As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 13, 2019

Registration No. 333-[●]

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM F-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Global Internet of People, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   7389   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of 

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial 

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer 

Identification Number)

 

Room 208 building 1, No. 28 Houtun Road,

Haidian District, Beijing

People’s Republic of China

+86-01082967728

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

 

Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC

1450 Broadway, 26th Floor

New York, NY 10018

(212) 530-2210

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

With a Copy to:

 

Ying Li, Esq.

Rachael Schmierer, Esq.

Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC

1450 Broadway, 26th Floor 

New York, NY 10018

212-530-2206

Richard I. Anslow, Esq.

Jonathan H. Deblinger, Esq.

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10105

212-370-1300

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Promptly after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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 an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 ☐
 
Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act ☐

 

 

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to Be Registered   Amount to Be Registered     Proposed Offering Price per Share     Proposed Aggregate Offering Price     Amount of Registration Fee  
Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.0001 per share(1)(2)(3)     5,750,000       4.00     $ 23,000,000     $ 2,787.60  
Underwriter’s warrants(2)(4)                                
Ordinary Shares underlying Underwriter’s warrants (5)    

575,000

      4.40     $

2,530,000

    $

306.64

 
Total    

6,325,000

          $

25,530,000

    $

3,094.24

 

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). There is no current market for the securities or price at which the shares are being offered. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a) under the Securities Act.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there is also being registered hereby such indeterminate number of additional Ordinary Shares of the Registrant as may be issued or issuable because of stock splits, stock dividends, stock distributions, and similar transactions.
(3) Includes the offering price of up to an additional 750,000 additional Ordinary Shares that the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any.
(4) No fee required pursuant to Rule 457(g) of the Securities Act.
(5) We have agreed to issue to the Underwriter warrants to purchase the number of Ordinary Shares (the “Underwriter Warrants”) in the aggregate equal to 10% of the shares sold at closing of the offering and shares sold to cover over-allotments, if any. The Underwriter Warrants will be exercisable at any time, and from time to time within 5 years from the effective date of this registration statement, in whole or in part, but may not be transferred nor may the shares underlying the warrants be sold until 180 days from the effective date of the offering. The exercise price of the Underwriter Warrants is equal to 110% the public offering price per share in the offering.

 

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, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

 

5,000,000 Ordinary Shares

 

Global Internet of People, Inc.

 

This is an initial public offering of our ordinary shares. We are offering on a firm commitment engagement basis, 5,000,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”). Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our Ordinary Shares. We expect the initial public offering price will be fixed at US$4 per Ordinary Share. The initial public offering is contingent upon the Registrant receiving authorization to list the Ordinary Shares on a national exchange. We plan to apply to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market and have reserved the symbol “GIP” for purposes of listing our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Investing in our Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk, including the risk of losing your entire investment. See “Risk Factors” to read about factors you should consider before buying our Ordinary Shares.

 

We are an “emerging growth company” as used in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, and as such, we have elected to take advantage of certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings. See “Risk Factors” and “Prospectus Summary— Implications of Our Being an Emerging Growth Company” on pages 8 and 4, respectively.

 

    Per Share     Total  
Initial public offering price   $ 4.00     $ 20,000,000  
Underwriter’s discounts and commissions(1)   $ 0.30     $ 1,500,000  
Proceeds to our company before expenses(2)   $ 3.70     $ 18,500,000  

 

(1) See “Underwriting” in this prospectus for more information regarding our arrangements with the Underwriter.
(2) The total estimated expenses related to this offering are set forth in the section entitled “Discounts, Commissions and Expenses.”

 

We have granted the underwriters an option for a period of 45 days to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares from us at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions to cover over-allotments.

 

The underwriters expect to deliver the Ordinary Shares against payment in New York, New York on [●], 2019.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission nor any other regulatory body 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.

 

You should not assume that the information contained in the registration statement to which this prospectus is a part is accurate as of any date other than the date hereof, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or of any sale of the Ordinary Shares being registered in that registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

No dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this Offering other than those contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the securities offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.

 

Prospectus dated [●], 2019.

 

 

 

 

About this Prospectus

 

We and the underwriters have not authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectuses prepared by us or on our behalf or to which we have referred you. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the Ordinary Shares offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted or where the person making the offer or sale is not qualified to do so or to any person to whom it is not permitted to make such offer or sale. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of the date on the front cover page of the prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

 

Other Pertinent Information

 

Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, references in this registration statement to:

 

  “Affiliated Entities” are to GIP’s subsidiaries, and SDH and its subsidiaries;
     
  “APP” are to our mobile application, “Shidonghui APP;”
     
  “China” or the “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China, excluding Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau for the purposes of this prospectus only;

  

  “Enterprise Service Client” or “Enterprise Service Clients” are to small and medium-sized enterprises that have entered into service agreement with us for customized enterprise services;

 

  “Expert” or “Experts” are to individual(s) qualified and certified by us to provide services to Users and Members;
     
  “GMB HK” are to “Global Mentor Board Information Technology Limited”, GIP’s wholly-owned-subsidiary, a Hong Kong corporation.
     
  “GMB (Hangzhou)” are to Global Mentor Board (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, SDH’s wholly owned subsidiary;
     
  “GMB (Beijing)” are to Shidong (Beijing)Information Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC and 51% of its equity interest is owned by SDH;
     
  “GMB Culture” are to Shanghai Voice of Seedling Cultural Media Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC and 51% of its equity interest is owned by SDH;
     
  “GMB Consulting” are to Global Mentor Board (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co. Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC and 51% of its equity interest is owned by SDH;
     
  “GMB Linking” are to “Linking (Shanghai) Network Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC and 51% of its equity interest is owned by SDH;
     
  “GIP BJ” or “WFOE” are to GIP’s wholly foreign owned subsidiary, Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co, Ltd. , a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC;
     
  “Member” or “Members” are to individual(s) and enterprise(s) who signed up for each of our three annual membership plans: Platinum, Diamond, Protégé;
     
  “Mentor” or “Mentors” are to individual(s) invited by us to provide services to Users and Members;

 

  “shares,” “Shares,” or “Ordinary Shares” are to the Ordinary Shares of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share;
     
  “SDH” are to Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, which we control via a series of contractual arrangements between WFOE and SDH;
     
  “User” or “Users” are to registered users of our APP;
     
  “VIE” are to variable interest entity; and
     
  “we,” “us,” the “Company,” or “GIP” are to one or more of Global Internet of People, Inc. (“GIP”), and its Affiliated Entities, as the case may be.

 

Our business is conducted by SDH, our VIE entity in the PRC, and its subsidiaries, using RMB, the currency of China. Our consolidated financial statements are presented in United States dollars or US$. In this prospectus, we refer to assets, obligations, commitments and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements in United States dollars or US$. These US$ references are based on the exchange rate of RMB to United States dollars, determined as of a specific date or for a specific period. Changes in the exchange rate will affect the amount of our obligations and the value of our assets in terms of United States dollars which may result in an increase or decrease in the amount of our obligations and the value of our assets, including accounts receivable.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY 1
   
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA 6
   
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 7
   
RISK FACTORS 8
   
USE OF PROCEEDS 26
   
DIVIDEND POLICY 27
   
CAPITALIZATION 28
   
DILUTION 29
   
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITY 30
   
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 31
   
INDUSTRY 45
   
BUSINESS 50
   
REGULATIONS 66
   
MANAGEMENT 76
   
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION 80
   
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS 81
   
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 82
   
DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL 84
   
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE 95
   
TAXATION 97
   
UNDERWRITING 102
   
EXPENSES RELATING TO THIS OFFERING 107
   
LEGAL MATTERS 108
   
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 108
   
EXPERTS 108
   
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL 108
   
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR 108
   
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION 108
   
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information and financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. In addition to this summary, we urge you to read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our Ordinary Shares, discussed under “Risk Factors,” before deciding whether to buy our Ordinary Shares. This prospectus contains certain estimates and information from an industry report (“Frost & Sullivan Report”) commissioned by us and prepared by Frost & Sullivan Inc. (“Frost & Sullivan”), an independent market research firm, regarding our industries and our market positions in China, which have not been independently verified by us, the underwriters or any of their respective affiliates or advisers. The information in such sources may not be consistent with other information compiled in or outside of China.

 

Overview

 

We started our operation as a consulting company providing enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in the PRC in December 2014, and launched our peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in May 2016. Since then, we have continued to expand and improve our platform, where knowledge is shared, and services are requested and provided. We operate our platform through our PRC operating entity, SDH and its subsidiaries, both online, via our mobile application “Shidonghui App” (the “APP”), and offline, through local offices directly operated by us in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, as well as 33 local centers operated by some of our Members in 25 cities and twelve provinces throughout the PRC. Our mission is to become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in China.

 

According to the PRC National Bureau of Statistics, through the last two decades, the Chinese economy had maintained a growth rate of around 10% for a long period until 2016, then entered an adjustment period with slower growth rate of about 7.5% between 2014 and 2016, but was back to around 10% in 2017. A generally fast-growing economy and positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need corporate services such as financial consulting and management training. Likewise, as a result of China’s economic expansion, the Chinese population saw large increases of personal wealth. Previously, our platform focused on providing enterprise services to enterprises and entrepreneurs, but we are actively expanding our service to individuals and families that seek advice and services relating to health, beauty, travel, fashion, housing, etc.

 

When we launched our platform, our aim was not only to continue providing enterprise services to PRC’s growing business communities, but also create a marketplace where qualified entities (individuals and enterprises) have opportunities to serve as providers, and receive rewards by sharing their knowledge with others on the platform. As of May 2019, our knowledge sharing and enterprise service ecosystem had approximately 400 Mentors, 700 Experts, 1,200 Members, and 4.98 million Users. In addition to serving our Users and Members, we continue to provide enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in China through a dedicated team with ten full-time professional consultants, backed up by resources provided by third party institutional service providers such as investment banks and private equity firms, as well as our Mentors and Experts. Our providers (Mentors, Experts and consultants) are successful entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and professionals with qualifications and achievements in major industries such as finance, energy, health care, technology, manufacturing and academia. Our core strength is the knowledge brought by our providers, highlighted by their experiences, wisdom, industry know-how, and social connections.

 

Our APP was released to the public in May 2016. The number of Users has increased from approximately 800,000 in May 2017 to approximately 4.98 million in May 2019, and the number of Members has increased from 139 in May 2016 to 1,215 in May 2019. The main services we offer to Users on our APP are (1) Questions and Answers (Q &A) Sessions and (2) streaming of audio and video courses and programs. The offline services we offer to our Members are study tours and forums.

 

To meet the growing demand of our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients for professional services and advice in a rapidly changing business environment, we have been continually expanding and improving our platform and services. In March 2018, we launched our Comprehensive Tailored Service program, a customized enterprise packaged service targeting small business owners; in June 2018, we established a subsidiary, GMB (Beijing), whose mission is to provide corporate training services for the purpose of incubating China’s future high-tech unicorn enterprises; and in December 2018, we launched GMB Regional Economic Accelerator, a business initiative designed to help with economic growth of less developed areas in China, by entering into cooperating programs with regional government entities for the purpose of providing services to local businesses. We believe these business initiatives will enrich our service offerings and attract more individuals and enterprises to join our platform.

 

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We have been profitable since fiscal year 2018, and generated net revenues of approximately $2,287,160, and $13,538,999 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Our revenues were generated from the following:

 

 

fees generated from Member services, in the amount of $1,099,135 and $5,280,587, or 48.06% and 39.00% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively;

     
 

fees generated from enterprise services, in the amount of $892,254 and $8,046,405, or 39.01% and 59.43% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively; and

     
 

fees generated from online services, in the amount of $5,775  and  $8,098, or 0.25% and  0.06% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively.

     
 

fees generated from other services, in the amount of $289,997  and  $203,908, or 12.68% and  1.51% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively.

 

For fiscal years 2017 and 2018, our revenues generated from online services were much smaller compared to revenues generated from Member services and enterprise services, primarily due to the fact that we have focused on growing our online knowledge sharing community by providing services for Users to enjoy at low or no charge. We do not require any fee to become a User on our platform, and most of the audio and video courses and programs on our APP are free for our Users to experience. We believe our platform has the potential of becoming a major knowledge sharing marketplace in the PRC if we are able to execute our strategy and attract more Users, Mentors, and Experts to join and contribute to our peer-to-peer sharing platform.

 

Currently, we only operate in mainland China, although some of our APP Users are located in foreign countries including US, Canada, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Our plan is to continually expand our services both online and offline, explore new business ventures and initiatives to generate additional revenues, and ultimately become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform that offers and creates value for everyone in our ecosystem.

 

Competitive Advantages

 

We believe that the following competitive strengths have contributed to our success and differentiated us from our competitors:

 

  our founder and CEO, Mr. Haiping Hu, nicknamed “General Hu Haiping on Horseback”, has extensive leadership experience and is a well-known entrepreneur in China;  
     
  our service providers bring a wealth of knowledge readily accessible to our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients;
     
  our rich offering combining both online and offline services; and
     
  our platform builds long-term mutually beneficial relationships with our clients, including our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients.

 

Growth Strategies

 

Our goal is to become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in China, and our primary strategies to achieve our goal include:

 

  to increase the number of our knowledge sharing providers;
     
  to research and develop new online services and improve existing online services to attract more Users;
     
  to increase the scope of our Member service offerings; and
     
  to promote, build, and grow the influence of our brand.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our principal executive offices are located at (1) Room 208 building 1, No 28 Houtun Road, Haidian District, Beijing and (2) 25th Floor, YiBai Shanshan building, No.985 Dongfang Road, Pudong, Shanghai, and our phone number is 86 10-82967728. Our registered office in the Cayman Islands is located at Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, PO Box 2681, Grand Cayman, KY1-1111, Cayman Islands, and the phone number of our registered office is +1 345 945 3901. We maintain a corporate website at http://www.huataiyihe.com. The information contained in, or accessible from, our website or any other website does not constitute a part of this prospectus.

