount of $3,176,474, $385,017, $883,200 and $1,638,890, respectively, offset by the decrease in accounts receivable of $3,478,900.

 

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Investing Activity

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $4,006,285, as compared to $5,028,508 net cash used for investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2015. Net cash used in investing activities are mainly for the purchase of property and equipment and acquisition of goodwill in the amount of $3,686,597 and $319,688, respectively, in 2016 and acquisitions of intangible assets of $4,950,000 in 2015.

 

Financing Activit y

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $5,462,422, as compared to $864,452 net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase was mainly attributable to more proceeds from issuance of our common stock and subscribed capital during the year ended December 31,2016.

 

Currently available working capital will not be adequate to sustain our operations at our current levels for the next twelve months. We expect to satisfy our working capital requirements over the next twelve months through the sale of equity or debt securities. However, we do not have any commitment from any third party to invest in our company or otherwise acquire any of our equity or debt securities. Furthermore, even if we successfully raise sufficient capital to satisfy our needs over the next twelve months, in the future, we will require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions, implementation of our strategy to expand our business or other investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our own financial resources are insufficient to satisfy our capital requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could require us to agree to operating and financial covenants that would restrict our operations. Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us, or at all, could limit our ability to expand our business operations and could harm our overall business prospects.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

Our operations continue to require significant capital expenditures primarily for technology development, equipment and capacity expansion. Capital expenditures are associated with the supply of airborne equipment to our airline partners, which correlates directly to the roll out and/or upgrade of service to our airline partners’ fleets. Capital spending is also associated with the expansion of our network, ground stations and data centers and includes design, permitting, network equipment and installation costs.

 

Capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were $4,006,285 and $5,028,508, respectively.

 

We anticipate an increase in capital spending in fiscal year 2017 and estimate capital expenditures for the year ending December 31, 2017 will range from $6 million to $20 million as we increase the number of airborne equipment installations and continue to execute our expansion strategy.

 

Inflation

 

Inflation and changing prices have not had a material effect on our business and we do not expect that inflation or changing prices will materially affect our business in the foreseeable future. However, our management will closely monitor price changes in our industry and continually maintain effective cost control in operations.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our securities.

 

Seasonality

 

Our operating results and operating cash flows historically have not been subject to significant seasonal variations. This pattern may change, however, as a result of new market opportunities or new product introductions.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Business Overview

 

With advanced technologies and a unique business model, we, as a service provider of in-flight entertainment and connectivity (or “IFEC”) solutions, intend to provide airline passengers with a broadband in-flight experience that encompasses a wide range of service options. Such options include Wi-Fi, cellular, movies, gaming, live TV, and music. We plan to offer these core services, which we are currently still developing, through both built-in in-flight entertainment systems, such as a seat-back display, as well as on passengers’ personal devices. We also expect to provide content management services and e-commerce solutions.

 

We plan to partner with airlines and offer airline passengers free IFEC services. We expect to generate revenues through advertising and in-flight transactions. We believe that this is an innovative approach that differentiates us from existing market players.

 

Our Corporate Structure

 

We are a holding company. All of our business operations are conducted through our several operating subsidiaries. The chart below presents our corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus: 

 

   

 

Aircom Pacific, Inc. is our wholly owned operating subsidiary through which all of our operational and core business activities are run.

 

Aircom Pacific Inc. Limited, Hong Kong (Aircom HK), is a Hong Kong limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircom. Aircom HK is in charge of all of Aircom’s business and operations in Hong Kong and China. Aircom HK is applying for, and will be the holder of VSTC issued by the HKCAD. Presently, Aircom HK’s primary function is business development, both with respect to airlines as well as content providers and advertising partners based in Hong Kong and China. It is also actively seeking strategic partnerships in those areas, through which Aircom may leverage its product offerings to provide enhanced services to prospective customers. Aircom also plans to provide local support to Hong Kong-based airlines vis Aircom HK and Aircom HK owned teleports located in the Hong Kong areas.

 

Aircom Pacific Japan Inc. (Aircom Japan), a company formed under the law of Japan, is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircom. Aircom Japan is responsible for Aircom’s business development efforts and general operations located within Japan. Aircom Japan is applying for, and will be the holder of, Satellite Communication Blanket License, which is necessary for Aircom to provide services within Japan. Aircom Japan will also provide local support to airlines operate within the territory of Japan. We do not expect to be in a position to successfully launch our service offerings in Japan until sometime in 2019.

 

Aircom Pacific, Ltd., Seychelles (Aircom Seychelles), also a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircom, is organized under the laws of Seychelles. Aircom Seychelles was formed to facilitate Aircom’s global corporate structure for both business operations and tax planning. Presently, Aircom Seychelles has no operations. Aircom is working with corporate and tax advisers in finalizing its global corporate structure and has not yet concluded its final plan of organization.

 

Our principal executive offices are located at 923 Incline Way #39, Incline Village, NV 89451. The telephone number at our principal executive office is (877) 742-3094.

 

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Our Industry

 

According to William Blair’s equity report titled “The Internet of Everything,” dated January 30, 2017, commercial in-flight connectivity, or IFC, is a rapidly growing $6 billion market. Global industry penetration of commercial aircraft installed with IFC has grown from less than 1% in 2008 to 25% in 2016, with the expectation of 60%-plus by 2022. Industry growth should occur from not only increased penetration, but also expected increases in the average revenue generated per aircraft.  

 

The global IFEC market is expected to experience high growth due to factors such as aircraft expansion, increasing passenger rates, rising penetration rates, and technological advances. The global IFEC market revenue was forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 49.7% (2013 Global Industry Analyst Report). The Asia Pacific region is expected to experience more rapid growth because of the demand from a huge population. Boeing estimates that commercial aircraft will increase from 22,510 planes in 2015 to more than 45,000 in 2035, according to its 2016 market report.

 

Our Business Model

 

We believe that our business model sets us apart from our competitors. We combine cutting-edge connectivity technology with a unique content-driven approach. Traditionally, providers of in-flight connectivity focus primarily on the profit margin derived from the sale of hardware to airlines and of bandwidth to passengers. Both airlines and passengers have to “pay to play,” which results in low participation and usage rates. We break away from this model and set a new trend with our business model, under which neither airlines nor passengers need to pay for products or services. Furthermore, our business plan will provide our future airline partners with an opportunity to participate in our revenue sharing model. Taken together, this novel approach creates incentive for the airlines to work with us while driving passenger usage rates to levels management believes could reach 90% or more, considering the fact that many passengers now carry more than one smart device.

 

Our main source of revenue is expected to be derived from the content channeled through our network. In other words, we plan to use connectivity as a tool rather than as a commodity for sale, which we believe will allow us to achieve a greater return. By providing free connectivity and a large volume of content, we believe that we will generate a multiplying effect that will result in a value that exceeds the “sum of its parts.” Through our extended products, continuously expanding content network, and integrated service, we expect to deliver a total end-to-end solution for our customers, along with uninterrupted professional and social life to passengers during air travel.

 

We expect that our business will generate revenue primarily through revenue sharing with select partners. Our revenue partners include Internet companies, content providers, advertisers, telecom service providers, e-commerce, and premium sponsors. In addition, we expect to generate income from selling premium access passes to frequent flyers which would enable the holders to access our network with less restrictions and fewer interruptions from advertisement.

 

We expect to launch our business offerings in 2018, initially in China or Southeast Asia. We may expand our operations to other international markets if we determine that we can compete in such markets.

 

Our IFEC Solutions

 

We plan to provide airline passengers with a broadband in-flight experience that encompasses a wide range of service options. Such options include WiFi, cellular, movies, gaming, live TV, and music. We plan to offer our services through both built-in in-flight entertainment systems, such as a seatback display, as well as on passengers’ personal devices. We also plan to provide related content management services and on-board e-commerce solutions.

 

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Our Connectivity Solutions

 

We expect to bring connectivity on-board aircraft with communication satellites. As depicted in the diagram below, aircraft equipped with connectivity instruments can communicate with satellites via an airborne antenna. The satellite then relays the information to a ground station, which is equipped with a high-power satellite dish and is connected to the internet through our proprietary ground system.

 

 

 

 

 

Satellites can communicate on different microwave frequency bands. The higher the frequency, the faster the rate at which data transmits. However, higher frequency waves are more susceptible to interference from the environment, such as rain fade. Most in-flight connectivity systems currently rely on the Ku-band for communication, though many players in the market are working to provide higher bandwidth and faster transmitting rates using the Ka-band. However, there are few Ka-enabled satellites, which limits the coverage area. We are developing a hybrid Ka/Ku satellite communication system that enables a high throughput where Ka-band coverage is available and offers global coverage where it is not. Our policy engine will make near real-time decisions based on best available bandwidth to choose between Ka and Ku-bands. In an area where Ka and Ku-band coverage overlaps, our airborne system can use both Ka and Ku-band bandwidth or choose the best option based on capacity, cost, and loading. It can also roam seamlessly between Ka and Ku-band satellites when the aircraft is moving in to or out of the Ka-band coverage area.

 

Our dual band system architecture brings our airline customers and their passengers the benefits of both Ka and Ku-band satellite technology. The Ka-band increases data throughput, while the Ku-band offers reliable service outside of the Ka-band coverage area or when Ka-band is not available due to weather or other interference.

 

In July 2015, we entered into a digital transmission service agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, or AsiaSat, for use of its AsiaSat 7 and 8 satellites, which provide access to both Ku and Ka-bands in China and Southeast Asia, for the provision of telecommunication services, including internet service. This agreement runs for a period of three years from its date of commencement, December 31, 2015. We paid AsiaSat a deposit of $775,000, which will be held by AsiaSat as security for our payment obligations and which AsiaSat may apply towards any defaults in such obligations. We are required to pay AsiaSat an annual service fee of $3,100,000, on a quarterly basis. The contract was subsequently suspended and both sides reached a settlement with respect to the Agreement in July 2017. Please also see “Legal Proceedings” below.

 

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In March 2017, we entered into a Master Service Agreement with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation for use of its JCSAT-2B/Asia Beam Ku-band satellite telecommunication services, teleport services and housing services. The agreement’s initial term runs for a period of three years from its commencement date of April 15, 2017, subject to the receipt of all governmental licenses and approval, and will continue be effective provided any of the services continues after the initial term. We are required to prepay $285,300 and a security deposit plus applicable Japanese consumption tax upon commencement date.

 

 

We are actively working with other satellite providers in order to accommodate airlines’ global routes and growing fleets. We are monitoring the satellite industry for growth in coverage, with recent attention on China Satcom’s plan to launch high-capacity Ka-band and Ka HTS multispot-beam satellites over the Asia Pacific region.

 

We plan to provide airline partners with the equipment necessary for in-flight connectivity, which is to be installed by the maintenance, repair, and overhaul service provider, or MRO, selected by the airline. The main components of each installation kit include a radome, one antenna each for Ka and Ku-band, a modem, servers, and wireless access points, among others. The complete bill of materials encompasses more than 5,000 individual parts and components. All components of the installation kit will require an STC, from the FAA, or its equivalents in the relevant jurisdiction. For aircraft outside of the FAA’s jurisdiction, an additional Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate, or VSTC, for the jurisdiction is required. Each aircraft type requires its own STC and VSTC as needed. For example, a STC for an Airbus A320 would not permit us to install the same equipment onboard a Boeing 737.

 

On October 15, 2014, our subsidiary, Aircom, entered into an agreement with dMobile System Co., Ltd. (“dMobile”), a Taiwanese corporation whose Chairman of the Board is Daniel Shih, our co-founder, a former material beneficial owner of our common stock and the husband of Barbie Shih, one of our former directors, for the delivery to dMobile of ground station equipment to be resold to Priceplay Taiwan Inc. (“PPTW”), of which Mr. Shih may be a deemed beneficial owner. According to the terms of this agreement, the purchase price for the initial system was $10,202,455, which was reduced to $6,980,000 on March 10, 2015. We delivered the initial system to dMobile on October 20, 2015 and the purchase price receivable from dMobile was offset by our payable to dMobile for a certain software purchase and a portion of the $1,000,000 prepayment dMobile paid towards the ground station equipment purchase price, leaving a balance owed by Aircom to dMobile of $471,100. In March 2017, due to changes in ground station equipment technology, both parties mutually agreed to terminate the contracts between them and dMobile agreed to accept 94,220 shares of our common stock in settlement of the $471,100 balance. For a more detailed discussion of this settlement agreement, see “ Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions - Transactions with Affiliates ,” below.  

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We will work with our hardware providers to obtain the necessary STCs or VSTCs for individual aircraft types. We will also provide training and technical support to each airline’s MRO services provider(s) for the installation of our equipment. Such support will also include technical, management, and operational support, with 24/7 network monitoring of the performance of each aircraft’s equipment.

 

Our Content Solutions

 

Traditionally, airlines view in-flight entertainment content as a budgeted expense for which they have to pay hefty royalties. With our business model and technologies, we are able to transform in-flight entertainment into a source of revenue for our airline customers. We are teaming up with our current and future prospective airline customers to provide free onboard Wi-Fi services to passengers, which allows us to maintain data traffic control, specifically in terms of blocking or placing advertisements as needed and inserting targeted commercials.

 

Premium Content Sponsorship

 

Recently, merchants have begun to take advantage of in-flight connectivity. In May of 2015, Amazon announced its plan to sponsor free video and music streaming for its Prime Video subscribers onboard JetBlue’s planes. The Amazon and JetBlue partnership is a paradigm of a win-win affiliation between an Internet powerhouse and a provider of in-flight connectivity. Amazon gained a platform through which it could display its premium subscription services and expanded its distribution network, while JetBlue generated significant revenue simply by making its in-flight connectivity available to Amazon.

 

The Amazon-JetBlue partnership is only one of many examples whereby an Internet company can vastly increase its competitive edge by gaining access to in-flight connectivity. We seek to exemplify this type of relationship through collaboration with major Internet companies, such as a search engine company. We plan to promote the partner’s brand through its in-flight services by channeling all searches to the partner’s search engine. By designing the user interface around the partnered company, we can present passengers with an on-screen environment populated by its apps, logos, and colors, providing a powerful marketing tool for the company. We can also enhance recognition of our sponsors’ brand by creating a list of portals on the in-flight system’s home screen, which leads to each sponsor’s individual page where passengers can resume their normal entertainment, social, and professional activities.

 

We are actively negotiating with Internet content providers to establish premium sponsorships. We have entered into a memorandum of understanding with Yahoo! to provide bandwidth sponsorship with branding potential.

 

Live TV

 

We are negotiating with television providers along our airline partners’ flight routes to make live TV available through our IFEC system. Airlines can select live TV channels that are appropriate for each flight route. An EPG (Electronic Program Guide) channel listing will be available for easy viewing and selection.

 

Several revenue sources will be available for live TV broadcasting, including commercials before and during programs, and banners at the bottom of the screen. Banner advertisements at the bottom of the screen can be interactive which will generate pay per click, or PPC, or cost per click, or CPC, revenue in addition to the lower priced cost per thousand impressions, or CPM, revenue. In addition, we could receive sponsorship premiums from select TV programs, such as pay-per-view and shopping channels.

 

Social Media and Instant Messaging

 

We have firewalls in place both on the ground and in the air. These, in combination with our policy enforcement software, allow us to filter, classify, block, or forward services in accordance to our service and quality policies. We can control the flow of traffic for each individual application, enabling us to use a white list model through which social media and instant messaging partners can provide their users with onboard access by paying an annual fee.

 

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We are in active discussions with Line, WeChat, WhatsApp, and other social media partners regarding an annual premium fee in exchange for user access to their applications and services during air travel. The access to other networks may be limited to a single direction or blocked entirely. For example, we could allow the users of a non-paying instant message service to receive, but not send, instant messages. When a user tries to respond to a received message, the system would present a pop-up message encouraging the user to urge the service provider to enter into a relationship with us.

 

Airlines can select movies, videos, and other content for their passengers through Aircom’s content management system. The management system will tailor content suggestions according to the flight route and destination and automatically upload selected content to an onboard server while the aircraft is on the ground. This creates a cache that allows in-flight viewing in areas with limited or no satellite bandwidth connectivity. For premium content, we may maintain a live connection with the providers’ network for accounting and digital rights management purposes.

 

Video/Content on Demand

 

Content that is available to passengers for free will generate advertising-based revenue through commercials before and during the programming, as well as through banners advertisements. Passengers can choose to pay for premium content, such as first-run movies where available. For programming of all types, our partnered advertising agents can integrate appropriate and effective advertisements targeted to the viewer. Prior to the start of any program, users will be required to view a commercial with a length determined by the duration of the selected program. Passenger may not skip or close this commercial without closing out of the program. We can place similar advertisements before games or radio programs and during online duty-free shopping.

 

Frequent flying passengers will be able to purchase a premium package to allow access to unlimited movies, games, and other entertainment contents with no layered advertising. These packages will include day, trip, monthly, and annual based membership.

 

Search Engine

 

In this information age, people often refer to the Internet for information, yet few individuals are aware that every Internet search they perform generates revenue for the search engine company. Search engine providers, such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo, sell keywords, page ranking in search results, advertisement placement, and other related services. The revenue generated by a search engine fluctuates in relation to its volume of activity. We will manage search engines on a white list basis, which means that the in-flight connectivity system will only permit traffic to and from approved search engines to go through. If a passenger performs a search on a search engine that is not partnered with us, the search will be redirected to one that is.

 

We plan to enter into an agreement with search engine partners to share the revenue generated from passengers’ searches. As discussed under “Premium Content Sponsorship” above, we may grant exclusivity to a particular search engine provider that is a premium sponsor. Such exclusivity may be specific to certain airlines or routes.

 

Internet Advertising Replacement

 

We have invested millions of dollars in airborne satellite infrastructure in order to deliver Internet access to passengers. In the Internet traffic, more than 50% of bandwidth is consumed by advertisements in the data stream. In order to streamline bandwidth usage, our ground system will detect advertisements from a webpage and replaces them with advertisements from our advertisers or partners. We will work with Internet advertisers to present advertisements that are relevant to passengers’ interests. This system enables our partners to place their advertisements accordingly and generate revenue for both parties. These industry-leading advertisers offer destination-specific commercials and banners, which can be placed in the in-flight entertainment system and in apps and portal on personal devices. By utilizing these commercial agents to sell ad space on these systems, we plan to cover all marketable areas, expanding sales opportunities and increasing revenue.

 

With online advertisement utilizing both CPM and CPC models, we are able to capitalize on virtually all available ad space and work with any advertising partner.

 

Online/Streaming Gaming

 

We will make it possible to stream console-quality games in the cabin. Through gaming content partnerships, we will be able to offer PlayStation, Xbox, and other console games. Passengers will be able to play popular games from their personal device or in-flight entertainment system, invite friends to play over the network, and save their gaming data for continued play on the ground, which require high speed network in order to play those interactive action games. Our online gaming service will bring our passengers a gaming experience never seen before. We expect to generate revenue from advertisements, including banners and commercials, and from fees for premium games or sales of access passes.

 

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Telecommunications Text Messaging Services

 

Through strategic partnerships with telecommunication providers, we will allow passengers to use 4G messaging services while in flight. Our in-flight system will detect whether the passenger is using a partner carrier’s network and will deliver or block messages to and from a passenger’s mobile phone accordingly. For those using a non-partner’s network, the system will urge the passenger to request that their service provider join our network. These passengers can also purchase a premium package to enable the text message service.

 

Destination-Based Service

 

With flight route and passenger information, our partners will be able to offer destination-specific merchandise and services, including hotel and rental car bookings, transportation arrangements, restaurant reservations, local tours, and ticket purchases. Travel insurance may be offered on the flight. By signing up with service partners in the region, we will share the transaction-based revenue by a fixed dollar amount or percentage of the transaction.

 

In-flight Trading

 

We have found that in-flight connectivity allows travelers to make better use of their travel time. With the uninterrupted broadband available onboard, passengers can conduct business with professionalism and ease. One example of this benefit is that we plan to collaborate with trading partners to offer financial trading services and charge a processing fee when a passenger conducts a trade in-flight.

 

Black Box Live

 

For reasons of flight safety, a flight recorder, commonly known as a black box, is required on every aircraft over a certain size. The flight recorder records data with respect to the various status of the flight and stores the data on a magnetic tape or solid-state disk with special coding. After retrieving the relevant information from the device, an individual can decode the data and learn what the aircraft encountered during the flight. This makes it possible to determine the potential causes of an accident. When the black box is needed, the aircraft has likely suffered an accident. A massive impact or explosion accompanies most airplane crashes, thus requiring the flight recorder to be shockproof and fire resistant. As the majority of aviation accidents happen over an ocean, the flight recorder must also be waterproof and corrosion-resistant to avoid being damaged by salt water. Despite advancements in flight recorder design and the continual improvement of the strength of its materials, records show that a large number of flight recorders were damaged and unreadable following accidents, if not lost altogether. For this reason, effective, real-time storage of in-flight data is beneficial for deducing the cause of aviation crashes and preventing them from happening again.

 

With this new product, Black Box Live, we expect to provide a system of real-time flight information back-up which is aimed at advancing flight safety. Under strict security measures, this new product will securely stream the flight data and crewmembers’ cockpit voice records to our cloud for airlines and authorized individuals to access and monitor. Black Box Live is in the early stages of development and, at this time, we cannot assure you when this product will reach market, if at all.

 

AirCinema

 

Our planned AirCinema solution is designed to transfer passengers’ visual and audio experience. Traditional built-in in-flight entertainment systems, in particular those in the economic cabin, are confined to very small screen and primitive audio sound. Our planned AirCinema utilizes the pico projector technology to bring supersized screen display onboard airplanes without incurring outrageous costs or adding significant weight. AirCinema will aim to deliver a screen size of up to 20” in economy seats and even bigger screen in business or first-class cabins. With such screen sizes, it will be possible for AirCinema to obtain IMAX certification. Moreover, AirCinema will be capable of providing full HD 3D Cinema experience in-flight. In addition, AirCinema will incorporate a special designed head rest with embedded speaker arrays that will deliver THX surround sound without headphones. We plan to qualify AirCinema for a theater license, which would enable us to provide first-run theater only movie titles and sell movie tickets on pay-per-view basis. Our satellite based connectivity system could stream the movie title from ground to aircraft and simultaneously provide digital rights management, which is a prerequisite of showing a theater-only movie title. AirCinema will transform airline coach seating into theater seating and the passengers could enjoy movies with the same look and feel of sitting in a movie theater.

 

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Our subsidiary, Aircom, entered into a development agreement with Priceplay.com, Inc., or PPUS, a California corporation whose chairman is Daniel Shih, our co-founder, a former material beneficial owner of our common stock and the husband of our former director, Barbie Shih, for Aircom’s development of airplane passenger seats incorporating our AirCinema technology which we were to sell to PPUS and the delivery by PPUS to us of two prototype three-seat rows of seats for economy cabins. In March 2017, PPUS and Aircom mutually agreed to terminate the remainder of this contract due to changes in related technology and PPUS’ exit from this segment of the IFEC business. Aircom will resume the development of this product upon the availability of certain new technology and additional funding. We cannot assure you at this time that we will be able to complete development of this new product offering.

 

In settlement of the agreement with PPUS, we agreed to convert PPUS’ remaining prepayments to us of $737,000 into a subscription for 147,400 shares of our common stock. For a more detailed discussion of this settlement agreement, see “ Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions - Transactions with Affiliates ,” below.

 

Yacht Communications

 

Our subsidiary, Aircom, has begun to develop new equipment and services to provide satellite communications to yachts, initially in the East Asia market. Our new yachts service will utilize the same satellite communication infrastructure we have developed for IFEC. We are currently in the customer demonstration stage with our yacht satellite communications equipment and services. We cannot be sure at this time that we will be successful developing or marketing this yacht product offering.

 

 

 

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Satellite Ground Stations and Data Centers

 

We plan to build a satellite ground station and a data center in Asia region to support our operations in that region.

 

A ground station’s main purpose is to establish telecommunication links with satellites.  It houses satellite antennae and other communication equipment.  Satellite antennae must be located within the coverage of the satellites being used.  Ground station satellite antennae are substantial in size, generally between 20 to 30 feet (7 to 9 meters) in diameter.  As we expand our operation, we expect to have multiple dish antennae connecting to various satellites.  Due to the strong electromagnetic radiation emitted by the antennae, a ground station must be located in rural or industrial areas and it requires a substantial setback zone around the ground station. 

 

Since our IFEC business model will require collecting and processing large amounts of data, it will be beneficial for us to have access to a high capacity data center for the storage and processing of big data.  Such a data center should be built within the same region of, and close to, the ground station, because of synergies and technical advantages such as shorter network latency and cost savings in ground links between the ground station and data center. We expect that building our own satellite ground stations and data centers will, in the long run, create economic efficiencies and operational independence.   

 

We are actively searching for appropriate sites for our first ground station and data center in the Asia region.  We expect to identify potential sites prior to the closing of this offering and expect to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering as down payments to acquire the sites.

 

Our Contracts with Airline Partners

 

In June 2016, we entered into a master agreement with Hong Kong Airlines Limited, a Hong Kong based airline, or Hong Kong Airlines, to install IFEC systems on-board their aircraft. Also party to this agreement is Klingon Aerospace Inc., formerly known as LUXE Electric Co., Ltd., a Taiwanese corporation, or Klingon, our product development partner and value-added reseller in the region where Hong Kong Airlines operates. Daniel Shih, our co-founder, was Chairman of Klingon from February 2015 to February 2016, and Peter Chiou, our former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, was Chief Executive Officer and President of Klingon from March 2015 through April 2016, prior to his joining the Company in February 2017.

 

The implementation of the Hong Kong Airlines project is conditioned upon VSTC approval from the HKCAD. We and our equipment supplier have submitted the VSTC application to HKCAD but the application process is presently on hold due to the supplier’s failure to deliver a key component of the IFEC system. Presently, we do not expect the supplier to be able to delivery such key component. As a result, we are actively seeking alternative options to implement the Hong Kong Airline project, including developing necessary equipment or components thereof with other strategic partners. Because we cannot be sure when we will be able to obtain the IFEC equipment for the VSTC approval, we cannot be sure when we will begin to generate revenues from the agreement with Hong Kong Airlines, if at all.

 

Until such time as all approvals from the HKCAD have been received, our agreement with Hong Kong Airlines only expresses the parties’ desires and understandings and will not create any legal rights, liabilities or responsibilities whatsoever and will not be legally binding on us or Hong Kong Airlines. There can be no assurance as to when we will receive the required HKCAD approvals.

 

Additionally, we had expected that our services would be provided to Hong Kong Airlines through AsiaSat pursuant to the terms of our agreement with AsiaSat. Now that our agreement with AsiaSat has been terminated, we will have to find a replacement satellite services provider for our future arrangement with Hong Kong Airlines. We may not be able to find a replacement of AsiaSat on reasonable terms, if at all.

 

We plan to enter into business agreements with additional airline partners that will allow our satellite equipment and/or entertainment services to be installed, and our services provided, on their aircraft. Under these agreements, we expect that the airlines will commit to have our equipment installed on some or all of the aircraft they operate, and we will commit to provide passenger connectivity and/or entertainment services on such aircraft and to remit to the airlines a specified percentage of the revenue that we generate. We will have the exclusive right to provide Internet connectivity services on these aircraft throughout the term of the agreement in contracts with airline partners. Depending on the contract, installation and maintenance services may be performed by us and/or the airline. These agreements will also vary as to who pays for installation and maintenance of the equipment.

 

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MOUs and LOI with Our Business Partners

 

Yahoo MOU : On January 19, 2016, Aircom entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding, which we refer to as the Yahoo MOU, with Yahoo! Hong Kong Limited, or Yahoo, pursuant to which, the parties intend to collaboratively market and provide their products and services to commercial airlines in Asia. Through its affiliates, Yahoo provides customers internet related services including software, content, communications, media and commerce services. According to the Yahoo MOU, Yahoo intends to use our in-flight entertainment and connectivity system, or IFEC, to provide in-flight services to its customers. By 2018, through co-marketing and co-branding with Yahoo, we expect to install IFEC on at least 50 aircraft in Asia.

 

In addition, the parties intend to collaborate on destination based marketing and develop a revenue-share scheme on the advertising revenue arising from the in-flight services. We expect that Yahoo will be the exclusive provider of pre-roll video ads on our IFEC in exchange for committed revenue from Yahoo. The parties further intend to collaborate and develop the necessary interface to support interaction and/or integration between our backend and each of Yahoo’s websites and Yahoo’s applications. All present and future intellectual property rights related to IFEC are expected to solely belong to us or the third-party or third parties from whom we obtained the right to use. The Yahoo MOU has a term of two years unless otherwise modified or terminated by the parties.

 

LeTV MOU : On January 29, 2016, Aircom entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding, which we refer to as the LeTV MOU, with LeTV Cloud Computing Co., Ltd, or LeTV, pursuant to which, the parties intend to collaboratively market and provide their respective products and services to commercial airlines in Asia. LeTV is a public company in China that provides internet related services including video streaming, software and content to its customers. According to the LeTV MOU, LeTV intends to use our IFEC to provide in-flight services to its customers. By 2018, through co-marketing and co-branding with LeTV, we expect to install IFEC on at least 50 aircraft in Asia. The parties also intend that all present and future intellectual property rights related to IFEC will solely belong to us or the third-party or third parties from whom we obtained the right to use. The LeTV MOU has a term of two years unless otherwise modified or terminated by the parties.

 

India MOU : On June 16, 2016, Aircom entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding, which we refer to as the India MOU, with Nelco Limited, or NELCO, and NELCO’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tatanet Services Limited, or TNSL, pursuant to which, the parties intend to collaboratively market and provide their products and services to commercial airlines in India. NELCO and TNSL are both Indian companies that provide satellite communications services in India and its surrounding regions. Under the terms of the India MOU, the parties intend to jointly market our IFEC and provide in-flight services to commercial airlines in India. The parties expect to apply respectively for regulatory approvals in India as may be required for the airworthiness certificate. In addition, the parties intend to collaborate on technical and business assessment to incorporate our IFEC with NELCO’s and TNSL’s services and contents to the mutually agreed customers. The India MOU has a term of two years unless otherwise modified or terminated by the parties.

 

Malta MOU : On October 28, 2017, Aircom entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding, which we refer to as the Malta MOU, with PanAfriqiyah, a company organized under the laws of Malta, pursuant to which the parties intend to collaboratively market and provide their products and services to passengers of a Malta-based airline fleet. Under the terms of the Malta MOU, the parties intend to develop, install and operate in-flight connectivity systems onboard the Malta-based airline fleet and provide related services to its passengers.

 

LOI : On September 26, 2017, Aircom entered into a nonbinding letter of intent, which we refer to as the LOI, with Global Eagle Entertainment Inc., or Global Eagle, for the development, installation and operation of certain IFEC services on selected aircraft of Malindo Airways Sdn. Bhd. Global Eagle and its affiliates are in the business of developing and manufacturing IFEC systems and solutions, including hardware, software, installation, networks services, content delivery and related services. Malindo Air is a Malaysia-based airline that operates a network of scheduled regional passenger services throughout Malaysia and to over 40 destinations. According to the LOI, the parties intend to develop, install and operate an IFEC system to provide onboard Wi-Fi services and content delivery on 64 aircraft of Malindo Air, which we refer to as the Project. The parties plan to collaborate on technical and business assessments to best combine Global Eagle’s onboard equipment and ground management systems, Global Eagle’s entertainment portal and related billing and authentication services, and our IFEC system to provide IFEC services to Malindo Air. We are expected to fund the capital expenditure for the Project, including initial nonrecurring engineering, equipment and satellite bandwidth costs while Global Eagle intends to fund the operational expenditures for the Project including network and bandwidth costs.

 

In addition, until December 31, 2017, we may not directly or indirectly enter into or continue discussions with any party operating in the business of providing products and services similar to the in-flight entertainment and/or connectivity products offered by Global Eagle, in each case for the benefit of Malindo Air. This exclusivity restriction does not apply to negotiations and discussions with respect to the provision of services or products to any persons other than Malindo Air.

 

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All of the above MOUs and the LOI are nonbinding and as a result, they only express the desires and understandings between the parties and do not create any legally binding rights, obligations or contracts except for certain customary provisions such as exclusivity, costs and expenses, confidentiality and governing law. Any binding obligation to proceed with the transactions contemplated by the MOUs and the LOI would need to be included in a definitive agreement that is subject to negotiations of the parties, approvals by the board of directors of respective parties and in certain instances, approvals from regulatory authorities. There can be no assurance that we will be able to enter into such definitive agreements or receive the required governmental approvals. If for whatever reason the transactions contemplated by the MOUs and the LOI do not proceed, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.

 

Product Development, Manufacturing, Installation and Maintenance

 

On March 9, 2015, we entered into a 10-year purchase agreement with Klingon, pursuant to which we agreed to sell our in-flight connectivity systems to Klingon for joint development and resale to Hong Kong based airlines under the brand name Aircom4U. In accordance with the terms of this agreement, Klingon agreed to purchase from us an initial order of onboard equipment comprising an onboard system for a purchase price of $909,000, with payments to be made in accordance with a specific milestones schedule. To date, we have received $762,000 from Klingon in milestone payments towards the equipment purchase price.

 

Klingon may, at its option, purchase additional onboard system packages in connection with the marketing of the Aircom4U business. In furtherance of this arrangement, Klingon is a party to our agreement with Hong Kong Airlines. We expect Klingon to purchase additional onboard systems for resale to Hong Kong Airlines once our VSTC is approved by the HKCAD, although we can give no assurance as to when this will take place, if at all.

 

Because of the delay by our onboard system equipment supplier for the approval of the VSTC from the HKCAD, we have not been able to deliver to Klingon a ready for sale, certified onboard system equipment package. Instead, we have delivered to Klingon a development kit of the ordered equipment, which is the same as the finished product but for the lack of HKCAD certification. Although there is no specified deadline in the agreement with Klingon for delivering the certified onboard system, Klingon has the right to terminate its agreement upon 60 days’ prior notice, subject to a 60-day cure period, if we fail to timely deliver the certified product. If Klingon terminates its agreement, we may be responsible for refunding to Klingon the milestone payments that we have received. We will have to suspend or modify our agreement with Klingon if our current equipment supplier is not able to provide certifiable onboard system equipment package for the VSTC certification purpose.

 

We will provide airline partners with the equipment necessary for in-flight connectivity, which is to be installed by the MRO service provider selected by the airline. We will also provide training and technical support to each airline’s MRO for the installation of our equipment. Such support will also include technical, management, and operational support, with 24/7 network monitoring of the performance of each aircraft’s equipment.

 

We will rely on third-party suppliers for equipment components that we use to provide our services, including those discussed below.

 

We will purchase our ground station equipment from Blue Topaz Consultants, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands corporation, or BTC, under an agreement that we have with BTC dated December 15, 2015. Under the terms of this agreement, BTC will develop and provide to us four (4) sets of ground station hub equipment, or the Hub Equipment, for our use and sale into our Asian markets. We and BTC will separately enter into service agreements for the installation and maintenance of the Hub Equipment systems. We have agreed to pay BTC $6,205,216 for the first Hub Equipment system and have already made milestone payments to BTC totaling $3,250,000. The purchase price was increased to $6,234,260 on November 30, 2016 due to the increase in cost of a software license. We will be required to pay BTC the balance of $2,984,260 owed on the first Hub Equipment system following delivery and service commencement of this system.

 

On January 15, 2015, our subsidiary, Aircom, entered into a statement of work with dMobile for the development by dMobile of a next generation satellite based data link system that can utilize advanced protocols such as WiMAX 2.1. According to the terms of this agreement, deliveries of work product were delivered to us over a scheduled period of time with the final delivery having been completed. The purchase price for this project was $4,950,000. We paid dMobile a non-refundable prepayment of $1,000,000 and, as of March 31, 2017, we owed dMobile a balance of $3,950,000 on this account. We and dMobile agreed to offset each other’s accounts receivable and accounts payable under this agreement and the agreement referred to under “-Our IFEC Solutions-Our Connectivity Solutions” above. After reconciliation of both accounts, we owed dMobile $471,100 which we agreed to settle through the issuance to dMobile of 94,220 shares of our common stock.

 

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In January 2016, our subsidiary, Aircom, entered into a purchase order, which we refer to as the Purchase Order, pursuant to which PPTW agreed to purchase from Aircom a set of mobile satellite communication equipment priced at $909,000. In March 2017, PPTW informed us that it desired to terminate its satellite communications related business and return the equipment that it purchased from us for a full refund. In settlement of this agreement, we agreed to accept a return of the equipment and to convert PPTW’s payment to us of $819,300 into a subscription for 163,860 shares of our common stock. For a more detailed discussion of this settlement agreement, see “ Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions - Transactions with Affiliates ,” below

 

Our Technology

 

Dual-Band Hybrid Satellite System

 

We believe that mobile satellite broadband service requires the bandwidth efficiency provided by Ka band satellite and spot beam based HTS. However, limited Asia-Pacific coverage area of Ka HTS systems restrict the use of a pure Ka band system. Our design of dual Ka/Ku band satellite terminal allows independent acquisition of Ka and Ku band satellites at different orbital positions thus maximizing the utilization of satellite bandwidth.

 

Transcoding

 

The current mainstream video compression format is H.264, also known as MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding. It is widely used in Blu-ray discs, online videos, web software, and HDTV broadcasts terrestrially and over cable and satellite.

 

H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding, is a newly developed video compression standard designed to replace H.264. It is capable of delivering H.264 video quality at half the bit rate. H.265 has several significant advantages over H.264, including better compression, higher image quality, and lower bandwidth usage.