 

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Corporate Structure

 

The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus. For more detail on our corporate history please refer to “Business – Corporate History and Structure”.

 

  

 

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Implications of Our Being an “Emerging Growth Company”

 

As a company with less than US$1.07 billion in revenue during our last fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. An “emerging growth company” may take advantage of reduced reporting requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company, we:

 

  may present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A;
     
  are not required to provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those elements fit with our principles and objectives, which is commonly referred to as “compensation discussion and analysis”;
     
  are not required to obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;
     
  are not required to obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our shareholders on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly referred to as the “say-on-pay,” “say-on frequency” and “say-on-golden-parachute” votes);
     
  are exempt from certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio disclosure;
     
  are eligible to claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act; and
     
  will not be required to conduct an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting until our second annual report on Form 20-F following the effectiveness of our initial public offering.

 

We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under §107 of the JOBS Act.

 

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions until we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. The JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” at the end of the fiscal year in which the fifth anniversary of our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, herein referred to as the Securities Act, if we have more than US$1.07 billion in annual revenues, have more than US$700 million in market value of our Ordinary Share held by non-affiliates, or issue more than US$1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.

 

Implications of Being a Foreign Private Issuer

 

We are also considered a “foreign private issuer”. In our capacity as a foreign private issuer, we are exempted from certain rules under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), that impose certain disclosure obligations and procedural requirements for proxy solicitations under Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules under the Exchange Act with respect to their purchases and sales of our Ordinary Shares. Moreover, we are not required to file periodic reports and financial statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which restricts the selective disclosure of material information.

 

We may take advantage of these exemptions until such time as we are no longer a foreign private issuer. We would cease to be a foreign private issuer at such time when more than 50% of our outstanding voting securities are held by U.S. residents and any of the following three circumstances applies: (1) the majority of our executive officers or directors are U.S. citizens or residents; (2) more than 50% of our assets are located in the United States; or (3) our business is administered principally in the United States.

 

We have taken advantage of certain reduced reporting and other requirements in this prospectus. Accordingly, the information contained herein may be different than the information you receive from other public companies in which you hold equity securities.

 

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THE OFFERING

 

Ordinary Shares offered by us   5,000,000 Ordinary Shares, or 5,750,000 Ordinary Shares if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full.
     
Price per Ordinary Share   We currently estimate that the initial public offering price will be fixed at US$4.00 per Ordinary Share.
     
Ordinary Shares outstanding prior to completion of this offering   28,000,000 Ordinary Shares
     
Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after this offering   33,000,000 Ordinary Shares (or 33,750,000 Ordinary Shares if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option in full)
     
Listing   We will apply to have our Ordinary Shares listed on Nasdaq Capital Market.
     
Nasdaq Capital Market symbol   “GIP”
     
Transfer Agent   Transhare Corporation
     
Use of proceeds   We intend to use the proceeds from this offering to for working capital and general corporate purposes, including the expansion of our business. See “Use of Proceeds” for more information.
     
Risk factors   The Ordinary Shares offered hereby involve a high degree of risk. You should read “Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors to consider before deciding to invest in our Ordinary Shares.

 

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Summary Financial Data

 

The following summary consolidated statement of operations data for the two years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The following summary consolidated financial data for two years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018. Our historical results do not necessarily indicate results expected for any future periods. You should read the summary consolidated financial data in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP.

 

The following table presents our summary consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

   

For the years ended

December 31,

 
    2018     2017  
             
REVENUE, NET   $ 13,538,999     $ 2,287,160  
                 
COSTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES                
Service costs     1,142,596       780,341  
Selling expenses     1,282,677       773,544  
General and administrative expenses     1,749,209       1,304,039  
Research and development expenses     665,378       255,424  
Total costs and operating expenses     4,839,860       3,113,348  
                 
PROFIT (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS     8,699,139       (826,188 )
                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)                
Investment losses     (20,194 )     (74,054 )
Interest income     142,612       79,988  
Other (expense) income, net     (10,619 )     1,077  
Total other income, net     111,779       7,011  
                 
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES     8,810,938       ((819,177)  
                 
Income taxes provision (benefits)     1,158,465       (149,447 )
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)     7,652,473       (669,730 )
Less: net profit attributable to non-controlling interests     175,407       4,949  
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS   $ 7,477,066     $ (674,679 )

 

The following table presents our summary consolidated balance sheets data as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

    As of December, 31  
      2018       2017  
                 
Current assets   $ 13,703,736     $ 7,203,181  
Total assets     14,266,390       7,941,112  

Current liabilities

   

3,605,614

     

4,839,192

 
Total liabilities     3,605,614       4,839,192  
Total equity   $ 10,660,776     $ 3,101,920  

 

 

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DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This prospectus contains “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, all of which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by the use of words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or other similar expressions in this prospectus. These statements are likely to address our growth strategy, financial results and product and development programs. You must carefully consider any such statements and should understand that many factors could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements. These factors may include inaccurate assumptions and a broad variety of other risks and uncertainties, including some that are known and some that are not. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual future results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

 

  future financial and operating results, including revenues, income, expenditures, cash balances and other financial items;
     
our ability to execute our growth, and expansion, including our ability to meet our goals;
     
current and future economic and political conditions;
     
the future growth of the Chinese knowledge sharing and enterprise service industries;
     
our ability to continue to operate through our VIE structure;
     
our capital requirements and our ability to raise any additional financing which we may require;
     
our ability to attract clients, further enhance our brand recognition;
     
our ability to hire and retain qualified management personnel and key employees in order to enable us to develop our business;
     
trends and competition in Chinese enterprise service industry; and
     
other assumptions described in this prospectus underlying or relating to any forward-looking statements.

 

We describe material risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could affect our business, including our financial condition and results of operations, under “Risk Factors.” We base our forward-looking statements on our management’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our management at the time the statements are made. We caution you that actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what is expressed, implied or forecast by our forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should be careful about relying on any forward-looking statements. Except as required under the federal securities laws, we do not have any intention or obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements after the distribution of this prospectus, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, or otherwise.

 

You should read thoroughly this prospectus and the documents that we refer to with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Other sections of this prospectus include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance.

 

This prospectus contains statistical data that we obtained from various government publications. We have not independently verified the data in these reports. Statistical data in these publications also may include projections based on a number of assumptions. If any one or more of the assumptions underlying the statistical data turns out to be incorrect, actual results may differ from the projections based on these assumptions. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

An investment in our Ordinary Shares involves a high degree of risk. Before deciding whether to invest in our Ordinary Shares, you should consider carefully the risks described below, together with all of the other information set forth in this prospectus, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes. If any of these risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flow could be materially and adversely affected, which could cause the trading price of our Ordinary Shares to decline, resulting in a loss of all or part of your investment. The risks described below and in the documents referenced above are not the only ones that we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business. You should only consider investing in our Ordinary Shares if you can bear the risk of loss of your entire investment.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We have a limited operating history and are subject to the risks encountered by development-stage companies.

 

We have been in business since December 2014 as a consulting company, and our APP was released to the public in 2016. We have only been profitable since the year ended December 31, 2018. As a development-stage company, our business strategies and model are constantly being tested by the market and operating results, and we work to adjust our allocation of resources accordingly. As such, our business may be subject to significant fluctuations in operating results in terms of amounts of revenues and percentages of total with respect to the business segments.

 

We are, and expect for the foreseeable future to be, subject to all the risks and uncertainties, inherent in a development-stage business. As a result, we must establish many functions necessary to operate a business, including expanding our managerial and administrative structure, assessing and implementing our marketing program, implementing financial systems and controls and personnel recruitment. Accordingly, you should consider our prospects in light of the costs, uncertainties, delays and difficulties frequently encountered by companies with a limited operating history. These risks and challenges are, among other things:

 

  we operate in an industry that is or may in the future be subject to increasing regulation by various governmental agencies in China;
     
  we may require additional capital to develop and expand our operations which may not be available to us when we require it;
     
  our marketing and growth strategy may not be successful;
     
  our business may be subject to significant fluctuations in operating results; and
     
  we may not be able to attract, retain and motivate qualified professionals.

 

Our future growth will depend substantially on our ability to address these and the other risks described in this prospectus. If we do not successfully address these risks, our business would be significantly harmed.

 

Our historical financial results may not be indicative of our future performance.

 

Our business has achieved rapid growth since we launched our knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in 2016. Our net revenue was $2,287,160, and $13,538,999 for the years ended December 31 2017 and 2018, respectively. Our net loss was $669,730 for the year ended December 31, 2017, and increased to a net income of $7,652,473 for the year ended December 31, 2018. However, our historical growth rate and the limited history of operation make it difficult to evaluate our future prospects. We may not be able to sustain our historically growth or may not be able to grow our business at all.

 

If we cannot manage our growth effectively and efficiently, our results of operations or profitability could be adversely affected.

 

Our revenue for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was $13,538,999, an increase of 491.96% from $ 2,287,160 in 2017, we intend to continue to expand our services and operations. For example, to complement and expand our existing enterprise services, we launched GMB Regional Economic Accelerator and GMB Unicorn Incubator in 2018. Such expansion has placed, and will continue to place, substantial demands on our managerial, operational, technological and other resources. Our planned expansion will also place significant demands on us to maintain the quality of our services to ensure that our brand does not suffer as a result of any deviations, whether actual or perceived, in the quality of our services. In order to manage and support our growth, we must continue to improve our existing operational and administrative systems and our quality control, and recruit, train and retain additional qualified professionals as well as other administrative and sales and marketing personnel, particularly as we expand into new business ventures and launch new business initiatives. We may not be able to effectively and efficiently manage the growth of our operations, recruit and retain qualified personnel and integrate new expansion into our operations. As a result, our quality of service may deteriorate and our results of operations or profitability could be adversely affected.

 

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We may not be successful in implementing important new strategic initiatives, which may have an adverse impact on our business and financial results.

 

There is no assurance that we will be able to implement important strategic initiatives in accordance with our expectations, which may result in an adverse impact on our business and financial results. Our new strategic initiatives, GMB Regional Economic Accelerator and GMB Unicorn Incubator, which were launched in 2018, are designed to create growth, improve our results of operations and drive long-term shareholders value. However, our management may lack required experience, knowledge, insight, or human and capital resources to carry out the effective implementation to expand into new spaces outside of our current focuses. As such, we may not be able to realize our expected growth, and our business and financial results will be adversely impacted.

 

Increasing competition within our industry could have an impact on our business prospects.

 

The enterprise service market is an industry where new competitors can easily enter into since there are no significant barriers to entry. We also face many competitors in the knowledge sharing industry where a number of competitors have been in business longer than us. Competing companies may have significantly greater financial and other resources than we have and may offer services that are more attractive to prospective clients; increased competition would have a negative impact on both our revenues and our profit margins.

 

Interruption or failure of our own information technology and communications systems or those of third-party service providers we rely upon could impair our ability to provide products and services, which could damage our reputation and harm our results of operations.

 

Our ability to provide products and services, both online and offline, depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems. Any damage to or failure of our systems could interrupt our services. Service interruptions could reduce our revenue and profit and damage our brand if our systems are perceived to be unreliable. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption as a result of terrorist attacks, wars, earthquakes, floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, undetected errors or “bugs” in our software, computer viruses, interruptions in access to our platform through the use of “denial of service” or similar attacks, hacking or other attempts to harm our systems, and similar events. Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning does not account for all possible scenarios.

 

Our servers, which are hosted at third-party or our own internet data centers, are vulnerable to break-ins, sabotage and vandalism. The occurrence of natural disasters or closure of an internet data center by a third-party provider without adequate notice could result in lengthy service interruptions. In addition, our domain names are resolved into internet protocol (IP) addresses by systems of third-party domain name registrars and registries. Any interruptions or failures of those service providers’ systems, which are beyond our control, could significantly disrupt our own services. If we experience frequent or persistent system failures on our platform, whether due to interruptions and failures of our own information technology and communications systems or those of third-party service providers that we rely upon, our reputation and brand could be severely harmed. The steps we take to increase the reliability and redundancy of our systems may cause us to incur heavy costs and reduce our operating margin, and may not be successful in reducing the frequency or duration of service interruptions.

 

We may be required to obtain and maintain additional approvals, licenses or permits applicable to our business, including our online business, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

 

Our business is subject to governmental supervision and regulation by the relevant PRC governmental authorities, including the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, or MIIT, the National Radio and Television Administration or NRTA, and other governmental authorities in charge of the relevant categories of services offered by us. Together, these government authorities promulgate and enforce regulations that cover many aspects of the operation of online services we provide on our APP, including entry into this industry, the scope of permissible business activities, licenses and permits for various business activities, and foreign investment.

 

We currently hold an ICP License (the Administrative Measures on Internet Information Services, or the Internet Measures, promulgated by the State Council requires commercial internet content-related services operators to obtain a VATS (“value added telecommunications service”) License for internet content provision business, or the ICP License), a Radio and Television Program Production and Operation Permit, and an Internet Culture Business Operating License. Although we do not currently believe we are required to hold any other licenses, we may be required to obtain additional licenses, permits or approval, given the significant uncertainties of the interpretation and implementation of certain regulatory requirements applicable to our business. See “Regulations— Regulations Related to Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs.”

 

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As the internet industry in China is still at a relatively early stage of development, new laws and regulations may be adopted from time to time to address new issues that come to the authorities’ attention. Considerable uncertainties still exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of existing and future laws and regulations governing our business activities. As of the date of this prospectus, we are not aware of any other approvals, licenses, or permits that are material to our business operations that we have not, but may be required to, obtain; nor have we received any notice of warning or been subject to penalties or other disciplinary action from the relevant governmental authorities for lack of approvals and permits or noncompliance with regulations related to our current licenses. However, we cannot assure you that we will not be subject to any warning, investigations or penalties in the future. If the PRC government deems us as operating without proper approvals, licenses or permits, promulgates new laws and regulations that require additional approvals or licenses or impose additional restrictions on the operation of any part of our business, we may be required to apply for additional approvals, license or permits, or be subject to various penalties, including fines, termination or restrictions of the part of our business or revoking of our business licenses, which may materially and adversely affect our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

 

The successful operation of our online service depends upon the performance and reliability of the internet infrastructure and fixed telecommunications networks in China.

 

Our online service depends on the performance and reliability of the internet infrastructure in China. Almost all access to the internet is maintained through state-owned telecommunication operators under the administrative control and regulatory supervision of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, or the MIIT. In addition, the national networks in China are connected to the internet through international gateways controlled by the PRC government. These international gateways are the only channels through which a domestic user can connect to the internet. It is unpredictable whether a more sophisticated internet infrastructure will be developed in China. We may not have access to alternative networks in the event of disruptions, failures or other problems with China’s internet infrastructure. In addition, the internet infrastructure in China may not support the demands associated with continued growth in internet usage.

 

We rely on China Telecommunications Corporation, or China Telecom, and China United Network Communications Group Company Limited, or China Unicom, to provide us with network services and data center hosting services. We have entered into contracts with various local branches or subsidiaries of China Telecom and China Unicom to obtain data communications capacity. We have limited access to alternative services in the event of disruptions, failures or other problems with the fixed telecommunications networks of these companies, or if these companies otherwise fail to provide the services. Any unscheduled service interruption could damage our reputation and result in a decrease in our revenues. Furthermore, we have no control over the costs of the services provided by these telecommunication companies. If the prices that we pay for telecommunications and internet services rise significantly, our gross margins could be adversely affected. In addition, if internet access fees or other charges to internet users increase, our user traffic may decrease, which in turn may harm our revenues.

 

Security breaches and improper access to or disclosure of our data or user data, or any system failure or compromise of our security, could harm our reputation and adversely affect our business.

 

Our business is prone to cyber-attacks seeking unauthorized access to our data or user data or to disrupt our ability to provide services. Any failure to prevent or mitigate security breaches and improper access to or disclosure of our data or user data, such as personal information, names, accounts, user IDs and passwords, and payment or transaction related information, could result in the loss or misuse of such data, which could cause a loss or give rise to liabilities to the owners of confidential information, such as our Users, Members, Experts, and Mentors. We also have encountered attempts to create false or undesirable user accounts, or take other actions on our platform for purposes such as spamming, spreading misinformation, or other objectionable ends. Such attacks may cause interruptions to the services we provide, degrade the user experience, cause users to lose confidence and trust in our products and services, impair our internal systems, or result in financial harm to us.

 

Affected users could initiate legal or regulatory actions against us in connection with any actual or perceived security breaches or improper disclosure of data, which could cause us to incur significant expense and liabilities or result in orders or consent decrees forcing us to modify our business practices. Such incidents or our efforts to remediate such incidents may also result in a decline in our user base or engagement levels. Any of these events could have a material and adverse effect on our business, reputation, or results of operations.

 

If we fail to hire, train or retain qualified managerial and other employees, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

We place substantial reliance on the knowledge sharing and enterprise service industry experience and knowledge of our senior management team as well as their relationships with other industry participants. The loss of the services of one or more members of our senior management could hinder our ability to effectively manage our business and implement our growth strategies. Finding suitable replacements for our current senior management could be difficult, and competition for such personnel of similar experience is intense. If we fail to retain our senior management, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our personnel are critical to maintaining the quality and consistency of our services, brand and reputation. It is important for us to attract qualified managerial and other employees who have experience in consulting services and are committed to our service approach. There may be a limited supply of such qualified individuals. We must hire and train qualified managerial and other employees on a timely basis to keep pace with our rapid growth while maintaining consistent quality of services across our operations. We must also provide continuous training to our managerial and other employees so that they are equipped with up-to-date knowledge of various aspects of our operations and can meet our demand for high-quality services. If we fail to do so, the quality of our services may decrease, which in turn, may cause a negative perception of our brand and adversely affect our business.

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If we fail to attract or retain qualified service providers, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our core strength is the knowledge brought by our service providers, highlighted by their experiences, wisdom, industry know-how, and social connections. We rely heavily on the expertise of our service providers, including Mentors, Experts, and our consultants to maintain our core competence. At present, we have approximately 400 Mentors, 700 Experts, and a team of full-time consultants as our knowledge sharing providers. Many of our Mentors are experienced leaders of successful and well-known corporations. Likewise, our Experts are outstanding professionals in their specialized fields, and our team of consultants is professionals with industrial experiences of more than five years. As our business scope increases, we expect to continue to invest significant resources in attracting and retaining service providers. Our ability to sustain our growth will depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified service providers. If we fail to attract or retain qualified service providers, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

If we were to lose our certification as a National High Tech Enterprise, we could face higher tax rates than we currently pay for much of our revenues.

 

In October 2017, SDH was approved as a National High Tech Enterprise. This certification entitles SDH to a favorable tax rates of 15%, rather than the unified rate of 25% if it was not so certified. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the total taxes payable by SDH would have increased by $720,077 if SDH was not certified as a National High Tech Enterprise. In the event SDH were to lose the benefit of the favorable tax rate in the future, we could see significant increases in the amount of taxes we pay, meaning that our operating results could be materially harmed, even in the absence of a decrease in our operations.

 

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

 

We believe our SDH (“师董会”) brand is associated with a well-recognized knowledge sharing and enterprise services provider in the market that it operates, with online and offline services designed to suit our clients’ needs. Our brand is integral to our sales and marketing efforts. We have obtained trademark registrations for our brand SDH in the PRC. Our continued success in maintaining and enhancing our brand and image depends to a large extent on our ability to satisfy customer needs by further developing and maintaining quality of services across our operations, as well as our ability to respond to competitive pressures. If we are unable to satisfy clients’ needs or if our public image or reputation were otherwise diminished, our business transactions with our clients may decline, which could in turn adversely affect our results of operations.

 

Any failure to protect our trademarks and other intellectual property rights could have a negative impact on our business.

 

We believe our key trademark, “师董会,” for which we have obtained trademark protection in China, and seven computer software copyrights, for which we have obtained protection with the Copyright Protection Centre of China (CPCC), and other intellectual property rights are critical to our success. Any unauthorized use of our trademarks or other intellectual property rights could harm our competitive advantages and business. Historically, China has not protected intellectual property rights to the same extent as the United States, and infringement of intellectual property rights continues to pose a serious risk of doing business in China. Monitoring and preventing unauthorized use is difficult. The measures we take to protect our intellectual property rights may not be adequate. Furthermore, the application of laws governing intellectual property rights in China and abroad is uncertain and evolving, and could involve substantial risks to us. If we are unable to adequately protect our brand, trademarks and other intellectual property rights, we may lose these rights and our business may suffer materially.

 

As internet domain name rights are not rigorously regulated or enforced in China, other companies may incorporate in their domain names elements similar in writing or pronunciation to the “师董会” trademarks or their Chinese equivalents. This may result in confusion between those companies and our company and may lead to the dilution of our brand value, which could adversely affect our business.

 

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

 

If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our businesses in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

 

Foreign ownership of certain parts of our businesses including the value-added telecommunications services, or the VATS, is subject to restrictions under current PRC laws and regulations. For example, the ultimate foreign equity ownership in a VATS provider may not exceed 50%. Also, for a foreign investor contemplating to acquire any equity interest in a VATS business in China, it must satisfy a number of stringent performance and operational experience requirements. In addition, to conduct any VATS business in China, foreign investors have to set up foreign-invested enterprises and obtain a relevant telecommunications business operating license. See “Regulations—Regulations Related to Foreign Investment.”

 

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In light of the above restrictions and requirements, we currently operate our knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform through SDH, a VIE entity, through a series of contractual arrangements, as a result of which, under United States generally accepted accounting principles, the assets and liabilities of SDH are treated as our assets and liabilities and the results of operations of SDH are treated in all aspects as if they were the results of our operations. For a description of these contractual arrangements, see “Business—Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders” and “Related Party Transactions—Contractual Arrangements with WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders.

 

In the opinion of our PRC legal counsel, GFE Law Office, based on its understandings of the relevant PRC laws and regulations, (i) the ownership structures of SDH in China and WFOE, both currently and immediately after giving effect to this offering, are not in violation of applicable PRC laws and regulations currently in effect; and (ii) each contracts among WFOE, SDH and its shareholders is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and applicable PRC laws. However, our PRC legal counsel has also advised us that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current or future PRC laws and regulations. Accordingly, the PRC regulatory authorities may ultimately take a view contrary to the opinion of our PRC legal counsel. It is uncertain whether any new PRC laws or regulations relating to variable interest entity structures will be adopted or if adopted, what they would provide. If we or SDH are found to be in violation of any PRC laws or regulations, if the contractual arrangements among WFOE, SDH and its shareholders are determined as illegal or invalid by the PRC court, arbitral tribunal or regulatory authorities, or if we or SDH fail to obtain or maintain any of the required permits or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion to take action in dealing with such violations or failures, including:

 

revoking the business and/or operating licenses of WFOE or SDH;
   
discontinuing or restricting the operations of WFOE or SDH;
   
imposing conditions or requirements with which we, WFOE, or SDH may not be able to comply;
   
requiring us, WFOE, or SDH to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations which may significantly impair the rights of the holders of our Ordinary Shares in the equity of SDH;
   
restricting or prohibiting our use of the proceeds from our initial public offering to finance our business and operations in China; and
   
imposing fines.

 

The imposition of any of these penalties would result in a material and adverse effect on our ability to conduct our business. In addition, it is unclear what impact the PRC government actions would have on us and on our ability to consolidate the financial results of SDH in our consolidated financial statements, if the PRC government authorities were to find our legal structure and contractual arrangements to be in violation of PRC laws and regulations. If the imposition of any of these government actions causes us to lose our right to direct the activities of SDH or our right to receive substantially all the economic benefits and residual returns from SDH and we are not able to restructure our ownership structure and operations in a satisfactory manner, we would no longer be able to consolidate the financial results of SDH in our consolidated financial statements. Either of these results, or any other significant penalties that might be imposed on us in this event, would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We rely on contractual arrangements with SDH, a VIE entity, and its subsidiaries and shareholders for our China operations, which may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership.

 

We have relied and expect to continue to rely on contractual arrangements with SDH, its subsidiaries and shareholders to operate our business in China. For a description of these contractual arrangements, see “Business—Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders” and “Related Party Transactions— Contractual Arrangements with WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders.” These contractual arrangements may not be as effective in providing us with control over SDH and its subsidiaries as direct ownership. We have no direct or indirect equity interests in SDH or any of its subsidiaries.

 

If we had direct ownership of SDH and its subsidiaries, we would be able to exercise our rights as a shareholder to effect changes in the board of directors of SDH and its subsidiaries, which in turn could effect changes, subject to any applicable fiduciary obligations, at the management level. But under the current contractual arrangements, as a legal matter, if SDH or any of its subsidiaries and shareholders fails to perform their obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to incur substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements and rely on legal remedies under PRC law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief and claiming damages, which may not be effective. For example, if the shareholders of SDH were to refuse to transfer their equity interest in SDH to us or our designee when we exercise the call option pursuant to these contractual arrangements, or if they were otherwise to act in bad faith toward us, then we may have to take legal action to compel them to fulfill their contractual obligations.

 

Many of these contractual arrangements are governed by PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitration in the PRC. Accordingly, these contracts would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. The legal environment in the PRC is not as developed as in some other jurisdictions, such as the United States. As a result, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements. In the event we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, we may not be able to exert effective control over our affiliated entities, and our ability to conduct our business may be negatively affected.

 

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The contractual arrangements we have entered into with SDH and its shareholders, and any other arrangements and transactions among related parties that we currently have or will have in future may be subject to scrutiny by the PRC tax authorities and they may determine that we owe additional taxes, which could substantially reduce our consolidated net income and the value of your investment.

 

Under applicable PRC laws and regulations, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities within ten years after the taxable year when the transactions are conducted. We could face material and adverse tax consequences if the PRC tax authorities determine that the VIE contractual arrangements were not entered into on an arm’s-length basis in such a way as to result in an impermissible reduction in taxes under applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations, and adjust the income of SDH in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricing adjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense deductions recorded by SDH for PRC tax purposes, which could in turn increase its tax liabilities without reducing our PRC subsidiary’s tax expenses. In addition, the PRC tax authorities may impose late payment fees and other penalties on SDH for the adjusted but unpaid taxes according to the applicable regulations. Our financial position could be materially and adversely affected if SDH’s tax liabilities increase or if it is required to pay late payment fees and other penalties.

 

The shareholders of SDH may have potential conflicts of interest with us, which may materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Almost all of our beneficiary owners hold equity interests in SDH respectively. They may have conflicts of interest with us. Conflicts of interest may arise between the dual roles of them who are both shareholders of our Company and shareholders of SDH, our VIE. These shareholders may breach, or cause SDH to breach, or refuse to renew, the existing contractual arrangements we have with them and SDH, which would have a material and adverse effect on our ability to effectively control SDH and receive economic benefits from it. For example, the shareholders may be able to cause our agreements with SDH to be performed in a manner adverse to us by, among other things, failing to remit payments due under the contractual arrangements to us on a timely basis. We cannot assure you that when conflicts of interest arise any or all of these shareholders will act in the best interests of our Company or such conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

 

Currently, we do not have any arrangements to address potential conflicts of interest between these shareholders and our Company, except that we could exercise our purchase option under the exclusive option agreements with these shareholders to request them to transfer all of their equity interests in SDH to a PRC entity or individual designated by us, to the extent permitted by PRC law. If we cannot resolve any conflicts of interest or disputes between us and those individuals, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which may materially disrupt our business. There is also substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceeding.

 

Our executive officers, directors and affiliates own a significant percentage of our shares and will be able to exert significant control over matters subject to shareholder approval. 