 

We incorporate hardware-based, real-time technology that transcodes content from multiple streaming or broadcast input forms. We convert the content into H.265-encoded Internet protocol, or IP, streams, which reduces the amount of bandwidth required while enhancing the quality of the content. By deploying real-time transcoding technology in its ground and airborne systems, we enable live TV and video streaming in an IP format that optimizes satellite bandwidth utilization and achieves cost-effective content delivery.

 

Satellite Link Acceleration

 

The most common transmission control protocols, or TCPs, used in the Internet have been designed for terrestrial wired networks. TCPs do not perform well in long-delay satellite environment and may cause bad user experiences in web surfing and Internet access.

 

Our satellite link acceleration technology improves TCP/IP-based data transmission over a satellite system through compression, deduplication, caching, latency optimization, packet aggregation, and cross-layer enhancement. This technology includes end-to-end software in airborne system and ground server for cost effective application accelerator and optimization of live TV and video streaming. This combination of technologies makes airborne Web access and contents access feel like fiber at home.

 

AirCinema

 

AirCinema incorporates projector-based H.265 steaming technology onboard an aircraft. We have optimized this projector system technology for in-flight viewing and entertainment purposes by utilizing auto focusing, zooming, and alignment, as well as dynamic brightness control. Passengers can use the AirCinema directional audio system to enjoy onboard music and content without the need for a separate headset.

 

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Our Intellectual Property

 

We rely on a combination of intellectual property rights, including trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks and domain names, as well as contractual restrictions to protect intellectual property and proprietary technology owned or used by us.

 

We have patented certain of our technologies in the United States, Europe, China and Taiwan. Our United States patents will expire at dates ranging from 2030 to 2031, while our patents outside of the United States expire at dates ranging from 2030 to 2031. We do not believe our business is dependent to any material extent on any single patent or group of patents that we own. We also have a number of patent applications pending both in and outside of the United States and we will continue to seek patent protection in the United States and certain other countries to the extent we believe such protection is appropriate and cost-effective.

 

We consider our brands to be important to the success of our business and our competitive position. We rely on both trademark registrations and common law protection for trademarks. Our registered trademarks in the United States and certain other countries include, among others, “AirCinema”, “AirTelecom”, “AircomPac” although we have not yet obtained registrations for our most important marks in all markets in which we currently do business or intend to do business in the future. Generally, the protection afforded for trademarks is perpetual, if they are renewed on a timely basis, if registered, and continue to be used properly as trademarks.

 

We license or purchase from third parties’ technology, software and hardware that are critical to providing our products and services. Much of this technology, software and hardware is customized for our use and would be difficult or time-consuming to obtain from alternative vendors.

 

We have developed certain ideas, processes, and methods that contribute to our success and competitive position that we consider to be trade secrets. We protect our trade secrets by keeping them confidential through the use of internal and external controls, including contractual protections with employees, contractors, customers, vendors, and airline partners. Trade secrets can be protected for an indefinite period so long as their secrecy is maintained.

 

Our Competition

 

Our key competitors include Gogo Inc., which has the largest installed base in the IFEC market mainly via air-to-ground technology, or ATG, and L-band connectivity services and provides a passenger-paid system of connectivity solutions and wireless in-flight entertainment services, and Panasonic Avionics Corp., which provides IFEC hardware and solutions via L-band and Ku-band technology. Other competitors include ViaSat, Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc., OnAir and Thales/LiveTV, all of which provide different technologies and strategies to provide in-flight connectivity and/or entertainment. Regardless of the delivery mechanisms used by us or our competitors, the IFEC industry as a whole faces, and is expected to continue to face, capacity constraints and unique technology challenges, which are expected to increase due to increased demand for in-flight Internet.

 

We believe that the following competitive strengths enable us to compete effectively in and capitalize on the growing IFEC market.

 

  Unique business model . We believe that our business model sets us apart from our competitors. We combine cutting-edge connectivity technology with a unique content-driven approach. Traditionally, providers of in-flight connectivity focus primarily on the profit margin derived from the sale of hardware to airlines and of bandwidth to passengers. Both airlines and passengers have to “pay to play,” which results in low participation and usage rates. We break away from this model and set a new trend with our business model, under which neither airlines nor passengers need to pay for products or services. Furthermore, our business plan provides our airline partners with an opportunity to participate in our revenue sharing model. Taken together, this novel approach creates incentive for the airlines to work with us while driving up passenger usage rates.

 

  Dual-band satellite technology . Most in-flight connectivity systems currently rely on the Ku-band satellite signals for communication, though many players in the market are working to provide higher bandwidth and faster transmitting rates using the Ka-band. However, there are few Ka-enabled satellites, which limits the coverage area in the Asia-Pacific region. Our dual band system architecture brings our airline partners and their passengers the benefits of both Ka- and Ku-band satellite technology. The Ka-band increases data throughput, while the Ku-band offers reliable service outside of the Ka-band coverage area or when Ka-band is not available due to weather or other interference.

 

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Our Growth Strategy

 

We will strive to be a leading provider of IFEC solutions by pursuing the following growth strategies:

 

  Increase number of connected aircraft . As of the date of this report, we have not provided our services on any commercial aircraft. However, we plan to rollout installation and provide our services in 2018. We plan to leverage our unique ability to cost-effectively equip each commercial aircraft type in an airline’s fleet to increase the number of equipped aircraft, targeting full-fleet availability of our services for our current and future airline partners. We continue to pursue this significant global growth opportunity by leveraging our broad and innovative technology platform and technical expertise. Further, we offer attractive business models to our airline partners, giving them the flexibility to determine the connectivity solution that meets the unique demands of their business.

 

  Increase passenger use of connectivity . We believe that our business model, under which neither airlines nor passengers need to pay for products or services, will create an incentive for the airlines to work with us while driving passenger usage rates to levels management believes could reach 90% or more, considering the fact that many passengers now carry more than one smart device.

 

  Expand satellite network . We will continue to expand our global satellite network coverage through the purchase of additional Ku-band and Ka-band capacity, and seek to install aircraft with our satellite solutions, while continuing to invest in research and development of satellite antenna and modem technologies. We are actively working with satellite providers in order to accommodate airlines’ global routes and growing fleets. We are monitoring the satellite industry for growth in coverage, with recent attention on China Satcom’s plan to launch high-capacity Ka-band and Ka HTS multispot-beam satellites over the Asia Pacific region.

 

  Expand satellite-based services to other markets . We anticipate broadening our satellite-based services to high-speed railways, maritime and cruise lines, 4G/5G backhauling, and converged triple-play services in remote communities, with the potential to expand internationally into new markets. Future business prospects will be evaluated on a case by case basis by weighing the projected revenue from advertising fees and e-commerce revenue shares against the operating and capital expenditures of satellite coverage, bandwidth and operations. Our existing business model could be applied to high-speed railways and cruise lines, both of which have a sufficient passenger base for the service to be viable. High-speed railways in China that sit under our Ka satellite coverage area are not served by 4G/LTE mobile networks, providing us with a unique opportunity to deliver our services. High-speed railways in other regions of Asia present similar opportunities. Remote communities in Asia lack a telecom infrastructure, partly due to geographical limitations such as the many islands of the Philippines or Indonesia. Satellite-based communications and mesh network technology make triple play services possible, delivering live TV broadcasting, videos, and telecom services to these regions.

 

Regulation

 

As a participant in the global airline and global telecommunication industries we are subject to a variety of government regulatory obligations

 

Federal Aviation Administration

 

The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, or FAA, prescribes standards and certification requirements for the manufacturing of aircraft and aircraft components, and certifies and rates repair stations to perform aircraft maintenance, preventive maintenance and alterations, including the installation and maintenance of aircraft components. Each type of aircraft operated in the United States under an FAA-issued standard airworthiness certificate must possess an FAA Type Certificate, or TC, which constitutes approval of the design of the aircraft type based on applicable airworthiness standards. When a party other than the holder of the Type Certificate develops a major modification to an aircraft already type-certificated, that party must obtain an FAA-issued Supplement Type Certificate, or STC, approving the design of the modified aircraft type. We will regularly obtain an STC for each aircraft type operated by each airline partner on whose aircraft our equipment will be installed and separate STCs typically are required for different configurations of the same aircraft type, such as when they are configured differently for different airlines.

 

After obtaining an STC, a manufacturer desiring to manufacture components to be used in the modification covered by the STC must apply to the FAA for a Parts Manufacturing Authority, or PMA, which permits the holder to manufacture and sell components manufactured in conformity with the PMA and its approved design and data package. In general, each initial PMA is an approval of a manufacturing or modification facility’s production quality control system. PMA supplements are obtained to authorize the manufacture of a particular part in accordance with the requirements of the pertinent PMA, including its production quality control system. We routinely apply for and receive such PMAs and supplements.

 

Our business depends on our continuing access to, or use of, these FAA certifications, authorizations and other approvals, and our employment of, or access to, FAA-certified individual engineering and other professionals.

 

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In accordance with these certifications, authorizations and other approvals, the FAA requires that we maintain, review and document our quality assurance processes. The FAA may also visit our facilities at any time as part of our agreement for certification as a manufacturing facility and repair station to ensure that our facilities, procedures, and quality control systems meet FAA approvals we hold. In addition, we are responsible for informing the FAA of significant changes to our organization and operations, product failures or defects, and any changes to our operational facilities or FAA-approved quality control systems. Other FAA requirements include training procedures and drug and alcohol screening for safety-sensitive employees working at our facilities.

 

Foreign Aviation Regulation

 

According to international aviation convention, the airworthiness of FAA-certified equipment installed on U.S.-registered aircraft is recognized by civil aviation authorities, or CAAs, worldwide. As a result, we do not expect to require further airworthiness certification formalities in countries outside of the United States for U.S.-registered aircraft that already have an STC issued by the FAA covering our equipment. For aircraft registered with a CAA other than the United States, the installation of our equipment requires airworthiness certification from an airworthiness certification body. Typically, the CAA of the country in which the aircraft is registered is responsible for ensuring the airworthiness of any aircraft modifications under its authority.

 

The FAA holds bilateral agreements with a number of certification authorities around the globe. Bilateral agreements facilitate the reciprocal airworthiness certification of civil aeronautical products that are imported/exported between two signatory countries. A Bilateral Airworthiness Agreement, or BAA, or Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, or BASA, with Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness, or IPA, provides for airworthiness technical cooperation between the FAA and its counterpart civil aviation authorities. Under a BAA or BASA, the CAA of the aircraft’s country of registration generally validates STCs issued by the FAA and then issues a VSTC. For countries with which the FAA does not have a BAA or BASA, we must apply for certification approval with the CAA of the country in which the aircraft is registered. In order to obtain the necessary certification approval, we will be required to comply with the airworthiness regulations of the country in which the aircraft is registered. Failure to address all foreign airworthiness and aviation regulatory requirements at the commencement of each airline partner’s service in any country in which they register aircraft when there are no applicable bilateral agreements may lead to significant additional costs related to certification and could impact the timing of our ability to provide our service on our airline partners’ fleet.

 

Federal Communications Commission

 

Under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or the Communications Act, the FCC licenses the spectrum that we use and regulates the construction, operation, acquisition and sale of our wireless operations. The Communications Act and FCC rules also require the FCC’s prior approval of the assignment or transfer of control of an FCC license, or the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the equity or voting control of our company by non-U.S. individuals or entities.

 

Our various services are regulated differently by the FCC. Our business may provide some of its voice and data services by reselling the telecommunications services of satellite operators. Because we may provide these services on a common carrier basis, we may subject to the provisions of Title II of the Communications Act, which require, among other things, that the charges and practices of common carriers be just, reasonable and non-discriminatory.

 

We provide broadband Internet access to commercial airlines and passengers. We plan to offer this service in the Asia-Pacific region and continental United States through our partner’s facilities, using satellite based data delivery.

 

The FCC has classified mobile (and fixed) broadband Internet access services as Title II telecommunications services pursuant to the Open Internet Order. The Open Internet Order also adopted broad new net neutrality rules. For example, broadband providers may not block access to lawful content, applications, services or non-harmful devices. Broadband providers also may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services or non-harmful devices. In addition, broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind, and they may not prioritize the content and services of their affiliates. Other than for paid prioritization, the rules contain an exception for “reasonable network management.” The Open Internet Order recognizes that whether a network management practice is reasonable varies according to the broadband technology involved, and provides more flexibility to implement network management practices in the context of our capacity-constrained satellite broadband networks.

 

In addition, most of our services are subject to various rules that seek to ensure that the services are accessible by persons with disabilities, including requirements related to the pass-through of closed captioning for certain IP-delivered video content.

 

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Equipment Certification

 

We may not lease, sell, market or distribute any radio transmission equipment used in the provision of our services unless such equipment is certified by the FCC as compliant with the FCC’s technical rules. All certifications required for equipment currently used in the provision of our services have been obtained by our equipment vendors and/or partners.

 

Privacy and Data Security-Related Regulations

 

As noted above, the Open Internet Order reclassified mobile (and fixed) broadband Internet access services as Title II telecommunications services. Certain statutory provisions of Title II now apply to broadband Internet access services, including provisions that impose consumer privacy protections such as CPNI requirements.

 

Our services are also subject to CPNI rules that require carriers to comply with a range of marketing and privacy safeguards. These obligations focus on carriers’ access, use, storage and disclosure of CPNI. We believe we are in compliance with these rules and obligations, and we certify annually, as required, that we have established operating procedures adequate to ensure our compliance.

 

We are also subject to other federal and state consumer privacy and data security requirements. For example, Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, Act prohibits “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” Although the FTC’s authority to regulate the non-common carrier services offered by communications common carriers has not been clearly delineated, FTC officials have publicly stated that they view the FTC as having jurisdiction over Internet service providers’ non-common carrier services. Some of our services are subject to the FTC’s jurisdiction. The FTC has brought enforcement actions under the FTC Act against companies that, inter alia: (1) collect, use, share, or retain personal information in a way that is inconsistent with the representations, commitments, and promises that they make in their privacy policies and other public statements; (2) have privacy policies that do not adequately inform consumers about the company’s actual practices; and (3) fail to reasonably protect the security, privacy and confidentiality of nonpublic consumer information.

 

We plan to collect personally identifiable information, such as name, address, e-mail address and credit card information, directly from our users when they register to use our service. We also may obtain information about our users from third parties. We use the information that we collect to, for example, consummate their purchase transaction, to customize and personalize advertising and content for our users and to enhance the entertainment options when using our service. Our collection and use of such information is intended to comply with our privacy policy, which is posted on our website, applicable law, our contractual obligations with third parties and industry standards, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. We are also subject to state “mini-FTC Acts,” which also prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices, along with data security breach notification laws requiring entities holding certain personal data to provide notices in the event of a breach of the security of that data. Congress has also been considering similar federal legislation relating to data breaches. A few states have also imposed specific data security obligations. These state mini-FTC Acts, data security breach notification laws, and data security obligations may not extend to all of our services and their applicability may be limited by various factors, such as whether an affected party is a resident of a particular state.

 

While we intend to implement reasonable administrative, physical and electronic security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of personally identifiable information, cyber-attacks on companies have increased in frequency and potential impact in recent years and may be successful despite reasonable precautions and result in substantial potential liabilities.

 

Truth in Billing and Consumer Protection

 

The FCC’s Truth in Billing rules generally require full and fair disclosure of all charges on customer bills for telecommunications services, except for broadband Internet access services. Thus, these rules apply to our satellite-based services. This disclosure must include brief, clear and non-misleading plain language descriptions of the services provided. States also have the right to regulate wireless carriers’ billing; however, we are not currently aware of any states that impose billing requirements on our services.

 

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CALEA

 

The FCC has determined that facilities-based broadband Internet access providers are subject to CALEA, which requires covered service providers to build certain law enforcement surveillance assistance capabilities into their communications networks and to maintain CALEA-related system security policies and procedures.

 

Foreign Government Approvals

 

In connection with our satellite service, we have implemented a process for obtaining any required authority needed to provide our service over the airspace of foreign countries, or verifying that no additional authorization is needed. Each country over which our equipped aircraft flies has the right to limit, regulate (e.g., through a licensing regime) or prohibit the offering of our service. We may not be able to obtain the necessary authority for every country over which a partner airline flies. For some countries, we have not been and do not expect to be able to obtain a definitive answer regarding their potential regulation of our service, and we may incur some regulatory risk by operating over the airspace of these countries. Failure to comply with foreign regulatory requirements could result in penalties being imposed on us and/or on our airline partners or allow our airline partners affected by such requirements to terminate their contract with us prior to expiration. Moreover, even countries that have previously provided clearance for our service have the right to change their regulations at any time.

 

Our Corporate History and Background

 

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 14, 2013 under the name Maple Tree Kids, Inc. At the time of our incorporation, our sole officer and director, Ms. Irina Goldman, subscribed for and purchased 100,000 (1,000,000 pre-Reverse Split) shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $0.001 per share.

 

We were incorporated in order to acquire by merger all of the limited liability company interests of Maple Tree Kids LLC, a Vermont limited liability company, or MTK LLC. Ms. Goldman had personally acquired all of the limited liability company interests of MTK LLC for a total purchase price of $8,800 on August 16, 2013. MTK LLC then merged with and into our company on September 27, 2013. Our company was the surviving company in the merger and the separate existence of MTK LLC ceased and we succeeded to all of the assets of MTK LLC as a result of the merger. At the effective time of the merger, each limited liability company percentage interest in MTK LLC held by Ms. Goldman was automatically changed and converted into one thousand shares of our common stock. Since Ms. Goldman owned 100% of the limited liability company interests in MTK LLC at the time of the merger, she received a total of 100,000 shares of our common stock as a result of the merger. In addition, on September 26, 2013, Ms. Goldman converted $5,000 of indebtedness that our company owed to her into shares of common stock by cancelling such debt in exchange for a total of 500,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to a subscription agreement dated as of such date.

 

On December 28, 2016, Aircom purchased all 700,000 shares of our common stock held by Ms. Goldman for $320,000, pursuant to a stock purchase agreement among Aircom, Ms. Goldman and our company, dated as of such date. Such shares represented approximately 86.3% of our issued and outstanding common stock as of the closing. Accordingly, as a result of the transaction, Aircom became the controlling stockholder of our company. Ms. Goldman resigned as our sole director and officer upon closing of this stock purchase transaction and appointed Mr. Jeffrey Wun as our sole director and our President, Treasurer and Secretary.

 

On January 10, 2017, we changed our name to Aerkomm Inc. in anticipation of our new business and the completion of the reverse acquisition described below. On that date, we also effectuated a one for ten reverse split of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

 

On February 13, 2017, Aerkomm entered into a share exchange agreement (“the Exchange Agreement”) with Aircom and its shareholders, pursuant to which Aerkomm acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aircom in exchange for approximately 99.7% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aerkomm (or 87.8% on a fully-diluted basis). As a result of the share exchange, Aircom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aerkomm, and the former shareholders of Aircom became the holders of approximately 99.7% of Aerkomm’s issued and outstanding capital stock. For accounting purposes, the share exchange transaction with Aircom was treated as a reverse acquisition, with Aircom as the acquirer and the Company as the acquired party. Unless the context suggests otherwise, when we refer in this report to business and financial information for periods prior to the consummation of the reverse acquisition, we are referring to the business and financial information of Aircom and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

Upon the closing of the reverse acquisition on February 13, 2017, Mr. Jeffrey Wun, our sole director and President, Treasurer and Secretary, resigned from his positions as President, Treasurer and Secretary. On the same date, the following persons were appointed to our board of directors: Peter Chiou, Jan-Yung Lin, Colin Lim and Barbie Shih. In addition, Peter Chiou was appointed as our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President.

 

On December 29, 2017, stockholders of the Company holding 33,230,902 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock, or approximately 80.15% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, voted by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting to elect the following six (6) persons to the board of directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s next annual meeting or until their resignations are duly tendered and accepted: Jeffrey Wun, Jan-Yung Lin, Colin Lim, Raymond Choy, Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu, and James J. Busuttil. Peter Chiou, Barbie Shih and Robert Lu were not re-elected to the Company’s board of directors under the stockholders’ written consent in lieu of annual meeting.

 

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On December 30, 2017, the Company’s board of directors by unanimous written consent appointed Mr. Jeffrey Wun as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective December 31, 2017. Mr. Chiou resigned from these positions, effective December 31, 2017, and will remain a consultant to the Company for a period of six months. On January 22, 2018, our board of directors appointed Mr. Wun as its chairman.

 

As a result of our acquisition of Aircom, we now own all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aircom, which is an IFEC service provider. Aircom was incorporated in the State of California on September 29, 2014. It owns all of the equity interests of Aircom Seychelles, Aircom HK and Aircom Japan.

 

On October 13, 2016, Aircom completed the acquisition of Aircom HK for $100,000 and on December 12, 2016 Aircom completed the acquisition from Capricorn Union Limited (“Capricorn”) of the outstanding share capital of Aircom Japan for $600,000. These entities were acquired to facilitate the application for satellite and ground station licenses in the local markets and to better serve local customers and business development.

 

During the first two quarters of 2017, Aircom advanced a total of $425,000 (the “Prepayment”) to Aircom Telecom, LLC, a Taiwan limited liability company that is not currently affiliated with Aircom (“Aircom Taiwan”), for working capital, as part of a planned $1,500,000 aggregate equity investment (the “Equity Investment”) in Aircom Taiwan. It is proposed that Aircom Taiwan will act as Aircom’s agent and operating company in Taiwan. Before Aircom Taiwan can issue equity to Aircom, because Aircom is a “foreign national” under Taiwan law, the Equity Investment must be approved by the Investment Review Committee of the Ministry of Economic affairs of Taiwan (the “Committee”). Aircom entered into an Equity Pre-Subscription Agreement with Aircom Taiwan dated as of August 13, 2017, to memorialize the terms of the Equity Investment. Subsequent to June 30, 2017, Aircom advanced an additional $25,000 (the “Additional Prepayment” and together with the Initial Prepayment, the “Prepayments”) to Aircom Taiwan for working capital purposes. If the Committee approves Aircom Taiwan’s application to accept the Equity Investment, Aircom Taiwan will be authorized to issue equity to Aircom and Aircom will become the controlling member of Aircom Taiwan. If the Committee rejects Aircom Taiwan’s application, Aircom Taiwan will not be allowed to issue equity to Aircom in exchange for the Prepayments, and, in this case, Aircom Taiwan, most likely, will not be able repay or return the Prepayments to Aircom.

 

Employees

 

As of January 26, 2018, we had a total of 19 employees, 15 of whom are full-time employees. The following table sets forth the number of our full-time employees by function.

 

Function   Number of Employees  
Operations     4  
Sales and Marketing     4  
Research and Development     8  
General and Administrative     3  
Total     19  

 

Properties

 

Aircom currently leases approximately 4,958 square feet of space at the Fremont, CA address, comprised of administrative offices, from Global Venture Development, LLC, which lease expires on May 31, 2017. On May 31, 2017, the lease was renewed for another three years, expires May 31, 2020. We pay a monthly base rent of $6,446.

  

Aircom Japan leases approximately 78 square meters of space at our Japan office. The lease expires on July 20, 2018 and the monthly lease payment is approximately $2,892. Aircom Japan also leases additional space from Daniel Shih, the Company’s co-founder, at a cost of $1,215 per month.

 

We believe that our properties have been adequately maintained, are generally in good condition, and are suitable and adequate for our business.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

We are involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Although our management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings with certainty, it believes that the ultimate resolution of our legal proceedings, including any amounts we may be required to pay, will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

 

On or about July 27, 2016, AsiaSat initiated an arbitration proceeding in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre against Aircom, claiming a breach under the Digital Transmission Service Agreement dated July 25, 2015 between AsiaSat and Aircom. AsiaSat claims that Aircom owes it approximately $8.1 million in unpaid service fees, default payments and liquidated damages. Aircom disagrees with the payable balance and believes that it owes AsiaSat approximately $1.3 million in services fees. Aircom has paid AsiaSat $875,000 as security deposit. Aircom further alleges misrepresentation from AsiaSat in entering into the agreement and is actively defending the matter. On November 21, 2016, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre appointed a sole arbitrator to hear the dispute. On January 12, 2017, Aircom asserted a counterclaim against AsiaSat for misrepresentations made to induce entry into the agreement. Aircom and AsiaSat reached a settlement with respect to the Agreement as of July 25, 2017, with an effective date of July 20, 2017.

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The following table sets forth the name, age, position and date of appointment of each of our directors and executive officers as of January 26, 2018. Each director serves until our next annual meeting or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Each executive officer serves until the earlier of his or her death or resignation, or his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

Name     Age     Position   Date of Appointment  
Jeffrey Wun     51     Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman   December 29, 2017  
Y. Tristan Kuo     63     Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer   April 10, 2017  
Jan-Yung Lin     56     Secretary and Director   February 13, 2017  
Raymond Choy     37     Director   December 29, 2017  
Colin Lim     53     Director   February 13, 2017  
Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu     42     Director   December 29, 2017  
James J. Busuttil     59     Director   December 29, 2017  

 

Y. Tristan Kuo . Mr. Kuo has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since April 10, 2017. Mr. Kuo, age 63, has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, financing and information systems for companies in the bio-pharmaceutical, manufacturing, commodity trading and banking industries and has served in the capacity of CFO, CIO and Controller. Mr. Kuo currently also serves as the Vice President of Investor Relations of Nutrastar International, Inc. (OTCPK: NUIN), which position he has held since April 2016. Mr. Kuo also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Success Holding Group International, Inc., a provider of personal improvement seminars, from August 2015 to April 2017. Prior to that, he served as CFO/CIO Partner of Tatum, a management and advisory services firm, from December 2014 to August 2015, as an independent board member and audit committee chairman of KBS Fashion Group Limited (NASDAQ: KBSF) from August 2014 to May 2015, and as the Chief Financial Officer of Crown Bioscience, Inc. from June 2012 to November 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Kuo served as Chief Financial Officer of China Biologic Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO), a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, from June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2012 and served as its Vice President - Finance between September 2007 and May 31, 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Kuo worked for the Noble Group in Hong Kong as the Senior Business Analysis Manager from February through August 2007 and as the Controller, Vice President - Finance and CFO of Cuisine Solution, Inc., a then publicly traded company in Alexandria, Virginia, from December 2002 to January 2007. Mr. Kuo also served as the Vice President of Information System for Zinc Corporation of America in Monaca, Pennsylvania from 2001 and 2002 and as Chief Information Officer and Controller of Wise Metals Group in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1991 to 2001. Mr. Kuo obtained his Master’s degree in Accounting from The Ohio State University and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Soochow University in Taipei.

 

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Jeffrey Wun . Mr. Jeffrey Wun has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 31, 2017. He has been a member of our board of directors since the reverse acquisition of Aircom on February 13, 2017, and he was appointed as Chairman of the board of directors on January 22, 2018. He previously has served as our President, Treasurer and Secretary from December 28, 2016 until February 13, 2017. He has served as Aircom’s Chief Technology Officer since December 2014. Mr. Wun is a technologist who has more than 25 years of experience in the communications industry. Prior to joining Aircom, he served as Senior Staff Engineer at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. from December 2012 until May 2015. Prior to that, he was a profession engineer at MediaTEK USA Inc. from November 2010 until December 2012 and served as Chief Executive Officer at Kairos System Inc. from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Wun received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Computer Science from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1988.

 

Jan-Yung Lin . Mr. Jan-Yung Lin has served as a member of our board of directors since the reverse acquisition of Aircom on February 13, 2017. He served as Aircom’s Chief Executive Officer from February 2015 until February 2017 and as a director of Aircom from September 2014 to February 2017. He has practiced corporate and business law as a solo practitioner since 2012. Prior to that he was the General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer of EMG Properties, Inc. in California. Prior to that he was a corporate associate of Goodwin Procter LLP. Mr. Lin graduated magna cum laude from Cornell Law School with a J.D. degree and an LL.M. degree in International and Comparative Law. He also received an M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor’s degree from the National Taiwan University.

 

Raymond Choy.  Mr. Choy has served as a member of the Board of our wholly owned subsidiary Aircom Pacific, Inc. since October 2017. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of California in 2006 and he also received his chartered global management accountant (CGMA) designation in 2013. Mr. Choy has been providing accounting, consulting and advisory services to public and private companies since July 2016 through his partnership with Beyond Century Consulting, LLC. Mr. Choy also has had extensive experience auditing the financial statements and internal controls of public and private companies as a senior manager at Frazer, LLP from July 2004 to June 2016. Mr. Choy is a 2003 graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with a bachelor’s degree with in business administration with accounting concentration and minor in computer information system.

 

Colin Lim . Mr. Colin Lim has served as a member of our board of directors since the reverse acquisition of Aircom on February 13, 2017 and served as a member of Aircom’s board from July 2015 to February 2017. In 2006, Mr. Lim founded Dynasty Investment Inc., an investment company with interests in a variety of businesses, including restaurants, wood and timber traders, exotic leather manufacturers, movie producers, copyrights transaction companies, and entertainment businesses, as well as hi-tech companies. His investment experience in the movie and copyright businesses has allowed us to better negotiate and acquire sufficient movie copyrights and entertainment content to complement our business model. Mr. Lim graduated from New South Wales University in Australia, where he received his degree in engineering and business.

 

Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu . Mr. Hsu has served as a member of the Board of our wholly owned subsidiary Aircom Pacific, Inc. since April 2017. Mr. Hsu has been admitted to practice law as a corporate and business lawyer and as a patent attorney in Taiwan since 2002. Mr. Hsu also previously served as the arbitrator & mediator of the Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei. In addition, Mr. Hsu was the Chairman of Unitel High Technology Corporation, a listed company at Taiwan over-the-counter market from December 2015 until September 2016.  Mr. Hsu received the degrees of Master of Law and Bachelor of Law from National Taiwan University in 2003 and 1997, respectively. Mr. Hsu is the expert of the real estate securitization in Taiwan.

 

James J. Busuttil . Professor Busuttil is an attorney admitted to practice before the courts of New York State since 1983, as well as numerous U.S. Federal Trial and Appeals Courts, practicing international, financial and corporate law. Professor Busuttil was elected as a Life Fellow of the U.K.-based Institute of Directors (IoD). Members are invited to become Fellows of the IoD based on their substantial and sustained experience and contribution to business. Fellows are required to have been a company director for at least five years and, at some point during this period, the entity must have had an annual turnover or budget that exceeds £10m. Professor Busuttil has represented banks and financial institutions based in the United States and other countries in private sector financing of domestic and international projects, negotiated alternative energy project financings, handled transnational mergers and joint ventures, represented equity investors in venture capital transactions and organized investment funds. In addition, Professor Busuttil represented the Bank Advisory Group for a major Latin American debtor nation in sovereign debt restructuring and handled a variety of private sector Latin American debt restructures. Professor Busuttil has been a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) since 2007. The PCA is the oldest international tribunal in the world established by the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. Membership of the PCA is strictly by nomination of contracting states of individuals of known competency in questions of international law, of the highest moral reputation, and disposed to accept the duties of Arbitrator.’ Professor Busuttil is also a Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users’ Council. With respect to arbitration, Professor Busuttil has been involved mainly in investment disputes. Professor Busuttil created the University of London’s Postgraduate Laws Program. Professor Busuttil directed the Master of Laws (LL.M.), Postgraduate Diploma in Laws (PG Dip. Laws) and the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PG Cert. Laws) for over 10 years. Under Professor Busuttil’s leadership, the Program grew to over 3,000 persons from more than 150 countries. Professor Busuttil was appointed as an Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law of University College London (UCL) in 2004. Professor Busuttil has been a member of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, of the Council on Foreign Relations, and of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. In the course of work, Professor Busuttil has developed experience and understanding in dealing with parties and organizations, including the private and public sectors, in South East Asia, East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, North Africa and Australasia.

 

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Directors and executive officers are elected until their successors are duly elected and qualified. There are no arrangements or understandings known to us pursuant to which any director or executive officer was or is to be selected as a director (or director nominee) or executive officer.

 

Director Independence

 

Our board of directors currently consists of six members: Messrs. Wun, Lin, Lim, Choy, Hsu and Busuttil. Each director serves until our next annual meeting or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Our board of directors has determined that Messrs. Raymond Choy, Colin Lim and James Busuttil are independent directors as that term is defined in the applicable rules for companies traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Messrs. Choy, Lim and Busuttil are each members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.

  

Code of Ethics

 

Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethical Conduct that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other executive and senior financial officers. Our board of directors has also adopted a separate Code of Professional Conduct for Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers. These codes are available in the Corporate Governance Code of Ethical Conduct section of our website, www.aerkomm.com.

 

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Further Information Concerning our board of directors

 

Our board of directors currently has the following standing committee(s): Audit Committee. We have not yet established a Compensation Committee or a Nominating and Governance Committee.

 

Audit Committee

 

Our Audit Committee currently consists of Messrs. Choy, Lim and Busuttil. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Choy is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K, and that each member of our Audit Committee is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements and has substantial business experience that results in such member’s financial sophistication. Accordingly, our board of directors believes that each member of our Audit Committee has sufficient knowledge and experience necessary to fulfill such member’s duties and obligations on our Audit Committee. The primary purposes of our Audit Committee are to assist our board of directors in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of our company and audits of our financial statements, including (i) reviewing the scope of the audit and all non-audit services to be performed by our independent accountant and the fees incurred by us in connection therewith, (ii) reviewing the results of such audit, including the independent accountant’s opinion and letter of comment to management and management’s response thereto, (iii) reviewing with our independent accountants our internal accounting principles, policies and practices and financial reporting, (iv) engaging our independent accountants and (v) reviewing our quarterly and annual financial statements prior to public issuance. The role and responsibilities of our Audit Committee are more fully set forth in a written Charter adopted by our board of directors on June 6, 2017, which is available on our website at www.aerkomm.com.

 

Compensation Committee

 

Our board of directors established our Compensation Committee effective as of January 22, 2018, appointing Messrs. Lim, Choy and Busuttil as members, with Mr. Lim serving as chairman of this committee. The Compensation Committee is structured as follows: The primary purposes of our Compensation Committee is to assist our board of directors in fulfilling its responsibility to determine the compensation of our executive officers and to approve and evaluate the compensation policies and programs of our company, including (i) reviewing the compensation packages of executive officers and making recommendations to our board of directors for said compensation packages, (ii) reviewing and approving proposed stock incentive grants and (iii) providing our board of directors with recommendations regarding bonus plans, if any. The role and responsibilities of our Compensation Committee is more fully set forth in a written Charter adopted by our board of directors and made available on our website at www.aerkomm.com.

 

The policies underlying our Compensation Committee’s compensation decisions are designed to attract and retain the best-qualified management personnel available. We routinely compensate our executive officers through salaries. At our discretion, we may reward executive officers and employees through bonus programs based on profitability and other objectively measurable performance factors. Additionally, we use stock options and other incentive awards to compensate our executives and other key employees to align the interests of our executive officers with the interests of our stockholders. In establishing executive compensation, our Compensation Committee will evaluate compensation paid to similar officers employed at other companies of similar size in the same industry and the individual performance of each officer as it impacts our overall performance with particular focus on an individual’s contribution to the realization of operating profits and the achievement of strategic business goals. Our Compensation Committee will further attempt to rationalize a particular executive’s compensation with that of other executive officers of our company in an effort to distribute compensation fairly among the executive officers. Although the components of executive compensation (salary, bonus and incentive grants) will be reviewed separately, compensation decisions will be made based on a review of total compensation.

 

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Nominating and Governance Committee

 

Our board of directors established our Nominating and Governance Committee effective January 22, 2018, appointing Messrs. Busuttil, Lim and Choy as members, with Mr. Busuttil serving as chairman of this committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee is structured as follows: The primary purposes of our Nominating and Governance Committee is to (i) identify individuals qualified to become members of our board of directors and recommend to our board of directors the nominees for the next annual meeting of our stockholders and candidates to fill vacancies on our board of directors, (ii) recommend to our board of directors the directors to be appointed to committees of our board of directors and (iii) oversee the effectiveness of our corporate governance in accordance with regulatory guidelines and any other guidelines we establish, including evaluations of members of executive management, our board of directors and its committees. The role and responsibilities of our Nominating and Governance Committee is more fully set forth in a written Charter adopted by our board of directors and made available on our website at www.aerkomm.com.

 

Our Nominating and Governance Committee’s methods for identifying candidates for election to our board of directors (other than those proposed by our stockholders, as discussed below) includes the solicitation of ideas for possible candidates from a number of sources - members of our board of directors, our executives, individuals personally known to the members of our board of directors, and other research. Our Nominating and Governance Committee may also, from time-to-time, retain one or more third-party search firms to identify suitable candidates.

 

A stockholder of our company may nominate one or more persons for election as a director at an annual meeting of stockholders if the stockholder complies with the notice, information and consent provisions contained in our Bylaws. In addition, the notice must be made in writing and set forth as to each proposed nominee who is not an incumbent Director (i) their name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (ii) their principal occupation or employment, (iii) the number of shares of stock of our company beneficially owned, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person pursuant to which the nominations are to be made and (v) any other information concerning the nominee that must be disclosed respecting nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Rule 14(a) of the Exchange Act. The recommendation should be addressed to our Secretary.

 

Among other matters, our Nominating and Governance Committee will:

 

  Review the desired experience, mix of skills and other qualities to assure appropriate board of directors composition, taking into account the current members of our board of directors and the specific needs of our company and our board of directors;

 

  Conduct candidate searches, interviews prospective candidates and conducts programs to introduce candidates to our management and operations, and confirms the appropriate level of interest of such candidates;

 

  Recommend qualified candidates who bring the background, knowledge, experience, independence, skill sets and expertise that would strengthen and increase the diversity of our board of directors; and

 

  Conduct appropriate inquiries into the background and qualifications of potential nominees.