 

As of September 12, 2019, our executive officers, directors and affiliates beneficially own approximately 52.13% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares. Therefore, these stockholders will have the ability to influence us through their ownership positions. Further, our CEO and majority shareholder, Mr. Haiping Hu, has beneficial ownership of 11,368,140 Ordinary Shares. These shares represent ownership of approximately 40.60% of our Ordinary Shares as of September 12, 2019. These shareholders may be able to determine all matters requiring shareholder approval. For example, these shareholders, acting together, may be able to control elections of directors, amendments of our organizational documents, or approval of any merger, sale of assets, or other major corporate transaction. This may prevent or discourage unsolicited transaction proposals or offers for our Ordinary Shares that you may believe are in your best interest as one of our shareholders.

 

We may lose the ability to use and enjoy assets held by SDH that are material to the operation of certain portion of our business if SDH goes bankrupt or become subject to a dissolution or liquidation proceeding.

 

As part of our contractual arrangements with SDH, SDH and its subsidiaries hold certain assets that are material to the operation of certain portion of our business, including intellectual property and licenses. If SDH goes bankrupt and all or part of its assets become subject to liens or rights of third-party creditors, we may be unable to continue some or all of our business activities, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Under the contractual arrangements, SDH may not, in any manner, sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of their assets or legal or beneficial interests in the business without our prior consent. If SDH undergoes a voluntary or involuntary liquidation proceeding, independent third-party creditors may claim rights to some or all of these assets, thereby hindering our ability to operate our business, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Because we are a Cayman Island company and all of our business is conducted in the PRC, you may be unable to bring an action against us or our officers and directors or to enforce any judgment you may obtain.

 

We are incorporated in the Cayman Island and conduct our operations primarily in China. Substantially all of our assets are located outside of the United States and the proceeds of this offering will primarily be held in banks outside of the United States. In addition, all of our directors and officers reside outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in the United States in the event that you believe we have violated your rights, either under United States federal or state securities laws or otherwise, or if you have a claim against us. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the Cayman Island and of China may not permit you to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. See “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities.

 

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Risks Related to Doing Business in China

 

A severe or prolonged downturn in the global or Chinese economy could materially and adversely affect our business and our financial condition.

 

Although the Chinese economy has grown steadily in the past decade, there is considerable uncertainty over the long-term effects of the expansionary monetary and fiscal policies adopted by the People’s Bank of China and financial authorities of some of the world’s leading economies, including the United States and China. There have been concerns over unrest and terrorist threats in the Middle East, Europe and Africa, which have resulted in volatility in oil and other markets. There have also been concerns on the relationship among China and other Asian countries, which may result in or intensify potential conflicts in relation to territorial disputes. Economic conditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions, as well as changes in domestic economic and political policies and the expected or perceived overall economic growth rate in China. Any severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy may materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Changes in the policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact upon our ability to operate profitably in the PRC.

 

Currently, we conduct all of our operations and all of our revenue is generated, in the PRC. Accordingly, economic, political and legal developments in the PRC will significantly affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on economic conditions in the PRC and the ability of businesses to operate profitably. Our ability to operate profitably in the PRC may be adversely affected by changes in policies by the PRC government, including changes in laws, regulations or their interpretation that may affect our ability to operate as currently contemplated.

 

Because our business is dependent upon government policies that encourage a market-based economy, change in the political or economic climate in the PRC may impair our ability to operate profitably, if at all.

 

Although the PRC government has been pursuing a number of economic reform policies for more than two decades, the PRC government continues to exercise significant control over economic growth in the PRC. Because of the nature of our business, we are dependent upon the PRC government pursuing policies that encourage private ownership of businesses. We cannot assure you that the PRC government will pursue policies favoring a market-oriented economy or that existing policies will not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting political, economic and social life in the PRC.

 

PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain and any changes in such laws and regulations may impair our ability to operate profitably.

 

There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing our business and the enforcement and performance of our arrangements with customers in certain circumstances. The laws and regulations are sometimes vague and may be subject to future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement may involve substantial uncertainty. The effectiveness and interpretation of newly enacted laws or regulations, including amendments to existing laws and regulations, may be delayed, and our business may be affected if we rely on laws and regulations which are subsequently adopted or interpreted in a manner different from our understanding of these laws and regulations. New laws and regulations that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business.

 

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Because our business is conducted in RMB and the price of our Ordinary Shares is quoted in United States dollars, changes in currency conversion rates may affect the value of your investments.

 

Our business is conducted in the PRC, our books and records are maintained in RMB, which is the currency of the PRC, and the financial statements that we file with the SEC and provide to our shareholders are presented in United States dollars. Changes in the exchange rate between the RMB and dollar affect the value of our assets and the results of our operations in United States dollars. The value of the RMB against the United States dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC’s political and economic conditions and perceived changes in the economy of the PRC and the United States. Any significant revaluation of the RMB may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, revenue and financial condition. Further, our Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus are denominated in United States dollars, we will need to convert the net proceeds we receive into RMB in order to use the funds for our business. Changes in the conversion rate between the United States dollar and the RMB will affect that amount of proceeds we will have available for our business.

 

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the EIT Law, we may be classified as a “resident enterprise” of China, which could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.

 

The EIT Law and its implementing rules provide that enterprises established outside of China whose “de facto management bodies” are located in China are considered “resident enterprises” under PRC tax laws. The implementing rules promulgated under the EIT Law define the term “de facto management bodies” as a management body which substantially manages, or has control over the business, personnel, finance and assets of an enterprise. In April 2009, the State Administration of Taxation, or SAT, issued a circular, known as SAT Circular 82, which provides certain specific criteria for determining whether the “de facto management bodies” of a PRC-controlled enterprise that is incorporated offshore is located in China. Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect the SAT’s general position on how the “de facto management body” text should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises. According to SAT Circular 82, a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having a “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on its worldwide income only if all of the following criteria are met: (i) the places where senior management and senior management departments that are responsible for daily production, operation and management of the enterprise perform their duties are mainly located within the territory of China; (ii) financial decisions (such as money borrowing, lending, financing and financial risk management) and personnel decisions (such as appointment, dismissal and salary and wages) are decided or need to be decided by organizations or persons located within the territory of China; (iii) main property, accounting books, corporate seal, the board of directors and files of the minutes of shareholders’ meetings of the enterprise are located or preserved within the territory of China; and (iv) one half (or more) of the directors or senior management staff having the right to vote habitually reside within the territory of China.

 

We believe that GIP is not a resident enterprise for PRC tax purpose. GIP is not controlled by a PRC enterprise or PRC enterprise group and we do not meet some of the conditions outlined in the immediately preceding paragraph. For example, as a holding company, the key assets and records of GIP, including the resolutions and meeting minutes of our board of directors and the resolutions and meeting minutes of our shareholders, are located and maintained outside the PRC. In addition, we are not aware of any offshore holding companies with a corporate structure similar to ours that has been deemed a PRC “resident enterprise” by the PRC tax authorities. However, as the tax residency status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body”.

 

If we are deemed as a PRC “resident enterprise” by PRC tax authorities, we will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on our worldwide income at a uniform tax rate of 25%, although dividends distributed to us from our existing PRC subsidiary and any other PRC subsidiaries which we may establish from time to time could be exempt from the PRC dividend withholding tax due to our PRC “resident recipient” status. This could have a material and adverse effect on our overall effective tax rate, our income tax expenses and our net income. Furthermore, dividends, if any, paid to our shareholders may be decreased as a result of the decrease in distributable profits. In addition, if we were considered a PRC “resident enterprise”, any dividends we pay to our non-PRC investors, and the gains realized from the transfer of our Ordinary Shares may be considered income derived from sources within the PRC and be subject to PRC tax, at a rate of 10% in the case of non-PRC enterprises or 20% in the case of non-PRC individuals (in each case, subject to the provisions of any applicable tax treaty). It is unclear whether holders of our Ordinary Shares would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that we are treated as a PRC resident enterprise. This could have a material and adverse effect on the value of your investment in us and the price of our Ordinary Shares.

 

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There are significant uncertainties under the EIT Law relating to the withholding tax liabilities of our PRC subsidiary, and dividends payable by our PRC subsidiary to our offshore subsidiaries may not qualify to enjoy certain treaty benefits.

 

Under the EIT Law and its implementation rules, the profits of a foreign invested enterprise generated through operations, which are distributed to its immediate holding company outside the PRC, will be subject to a withholding tax rate of 10%. Pursuant to the Arrangement between the Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Tax Evasion on Income, or the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, a withholding tax rate of 10% may be lowered to 5% if the PRC enterprise is at least 25% held by a Hong Kong enterprise for at least 12 consecutive months prior to distribution of the dividends and is determined by the relevant PRC tax authority to have satisfied other conditions and requirements under the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement and other applicable PRC laws.

 

However, based on the Circular on Certain Issues with Respect to the Enforcement of Dividend Provisions in Tax Treaties, or the SAT Circular 81, which became effective on February 20, 2009, if the relevant PRC tax authorities determine, in their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangement that is primarily tax-driven, such PRC tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment. According to Circular on Several Issues regarding the “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties, which became effective as of April 1, 2018, when determining an applicant’s status as the “beneficial owner” regarding tax treatments in connection with dividends, interests, or royalties in the tax treaties, several factors will be taken into account. Such factors include whether the business operated by the applicant constitutes actual business activities, and whether the counterparty country or region to the tax treaties does not levy any tax, grant tax exemption on relevant incomes, or levy tax at an extremely low rate. This circular further requires any applicant who intends to be proved of being the “beneficial owner” to file relevant documents with the relevant tax authorities. Our PRC subsidiary is wholly owned by our Hong Kong subsidiary, GMB HK. However, we cannot assure you that our determination regarding our qualification to enjoy the preferential tax treatment will not be challenged by the relevant PRC tax authority or we will be able to complete the necessary filings with the relevant PRC tax authority and enjoy the preferential withholding tax rate of 5% under the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement with respect to dividends to be paid by our PRC subsidiary to our GMB HK, in which case, we would be subject to the higher withdrawing tax rate of 10% on dividends received.

 

PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary and VIE, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

 

We are an offshore holding company conducting our operations in China through our PRC subsidiary, VIE and its subsidiaries. We may make loans to our PRC subsidiary, VIE and its subsidiaries, or we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary. Any capital contributions or loans that we, as an offshore entity, make to our PRC subsidiary, including from the proceeds of our initial public offering and this offering, are subject to PRC regulations. For example, loans to our PRC subsidiary cannot exceed statutory limits and are subject to foreign exchange loan registrations. Our capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary must be registered with the MOFCOM or its local counterpart. For more details, see “Regulation—Regulations Related to Foreign Debt.” and “Regulation—Regulations Related to Foreign Exchange.”

 

In light of the various requirements imposed by of PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government approvals or filings on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC subsidiary or our VIE or with respect to future capital contributions by us to our PRC subsidiary. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals on a timely basis or at all, our ability to use the proceeds we expect to receive from this offering and to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.

 

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If we become directly subject to the scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity involving U.S.-listed Chinese companies, we may have to expend significant resources to investigate and resolve the matter which could harm our business operations, stock price and reputation.

 

U.S. public companies that have substantially all of their operations in China have been the subject of intense scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity by investors, financial commentators and regulatory agencies, such as the SEC. Much of the scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity has centered on financial and accounting irregularities and mistakes, a lack of effective internal controls over financial accounting, inadequate corporate governance policies or a lack of adherence thereto and, in many cases, allegations of fraud. As a result of the scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity, the publicly traded stock of many U.S. listed Chinese companies sharply decreased in value and, in some cases, has become virtually worthless. Many of these companies are now subject to shareholder lawsuits and SEC enforcement actions and are conducting internal and external investigations into the allegations. It is not clear what effect this sector-wide scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity will have on us, our business and our stock price. If we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we will have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend our company. This situation will be costly and time consuming and distract our management from growing our business. If such allegations are not proven to be groundless, we and our business operations will be severely affected and you could sustain a significant decline in the value of our stock.

 

The disclosures in our reports and other filings with the SEC and our other public pronouncements are not subject to the scrutiny of any regulatory bodies in the PRC.

 

We are regulated by the SEC and our reports and other filings with the SEC are subject to SEC review in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Our SEC reports and other disclosures and public pronouncements are not subject to the review or scrutiny of any PRC regulatory authority. For example, the disclosure in our SEC reports and other filings are not subject to the review by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, a PRC regulator that is responsible for oversight of the capital markets in China. Accordingly, you should review our SEC reports, filings and our other public pronouncements with the understanding that no local regulator has done any review of us, our SEC reports, other filings or any of our other public pronouncements.

 

The failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to mergers and acquisitions of domestic entities by offshore special purpose vehicles may subject us to severe fines or penalties and create other regulatory uncertainties regarding our corporate structure.

 

On August 8, 2006, MOFCOM, joined by the CSRC, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the SAT, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (the “SAIC”), and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”), jointly promulgated regulations entitled the Provisions Regarding Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Entities by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”), which took effect as of September 8, 2006, and as amended on June 22, 2009. These regulations, among other things, have certain provisions that require offshore special purpose vehicles formed for the purpose of acquiring PRC domestic companies and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC individuals and companies, to obtain the approval of MOFCOM prior to engaging in such acquisitions and to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock market. On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published on its official website a notice specifying the documents and materials that are required to be submitted for obtaining CSRC approval. The application of the M&A Rules with respect to our corporate structure remains unclear, with no current consensus existing among leading PRC law firms regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules.

 

Our PRC legal counsel, GFE Law Office, has advised us that, based on its understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations, we will not be required to submit an application to the CSRC for the approval of this offering because (i) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether offering such as this offering contemplated by our Company are subject to the M&A Rules; (ii) the PRC Subsidiary was incorporated as wholly foreign-owned enterprise by means of direct investment rather than by merger or acquisition of equity interest or assets of a PRC domestic company owned by PRC companies or individuals as defined under the M&A Rules that are our Company’s beneficial owners; and (iii) there is no provision in the M&A Rules that clearly classifies the contractual arrangements as a kind of merger and acquisition transaction falling under the M&A Rules.