 

Board Role in Risk Oversight

 

Our board of directors plays an active role, as a whole and also at the committee level, in overseeing management of our risks and strategic direction. Our board of directors regularly reviews information regarding our liquidity and operations, as well as the risks associated with each. Our Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing the management of risks relating to our executive compensation plans and arrangements. Our Audit Committee oversees the process by which our senior management and relevant employees assess and manage our exposure to, and management of, financial risks. Our Nominating and Governance Committee also manages risks associated with the independence of members of our board of directors and potential conflicts of interest. While each committee is responsible for evaluating certain risks and overseeing the management of such risks, the entire board of directors is regularly informed about such risks.

 

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are involved in legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Although our management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings with certainty, it believes that the ultimate resolution of our legal proceedings, including any amounts we may be required to pay, will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

 

On or about July 27, 2016, AsiaSat initiated an arbitration proceeding in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre against Aircom, claiming a breach under the Digital Transmission Service Agreement dated July 25, 2015 between AsiaSat and Aircom. AsiaSat claims that Aircom owes it approximately $8.1 million in unpaid service fees, default payments and liquidated damages. Aircom disagrees with the payable balance and believes that it owes AsiaSat approximately $1.3 million in services fees. Aircom has paid AsiaSat $875,000 as a security deposit. Aircom further alleges misrepresentation from AsiaSat in entering into the agreement and is actively defending the matter. On November 21, 2016, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre appointed a sole arbitrator to hear the dispute. On January 12, 2017, Aircom asserted a counterclaim against AsiaSat for misrepresentations made to induce entry into the agreement. Aircom and AsiaSat reached a settlement with respect to the Agreement as of July 25, 2017, with an effective date of July 20, 2017.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Summary Compensation Table - Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2016 and 2015

 

The following table sets forth, as to our Chief Executive Officer and as to each of our other two most highly compensated executive officers whose compensation exceeded $100,000 during the last fiscal year, information concerning all compensation paid for services to us in all capacities for our last two fiscal years.

 

Name and Principal Position   Year    

Salary

($)

   

Bonus

($)

   

Stock Awards

($)

   

All Other

Compensation

($)

   

Total

($)

 

Peter Chiou, Former CEO

and President (1)

    2016       -       -       -       45,600       45,600  
      2015       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                 
Y. Tristan Kuo, CFO     2016       -       -       -       -       -  
      2015       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                 

Jeffrey Wun, CEO

and President (2)

    2016       141,641       -       -       -       141,641  
      2015       129,583       -       3,000       -       132,583  
                                                 
Jiun-Sheuan Yang (3)       2016       128,308       -       -       -       128,308  
      2015       153,333       -       2,500       -       155,833  
                                                 
Irina Goldman, Former President (4)     2016       -       -       -       -       -  
      2015       -       -       -       -       -  

  

(1) On February 13, 2017, we acquired Aircom in a reverse acquisition transaction that was structured as a share exchange. In connection with that transaction and effective immediately upon the closing of that transaction, Mr. Chiou became our Chief Executive Officer. The annual, long term and other compensation shown in this table include the amounts that Mr. Chiou received from Aircom prior to the consummation of the reverse acquisition. The amount included in all other compensation represents consulting fees paid by Aircom to Mr. Chiou. Mr. Chiou resigned from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective December 31, 2017.
(2) Mr. Wun served as our President from December 28, 2016 until February 13, 2017. He was appointed by our board of directors as Chief Executive Officer and reappointed President effective December 31, 2017, upon the resignation of Mr. Chiou from these positions. He also currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Aircom. The annual, long term and other compensation shown in this table include the amounts that Mr. Wun received from Aircom prior to the consummation of the reverse acquisition.
(3) Mr. Jiun-Sheuan Yang has served as Aircom’s Vice President of Engineering since December 2014.
(4) Ms. Goldman served as our President from our inception on August 14, 2013 until December 28, 2016.

 

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Employment Agreements

 

Y. Tristan Kuo

 

On March 31, 2017, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Kuo (the “Employment Agreement”) effective April 10, 2017, pursuant to which we agreed to pay Mr. Kuo an annual salary of $100,000, plus a guaranteed bonus of $85,000 payable on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of Mr. Kuo’s employment or (ii) upon closing of an equity or equity linked financing in which we or one of our subsidiaries raises at least $15 million. Mr. Kuo will also be entitled to an annual bonus as recommended by our Chief Executive Officer and approved by our board of directors. In addition, we agreed to grant Mr. Kuo an option to purchase 300,000 shares of our common stock, with one quarter of the shares underlying the option to be vested immediately and the remaining shares to be vested equally over three years on each anniversary of Mr. Kuo’s employment. Such option will be granted under our 2017 equity incentive plan once such plan is approved by our stockholders. In addition, during the first nine months of Mr. Kuo’s employment or until he relocates, if earlier, we also agreed to provide a furnished living accommodation, a car allowance of $400 per month, and a personal travel allowance of $600 per month for Mr. Kuo to visit his spouse or vice versa. We also agreed to pay up to $6,000 in relocation expenses, should Mr. Kuo decide to relocate. We will also be responsible for medical insurance under our medical plan or we will reimburse the premium of a medical plan that is comparable to the medical plan offered to other employees. Mr. Kuo will also be eligible to participate in other standard benefits plans offered to similarly situated employees by us from time to time.

 

The Employment Agreement also contains covenants prohibiting Mr. Kuo from competing with us during his employment, or from soliciting any of our employees or consultants for a period of two years after his employment ends. The Employment Agreement also contains customary confidentiality provisions. The Employment Agreement may be terminated by either party for any reason upon 30 days’ notice. If Mr. Kuo’s employment is terminated by us without cause, the portion of stock options to be vested for the year if completed shall be vested immediately.

 

Peter Chiou

 

On November 29, 2017, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Chiou (the “Employment Agreement”) effective November 1, 2017, pursuant to which we agreed to pay Mr. Chiou an annual salary of $144,000. Under the Employment Agreement, Mr. Chiou was entitled to twenty (20) working days of vacation per year and was eligible to participate in other standard benefits plans offered to similarly situated employees by us from time to time. Following Mr. Chiou’s resignation effective December 31, 2017, the Employment Agreement effectively terminated. We expect to enter into a new six-month consulting agreement with Mr. Chiou pursuant to which we will pay him a $5,000 consulting fee per month. We also expect Mr. Chiou to enter into a formal separation agreement with the Company.

 

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

 

There are no outstanding options held by our named executive officers as of the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Director Compensation

 

To date, we have not paid any compensation to our directors.

 

Effective December 29, 2017, we entered into independent director agreements with Colin Lim, Raymond Choy and James Busuttil. Under the terms of these independent director agreements, we have agreed to pay the independent directors an annual cash fee of $20,000, paid quarterly in four equal instalments, commencing in the first quarter following closing of this offering, and an additional $5,000 cash compensation fee for serving as board of directors committee chairmen. This additional fee will be paid no later than the fifth business day following the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC.

 

Each independent director is entitled to receive an initial, fully vested stock option to purchase 20,000 shares of our common stock. If the Director is still a member of the board of directors and continues to serve as a non-employee director immediately following each annual meeting of our stockholders, the director will be automatically granted an additional option to purchase 20,000 shares of our common stock as of the date of each such annual meeting. These additional option grants will vest and become exercisable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments over the first year following the date of grant, subject to the director continuing in service on the board of directors through each such vesting date. The per share exercise price of each option granted to the independent director will equal 100% of the fair market value (as defined by the board of directors) of a share of our common stock on the date the option is granted, and the term of each stock option granted to the director will be ten (10) years from the date of grant.

 

We also agreed to purchase directors and officers liability insurance with coverage up to an aggregate maximum of $3 million commencing promptly following the final closing of this offering, and to reimburse the independent directors for pre-approved reasonable business expenses incurred by them.

   

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

On May 5, 2017, we established our 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan was approved by our board of directors on May 5, 2017, and an amendment to increase the number of shares of our common stock available for grant under the Plan was approved by the board of directors on June 26, 2017. We expect that the Plan will be approved by our stockholders at our annual meeting in 2018. The purpose of the Plan is to grant stock and options to purchase our common stock to our employees, directors and key consultants. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, as amended is 10,000,000 shares. Cancelled and forfeited stock options and stock awards may again become available for grant under the Plan. There were 3,319,011 shares available for grant under the Plan as of January 30, 2018; 4,680,989 shares of our common stock are issuable upon the exercise of options to be issued under the Plan to holders of Aircom options assumed by us as a result of the closing of the reverse acquisition with Aircom, and options exercisable for 2,000,000 shares of our common stock have been approved by our board of directors for grants to certain of our officers, directors, employees and service providers.

   

Equity Compensation Plan and Employee Benefits

 

Summary of the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan

 

The following summary briefly describes the principal features of the Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan.

 

Administration . The Plan is administered by our recently formed Compensation Committee. Our Compensation Committee has the authority to select the eligible participants to whom awards will be granted, to determine the types of awards and the number of shares covered and to set the terms, conditions and provisions of such awards, to cancel or suspend awards under certain conditions, and to accelerate the exercisability of awards. Our Compensation Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms of agreements entered into with recipients under the Plan, and to make all other determinations that may be necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.

 

Eligibility . All employees, directors and individuals providing services to our company or its subsidiaries are eligible to participate in the Plan.

 

Shares Subject to Plan . Subject to adjustment as described herein, as of June 26, 2017 the number of shares of common stock that is available for grant of awards under the Plan, as amended is 10,000,000 shares.

 

Stock Option and SAR Grants. The exercise price per share of common stock purchasable under any stock option or stock appreciation right (SAR) will be determined by our Compensation Committee, but cannot in any event be less than 100% of the fair market value of our common stock on the date the option is granted. Our Compensation Committee will determine the term of each stock option or SAR (subject to a maximum of 10 years) and each stock option or SAR will be exercisable pursuant to a vesting schedule determined by our Compensation Committee. The grants and the terms of incentive stock options, or ISOs, shall be restricted to the extent required for qualification as ISOs by the Internal Revenue Code, or the Code. Subject to approval of our Compensation Committee, stock options or SARs may be exercised by payment of the exercise price in cash, shares of our common stock, which have been held for at least six months, or pursuant to a “cashless exercise” through a broker-dealer under an arrangement approved by us. We may require the grantee to pay to us any applicable withholding taxes that we are required to withhold with respect to the grant or exercise of any award. The withholding tax may be paid in cash or, subject to applicable law, our Compensation Committee may permit the grantee to satisfy such obligations by the withholding or delivery of shares of our common stock. We may withhold from any shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to a stock option or SAR or from any cash amounts otherwise due from us to the recipient of the award an amount equal to such taxes.

 

Stock Grants. Shares may be sold or awarded for consideration and with or without restriction as determined by the Compensation Committee, including cash, full-recourse promissory notes, as well as past and future services. Any award of shares will be subject to the vesting schedule, if any, determined by the Compensation Committee. In general, holders of shares sold or awarded under the Plan will have the same voting, dividend and other rights as our other stockholders. As a condition to the purchase of shares under the Plan, the purchaser will make such arrangements as our Compensation Committee may require for the satisfaction of any federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with such purchase.

 

Adjustments . In the event of any change affecting the shares of our common stock by reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change, or any distribution to stockholders other than cash dividends, our board of directors will make such substitution or adjustment in the aggregate number of shares that may be distributed under the Plan and in the number and option price (or exercise or purchase price, if applicable) as it deems to be appropriate in order to maintain the purpose of the original grant.

 

Termination of Service. If a participant’s service to our company terminates on account of death or disability, then the participant’s unexercised options, if exercisable immediately before the participant’s death, disability or retirement, may be exercised in whole or in part, on the earlier of the date on which such stock option would otherwise expire or one year after the event. If a participant’s service to us terminates for any other reason, then the participant’s unexercised options, to the extent exercisable immediately before such termination, will remain exercisable, and may be exercised in whole or in part, for a period ending on the earlier of the date on which such stock option would otherwise expire or three months after such termination of service.

 

Amendment and Termination. Our board of directors may, at any time, alter, amend, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan; provided that such action shall not adversely affect the right of grantees to stock awards or stock options previously granted and no amendment, without the approval of our stockholders, shall increase the maximum number of shares which may be awarded under the Plan in the aggregate, materially increase the benefits accruing to grantees under the Plan, change the class of employees eligible to receive options under the Plan, or materially modify the eligibility requirements for participation in the Plan.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

 

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 30, 2018 (i) by each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock; (ii) by each of our officers and directors; and (iii) by all of our officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of the Company, 923 Incline Way #39, Incline Village, NV 89451.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner   Title of Class  

Amount

and Nature

Of Beneficial

Ownership (1)

 

Percent of

Class (2)

 
Jeffery Wun, President, CEO and Director (3)   Common Stock     14,528,120     35.05 %
Y. Tristan Kuo, CFO (4)   Common Stock     131,250     *  
Jan-Yung Lin, Director (5)   Common Stock     2,312,010     5.58 %
Colin Lim, Director (6)   Common Stock     -     *  
Raymond Choy, Director   Common Stock     -     *  
Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu, Director   Common Stock     -     *  
James Busuttil, Director   Common Stock     -     *  
All officers and directors as a group (7 persons named above)   Common Stock     15,867,826     40.94 %
Dmedia Holding LP (7)   Common Stock     11,187,138     26.99 %
Well Thrive Limited (8)   Common Stock     10,000,115     24.12 %

  

* Less than 1%

(1) Beneficial Ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. The person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any security of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Each of the beneficial owners listed above has direct ownership of and sole voting power and investment power with respect to the shares of our common stock.
(2) A total of 41,453,816 shares of our common stock are considered to be outstanding pursuant to SEC Rule 13d-3(d)(1) as of January 30, 2018. For each beneficial owner above, any options exercisable within 60 days have been included in the denominator.
(3) Does not include 15,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options not exercisable within the next 60 days. Includes 11,187,138 shares of our common stock owned by Dmedia Holding LP.  On December 20, 2017, Mr. Wun purchased an 85.7% interest in, and was appointed Manager of, Dmedia LLC, the General Partner of Dmedia Holding LP. As such, Mr. Wun is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 11,187,138 shares of our common stock held by Dmedia Holding LP by virtue of his voting and dispositive power of those shares. Through his ownership interest in Dmedia LLC which owns an approximately 6% direct interest in Dmedia Holding LP, Mr. Wun indirectly beneficially owns 588,005 shares of our common stock held by Dmedia Holding LP.  Mr. Wun disclaims beneficial ownership of the remaining 10,599,133 shares of our common stock held by Dmedia Holding LP. Also includes 1,103,554 shares of our common stock over which Mr. Wun has the voting and investment power by virtue of his being the Trustee of the 4416 Jordan Ranch Trust which owns these shares.  Mr. Wun disclaims beneficial ownership of these 1,103,554 shares.   
(4) Consists of 131,250 shares of our common stock which Mr. Kuo has the right to acquire within the next 60 days through the exercise of vested options.
(5) Consists of 1,864,524 shares of our common stock owned by Mr. Lin directly and 447,486 shares of our common stock owned by Mr. Lin's spouse. Does not include 4,796,150 shares of our common stock owned by Mr. Lin through his approximately 7% ownership interest in Dmedia LLC and his approximately 42.4% interest Dmedia Holding LP, as Mr. Lin does not, directly or indirectly, have voting or dispositive power over these shares although he does own a pecuniary interest in them. Does not include15,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options not exercisable within the next 60 days.   
(6) Does not include 60,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of options not exercisable within the next 60 days.
(7) Mr. Wun has sole voting and dispositive power over these shares of our common stock although he disclaims beneficial ownership of 10,599,133 of these shares. Mr. Lin owns a pecuniary interest in 4,796,150 of these shares although he does not exercise voting or dispositive control over them.  Mr. Shih owns a pecuniary interest in 4,990,291 of these shares although he does not exercise voting or dispositive power over them. The address of Dmedia Holding LP is 91 Gregory Ln Ste 5, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.
(8) Sheng-Chun Chang is the Chief Executive Officer and owner of Well Thrive Limited and has voting and dispositive power of the securities held by it. Mr. Chang disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Well Thrive Limited. The address of Well Thrive Limited is No 79, Heng Yang Road, Taipei City, Taiwan.

 

Changes in Control.

 

There are currently no arrangements which may result in a change of control of our company.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Transactions with Officers and Directors

 

Other than the employment agreements described above in “Executive Compensation” and as set forth below, since the beginning of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, there has not been, nor is there currently proposed, any transaction or series of similar transactions to which we were or will be a party:

 

  in which the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years; and

 

  in which any director, executive officer, stockholder who beneficially owns more than 5% of our common stock or any member of their immediate family had or will have a direct or indirect material interest.

 

On December 28, 2016, Aircom entered into a stock purchase agreement with Ms. Irina Goldman, our sole director and officer and principal stockholder at such time, pursuant to which Aircom purchased 700,000 shares of our common stock held by Ms. Goldman for $320,000. Such shares represented approximately 86.3% of our issued and outstanding common stock as of the closing of such acquisition by Aircom.

 

On February 13, 2017, we entered into the Exchange Agreement with Aircom, our then principal stockholder, and its shareholders, whereby we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aircom in exchange for 40,000,000 shares of our common stock and we also agreed to issue options to acquire 5,444,592 shares of our common stock to Aircom’s option holders in exchange for their options to purchase Aircom’s common stock. In addition, at the closing of the reverse acquisition, Aircom returned all 700,000 shares of our common stock purchased by it on December 28, 2016 and we immediately cancelled such shares, and all existing options to purchase Aircom’s shares of common stock were also canceled.

 

Our board of directors conducts an appropriate review of and oversees all related party transactions on a continuing basis and reviews potential conflict of interest situations where appropriate. Our board of directors has not adopted formal standards to apply when it reviews, approves or ratifies any related party transaction. However, our board of directors generally reviews related party transactions to ensure that they are fair and reasonable to our company and on terms comparable to those reasonably expected to be agreed to with independent third parties for the same goods and/or services at the time they are authorized by our board of directors.

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

On March 31, 2017, we entered into a settlement and release agreement with Aircom and dMobile, our co-founder and husband of our former director Barbie Shih. Aircom and dMobile entered into a certain Purchase Agreement for Ground Station Equipment, dated as of October 15, 2014, or the Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Aircom delivered to dMobile certain equipment with an aggregate invoice price of $5,478,900 and received from dMobile $2,000,000 in partial payment, as a result of which dMobile owed Aircom a balance of $3,478,900 under the Purchase Agreement. Aircom and dMobile also entered into a certain Statement of Work, dated January 15, 2015, or the Statement of Work, pursuant to which dMobile delivered to Aircom certain intangible property with an aggregate invoice price of $4,950,000 and received from Aircom $1,000,000 in partial payment, as a result of which Aircom owed dMobile $3,950,000 under the Statement of Work. Offsetting the amounts Aircom and dMobile owed to each other under the Purchase Agreement and the Statement of Work, Aircom owed dMobile a net amount of $471,100, or the Outstanding Amount. To settle this amount, Aircom and dMobile entered into the settlement and release agreement with respect to these matters pursuant to which (i) the Purchase Order and the Statement of Work were terminated and dMobile agreed to accept, and we agreed to issue to dMobile, 94,220 shares of our common stock valued at $5.00 per share in full settlement of the Outstanding Amount, or the dMobile Settlement Shares, and (ii) Aircom and dMobile each agreed to waive, release, discharge and covenant not to sue each other with respect to any and all possible claims arising out of or relating to the Purchase Order, the Statement of Work and the Outstanding Amount. Because Daniel Shih owns dMobile, he is the beneficial owner of the dMobile Settlement Shares, and Barbie Shih, a former director of the Company and Mr. Shih’s wife, is thus deemed to be the beneficial owner of the dMobile Settlement Shares.

 

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On March 31, 2017, we entered into a settlement and release agreement with Aircom and PPUS, a Delaware corporation of which Daniel Shih, our co-founder and husband of our former director Barbie Shih, is the Chairman of the board of directors. Aircom and PPUS entered into a certain Development Agreement, dated February 10, 2015, as amended by the First Amendment to Development Agreement, dated July 17, 2015 and the Second Amendment to Development Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, or, as amended, the Development Agreement, pursuant to which Aircom and PPUS agreed to jointly develop certain AirCinema airplane seating technology and related products. Aircom and PPUS fully performed the specified terms of the Development Agreement with the exception that a deposit of $387,500 was advanced by PPUS to Aircom, or the Deposit, for which the Aircom and PPUS did not reach agreement as to the scope of work to be covered by the Deposit. Additionally, PPUS also advanced an additional deposit of $349,500, or the Additional Deposit, to Aircom with the intent that the Additional Deposit would be applied towards one or more additional projects that Aircom and PPUS would agree to in the future. Aircom and PPUS agreed to conclude their relationship with respect to the Development Agreement, the Deposit and the Additional Deposit and other prior dealings between them, and to settle all accounts between them. Aircom and PPUS entered into the settlement and release agreement with respect to these matters pursuant to which (i) the Development Agreement was deemed completed and terminated and PPUS agreed to accept, and we agreed to issue to PPUS, 147,400 shares of our common stock valued at $5.00 per share in full settlement of the Deposit and Additional Deposit amounts, or the PPUS Settlement Shares, and (ii) Aircom and PPUS each agreed to waive, release, discharge and covenant not to sue each other with respect to any and all possible claims arising out of or relating to the Development Agreement, the Deposit and the Additional Deposit. Because Daniel Shih is the Chairman of PPUS and, thus, has voting and dispositive power over the PPUS Settlement Shares, under U.S. federal securities regulations he is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the PPUS Settlement Shares even though he is not a shareholder of PPUS. Because Barbie Shih, a former director of the Company, is Daniel Shih’s wife, she is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the PPUS Settlement Shares as well. Both Daniel Shih and Barbie Shih disclaim beneficial ownership of the PPUS Settlement Shares.

 

On March 31, 2017, we entered into a settlement and release agreement with Aircom and Priceplay Taiwan Inc., or PPTW, a Taiwanese limited company and parent of PPUS, its wholly owned subsidiary. Aircom and PPTW entered into a certain purchase order, or the Purchase Order, pursuant to which PPTW agreed to purchase from Aircom a set of mobile satellite communication equipment priced at $909,000. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Order, PPTW paid Aircom $819,300, or the Initial Payment and Aircom delivered to PPTW a mobile satellite antenna, together with radome, control unit, power supply, and other associated items, or collectively, the Equipment. PPTW raised certain issues regarding the Equipment and informed us that it desired to return the Equipment to Aircom and to receive a refund of the Initial Payment. Aircom and PPTW entered into the settlement and release agreement with respect to these matters pursuant to which (i) Aircom and PPTW agreed to terminate the Purchase Order, (ii) PPTW agreed to return the Equipment to Aircom, (iii) PPTW agreed to accept, and we agreed to issue to PPTW, 163,860 shares of our common stock valued at $5.00 per share in full settlement of the Initial Payment amount, or the PPTW Settlement Shares, and (ii) Aircom and PPTW each agreed to waive, release, discharge and covenant not to sue each other with respect to any and all possible claims arising out of or relating to the Purchase Order or the Initial Payment. Because Daniel Shih is the Chairman of PPUS, under U.S. federal securities regulations he may be deemed to be an affiliate or controlling person of PPTW, the parent of PPUS, its wholly owned subsidiary. As such Daniel Shih may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the PPTW Settlement Shares even though he is not a shareholder or officer or director of PPTW. Because Barbie Shih, a former director of the Company, is Daniel Shih’s wife, she may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the PPTW Settlement Shares as well. Both Daniel Shih and Barbie Shih disclaim beneficial ownership of the PPTW Settlement Shares.

 

The three settlement and mutual release agreements discussed above are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibits 10.13, 10.14 and 10.15.

 

Daniel Shih is the co-founder of Aircom and, thus, is a “promoter” of the Company as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

On July 5, 2017, we entered into a subscription agreement with Daniel Shih, the co-founder and an affiliate of the Company, who agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,000 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a price of $5.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase of $27,500. These shares were offered and sold by us to Mr. Shih in a private placement offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.

 

Aircom Japan also leases space from Daniel Shih at a cost of $1,215 per month. Daniel Shih’s father, Giretsu Shih, is the President of Aircom Japan and is paid an annual salary of approximately $90,000.

 

Mr. Shih has relinquished “beneficial ownership” of substantially all of his equity interests in the Company (whether held directly or indirectly) in a manner acceptable to the Company. Mr. Shih has also removed himself from any and all activities relating to our business, including, but not limited to managerial, directional, advisory, promotional, developmental and fund-raising activities . As a result of Mr. Shih’s disposition of his equity interests in the Company and his removing himself from participation in any Company related business activities, and Ms. Shih’s not being re-elected to the Company’s board of directors, Mr. Shih no longer maintains any active affiliation with, or material beneficial ownership in, the Company.

 

In the event that Mr. Shih is exonerated from any wrongdoing with respect to the two Taiwanese matters discussed in the Risk Factors section above, Mr. Shih’s status as a “beneficial owner” of the shares of our common stock that he previously beneficially owned and his ability to take an active role in the development and management of the Company may be restored.

 

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Other Transactions

 

On March 9, 2015, we entered into a 10-year purchase agreement with Klingon, pursuant to which we agreed to sell our in-flight connectivity systems to Klingon for joint development and resale to Hong Kong based airlines under the brand name Aircom4U. In accordance with the terms of this agreement, Klingon agreed to purchase from us an initial order of onboard equipment comprising an onboard system for a purchase price of $909,000, with payments to be made in accordance with a specific milestones schedule. To date, we have received $762,000 from Klingon in milestone payments towards the equipment purchase price. Daniel Shih, our co-founder, was Chairman of Klingon from February 2015 to February 2016, and Peter Chiou, our former Chairman, former Chief Executive Officer and former President, was Chief Executive Officer and President of Klingon from March 2015 through April 2016, prior to Peter’s joining the Company in February 2017. Neither Mr. Shih or Mr. Chiou nor the Company owns any capital stock of Klingon. On December 30, 2017, the Company’s board of directors by unanimous written consent appointed Mr. Jeffrey Wun as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective December 31, 2017. Mr. Chiou, the Company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, agreed to step down from these positions by mutual consent, effective December 31, 2017. Mr. Chiou will remain as a consultant to the Company for a period of six months and will be paid $5,000 per month effective January 1, 2018.

 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

 

The following is a summary of the rights of our common stock and preferred stock and certain provisions of our restated articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws as they will be in effect upon the completion of this offering. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.

  

General

 

As of January 30, 2018, our authorized capital stock consisted of:

 

  450,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share; and

 

  50,000,000 shares of “blank check” preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share.

 

As of January 30, 2018, there were 41,453,816 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. All of our currently issued and outstanding shares of capital stock were validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable under the Nevada Revised Statutes, or Nevada Law.

 

On October 31, 2017, the Company completed its private placement offering of 264,086 shares of common stock at a price of $5.50 per share for the aggregate amount of $1,452,473.

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company completed its first closing of a private placement offering in which it sold 13,400 shares of its common stock to Daniel Shih, the Company’s co-founder, at a price of $5.60 per share for a total of $75,040. The Company is offering a total of 892,857 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.60 per share in this offering for the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 and may conduct additional closings up to that aggregate amount through March 31, 2018.

 

In connection with our private placement that closed on June 6, 2017, we entered into subscription agreements with each of the investors, pursuant to which we agreed to register for resale by the investors the shares purchased by them in the private placement, totaling 60,000 shares. We committed to file the registration statement no later than September 4, 2017 and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective no later than December 3, 2017. We filed a registration statement with the SEC pursuant to the registration rights provisions of the subscription agreements on June 26, 2017 (SEC File No. 333-218995). This registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 13, 2017.

 

In connection with our private placement that closed on March 31, 2017, we entered into subscription agreements with each of the investors, pursuant to which we agreed to register for resale by the investors the shares purchased by them in the private placement, totaling 500,000 shares. We committed to file the registration statement no later than June 29, 2017 and to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective no later than September 27, 2017. We filed a registration statement with the SEC pursuant to the registration rights provisions of the subscription agreements on June 26, 2017 (SEC File No. 333-218995). This registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on September 13, 2017.

 

Set forth below is a summary description of all of the material terms of our capital stock. This description is qualified in its entirety by reference to our restated articles of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws, each of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

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Common Stock

 

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of our stockholders, except to the extent that the voting rights of our shares of any class or series of stock are determined and specified as greater or lesser than one vote per share in the manner provided by our restated articles of incorporation. Our stockholders have no pre-emptive rights to acquire additional shares of our common stock or other securities. Our common stock is not subject to redemption rights and carries no subscription or conversion rights. In the event of liquidation of our company, the shares of our common stock are entitled to share equally in corporate assets after satisfaction of all liabilities. All shares of our common stock now outstanding are fully paid and non-assessable. Our amended and restated bylaws authorize the board of directors to declare dividends on our outstanding shares.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our board of directors is authorized to determine and alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon any wholly unissued series of preferred shares, and to fix the number of shares and the designation of any series of preferred shares. Our board of directors may increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of those shares. The rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to and may be affected adversely by the rights of the holders of any preferred stock that may be issued in the future. Issuance of a new series of preferred stock could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire, or discourage a third party from acquiring, the outstanding shares of common stock and make removal of our board of directors more difficult. No rights, preferences or privileges have yet been determined and no shares of preferred stock have been issued.

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions

 

Provisions of the Nevada Revised Statutes and our amended and restated bylaws could have the effect of delaying or preventing a third-party from acquiring us, even if the acquisition would benefit our stockholders. Such provisions of Nevada Law and our amended and restated bylaws are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by the board of directors and to discourage certain types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change of control of our company. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited proposal for a takeover that does not contemplate the acquisition of all of our outstanding shares, or an unsolicited proposal for the restructuring or sale of all or part of our company.

 

Nevada Anti-Takeover Statutes

 

We have elected not to be governed by the terms and provisions of Nevada’s control share acquisition laws (Nevada Revised Statutes 78.378 - 78.3793), which prohibit an acquirer, under certain circumstances, from voting shares of a corporation’s stock after crossing specific threshold ownership percentages, unless the acquirer obtains the approval of the issuing corporation’s stockholders. The first such threshold is the acquisition of at least one-fifth but less than one-third of the outstanding voting power. We may become subject to Nevada’s Control Share Acquisition Act if the company has 200 or more stockholders of record at least 100 of whom are residents of the State of Nevada and does business in the State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation. Currently, we do not conduct business in the State of Nevada directly or through an affiliated corporation.

 

We have also elected not to be governed by the terms and provisions of Nevada’s Combination with Interested Stockholders Statute (Nevada Revised Statutes 78.411 - 78.444) which prohibits an “interested stockholder” from entering into a “combination” with the corporation, unless certain conditions are met. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, beneficially owns (or within the prior three years, did beneficially own) 10 percent or more of the corporation’s voting stock, or otherwise has the ability to influence or control such corporation’s management or policies.

 

Bylaws

 

In addition, various provisions of our amended and restated bylaws may also have an anti-takeover effect. These provisions may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt of the company that a stockholder might consider in his or her best interest, including attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for the shares held by our stockholders. Our amended and restated bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of our outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, and except as provided by Nevada law, our board of directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the amended and restated bylaws by a vote of not less than a majority of our directors. Any bylaw provision adopted by the board of directors may be amended or repealed by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote for the election of directors. Our amended and restated bylaws also contain limitations as to who may call special meetings as well as require advance notice of stockholder matters to be brought at a meeting. Additionally, our amended and restated bylaws also provide that no director may be removed by less than a two-thirds vote of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote on the removal.

 

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Authorized but Unissued Shares

 

Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock are available for our board of directors to issue without stockholder approval. We may use these additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including raising additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee stock plans. The existence of our authorized but unissued shares of common stock could render it more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of the company by means of a proxy context, tender offer, merger or other transaction since our board of directors can issue large amounts of capital stock as part of a defense to a take-over challenge. In addition, we have authorized in our articles of incorporation 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which are currently designated or outstanding. However, the Board acting alone and without approval of our stockholders can designate and issue one or more series of preferred stock containing super-voting provisions, enhanced economic rights, rights to elect directors, or other dilutive features, that could be utilized as part of a defense to a take-over challenge.

 

Supermajority Voting Provisions

 

Nevada Law provides generally that the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on any matter is required to amend a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws, as the case may be, require a greater percentage. Although our articles of incorporation and bylaws do not currently provide for such a supermajority vote on any matters, our board of directors can amend our amended and restated bylaws and we can, with the approval of our stockholders, amend our articles of incorporation to provide for such a super-majority voting provision.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is VStock Transfer, LLC. The transfer agent’s address is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598, and its telephone number is (212) 828-8436.

 

UNDERWRITING

 

We have entered into an underwriting agreement with Boustead Securities, LLC. Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriter has agreed to sell up to the number of shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, on a best efforts basis. In addition, the underwriter has been granted an over-subscription option pursuant to which we may sell up to an additional 15% of the total number of shares to be offered by us in this offering if we are able to complete the maximum offering.

 

The underwriter is under no obligation to purchase any shares for its own account nor may it purchase shares in order to guarantee that the offering minimum is met. As a “best efforts” offering, there can be no assurance that the offering contemplated hereby will ultimately be consummated.  

 

This offering will terminate on [*], 2018 (which we refer to as the Initial Offering Termination Date), which date may be extended to a date up to and including [*], 2018 (which we refer to as the Offering Termination Date), unless we sell the maximum amount of shares set forth below before that date or we decide to terminate this offering prior to that date. In the event that the maximum amount has been met on or prior to the Offering Termination Date, the underwriter may exercise the over-subscription option on or prior to the Offering Termination Date to extend the offering for an additional 45 days. All subscription agreements and wire transfers should be sent to Signature Bank New York 905 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022. The gross proceeds of this offering will be deposited at Signature Bank in an escrow account established by us until we have sold a minimum of $5,000,000 of shares. Once we satisfy the minimum offering amount, the funds will be released to us. If we decide to extend the offering period beyond the Initial Offering Termination Date, we will seek reconfirmations from investors who have deposited funds into the escrow account and all funds deposited by investors who do not reconfirm will be promptly returned without interest or offset. If we do not sell a minimum of $5,000,000 of shares by the Offering Termination Date, all funds received will be promptly returned to investors without interest or offset.

 

Prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to this prospectus, we plan to file an application to have the shares of common stock offered under this prospectus listed on the [NYSE American] [Nasdaq Stock market], under the symbols “AKOM.” We expect our shares of common stock to begin trading on this market upon consummation of this offering. No assurance can be given that our application will be approved.  

 

Commissions and Expenses

 

We have agreed to pay the underwriter a fee, payable in cash, equal to six and one-half percent (6.5 %) of the gross proceeds raised in the offering.

 

The underwriter proposes to offer the shares directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus. In addition, the underwriter may, but is not obligated to, retain selected dealers that are qualified to offer and sell the shares and that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA. After the offering to the public, the offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the underwriter without changing the proceeds we will receive from the underwriter. The underwriter has informed us that they may provide an allowance not in excess of $[*] per share to other dealers out of the underwriter’s commission of $[*] per share

 

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The following table summarizes the public offering price, underwriting commissions and proceeds before expenses to us assuming completion of the minimum offering, the maximum offering without exercise of the over-subscription option and maximum offering with exercise of the over-subscription option. The underwriting commissions are equal to the public offering price per share less the amount per share the underwriter pay us for the shares.

 

    Per Share     Total Minimum     Total Maximum without Over-Subscription Option     Total Maximum
with Over-Subscription Option
 
Public offering price   $            $ 5,000,000     $ 60,000,000     $ 69,000,000  
Underwriting discounts and commissions (6.5%)   $     $ 325,000     $ 3,900,000     $ 4,485,000  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $     $ 4,675,000     $ 56,100,000     $ 64,515,000  

 

We have agreed to reimburse the underwriter for all reasonable out-of-pocket invoiced expenses, including reasonable fees of its legal counsel in an amount not to exceed $75,000 and costs of third-party due diligence reports in an amount not to exceed $25,000, for a total amount not to exceed $100,000. We estimate that the total expenses of this offering, excluding underwriting commissions described above, will be approximately $[*]. Except as disclosed in this prospectus, the underwriter has not received and will not receive from us any other item of compensation or expense in connection with this offering considered by FINRA to be underwriting compensation under FINRA Rule 5110.

 

Advisory Fees

 

Upon the execution of this underwriting agreement, the Company shall pay the underwriter an initial advisory fee of $50,000. Upon the issuance of a conditional approval letter to list on the NYSE, we shall pay the underwriter an additional advisory fee of $50,000. For any extension of the underwriting agreement, we shall pay the underwriter an extension advisory fee of $50,000 at the signing of said extension.

 

Warrants

 

We have agreed to issue to the underwriter and to register herein warrants to purchase up to a total of up to [•] shares of common stock (equal to 6.5% of the aggregate amount of securities sold in this offering) and to also register herein such underlying shares. The warrants will be exercisable at any time, and from time to time, in whole or in part, commencing from the effective date of the offering and expiring five years from the effective date of the offering. The warrants are exercisable at a per share price equal to 100% of the public offering price per share in the offering. The warrants have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a 180-day lock-up pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1). The underwriter (or permitted assignees under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1)) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate these warrants or the securities underlying these warrants, nor will they engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the offering, except as provided for in FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(g)(2). The exercise price and number of shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, subdivision, combination, reclassification, merger or consolidation. However, the warrant exercise price or underlying shares will not be adjusted for issuances of shares of common stock at a price below the warrant exercise price.

 

Subscription and Escrow Account

 

To purchase our shares in this offering, investors must complete and sign a subscription agreement. All subscription agreements and wire transfers should be sent to Signature Bank New York, 905 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022. Investors will be required to pay for their shares by wire for the full purchase price of the shares, payable to “Signature Bank, as the Escrow Agent for Aerkomm Inc.”

 

Subscriptions will be effective only upon our acceptance of the subscriptions, and we reserve the right to reject any subscriptions in whole or in part. In compliance with Rule 15c2-4 under the Exchange Act, we and the underwriter will instruct investors to deliver all monies in the form of wire transfers to the escrow account. Upon the escrow agent’s receipt of such monies, they shall be credited to the escrow account. Pursuant to an escrow account agency agreement among us, the underwriter and Signature Bank New York, as escrow account agent, the funds received in payment for shares purchased in this offering will be wired to a non-interest bearing escrow account at Signature Bank New York, New York and held until the escrow agent determines that the amount in the escrow account is equal to at least the minimum amount required to close this offering. Upon confirmation of receipt of the requested minimum subscription amount, the escrow agent will release the funds in accordance with the written instructions provided by us and the underwriter, indicating the date on which the shares purchased in this offering are to be delivered to the investors and the date the net proceeds are to be delivered to us. Unless investors instruct us otherwise, we will deliver the shares being issued to the investors electronically.

 

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Lock-Up Agreements

 

We and our directors, officers and any other [1]% or greater holder of outstanding shares of our common stock (and all holders of securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of common stock) have agreed with the underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of any of our securities, including the issuance of shares of common stock upon currently outstanding options for a period of [nine (9) months] after the date of this prospectus, without the prior written consent of the underwriter.

 

The underwriter may in its sole discretion and at any time without notice release some or all of the shares subject to lock-up agreements prior to the expiration of the lock-up period. When determining whether or not to release shares from the lock-up agreements, the underwriter will consider, among other factors, the security holder’s reasons for requesting the release, the number of shares for which the release is being requested and market conditions at the time.

 

Right of First Refusal

 

We have agreed to grant the underwriter for the 6 month period following the closing of this offering, a right of first refusal to act as lead managing underwriter and book runner or minimally as a co-lead manager and co-book runner with at least 70.0% of the economics, or in case of a three-handed deal, 50.0% of the economics, for any and all future registered equity, equity-linked or debt (excluding commercial bank debt) offering of our company, or any successor to or any subsidiary of our company during such six (6) month period.

 

Indemnification

 

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriter against liabilities relating to the offering arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, liabilities arising from breaches of some or all of the representations and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, and to contribute to payments that the underwriter may be required to make for these liabilities.

 

Price Stabilization, Short Positions and Penalty Bids

 

In order to facilitate the offering of our securities, the underwriter may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our securities. In connection with the offering, the underwriter may purchase and sell our securities in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, purchases on the open market to cover positions created by short sales and stabilizing transactions. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriter of a greater number of shares of securities than they are required to purchase in the offering. “Covered” short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares of securities in the offering. The underwriter may close out any covered short position by either exercising the over-subscription option or purchasing shares of securities in the open market. In determining the source of shares of securities to close out the covered short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the over-subscription option. “Naked” short sales are sales in excess of the over-subscription option. The underwriter must close out any naked short position by purchasing securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of our securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of various bids for or purchases of shares of securities made by the underwriter in the open market before the completion of the offering.

 

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Similar to other purchase transactions, the underwriter’s purchases to cover short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our securities or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our securities. As result, the price of our securities may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.

 

The underwriter has advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M under the Exchange Act, it may also engage in other activities that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our securities, including the imposition of penalty bids. The underwriter make no representation or prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the transactions described above may have on the price of our securities. In addition, neither we nor the underwriter make any representation that the underwriter will engage in these transactions or that these transactions, once commenced, will not be discontinued without notice.

 

Electronic Offer, Sale and Distribution of Shares

 

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the websites maintained by one or more underwriter or selling group members, if any, participating in the offering. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of shares of securities to underwriter and selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representative to underwriter and selling group members that may make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronic format, the information on the underwriter’s websites and any information contained in any other website maintained by the underwriter is not part of this prospectus or the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Other Relationships

 

From time to time, certain of the underwriter and their affiliates have provided, and may provide in the future, various advisory, investment and commercial banking and other services to us in the ordinary course of business, for which they have received and may continue to receive customary fees and commissions. However, except as disclosed in this prospectus, we have no present arrangements with any of the underwriter for any further services.

 

Offer Restrictions Outside the United States

 

Other than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriter that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that jurisdiction. Persons into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is unlawful.

 

Australia

 

This prospectus is not a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act, has not been lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act. Accordingly, (i) the offer of the securities under this prospectus is only made to persons to whom it is lawful to offer the securities without disclosure under Chapter 6D of the Australian Corporations Act under one or more exemptions set out in section 708 of the Australian Corporations Act, (ii) this prospectus is made available in Australia only to those persons as set forth in clause (i) above, and (iii) the offeree must be sent a notice stating in substance that by accepting this offer, the offeree represents that the offeree is such a person as set forth in clause (i) above, and, unless permitted under the Australian Corporations Act, agrees not to sell or offer for sale within Australia any of the securities sold to the offeree within 12 months after its transfer to the offeree under this prospectus.

 

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Canada

 

The securities may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the securities must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws. Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if this prospectus (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor. Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriter are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

 

China

 

The information in this document does not constitute a public offer of the securities, whether by way of sale or subscription, in the People’s Republic of China, or PRC (excluding, for purposes of this paragraph, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Taiwan). The securities may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly in the PRC to legal or natural persons other than directly to “qualified domestic institutional investors.”

 

European Economic Area — Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands

 

The information in this document has been prepared on the basis that all offers of securities will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Directive 2003/71/EC, or the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in Member States of the European Economic Area (each referred to herein as a Relevant Member State), from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities.

 

An offer to the public of securities has not been made, and may not be made, in a Relevant Member State except pursuant to one of the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive as implemented in that Relevant Member State:

 

(a) to legal entities that are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;

 

(b) to any legal entity that has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during its last fiscal year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 (as shown on its last annual unconsolidated or consolidated financial statements) and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000 (as shown on its last annual unconsolidated or consolidated financial statements);

 

(c) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of ours or any underwriter for any such offer; or

 

(d) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of securities shall result in a requirement for the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

 

France

 

This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offering of financial securities (offre au public de titres financiers) in France within the meaning of Article L.411-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) and Articles 211-1 et seq. of the General Regulation of the French Autorité des marchés financiers, or AMF. The securities have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France.

 

This document and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the AMF for approval in France and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in France. Such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to (i) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2 and D.411-1 to D.411-3, D. 744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation and/or (ii) a restricted number of non-qualified investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs) acting for their own account, as defined in and in accordance with Articles L.411-2-II-2 and D.411-4, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and any implementing regulation.

 

Pursuant to Article 211-3 of the General Regulation of the AMF, investors in France are informed that the securities cannot be distributed (directly or indirectly) to the public by the investors otherwise than in accordance with Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 to L.621-8-3 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.

 

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Ireland

 

The information in this document does not constitute a prospectus under any Irish laws or regulations and this document has not been filed with or approved by any Irish regulatory authority as the information has not been prepared in the context of a public offering of securities in Ireland within the meaning of the Irish Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005, or the Prospectus Regulations. The securities have not been offered or sold, and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Ireland by way of a public offering, except to (i) qualified investors as defined in Regulation 2(l) of the Prospectus Regulations and (ii) fewer than 100 natural or legal persons who are not qualified investors.

 

Israel

 

The securities offered by this prospectus have not been approved or disapproved by the Israeli Securities Authority, or the ISA, nor have such securities been registered for sale in Israel. The shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Israel, absent the publication of a prospectus. The ISA has not issued permits, approvals or licenses in connection with the offering or publishing the prospectus; nor has it authenticated the details included herein, confirmed their reliability or completeness, or rendered an opinion as to the quality of the securities being offered. Any resale in Israel, directly or indirectly, to the public of the securities offered by this prospectus is subject to restrictions on transferability and must be effected only in compliance with the Israeli securities laws and regulations.

 

Italy

 

The offering of the securities in the Republic of Italy has not been authorized by the Italian Securities and Exchange Commission (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or CONSOB) pursuant to the Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, no offering material relating to the securities may be distributed in Italy and such securities may not be offered or sold in Italy in a public offer within the meaning of Article 1.1(t) of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, or Decree No. 58, other than:

 

  to Italian qualified investors, as defined in Article 100 of Decree no.58 by reference to Article 34-ter of CONSOB Regulation no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, or Regulation no. 11971, as amended, or Qualified Investors; and

  

  in other circumstances that are exempt from the rules on public offer pursuant to Article 100 of Decree No. 58 and Article 34-ter of Regulation No. 11971 as amended.

 

Any offer, sale or delivery of the securities or distribution of any offer document relating to the securities in Italy (excluding placements where a Qualified Investor solicits an offer from the issuer) under the paragraphs above must be:

 

  made by investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993 (as amended), Decree No. 58, CONSOB Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007 and any other applicable laws; and

 

  in compliance with all relevant Italian securities, tax and exchange controls and any other applicable laws.

 

Any subsequent distribution of the securities in Italy must be made in compliance with the public offer and prospectus requirement rules provided under Decree No. 58 and the Regulation No. 11971 as amended, unless an exception from those rules applies. Failure to comply with such rules may result in the sale of such securities being declared null and void and in the liability of the entity transferring the securities for any damages suffered by the investors.

 

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Japan

 

The securities have not been and will not be registered under Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948), as amended, or the FIEL, pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements applicable to a private placement of securities to Qualified Institutional Investors (as defined in and in accordance with Article 2, paragraph 3 of the FIEL and the regulations promulgated thereunder). Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan other than Qualified Institutional Investors. Any Qualified Institutional Investor who acquires securities may not resell them to any person in Japan that is not a Qualified Institutional Investor, and acquisition by any such person of securities is conditional upon the execution of an agreement to that effect.

 

Portugal

 

This document is not being distributed in the context of a public offer of financial securities (oferta pública de valores mobiliários) in Portugal, within the meaning of Article 109 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Código dos Valores Mobiliários). The securities have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal. This document and any other offering material relating to the securities have not been, and will not be, submitted to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários) for approval in Portugal and, accordingly, may not be distributed or caused to distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in Portugal, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to qualify as a public offer under the Portuguese Securities Code. Such offers, sales and distributions of securities in Portugal are limited to persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Portuguese Securities Code). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.

 

Sweden

 

This document has not been, and will not be, registered with or approved by Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority). Accordingly, this document may not be made available, nor may the securities be offered for sale in Sweden, other than under circumstances that are deemed not to require a prospectus under the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) (Sw. lag (1991:980) om handel med finansiella instrument). Any offering of securities in Sweden is limited to persons who are “qualified investors” (as defined in the Financial Instruments Trading Act). Only such investors may receive this document and they may not distribute it or the information contained in it to any other person.

 

Switzerland

 

The securities may not be publicly offered in Switzerland and will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, or the SIX, or on any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. This document has been prepared without regard to the disclosure standards for issuance prospectuses under art. 652a or art. 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or the disclosure standards for listing prospectuses under art. 27 ff. of the SIX Listing Rules or the listing rules of any other stock exchange or regulated trading facility in Switzerland. Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.

 

Neither this document nor any other offering material relating to the securities have been or will be filed with or approved by any Swiss regulatory authority. In particular, this document will not be filed with, and the offer of securities will not be supervised by, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority.

 

This document is personal to the recipient only and not for general circulation in Switzerland.

 

United Arab Emirates

 

Neither this document nor the securities have been approved, disapproved or passed on in any way by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates, nor have we received authorization or licensing from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates or any other governmental authority in the United Arab Emirates to market or sell the securities within the United Arab Emirates. This document does not constitute and may not be used for the purpose of an offer or invitation. No services relating to the securities, including the receipt of applications and/or the allotment or redemption of such shares, may be rendered within the United Arab Emirates by us.

 

No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities is valid or permitted in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

 

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United Kingdom

 

Neither the information in this document nor any other document relating to the offer has been delivered for approval to the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom and no prospectus (within the meaning of section 85 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA) has been published or is intended to be published in respect of the securities. This document is issued on a confidential basis to “qualified investors” (within the meaning of section 86(7) of FSMA) in the United Kingdom, and the securities may not be offered or sold in the United Kingdom by means of this document, any accompanying letter or any other document, except in circumstances which do not require the publication of a prospectus pursuant to section 86(1) FSMA. This document should not be distributed, published or reproduced, in whole or in part, nor may its contents be disclosed by recipients to any other person in the United Kingdom.

 

Any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) received in connection with the issue or sale of the securities has only been communicated or caused to be communicated and will only be communicated or caused to be communicated in the United Kingdom in circumstances in which section 21(1) of FSMA does not apply to us.

 

In the United Kingdom, this document is being distributed only to, and is directed at, persons (i) who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) (investment professionals) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotions) Order 2005, or the FPO, (ii) who fall within the categories of persons referred to in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) of the FPO or (iii) to whom it may otherwise be lawfully communicated (together referred to as relevant persons). The investments to which this document relates are available only to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to purchase will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Sherman & Howard LLC.

 

Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriter by Mei & Mark LLP.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated audited financial statements of Aerkomm Inc. as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the consolidated unaudited financial statements of Aerkomm Inc. as of September 30, 2017 and 2016 appearing in this prospectus and registration statement have been audited by Chen & Fan Accountancy Corporation, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein. Such consolidated financial statements have been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon its authority as an expert in accounting and auditing.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which constitutes a part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, some of which is contained in exhibits to the registration statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information with respect to us and our common stock, we refer you to the registration statement, including the exhibits filed as a part of the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus concerning the contents of any contract or any other document are not necessarily complete. If a contract or document has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, please see the copy of the contract or document that has been filed. Each statement in this prospectus relating to a contract or document filed as an exhibit is qualified in all respects by the filed exhibit. You may obtain copies of this information by mail from the public reference room of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference rooms by calling the SEC at 1(800) SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is www.sec.gov.

 

We file periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. These periodic reports, proxy statements and other information are available for inspection and copying at the SEC’s public reference facilities and the website of the SEC referred to above. We also maintain a website at www.aerkomm.com. You may access our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with the SEC free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information contained on our website is not a part of this prospectus and the inclusion of our website address in this prospectus is an inactive textual reference only.

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements  
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8

 

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Chen & Fan

ACCOUNTANCE CORPIRATION  

2480 North First Street, Suite 280

San Jose, California 95131

Telephone (408) 432-1218

Facsimile (408) 432-1212

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

AERKOMM INC.

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of  AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (the “Company”)  as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of  AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES  as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring loss from operations that raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to this matter are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ Chen & Fan  
Chen & Fan  
Accountancy Corporation  
San Jose, California  

November 10, 2017, except for Note 10, as to which the date is November 27, 2017

  

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AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

    December 31,     September 30,  
    2015     2016     2017  
                (Unaudited)  
Assets      
Current Assets                  
Cash   $ 19,498     $ 312,173     $ 6,566  
Accounts receivable - related party     3,478,900       -       -  
Inventories     111,000       209,729       208,674  
Prepaid expenses     125,327       11,784       482,390  
Other receivable - related parties     116,180       -       -  
Other receivable - others     -       891       440,223  
Total Current Assets     3,850,905       534,577       1,137,853  
Prepaid investment     700,000       -       460,000  
Property and Equipment                        
Cost     95,678       128,917       409,078  
Accumulated depreciation     (12,365 )     (43,825 )     (86,656 )
      83,313       85,092       322,422  
Construction in progress     -       3,660,000       3,250,000  
Net Property and Equipment     83,313       3,745,092       3,572,422  
Other Assets                        
Intangible asset, net     4,867,500       4,372,500       4,001,250  
Goodwill     -       1,105,942       1,105,942  
Deposits - related party     -       4,966       2,397  
Deposits - others     397,912       801,405       124,100  
Total Other Assets     5,265,412       6,284,813       5,233,689  
Total Assets   $ 9,899,630     $ 10,564,482     $ 10,403,964  
                         
Liabilities and Equity                        
Current Liabilities                        
Short-term bank loan   $ -     $ -     $ 10,000  
Accrued expenses     131,918       71,978       498,106  
Income tax payable     884,800       3,141       -  
Other payable - related parties     5,224,263       2,955,575       899,268  
Other payable - others     138,937       1,668,128       2,286,068  
Total Current Liabilities     6,379,918       4,698,822       3,693,442  
Restricted stock deposit liability     8,292       3,342       453  
Total Liabilities     6,388,210       4,702,164       3,693,895  
Commitments and Contingency                        
Stockholders’ Equity                        
Preferred stock, no par value, as of December 31, 2015 and 2016, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding     -       -       -  
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, as of September 30, 2017, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding     -       -          
Common stock, no par value, as of December 31, 2015, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 7,575,340 issued and outstanding (excluding 1,658,333 unvested restricted shares)     866,160       -       -  
Authorized - 210,000,000 shares. Issued and outstanding - 98,720,060 (excluding 6,683,340 unvested restricted shares) as of December 31, 2016     -       4,470,839       -  
Common stock, $0.001 par value Authorized - 450,000,000 shares. Issued and outstanding – 40,758,328 (excluding 337,683 unvested restricted shares) as of September 30, 2017     -       -       40,758  
Additional paid in capital     20,000       80,000       10,860,030  
Subscribed capital     -       1,862,643       544,913  
Retained Earnings (Accumulated deficits)     2,625,260       (551,204 )     (4,732,026 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     -       (10 )     (3,606 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity     3,511,420       5,862,268       6,710,069  
Non-controlling interest in subsidiary     -       50       -  
Total Equity     3,511,420       5,862,318       6,710,069  
Total Liabilities and Equity   $ 9,899,630     $ 10,564,482     $ 10,403,964  

 

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

 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

 

    Year Ended
December 31,
   

Nine-Month Period

Ended September 30,

 
    2014     2015     2016     2016     2017  
                      (Unaudited)  
Net Sales   $ -     $ 6,128,900     $ -     $ -     $ -  
                                         
Cost and Expenses                                        
Cost of sales     -       1,337,905       -       -       -  
Operating expenses     45,154       1,235,796       3,970,105       3,255,855       4,735,979  
                                         
Total Cost and Expenses     45,154       2,573,701       3,970,105       3,255,855       4,735,979  
                                         
Income (Loss) from Operations     (45,154 )     3,555,199       (3,970,105 )     (3,255,855 )     (4,735,979 )
                                         
Net Non-Operating Income (Loss)     -       15       (89,559 )     (89,557 )     25,166  
                                         
Income (Loss) before Income Taxes     (45,154 )     3,555,214       (4,059,664 )     (3,345,412 )     (4,710,813 )
                                         
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)     -       884,800       (883,200 )     (816,000 )     9,889  
                                         
Net Income (Loss)     (45,154 )     2,670,414       (3,176,464 )     (2,529,412 )     (4,720,702 )
                                         
Less: Income (Loss) Attributed to Non-Controlling Interest     -       -       -       -       -  
                                         
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Company     (45,154 )     2,670,414       (3,176,464 )     (2,529,412 )     (4,720,702 )
                                         
Other Comprehensive Loss                                        
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments     -       -       (10 )     -       (3,596 )
                                         
Total Comprehensive Income (Loss)   $ (45,154 )   $ 2,670,414     $ (3,176,474 )   $ (2,529,412 )   $ (4,724,298 )
                                         
Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share:                                        
                                         
Basic   $ (0.0020 )   $ 0.0841     $ (0.0808 )   $ (0.0644 )   $ (0.1167 )
                                         
Diluted   $ (0.0020 )   $ 0.0759     $ (0.0808 )   $ (0.0644 )   $ (0.1167 )
                                         
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Basic     22,374,276       31,752,318       39,335,796       39,305,412       40,439,237  
                                         
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Diluted     22,374,276       35,190,236       39,335,796       39,305,412       40,439,237  

 

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

 

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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

 

    Common Stock    

Additional

Paid

    Subscribed     Retained Earnings (Accumulated     Accumulated Other Comprehensive     Total Stockholders’    

Non

Controlling Interest in

    Total  
    Shares     Amount     in Capital     Capital     Deficits)     Loss     Equity     Subsidiary     Equity  
Issuance of common stock on September 24, 2014     10,000     $ 10,000     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 10,000     $ -     $ 10,000  
Additional shares issued on stock split     5,990,000       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Net loss for the year     -       -       -       -       (45,154 )     -       (45,154 )     -       (45,154 )
Balance as of December 31, 2014     6,000,000       10,000       -       -       (45,154 )     -       (35,154 )     -       (35,154 )
Issuance of common stock     343,673       850,001       -       -       -       -       850,001       -       850,001  
Issuance of stock warrant     -       -       20,000       -       -       -       20,000       -       20,000  
Restricted stock vested and transferred to common stock     1,231,667       6,159       -       -       -       -       6,159       -       6,159  
Net income for the year     -       -       -       -       2,670,414       -       2,670,414       -       2,670,414  
Balance as of December 31, 2015     7,575,340       866,160       20,000       -       2,625,260       -       3,511,420       -       3,511,420  
Issuance of common stock     1,440,000       3,600,395               -       -       -       3,600,395       -       3,600,395  
Issuance of stock warrant     -       -       40,000       -       -       -       40,000       -       40,000  
Subscribed capital     -       -       -       1,862,643       -       -       1,862,643       -       1,862,643  
Additional shares issued on stock split     81,138,060       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Restricted stock vested and transferred to common stock     8,566,660       4,284       -       -       -       -       4,284       -       4,284  
Stock compensation expense     -       -       20,000       -       -       -       20,000       -       20,000  
Net loss for the year     -       -       -       -       (3,176,464 )     -       (3,176,464 )     -       (3,176,464 )
Other comprehensive loss     -       -       -       -       -       (10 )     (10 )     -       (10 )
Non-controlling interest in subsidiary     -       -       -       -       -       -       -       50       50  
Balance as of December 31, 2016     98,720,060       4,470,839       80,000       1,862,643       (551,204 )     (10 )     5,862,268       50       5,862,318  
Reverse acquisition     (61,101,458 )     (4,433,221 )     5,756,024       (1,862,643 )     539,880       10       50       (50 )     -  
Issuance of common stock     985,161       985       3,826,436       -       -       -       3,827,421       -       3,827,421  
Issuance of stock warrant     -       -       60,000       -       -       -       60,000       -       60,000  
Subscribed capital     -       -       -       544,913       -       -       544,913       -       544,913  
Restricted stock vested and transferred to common stock     2,154,565       2,155       735       -       -       -       2,890       -       2,890  
Stock compensation expense     -       -       1,136,835       -       -       -       1,136,835       -       1,136,835  
Net loss for the period     -       -       -       -       (4,720,702 )     -       (4,720,702 )     -       (4,720,702 )
Other comprehensive loss     -       -       -       -       -       (3,606 )     (3,606 )     -       (3,606 )
Balance as of September 30, 2017 (unaudited)     40,758,328     $ 40,758     $ 10,860,030     $ 544,913     $ (4,732,026 )   $ (3,606 )   $ 6,710,069     $ -     $ 6,710,069  

 

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

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

    Year Ended
December 31,
   

Nine-Month Period

Ended September 30,

 
    2014     2015     2016     2016     2017  
                      (Unaudited)  
Cash Flows From Operating Activities                              
Net income (loss)   $ (45,154 )   $ 2,670,414     $ (3,176,464 )   $ (2,529,412 )   $ (4,720,702 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:                                        
Depreciation and amortization     421       94,444       526,460       387,666       414,081  
Stock-based compensation     -       -       20,000       22,600       1,136,835  
Issuance of stock warrant     -       -       40,000       20,000       60,000  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                        
Accounts receivable - related party     -       (3,478,900 )     3,478,900       3,478,900       -  
Inventories     -       (111,000 )     (97,674 )     (97,674 )     1,055  
Prepaid expenses     (150,393 )     25,066       116,327       116,327       (470,606 )
Other receivable - related party     -       (116,180 )     116,180       (425 )     -  
Other receivable - others     -       -       11,258       66,180       (29,332 )
Deposits - related party     -       -       (4,966 )     -       2,569  
Deposits - others     (8,592 )     (389,320 )     (382,534 )     (387,500 )     677,305  
Accrued expenses     -       131,918       (59,940 )     (25,888 )     426,128  
Income tax payable     -       884,800       (883,200 )     -       (3,141 )
Other payable - related parties     2,000,000       3,224,263       (1,638,890 )     (2,382,397 )     (28,907 )
Other payable - others     -       158,937       749,441       664,092       617,940  
Net Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities     1,796,282       3,094,442       (1,185,102 )     (667,531 )     (1,916,775 )
                                         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities                                        
Prepaid investment     -       (700,000 )     -       -       (460,000 )
Purchase of property and equipment     (17,170 )     (78,508 )     (3,686,597 )     (3,677,337 )     (280,161 )
Acquisitions of intangible assets     -       (4,950,000 )     -       -       -  
Acquisitions of goodwill     -       -       (319,688 )     -       -  
Net Cash Used for Investing Activities     (17,170 )     (5,728,508 )     (4,006,285 )     (3,677,337 )     (740,161 )
                                         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities                                        
Proceeds from short-term bank loan     -       -       -       -       10,000  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock     10,000       864,452       3,600,395       3,599,729       1,800,022  
Proceeds from subscribed capital     -       -       1,862,643       750,000       544,913  
Payments on repurchase of unvested restricted stock     -       -       (666 )     -       -  
Contribution from non-controlling interest in subsidiary     -       -       50       -       -  
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities     10,000       864,452       5,462,422       4,349,729       2,354,935  
                                         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash     1,789,112       (1,769,614 )     271,035       4,861       (302,001 )
                                         
Cash from acquired subsidiaries     -       -       21,650       -       -  
                                         
Cash, Beginning of Period     -       1,789,112       19,498       19,498       312,173  
                                         
Foreign currency translation effect on cash     -       -       (10 )     -       (3,606 )
                                         
Cash, End of Period   $ 1,789,112     $ 19,498     $ 312,173     $ 24,359     $ 6,566  

  

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

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Continued

 

   

Year Ended

December 31,

   

Nine-Month Period

Ended September 30,

 
    2014     2015     2016     2016     2017  
                      (Unaudited)  
Non-cash operating and financing activities:                              
                               
Restricted stock deposit liability transferred to common stock   $ -     $ 8,292     $ 4,950     $ 3,979     $ 2,890  
                                         
Other payable to related parties transferred to common stock   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 2,027,400  
                                         
Net payment for acquisition of subsidiaries during the year ended December 31, 2016:                                        
                                         
Cash                   $ 21,650                  
Inventories                     1,055                  
Prepaid expenses                     2,784                  
Other receivable                     12,149                  
Property and equipment, net                     6,642                  
Goodwill                     1,105,942                  
Other assets                     20,959                  
Other payable                     (151,131 )                
Non-controlling interest                     (50 )                
Total payment for acquisition of subsidiaries                     1,020,000                  
Transferred from prepaid investment                     (700,000 )                
                                         
Net payment for acquisition of subsidiaries                   $ 320,000                  

 

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

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 1 - Organization

 

Aerkomm Inc. (formerly Maple Tree Kids Inc.) (“Aerkomm”) was incorporated on August 14, 2013 in the State of Nevada. Aerkomm was a retail distribution company selling all of its products over the internet in the United States, operating in the infant and toddler products business market.

 

On December 28, 2016, Aircom Pacific Inc. (“Aircom”) purchased 700,000 shares of Aerkomm’s common stock, representing approximately 86.3% of Aerkomm’s issued and outstanding common stock as of the closing date of purchase. As a result of the transaction, Aircom became the controlling shareholder of Aerkomm.

 

On February 13, 2017, Aerkomm entered into a share exchange agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with Aircom and its shareholders, pursuant to which Aerkomm acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aircom in exchange for approximately 99.7% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Aerkomm (or 87.81% on a fully-diluted basis). As a result of the share exchange, Aircom became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aerkomm, and the former shareholders of Aircom became the holders of approximately 99.7% of Aerkomm’s issued and outstanding capital stock.

 

Aircom was incorporated on September 29, 2014 under the laws of the State of California.

 

On December 31, 2014, Aircom acquired a newly incorporated subsidiary, Aircom Pacific Ltd. (“Aircom Seychelles”), a corporation formed under the laws of the Republic of Seychelles. Aircom Seychelles was formed to facilitate Aircom’s global corporate structure for both business operations and tax planning. Presently, Aircom Seychelles has no operations. Aircom is working with corporate and tax advisers in finalizing its global corporate structure and has not yet concluded its final plan.

 

On October 17, 2016, Aircom acquired a wholly owned subsidiary, Aircom Pacific Inc. Limited (“Aircom HK”), a corporation formed under the laws of Hong Kong. The purpose of Aircom HK is to conduct Aircom’s business and operations in Hong Kong and China. Presently, its primary function is business development, both with respect to airlines as well as content providers and advertisement partners based in Hong Kong and China. Aircom HK is also actively seeking strategic partnerships whom Aircom may leverage in order to provide more and better services to its customers. Aircom also plans to provide local supports to Hong Kong-based airlines via Aircom HK and teleports located in the Hong Kong and China regions.

 

On December 15, 2016, Aircom acquired a wholly owned subsidiary, Aircom Japan, Inc. (“Aircom Japan”), a corporation formed under the laws of Japan. The purpose of Aircom Japan is to conduct business development and operations located within Japan. Aircom Japan is in the process of applying for, and will be the holder of, Satellite Communication Blanket License in Japan, which is necessary for Aircom to provide services within Japan. Aircom Japan will also provide local supports to airlines operating within the territory of Japan.

 

Aircom and its subsidiaries are full service providers of in-flight entertainment and connectivity solutions with their initial market in the Asian Pacific region.

 

Aerkomm and its subsidiaries (“the Company”) have not generated significant revenues, excluding non-recurring revenues from affiliates in 2015, and will incur additional expenses as a result of being a public reporting company. If the Company is unable to obtain additional working capital, the Company’s business may fail. As of September 30, 2017, the Company incurred a net loss of $4,724,298 and had working capital deficiency of $2,555,589, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Currently, the Company has taken measures that management believes will improve its financial position by financing activities, short-term borrowings and equity contributions.

  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Reverse Acquisition

 

On February 13, 2017, Aerkomm completed the reverse acquisition of Aircom pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. As a result of the reverse acquisition, Aircom became Aerkomm’s wholly-owned subsidiary. For accounting purposes, the share exchange transaction with Aircom was treated as a reverse acquisition, with Aircom as the acquirer and Aerkomm as the acquired party. Unless the context suggests otherwise, “the Company” referred to for the periods prior to the consummation of the reverse acquisition is Aircom and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

The accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017, the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 and the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 are unaudited. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2017 and results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017. The financial data and the other information disclosed in these notes to the consolidated financial statements related to these nine months are unaudited. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017 or for any other interim period or other future year.

 

Principle of Consolidation

 

Aerkomm consolidates the accounts of its subsidiaries, Aircom, Aircom Seychelles, Aircom HK and Aircom Japan. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

All of the entities in these consolidated financial statements have adopted fiscal year end of December 31.

 

Reclassifications of Prior Year Presentation

 

Certain prior year balance sheet amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

Concentrations of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash in banks and accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2016, and 2015 and September 30, 2017, the total balances of cash in bank were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and foreign financial institution deposits insurance.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Continued

 

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluation of its customers and requires no collateral. An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided based on a review of the collectability of accounts receivable. The Company determines the amount of allowance for doubtful accounts by examining the historical collection experience as well as its internal credit policies.

 

The Company conducts extensive transactions with its related parties. Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015 was solely from related parties.

 

Inventories

 

Inventories are recorded at the lower of weighted-average cost or market. The Company assesses the impact of changing technology on its inventory on hand and writes off inventories that are considered obsolete. Estimated losses on scrap and slow-moving items are recognized in the allowance for losses. 

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. When value impairment is determined, the related assets are stated at the lower of fair value or book value. Significant additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.

 

Depreciation is computed by using the straight-line and double declining method over the following estimated service lives: computer equipment - 3 to 5 years, furniture and fixtures - 5 years and satellite equipment – 5 years.

 

Construction costs for on-flight entertainment equipment not yet in service are recorded under construction in progress.

 

Upon sale or disposal of property and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the corresponding accounts, with any gain or loss credited or charged to non-operating income in the period of sale or disposal.

 

The Company reviews the carrying amount of property and equipment for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. It determined that there was no impairment loss for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016 and the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2017.

 

Goodwill and Purchased Intangible Assets

 

The Company’s goodwill represents the amount by which the total purchase price paid exceeded the estimated fair value of net assets acquired from acquisition of subsidiaries. The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate that there may be impairment.

 

Purchased intangible assets with finite life are amortized on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of respective assets. Purchased intangible assets with indefinite life are evaluated for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. As of December 31, 2015 and 2016, and September 30, 2017, purchased intangible asset consists of satellite system software and is amortized over 10 years.

  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Continued

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company utilizes the three-level valuation hierarchy for the recognition and disclosure of fair value measurements. The categorization of assets and liabilities within this hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement of fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy consist of the following:

 

Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the instrument.

 

Level 3 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable inputs based upon management’s best estimate of inputs market participants could use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date, including assumptions.

 

The carrying amounts of the Company’s cash, other receivable, short-term bank loan and other payable approximated their fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes sales when the earning process is completed, as evidenced by an arrangement with the customer, transfer of title and acceptance, if applicable, has occurred, as well as the price is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

Research and development costs are charged to operating expenses as incurred. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, the Company incurred approximately $0, $25,000 and $1,597,000 of research and development costs, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company incurred approximately $0 and $1,579,000 in research and development costs, respectively.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. Adjustments to prior period’s income tax liabilities are added to or deducted from the current period’s tax provision.

 

The Company follows FASB guidance on uncertain tax positions and has analyzed its filing positions in all the federal, state and foreign jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns, as well as all open tax years in those jurisdictions. The Company files income tax returns in the US federal, state and foreign jurisdictions where it conducts business. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions will be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that will result in a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain tax positions have been recorded. The Company does not expect its unrecognized tax benefits to change significantly over the next twelve months.

 

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with any uncertain tax positions is to record such items as a component of income before taxes. Penalties and interest paid or received, if any, are recorded as part of other operating expenses in the consolidated statement of operations.

  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Continued

 

Translation Adjustments

 

If a foreign subsidiary’s functional currency is the local currency, translation adjustments will result from the process of translating the subsidiary’s financial statements into the reporting currency of the Company. Such adjustments are accumulated and reported under other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of stockholder’s equity.

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common outstanding during the period increased to include the number of additional shares of common stock that would have been outstanding if the potentially dilutive securities had been issued. Potentially dilutive securities include stock warrants and outstanding stock options, shares to be purchased by employees under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan. Basic and Diluted earnings (loss) per common share presented for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 have taken into account the stock split in June 2016 and share exchange for reverse acquisition on February 13, 2017 (see Note 1).

 

Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated events and transactions after the reported nine-month period-end up to November 10, 2017, the date on which these consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. All subsequent events requiring recognition as of September 30, 2017 have been included in these consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Financial Instruments

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, “Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“ASU 2016-01”), which updates certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after March 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for the Company in its first quarter of 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“ASU 2016-13”), which modifies the measurement of expected credit losses of certain financial instruments. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after March 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for the Company in its first quarter of 2021, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Intangibles

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other” (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which goodwill shall be tested at least annually for impairment at a level of reporting referred to as a reporting unit. ASU 2017-04 will be effective for annual periods beginning after March 15, 2019, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after March 15, 2020, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-04 on its consolidated financial statements.

   

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Continued

 

Stock Compensation

 

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation” (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2016-09”), which simplifies certain aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income taxes, classification of awards and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after March 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after March 15, 2018 and for the Company in its first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-09 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Leases

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”), which modifies lease accounting for both lessees and lessors to increase transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous accounting standards and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after March 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years and for the Company in its first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the timing of its adoption and the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which amends the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to customers. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for annual periods beginning after March 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after March 15, 2018 and for the Company in its first quarter of 2019, and early adoption is permitted.

 

Subsequently, the FASB issued the following standards related to ASU 2014-09: ASU No. 2016-08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations” (“ASU 2016-08”); ASU No. 2016-10, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606): Identifying “Performance Obligations and Licensing” (“ASU 2016-10”); and ASU No. 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606): “Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients” (“ASU 2016-12”). The Company must adopt ASU 2016-08, ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12 with ASU 2014-09 (collectively, the “new revenue standards”).

 

The new revenue standards may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption. The Company currently expects to adopt the new revenue standards in its first quarter of 2019 utilizing the full retrospective transition method. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new revenue standards on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Income Taxes

 

In October 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-16, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfer of Assets Other than Inventory” (“ASU 2016-16”), which requires the recognition of the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. ASU 2016-06 will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after March 15, 2017 and for the Company in its first quarter of 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-16 on its consolidated financial statements.

  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Continued

 

Business Combinations

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, “Business Combinations” (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, which a business is an integrated set of activities and assets that is capable of being conducted and managed for the purpose of providing a return in the form of dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly to investors or other owners, members, or participants. ASU 2017-01 will be effective for annual periods beginning after March 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after March 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2017-01 on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 4 - Inventories

 

As of December 31, 2016, and 2015 and September 30, 2017, inventories consisted of the following:

 

      December 31,     September 30,  
      2015     2016     2017  
                  (Unaudited)  
  Satellite equipment for sale under construction   $ 99,971     $ 197,645     $ 197,645  
  Parts     11,029       11,029       15,953  
  Supplies     -       6,437       722  
        111,000       215,111       214,320  
  Allowance for inventory loss     -       (5,382 )     (5,646 )
  Net   $ 111,000     $ 209,729     $ 208,674  

 

NOTE 5 - Prepaid Investment

 

In December 2014, the Company prepaid $600,000 to acquire 100% ownership of a Japanese company, Dadny Japan Inc. In November 2016, Dadny Japan Inc. changed its name to Aircom Japan, Inc. On December 12, 2016, Aircom completed the acquisition from Capricorn Union Limited (“Capricorn”) of all its outstanding shares for $600,000.