 

However, our PRC counsel has further advised us that there remains some uncertainty as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented in the context of an overseas offering and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, rules and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC, would reach the same conclusion as we do. If the CSRC, MOFCOM, or another PRC regulatory agency determines that government approval was required for the VIE arrangement between WFOE and SDH, or if prior CSRC approval for overseas financings is required and not obtained, we may face severe regulatory actions or other sanctions from MOFCOM, the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies. In such event, these regulatory agencies may impose fines or other penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from overseas financings into the PRC, restrict or prohibit payment or remittance of dividends to us or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our Ordinary Shares. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies may also take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to delay or cancel overseas financings, to restructure our current corporate structure, or to seek regulatory approvals that may be difficult or costly to obtain.

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PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident beneficial owners or our PRC subsidiary to liability or penalties, limit our ability to inject capital into our PRC subsidiary, limit our PRC subsidiary’s ability to increase its registered capital or distribute profits to us, or may otherwise adversely affect us.

 

On July 4, 2014, SAFE issued the Circular on Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control over the Overseas Investment and Financing and Round-trip Investment by Domestic Residents via Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37, which became effective as of July 4, 2014. According to SAFE Circular 37, prior registration with the local SAFE branch is required for PRC residents, including PRC individuals and PRC corporate entities as well as foreign individuals that are deemed as PRC residents for foreign exchange administration purpose, in connection with their direct or indirect contribution of domestic assets or interests to offshore companies, known as SPVs. SAFE Circular 37 further requires amendment to the SAFE registrations in the event of any changes with respect to the basic information of the offshore special purpose vehicle, such as change of a PRC individual shareholder, name and operation term, or any significant changes with respect to the offshore special purpose vehicle, such as increase or decrease of capital contribution, share transfer or exchange, or mergers or divisions. SAFE Circular 37 is applicable to our shareholders who are PRC residents and may be applicable to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future. In February 2015, SAFE promulgated a Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration Policy on Direct Investment, or SAFE Notice 13, effective June 2015. Under SAFE Notice 13, applications for foreign exchange registration of inbound foreign direct investments and outbound overseas direct investments, including those required under SAFE Circular 37, will be filed with qualified banks instead of SAFE. The qualified banks will directly examine the applications and accept registrations under the supervision of SAFE.

 

In addition to SAFE Circular 37 and SAFE Notice 13, our ability to conduct foreign exchange activities in China may be subject to the interpretation and enforcement of the Implementation Rules of the Administrative Measures for Individual Foreign Exchange promulgated by SAFE in January 2007 (as amended and supplemented, the “Individual Foreign Exchange Rules”). Under the Individual Foreign Exchange Rules, any PRC individual seeking to make a direct investment overseas or engage in the issuance or trading of negotiable securities or derivatives overseas must make the appropriate registrations in accordance with SAFE provisions, the failure of which may subject such PRC individual to warnings, fines or other liabilities.

 

All of our shareholders who are subject to the SAFE Circular 37 and Individual Foreign Exchange Rules have completed the initial registrations with the qualified banks as required by the regulations. However, we may not be informed of the identities of all the PRC residents holding direct or indirect interest in our company, and we have no control over any of our beneficial owners. Thus, we cannot provide any assurance that our current or future PRC resident beneficial owners will comply with our request to make or obtain any applicable registrations or continuously comply with all registration procedures set forth in these SAFE regulations. Such failure or inability of our PRC residents beneficial owners to comply with these SAFE regulations may subject us or our PRC residents beneficial owners to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, or limit our PRC subsidiary’s ability to distribute dividends to, or obtain foreign-exchange-dominated loans from, our company, or prevent us from being able to make distributions or pay dividends, as a result of which our business operations and our ability to distribute profits to you could be materially adversely affected.

 

Our contractual arrangements with SDH are governed by the laws of the PRC and we may have difficulty in enforcing any rights we may have under these contractual arrangements.

 

As all of our contractual arrangements with SDH are governed by the PRC laws and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitration in the PRC, they would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. Disputes arising from these contractual arrangements between us and SDH will be resolved through arbitration in China, although these disputes do not include claims arising under the United States federal securities law and thus do not prevent you from pursuing claims under the United States federal securities law. The legal environment in the PRC is not as developed as in the United States. As a result, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could further limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements, through arbitration, litigation and other legal proceedings remain in China, which could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements and exert effective control over SDH. Furthermore, these contracts may not be enforceable in China if PRC government authorities or courts take a view that such contracts contravene PRC laws and regulations or are otherwise not enforceable for public policy reasons. In the event we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, we may not be able to exert effective control over SDH, and our ability to conduct our business may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Increases in labor costs in the PRC may adversely affect our business and our profitability.

 

China’s economy has experienced increases in labor costs in recent years, which is expected to continue to grow. The average wage level for our employees has also increased in recent years. We expect that our labor costs, including wages and employee benefits, will continue to increase. Unless we are able to pass on these increased labor costs to our customers by increasing prices for our products or services, our profitability and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

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In addition, we have been subject to stricter regulatory requirements in terms of entering into labor contracts with our employees and paying various statutory employee benefits, including pensions, housing fund, medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, unemployment insurance and childbearing insurance to designated government agencies for the benefits of our employees. Pursuant to the PRC Labor Contract Law, or the Labor Contract Law, that became effective in January 2008 and its implementing rules that became effective in September 2008 and its amendments that became effective in July 2013, employers are subject to stricter requirements in terms of signing labor contracts, minimum wages, paying remuneration, determining the term of employees’ probation and unilaterally terminating labor contracts. In the event that we decide to terminate some of our employees or otherwise change our employment or labor practices, the Labor Contract Law and its implementation rules may limit our ability to effect those changes in a desirable or cost-effective manner, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

 

As the interpretation and implementation of labor-related laws and regulations are still evolving, we cannot assure you that our employment practice does not and will not violate labor-related laws and regulations in China, which may subject us to labor disputes or government investigations. If we are deemed to have violated relevant labor laws and regulations, we could be required to provide additional compensation to our employees and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

  

We may be involved from time to time in legal proceedings and commercial or contractual disputes, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

From time to time, we may be involved in legal proceedings and commercial disputes. Such proceedings or disputes are typically claims that arise in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, commercial or contractual disputes, and other disputes with customers and suppliers, intellectual property matters, tax matters and employment matters. There can be no assurance that such proceedings and claims, should they arise, will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

Risks Relating to this Offering and the Trading Market

 

There has been no public market for our Ordinary Shares prior to this offering, and you may not be able to resell our Ordinary Shares at or above the price you pay for them, or at all.

 

Prior to this offering, there has not been a public market for our Ordinary Shares. The initial public offering is contingent upon receiving authorization to list the Ordinary Shares on a national exchange. We plan to apply to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market and have reserved the symbol “GIP” for purposes of listing our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market. We cannot assure you that Nasdaq will approve our application to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market. In that case, we will not be able to consummate the offering and may have to seek other ways to finance our operations. Even if we are approved to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, an active public market for our Ordinary Shares may not develop or be sustained after the offering, in which case the market price and liquidity of our Ordinary Shares will be materially and adversely affected.

 

The initial public offering price for our Ordinary Shares may not be indicative of prices that will prevail in the trading market and such market prices may be volatile.

 

The initial public offering price for our Ordinary Shares will be determined by negotiations between us and the Underwriter based on various factors, and does not bear any relationship to our earnings, book value or any other indicia of value. See “Underwriting.” We cannot assure you that the market price of our Ordinary Shares will not decline significantly below the initial public offering price. The financial markets in the United States and other countries have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations in the last few years. Volatility in the price of our Ordinary Shares may be caused by factors outside of our control and may be unrelated or disproportionate to changes in our results of operations.

 

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If we are a passive foreign investment company for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year, United States holders of our Ordinary Shares could be subject to adverse United States federal income tax consequences.  

 

A non-United States corporation will be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year if either (i) at least 75% of its gross income for such taxable year is passive income or (ii) at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets) during such year is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income. Based on the current and anticipated value of our assets and the composition of our income and assets, we do not expect to be a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes for our current taxable year or in the foreseeable future. However, the determination of whether or not we are a PFIC according to the PFIC rules is made on an annual basis and will depend on the composition of our income and assets and the value of our assets from time to time. Therefore, changes in the composition of our income or assets or the value of our assets may cause us to become a PFIC. The determination of the value of our assets (including goodwill not reflected on our balance sheet) may be based, in part, on the quarterly market value of our Ordinary Shares, which is subject to change and may be volatile. Depending on the amount of cash we raise in this offering, together with any other assets held for the production of passive income, it is possible that, for our 2019 taxable year or for any subsequent year, more than 50% of our assets may be assets which produce passive income.

 

Although the U.S. tax law with regards VIEs is unclear, we are treating SDH as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we control their management decisions, but also because we are entitled to the economic benefits associated with SDH, and as a result, we are treating SDH as our wholly-owned subsidiary for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For purposes of the PFIC analysis, in general, according to Internal Revenue Code Section 1297(c), a non-U.S. corporation is deemed to own its pro rata share of the gross income and assets of any entity in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the equity by value. Although our Company does not technically own any stock in SDH there are numerous factors that give rise to a strong conclusion that it’s control of management decisions, the entitlement to economic benefits associated with SDH, and the inclusion of SDH as part of the consolidated group (Under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 810, “Consolidation,” VIEs are generally consolidated with other related entities under common control) is so akin to our Company holding a stock interest in SDH that it is reasonable and consistent to consider our Company’s interest in SDH as a deemed stock interest. Therefore, the income and assets of SDH should be included in the determination of whether or not we are a PFIC in any taxable year. It is important to emphasize that there is little to no guidance other than the statute itself (Internal Revenue Code Section 1297(c)) and analogous portions of the code, treasury regulations and other accepted authorities and as such it is possible for the IRS to challenge the argument that the look through rule would apply in this case, especially since the statute explicitly says “stock”.

 

The classification of certain of our income as active or passive, and certain of our assets as producing active or passive income, and hence whether we are or will become a PFIC, depends on the interpretation of certain United States Treasury Regulations as well as certain IRS guidance relating to the classification of assets as producing active or passive income. Such regulations and guidance are potentially subject to different interpretations. If due to different interpretations of such regulations and guidance the percentage of our passive income or the percentage of our assets treated as producing passive income increases, we may be a PFIC in one or more taxable years.

 

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year during which a United States person holds Ordinary Shares, certain adverse United States federal income tax consequences could apply to such United States person.

  

U.S. HOLDERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS ABOUT THE PFIC RULES, THE POTENTIAL APPLICABILITY OF THESE RULES TO THE COMPANY CURRENTLY AND IN THE FUTURE, AND THEIR FILING OBLIGATIONS IF THE COMPANY IS A PFIC.

 

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You will experience immediate and substantial dilution in the net tangible book value of Ordinary Shares purchased.

 

The initial public offering price of our Ordinary Shares is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our Ordinary Shares. Consequently, when you purchase our Ordinary Shares in the offering and upon completion of the offering, you will incur immediate dilution, based on an assumed initial public offering price of US$4.00 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. See “Dilution.” In addition, you may experience further dilution to the extent that additional ordinary shares are issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants or options we may grant from time to time.

 

Because we are an “emerging growth company,” we may not be subject to requirements that other public companies are subject to, which could affect investor confidence in us and our Ordinary Shares.

 

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure and other requirements applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, most significantly, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for so long as we are an emerging growth company. As a result, if we elect not to comply with such auditor attestation requirements, our investors may not have access to certain information they may deem important. See “Implications of Our Being an Emerging Growth Company”.

 

Substantial future sales of our Ordinary Shares or the anticipation of future sales of our Ordinary Shares in the public market could cause the price of our Ordinary Shares to decline.

 

Sales of substantial amounts of our Ordinary Shares in the public market after this offering, or the perception that these sales could occur, could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decline. An aggregate of 28,000,000 Ordinary Shares is outstanding before the consummation of this offering and 33,000,000 Ordinary Shares are expected to be outstanding immediately after the consummation of this offering. Sales of these shares into the market could cause the market price of our Ordinary Shares to decline.

 

We will incur increased costs as a result of being a public company.

 

Once we become a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company prior to this offering. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and NASDAQ, have required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies. We expect these new rules and regulations to increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and to make certain corporate activities more time-consuming and costly. In addition, we incur ongoing additional costs associated with our public company reporting requirements. We are currently evaluating and monitoring developments with respect to these new rules, and we cannot predict or estimate the amount of additional costs we may incur or the timing of such costs.

 

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud.

 

We are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities laws. The SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company’s internal controls over financial reporting in its annual report, which contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. As we are an “emerging growth company,” we are expected to first include a management report on our internal controls over financial reporting in our annual report in the second fiscal year end following the effectiveness of our initial public offering. As such, these requirements are expected to first apply to our annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2020. Our management may conclude that our internal controls over our financial reporting are not effective. Moreover, even if our management concludes that our internal controls over financial reporting are effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may still decline to attest to our management’s assessment or may issue a report that is qualified if it is not satisfied with our internal controls or the level at which our controls are documented, designed, operated or reviewed, or if it interprets the relevant requirements differently from us. Our reporting obligations as a public company will place a significant strain on our management, operational and financial resources and systems for the foreseeable future.

 

Prior to this offering, we have been a private company with limited accounting personnel and other resources with which to address our internal controls and procedures. We plan to remedy our material weaknesses and other control deficiencies in time to meet the deadline imposed by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If we fail to timely achieve or maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we may not be able to conclude that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting. Moreover, effective internal controls over financial reporting are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important to help prevent fraud. As a result, our failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and negatively impact the trading price of our Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, we anticipate that we will incur considerable costs and devote significant management time and efforts and other resources to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

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We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.

 

We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, you may only receive a return on your investment in our Ordinary Shares if the market price of our Ordinary Shares increases.

 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if the publish a negative report regarding our Ordinary Shares, the price of our Ordinary Shares and trading volume could decline.

 

The trading market for our Ordinary Shares may depend in part on the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. We do not have any control over these analysts. If one or more of the analysts who cover us downgrade us, the price of our Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which could cause the price of our Ordinary Shares and the trading volume to decline.

 

The market price of our Ordinary Shares may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance, and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial public offering price.

 

The initial public offering price for our Ordinary Shares will be determined through negotiations between the Underwriter and us and may vary from the market price of our Ordinary Shares following our initial public offering. If you purchase our Ordinary Shares in our initial public offering, you may not be able to resell those shares at or above the initial public offering price. We cannot assure you that the initial public offering price of our Ordinary Shares, or the market price following our initial public offering, will equal or exceed prices in privately negotiated transactions of our shares that have occurred from time to time prior to our initial public offering. The market price of our Ordinary Shares may fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, including:

 

  actual or anticipated fluctuations in our revenue and other operating results;
     
  the financial projections we may provide to the public, any changes in these projections or our failure to meet these projections;
     
  actions of securities analysts who initiate or maintain coverage of us, changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our company, or our failure to meet these estimates or the expectations of investors;
     
  announcements by us or our competitors of significant products or features, technical innovations, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, or capital commitments;
     
  price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market, including as a result of trends in the economy as a whole;
     
  lawsuits threatened or filed against us; and
     
  other events or factors, including those resulting from war or incidents of terrorism, or responses to these events.

 

In addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. Stock prices of many companies have fluctuated in a manner unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. In the past, shareholders have filed securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were to become involved in securities litigation, it could subject us to substantial costs, divert resources and the attention of management from our business, and adversely affect our business.

 

If we cease to qualify as a foreign private issuer, we would be required to comply fully with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to U.S. domestic issuers, and we would incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses that we would not incur as a foreign private issuer.

 

We expect to qualify as a foreign private issuer upon the completion of this offering. As a foreign private issuer, we will be exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders will be exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as United States domestic issuers, and we will not be required to disclose in our periodic reports all of the information that United States domestic issuers are required to disclose. While we currently expect to qualify as a foreign private issuer immediately following the completion of this offering, we may cease to qualify as a foreign private issuer in the future which will increase our compliance costs.

 

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Because we are a foreign private issuer and are exempt from certain Nasdaq corporate governance standards applicable to U.S. issuers, you will have less protection than you would have if we were a domestic issuer.

 

Nasdaq Listing Rule requires listed companies to have, among other things, a majority of its board members be independent. As a foreign private issuer, however, we are permitted to, and we may, follow home country practice in lieu of the above requirements, or we may choose to comply with the Nasdaq requirement within one year of listing. The corporate governance practice in our home country, the Cayman Islands, does not require a majority of our board to consist of independent directors. Since a majority of our board of directors may not consist of independent directors, fewer board members may be exercising independent judgment and the level of board oversight on the management of our company may decrease as a result. In addition, the Nasdaq listing rules also require U.S. domestic issuers to have a compensation committee, a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors, and an audit committee with a minimum of three members. We, as a foreign private issuer, are not subject to these requirements. The Nasdaq listing rules may require shareholder approval for certain corporate matters, such as requiring that shareholders be given the opportunity to vote on all equity compensation plans and material revisions to those plans, certain ordinary share issuances. We intend to comply with the requirements of Nasdaq Listing Rules in determining whether shareholder approval is required on such matters and to appoint a nominating and corporate governance committee. However, we may consider following home country practice in lieu of the requirements under the Nasdaq listing rules with respect to certain corporate governance standards which may afford less protection to investors.

 

Anti-takeover provisions in our memorandum and articles of association may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control.

 

Some provisions in our memorandum and articles of association, may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including, among other things, the following:

 

provisions that permit our board of directors by resolution to issue classes of shares with preferred, deferred or other special rights or restrictions as the board of directors determine in their discretion, without any further vote or action by our shareholders. If issued, the rights, preferences, designations and limitations of any class of preferred shares could operate to the disadvantage of the outstanding ordinary shares the holders of which would not have any pre-emption rights in respect of such an issue of preferred shares. Such terms could include, among others, preferences as to dividends and distributions on liquidation, or could be used to prevent possible corporate takeovers; and
   
provisions that restrict the ability of our shareholders holding in aggregate less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding voting shares in the company to call meetings and to include matters for consideration at shareholder meetings.

 

Our board of directors may decline to register transfers of ordinary shares in certain circumstances.

 

Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, decline to register any transfer of any Ordinary Share which is not fully paid up or on which we have a lien. Our directors may also decline to register any transfer of any share unless (i) the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; (ii) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of shares; (iii) the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required; (iv) in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders to whom the share is to be transferred does not exceed four; (v) the shares conceded are free of any lien in favor of us; or (vi) a fee of such maximum sum as Nasdaq Capital Market may determine to be payable, or such lesser sum as our board of directors may from time to time require, is paid to us in respect thereof.

 

If our directors refuse to register a transfer they shall, within one month after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal. The registration of transfers may, on 14 days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and the register closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine, provided, however, that the registration of transfers shall not be suspended nor the register closed for more than 30 days in any year.

 

If we cannot satisfy, or continue to satisfy, the initial listing requirements and other rules of Nasdaq Capital Market, although we are exempt from certain corporate governance standards applicable to US issuers as a Foreign Private Issuer, our securities may not be listed or may be delisted, which could negatively impact the price of our securities and your ability to sell them.

 

We will seek to have our securities approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market before consummation of this offering. The initial public offering is contingent upon receiving authorization to list the Ordinary Shares on a national exchange. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time. In that case, we will not be able to consummate the offering and may have to seek other ways to finance our operations. Even if our securities are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

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In addition, following this offering, in order to maintain our listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market, we will be required to comply with certain rules of Nasdaq Capital Market, including those regarding minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price and certain corporate governance requirements. Even if we initially meet the listing requirements and other applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, we may not be able to continue to satisfy these requirements and applicable rules. If we are unable to satisfy the Nasdaq Capital Market criteria for maintaining our listing, our securities could be subject to delisting.

 

If the Nasdaq Capital Market does not list our securities, or subsequently delists our securities from trading, we could face significant consequences, including:

 

  a limited availability for market quotations for our securities;
     
  reduced liquidity with respect to our securities;
     
  a determination that our Ordinary Shares are a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our Ordinary Shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Ordinary Shares;
     
  limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and
     
  a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

 

The laws of the Cayman Islands may not provide our shareholders with benefits comparable to those provided to shareholders of corporations incorporated in the United States.

 

Our corporate affairs are governed by our memorandum and articles of association, by the Companies Law (2018 Revision), as amended, of the Cayman Islands and by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against our directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law in the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands and from English common law. Decisions of the Privy Council (which is the final Court of Appeal for British overseas territories such as the Cayman Islands) are binding on a court in the Cayman Islands. Decisions of the English courts, and particularly the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal are generally of persuasive authority but are not binding in the courts of the Cayman Islands. Decisions of courts in other Commonwealth jurisdictions are similarly of persuasive but not binding authority. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws relative to the United States. Therefore, our public shareholders may have more difficulty protecting their interests in the face of actions by our management, directors or controlling shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States.

 

You may be unable to present proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings not called by shareholders.

 

Cayman Islands law provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our articles of association allow our shareholders holding shares representing in aggregate not less than 10% of our voting share capital in issue, to requisition a general meeting of our shareholders, in which case our directors are obliged to call such meeting. Advance notice of at least twenty-one clear days is required for the convening of our annual general shareholders’ meeting and at least 14 clear days’ notice any other general meeting of our shareholders. A quorum required for a meeting of shareholders consists of at least one shareholder present or by proxy, representing not less than one-third in nominal value of the total issued voting shares in the Company.

  

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If we are classified as a passive foreign investment company, United States taxpayers who own our Ordinary Shares may have adverse United States federal income tax consequences.

 

A non-U.S. corporation such as ourselves will be classified as a passive foreign investment company, which is known as a PFIC, for any taxable year if, for such year, either

 

  At least 75% of our gross income for the year is passive income; or
     
  The average percentage of our assets (determined at the end of each quarter) during the taxable year which produce passive income or which are held for the production of passive income is at least 50%.

 

Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets.

 

If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. taxpayer who holds our Ordinary Shares, the U.S. taxpayer may be subject to increased U.S. federal income tax liability and may be subject to additional reporting requirements.

 

Depending on the amount of cash we raise in this offering, together with any other assets held for the production of passive income, it is possible that, for our 2019 taxable year or for any subsequent year, more than 50% of our assets may be assets which produce passive income. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. Although the law in this regard is unclear, we are treating SDH as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we control their management decisions, but also because we are entitled to the economic benefits associated with SDH, and as a result, we are treating SDH as our wholly-owned subsidiary for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For purposes of the PFIC analysis, in general, according to Internal Revenue Code Section 1297(c), a non-U.S. corporation is deemed to own its pro rata share of the gross income and assets of any entity in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the equity by value. Although WFOE does not technically own any stock in SDH, because of its control over management decisions of SDH, its entitlement to economic benefits associated with SDH, and the inclusion of SDH as part of the consolidated group (under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 810, “Consolidation,” VIEs are generally consolidated with other related entities under common control) , there is a risk that WFOE’s interest in SDH might be considered a deemed stock interest. Therefore, the income and assets of SDH should be included in the determination of whether or not we are a PFIC in any taxable year Since there is little to no guidance other than the statute itself (Internal Revenue Code Section 1297(c)) and analogous portions of the code, treasury regulations and other accepted authorities, the IRS could challenge our position that the look through rule should apply in this. In the event the IRS takes the position that we should not treated as owning SDH for United States federal income tax purposes, we would likely be treated as a PFIC.

 

Our pre-IPO shareholders will be able to sell their shares after completion of this offering subject to restrictions under the Rule 144.

 

Our pre-IPO shareholders may be able to sell their Ordinary Shares under Rule 144 after completion of this offering. Because these shareholders have paid a lower price per Ordinary Share than participants in this offering, when they are able to sell their pre-IPO shares under Rule 144, they may be more willing to accept a lower sales price than the IPO price. This fact could impact the trading price of the stock following completion of the offering, to the detriment of participants in this offering. We issued a total of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares, and an additional total of 27,000,000 Ordinary Shares to our pre-IPO shareholders on February 22, 2019, and August 8, 2019, respectively. Under rule 144, before our pre-IPO shareholders can sell their shares, in addition to meeting other requirements, they must meet the required holding period, as well as the lock-up period required as part of our underwriting agreement with our underwriter. We do not expect any of the Ordinary Shares to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 during the pendency of this offering.

 

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TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADENAMES

 

This prospectus contains trademarks, service marks and trade names of others, which are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks, logos and trade names referred to in this prospectus are included without the ® and ™ symbols. All trademarks, service marks and trade names appearing in this prospectus are, to our knowledge, the property of their respective owners. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trademarks, service marks, copyrights or trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies or unrelated parties.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by us and based upon an assumed initial public offering price of US$4 per Ordinary Share, of approximately $20,000,000.

 

We plan to use the net proceeds we receive from this offering for the following purposes:

 

    Use of Proceeds
Content providing 30%   US$6,000,000
Software and hardware upgrading 20%   US$4,000,000
Marketing, brand building, and sales 20%   US$4,000,000
Talents cultivation and recruitment 5%   US$1,000,000
Investment of industry chain integration related to our platform 25%   US$5,000,000

 

The foregoing represents our current intentions based upon our present plans and business conditions to use and allocate the net proceeds of this Offering. The net proceeds may be used for corporate purposes that do not increase our operating results or the market value of our Ordinary Shares

 

As an offshore holding company, we are permitted under PRC laws and regulations to provide funding to our PRC subsidiary through loans or capital contributions, and to our VIE only through loans, subject to satisfaction of applicable government registrations, approvals and filing requirements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain these government registrations or approvals on a timely basis, if at all. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary and VIE, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.”

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

 

We intend to keep any future earnings to finance the expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate that any cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future.

 

Under Cayman Islands law, a Cayman Islands company may pay a dividend on its shares out of either profit or share premium amount, provided that in no circumstances may a dividend be paid if this would result in the company being unable to pay its debts due in the ordinary course of business.

 

If we determine to pay dividends on any of our Ordinary Shares in the future, as a holding company, we will be dependent on receipt of funds from our PRC subsidiary. Pursuant to the EIT law and its implementation rules, any dividends paid by PRC subsidiary to GMB HK will be subject to a withholding tax rate of 10% unless otherwise reduced to 5% by relevant tax authorities according to Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement or other applicable laws. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Doing Business in the PRC—There are significant uncertainties under the EIT Law relating to the withholding tax liabilities of our PRC subsidiary, and dividends payable by our PRC subsidiary to our offshore subsidiaries may not qualify to enjoy certain treaty benefits.”

 

Current PRC regulations permit our PRC subsidiary to pay dividends to GMB HK only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. In addition, each of our subsidiary and consolidated affiliates in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital. These reserve funds, however, may not be distributed as cash dividends.

 

Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments, and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies, without prior approval of SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. Specifically, without prior approval of SAFE, cash generated from the operations in PRC may be used to pay dividends to our company.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of December 31, 2018:

 

  on an actual basis; and
     
  on an as adjusted basis to reflect the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares by us in this offering, at the initial public offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share, after deducting the estimated commissions to the underwriter and the estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

You should read this capitalization table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds,” “Selected Consolidated Financial and Operating Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

The actual and as adjusted information set forth in the table, assuming the Underwriter does not exercise its over-allotment option, and excludes warrants to purchase up to 575,000 Ordinary Shares issuable to the Underwriter in connection with this offering.

 

    US$
(Actual)
    US$
(As adjusted)
 
Equity                
Share capital US$0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 ordinary shares authorized, 28,000,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding; 33,000,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, as adjusted     2,800       3,300  
Additional paid-in capital(1)     4,341,061       21,815,485  
Statutory reserves     633,247       633,247  
Retained earnings     5,669,878       5,669,878  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (317,487 )     (317,487 )
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to controlling shareholders     10,329,499       27,804,423  
Non-controlling interests     331,277       331,277  
Total equity     10,660,776       28,135,700  
Total capitalization     10,660,776       28,135,700  

 

(1) Pro forma additional paid in capital reflects the net proceeds we expect to receive, after deducting underwriting fee, Underwriter expense allowance and other expenses. We expect to receive net proceeds of approximately $17,474,924 ($20,000,000 offering, less underwriting fee of $$1,500,000, non-accountable expense of $200,000 and offering expenses of $825,076). The additional paid in capital reflects the net proceeds we expect to receive, after deducting underwriting fee, Underwriter expense allowance and other expenses.