 

On May 15, 2015, the Company signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire 100% ownership of a Hong Kong company, Aircom Pacific Inc Limited, for $100,000 in total. In October 2016, the acquisition process was completed.

 

As of September 30, 2017, the Company had paid $460,000 to Aircom Telecom LLC (Aircom Taiwan), a Taiwanese company not affiliated with the Company, as the pre-payment of subscribed capital. As of November 10, 2017, the investment transaction has not been finalized as it is subjected to the approval of the Taiwanese government, which approval may not be granted.

   

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 6 – Property and Equipment

 

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, the changes in cost of property and equipment were as follows:

 

      Computer
software and
equipment
    Furniture and fixture     Satellite
Equipment
    Total  
  January 1, 2015   $ 17,170     $ -     $ -     $ 17,170  
  Addition     75,115       3,393       -       78,508  
  December 31, 2015     92,285       3,393       -       95,678  
  Addition     26,626       6,613       -       33,239  
  December 31, 2016     118,911       10,006       -       128,917  
  Addition     4,751       -       275,410       280,161  
  September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)   $ 123,662     $ 10,006     $ 275,410     $ 409,078  

 

As of December 31, 2016, and 2015, construction in progress of $3,660,000 is the payment for the construction of ground station equipment relating to satellite communication system and in-flight system for the Company’s internal use. In September 2017, one of the purchase contracts related to onboard equipment became undeliverable. Therefore, the Company reclassified the relevant payment of $410,000 recorded under construction in progress to other receivable. As a result, the balance of construction in progress was reduced to $3,250,000 as of September 30, 2017.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, the changes in accumulated depreciation for property and equipment were as follows:

 

     

Computer

software and

equipment

   

Furniture

and fixture

    Satellite
Equipment
    Total  
  January 1, 2015   $ 421     $ -     $ -     $ 421  
  Addition     11,661       283       -       11,944  
  December 31, 2015     12,082       283       -       12,365  
  Addition     27,522       3,938       -       31,460  
  December 31, 2016     39,604       4,221       -       43,825  
  Addition     18,492       1,498       22,841       42,831  
  September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)   $ 58,096     $ 5,719     $ 22,841     $ 86,656  

 

NOTE 7 - Intangible Asset, Net

 

For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, the changes in cost and accumulated amortization for intangible asset were as follows:

 

      Satellite
System software
    Accumulated amortization     Net Cost  
  January 1, 2015   $ -     $ -     $ -  
  Addition     4,950,000       82,500       4,867,500  
  December 31, 2015     4,950,000       82,500       4,867,500  
  Addition     -       495,000       (495,000 )
  December 31, 2016     4,950,000       577,500       4,372,500  
  Addition     -       371,250       (371,250 )
  September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)   $ 4,950,000     $ 948,750     $ 4,001,250  

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 8 – Short-term Bank Loan

 

The Company has an unsecured short-term bank credit line of $10,000 (unaudited) from a local bank with an annual interest rate of 4.25% as of September 30, 2017.

 

NOTE 9 - Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 consisted of the following:

 

      2014     2015     2016  
  Current:                  
  Federal   $         -     $ 884,000     $ (884,000 )
  State     -       800       800  
  Foreign     -       -       -  
  Total   $ -     $ 884,800     $ (883,200 )

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of the income tax at statutory tax rate and the Company’s income tax at effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

 

      2014     2015     2016  
  Tax expense (benefit) at statutory rate   $ (15,000 )   $ 987,000     $ (1,158,300 )
  Prepayment from related parties     -       286,300       (286,300 )
  Net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs)     15,000       (345,000 )     717,600  
  Stock-based compensation expense     -       -       8,000  
  Amortization expense     -       (28,100 )     (168,300 )
  Others     -       (15,400 )     4,100  
  Tax (benefit) at effective tax rate   $ -     $ 884,800     $ (883,200 )

 

Deferred tax assets (liability) as of December 31, 2015 and 2016 consist of:

 

      2015     2016  
  Prepayment from related parties   $ 335,000     $ -  
  Net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs)     59,000       519,000  
  Stock-based compensation expense     -       8,000  
  Tax credit carryforwards     26,000       63,000  
  Excess of tax amortization over book amortization     (34,000 )     (230,000 )
  Others     -       35,000  
        386,000       395,000  
  Valuation allowance     (386,000 )     (395,000 )
  Net   $ -     $ -  

 

Management does not believe the deferred tax assets will be utilized in the near future; therefore, a full valuation allowance is provided. The net change in deferred tax assets valuation allowance was an increase of $15,000, $371,000 and $9,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had federal NOLs and State NOLs of approximately $843,000 and $1,836,000, respectively, available to reduce future federal and state taxable income, expiring in 2036. As of

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 9 - Income Taxes - Continued

 

December 31, 2016, the Company has Japan NOLs of approximately $406,000 available to reduce future Japan taxable income, expiring in 2019.

 

As of December 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $37,000 of federal research and development tax credit, available to offset future federal income tax. The credit begins to expire in 2034 if not utilized. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $39,000 of California state research and development tax credit available to offset future California state income tax. The credit can be carried forward indefinitely.

 

The Company’s ability to utilize its federal and state NOLs to offset future income taxes is subject to restrictions resulting from its prior change in ownership as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 382. The Company does not expect to incur the limitation on NOLs utilization in future annual usage.

 

NOTE 10 - Capital Stock

 

  1) Preferred Stock:
     
    The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with par value of $0.001. As of September 30, 2017, there were no Preferred stock shares outstanding.
     
    The Board of Directors has the authority to issue preferred stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof, to determine dividends, voting rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences.

 

  2) Common Stock:
     
    The Company is authorized to issue 450,000,000 shares of common stock, with par value of $0.001.
     
    Aircom had restricted stock purchase agreement with certain employees or consultants with 2,890,000 shares granted on February 2, 2015. The restricted shares were issued at fair values determined by the board of directors at the grant date. According to the agreement, in the event of the voluntary termination of purchaser’s continuous service status, Aircom shall have the exclusive option to repurchase all or any portion of the unvested shares held by purchaser at the original purchase price per share and the vested shares held by purchaser at the fair market value per share as of the termination date. In February and June 2016, Aircom purchased back 133,333 unvested shares of restricted stock at $0.005 per share from terminated employees before the stock split. In June 2016, the restricted stock was split to 27,566,670 shares. On February 13, 2017, all of Aircom’s 27,566,670 restricted shares were converted to Aerkomm’s restricted stock of 10,279,738 shares at the ratio of 2.681651 to 1, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (see Note 1).
     
    As of December 31, 2015, and 2016 and September 30, 2017, the restricted shares (after share exchange) consisted of the following:

 

      December 31,     September 30,  
      2015     2016     2017  
                  (Unaudited)  
  Restricted stock - vested     4,592,943       7,787,490       9,942,050  
  Restricted stock - unvested     6,184,000       2,492,248       337,688  
  Total restricted stock     10,776,943       10,279,738       10,279,738  

 

The unvested shares of restricted stock were recorded under deposit liability account awaiting future conversion to common stock when they become vested.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 10 - Capital Stock - Continued

 

    On March 31, 2017, the Company completed its private placement offering of 500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $3.00 per share for the aggregate amount of $1,500,000.
     
   

On June 6, 2017, the Company completed its private placement offering of 60,000 shares of common stock at a price of $5.00 per share for the aggregate amount of $300,000. Additionally, on June 6, 2017, pursuant to a settlement and release agreement with Priceplay Taiwan Inc. (“PPTW”) dated March 31, 2017, among the Company, PPTW and Aircom, the Company issued 163,860 shares of its common stock to PPTW in settlement of an outstanding $819,300 obligation of Aircom to PPTW. Additionally, pursuant to a similar settlement and release agreement with Priceplay.com, Inc. (“PPUS”) dated March 31, 2017, the Company issued 147,400 shares of its common stock to PPUS in settlement of an outstanding $737,000 obligation of Aircom to PPUS, and pursuant to a third similar settlement and release agreement with Aircom and dMobile System Co. ltd. (dMobile), it issued 94,220 shares of its common stock to dMobile in settlement of an outstanding $471,100 obligation of Aircom to dMobile. In the aggregate, the Company has issued 405,480 shares to the three settlement recipients at a price of $5.00 per share for a total of $2,027,400. Including the 60,000 shares sold to individuals in the private offering, the Company issued 465,480 shares in total for an aggregate of $2,327,400.

 

On July 5, 2017, the Company completed its first closing of a private placement offering in which it sold 5,000 shares of its common stock to Daniel Shih, the Company’s co-founder, at a price of $5.50 per share for a total of $27,500. The Company conducted additional closings in July and August for a total of $517,413. As of September 30, 2017, the total subscribed capital amounted to $544,913. On October 31, 2017, the Company completed this private placement offering of 264,086 shares of common stock at a price of $5.50 per share for the aggregate amount of $1,452,473.

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company completed its first closing of another private placement offering in which it sold 13,400 shares of its common stock to Daniel Shih, the Company’s co-founder, at a price of $5.60 per share for a total of $75,040. The Company is offering a total of 892,857 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.60 per share in this offering for the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 and will pursue additional closings up to that aggregate amount through March 31, 2018.

 

  3) Stock Warrant:
     
    As of December 31, 2016, Aircom had issued stock warrants exercisable for $60,000 in value of its common stock to a service provider as payment for services. The stock warrants allow the service provider to purchase a number of shares of Aircom common stock equal $60,000 divided by 85% of the share price paid by investors for Aircom’s common stock in the first subsequent qualifying equity financing event, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. On February 13, 2017, these stock warrants were converted to Aerkomm’s stock warrants pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (see Note 1). For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, Aerkomm issued additional stock warrants exercisable for $60,000 in value of Aerkomm common stock to the service provider as payment for additional services. As of September 30, 2017, the Company cumulatively recorded $120,000 as additional paid-in capital in total with respect to these warrants.

 

NOTE 11 - Related Party Transactions

 

  A. Name of related parties and relationships with the Company:

  

  Related Party   Relationship
  Daniel Shih (Daniel)   Co-founder/promoter and shareholder; Aircom’s CEO and Director between February 13, 2017 and April 26, 2017; Aircom’s CFO between February 13, 2017 and May 5, 2017
  Bummy Wu   Shareholder
  Giretsu Shih   President of Aircom Japan
  dMobile System Co. Ltd. (dMobile)   Daniel is the Chairman
  Klingon Aerospace, Inc. (Klingon)   Daniel was the Chairman from February 2015 to February 2016
  Law Office of Jan Yung Lin   100% owned by Jan
  Priceplay.com, Inc. (PPUS)   Daniel is the Chairman
  Priceplay Taiwan Inc. (PPTW)   Parent of PPUS
  Wealth Wide Int’l Ltd. (WWI)   Bummy Wu is the Chairman

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 11 – Related Party Transactions - Continued

 

  B. Significant related party transactions:
       
    The Company has extensive transactions with its related parties. It is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those which would result from transactions among wholly unrelated parties.

 

  a. As of December 31, 2015, and 2016 and September 30, 2017,

 

      December 31,     September 30,  
      2015     2016     2017  
                  (Unaudited)  
  Accounts receivable from dMobile   $ 3,478,900     $ -     $ -  
                           
  Other receivable from                        
  PPUS   $ 80,500     $ -     $ -  
  Daniel     35,680       -       -  
  Total   $ 116,180     $ -     $ -  
                           
  Rental deposit to Daniel   $ -     $ 4,966     $ 2,397  
                           
  Other payable to:                        
  dMobile   $ 3,950,000     $ 471,100     $ -  
  Klingon     762,000       762,000       762,000  
  PPUS     387,500       737,000       -  
  PPTW     80,000       819,300       -  
  Giretsu Shih     -       69,385       2,131  
  Daniel     10,312       49,500       79,602  
  Bummy Wu     -       32,149       -  
  WWI     -       -       1,800  
  Others     34,451       15,141       53,735  
  Total   $ 5,224,263     $ 2,955,575     $ 899,268  

  

  b. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2017,

 

            Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
      Year Ended December 31,     (Unaudited)  
      2014     2015     2016     2016     2017  
  Sales to                                        
  dMobile   $              -     $ 5,478,900     $         -     $              -     $          -  
  PPUS     -       650,000       -       -       -  
  Total   $ -     $ 6,128,900     $ -     $ -     $ -  

 

100% of the Company’s sales for the year ended December 31, 2015 were to related parties.

  

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 11 - Related Party Transactions - Continued

 

            Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
      Year Ended December 31,     (Unaudited)  
      2014     2015     2016     2016     2017  
  Intangible purchase from dMobile   $      -     $ 4,950,000     $ -     $ -     $ -  
                                           
  Legal expenses paid to Law Office of Jan Yung Lin   $ -     $ 51,431     $ 10,000     $ 10,000     $ -  
                                           
  Rental expense charged by Daniel   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 37,901  
  Rental expense charged by WWI   $       $       $       $       $ 1,800  

 

Aircom Japan entered into a lease agreement with Daniel, between August 1, 2014 and July 31, 2016, which was renewed to expire on July 31, 2018. Pursuant to the terms of this lease agreement, Aircom Japan pays Daniel a rental fee of approximately $1,215 per month.

 

The Company has a lease agreement with WWI with the monthly rental cost of $450. The lease term is from June 1, 2017 to May 31, 2018.

 

NOTE 12 - Stock Based Compensation

 

In March 2014, Aircom’s Board of Directors adopted the 2014 Stock Option Plan (the “Aircom 2014 Plan”). The Aircom 2014 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options and non-statutory stock options to employees, consultants and outside directors of Aircom. Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an Option. On February 13, 2017, pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, Aerkomm assumed the options of Aircom 2014 Plan and agreed to issue options for an aggregate of 5,444,407 shares to Aircom’s stock option holders.

 

One-third of Aircom 2014 Plan stock option shares will be vested as of the first anniversary of the time the option shares are granted or the employee’s acceptance to serve the Company, and 1/36th of the shares will be vested each month thereafter. Option price is determined by the Board of Directors. The Plan shall become effective upon its adoption by the Board and shall continue in effect for a term of 10 years unless sooner terminated under the terms of Aircom 2014 Plan.

 

On May 5, 2017, the Board of Directors of Aerkomm adopted the Aerkomm Inc. 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Aerkomm 2017 Plan” or, the “Plan”) and the reservation of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under the Plan. On June 23, 2017, the Board of Directors voted to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved for issuance under the Plan to 10,000,000 shares. The Aerkomm 2017 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options and non-statutory stock options to employees, consultants and outside directors of Aircom. Options granted under the Plan may be Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options, as determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an Option. On June 23, 2017, the Board of Directors agreed to issue options for an aggregate of 1,455,000 shares under the Aerkomm 2017 Plan to certain officers and directors of Aerkomm.

 

The option agreements granted on June 23, 2017 are classified into three types of vesting schedule, which includes, 1) 1/6 of the shares subject to the option shall vest commencing on the vesting start date and the remaining shares shall vest at the rate of 1/60 for the next 60 months on the same day of the month as the vesting start date; 2) 1/4 of the shares subject to the option shall vest commencing on the vesting start date and the remaining shares shall vest at the rate of 1/36 for the next 36 months on the same day of the month as the vesting start date; 3) 1/3 of the shares subject to the option shall vest commencing on the first anniversary of vesting start date and the remaining shares shall vest at the rate of 50% each year for the next two years on the same day of the month as the vesting start date.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 12 - Stock Based Compensation - Continued

 

Option price is determined by the Board of Directors. The Plan has been adopted by the Board and shall continue in effect for a term of 10 years unless sooner terminated under the terms of Aerkomm 2017 Plan. The Plan has not yet been approved by Aerkomm’s stockholders. 

  

Valuation and Expense Information

 

Measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on estimated fair values is required for all share-based payment awards made to its employees and directors including employee stock options. The Company recognized compensation expense of $0 and $20,000 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively, and $22,600 and $1,136,835 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2017, respectively, related to such employee stock options.

 

    Determining Fair Value
     
    Valuation and amortization method
     
    The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing-model to estimate the fair value of stock options granted on the date of grant or modification and amortizes the fair value of stock-based compensation at the date of grant on a straight-line basis for recognizing stock compensation expense over the vesting period of the option.
     
    Expected term
     
    The expected term is the period of time that granted options are expected to be outstanding. The Company uses the SEC’s simplified method for determining the option expected term based on the Company’s historical data to estimate employee termination and options exercised.
     
    Expected dividends
     
    The Company does not plan to pay cash dividends before the options are expired. Therefore, the expected dividend yield used in the Black-Scholes option valuation model is zero.
     
    Expected volatility
     
    Since the Company has no historical volatility, it used the calculated value method which substitutes the historical volatility of a public company in the same industry to estimate the expected volatility of the Company’s share price to measure the fair value of options granted under Aircom 2014 Plan and Aerkomm 2017 Plan.
     
    Risk-free interest rate
     
    The Company based the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes option valuation model on the market yield in effect at the time of option grant provided in the Federal Reserve Board’s Statistical Releases and historical publications on the Treasury constant maturities rates for the equivalent remaining terms for Aircom 2014 Plan and Aerkomm 2017 Plan.
     
    Forfeitures
     
    The Company is required to estimate forfeitures at the time of grant and revises those estimates in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. The Company uses historical data to estimate option forfeitures and records share-based compensation expense only for those awards that are expected to vest.

 

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AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 12 - Stock Based Compensation - Continued

 

The Company used the following assumptions to estimate the fair value of options granted in 2015 and 2016 under Aircom 2014 Plan and Aerkomm 2017 Plan as follows:

 

  Assumptions    
  Expected term   3 - 5 years
  Expected volatility   40.11% - 59.18%
  Expected dividends   0%
  Risk-free interest rate   0.71 – 2.30%
  Forfeiture rate   0% - 5%

  

Aircom 2014 Plan

 

A summary of the number of shares, weighted average exercise price and estimated fair value of options for Aircom 2014 Plan as of December 31, 2015 and 2016 and September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     

Number

of

shares

    Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share     Weighted Average Fair Value Per Share  
  Options outstanding at January 1, 2015     -     $ -     $ -  
  Granted     4,139,241       0.0013       0.0004  
  Exercised     -       -       -  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -       -  
  Options outstanding at December 31, 2015     4,139,241       0.0013       0.0004  
  Granted     1,305,166       0.6704       0.2108  
  Exercised     -       -       -  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -       -  
  Options outstanding at December 31, 2016     5,444,407       0.1617       0.0508  
  Granted     -       -       -  
  Exercised     (19,681 )     0.0013       0.0004  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     (763,418 )     0.6550       0.2059  
  Options outstanding at September 30, 2017 (unaudited)     4,661,307       0.0816       0.0256  
                           
  Options exercisable at December 31, 2015     -       -       -  
                           
  Options exercisable at December 31, 2016     2,066,858       0.0013       0.0004  
                           
  Options exercisable at September 30, 2017 (unaudited)     2,967,699       0.0541       0.0169  

  

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AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 12 - Stock Based Compensation - Continued

 

A summary of the status of nonvested shares under Aircom 2014 Plan as of December 31, 2015 and 2016 and September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     

Number

of

Shares

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise Price

Per Share

 
  Options nonvested at January 1, 2015     -     $ -  
  Granted     4,139,241       0.0013  
  Vested     -       -  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -  
  Options nonvested at December 31, 2015     4,139,241       0.0013  
  Granted     1,305,166       0.6704  
  Vested     (2,066,858 )     0.0013  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -  
  Options nonvested at December 31, 2016     3,377,549       0.2597  
  Granted     -       -  
  Vested     (920,522 )     0.1707  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     (763,418 )     0.6550  
  Options nonvested at September 30, 2017 (unaudited)     1,693,609       0.1302  

 

Aerkomm 2017 Plan

 

A summary of the number of shares, weighted average exercise price and estimated fair value of options under Aerkomm 2017 Plan as of September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     

Number

of

Shares

    Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share    

Weighted

Average

Fair Value

Per Share

 
  Options outstanding at January 1, 2017     -     $ -     $ -  
  Granted     2,000,000       5.9129       3.5246  
  Exercised     -       -       -  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -       -  
  Options outstanding at September 30, 2017     2,000,000       5.9129       3.5246  
                           
  Options exercisable at September 30, 2017 (unaudited)     303,125       5.5000       3.2922  

 

A summary of the status of nonvested shares under Aerkomm 2017 Plan as of September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

      Number of Shares    

Weighted Average

Exercise Price Per Share

 
  Options nonvested at January 1, 2017     -     $ -  
  Granted     2,000,000       5.9129  
  Vested     (303,125 )     5.5000  
  Forfeited/Cancelled     -       -  
  Options nonvested at September 30, 2017     1,696,875       5.9866  

 

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AERKOMM INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Continued

Years Ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016

and the Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2016 and 2017 (Unaudited)

 

NOTE 12 - Stock Based Compensation - Continued

 

As of December 31, 2015, and 2016 and September 30, 2017, there were approximately $2,000, $94,000 and $3,630,000, respectively, of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under Aircom 2014 Plan and Aerkomm 2017 Plan. Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future changes in estimated forfeitures. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 1 - 5 years.

  

NOTE 13 - Commitments and Contingency

 

  As of September 30, 2017, the Company’s significant commitments with non-related parties and contingency are summarized as follows:
   
  Commitments

 

  1) The Company has one lease for its Fremont, California office expiring in May 2017, which was renewed and will expire in May 2020. Rental expense was $0, $39,045 and $62,472 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively, and $46,854 and $51,814 for nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2017, respectively. As of September 30, 2017, future minimum lease payment obligation is $206,272 ending May 31, 2020.
     
  2) The Company has another lease for its Japan office expiring July 2018. Rental expense was approximately $25,974 for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, future minimum lease payment obligation is $37,400, including the 8% Japan consumption tax, for the next twelve-month ending September 30, 2018.
     
  3) In March 2017, the Company entered into a satellites service agreement (the Agreement) with a Japanese company (Company J). The agreement is effective on March 15, 2017 and will expire three years from the effective date. According to the Agreement, the Company shall prepay the total amount of $285,300 and the deposit of $95,100 on April 15, 2017. The prepayment of $285,300 shall be applied to monthly service charge by Company J based on the terms defined in the Agreement.
     
  Contingency
   
  The Company entered into a 3-year digital transmission service agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunication Company Limited (“Asia Sat”) on July 25, 2015. As of March 31, 2017, Asia Sat stipulates that the Company is in debt of $8,013,495 to Asia Sat, which includes unpaid service fees, a default payment in the form of liquidated sum and interest. The default payment includes total future payments of $7,411,616 due through March 31, 2018, subtracting the deposit of $775,000 made to Asia Sat. The Company disagreed with the payable balance of $8,013,495 and had recorded $1,376,879 payable to Asia Sat as of March 31, 2017. On July 25, 2016, Asia Sat commenced arbitration against the Company. On November 21, 2016, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) appointed a sole arbitrator to hear the dispute. On January 12, 2017, the Company introduced a counterclaim for misrepresentations made to induce entry into the Agreement. Aircom and AsiaSat reached a settlement with respect to the Agreement as of July 25, 2017, with an effective date of July 20, 2017. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has accrued the settlement liability and accounted for the net impact of the settlement.

 

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AERKOMM INC.

 

 

UP TO $60,000,000

of

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

[     ], 2018

 

 

 

 

Until       , 2018, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriter and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

 

The following table sets forth all expenses to be paid by the Registrant, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with this offering. All amounts shown are estimates except for the SEC registration fee and the FINRA filing fee.

 

SEC registration fee   $ 9,148.90  
Accounting fees and expenses *        
Legal fees and expenses *        
Transfer agent fees and expenses *        
Printing and related fees *        
Miscellaneous *        
Total   $    

 

*    To be filed by amendment.

 

ITEM 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

We are a Nevada Corporation. The Nevada Revised Statutes and certain provisions of our Amended and Restated Bylaws under certain circumstances provide for indemnification of our officers, directors and controlling persons against liabilities which they may incur in such capacities. A summary of the circumstances in which such indemnification is provided for is contained herein, but this description is qualified in its entirety by reference to our Amended and Restated Bylaws and to the statutory provisions.

 

In general, any officer, director, employee or agent may be indemnified against expenses, fines, settlements or judgments arising in connection with a legal proceeding to which such person is a party, if that person’s actions were in good faith, were believed to be in our best interest, and were not unlawful. Unless such person is successful upon the merits in such an action, indemnification may be awarded only after a determination by independent decision of our board of directors, by legal counsel, or by a vote of our stockholders, that the applicable standard of conduct was met by the person to be indemnified.

 

The circumstances under which indemnification is granted in connection with an action brought on our behalf is generally the same as those set forth above; however, with respect to such actions, indemnification is granted only with respect to expenses actually incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of the action. In such actions, the person to be indemnified must have acted in good faith and in a manner believed to have been in our best interest, and have not been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct.

 

Indemnification may also be granted pursuant to the terms of agreements which may be entered in the future or pursuant to a vote of stockholders or directors. The Nevada Revised Statutes also grant us the power to purchase and maintain insurance which protects our officers and directors against any liabilities incurred in connection with their service in such a position, and such a policy may be obtained by us.

 

We have not entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers.

 

A stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers as required by these indemnification provisions. At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees regarding which indemnification by us is sought, nor are we aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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ITEM 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

On March 31, 2017, we completed a private placement offering of 500,000 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a price per share of $3.00, to certain individuals for an aggregate of $1,500,000.

 

On June 6, 2017, we completed a private placement offering of 60,000 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share, at a price per share of $5.00, to certain individuals for an aggregate of $300,000. Additionally, pursuant to the terms of our settlement and release agreements with dMobile, PPUS and PPTW, we issued 94,220 shares of our common stock to dMobile, 147,000 shares to PPUS and 163,860 shares to PPTW as part of this private placement. We issued these shares in the private placement offering at the private placement offering price of $5.00 per share, for an aggregate of 405,480 shares and a total value of $2,027,400. Including the 60,000 Shares sold to individuals in this offering and the shares issued under the three settlement and release agreements, we sold, in total, 465,480 shares in this offering for an aggregate value of $2,327,400.

 

On October 31, 2017, the Company completed its private placement offering of 264,086 shares of common stock at a price of $5.50 per share for the aggregate amount of $1,452,473.

 

On November 27, 2017, the Company completed its first closing of a private placement offering in which it sold 13,400 shares of its common stock to Daniel Shih, the Company’s co-founder, at a price of $5.60 per share for a total of $75,040. The Company is offering a total of 892,857 shares of its common stock at a price of $5.60 per share in this offering for the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 and may conduct additional closings up to that aggregate amount through March 31, 2018.

 

The sales of the shares in these offerings were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering. The purchasers of the securities in these offerings represented their intention to acquire the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof, and appropriate restrictive legends were affixed to the certificates evidencing the shares issued in these offerings. All purchasers of the securities represented and warranted, among other things, that they were “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D, that they had the knowledge and experience in financial and business matters necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Company, that they had the ability to bear the economic risks of the investment, and that they had adequate access to information about the Company. 

 

ITEM 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Exhibits . We have filed the exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index of this Registration Statement.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules . All financial statement schedules are omitted because the information called for is not required or is shown either in the consolidated financial statements or in the notes thereto.

 

ITEM 17. Undertakings

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to:

 

(1) File, during any period in which offers or sells 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;

 

(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 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 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 paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) above do not apply if 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 and Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. 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 first use, 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 date of first use.

  

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Encino, State of California, on January 30, 2018.

 

  AERKOMM INC.
     
  By: /s/ Jeffrey Wun
    Jeffrey Wun
    President and Chief Executive Officer
     
  By: /s/ Y. Tristan Kuo
    Y. Tristan Kuo
    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Y. Tristan Kuo and Jeffrey Wun as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file a new registration statement under Rule 461, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on January 30, 2018.

 

Signature   Title  
       
  /s/ Jeffrey Wun   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer),  
Jeffrey Wun   President and Chairman of the Board  
       
/s/ Y. Tristan Kuo   Chief Financial Officer   
Y. Tristan Kuo   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) and Treasurer  
       
/s/ Raymond Choy   Director  
Raymond Choy      
       
/s/ Jan-Yung Lin   Secretary and Director  
Jan-Yung Lin      
       
/s/ Colin Lim   Director  
Colin Lim      
       
/s/ Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu   Director  
Chih-Ming (Albert) Hsu      
       
/s/ James J. Busuttil   Director  
James J. Busuttil      

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  Description
1.1**   Underwriting Agreement between the Registrant and Boustead Securities, LLC
2.1   Form of Share Exchange Agreement, dated February 13, 2017, among the Registrant, Aircom Pacific, Inc. and the shareholders of Aircom Pacific, Inc. (1)
3.1   Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (2)
3.2  

Bylaws of the Registrant (3 )

4.1**   Form of Underwriter Warrant
5.1**   Legal Opinion of Nevada Legal Counsel
10.1   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2016, by and among Irina Goldman, Aircom Pacific, Inc. and the Company (4)
10.2   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated May 15, 2015, Chi Kong Wu and Aircom Pacific, Ltd. (5)
10.3   Digital Transmission Service Agreement, dated July 25, 2015, between Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (6)
10.4   Statement of Work, dated January 15, 2015, between Aircom Pacific, Inc. and dMobile System Co. Ltd. (7)
10.5   Development Agreement, dated February 10, 2015, between Aircom Pacific, Inc. and Priceplay.com, Inc. (8)
10.6   First Amendment to Development Agreement, dated July 17, 2015, between Aircom Pacific, Inc. and Priceplay.com, Inc. (9)
10.7   Second Amendment to Development Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, between Aircom Pacific, Inc. and Priceplay.com, Inc. (10)
10.8   Purchase Agreement for Ground Station Equipment, dated as of October 15, 2014, between dMobile System Co., Ltd. and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (11)
10.9   Purchase Agreement for Ground Station Equipment, dated as of December 15, 2015, between Blue Topaz Consultants, Ltd. and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (12)
10.10   Purchase Agreement for Aircom Onboard Equipment, dated as of March 9, 2015, between LUXE Electric Co., Ltd. and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (13)
10.11   Standard Industrial/Commercial Multi-Tenant Lease, dated April 26, 2016, between Global Venture Development, LLC and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (14)
10.12++   Employment Agreement dated March 31, 2017, between the Registrant and YuYun Tristan Kuo.(15)
10.13   Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated March 31, 2017 by and Among the Registrant, Aircom Pacific, Inc. and dMobile System Co. Ltd. (16)
10.14   Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated March 31, 2017 by and Among the Registrant, Aircom Pacific, Inc. and Priceplay.com, Inc. (16)
10.15   Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release dated March 31, 2017 by and Among the Registrant, Aircom Pacific, Inc. and Priceplay Taiwan Inc. (16)
10.16   Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Shares dated December 12, 2016 by and between Capricorn Union Limited and Aircom Pacific, Inc. (17)
10.17   Consulting Agreement with Integra Consulting Group, LLC dated November 15, 2017, as supplemented. (19)
10.18   Form of Common Stock Subscription Agreement for the November 2017 Private Placement (18)
10.19**   SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement dated March 15, 2017
10.20**  

Form of Independent Director Agreement

21.1   List of Subsidiaries (16)
23.1**   Consent of Independent Registered Pubic Accounting Firm
23.2**   Consent of Nevada Legal Counsel (see Exhibit 5.1 above)
24.1   Power of Attorney (see signature page above)
99.1 ++   2017 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (16)

 

** Filed herewith.
++ Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
   
(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 4, 2017.
(3)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 5, 2013 

 

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(4) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 2016.
(5) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(6) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(7) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(8) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(9) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(10) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(11) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(12) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(13) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(14) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 14, 2017.
(15) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 5, 2017.
(16) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit as numbered above, to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017.
(17) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16, to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Amendment No. 1, filed with the SEC on August 29, 2017.
(18) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 27, 2017.
(19) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on December 20, 2017.

 

 

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Exhibit 1.1

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

between

 

AERKOMM INC. (the “Company”)

 

and

 

BOUSTEAD SECURITIES, LLC (the “Underwriter”)

 

 

 

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

[  ], 2018

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

6 Venture, Suite 325

Irvine, CA 92618

Attn: Keith Moore, Chief Executive Officer

Attn: Daniel J. McClory, Managing Director

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Introduction . This underwriting agreement (this “ Agreement ”) constitutes the agreement between Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation (collectively with its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, all entities disclosed or described in the Registration Statement (as hereafter defined) as being subsidiaries or affiliates of the Company, the “ Company ”), on the one hand, and Boustead Securities, LLC (the “ Underwriter ”), on the other hand, pursuant to which the Underwriter shall serve as the underwriter for the Company in connection with the proposed offering (the “ Offering ”) by the Company of its Offered Securities (as defined below).

 

The Underwriter will act on a reasonable “best efforts/all or none” basis for the minimum offering amount of $5,000,000 (the “ Minimum Subscription Amount ”) and thereafter on a “best efforts” basis up to a maximum offering amount of $60,000,000 (the “ Maximum Subscription Amount ”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Shares ”), to various investors (each an “ Investor ” and collectively, the “ Investors ”) at a purchase price of $[ ] per Share (the “ Purchase Price ”). The Company has also agreed to grant the Underwriter an option for a period of 45 days to purchase up to an additional 15% of the total number of Shares being offered in the Offering (“ Over-Subscription Shares ” and, together with the Shares, the “ Offered Securities ,” to be offered by the Underwriter in the Offering to cover over-subscriptions, if any, on the terms set forth in Section 1(v). The Offered Securities and the Underwriter’s Warrant (as defined below) are herein collectively called the “ Securities .” The Company agrees and acknowledges that there is no guarantee of the successful sale of the Shares, or any portion thereof, in the prospective Offering.

 

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Underwriter as follows:

 

Section 1.          Agreement to Act as Underwriter .

 

(a)       On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained, and subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall be the exclusive Underwriter in connection with the Offering, which shall be undertaken pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement (as defined below), with the terms of such Offering to be subject to market conditions and negotiations between the Company and the Underwriter. The Underwriter will act on a best efforts basis and the Company agrees and acknowledges that there is no guarantee of the successful sale of the Offered Securities, or any portion thereof, in the prospective Offering. Under no circumstances will the Underwriter or any of their respective “Affiliates” (as defined below) be obligated to financially underwrite or purchase any of the Offered Securities for its own account or otherwise provide any financing. The Underwriter shall act solely as the Company’s agent and not as principal. The Underwriter shall have no authority to bind the Company with respect to any prospective offer to purchase Offered Securities and the Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase Offered Securities and may reject any such offer, in whole or in part. Subject to the Company’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, the Underwriter may (i) create a selling syndicate of additional Underwriter for the Offering comprised of broker-dealers who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”) and/or (ii) rely on such soliciting dealers who are FINRA members to participate in placing a portion of the Offering. The Underwriter may also retain other brokers or dealers to act as sub-agents or selected dealers on their behalf in connection with the Offering. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Offered Securities shall be made at one or more closings (each, a “Closing” and the date on which a Closing occurs, a “Closing Date”) or Option Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, provided, however that the first Closing (the “Initial Closing”) may not be for Offered Securities of less than the Minimum Subscription Amount. As compensation for services rendered, on a Closing Date, the Company shall pay to the Underwriter the fees and expenses set forth below:

 

(i)        Underwriter’s Commissions . An underwriter’s commission in cash (the “Cash Fee”) equal to 6.5% of the gross proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities at a Closing or Option Closing (as defined below), as applicable, which such Cash Fee will be paid to and allocated by the Underwriter among the selling syndicate and soliciting dealers in its sole discretion, if applicable.

 

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(ii)        Underwriter’s Warrants. The Company hereby agrees to issue to the Underwriter (and/or its designees) on a Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, a warrant to purchase a number of Shares equal to 6.5% of the gross payment amount to be disbursed to the Company on a Closing Date or Option Closing Date for the Offered Securities divided by the Purchase Price (“ Underwriter’s Warrant ”). The Underwriter’s Warrant agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Underwriters’ Warrant Agreement”), shall be exercisable, in whole or in part, commencing on the effective date of the Registration Statement (the “Effective Date”) and expiring on the five-year anniversary thereof at an initial exercise price of $[ ] per share, which is equal to 110% of the Purchase Price of the Offered Securities. The Underwriter’s Warrant shall include a “cashless” exercise feature. The Underwriter understands and agrees that there are significant restrictions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110 against transferring the Underwriters’ Warrant and the underlying shares of common stock during the one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date and by its acceptance thereof shall agree that it will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate the Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement, or any portion thereof, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date to anyone other than (i) an underwriter or a selected dealer in connection with the Offering, or (ii) a bona fide officer or partner of the Underwriter or of any such underwriter or selected dealer; and only if any such transferee agrees to the foregoing lock-up restrictions.

 

Delivery of the Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement shall be made on a Closing Date and shall be issued in the name or names and in such authorized denominations as the Underwriter may request.

 

(iii)        Expenses . Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Registration Statement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company hereby agrees to pay all costs and expenses incident to the Offering, including the following:

 

A. all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, formatting for EDGAR and filing of the Registration Statement, and any and all amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriter and dealers;

 

B. all fees and expenses in connection with filings with FINRA's Public Offering System;

 

C. all fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act and the Offering;

 

D. all reasonable expenses in connection with the qualifications of the Offered Securities for offering and sale under state or blue sky laws;

 

E. all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Offered Securities on the NYSE MKT LLC (“ NYSE MKT ”) or the Nasdaq Stock Market (“ Nasdaq ”), as applicable;

 

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F. all reasonable travel expenses of the Company's officers, directors and employees and any other expense of the Company or the Underwriter incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities;

 

G. any stock transfer taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement or the Offering;

 

H. the costs associated with book building, prospectus tracking and compliance software and the cost of preparing certificates representing the Offered Securities;

 

I. the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar for the Offered Securities;

 

J. Underwriter’s counsel's fees up to $75,000 and third-party due diligence expenses up to $25,000. The Company has paid to the Underwriter an advance against accountable expenses in the amount of $40,000 of which any unused portion will be returned to Company to the extent not actually incurred.