 

A US$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share would increase (decrease) each of additional paid-in capital, total shareholders’ equity and total capitalization by US$4,575,000, assuming the number of Ordinary Shares offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated expenses payable by us.

 

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DILUTION

 

If you invest in our Ordinary Shares, your interest will be diluted for each Ordinary Share you purchase to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per Ordinary Share and our net tangible book value per Ordinary Share after this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the initial public offering price per Ordinary Share is substantially in excess of the net tangible book value per Ordinary Share attributable to the existing shareholders for our presently outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

Our net tangible book value as of December 31, 2018 was US$10,660,776, or US$0.38 per Ordinary Share. Net tangible book value represents the amount of our total consolidated tangible assets, less the amount of our total consolidated liabilities. Dilution is determined by subtracting the as adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share from the initial public offering price per Ordinary Share and after deducting the estimated commissions to the underwriter and the estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

Without taking into account any other changes in net tangible book value after December 31, 2018, other than to give effect to our sale of Ordinary Shares offered in this offering based on the initial public offering price of US$4.00 per Ordinary Share after deduction of the estimated commissions to the underwriter and the estimated offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of December 31, 2018 would have been US$28,135,700, or US$0.85 per outstanding Ordinary Share and US$0.85 per Ordinary Share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of US$0.47 per Ordinary Share to the existing shareholders, and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of US$3.15 per Ordinary Share to investors purchasing Ordinary Shares in this offering. The as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only. The following table illustrates such dilution:

 

    Amount  
Initial public offering price per Ordinary Share   US$ 4.00  
Net tangible book value per Ordinary Share as of December 31, 2018   US$ 0.38  
As adjusted net tangible book value per Ordinary Share attributable to payments by new investors   US$ 0.85  
Increase in net tangible book value per Ordinary Share to the existing shareholders   US$ 0.47  
Amount of dilution in net tangible book value per Ordinary Share to new investors in the offering   US$ 3.15  

 

The following table summarizes, on an as adjusted basis as of December 31, 2018, the number of shares of Ordinary Shares purchased from us, the total consideration paid, or to be paid, and the average price per share paid, or to be paid, by existing shareholders and by new investors in the offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $4.00 per share before deducting the estimated commissions to the underwriter and the estimated offering expenses payable by us.

 

    Ordinary Shares
purchased
    Total consideration     Average
price per ordinary
 
    Number     Percent     Amount     Percent     share  
    (US$ in thousands)  
Existing shareholders     28,000,000       84.85 %   US$ 4,343,861       19.91 %   US$ 0.16  
New investors     5,000,000       15.15 %   US$ 17,474,924       80.09 %   US$ 3.49  
Total     33,000,000       100.00 %   US$ 21,818,785       100.00 %   US$ 0.66  

 

The as adjusted information as discussed above is illustrative only.

 

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ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability. We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands because of certain benefits associated with being a Cayman Islands corporation, such as political and economic stability, an effective judicial system, a favorable tax system, the absence of foreign exchange control or currency restrictions and the availability of professional and support services. However, the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and provides significantly less protection for investors than the United States.

 

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

 

We have appointed Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC as our agent to receive service of process with respect to any action brought against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the federal securities laws of the United States or of any state in the United States or any action brought against us in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in the County of New York under the securities laws of the State of New York.

 

Conyers Dill & Pearman (“Conyers”), our counsel with respect to the laws of Cayman Islands, and GFE Law Office, our counsel with respect to PRC law, have advised us that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands or the PRC would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands or the PRC against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

 

Conyers, has further advised us that it is uncertain that Cayman Islands courts would enforce: (1) judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions against us or other persons that are predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws; or (2) original actions brought against us or other persons predicated upon the Securities Act. Conyers has informed us that there is uncertainty with regard to Cayman Islands law relating to whether a judgment obtained from the U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of the securities laws will be determined by the courts of the Cayman Islands as penal or punitive in nature. Furthermore, there is currently no statutory enforcement or treaty between the United States and the Cayman Islands providing for enforcement of judgments. However, a judgment obtained in the United States may be recognized and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands at common law, without any re-examination on the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, provided such judgment: (i) is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; (ii) is final; (iii) is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; and (iv) was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or public policy of the Cayman Islands.

 

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

 

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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 financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Overview

 

We started our operation as a consulting company providing enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in the PRC in December 2014, and launched our peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in May 2016. Since then, we have continued to expand and improve our platform, where knowledge is shared and gained, and services are requested and provided. We operate our platform through our PRC operating entity, SDH and its subsidiaries, both on-line, via our mobile application “Shidonghui App” (the “APP”), and off-line, through local offices directly operated by us in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, as well as 33 local centers operated by some of our Members in 25 cities and twelve provinces throughout the PRC. Our mission is to become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in China.

 

Substantially all of our operations are conducted in the PRC and all of our revenues, expenses, cash and cash equivalents are denominated in RMB. Foreign ownership of certain parts of our businesses including the value-added telecommunications services, or the VATS, is subject to restrictions under current PRC laws and regulations. See “Regulations—Regulations Related to Foreign Investment.” The business activities that we engage in are VATS, therefore, we have relied and expect to continue to rely on contractual arrangements with SDH, its subsidiaries and shareholders to operate our business in China. For a description of these contractual arrangements, see “Business—Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders.” In the opinion of our PRC legal counsel, GFE Law Office, based on its understandings of the relevant PRC laws and regulations, (i) the ownership structures of SDH in China and WFOE, both currently and immediately after giving effect to this offering, are not in violation of applicable PRC laws and regulations currently in effect; and (ii) each contracts among WFOE, SDH and its shareholders is legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and applicable PRC laws. However, our PRC legal counsel has also advised us that there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of current or future PRC laws and regulations. See “Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—If the PRC government finds that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our businesses in China do not comply with PRC regulations relating to the relevant industries, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to severe penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

 

Through the last two decades, a fast-growing economy and a generally positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need corporate services such as financial consulting and management training. Likewise, as a result of China’s economic expansion, the Chinese population saw large increases of personal wealth. Previously, our platform has focused on providing enterprise services to enterprises and entrepreneurs, but we are actively expanding our service to individuals and families that seek advice and services relating to health, beauty, travel, fashion, housing, etc.

 

When we launched our platform, our aim was not only to continue providing enterprise services to PRC’s growing business communities, but also create a marketplace where qualified entities (individuals and enterprises) have opportunities to serve as providers, and receive rewards by sharing their knowledge with others on the platform. As of May 2019, our knowledge sharing and enterprise service ecosystem had approximately four hundred Mentors, seven hundred Experts, one thousand Members, and 4.98 million Users. In addition to serving our Users and Members, we continue to provide enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in China, through a dedicated team with ten full-time professional consultants, backed up by resources provided by 3rd party institutional service providers such as investment banks and private equity firms, as well as our Mentors and Experts. Our providers (Mentors, Experts and consultants) are successful entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and professionals with qualifications and achievements in major industries such as finance, energy, health care, and academia. Our core strength is the knowledge brought by our providers, highlighted by their experiences, knowledge, industry know-how, and social connections.

 

Key Factors that Affect Operating Results

 

We believe the following key factors may affect our financial condition and results of operations:

 

Our success depends on our ability to acquire clients effectively

 

Our ability to increase our revenue largely depends on our ability to attract and engage potential clients, which includes Users, Members, and Enterprise Service Clients. Our sales and marketing efforts include those related to client acquisition and retention, and general marketing. We intend to continue to dedicate significant resources to our sales and marketing efforts and constantly seek to improve the effectiveness of these efforts to grow our revenues.

  

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Our client acquisition channels primarily include our sales and marketing campaigns and existing client referrals. In order to acquire clients, we have made significant efforts in building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with local government and local business associations. In addition, we also market our services through the influence of our founder and CEO, Mr. Haiping Hu, who is a well-known entrepreneur in China, and through social media platforms, such as WeChat and Weibo. If any of our current client acquisition channels becomes less effective, or if we are unable to continue to use any of these channels, we may not be able to attract new clients in a cost-effective manner or convert potential clients into active clients and may even lose our existing clients to our competitors. To the extent that our current client acquisition and retention efforts becomes less effective, our service revenue may be significantly impacted, which would have a significant adverse effect on our revenues, financial condition and results of operations.

 

A severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy could materially and adversely affect our business and our financial condition.

 

The rapid growth of the Chinese economy has slowed down since 2012 and such slowdown may continue in the future. There is considerable uncertainty over the trade conflicts between the United States and China and the long-term effects of the expansionary monetary and fiscal policies adopted by the central banks and financial authorities of some of the world’s leading economies, including the United States and China; the withdrawal of these expansionary monetary and fiscal policies could lead to a contraction. There continue to be concerns over unrest and terrorist threats in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, which have resulted in volatility in oil and other markets. There are also concerns about the relationship among China and other Asian countries, which may result in or intensify potential conflicts in relation to territorial disputes. The eruption of armed conflict could adversely affect global or Chinese discretionary spending, either of which could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operation in financial condition. Economic conditions in China are sensitive to global economic conditions, as well as changes in domestic economic and political policies and the expected or perceived overall economic growth rate in China. Any severe or prolonged slowdown in the global or Chinese economy would likely materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, continued turbulence in the international markets may adversely affect our ability to access capital markets to meet liquidity needs.

 

Ability to Attract and Retain Our Qualified Service Providers

 

We rely heavily on the expertise of our service providers, including Mentors, Experts, and consultants to maintain our core competence. At present, we have approximately 400 mentors, 700 experts, and a team of professional consultants as our knowledge sharing providers. Many of our mentors are experienced leaders of successful well-known corporations. Likewise, our experts are outstanding professionals in their specialized fields, our team of consultants is professionals with an average five years industrial experiences. Under their leadership, we have been able to achieve significant growth since we launched our knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in 2016. As our business scope increases, we expect to continue to invest significant resources in hiring and retaining service providers. Our ability to sustain our growth will depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified service providers.

 

Transition to Public Company Status

 

Subsequent to the completion of our initial public offering, our general and administrative expenses are expected to increase materially in connection with meeting our public company reporting obligations and corporate governance requirements. The increased expenses will include legal, accounting and other professional service fees, insurance premiums, auditing fees, investor relations, shareholder meetings, printing and filing fees, share-based compensation expense, as well as employee-related expenses for regulatory compliance and other costs. In addition, our selling and administrative expenses are also expected to increase as we add personnel and incur additional fees and costs related to the growth of our business and our operation as a publicly traded company in the United States. We are a relatively early-stage company with a limited operating history. As a result, our costs associated with being a public company are expected to be of a higher proportion of revenue and net profit as compared to a larger or more mature company.

 

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Results of Operations

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
    Change in    

of %

 
    2018     2017     Amount     change  
                         
REVENUE, NET   $ 13,538,999     $ 2,287,160     $ 11,251,839       491.96 %
                                 
COSTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES                                
Service costs     1,142,596       780,341       362,255       46.42 %
Selling expenses     1,282,677       773,544       509,133       65.82 %
General and administrative expenses     1,749,209       1,304,039       445,170       34.14 %
Research and development expenses (“R&D expenses”)     665,378       255,424       409,954       160.50 %
Total costs and operating expenses     4,839,860       3,113,348       1,726,512       55.46 %
                                 
PROFIT (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS     8,699,139       (826,188 )     9,525,327       1,152.92 %
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)                                
Investment losses     (20,194 )     (74,054 )     53,860       (72.73 )%
Interest income     142,612       79,988       62,624       78.29 %
Other (expense) income, net     (10,619 )     1,077       (11,696 )     1,085.98 %
Total other income, net     111,799       7,011       104,788       1,494.62 %
                                 
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES     8,810,938       (819,177 )     9,630,115       1,175.58 %
                                 
Income taxes provision (benefits)     1,158,465       (149,447 )     1,307,912       875.17 %
                                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)     7,652,473       (669,730 )     8,322,203       1,242.62 %
Less: net profit attributable to non-controlling interests     175,407       4,949       170,458       3,444.29 %
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING  SHAREHOLDERS   $ 7,477,066     $ (674,679 )     8,151,745       1,208.24 %

 

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The following table summarizes the results of our operations during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage increase or (decrease) during such years.

 

Revenue

 

Our revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were derived from the following sources:

  

    For the years ended December31,     Change  
    2018     %     2017     %     Amount     %  
                                     
Member services   $ 5,280,587       39.00 %   $ 1,099,135       48.05 %   $ 4,181,452       380.43 %
Enterprise service                                                
-Comprehensive tailored services     4,732,980       34.96 %     487,809       21.33 %     4,245,171       870.25 %
-Sponsorship advertising services     2,520,026       18.61 %     138,977       6.08 %     2,381,049       1,713.27 %
-Consulting services     793,400       5.86 %     265,467       11.61 %     527,933       198.87 %
Online services     8,098       0.06 %     5,775       0.25 %     2,323       40.23 %
Other services     203,908       1.51 %     289,997       12.68 %     (86,089 )     (29.69 )%
Revenues, net   $ 13,538,999       100.00 %   $ 2,287,160       100.00 %   $ 11,251,839       491.96 %

 

Our revenues increased by $11,251,839, or 491.96%, from $2,287,160 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $13,538,999 for the year ended December 31, 2018. Revenues from Member services accounted for 39.00% of our net revenues in fiscal year 2018, as compared to 48.05% in fiscal year 2017. Revenue from enterprise services accounted for 59.43% and 39.02% of our net revenues for fiscal years 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in our revenues was primarily attributable to the increase in the fees generated from Member services, comprehensive tailored services, sponsorship advertising services and consulting services.