 

In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, or subsequent to a Material Adverse Change, the Company will pay all documented out-of-pocket and unreimbursed expenses of the Underwriter (including but not limited to fees and disbursements of Underwriter's counsel, expenses associated with a due diligence report and reasonable travel) incurred in connection herewith which shall be limited to expenses which are actually incurred as allowed under FINRA Rule 5110 and in any event, the aggregate amount of such expenses to be reimbursed by the Company shall not exceed $100,000.

 

(iv)        Advisory Fee and Exclusivity . Upon the final Closing Date, the Company hereby agrees to pay the Underwriter an advisory fee of $100,000. The term of the Underwriter’s exclusive engagement will be until the final Closing of the Offering in accordance with the Registration Statement (the “Exclusive Term”); provided , however , that a party hereto may terminate the engagement with respect to itself at any time upon 15 days written notice to the other party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions concerning confidentiality, indemnification and contribution contained herein will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, and the Company’s obligation to pay fees actually earned and payable and to reimburse expenses actually incurred and reimbursable pursuant to Section 1 hereof and which are permitted to be reimbursed under FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(D), will survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the ability of the Underwriter or their respective Affiliates to pursue, investigate, analyze, invest in, or engage in investment banking, financial advisory or any other business relationship with Persons (as defined below) other than the Company. As used herein (i) “Persons” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind and (ii) “Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). If during the Exclusive Term, or within twelve (12) months after the date of termination or expiration of this Agreement, no Closing has occurred, the Company sells securities to investors directly introduced to the Company by the Underwriter on behalf of the Company, then the Company shall pay to the Underwriter, at the time of each such sale, the compensation, including the warrants, set forth in Section 1(a) above, with respect to any such sale. Upon termination of this Agreement and at the request of the Company, the Underwriter will provide the Company with a list of investors so identified by the Underwriter, respectively, on behalf of the Company.

 

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(v) Purchase of Over-Subscription Shares . For the purpose of covering any over-subscriptions in connection with the distribution and sale of the Offered Shares, subject to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company grants to the Underwriter the option to sell, all or less than all of the Over-Subscription Shares. The option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 45th day after the Company has sold the Maximum Subscription Amount, upon written notice by the Underwriter to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, at least two business days before the closing (the “ Option Closing ”) for the Over-Subscription Shares (the “ Option Closing Date ”). If the Maximum Subscription Amount has not been sold, the option for Over-Subscription Shares may not be exercised.

 

Section 2.         Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company . The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Underwriter, as of the date hereof, and as of the Closing Date, except as set out in the Registration Statement as follows:

 

(a)        Securities Law Filings . The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration File No. 333-222208) under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations (the “Rules and Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated thereunder. At the time of the Effective Date, the registration statement and amendments will materially meet the requirements of Form S-1 under the Securities Act. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 430A and 424(b) under the Securities Act, a final prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the Offering and the plan of distribution thereof and has advised the Underwriter of all further information (financial and other) with respect to the Company required to be set forth therein. Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Registration Statement”; such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement as amended at the date of this Agreement is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included,” “described,” “referenced,” “set forth” or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission on the date hereof. The Company shall, prior to the Closing, file with the Commission a Form 8-A providing for the registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of the Securities.

 

(b)        Assurances . The Registration Statement (and any further documents to be filed with the Commission) contains all exhibits and schedules as required by the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, at all other subsequent times until the Closing and at the Closing Date, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations and did not and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading ( provided , however , that the preceding representations and warranties contained in this sentence shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use therein (the “Underwriter Information”)). The Prospectus, as of its date, complies in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. As of its date, the Prospectus did not and will not contain as of the date thereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading ( provided , however , that the preceding representations and warranties contained in this sentence shall not apply to any Underwriter Information). All post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement reflecting facts or events arising after the date thereof which represent, individually or in the aggregate, a fundamental change in the information set forth therein have been so filed with the Commission. There are no documents required to be filed with the Commission in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby that (x) have not been filed as required pursuant to the Securities Act or (y) will not be filed within the requisite time period. There are no contracts or other documents required to be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits or schedules to the Registration Statement that have not been described or filed as required. The Company is eligible to use free writing prospectuses in connection with the Offering pursuant to Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or behalf of or used by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable Rules and Regulations. The Company will not, without the prior consent of the Underwriter, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

 

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(c)        Offering Materials . The Company has delivered, or will as promptly as practicable deliver, to the Underwriter complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and of each consent and certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and conformed copies of the Registration Statement (without exhibits) and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Underwriter reasonably requests. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities other than the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.

 

(d)        Subsidiaries . All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company (the “Subsidiaries”) are described in the Registration Statement to the extent necessary. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of its capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any liens, charges, security interests, encumbrances, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights or other restrictions (collectively, “Liens”), and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.

 

(e)        Organization and Qualification . The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing (where applicable) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation or default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not reasonably be expected to result in: (i) a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other agreement entered into between the Company and the Investors (“Transaction Documents”), (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, prospects (as such prospects are described in the Prospectus) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely basis its obligations under this Agreement or the Offering (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”) and to the best knowledge of the Company, no action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened (“Proceeding”) has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

 

(f)        Authorization; Enforcement . The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents and the Offering and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and each of the other Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) or the Company’s shareholders in connection therewith other than in connection with the Required Approvals (as defined below). This Agreement each other Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Company and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (iii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.

 

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(g)        No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected, or (iii) subject to the Required Approvals, conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Subsidiary is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such conflict, default or violation could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)        Filings, Consents and Approvals . The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby, other than: (i) the filing with the Commission of the final Prospectus as required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act, (ii) application(s) to the NYSE MKT or the Nasdaq, as the case may be (the “Trading Market”), for the listing of the Offered Securities for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iii) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).

 

(i)        Issuance of the Offered Securities; Registration . The Offered Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the terms of the Offering as described in the Prospectus, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company. The Company has sufficient authorized common stock for the issuance of the maximum number of Securities issuable pursuant to the Offering as described in the Prospectus.

 

(j)        Capitalization . The capitalization of the Company as of the date hereof is as set forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus. The Company has not issued any common stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans, the issuance of Shares to employees, directors or consultants pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire Shares at any time, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred shares, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Shares (“Common Share Equivalents”) and is outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the offering documents. Except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Offered Securities or as disclosed in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any Shares or the capital stock of any Subsidiary, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional Shares or Common Share Equivalents or capital stock of any Subsidiary. The issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to issue Shares or other securities to any Person (other than the Underwriters) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no securities of the Company or any Subsidiary that have any anti-dilution or similar adjustment rights (other than adjustments for stock splits, recapitalizations, and the like) to the exercise or conversion price, have any exchange rights, or reset rights. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding securities or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary that contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company does not have any share appreciation rights or “phantom stock” plans or agreements or any similar plan or agreement. All of the outstanding common stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, have been issued in compliance in all material respects with all federal and state securities laws, and none of such outstanding shares was issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, the Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities. Except for the operating agreement of the Company, there are no shareholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s common stock or other common stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s shareholders.

 

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(k)        Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments . Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the Registration Statement, except as specifically disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or disclosed in filings made with the Commission, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its shareholders or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any common stock of the Company and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock option plans, if any. The Company does not have pending before the Commission any request for confidential treatment of information. Except for the issuance of the Offered Securities contemplated by the Prospectus or disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no event, liability, fact, circumstance, occurrence or development has occurred or exists or is reasonably expected to occur or exist with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective business, prospects (as such prospects are described in the Prospectus), properties, operations, assets or financial condition that would be required to be disclosed by the Company under applicable securities laws at the time this representation is made or deemed made that has not been publicly disclosed at least 1 trading day prior to the date that this representation is made.

 

(l)        Litigation . Except for such matter disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below), there is no action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties before or by any court, arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency or regulatory authority (federal, state, county, local or foreign) (collectively, an “Action”) which (i) adversely affects or challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents and the Offering or the Offered Securities or (ii) could, if there were an unfavorable decision, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor any director or officer thereof, is or has within the last 10 years been the subject of any Action involving a claim of violation of or liability under federal or state securities laws or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the Commission involving the Company or any current or former director or officer of the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the Commission has not issued any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of any registration statement filed by the Company or any Subsidiary under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act.

 

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(m)        Labor Relations . No material labor dispute exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is a member of a union that relates to such employee’s relationship with the Company or such Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to a collective bargaining agreement, and the Company and its Subsidiaries believe that their relationships with their employees are good. No executive officer, to the knowledge of the Company, is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any material term of any employment contract, confidentiality, disclosure or proprietary information agreement or non-competition agreement, or any other contract or agreement or any restrictive covenant in favor of any third party, and the continued employment of each such executive officer does not subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n)        Compliance . Except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary: (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule, ordinance or regulation of any governmental authority, including without limitation all foreign, federal, state and local laws relating to taxes, environmental protection, occupational health and safety, product quality and safety and employment and labor matters, except in each case as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(o)        Regulatory Permits . The Company and the Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess such permits could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(p)        Title to Assets . The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens disclosed in the Prospectus, Liens as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiaries and Liens for the payment of federal, state or other taxes, the payment of which is neither delinquent nor subject to penalties. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with which the Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance.

 

(q)        Patents and Trademarks . The Company and the Subsidiaries have, or have rights to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, inventions, copyrights, licenses and other intellectual property rights and similar rights necessary or required for use in connection with their respective businesses as described in the SEC Reports and which the failure to so have could have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property Rights ”). None of, and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received a notice (written or otherwise) that any of, the Intellectual Property Rights has expired, terminated or been abandoned, or is expected to expire or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement, except where such action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included within the SEC Reports (as defined below), a written notice of a claim or otherwise has any knowledge that the Intellectual Property Rights violate or infringe upon the rights of any Person, except as would not have or reasonably be expected to not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, all such Intellectual Property Rights are enforceable and there is no existing infringement by another Person of any of the Intellectual Property Rights. The Company and its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their intellectual properties, except where failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no knowledge that it lacks or will be unable to obtain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property Rights that are necessary to conduct its business.

 

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(r)        Insurance . The Company and the Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and the Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(s)        Transactions With Affiliates and Employees . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, in each case in excess of $120,000 other than for (i) payment of salary or consulting fees for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for expenses incurred on behalf of the Company and (iii) other employee benefits, including stock option agreements under any stock option plan of the Company.

 

(t)        Sarbanes-Oxley; Internal Accounting Controls . The Company and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with any and all applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that are effective and applicable to the Company as of the date hereof, and any and all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder that are effective as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below), the Company and the Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company and the Subsidiaries have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and the Subsidiaries and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. The Company’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the end of the period covered by the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). The Company presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in the internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act) of the Company and its Subsidiaries that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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(u)        Certain Fees, FINRA Affiliation . Except as set forth herein and in the Prospectus, contemplated by this Agreement, or a separate agreement regarding the Offering with a soliciting dealer in the sole discretion of the Underwriter, no brokerage or finder’s fees or commissions are or will be payable by the Company or any Subsidiary to any broker, financial advisor or consultant, finder, placement agent, investment banker, bank or other Person with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, to the Company’s knowledge, there are no other arrangements, agreements or understandings of the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its stockholders that may affect the Underwriter’s compensation, as determined by FINRA. Except for payments to the Company’s outside law firm, a partner of which is associated with a FINRA member, as compensation for routine legal services and not as a commission or finder’s fee, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, investing fee or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who provided capital to the Company, (ii) any FINRA member, or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member within the 12-month period prior to the date on which the Registration Statement was filed with the Commission (the “ Filing Date ”) or thereafter. To the Company’s knowledge, no (i) officer or director of the Company or its subsidiaries, (ii) owner of 5% or more of the Company’s unregistered securities or that of its subsidiaries or (iii) owner of any amount of the Company’s unregistered securities acquired within the 180-day period prior to the Filing Date, has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member. The Company will advise the Underwriters and their respective counsel if it becomes aware that any officer, director or stockholder of the Company or its subsidiaries is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering.

 

(v)        Investment Company . The Company is not, and is not an Affiliate of, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Offered Securities, will not be or be an Affiliate of, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company shall conduct its business in a manner so that it will not become an “investment company” subject to registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(w)        Registration Rights . Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, no Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company.

 

(x)        Registration . The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and a current Prospectus relating thereto for as long as the Offered Shares and the Underwriters’ Warrants remain outstanding. During any period when the Company fails to have maintained an effective Registration Statement or a current Prospectus relating thereto and a holder of an Underwriter’s Warrant desires to exercise such warrants and, in the opinion of counsel to the holder, Rule 144 is not available as an exemption from registration for the resale of the Company’s common stock underlying such warrants (such shares, the “ Warrant Shares ”), the Company shall promptly file a registration statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares and use its best efforts to have it declared effective by the Commission within thirty (30) days.

 

(y)        No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company or any Affiliate or any Person acting on their behalf, has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering of the Offered Securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable shareholder approval provisions of the NYSE MKT.

 

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(z)        Solvency . Based on the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the Closing Date and as of the Option Closing Date, after giving effect to the receipt by the Company of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder, the current cash flow of the Company, together with the proceeds the Company would receive, were it to liquidate all of its assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash, are sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when such amounts are required to be paid. The Company does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt). Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year from the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as applicable. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus sets forth as of the date hereof all outstanding secured and unsecured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, or for which the Company or any Subsidiary has commitments. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Indebtedness ” means (x) any liabilities for borrowed money or amounts owed in excess of $50,000 (other than trade accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (y) all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of indebtedness of others, whether or not the same are or should be reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto), except guaranties by endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (z) the present value of any lease payments in excess of $50,000 due under leases required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default with respect to any Indebtedness.

 

(aa)      Tax Status . Except for matters that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Subsidiary (i) has made or filed all income and franchise tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all material taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company or of any Subsidiary know of no basis for any such claim.

 

(bb)      SEC Reports; Financial Statements . The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, together with the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Reports ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments. The agreements and documents described in the SEC Reports conform to the descriptions thereof contained therein and there are no agreements or other documents required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder to be described in the SEC Reports or to be filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that have not been so described or filed. Each agreement or other instrument (however characterized or described) to which the Company is a party or by which it is or may be bound or affected and (i) that is referred to in the SEC Reports, or (ii) is material to the Company’s business, has been duly authorized and validly executed by the Company, is in full force and effect in all material respects and is enforceable against the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, in accordance with its terms, except (x) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (y) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (z) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of such agreements or instruments has been assigned by the Company, and neither the Company nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any other party is in default thereunder and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred that, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, performance by the Company of the material provisions of such agreements or instruments will not result in a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any governmental agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its assets or businesses, including, without limitation, those relating to environmental laws and regulations.

 

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(cc)      Accountants . Chen & Fan Accountancy Corporation (“Chen & Fan”) is the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. To the knowledge and belief of the Company, such accounting firm (i) is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Exchange Act and (ii) has expressed its opinion with respect to the financial statements of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

(dd)      Office of Foreign Assets Control . Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”).

 

(ee)      Company Not Ineligible Issuer . (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities and (ii) as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company met all the requirements set forth in General Instruction VII of Form S-1.

 

(ff)      Bank Holding Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “BHCA”) and to regulation by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting securities or twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total equity of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries exercises a controlling influence over the management or policies of a bank or any entity that is subject to the BHCA and to regulation by the Federal Reserve.

 

(gg)      Certificates . Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company and delivered to any of the Underwriter or to counsel for any of the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the matters set forth therein.

 

(hh)      Reliance . The Company acknowledges that the Underwriter will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of the foregoing representations and warranties and hereby consents to such reliance.

 

(ii)        Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

(jj)      Statistical or Market-Related Data . Any statistical, industry-related and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably and in good faith believes to be reliable and accurate, and such data agree with the sources from which they are derived.

 

(kk)      Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Offered Securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission is contemplating terminating such registration. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports (as defined below), the Company is, and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements. The Offered Securities are currently eligible for electronic transfer through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation and the Company is current in payment of the fees to the Depository Trust Company (or such other established clearing corporation) in connection with such electronic transfer. The issuance and sale of the Offered Securities hereunder does not contravene the rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT.

 

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(ll)      Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Company, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any agent or other person acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(mm)    Regulation M Compliance . The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Offered Securities, (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Offered Securities, or (iii) paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), compensation paid to the Underwriters in connection with the Offering.

 

(nn)     U.S. Real Property Holding Corporation . The Company is not and has never been a U.S. real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Company shall so certify upon the Underwriter’s request.

 

(oo)     Money Laundering . The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record-keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes and applicable rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no Action or Proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary, threatened.

 

Section 3.         Delivery and Payment .

 

(a)        Closing . The Closing or the Option Closing, as the case may be, shall occur at the office of the Underwriter’s counsel, Mei & Mark LLP, located at 818 18 th Street NW, Suite 410, Washington, DC 20006 (or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company) and may also be conducted electronically via the remote exchange of Closing documentation. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and except as may otherwise be agreed or arranged between the parties, at the Closing or the Option Closing, as the case may be, payment of the purchase price for the Offered Securities sold on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made by federal funds wire transfer from the escrow account, against delivery of such Offered Securities, and such Offered Securities shall be registered in such name or names and shall be in such denominations, as provided by the Signature Bank, the offering deposit account agent (“Signature”) at least one business day prior to the Closing. All actions taken at the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously.

 

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(b)        Payment for the Offered Securities . The Offered Securities are being sold to the Investors at an aggregate initial public offering price per Security as set forth in the Prospectus. The purchase of Offered Securities by each of the Investors shall be evidenced by the execution of a subscription agreement by each such Investor and the Company. Investors shall pay for their Offered Securities by wire for the full purchase price of the Offered Securities, payable to Signature. In compliance with Rule 15c2-4 under the Exchange Act, the Company and the Underwriter will instruct Investors to deliver all cash in the form of wire transfers to Signature. Upon Signature’ s receipt of such monies, they shall be credited to the offering deposit account. Pursuant to an offering deposit account agency agreement among the Company, the Underwriter and Signature, the funds received in payment for Offered Securities purchased in the Offering will be wired to a non-interest bearing offering deposit account at Signature and held until Signature determines that the amount in the offering deposit account is equal to at least the Minimum Subscription Amount. Upon confirmation of receipt of the Minimum Subscription Amount, Signature will release the funds in accordance with the written instructions provided by the Company and the Underwriter, indicating the date on which the Offered Securities purchased in the Offering are to be delivered to the Investors and the date the net proceeds are to be delivered to the Company. In the event that the Underwriter receives any payment from an Investor in connection with the purchase of any Offered Securities by such Investor, such payment shall be promptly transmitted to and deposited into Signature’s account. Among other things, the Underwriter shall forward any checks so received by the Underwriter to Signature by noon of the next business day. The Underwriter and the Company shall instruct Investors to make wire transfer payments to Signature with the name and address of the Investor making payment. Payment by the Investors out of the escrow account for the Offered Securities to be sold by the Company shall be made at the Closing Date to the Company in compliance with Rule 15c2-4 of the Commission.

 

(c)        Delivery of Offered Securities . Delivery of the Offered Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Underwriter shall otherwise instruct.

 

Section 4.         Covenants and Agreements of the Company . The Company further covenants and agrees with the Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)        Registration Statement Matters . The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely filing. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly after they receive notice thereof of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus has been filed and will furnish the Underwriter with copies thereof. The Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the Offering. The Company will advise the Underwriter, promptly after it receives notice thereof (i) of any request by the Commission to amend the Registration Statement or to amend or supplement the Prospectus or for additional information, and (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or threatened institution of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or prevention or suspension of such use. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment, or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B and 430C, as applicable, under the Securities Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) are received in a timely manner by the Commission.

 

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(b)        Blue Sky Compliance . The Company will cooperate with the Underwriter in endeavoring to qualify the Offered Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions (United States and foreign) as the Underwriter may reasonably request and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent, and provided further that the Company shall not be required to produce any new disclosure document other than the Prospectus. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports and other documents as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Underwriter may reasonably request for distribution of the Offered Securities. The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Offered Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

(c)        Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus and Other Matters . The Company will comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with the distribution of Offered Securities contemplated by the Prospectus (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of any of the Underwriter or counsel for any of the Underwriter, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriter and to dealers, an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that is necessary in order to make the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or so that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with law. Before amending the Registration Statement or supplementing the Prospectus in connection with the Offering, the Company will furnish the Underwriter with a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement and will not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Underwriter reasonably object; the Underwriter, and its counsel shall have three (3) business days to review and return any comments to the Company.

 

(d)        Copies of any Amendments and Supplements to the Prospectus . The Company will furnish the Underwriter, without charge, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date of the Offering, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

 

(e)        Free Writing Prospectus . The Company covenants that it will not, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Underwriter, make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute a Company Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act. In the event that the Underwriter expressly consents in writing to any such free writing prospectus (a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”), the Company covenants that it shall (i) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as a Company Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) comply with the requirements of Rule 164 and 433 of the Securities Act applicable to such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.

 

(f)        Transfer Agent . The Company will maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for its common stock for so long as the common stock are publicly-traded.

 

(g)        Earnings Statement . As soon as practicable and in accordance with applicable requirements under the Securities Act, but in any event not later than 18 months after the last Closing Date, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriter an earnings statement, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the last Closing Date, that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.

 

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(h)        Periodic Reporting Obligations . During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will duly file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act within the time periods and in the manner required by the Exchange Act.

 

(i)        Additional Documents . The Company will enter into any subscription, purchase or other customary agreements as the Underwriter deem necessary or appropriate to consummate the Offering, all of which will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Underwriter. The Company agrees that the Underwriter may rely upon, and each is a third party beneficiary of, the representations and warranties set forth in any such purchase, subscription or other agreement with Investors in the Offering.

 

(j)        No Manipulation of Price . The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.

 

(k)        Acknowledgment . The Company acknowledges that any advice given by any of the Underwriter to the Company is solely for the benefit and use of the Board of Directors of the Company and may not be used, reproduced, disseminated, quoted or referred to, without such Underwriter’s prior written consent.

 

(l)        Future Services . The Company agrees that if, but only if, the Offering is consummated, it shall provide the Underwriter with the right of first refusal for six (6) months from the date of the consummation of the Offering to act as Financial Advisor or to act as joint Financial Advisor on at least equal economic terms on any public or private equity financing of the Company (collectively, “Future Services”). In the event the Company notifies the Underwriter of its intention to pursue an activity that would enable the Underwriter to exercise its right of first refusal to provide Future Services, the Underwriter shall notify the Company of its election to provide such Future Services, including notification of the compensation and other terms to which the Underwriter claims to be entitled, within thirty (30) days of written notice by the Company. In the event the Company engages the Underwriter to provide such Future Services, the Underwriter will be compensated on a basis to be mutually agreed upon. For the avoidance of doubt, the right of first refusal contained in this Section 4(l) shall not apply to any securities offering in which the Company does not engage a financial advisor, investment bank, finder or similar advisor.

 

Section 5.         Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriter . The obligations of the Underwriter hereunder shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof, in each case as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as though then made, to the timely performance by each of the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder on and as of such dates, and to each of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)        Accountants’ Comfort Letter . On the date hereof, the Underwriter shall have received, and the Company shall have caused to be delivered to the Underwriter, a letter from Chen & Fan addressed to the Underwriter, dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter. The letter shall not disclose any change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, operations, business or prospects of the Company from that set forth in the Prospectus, which, in the Underwriter’ sole judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Underwriter’ sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering of the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

(b)        Compliance with Registration Requirements; No Stop Order; No Objection from the FINRA . The Registration Statement shall have become effective and all necessary regulatory and listing approvals shall have been received not later than 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, or at such later time and date as shall have been consented to in writing by the Underwriter. The Prospectus (in accordance with Rule 424(b)) and “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), if any, shall have been duly filed with the Commission in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms thereof. At or prior to the Closing Date and the actual time of the Closing, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered Securities or any other securities of the Company shall have been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange; all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with; and the FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the placement terms and arrangements.

 

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(c)        Corporate Proceedings . All corporate proceedings and other legal matters in connection with this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and the registration, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities, shall have been completed or resolved in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter’ respective counsels, and such counsel shall have been furnished with such papers and information as it may reasonably have requested to enable such counsels to pass upon the matters referred to in this Section 5.

 

(d)        No Material Adverse Effect . Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, in the Underwriter’ sole judgment after consultation with the Company, there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)        Opinion of Counsel for the Company . The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date the favorable opinion of Bevilacqua PLLC, Company securities counsel, dated as of such Closing Date, including, without limitation, a customary negative assurance letter, addressed to the Underwriter in reasonable and customary form satisfactory to the Underwriter. The Underwriter shall rely on the opinion of the Company’s Nevada counsel, Sherman & Howard LLC, filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement, as to the due incorporation, validity of the common stock and due authorization, execution and delivery of the Agreement.

 

(f)        Opinion of U.S. Counsel for Underwriter . On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received the favorable opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter of Mei & Mark LLP, counsel for the Underwriter.

 

(g)        Officers’ Certificate . The Underwriter shall have received on the Closing Date a certificate of the Company, dated as of such Closing Date, signed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, to the effect that, and the Underwriter shall be satisfied that, the signers of such certificate have reviewed the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and this Agreement and to the further effect that:

 

(i)       The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, as if made on and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to such Closing Date;

 

(ii)        No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened under the Securities Act; no order having the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered Securities or any other securities of the Company has been issued by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, contemplated by any securities commission, securities regulatory authority or stock exchange in the United States;

 

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(iii)       When the Registration Statement became effective, at the time of sale, and at all times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such certificate, the Registration Statement, when it became effective, contained all material information required to be included therein by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and in all material respects conformed to the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as the case may be, and the Registration Statement, did not and does not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading ( provided , however , that the preceding representations and warranties contained in this paragraph (iii) shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information) and, since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required by the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder to be set forth in the Registration Statement which has not been so set forth; and

 

(iv)       Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect; (b) any transaction that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business; (c) any obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business; (d) any material change in the capital stock (except changes thereto resulting from the exercise of outstanding options or warrants or conversion of outstanding indebtedness into common stock of the Company) or outstanding indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (except for the conversion of such indebtedness into common stock of the Company); (e) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on common stock of the Company; or (f) any loss or damage (whether or not insured) to the property of the Company or any Subsidiary which has been sustained or will have been sustained which has a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)        Secretary’s Certificate . At of the Closing Date the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Company signed by the Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying: (i) that each of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws attached to such certificate is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (ii) that each of the Subsidiaries Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or charter documents attached to such certificate is true and complete, has not been modified and is in full force and effect; (iii) that the resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Offering attached to such certificate are in full force and effect and have not been modified; and (iv) the good standing of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries. The documents referred to in such certificate shall be attached to such certificate.

 

(i)        Bring-down Comfort Letter . On the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received from Chen & Fan, or such other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by the Company at such time, a letter dated as of such Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.

 

(j)        Stock Exchange Listing . The Shares shall be registered under the Exchange Act and shall be approved to be listed on the Trading Market, and the Company shall not have taken any action designed to terminate, or likely to have the effect of terminating, the registration of the Shares under the Exchange Act or delisting or suspending from trading the Shares and the Warrants from the principal Trading Market, nor shall the Company have received any information suggesting that the Commission or the principal Trading Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(k)        Additional Documents . On or before the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter shall have received such customary information and documents as they may reasonably require for the purposes of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities as contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the conditions or agreements, herein contained. If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, except that Section 6 (Payment of Expenses), Section 7 (Indemnification and Contribution) and Section 8 (Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery) shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

 

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(l)       Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company (other than as described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus) or any change or development involving a change, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, shareholders' equity, properties or prospects of the Company, taken as a whole, including but not limited to the occurrence of any fire, flood, storm, explosion, accident, act of war or terrorism or other calamity, the effect of which, in any such case described above, is, in the sole reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale of Offered Securities or Offering as contemplated hereby.

 

(m)       Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and up to a Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the NYSE MKT or any Trading Markets shall not have commenced, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, (ii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities in which it is not currently engaged, the subject of an act of terrorism, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States, or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States, or (iii) there shall have occurred any other calamity or crisis or any change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event in clause (ii) or (iii) makes it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale or delivery of the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

(n)        The Underwriter shall have received a lock-up agreement from each Lock-Up Party set forth on Schedule B , duly executed by the applicable Lock-Up Party, in each case substantially in the form attached as Schedule C .

 

(o)       [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

(p)        No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities or materially and adversely affect or potentially materially and adversely affect the business or operations of the Company.

 

(q)       The Company and the Underwriter shall have entered into an escrow agreement with Signature pursuant to which the Investors shall deposit their subscription funds in an escrow account at Signature and the Company and the Underwriter shall authorize the disbursement of the funds from such escrow account. All Investor checks delivered to Signature shall be made payable to “Signature Bank New York, as Escrow Agent for Aerkomm Inc." The Company shall pay the reasonable fees of Signature.

 

(r)        The Company will enter into a customary subscription agreement with Investors and will deliver any additional customary certificates or documents as the Underwriter deems necessary or appropriate to consummate the Offering, all of which will be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter. The Company agrees that the Underwriter may rely upon, and is a third-party beneficiary of, the representations and warranties and applicable covenants set forth in the purchase agreement with Investors.

 

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If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement, or if any of the certificates, opinions, written statements or letters furnished to the Underwriter or to Underwriter' counsel pursuant to this Section 5 shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and to Underwriter' counsel, all obligations of the Underwriter hereunder may be cancelled by the Underwriter at, or at any time prior to, the consummation of the Offering. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or orally. Any such oral notice shall be confirmed promptly thereafter in writing.

 

Section 6.         Payment of Company Expenses . The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation: (i) all expenses incident to the issuance, delivery and qualification of the Offered Securities (including all printing and engraving costs); (ii) all fees and expenses of the registrar and transfer agent of the Offered Securities; (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities; (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors; (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Registration Statement (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement; (vi) all filing fees, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Underwriter in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Offered Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws or the securities laws of any other country, and, if reasonably requested by the Underwriter, preparing and printing a “Blue Sky Survey,” an “International Blue Sky Survey” or other memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising any of the Underwriter of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions; (vii) if applicable, the filing fees incident to the review and approval by the FINRA of the Underwriter’s participation in the offering and distribution of the Offered Securities; (viii) the fees and expenses associated with including the Offered Securities on the Trading Market; and (ix) all costs and expenses incident to the travel and accommodation of the Company’s employees on the “roadshow,” as described in Section 1(a)(iii) of this Agreement.

 

Section 7.         Indemnification and Contribution . The Company agrees to indemnify the Underwriter in accordance with the provisions of Schedule A hereto, which is incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof.

 

Section 8.         Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or any person controlling the Company, of its officers, and of the Underwriter set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the Company, or any of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement. A successor to the Underwriter, or to the Company, its directors or officers or any person controlling the Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Agreement.

 

Section 9.         Termination.

 

(a) This Agreement shall become effective upon the later of: (i) receipt by the Underwriter and the Company of notification of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) the execution of this Agreement. The Underwriter shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time upon 15 days written notice to the Company, or as practical as possible prior to the consummation of the Closing if: (i) any domestic or international event or act or occurrence has materially disrupted, or in the opinion of the Underwriter will in the immediate future materially disrupt, the market for the Company's securities or securities in general; or (ii) trading on the NYSE MKT has been suspended or made subject to material limitations, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, on the NYSE MKT or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or (iii) a banking moratorium has been declared by any state or federal authority or any material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services has occurred; or (iv) (A) there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism involving the United States or there is a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (B) there has been any other calamity or crisis or any change in political, financial or economic conditions, if the effect of any such event in (A) or (B), in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, is so material and adverse that such event makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale and delivery of the Firm Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

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(b) Any notice of termination pursuant to this Section 9 shall be in writing.

 

(c) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof, or if the sale of the Offered Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriter set forth herein is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company will, subject to demand by the Underwriter, reimburse the Underwriter for only those out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel, and expenses associated with a due diligence report), actually incurred by the Underwriter in connection herewith as allowed under FINRA Rule 5110, less any amounts previously paid by the Company;  provided, however,  that all such expenses, including the costs and expenses set forth in Section 6 which were actually paid, shall not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate (of which a maximum of $75,000 shall be allocated to legal expenses and a maximum of $25,000 to third-party due diligence).

 

Section 10.      Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand delivered, delivered by reputable overnight courier (i.e., Federal Express) or delivered by facsimile or e-mail transmission to the parties hereto as follows:

 

If to the Underwriter, then to:

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

6 Venture, Suite 325

Irvine, CA 92618

Attn: Keith Moore

Attn: Daniel J. McClory

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Mei & Mark LLP 

818 18 th Street NW, Suite 410 

Washington, DC 20006 

Attention: Fang Liu 

Facsimile: 888-706-1173 

Email: fliu@meimark.com

 

If to the Company:

 

Aerkomm Inc.

923 Incline Way #39

Incline Village, NV 89451

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

BEVILACQUA PLLC

1050 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

Attn: Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.

Fax No.: 202-869-0889

 

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving written notice to the others.

 

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Section 11.       Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and to the benefit of the employees, officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and to their respective successors, and personal Underwriter, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

Section 12.       Partial Unenforceability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

Section 13.       Governing Law Provisions . This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made and delivered in New York and both this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed as to validity, interpretation, construction, effect and in all other respects by the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Each of the Underwriter and the Company: (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be instituted exclusively in New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding. Each of the Underwriter and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in the New York Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified mail to the Company’s address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company, in any such suit, action or proceeding, and service of process upon the Underwriter mailed by certified mail to the Underwriter’ respective address shall be deemed in every respect effective service process upon such Underwriter, in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

Section 14.       General Provisions .

 

(a)       This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof, including that certain engagement letter between the parties dated December 20, 2017. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(b)       The Company acknowledges that in connection with the Offering of the Offered Securities: (i) the Underwriter has acted at arm’s length, is not agents of, and owes no fiduciary duties to the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriter owes the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and (iii) the Underwriter may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against any of the Underwriter arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign below whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

AERKOMM INC.

 

  By:

 

  Name: Jeffrey Wun
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and agreed to of the date first above written.

 

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

   
  By:  
    Name: Keith Moore
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Schedule A

 

Indemnification

 

The Company hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Underwriter, their respective officers, directors, principals, employees, affiliates, and shareholders, and their respective successors and assigns, harmless from and against any and all loss, claim, damage, liability, deficiencies, actions, suits, proceedings and costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and other expenses and reasonable disbursements incurred in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or defending any action, suit or proceeding, including any inquiry or investigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, or in appearing or preparing for appearance as witness in any proceeding, including any pretrial proceeding such as a deposition) (collectively, “Losses”) arising out of, based upon, or in any way related or attributed to, any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant by the Company contained in this Agreement. The Company will not, however, be responsible for any Losses that have resulted from the Underwriter Information or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any individual or entity seeking indemnification or contribution hereunder.

 

If the Underwriter receives written notice of the commencement of any legal action, suit or proceeding with respect to which the Company is or may be obligated to provide indemnification pursuant to this Schedule A, the Underwriter, as applicable, shall, within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such written notice, give the Company written notice thereof (a “Claim Notice”). Failure to give such Claim Notice within such thirty (30) day period shall not constitute a waiver by Boustead, as applicable, of its respective right to indemnity hereunder with respect to such action, suit or proceeding. Upon receipt by the Company of a Claim Notice from the Underwriter with respect to any claim for indemnification which is based upon a claim made by a third party (“Third Party Claim”), the Company may assume the defense of the Third Party Claim with counsel of its own choosing, as described below. the Underwriter, as applicable, shall cooperate in the defense of the Third Party Claim and shall furnish such records, information and testimony and attend all such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trial and appeals as may be reasonably required in connection therewith. The Underwriter, as applicable, shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, which shall be at the Company’s expense if (i) the Company and the Underwriter, as applicable, shall have mutually agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the Company shall have failed in a timely manner to assume the defense and employ counsel or experts reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter , as applicable, in such litigation or proceeding or (iii) the named parties to any such litigation or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include the Company and the Underwriter , as applicable, and representation of the Company and the Underwriter , as applicable, by the same counsel or experts would, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter , as applicable, be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Company and the Underwriter, as applicable. The Company shall not satisfy or settle any Third Party Claim for which indemnification has been sought and is available hereunder, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, which consent shall not be delayed and which shall not be required if the Underwriter, is granted a general release in connection therewith. The indemnification provisions hereunder shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

 

The Company further agrees, upon demand by the Underwriter, to promptly reimburse the Underwriter for, or pay, any reasonable fees, expenses or disbursements as to which the Underwriter has been indemnified herein with such reimbursement to be made currently as such fees, expenses or disbursements are incurred by the Underwriter, as applicable. Notwithstanding the provisions of the aforementioned indemnification, any such reimbursement or payment by the Company of fees, expenses, or disbursements incurred by the Underwriter shall be repaid by the Underwriter , as applicable, in the event of any proceeding in which a final judgment (after all appeals or the expiration of time to appeal) is entered in a court of competent jurisdiction against the Underwriter based solely upon their respective gross negligence or intentional misconduct in the performance of their respective duties hereunder, and provided further, that the Company shall not be required to make reimbursement or payment for any settlement effected without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable or is insufficient to hold any of the Underwriter harmless, the Company agrees to contribute the amount paid or payable by any Underwriter in such proportion as to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the applicable Underwriter, on the other hand, but also the relative fault of the Company and any of the Underwriter as well as any relevant equitable considerations. In no event shall any Underwriter contribute in excess of the fees actually received by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, each officer, director, shareholder, and employee or affiliate of any Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter (or any affiliate) within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights as the Underwriter with respect to matters of indemnification by the Company hereunder.

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

Lock-up Party

 

 

 

 

Schedule C

 

Form of Lock-up Agreement

 

[___], 2018

Boustead Securities, LLC

6 Venture, Suite 325

Irvine, CA 92618

 

Re: Proposed Public Offering by Aerkomm Inc.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, a stockholder, director or officer of Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation company (the “ Company ”), understands that Boustead Securities LLC (the “ Underwriter ”) will act as an underwriter to carry out an offering (the “ Offering ”) of the Company’s common stock (the “ Securities ”). In recognition of the benefit that the Offering will confer upon the undersigned, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with the Underwriter that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, during a period of nine (9) months from the date of the final prospectus supplement for the Offering (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, directly or indirectly (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any securities of the Company (including the issuance of shares of Securities upon the exercise of options) (collectively, the “ Lock-Up Securities ”), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of the Lock-Up Securities or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Underwriter as follows, provided that (1) the Underwriter receives a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee or transferee, as the case may be, (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

(1)       as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

 

(2)       to any trust or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of, or wholly-owned by, the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “ immediate family ” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or

 

 

 

 

(3)       by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned;

 

(4)       by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement.; or

 

(5)       pursuant to a trading plan established prior to [__], 2018 pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:

 

(1)       during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or

 

(2)       prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this lock-up agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Underwriter waives, in writing, such extension.

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that written notice of any extension of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the previous paragraph will be delivered by the Underwriter to the Company and that any such notice properly delivered will be deemed to have been given to, and received by, the undersigned. The undersigned further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this lock-up agreement to and including the 34th day following the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-Up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.

 

The undersigned understands that, if the Offering shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations set forth herein.

 

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

The undersigned, whether or not participating in the Offering, understands that the Underwriter is proceeding with the Offering in reliance upon this lock-up agreement.

 

This lock-up agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  (Name - Please Print)
   
   
  (Signature)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

Form of Warrant

 

Form of Underwriter’s Warrant Agreement

 

THE REGISTERED HOLDER OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT AGREES BY HIS, HER OR ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THAT SUCH HOLDER WILL NOT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY (180) DAYS FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW) OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT: (A) SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT TO ANYONE OTHER THAN OFFICERS OR PARTNERS OF BOUSTEAD, EACH OF WHOM SHALL HAVE AGREED TO THE RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED HEREIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FINRA CONDUCT RULE 5110(G)(1), OR (B) CAUSE THIS PURCHASE WARRANT OR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE HEREUNDER TO BE THE SUBJECT OF ANY HEDGING, SHORT SALE, DERIVATIVE, PUT OR CALL TRANSACTION THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE EFFECTIVE ECONOMIC DISPOSITION OF THIS PURCHASE WARRANT OR THE SECURITIES HEREUNDER, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN FINRA RULE 5110(G)(2).

 

THIS PURCHASE WARRANT IS NOT EXERCISABLE PRIOR TO [●], 20[__] [DATE THAT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING]. VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., EASTERN TIME, [●], 20[__] [DATE THAT IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING].

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

For the Purchase of [●] Shares of Common Stock

 

of
AERKOMM INC.

 

1.            Purchase Warrant . THIS CERTIFIES THAT, pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement by and between Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and Boustead Securities, LLC (“ Boustead ”), dated [●], 2018 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), Boustead (in such capacity with its permitted successors or assigns, the “ Holder ”), as registered owner of this Purchase Warrant, is entitled, at any time or from time to time from [●], 20[__] (the “ Exercise Date ”) [THE DATE THAT IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT], and at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, [●], 20[ ] [DATE THAT IS FIVE YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFERING] (the “ Expiration Date ”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for, purchase and receive, in whole or in part, up to [●] shares of Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Shares ”), subject to adjustment as provided in  Section 5  hereof. If the Expiration Date is a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or executive order to close, then this Purchase Warrant may be exercised on the next succeeding day which is not such a day in accordance with the terms herein. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Date, the Company agrees not to take any action that would terminate this Purchase Warrant. This Purchase Warrant is initially exercisable at $[●] per Share (100% of the price of the Shares sold in the Offering); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in  Section 5  hereof, the rights granted by this Purchase Warrant, including the exercise price per Share and the number of Shares to be received upon such exercise, shall be adjusted as therein specified. The term “ Exercise Price ” shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending on the context. Any term not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

2.            Exercise .

 

2.1           Exercise Form . In order to exercise this Purchase Warrant, the exercise form attached hereto as  Exhibit  A (the “ Exercise Form ”) must be duly executed and completed and delivered to the Company, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares being purchased payable in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company or by certified check or official bank check to the order of the Company. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be exercised at or before 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the Expiration Date, this Purchase Warrant shall become and be void without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease and expire.

 

   

 

 

2.2           Cashless Exercise . In lieu of exercising this Purchase Warrant by payment of cash or check payable to the order of the Company pursuant to  Section 2.1  above, Holder may elect to receive the number of Shares equal to the value of this Purchase Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised), by surrender of this Purchase Warrant to the Company, together with the Exercise Form, in which event the Company shall issue to Holder, Shares in accordance with the following formula:

 

  X = Y(A – B)  
      A  

 

Where, X   =    The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;

Y   =    The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;

A   =    The fair market value of one Share; and

B   =    The Exercise Price.

 

For purposes of this  Section 2.2 , the fair market value of a Share is defined as follows:

 

(i)          if the Company’s Common Stock is traded on a securities exchange, the value shall be deemed to be the closing price on such exchange on the trading day immediately prior to the Exercise Form being submitted in connection with the exercise of this Purchase Warrant; or

 

(ii)         if the Company’s Common Stock is actively traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the closing bid price on the trading day immediately prior to the Exercise Form being submitted in connection with the exercise of the Purchase Warrant; if there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

  

2.3           Lockup . The holder of this Purchase Warrant represents that it (or permitted assignees under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1)) will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge, or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant or the securities underlying the Purchase Warrant, nor will it engage in any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or the underlying securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the offering, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2).

 

3.            Transfer .

 

3.1           General Restrictions . The registered Holder of this Purchase Warrant agrees by his, her or its acceptance hereof, that such Holder will not for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date of the Registration Statement: (a) sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate this Purchase Warrant to anyone other than: (i) Boustead or an underwriter or a selected dealer participating in the offering (the “ Offering ”) contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, or (ii) officers or partners of Boustead, each of whom shall have agreed to the restrictions contained herein, in accordance with FINRA Conduct Rule 5110(g)(1), or (b) cause this Purchase Warrant or the securities issuable hereunder to be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of this Purchase Warrant or the securities hereunder, except as provided for in FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2). On and after that date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, transfers to others may be made subject to compliance with or exemptions from applicable securities laws. In order to make any permitted assignment, the Holder must deliver to the Company the assignment form attached hereto as  Exhibit  B duly executed and completed, together with this Purchase Warrant and payment of all transfer taxes, if any, payable in connection therewith. The Company shall within five (5) Business Days transfer this Purchase Warrant on the books of the Company and shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant or Purchase Warrants of like tenor to the appropriate assignee(s) expressly evidencing the right to purchase the aggregate number of Shares purchasable hereunder or such portion of such number as shall be contemplated by any such assignment.

 

3.2           Restrictions Imposed by the Act . The securities evidenced by this Purchase Warrant shall not be transferred unless and until: (i) the Company has received the opinion of counsel for the Holder that the securities may be transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and applicable state securities laws, the availability of which is established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company, (ii) a Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of such securities that includes a current prospectus has been filed and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) and compliance with applicable state securities law has been established.

 

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4.            New Purchase Warrants to be Issued .

 

4.1           Partial Exercise or Transfer . Subject to the restrictions in  Section 3  hereof, this Purchase Warrant may be exercised or assigned in whole or in part. In the event of the exercise or assignment hereof in part only, upon surrender of this Purchase Warrant for cancellation, together with the duly executed exercise or assignment form and funds sufficient to pay any Exercise Price and/or transfer tax if exercised pursuant to  Section 2.1  hereof, the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Holder without charge a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor to this Purchase Warrant in the name of the Holder evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the number of Shares purchasable hereunder as to which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised or assigned.

 

4.2           Lost Certificate . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Purchase Warrant and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification or the posting of a bond, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Purchase Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Purchase Warrant executed and delivered as a result of such loss, theft, mutilation or destruction shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation on the part of the Company.

 

5.            Adjustments .

 

5.1           Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Shares . The Exercise Price and the number of Shares underlying this Purchase Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth:

 

5.1.1        Share Dividends; Split Ups . If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of  Section 5.3  below, the number of outstanding Shares is increased by a stock dividend payable in Shares or by a split up of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective day thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be increased in proportion to such increase in outstanding shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased.

 

5.1.2        Aggregation of Shares . If, after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of  Section 5.3  below, the number of outstanding Shares is decreased by a consolidation, combination or reclassification of Shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date thereof, the number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased.

 

5.1.3        Replacement of Shares upon Reorganization, etc . In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares other than a change covered by  Section 5.1.1  or  Section 5.1.2  hereof or that solely affects the par value of such Shares, or in the case of any share reconstruction or amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation in which the Company is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Company is dissolved, the Holder of this Purchase Warrant shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of the right of exercise of this Purchase Warrant) to receive upon the exercise hereof, for the same aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder immediately prior to such event, the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification, reorganization, share reconstruction or amalgamation, or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, by a Holder of the number of Shares of the Company obtainable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant immediately prior to such event; and if any reclassification also results in a change in Shares covered by  Section 5.1.1  or  Section 5.1.2 , then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to  Section 5.1.1 Section 5.1.2  and this  Section 5.1.3 . The provisions of this  Section 5.1.3  shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, share reconstructions or amalgamations, or consolidations, sales or other transfers.

   

5.1.4        Changes in Form of Purchase Warrant . This form of Purchase Warrant need not be changed because of any change pursuant to this  Section 5.1 , and Purchase Warrants issued after such change may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of Shares as are stated in the Purchase Warrants initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. The acceptance by any Holder of the issuance of new Purchase Warrants reflecting a required or permissive change shall not be deemed to waive any rights to an adjustment occurring after the date hereof or the computation thereof.

 

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5.2           Substitute Purchase Warrant . In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or share reconstruction or amalgamation of the Company with or into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation which does not result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Shares), the corporation formed by such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental Purchase Warrant providing that the holder of each Purchase Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the stated expiration of such Purchase Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Purchase Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation, by a holder of the number of Shares of the Company for which such Purchase Warrant might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, share reconstruction or amalgamation, sale or transfer. Such supplemental Purchase Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be identical to the adjustments provided for in this  Section 5 . The above provision of this  Section 5  shall similarly apply to successive consolidations or share reconstructions or amalgamations.

 

5.3           Elimination of Fractional Interests . The Company shall not be required to issue certificates representing fractions of Shares upon the exercise of the Purchase Warrant, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of any fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up or down, as the case may be, to the nearest whole number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights.

 

6.            Reservation and Listing . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant, such number of Shares or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, in accordance with the terms hereby, all Shares and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder. The Company further covenants and agrees that upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant and payment of the exercise price therefor, all Shares and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights of any shareholder. As long as this Purchase Warrant shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Shares issuable upon exercise of this Purchase Warrant to be listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all national securities exchanges (or, if applicable, on the OTC Bulletin Board or any successor trading market) on which the Shares issued to the public in the Offering may then be listed and/or quoted.

 

7.            Certain Notice Requirements .

 

7.1           Holder’s Right to Receive Notice . Nothing herein shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or consent or to receive notice as a shareholder for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to the expiration of the Purchase Warrants and their exercise, any of the events described in  Section 7.2  shall occur, then, in one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice of such event at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of closing the transfer books (the “ Notice Date ”) for the determination of the shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, conversion or exchange of securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall specify such record date or the date of the closing of the transfer books, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall deliver to each Holder a copy of each notice given to the other shareholders of the Company at the same time and in the same manner that such notice is given to the shareholders.

 

7.2           Events Requiring Notice . The Company shall be required to give the notice described in this  Section 7  upon one or more of the following events: (i) if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Shares for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution payable otherwise than out of retained earnings, as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or distribution on the books of the Company, (ii) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Shares any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor, or (iii) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with a consolidation or share reconstruction or amalgamation) or a sale of all or substantially all of its property, assets and business shall be proposed.

 

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7.3           Notice of Change in Exercise Price . The Company shall, promptly after an event requiring a change in the Exercise Price pursuant to  Section 5  hereof, send notice to the Holders of such event and change (“ Price Notice ”). The Price Notice shall describe the event causing the change and the method of calculating same and shall be certified as being true and accurate by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

7.4           Transmittal of Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications under this Purchase Warrant shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made (1) when hand delivered, (2) when mailed by express mail or private courier service or (3) when the event requiring notice is disclosed in all material respects and filed in a current report on Form 8-K or in a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A prior to the Notice Date: (i) if to the registered Holder of the Purchase Warrant, to the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company, or (ii) if to the Company, to following address or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the Holders:

  

If to the Holder:

 

Boustead Securities, LLC

898 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 475,

El Segundo, CA 90245

Attention: Keith Moore, CEO

Fax: (815) 301-8099

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Mei & Mark LLP
818 18th Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20006
Fax: (888) 706-1173

Attn: Fang Liu, Esq.

 

If to the Company:

 

Aerkomm Inc.

923 Incline Way #39

Incline Village, NV 89451

Attention:

Fax:

 

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

BEVILACQUA PLLC

1050 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036
Fax:

Attn: Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.

 

8.            Miscellaneous .

 

8.1           Amendments . The Company and Boustead may from time to time supplement or amend this Purchase Warrant without the approval of any of the Holders in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and Boustead may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and Boustead deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders. All other modifications or amendments shall require the written consent of and be signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification or amendment is sought.

 

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8.2           Headings . The headings contained herein are for the sole purpose of convenience of reference, and shall not in any way limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the terms or provisions of this Purchase Warrant.

   

8.3           Entire Agreement . This Purchase Warrant (together with the other agreements and documents being delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Warrant) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the parties, oral and written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

8.4           Binding Effect . This Purchase Warrant shall inure solely to the benefit of and shall be binding upon, the Holder and the Company and their permitted assignees and respective successors and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Purchase Warrant or any provisions herein contained.

 

8.5           Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction . This Purchase Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles thereof. The Company hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way to this Purchase Warrant shall be brought and enforced in the California Supreme Court, Los Angeles County , or in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. The Company hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any process or summons to be served upon the Company may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in  Section 8  hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim. The Company and the Holder agree that the prevailing party(ies) in any such action shall be entitled to recover from the other party(ies) all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection with the preparation therefor.

 

8.6           Waiver, etc . The failure of the Company or the Holder to at any time enforce any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of any such provision, nor to in any way affect the validity of this Purchase Warrant or any provision hereof or the right of the Company or any Holder to thereafter enforce each and every provision of this Purchase Warrant. No waiver of any breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment of any of the provisions of this Purchase Warrant shall be effective unless set forth in a written instrument executed by the party or parties against whom or which enforcement of such waiver is sought; and no waiver of any such breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment shall be construed or deemed to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach, non-compliance or non-fulfillment.

 

8.7           Exchange Agreement . As a condition of the Holder’s receipt and acceptance of this Purchase Warrant, Holder agrees that, at any time prior to the complete exercise of this Purchase Warrant by Holder, if the Company and Boustead enter into an agreement (“ Exchange Agreement ”) pursuant to which they agree that all outstanding Purchase Warrants will be exchanged for securities or cash or a combination of both, then Holder shall agree to such exchange and become a party to the Exchange Agreement.

 

8.8           Execution in Counterparts . This Purchase Warrant may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to each of the other parties hereto. Such counterparts may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company has caused this Purchase Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the ____ day of _______, 2018.

 

AERKOMM INC.  
     
By:         
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form to be used to exercise Purchase Warrant:

 

Date: __________, 20___

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to exercise the Purchase Warrant for ______ Shares of Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and hereby makes payment of $____ (at the rate of $____ per Share) in payment of the Exercise Price pursuant thereto. Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.

 

or

 

The undersigned hereby elects irrevocably to convert its right to purchase ___ Shares under the Purchase Warrant for ______ Shares, as determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

  X = Y(A-B)  
      A  

 

Where, X   =   The number of Shares to be issued to Holder;

Y   =   The number of Shares for which the Purchase Warrant is being exercised;

A   =   The fair market value of one Share which is equal to $_____; and

B   =   The Exercise Price which is equal to $______ per share

 

The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that the calculation set forth above is subject to confirmation by the Company and any disagreement with respect to the calculation shall be resolved by the Company in its sole discretion.

 

Please issue the Shares as to which this Purchase Warrant is exercised in accordance with the instructions given below and, if applicable, a new Purchase Warrant representing the number of Shares for which this Purchase Warrant has not been exercised.

 

Signature

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

 

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

Name:

 

(Print in Block Letters)

 

Address:

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank, other than a savings bank, or by a trust company or by a firm having membership on a registered national securities exchange.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form to be used to assign Purchase Warrant:

 

(To be executed by the registered Holder to effect a transfer of the within Purchase Warrant):

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED,                                                                       does hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the right to purchase shares of Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), evidenced by the Purchase Warrant and does hereby authorize the Company to transfer such right on the books of the Company.

 

Dated:  ____________, 20__

 

Signature

 

NOTICE: The signature to this form must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Purchase Warrant without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

50 West Liberty Street, Suite 1000, Reno, Nevada 89501-1950

Telephone: 775.323.1980 Fax: 775.323.2339

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

Telephone: 702.387.6073 Fax: 702.990.3564

www.shermanhoward.com

 

January 30, 2018

 

Aerkomm Inc.

923 Incline Way #39

Incline Village, Nevada 89451

 

Re: Aerkomm Inc./Registration Statement on Form S-1

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special Nevada counsel to Aerkomm Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration by the Company of up to $71,600,000 of shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), to be sold by the Company under a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222208), which may be amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of:

 

(a) the Registration Statement;

 

  (b) the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada on April 28, 2017;

 

  (c) the Bylaws of the Company as adopted on August 13, 2013;

 

  (d) a specimen certificate representing the Common Stock; and

 

  (e) certain resolutions and actions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares, the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act, and such other matters as relevant.

 

 

 

 

Aerkomm Inc.

January 30, 2018

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We also have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records of the Company and such agreements, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers or other representatives of the Company and others, and such other documents, certificates, and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein.

 

In our examination of documents, we have assumed:

 

  (a) the legal capacity of all natural persons executing the documents;

 

  (b) the genuineness of all signatures on the documents;

 

  (c) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies;

 

  (d) that the parties to such documents, other than the Company, had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder; and

 

  (e) other than with respect to the Company, the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, the execution and delivery by all parties of the documents, and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties.

 

We have relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the information, factual matters, representations, and warranties contained in such documents.

 

We have also assumed that:

 

  (a) the persons identified as officers of the Company are actually serving in such capacity;

 

  (b) the Registration Statement will be declared effective; and

 

  (c) the total number of Shares to be issued under the Registration Statement, when determined, plus the total number of shares of the Common Stock then outstanding will not exceed the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance as set forth in the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation.

 

The opinions set forth below are also subject to the further qualification that the enforcement of any agreements or instruments referenced herein and to which the Company is a party may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

 

 

 

Aerkomm Inc.

January 30, 2018

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Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the certificates representing the Shares in the form of the specimen certificate have been signed by an authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and registered by such transfer agent and registrar, and have been delivered to and paid for at a price per share not less than the per share par value of the Common Stock, the issuance of the Shares will have been duly authorized, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

 

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or any changes in applicable law that may come to our attention subsequent to the date the Registration Statement is declared effective.

 

While certain members of this firm are admitted to practice in certain jurisdictions other than Nevada, in rendering the foregoing opinions we have not examined the laws of any jurisdiction other than Nevada. Accordingly, the opinions we express herein are limited to matters involving the laws of the State of Nevada (excluding securities laws). We express no opinion regarding the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction or state, including any federal securities laws related to the issuance and sale of the Shares.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and we consent to the reference of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
   
  SHERMAN & HOWARD L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.19

 

SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement

 

This SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement is made and entered into as of March 15 th , 2017 (the “Effective Date”) by and between AirCom Pacific Inc. having its principal office at 44043 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538, USA (the “Customer”) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Japan, having its principal office at 1-14-14 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan (“SJC”).

 

Wherein, the Customer and SJC agree as follows:

 

Article 1 (Definitions)

 

1.1 As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Agreement ” means collectively this Master Agreement and any and all the Service Order(s) executed by both Parties. In the event of any conflict between the terms and conditions set forth in this Master Agreement and the Service Order(s), the terms and conditions set forth in the Service Order(s) shall govern.

 

Bandwidth ” means the frequency bandwidth capacity or a part thereof, as applicable, of the Transponder in which the frequency bandwidth for guard band is included.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks are authorized to be closed in Japan or the United States of America.

 

Commencement Date ” means the commencement date specified in the applicable Service Order(s), which remains subject to SJC’s receipt of all governmental licenses, authorizations, and approvals necessary for the Customer to commercially use the applicable Service.

 

Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities ” means the telecommunication facilities or equipment that the Customer from time to time procures, owns, leases, operates or uses in the provision of the Service, including, but not limited to, earth stations on aircrafts and the Hub of the Customer.

 

Expiry Date ” means the expiry date specified in the applicable Service Order(s) or, if the applicable Service Period is extended, the last day of the extended Service Period, whichever is later.

 

Frequency Assignment ” means a document stating the frequency assignment to notify technical details of the Satellite Service under the applicable Service Order(s), which is issued to the Customer by SJC, and modified or supplemented by SJC from time to time thereafter upon notice to the Customer.

 

In-Service Date ” means April 15 th , 2017.

 

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Master Agreement ” means and consists of (i) this Master Service Agreement, (ii) Exhibit A, Satellite Telecommunication Service, (iii) Exhibit B, Teleport Service, (iv) Exhibit C, Housing Service.

 

Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites ” means operational guidelines for the Satellite attached to Exhibit A, which may be modified or supplemented by SJC from time to time upon notice to the Customer.

 

Party ” means any or each (as the context may so require) of the Customer and SJC.

 

Parties ” means the Customer and SJC.

 

Polarization ” means a horizontal or vertical radio wave transmitted to and from the Satellite.

 

Satellite ” means the artificial satellite specified in the applicable Service Order(s), or where SJC replaced it with the replacement artificial satellite pursuant to clause 2.3 of Article 2 (Provision of Service), such replacement artificial satellite.

 

Security Deposit ” means a security deposit which the Customer has deposited with SJC pursuant to Article 5 (Security Deposit), or where the context so requires, the amount of such security deposit for the time being outstanding.

 

Service ” means, collectively, the Satellite Service, Teleport Service and Housing Service provided by SJC in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Satellite Service ” means the service provided by SJC in accordance with Exhibit A, Satellite Telecommunication Service.

 

Teleport Service ” means the service provided by SJC in accordance with Exhibit B, Teleport Service.

 

Housing Service ” means the service provided by SJC in accordance with Exhibit C, Housing Service.

 

Hub ” means the hub equipment owned or operated by the Customer.

 

Service Charge(s) ” means the charges for the Service, payable by the Customer to SJC pursuant to Article 4 (Service Charge).

 

Service Order(s) ” means and consists of (i) an order for the Service which shall be requested by the Customer and accepted by SJC in accordance with the Service Order Form, and (ii) with respect to the Satellite Service, the applicable Frequency Assignment.

 

Service Order Form ” means the form of the Service Order designated by SJC.

 

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Service Period ” means the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the Expiry Date or on the Termination Date, whichever is earlier.

 

SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities ” means the telecommunication facilities or equipment that SJC from time to time procures, owns, leases, operates or uses in the provision of the Service, including, but not limited to, Satellites, Transponders, satellite control centers, teleport and housing facilities of SJC.

 

Technical Requirements ” means the Attachment 1 attached hereto which contains the technical specifications of the Service and operational requirements for the Customer’s use of the Service.

 

Termination Date ” means the date on which the applicable Service Order is terminated in accordance with Article 15 (Term and Termination).

 

Termination Fee ” means the smaller amount of:

 

(X) the amount equal to the applicable Service Charge that would have been payable for the period from the Termination date (or, if Service Charge is decreased due to amendment, the date of such amendment) to the Expiry Date of the applicable Service Order(s); or

 

(Y) the amount equal to one (1) year applicable Service Charge or, if the Service Charge is decreased due to amendment, the amount equal to one (1) year of the decreased Service Charge (and, if the initial Service Charge for the Housing Service has not been paid, such initial Service Charge also needs to be paid as the Termination Fee).

 

For the calculation of the Termination Fee, the scheduled increase of bandwidth of the Satellite Communication Service shall be taken into consideration.

 

Test Period ” means, if applicable, the test period specified in the Service Order(s).

 

Transmission Frequency ” means the frequency of a radio wave transmitted from or to the Satellite.

 

Transponder ” means the radio wave relay equipment installed in the Satellite.

 

United States Dollar ” and the symbol “US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

YSCC ” means the Yokohama Satellite Control Center, located at Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan, owned and operated by SJC.

 

1.2 References herein to the Articles and Exhibits are to the articles and exhibits, respectively, to this Master Agreement unless otherwise specified. References herein to statutory provisions shall be construed as references to those provisions as respectively amended or re-enacted from time to time and references to any document or agreement shall be deemed to include references to such document or agreement as amended, modified, supplemented or innovated from time to time. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Master Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “or” is not exclusive. In construing this Agreement, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and the neuter gender shall include the masculine and feminine gender (as the case may be) and vice versa.

 

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Article 2 (Provision of Service)

 

2.1 The Customer shall request Service by the submission of a Service Order to SJC. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, SJC agrees to provide the Service as specified in the Service Order(s). If a Service Order is submitted by the Customer and accepted by SJC, SJC shall make such Service available to the Customer subject to availability of the Service at the time the Service Order Form signed by the Customer is received by SJC. The Customer shall, at least ten (10) Business Days in advance, submit to SJC: (i) the completed Service Order Form with the Customer’s authorized signature; and (ii) information necessary for SJC to provide the Service, as requested by SJC in accordance with the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites. The Customer’s delayed submission of the items (i) and/or (ii) above may cause delay of the commencement of the Service, and SJC shall have no liability to the Customer for occurrence of any such delay. Upon receipt of the items (i) and (ii) above and sufficient information from the Customer, SJC shall provide the Customer with necessary information and the Frequency Assignment for the Service Order in a timely manner. Once any Service Order is signed by the Customer and countersigned by SJC, all terms and conditions of this Master Agreement shall become applicable to it. The Service Order in its final form shall be accompanied by the Technical Requirements corresponding to the Service.

 

2.2 The Service shall, except as specified in this Agreement including Section 2.4 herein, in no event include (i) the procurement, operation, maintenance or any other service in relation to, or securing all necessary licenses and other consents, permissions, concessions, permits and authorization for any Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities, or (ii) the coordination between the Satellite’s network and any terrestrial networks arranged by the Customer so as to allow exploitation of the Service in the fashion intended by the Customer or in any other fashion.

 

2.3 SJC shall provide Services pursuant to the standards set forth in the Technical Requirements. If the Satellite is taken out of commercial operation, SJC may, but shall not be obliged to, determine to replace the Satellite utilized to provide the Service with a replacement satellite owned and operated by SJC. In the event SJC does not replace the Satellite with one providing the Customer with a level of service, power, coverage and other features substantially equivalent to the initial satellite capacity such that its utility for the Customer’s application is reduced, as reasonably determined by the Customer, the Customer shall be entitled to terminate the applicable Service Order by written notice to SJC.

 

2.4 SJC shall obtain and maintain throughout the Service Period all approvals, authorizations and licenses necessary regarding all SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities for SJC to operate the Satellite and provide the Service hereunder to the Customer. SJC shall provide reasonable assistance to the Customer (at the Customer’s expense) in obtaining landing rights to permit use of the Satellite Service in or over countries designated by the Customer within the footprint of the Service being provided to the Customer. The Customer shall provide SJC with information necessary for SJC to apply for and obtain such approvals, authorizations and licenses.

 

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In addition, SJC shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in the provision of the Service hereunder.

 

Article 3 (Test)

 

The applicable Service Order shall set out the applicable Test Period. The Customer may, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, make use of the Service during the Test Period solely for the purpose of testing the Customer’s facilities scheduled to transmit signals to and from the Transponder. No Service Charge shall accrue or be payable in connection with such usage, but all other terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the use by the Customer of the Service during the Test Period and SJC shall not have any obligations or liabilities hereunder for any outages or interruptions during such period. During the Test Period, the Customer will have a right to terminate this Agreement without Termination Fee for technical reasons attributable to the unexpected performance of the Satellite if (i) the Customer is not able to get the Service to operate effectively during the test period, and (ii) SJC receives written notice specifying the reasons to terminate.

 

Article 4 (Service Charge and Prepayment)

 

4.1 The Service Charge per month for each Service shall be stipulated in the applicable Service Order(s). SJC shall not commence billing until SJC has substantially remedied any failures of the Service, other than those solely caused by the Customer, to meet the Technical Requirements identified during the Test Period.

 

4.2 The Service Charge shall be payable from the Commencement Date through the Expiry Date or the Termination Date (each inclusive). If the Commencement Date is other than the first day of a calendar month or if the Expiry Date or the Termination Date is other than the last day of a calendar month, then the Service Charge for such a month shall be pro-rated on a daily basis.

 

4.3 All Service Charges shall be invoiced to the Customer on a monthly basis in advance of the Service. The Customer shall pay SJC the monthly Service Charge on or before the later of: (i) thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of the corresponding invoice, or (ii) the tenth (10 th ) day of the month preceding the month in which the Service is to be provided (“payment due date”). In case the payment due date does not fall on a Business Day, the Customer shall make its payment on or before the next Business Day.

 

4.4 Notwithstanding clause 4.3, the Customer shall prepay the total amount of (i) US$ 285,300 (Two hundred Eighty five thousands and Three hundreds United States Dollars) and (ii) applicable Japanese consumption tax, applicable at the time of the In-Service Date (collectively, as the “Prepayment”). The Customer shall pay such Prepayment at the same time of the payment of the Security Deposit provided in Article 5 (Security Deposit). When SJC confirms the punctual payment by the Customer during the Confirmation Term defined in the table below, SJC shall apply the applicable Portion of Application to the Service Charge of the Application Month in accordance with the table below;

 

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    Confirmation Term   Application Month   Portion of
Application
 
No.1   The applicable payment term of the Service Charge for the service period from April 15 th , 2017 to September 31 st , 2017   October 2017   $ 95,100  
No.2   The applicable payment term of the Service Charge for the service period from October 1 st , 2017 to March 31 st , 2018 (less applicable Portion of Application)   April 2018   $ 95,100  
No.3  

The applicable payment term of the Service Charge for the service period from April 1 st , 2018 to September 30 th , 2018 (less applicable Portion of Application)

  October 2018   $ 95,100  

  

Note: If the In-Service Date is changed from April 15 th , 2017, based on the mutual agreement between the Parties, the Confirmation Term and the Application Month shall be changed accordingly.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, if there is a balance for the applicable Service Charge after the application above, the Customer shall pay such balance by the tenth (10 th ) day of the month preceding the Application Month.

 

If, during the Confirmation Term, the Customer fails to pay any Service Charge, the Termination Fee or other sum due hereunder, or otherwise defaults with respect to any material provision of this Agreement, SJC may use, apply or retain all or any portion of the Prepayment or for the payment of any other sum to which the Customer may become obliged by reason of the Customer’s default, or to compensate SJC for any loss or damage which SJC may suffer thereby.

 

4.5 In the event that this Agreement is terminated by the Customer due to any of the events described in clause 15.5 or 15.6 of Article 15 (Term and Termination) or by SJC due to an event described in clause 15.3 of Article 15 (Term and Termination), SJC shall immediately refund any portion of the Prepayment and/or Service Charge, previously paid and applicable to any period which has not been used by the Customer, in accordance with the manner requested by the Customer.

 

4.6 The Customer shall have no right to use any amount of the Prepayment for the payment of any debts or liabilities owed to SJC.

 

4.7 The Customer shall not assign or encumber, or attempt to assign or encumber, the Prepayment and SJC shall not be bound by any such assignment, encumbrance, attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance.

 

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Article 5 (Security Deposit)

 

5.1 Within thirty (30) days of the execution of this Agreement, the Customer shall deposit with SJC $95,100 (Ninety five thousand and One hundred United States Dollars, the “Initial Security Deposit”) and applicable Japanese consumption tax, as security for the Customer’s faithful performance and observance of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement. Except for the Initial Security Deposit, the amount of Security Deposit shall be equal to the monthly Service Charge and applicable Japanese consumption tax. This clause 5.1 of Article 5 (Security Deposit) shall apply to increase of the Bandwidth or other changes to the content of the Teleport Service and the Housing Service, mutatis mutandis.

 

5.2 Without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of SJC arising under this Agreement or under the applicable laws, if the Customer fails to pay any Service Charge or other sum due hereunder, or otherwise defaults with respect to any provision of this Agreement, SJC may use, apply or retain all or any portion of the Security Deposit under this Agreement for the payment of any Service Charge or other sum in default under this Agreement or for the payment of any other sum to which the Customer may become obliged by reason of the Customer’s default, or to compensate SJC for any loss or damage which SJC may suffer thereby.

 

5.3 If SJC uses, applies or retains all or any portion of the Security Deposit, the Customer shall promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after written demand therefor deposit cash with SJC in an amount sufficient to restore the Security Deposit to the full amount hereinabove stated and the Customer’s failure to do so shall be a material breach of this Agreement. SJC shall not be required to keep the Security Deposit separate from its general accounts. If the Customer performs all of its obligations hereunder, any balance of the Security Deposit not used, applied or retained by SJC as above provided, shall be returned, without payment of interest or other increment for its use to the Customer at the expiration of the Service Period, and after the Customer has ceased to use the Service. No trust relationship is created herein between SJC and the Customer with respect to the Security Deposit.

 

5.4 The Customer shall have no right to use any amount of the Security Deposit for the payment of any debts or liabilities owed to SJC.

 

5.5 The Customer shall not assign or encumber, or attempt to assign or encumber, the Security Deposit and SJC shall not be bound by any such assignment, encumbrance, attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance.

 

Article 6 (Provisions Relating to Payment)

 

All payments to be made hereunder by the Customer shall be made by wire transferring in United States Dollars to SJC’s bank account (Current Deposit No. 0127386) with Mizuho Bank Limited, Tokyo Head Office (Marunouchi), or such other bank account and bank branch as may be designated in writing by SJC to the Customer provided thirty (30) days prior written notice is given prior to any payment due date. All payments due from the Customer hereunder shall be deemed to have been fully discharged when deposited in United States Dollars in the bank account referred to hereinabove.

 

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Article 7 (Interest Due on Late Payments)

 

If any undisputed amount payable by the Customer, including, but not limited to, the Prepayment, the Security Deposit, the Service Charge(s) and the Termination Fee, is not paid in full when due, then without limiting any other rights or remedies which SJC may have as a result of such late payment, the amount unpaid shall bear interest from the date of the payment due date until paid at a rate of 14.5% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by law, whichever is less, with such interest to be paid on demand together with all costs incurred by SJC to collect the amounts due hereunder, including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel.

 

Article 8 (Taxes)

 

The Customer shall pay or reimburse SJC upon demand for any and all taxes, charges, levies, duties, withholding, usage fees or other fees which may be asserted against SJC or the Customer by any local or national governmental entity in any country or jurisdiction with respect to or arising out of this Agreement other than taxes imposed on SJC’s net income. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Customer is required by the applicable tax laws to make any deduction or to withhold from any sum payable to SJC by the Customer hereunder, the Customer shall once provide SJC with written details thereof and obtain a written confirmation from SJC, then the Customer shall deduct such amount from the payment to SJC, and furnish SJC with a tax certificate showing the payment of such taxes to the tax authorities and other documents necessary for SJC to receive the tax credit in Japan, without delay. Taxes imposed directly on SJC’s net income by the Japanese authorities shall be borne by SJC.

 

Article 9 (Expenses)

 

Except as otherwise expressly stated herein or specifically agreed upon in writing between the Parties, each Party shall bear and pay any and its own costs and expenses in connection with the transactions pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Article 10 (Customer’s Obligations, Responsibilities and Use)

 

10.1 The Service is provided for the Customer’s own use or for full end-to-end service and, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, in no event shall the Customer be permitted to resell the Service, in whole or in part, to any other person or entity unless such resale constitutes the provision of value-added services, wherein the Customer’s provision of services to its end users includes, without limitation, substantially more communications facilities than bare space segment capacity.

 

10.2 The Customer shall follow established practices and procedures for frequency coordination and shall not use the Service, or any portion thereof, in a manner that would or could be expected to, under standard engineering practice, cause harmful interference with the use of or harm to any portion of the Transponder from which the Service is provided, any other transponder(s) on the Satellite, the Satellite, or any other in-orbit satellite(s) or transponder(s) on such satellite(s). The Customer’s use of the Service in a manner consistent with the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites shall be deemed to meet this requirement, as specified in this Article 10. The Customer shall not be required to comply with operational requirements other than those that are set forth in this Agreement or the Service Order(s) and Technical Requirements.

 

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10.3 The Customer shall only use the Service, and shall require its users to use the Service, for lawful purposes and in compliance with any and all applicable governmental laws, rules, regulations and/or restrictions including, without limitation, patent, copyright, trademark, obscenity and defamation laws.

 

10.4 The Customer shall provide, install, operate, maintain, and secure all necessary licenses and other consents, permissions, concessions, permits and authorizations for all of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities.

 

10.5 The Customer shall be responsible for configuring the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities in accordance with the Frequency Assignment. Provision of Frequency Assignment by SJC to the Customer is not authorization for the Customer to commence transmission to the Satellite and the Customer shall coordinate each activation, modification or deactivation with the YSCC of SJC in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites generally required for SJC’s customers.

 

10.6 The Customer shall be responsible to configure, test, equip and operate all of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities so that the interface of these facilities shall conform to the characteristics and technical parameters of the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities, to the extent that SJC has provided written notice of such characteristics and technical parameters to the Customer prior to the Effective Date, and for modifications or changes to the characteristics and technical parameters of the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities occurring after the Effective Date, SJC shall provide the Customer with at least ninety (90) days prior written notice of such modifications or changes. The Customer shall follow SJC’s procedures for initiating, modifying or terminating any transmission to the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities which has been assigned to the Customer for the Service to the extent required of SJC customers generally.

 

10.7 The Customer shall operate any and all of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities in a manner that allows for cessation of transmission immediately upon receiving written (including via email) notice from SJC, and, upon receipt of any such notice from SJC requiring such cessation of transmission due to a necessary technical or governmental authority requirement or compelling operational reasons, the Customer shall immediately cease that specific transmission.

 

10.8 The Customer shall from time to time, and upon request made by SJC at any time, furnish SJC with its information regarding the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities, including, not limited to, the technical parameters of its transmissions in such details as may be required by SJC prior to commencing, during the Test Period and the Service Period.

 

10.9 SJC shall have the right, but not the obligation, to inspect or have the Customer inspect any of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities used for transmitting signals to, or receiving signals from, the Transponder and the Customer shall make the facilities and equipment available for such inspection at all reasonable times subject to the Customer’s security restrictions and requirements of the Customer’s customers. In addition, the Customer shall make available to SJC, without charge, spectrum feeds of all broadcasts and transmissions made using the Transponder, to enable SJC to monitor the performance of the Transponder, provided such access is able to be reasonably accommodated by the Customer without significant difficulty or expense. In the event that SJC identifies any earth stations on aircraft operated by the Customer’s customers as a potential source of interference with a Transponder, SJC may request the Customer to inspect such earth station and the Customer shall make such customer’s earth station to be inspected.

 

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10.10 The Customer shall fully observe and comply with all laws, regulations and orders of all the countries or area in which the Customer or its customers will use the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, the Customer shall obtain and maintain throughout the Service Period all licenses, authorizations, permissions or other approvals necessary to use the Service in such countries or areas, except for those approvals and authorizations which are the responsibility of SJC pursuant to clause 2.4.

 

Article 11 (Outage)

 

11.1 Subject to clause 11.2 of this Article 11, in the event that the performance of the Service under a specific Service Order (i) fails to meet the Technical Requirements, or (ii) SJC preempts or attempts to preempt the Bandwidth provided to the Customer for the Service(s), for any period of more than twelve (12) consecutive hours (only in multiple(s) of a twelve hour period) measured from the time SJC becomes aware of such situation (whether notified by the Customer or independently aware), the Customer shall be entitled to a refund of a pro-rated portion of the Service Charges paid for the applicable Service in respect of such time period (limited to full multiple(s) of a consecutive twelve (12) hour periods during which such situation subsists). The Customer shall immediately notify SJC if the Customer becomes aware of such situation. Any such refund shall be effected by an offset against ensuing payment(s) of the Service Charges arising under the applicable Service Order. In no event shall interest accrue on any such refund. SJC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly restore the Service in the event of any outage, including, at SJC’s reasonable discretion, by restoring the Service on alternative capacity meeting the requirements of this Agreement or attempting to eliminate interference caused by another customer (for example, by enforcing its rights against third parties), as applicable.

 

11.2 The Customer acknowledges, confirms and agrees that SJC makes no representation, warranty or assurance as to (i) the suitability or sufficiency of the Transponder or the Satellite used in the provision of the Service or any aspect of the Service, for the Customer’s intended use, or (ii) any other aspect of the performance of the Transponder or the Satellite, except as specifically provided herein. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the Customer further acknowledges and agrees that clause 11.1 sets out SJC’s sole and exclusive liability for any failure of the Service or the Satellite to meet the performance requirements set forth herein.

 

11.3 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 11.1 above, the Customer shall not be entitled to any refund of the Service Charges in respect of any Service outage, interruption or failure that is caused in whole or in part by:

 

(i) any failure, fault, or negligence of the Customer, any breach by the Customer of any provision of this Agreement, or any failure by the Customer to conform to the requirements of this Agreement or any other rules or requirements from time to time established by SJC applicable to its customers generally in respect of use of satellite services; or

 

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(ii) any failure, or nonperformance of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities, excluding those facilities furnished by SJC.

 

(iii) any event described in Article 12 (Restoration) and Article 13 (Suspension of Service);

 

(iv) any event of force majeure specified in Article 19 (Force Majeure); or

 

(v) natural phenomenon, including but not limited to solar activity or extraterrestrial electromagnetic phenomena.

 

Article 12 (Restoration)

 

12.1 Unless otherwise specified in the Service Order(s), SJC shall provide the Service to the Customer on a non-preemptible basis (subject, however, to the provisions of Section 10.7 hereof). The Transponder(s), Transmission Frequency, Polarization and Bandwidth shall be assigned to the Customer by SJC as stated in the Frequency Assignment.

 

12.2 Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 12.1 above, in the event of compelling operational purposes or where action is necessary to protect the overall health and performance of SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities, SJC shall have the right to (i) preempt or interrupt the Service, and/or (ii) reassign the Customer’s space segment allocation within the Transponder or to other transponders within the Satellite, and/or (iii) alter the Transmission Frequency and/or Polarization, to facilitate the loading requirements of SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities and/or (iv) reallocate the housing space; provided in each case that the reassigned Transponder, new Transmission Frequency and/or Polarization or new housing space provides the same level of service, power, coverage and other features as provided prior to such change and that the same meets all requirements of this Agreement including the Technical Requirements.

 

Article 13 (Suspension of Service)

 

13.1 SJC shall have the right to suspend the Service (i) for maintenance, repair, installation or testing of SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities provided such activities are notified by SJC one (1) month in advance, (ii) for the emergency use of governmental or public organizations, or (iii) in accordance with any order, requirement, instruction or request of the governmental authorities; provided that SJC shall, in all events and to the extent practicable, deliver to the Customer twenty-four (24) hours’ prior notice of such suspension, except in urgent or emergency situations where such prior notice is not feasible.

 

13.2 Without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of SJC arising under this Agreement or under the applicable laws, SJC may in its discretion, but shall not be obliged to, suspend the use by the Customer of the Service following the occurrence of any of the following events, and continue such suspension until such time as the Customer has effected a cure and remedied the consequences of such event to SJC’s full satisfaction (whereupon such suspension shall be lifted and provision of the Service resumed):

 

(i) any event described in clause 15.2 of Article 15 (Term and Termination); or

 

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(ii) the occurrence of any event described in clause 15.5 of Article 15 (Term and Termination) giving rise to a right on the part of SJC to terminate this Agreement.

 

(iii) the failure by the Customer to comply with any requirements set forth in this Agreement or any other technical requirement information provided by SJC, including, without limitation, those stated in the Frequency Assignment and Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no such suspension shall in any case relieve the Customer of its obligation to make payment of Service Charges during the pendency of such suspension.

 

Article 14 (Termination Charges)

 

In the event (i) the Service Order is terminated by SJC pursuant to clause 15.2 or 15.5 (only if SJC is the termination party and the Customer is the defaulting party) of Article 15 (Term and Termination), or (ii) the Service Order is amended and the aggregate amount of the Service Charges to be payable under the Service Order is decreased directly due to, shortening of the Service Period, decrease of the Bandwidth, or other downgrade of the Services, in each case requested by the Customer and accepted by SJC, the Customer shall pay to SJC the Termination Fee within thirty (30) days of the Termination Date or the effective date of such amendment, unless otherwise agreed by the Parties; provided, however, that this provision shall not limit any right or remedy SJC may have under Article 17 (Indemnification). The Customer acknowledges that the amount of the Termination Fee is non-refundable and a genuine pre-estimation of SJC’s loss resulting from the termination or amendment, and SJC’s rights set forth in this Article 14 are reasonable under all of the circumstances existing as of the date hereof.

 

Article 15 (Term and Termination)

 

15.1 The initial term of this Master Agreement is three (3) years from the Effective Date. Thereafter, this Master Agreement shall continue to be effective as long as any Service Order is in effect. In case no Service Order is in effect, either Party may terminate this Master Agreement by providing the other Party a written notice to terminate this Master Agreement at least ninety (90) days prior to the termination.

 

15.2 Without prejudice to any other rights and remedies of SJC arising under this Agreement or under applicable law, SJC may forthwith terminate this Agreement and/or the applicable Service Order(s) at any time by giving written notice of such termination to the Customer, if the Customer fails to pay any undisputed amount of the Service Charge, the Prepayment or the Security Deposit when the same becomes due and fails to cure within thirty (30) days of SJC’s written notice of non-payment.

 

15.3 SJC may forthwith terminate this Agreement and/or the Service Order(s) at any time by giving written notice of such termination to the Customer, if (i) the Satellite is taken out of commercial operation, unless SJC provides a replacement satellite within thirty (30) days pursuant to clause 2.3 of Article 2 (Provision of Service) or (ii) the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities other than the Satellite are taken out of commercial operation, unless SJC provides a replacement thereof within thirty (30) days. SJC shall have no liability to the Customer for any such termination except as provided in clause 4.5 of Article 4 (Service Charge). In the event a Service Order is terminated pursuant to (i) or (ii) above, if SJC provides a replacement satellite or replaced SJC Telecommunication Facilities within one (1) year of such termination, the Customer shall have, at its sole discretion, the option to reinstate the Service pursuant to the terms equal to those in any Service Order terminated under this clause 15.3.

 

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15.4 The Customer shall have the right to terminate the Service Order by giving written notice of such termination to SJC, (i) if the Services experience one or more outages aggregating more than forty eight (48) hours of outage in any consecutive thirty (30) day period or an outage that lasts for more than twenty four (24) consecutive hours, measured from the time SJC becomes aware of such situation; (ii) if the Satellite is taken out of commercial operation, unless SJC provides a replacement satellite within thirty (30) days pursuant to clause 2.3 of Article 2 (Provision of Service); (iii) the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities other than the Satellite are taken out of commercial operation, unless SJC provides a replacement thereof within thirty (30) days; or (iv) SJC does not maintain or loses any required regulatory or other governmental authorization to provide the Service. If all of the Service Order(s) under this Agreement are terminated in accordance with this clause 15.4, the Customer shall have the right to terminate this Master Agreement by delivering written notice of such termination to SJC.

 

15.5 Each Party shall have the right to forthwith terminate this Agreement and/or the Service Order(s) at any time by giving written notice of such termination to the other Party, upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i) if the other Party commits any material breach of the provisions of this Agreement (other than payment obligations of the Customer hereunder) and fails to rectify such breach within thirty (30) days after giving the other Party a notice by the non-defaulting Party demanding such rectification;

 

(ii) if the other Party fails to observe or perform any material covenant or agreement contained in any instrument, document or agreement between the Parties which failure constitutes an event of default giving rise to a right of such Party to terminate such instrument, document or agreement; or

 

(iii) if the other Party winds up its business or becomes insolvent or bankrupt either compulsorily or voluntarily.

 

15.6 If any event of force majeure specified in Article 19 (Force Majeure) continues for more than two (2) months, each Party shall have the right to forthwith terminate the applicable Service Order by giving written notice of such termination to the other Party no later than fourteen (14) days prior to the requested execution date of such termination, and if Service Order is terminated pursuant to the foregoing, neither Party shall have any liability towards the other Party except as provided for in clause 4.5 of Article 4 (Service Charge) for services provided prior to the occurrence of the force majeure event. If all of the Service Order(s) under this Agreement are terminated in accordance with this clause 15.6, each Party shall have the right to terminate this Master Agreement by delivering written notice of such termination to the other Party.

 

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15.7 In the event the Customer (i) changes its organization where such change involves a transfer or assignment of substantially all of the assets of the Customer, or (ii) is merged into or consolidated by any party (each, a “Change of Control”), the Customer shall provide the written notification to SJC of a Change of Control within three (3) business days from the date of such Change of Control. When SJC receives such written notification, SJC may forthwith terminate this Agreement and the Service Order(s) only if SJC has a reasonable business reason resulting from the Change of Control of the Customer. if SJC elects to terminate this Agreement and the Service Order(s) pursuant to this Section 15.7, SJC shall deliver a written notice of termination within thirty (30) days after its receipt of notice of a Change of Control transaction. Such termination notice shall state in reasonable details the rationale of SJC’s decision to so terminate. If the Customer does not dispute SJC’s rationale for termination, this Agreement and all Service Order(s) shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) six (6) months after the delivery of the termination notice to the Customer or (b) the expiration of the Service Period, whichever comes first. The Customer shall not unreasonably dispute the termination notice. If SJC does not deliver a written notice of termination within thirty (30) days after its receipt of notice of a Change of Control transaction, SJC shall be deemed to have waived any termination right under this Section 15.7. If the Agreement and Service Order(s) are terminated in accordance with this clause 15.7, the Customer shall pay the Service Charge for the Service provided prior to the Termination Date and the Termination Fee, but the Customer shall be relieved of any other obligations under this Agreement.

 

Article 16 (Confidentiality)

 

Each Party shall at all times and notwithstanding any termination or expiration of this Agreement hold in strict confidence the information contained in this Agreement and any proprietary information obtained in connection with the performance of this Agreement, and shall not disclose any such information to third persons without the prior written consent of the other Party, except:

 

(i) to the extent necessary to comply with laws or the valid order of a governmental agency or court of competent jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Party making such disclosure shall seek confidential treatment of said information;

 

(ii) as part of its normal reporting or review procedure to its parent company, its auditors, its legal counsel;

 

(iii) where disclosure is required to comply with applicable rules of any stock exchange; or

 

(iv) in order to enforce its rights and perform its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Article 17 (Indemnification)

 

17.1 The Customer hereby agrees to indemnify, and defend and hold harmless SJC from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, expenses and costs (including, but not limited to, legal costs and the fees of legal counsel) resulting from any claims, suits, actions or proceedings asserted or initiated by any third party (including, without limitation, any governmental authority or regulatory body) and arising out of or in connection with: (i) any breach by the Customer of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, failure to comply with the Frequency Assignment and Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites as such Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites as applicable to SJC customer’s generally, (ii) the Customer’s use of the Service and/or the content of material transmitted thereon, including without limitation, any claim for libel, slander, obscenity, indecency, invasion of privacy, or infringement of copyright or any other intellectual property right arising from the materials transmitted through the use of the Service, (iii) any violation by the Customer of any applicable laws, rules or regulations through use of the Service or the rights of any third party (including but not limited to any violation of data privacy of any person or entity or violation of broadcast standards), (iv) an infringement or alleged infringement of intellectual property rights by the Customer and arising through use of the Service, or (v) any warranty, representation or statement the Customer may make to a third party in connection with the transmissions through use of the Service.

 

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17.2 SJC hereby indemnifies and agrees to defend and hold harmless the Customer from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages, expenses and costs (including, but not limited to, legal costs and the fees of legal counsel) resulting from any claims, suits, actions or proceedings asserted or initiated by any third party and arising out of or in connection with: (i) any violation by SJC of any applicable laws, rules or regulations in connection with its provision of the Service, (ii) SJC’s failure to obtain and maintain throughout the term of this Agreement all licenses, permits and authorizations necessary for SJC to operate the Satellite, or (iii) any warranty, representation or statement SJC may make to a third party in connection with the Service to the Customer.

 

Article 18 (Limitation of Liability)

 

It is expressly agreed that SJC’s aggregate liabilities to the Customer under this Agreement shall not exceed the amount equal to the Service Charge of three (3) months under the applicable Service Order(s) and all other liabilities of any kind are expressly excluded. In no event shall SJC be liable under this Agreement for any special, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or loss of revenues or profits, whether foreseeable or not, and whether arising under contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, and whether or not occasioned by (i) the termination of the Customer’s right to use the Service, (ii) any defect in the Satellite or the Transponder, (iii) the provision of the Service to the Customer, any delay in the provision of the Service to the Customer, or any failure of SJC to provide the Service, or (iv) any other cause or matter whatsoever.

 

Article 19 (Force Majeure)

 

SJC shall not be liable for any delay, failure or other default in performance of this Agreement due to the occurrence of any event of force majeure, including, but not limited to meteorological or astronomical disturbances, fiber optic cable cut, extreme temperature, fire, explosion, flood, storm, typhoon, hurricane, tidal wave, plague or other epidemics, quarantine, earthquake, landslide, prolonged failure, shortage of electronic current, fuel or other energies, strikes, lockouts, work stoppages or other labor difficulties, actions or inactions of a third party provider or operator of facilities employed in the provision of the Service or for the operation of SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities, the interference by civil or military authorities, compliance with the laws or orders, directions, action or request of any governmental authority, act of God, act of terrorism, or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of SJC unless such delay, failure or other default in performance of this Agreement is due to SJC’s negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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Article 20 (No Waiver)

 

The delay or failure of either Party to exercise or enforce any of its right under this Agreement shall not constitute or be deemed a waiver of that Party’s right thereafter to enforce such rights, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized signatory of the waiving Party. The waiver by either Party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any continuing or succeeding breach of the same provision, a waiver of the provision itself, or a waiver of any right under this Agreement.

 

Article 21 (Severability)

 

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require the commission of any act contrary to law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the provisions of this Agreement so affected shall be curtailed and limited only to the extent necessary to permit compliance with the minimum legal requirements.

 

Article 22 (Modification)

 

The terms and conditions of this Agreement may be modified at any time by mutual agreement of the Parties, set forth in writing and duly executed by the Parties; provided, however, that the Frequency Assignment and the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites may be amended, modified or supplemented by SJC, provided such amendment, modification or supplement has been equally applied to all users of the Satellite generally.

 

Article 23 (Assignment)

 

The Customer may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement to any third party without the prior written consent of SJC.

 

Article 24 (Identification)

 

If the Customer changes its name, address or place of business, the Customer shall promptly notify SJC in writing of such changes, as well as submit documents evidencing such change as SJC may reasonably require.

 

Article 25 (Notices)

 

25.1 All notices required or provided under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed received upon actual receipt when personally delivered, upon receipt of a confirmation of transmission if sent by facsimile or upon receipt if sent by e-mail at the address specified as follows:

 

 

To the Customer: AirCom Pacific Inc.

44043 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538, USA

Attention: Jeffrey Wun

TEL: +1 (760) 207-4949

EMAIL: jwun@aircom4u.com

 

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With a copy to: Jan-Yung Lin

91 Gregory Lane Suite 5, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523, USA

TEL: +1 (925) 979-5467

FAX: +1 (925) 979-5468

EMAIL: jlin@aircom4u.com

 

To SJC:                SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

1-14-14 Akasaka,

Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052

Attention: Teppei Kato

TEL: +81-3-5571-1593

FAX: +81-3-5571-1705

EMAIL: te-kato@sptvjsat.com

 

Each Party shall notify the other Party promptly of any change in its relavant contact information.

 

25.2 For the purpose of receiving notices from SJC regarding preemption, interference or other technical problems, including with respect to the SJC’s Telecommunication Facilities failure and restoration and denial of access, the Customer shall maintain at each of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities transmitting signals to the Transponder a telephone that is continuously staffed at all times during which the Customer is transmitting signals to the Transponder and an automatic facsimile machine in operation and capable of receiving messages from SJC at all times. Those persons staffing the earth station, for the purposes of receiving such messages from SJC, must have (i) the technical capability, (ii) English speaking capability, and (iii) absolute authority to immediately terminate or modify the transmissions if notified by SJC. SJC shall also maintain a telephone that is continuously staffed for the purposes of receiving notices regarding the matters identified above, as specified in the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites. All such notices shall be effective upon the placement of a telephone call from either Party to the other.

 

Article 26 (Standard Time)

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, time period under this Agreement shall be governed by Universal Time Coordinated.

 

Article 27 (Language)

 

All correspondence and notices under this Agreement shall be given or written in English language.

 

Article 28 (Governing Law)

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of law rules thereof.

 

Article 29 (Arbitration)

 

All dispute, controversy or difference of opinion between the Parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or for the breach thereof, which cannot be amicably settled by mutual negotiations, shall be submitted to and settled by arbitration. Such arbitration shall be held in Singapore, Republic of Singapore, in accordance with the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, by a panel of three (3) arbitrators appointed in accordance with said rules. The award shall apportion the costs of the arbitration. Arbitration shall be conducted in English language and arbitration award shall be in English. The awards shall state the reasons for and the reasoning behind the award. The award of the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon both Parties and may be entered for the execution of such award by any court having jurisdiction thereof.

 

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Article 30 (Waiver of Immunities)

 

Each Party expressly and irrevocably waives any claim to immunity (sovereign or otherwise) and any defense based on being a party, agency, or instrumentality of a government with regard to any proceeding to enforce any arbitral award rendered pursuant to this Agreement, including without limitation, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction of any court, and immunity of any of its property from execution and agrees that it is an independent commercial entity. Each Party hereby warrants that it has authority to waive sovereign immunity with respect to any defense in an arbitration proceeding or any judicial action to enforce an arbitral award, as hereinabove provided.

 

Article 31 (Entire Agreement)

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions, agreements, understandings, representations, promises, covenants, and other commitments, written or oral, express or implied, if any, by and between the Parties.

 

Article 32 (Headings)

 

Heading and title of each Article of this Agreement shall be inserted for convenience and reference purposes only and shall not govern or affect the construction and interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

 

Article 33 (Survival)

 

The following provisions shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement, as the case may be: Articles 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the Effective Date.

 

  Customer: AirCom Pacific Inc.
       
    By: /s/ Daniel Shih
    Name:  Daniel Shih
    Title: CEO

 

  SJC: SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
       
    By: /s/ Koki Koyama
    Name:  Koki Koyama
    Title: Board Director„ Senior Managing
Executive Officer, Unit President
Space & Satellite Business Unit

 

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<Exhibit A>

Satellite Telecommunication Service

 

Section 1 (Definition)

 

Satellite Service means satellite telecommunication services provided by the Satellite. The details shall be specified in the applicable Service Order(s).

 

Section 2 (Service Charge)

 

The monthly Service Charge shall be calculated as follows;

 

[Bandwidth described in the applicable Service Order(s)] multiplied by [The applicable Unit Price described below]

 

Unit Price Table:

 

Satellite Unit Price
JCSAT-2B (Asia beam) $3,500-/MHz

 

The Customer shall designate the bandwidth in units of 0.1MHz.

 

Section 3 (Operational Guidelines)

 

The Customer shall submit to SJC information necessary for SJC to provide the Service as requested by SJC in accordance with the Operational Guidelines for SKY Perfect JSAT Satellites attached hereto.

 

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<Exhibit B>
Teleport Service

 

Section 1 (Definition)

 

The Teleport Service means certain services transmitting to and/or receiving radio frequency signals from the Satellite in the Ku-band and converting those signals to intermediate frequency for modulation and demodulation by Hub at the YSCC. The details shall be specified in the applicable Service Order(s).

 

Section 2 (Service Charge)

 

The monthly Service Charge shall be determined in accordance with the Technical Specification described in the applicable Service Order(s).

 

Section 3 (Responsibilities of SJC)

 

SJC shall, at its expense, procure, install, operate and maintain SJC’s teleport facilities at the YSCC.

 

Section 4 (Responsibilities of the Customer)

 

The Customer shall, at its expense and on its responsibility, keep the Hub at the YSCC and shall connect appropriately the Hub with the SJC teleport facilities. The Customer shall be responsible for any defects, malfunction or non-operation of, or incompatibility or other impairment of the Hub.

 

Section 5(Operations and Maintenance)

 

5-1 SJC shall contact the Customer promptly after the time SJC becomes aware of the occurrence of an event that the performance of the Teleport Service proves to be degraded.

 

When such degradations are caused by SJC portion, SJC shall perform a commercially reasonable effort to recover such degradations.

 

5-2 SJC shall support the Customer to troubleshoot and isolate causes of signal degradation.

 

When such degradations are caused by the SJC portion, SJC shall perform a commercially reasonable effort to recover such degradations.

 

5-3 The Customer shall support SJC to manipulate Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities in the YSCC when it is required at in case of maintenance or data acquisition for license applications.

 

Section 6 (Terrestrial line)

 

The Customer shall, at its expense and on its responsibility, to arrange a terrestrial network including internet access to and from the YSCC.

 

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<Exhibit C>
Housing Service

 

Section 1 (Definition)

 

The Housing Service means certain services housing the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities stored in the Customer’s racks at the YSCC and providing the Customer with the Smart hand Support designated below. The detail shall be specified in the applicable Service Order(s).

 

Section 2 (Service Charge)

 

The monthly Service Charge shall be calculated as follows:

 

From 1 to 2 racks : US$2,000- For up to 2 racks.
From 3 racks : In addition to the above, plus US$1,000- per rack.

 

Section 3 (Responsibilities of SJC)

 

3-1 SJC, at the Customer’s expense, places the Customer’s racks at the YSCC. The Customer shall provide SJC with the rack specifications so that SJC can place them adequately.

 

3-2 SJC staff shall provide the Customer’s engineers with necessary assistance for the installation of the equipment, and to run signal and power cables to the racks.

 

Section 4 (Responsibilities of the Customer)

 

4-1 The Customer shall be responsible for any defects, malfunction or non-operation of, or incompatibility or other impairment of the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities at the YSCC.

 

4-2 In the case the Customer wishes to physically access to the YSCC teleport, the Customer shall submit the necessary information and obtain SJC’s prior approval. The visitors to the YSCC shall comply with the rules for the visitors provided by SJC.

 

Section 5 (The Smart Hand Support)

 

The Customer shall contact SJC promptly after the time the Customer becomes aware of the occurrence of an event that the performance of the Service proves to be degraded. When such degradations are caused by the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities in the Customer’s racks at the YSCC, SJC shall, at the Customer’s request, follow the procedures stated in a manual provided by the Customer. When backup devices are required to recover such degradation caused by the Customer’s Telecommunication Facilities, the Customer shall provide the backup device which is, in advance, approved in Japanese Regulations.

 

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Attachment 1 - Technical Requirements

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The purpose of this Annex is to define the technical specifications of the Service and operational requirements for the Customer’s use of the Service. Technical parameters which are not contained herein shall be provided by SJC upon request.

 

1. Satellite Specification

 

The following describes the principal technical characteristics of the Satellite as defined in the SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement:

 

Satellite : JCSAT-2B
Beam : Asia Beam
Orbital Location : 154 degrees East
Frequency : Ku-band
HPA : 150W
Polarization : Linear (Horizontal and Vertical)
Transponder Bandwidth : 57 MHz
Frequency Translation : 1748MHz   (Frequency Stability: 7ppm)
Peak G/T : more than -2dB/K (Design Performance)
Peak EIRP : more than 44dBW (Design Performance)

 

2. Teleport Specification

 

The following describes the principal technical characteristics of SJC’s teleport facilities that are used for the Teleport Service as defined in the SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement:

 

Teleport Site : Yokohama Satellite Control Center (YSCC)
Frequency Range (Transmit) : 14.000 - 14.500GHz
Frequency Range (Receive) : 12.250 - 12.750GHz
Earth Station EIRP : more than 60.0dBW
Antenna G/T : more than 30.0dB/K
TPC function : Yes
Quantity

: 1 (1HPA, 1 U/C, 1 LNA and 1 D/C).

* U/Cs and D/Cs are unable to input 10MHz external reference.

Redundancy : Shared redundancy system (HPAs, U/Cs, LNAs and D/Cs) with other customers
Interface of the RF facility with Hub

: L-band frequency (950MHz to 1450MHz)

F connectors, Impedance of 75Ω

 

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3. Housing Specification

 

The following describes the principal specification of the Housing Service as defined in the SKY Perfect JSAT Master Service Agreement:

 

Dimensions : 24 inches wide x 41 inches deep for each rack
Environment

 

- Environmental Cooling for constant temperature

- Fire suppression system approved by standard in Japan

- Earthquake-proof structures designed to withstand a temblor less than intensity 7

- Floor loading carrying capacity : 600kg/m2

 

Electrical Power

 

- Single-phase electrical power for one 210 VAC circuits with 20 ampere capacity for each rack, stability of +/- 10%, with power connectors designated by the Customer to each rack for Hub equipment. The power plug type is NEMA L-6.

 

 

The Smart Hand Support as defined in the “<Exhibit C> Housing Service” shall include the following:

 

- Checking LED status as requested by the Customer

- Re-booting of the Customer’s equipment as directed by the Customer

- Change/Swap/replace cards under the Customer’s direction

- Add/move Ethernet cables under the Customer’s direction

- Add/move RF cables under the Customer’s direction

- Change IP block routing as requested by the Customer

- Re-route IP blocks for any reasons as requested by the Customer

 

  

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Exhibit 10.20

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AGREEMENT

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AGREEMENT, entered into on January 29, 2018 and effective as of December 29, 2017 (this “ Agreement ”), by and between Aerkomm Inc. , a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) and [*] , an individual residing at [*] (the “ Director ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint the Director to serve on the Company’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) and the Director desires to accept such appointment to serve on the Board; and

 

WHEREAS, the Director may be appointed as a member of one or more committees of the Board; and

 

WHEREAS, the Director may also be appointed to serve as Chairman of one or more committees of the Board.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the Director’s services to the Company as a member of the Board, as a member of such Committees of the Board to which he may be appointed from time to time and as Chairman of one or more committees to which he may be appointed in such capacity from time to time, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Director hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Term . The Company hereby appoints the Director, and the Director hereby accepts such appointment by the Company, for the purposes and upon the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. The term of such appointment shall commence upon December 29, 2017 (the “ Commencement Date ”) and shall expire one (1) year from the Commencement Date (the “ Expiration Date ”), unless terminated prior to the Expiration Date pursuant to the Director’s earlier resignation or removal from office in accordance with the Company’s then current Articles of Incorporation, as may be amended from time to time. In the event that the Director’s successor has not been elected and qualified as of the Expiration Date, the Director shall continue to serve hereunder until such successor has been duly elected and qualified.

 

2.  Compensation . In exchange for the Director’s service as (a) a member of the Board, (b) a member of each committee of the Board to which he may be appointed, and (c) Chairman of each committee of the Board to which he may be appointed, the Company agrees to compensate the Director, and the Director agrees to accept the following compensation, subject to the terms herein:

 

(i)  Cash Compensation . The Director shall receive an annual cash compensation fee (the “ Annual Fee ”) in an aggregate amount of $20,000, which Annual Fee shall be paid to the Director in four equal installments no later than the fifth business day following the end of each calendar quarter commencing in the first quarter following the closing of the Company’s 2018 Public Offering under the S-1 Registration Statement (the “ S-1 IPO Offering ”); and

 

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(ii)  Chairperson of the Compensation Committee . For serving as Chairperson of the [*] Committee, the Director shall receive an additional annual cash compensation fee of $5,000, to be paid no later than the fifth business day following the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 1-K (or Form 10-K, as applicable); and

 

(iii)  Equity Compensation . Upon execution of this agreement, the Director shall be entitled to receive an initial stock option (the “ Initial Award ”) to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. If the Director is still a member of the Board immediately following each annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders and will continue to serve as a non-employee director immediately following such annual meeting, the Director shall be automatically granted an option (a “ Subsequent Award ”) to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the date of each such annual meeting. The per share exercise price of each option granted to the Director shall equal 100% of the fair market value (as defined by the Board) of a share of common stock on the date the option is granted. The Initial Award shall vest and become exercisable immediately on the date of grant. Each Subsequent Award shall vest and become exercisable in twelve (12) equal monthly installments over the first year following the date of grant, subject to the Director continuing in service on the Board through each such vesting date. The term of each stock option granted to the Director shall be ten (10) years from the date of grant.

 

In the event that the Director serves less than a full year on the Board, the Company shall only be obligated to pay the pro rata portion of such Annual Fee to the Director for his services performed during such year. Furthermore, the vesting of the Option shall not accelerate in the event the Director serves less than a full year on the Board.

 

3.  Directors and Officers Insurance . The Company agrees to purchase a Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policy with coverage up to an aggregate maximum of $3,000,000 (three million dollars) commencing promptly following the final closing of the Company’s S-1 IPO Offering

 

4.  Independence . The Director acknowledges that his appointment hereunder is contingent upon the Board’s determination that he is “independent” with respect to the Company, as such term is defined by Section 5605 of the Nasdaq Stock Market’s Listing Rules, and that his appointment may be terminated by the Company in the event that the Director does not maintain such independence.

 

5.  Duties . The Director shall exercise his powers in good faith and in the best interests of the Company, including but not limited to, the following:

 

(a)  Conflicts of Interest . In the event that the Director has a direct or indirect financial or personal interest in a contract or transaction to which the company is a party, or the Director is contemplating entering into a transaction that involves use of corporate assets or competition against the Company, the Director shall promptly disclose such potential conflict to the applicable Board committee and proceed as directed by such committee or the Board, as applicable.

 

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(b)  Corporate Opportunities . Whenever the Director becomes aware of a business opportunity, related to the Company’s business, which one could reasonably expect the Director to make available to the Company, the Director shall promptly disclose such opportunity to the applicable Board committee and proceed as directed by such committee.

 

(c)  Confidentiality . The Director agrees and acknowledges that, by reason of the nature of his duties as Director, he will have or may have access to and become informed of proprietary, confidential and secret information which is a competitive asset of the Company (“ Confidential Information ”), including, without limitation, any lists of customers or suppliers, distributors, financial statistics, research data or any other statistics and plans or operation plans or other trade secrets of the Company and any of the foregoing which belong to any person or company but to which the Director has had access by reason of his relationship with the Company. The term “Confidential Information” shall not include information which: (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Director or his representatives; or (ii) is required to be disclosed by the Director due to governmental regulatory or judicial process. The Director agrees faithfully to keep in strict confidence, and not, either directly or indirectly, to make known, divulge, reveal, furnish, make available or use (except for use in the regular course of his employment duties) any such Confidential Information. The Director acknowledges that all manuals, instruction books, price lists, information and records and other information and aids relating to the Company’s business, and any and all other documents containing Confidential Information furnished to the Director by the Company or otherwise acquired or developed by the Director, shall at all times be the property of the Company. Upon termination of the Director’s services hereunder, the Director shall return to the Company any such property or documents which are in his possession, custody or control, but his obligation of confidentiality shall survive such termination until and unless any such Confidential Information shall have become, through no fault of the Director, generally known to the public. The obligations of the Director under this subsection are in addition to, and not in limitation or preemption of, all other obligations of confidentiality which the Director may have to the Company under general legal or equitable principles.

 

(d)  Non-competition and Non-solicitation . The Director agrees that commencing on the Commencement Date and for a period of one year after the Expiration Date, the Director will not, either individually or as owner, partner, agent, employee, or consultant, engage in any activity that competing with the Company directly or indirectly, and will not on his own behalf, or on behalf of any third party, directly or indirectly hire, discuss employment with, or recommend to any third party the employment of any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates who was actively employed by the Company or an affiliate during the term of this Agreement without regard to whether that employee has subsequently terminated his or her employment with the Company. The Director may continue to engage in any activities for third parties so long as such activities exclude the dissemination or disclosure of the Company’s Confidential Information. If at any time during the term of this Agreement there is doubt as to whether the Director’s professional activities comport with the terms of this Section 4(d), the Director must obtain consent from the Company in order to engage in the relevant activity, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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6.  Expenses . Upon submission of adequate documentation by the Director to the Company, the Director shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with his positions as a member of the Board and for his services as a member of each committee of the Board to which he may be appointed.

 

7.  Withholding . The Director agrees to cooperate with the Company to take all steps necessary or appropriate for the withholding of taxes by the Company required under law or regulation in connection herewith, and the Company may act unilaterally in order to comply with such laws.

 

8.  Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

9.  Recitals . The recitals to this Agreement are true and correct and are incorporated herein, in their entirety, by this reference.

 

10.  Validity . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

11.  Headings And Captions . The titles and captions of paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in this Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only, and shall not be considered terms or conditions of this Agreement.

 

12.  Neutral Construction . Neither party hereto may rely on any drafts of this Agreement in any interpretation of the Agreement. Both parties to this Agreement have reviewed this Agreement and have participated in its drafting and, accordingly, neither party shall attempt to invoke the normal rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party in any interpretation of this Agreement.

 

13.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one (1) or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

14.  Miscellaneous . This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of Nevada, without application to the principles of conflicts of laws. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to its subject matter, and there are no prior or contemporaneous written or oral agreements, understandings, or representations, express or implied, directly or indirectly related to this Agreement that are not set forth or referenced herein. This Agreement supersedes all negotiations, preliminary agreements, and all prior and contemporaneous discussions and understandings of the parties hereto and/or their affiliates. The Director acknowledges that he has not relied on any prior or contemporaneous discussions or understandings in entering into this Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Agreement may be altered, amended or discharged only by the signed written agreement of the parties hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Independent Director Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

Aerkomm Inc. , a Nevada corporation

 

Director :

         
         
By:   By:                   
Name: Jeffrey Wun   Name:
Title:   Chief Executive Officer      

  

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” and to the use of our report dated November 10, 2017, except for Note 10, as to which the date is November 27, 2017, in the Registration Statement (Form S-1/A) and related Prospectus of Aerkomm Inc. for the registration of shares of its common stock.

 

/s/ Chen & Fan

 

Chen & Fan Accountancy Corporation

 

San Jose, California

February 2, 2018