 

Revenues from Member services

 

The Company offers three tiers of membership services, Platinum, Diamond and Protégé, which differ in membership fees as well as the level of the services provided. Members pay a fixed fee for exchange of the right to participate in seven activities, including study tours and forums, within a typically one-year membership period.

 

Revenues from Member services increased by $4,181,452, or 380.43%, from $1,099,135 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $5,280,587 for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to the fact that we started Diamond membership services since June 2017; there were 252 Diamond members for the year ended 2017, of whom 244 participated in activities in the fiscal year 2018, which accounted for $2,539,440 of the increase; in addition, there were 162 newly developed Diamond members in the fiscal year 2018, which accounted for $1,794,877 of the increase. The total increase in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 was partially offset by the decrease of revenue from Platinum members in the amount of $152,865, primarily resulting from the decline of Platinum members, 83 in the fiscal year 2018 as compared to 222 Platinum members in the fiscal year 2017.

 

Revenues from Comprehensive Tailored Service

 

There are four major categories of our comprehensive tailored service types. The following table presents the type of tailored services as well as their respective prices:

 

Type of comprehensive tailored services   Pricing
Conference and salon organization   RMB 50,000 (approximately US$7,246)
Booth exhibition services   RMB50,000 (approximately US$7,246)
On-site mentors’ guidance   RMB50,000-100,000 (approximately US$7,246-US$14,493)
Other additional services   RMB10,000-200,000 (approximately US$14,493-US$ 28,986)

 

Revenues from comprehensive tailored services increased by $4,245,171, or 870.25%, from $487,809 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $4,732,980 for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to the fact that our comprehensive tailored services were launched in May 2017, we are more focus on comprehensive tailored services and most of the services specified in the contract signed in 2017 were provided to clients during fiscal year 2018. There were 32 contracts with a total amount of $1,376,291 signed for the year ended December 31, 2017, of which $888,482 were recognized as revenue for fiscal year 2018 when we actually provided the services. In addition, there were 82 contracts with a total amount of $4,511,690 signed for fiscal year 2018, of which $3,844,498 were recognized as revenue for fiscal year 2018.

 

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Revenues from sponsorship advertising service

 

Sponsorship advertising is a special form of advertising, generally referring to a publicity strategy adopted by enterprises in order to enhance their corporate and product image, as well as brand awareness and influence. We provide sponsorship advertising services for our enterprise clients at events we hold, such as forums and study tours.

 

Revenues from title sponsorship services increased by $2,381,049, or 1,713.27% from $138,977 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $2,520,026 for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to the growth of our business as we were able to organize more activities, such as large-scale forums, which we use as venues for our title sponsorship services. There are eighteen activities for title sponsorship services in fiscal year 2018 and there is only one activity for title sponsorship services in fiscal year 2017.

 

Revenues from consulting services

 

We provide consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprise to develop strategies and solutions for the following: corporate reorganization, product promotion and marketing, industry supply chain integration, corporate governance, financing and capital structure, etc. Revenues from consulting services increased by $527,933, or 198.87% from $265,467 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $793,400 for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to the fact that more consulting services were provided in 2018 by our subsidiaries to new clients, which accounted for 100% of the increase.

 

Revenues from Online services

 

We provide online services to our users, which mainly includes: (a) Questions and Answers (Q&A) session and (b) Online streaming of courses and programs. Our Users have accesses to a large selection of free online content; however, due to our agreements with some content providers, a small number of online courses require a one-time fee of 19 to 299 APP points, which translates to approximately US$3 to US$43, for unlimited streaming. We generated revenues mainly from Q&A sessions. Fees are paid by Users through the Company’s APP platform, on which users can raise questions to chosen Mentors or Experts for each Q&A dialogue with fixed fees. Chosen Mentors or Experts set their own fees for Q&A sessions. The chosen Mentors or Experts would then be automatically engaged by the Users with private 1-to-1 Q&A dialogues. If the response is delayed or unsatisfactory to the User, he or she may notify our customer service representatives who will contact the Provider to follow-up with the User.

 

The Company charges 30% of the Q&A fees as a facilitator of online services. The Q&A fees are allocated to the Company and chosen mentors or experts automatically by the APP on a 30%/70% split upon completion of Q&A sessions. The Company recognizes online service fees as revenue at completion of Q&A sessions on a net basis, i.e., in the amount of 30% of allocated Q&A fees, as the Company merely provides a platform for its users and is not the primary obligor of the Q&A session, neither has risks and rewards as principal. Revenues from online services were $8,098 and $5,775 for the year ended 2018 and 2017, with some fluctuations, mainly caused by an increase in the numbers of Users.

 

Currently, we do not require any fee to become a User on our platform, and most of the audio and video courses and programs on our APP are free for our Users to experience. For fiscal years 2017 and 2018, our revenues generated from online services were much smaller compared to revenues generated from Member services and enterprise services, primarily due to the fact that we have focused on growing our online knowledge sharing community by providing services for Users to enjoy at low or no charge.

 

To continually grow our online business, we are expanding the catalogue of our video and audio courses and programs, developing and improving new services on our APP, investing resources to attract and retain content and service providers. In addition, our APP developing team is continually improving the usability of our APP to offer better User experiences. We believe that our knowledge sharing platform is capable of building and maintaining long-term relationships with our Users and we expect to improve User retention and daily activity levels on our APP. However, we do not expect the online services revenue will become a major revenue stream in the near future.

 

Revenues from other services

 

Other services fees are mainly derived from non-member participation of our study tours and forums at the service level of Platinum members. We charge non-members a fixed fee of RMB3,000 for each member activity.

 

Fees are usually collected on site at the date of each activity and revenues are recognized at the completion of such activity. Other services fees decreased by $86,089, or 29.69% as compared to the fiscal year 2017, it is fluctuates slightly and has no significant impact on the total revenues.

 

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Costs and operating expenses

 

The following table sets forth the breakdown of our costs and operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

    For the years ended December31,     Change        
    2018     %     2017     %     Amount     %  
                                     
Service costs   $ 1,142,596       23.61 %   $ 780,341       25.06 %   $ 362,255       46.42 %
Selling expenses     1,282,677       26.50 %     773,544       24.85 %     509,133       65.82 %
General and administrative expenses     1,749,209       36.14 %     1,304,039       41.89 %     445,170       34.14 %
Research and development expenses     665,378       13.75 %     255,424       8.20 %     409,954       160.50 %
Total costs and operating expenses     4,839,860       100.00       3,113,348       100.00       1,726,512       55.46 %

 

Service costs

 

Our Service costs primarily include (1) the cost of holding activities, such as venue rental fees, conference equipment fees, (2) professional and consulting fees paid to third parties for our activities; (3) the fees paid to Mentors and Experts; and (4) labor costs. Service costs increased by $362,255, or 46.42% for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to same period in 2017, mainly due to the growth of our Member services and comprehensive tailored services, and we held more activities for these business in fiscal year 2018.

 

Selling expenses

 

Our selling expenses increased by $509,133 or 65.82% from $773,544 in fiscal year 2017 to $1,282,677 in fiscal year 2018. The increase in our selling expenses was primarily due to salary increased by $462,642 as compared to fiscal year 2017, because we hired more employees in fiscal year 2018 in line with expansion of our business. In addition, the increase in our selling expenses was also attributable to a $29,928 increase in travel and meals expenses in fiscal year 2018 as compared to fiscal year 2017. We expect our overall sales and marketing expenses, including but not limited to, brand promotion, salary and servicing expense, will continue to increase in the foreseeable future as and if our business continues to grow.

 

General and administrative expenses

 

Our general and administrative expenses increased by $445,170 or 34.14%, from $1,304,039 in fiscal year 2017 to $1,749,209 in fiscal year 2018. Such increase in fiscal year 2018 was primarily due to an increase in salary expenses of $425,484, and an increased in office lease expenses of $156,599 for a larger office space leased to meet our business expansion needs. We expect our general and administrative expenses, including, but not limited to, salaries and professional fees, to continue to increase in the foreseeable future as our business further grows. In addition, we expect to continue to hire new employees and engage legal, accounting and other professional service providers to meet our public company reporting and corporate governance requirements as we become a public company upon the completion of this offering.

 

R&D expenses

 

Research and development expenses for our mobile application, the APP, increased by $409,954 or 160.50% from $255,424 in fiscal year 2017 to $665,378 in fiscal year 2018. We expect R&D expenses to continue to increase in the foreseeable future as we will increase the research and development of the APP.

 

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Other income (expenses)

 

Total net other income increased by $104,788, or 1,494.62%, from $7,011 for the year ended December 31, 2017, to $111,799 for the year ended December 31, 2018. The increase was primarily due to an increase in our interest income by $62,624, or 78.29%, in fiscal year 2018 as compared to fiscal year 2017 because most of financial products were purchased from Chinese commercial banks in the second half of 2017. In addition, investment losses decrease by $53,860, or 72.73% in fiscal year 2018 as compared to fiscal year 2017 which were from share of the losses in equity investees.

 

Income taxes provision (benefits)

 

GIP was incorporated in the Cayman Islands and under the current laws of the Cayman Islands, we are not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. In addition, no Cayman Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon the payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders.

 

GMB HK is a company registered in Hong Kong, which is subject to income taxes within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. From year of assessment of 2018/2019 onwards, Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000, (approximately US$ 289,855), and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000. However, the Company did not have any assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, therefore no provision for Hong Kong profits tax was made in these periods.

 

SDH obtained its “National High Tech Enterprise” certificate on October 25, 2017. Therefore, SDH is eligible to enjoy a preferential tax rate of 15% from 2017 to 2019 to the extent it has taxable income under the EIT Law. Our other PRC subsidiary and VIE’s subsidiaries are qualified as small-scale and low-profit enterprises, whose annual taxable income is less than RMB1,000,000 (approximately US$ 144,928), their income is reduced by 50% to the taxable income, and enterprise income tax is paid at 20% tax rate, which is essentially resulting in a favorable income tax rate of 10%.

 

Our income taxes provision increased by $1,307,912 when comparing fiscal year 2018 to 2017, primarily due to increased revenue and taxable income in fiscal year 2018.

 

Net income

 

As a result of the foregoing, we reported a net income of $7,652,473 for the year ended December 31, 2018, compared to a net loss of $669,730 for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

Net profit attributable to non-controlling interest

 

Non-controlling interests are recognized to reflect the portion of their equity that is not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Company as the controlling shareholder. For the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, VIE and VIE’ s subsidiaries, non-controlling interests represent a minority shareholder’s 49% ownership interest in GMB (Beijing), GMB Culture, which has a wholly-owned subsidiary called GMB Technology, GMB Consulting, GMB Linking as of December 31, 2018. Net profit attributable to non-controlling interest was $175,407 and $4,949 for the year ended 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Net income (loss) attributable to the Company

 

Net income attributable to the Company increased by $8,151,745, or 1,208.24% from net loss $674,679 in fiscal year 2017 to net income $7,477,066 in fiscal year 2018.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

To date, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations and additional capital contributions from shareholders. We received an aggregated capital injection by our shareholders of $340,647 and $2,358,342 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We plan to support our future operations primarily from cash generated from our operations and cash on hand.

 

As of December 31, 2018, our cash and cash equivalents amount to $11,658,284 compared to $6,430,438 as of December 31, 2017. The accounts receivable from third parties amount to $603,542 as of December 31, 2018, out of which, $409,172 was subsequently collected as of May 31, 2019. Our deferred revenue amount to $2,155,521 as of December 31, 2018, which is mainly derived from Member services and comprehensive tailored services, such amounts will be recognized as revenue as our services were gradually provided, and it significantly enhanced our working capital.

 

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As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, our working capital was $10,098,122 and $2,363,989. Our working capital requirements are influenced by the level of operations, the numerical volume of our sales contracts, and the progress of execution of our services.

 

We believe that our working capital are at positive position and is sufficient to meet our operation requirement in the next 12 months from the audited financial statements issued date. It is mainly contributed from, (1) our current position of cash and cash equivalents, (2) cash flows provided by operating activities, and (3) net proceeds from this offering.

 

If we experienced an adverse operating environment or incurred unanticipated capital expenditure requirements, or if we accelerated our growth, then additional financing may be required. No assurance can be given, however, that additional financing, if required, would be on favorable terms or available at all. Such financing may include the use of additional debt or the sale of additional equity securities. Any financing which involves the sale of equity securities or instruments that are convertible into equity securities could result in immediate and possibly significant dilutions to our existing shareholders.

 

Substantially all of our operations are conducted in the PRC and all of our revenues, expenses, cash and cash equivalents are denominated in RMB. As of December 31, 2018, 100% of our cash and cash equivalents were held in China, and held by our VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries and denominated in Renminbi. Although we consolidate the results of our VIE and their subsidiaries, we only have access to the assets or earnings of our VIE and their subsidiaries through our contractual arrangements with our VIE and their shareholders. See “Business — Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders.

 

In utilizing the proceeds we expect to receive from this offering, we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries, or make loans to our PRC subsidiary. However, most of these uses are subject to PRC regulations.

 

See “Risk Factors—PRC regulation of loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies and governmental control of currency conversion may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to make loans or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary and VIE, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.” and “Use of Proceeds.”

 

A majority of our future revenues are likely to continue to be in the form of Renminbi. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, Renminbi may be converted into foreign exchange for current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and trade-and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior SAFE approval as long as certain routine procedural requirements are fulfilled. Therefore, our PRC subsidiaries are allowed to pay dividends in foreign currencies to us without prior SAFE approval by following certain routine procedural requirements. However, approval from or registration with competent government authorities is required where the Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions in the future.

 

As of December 31, 2018, the following were outstanding balances on our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments in each jurisdiction:

 

    Cash and cash equivalents     Short-term investments     Total  
PRC   $ 11,658,284     $ 291,409     $ 11,949,693  
Hong Kong     -       -       -  
Cayman Islands     -       -       -  
Total   $ 11,658,284     $ 291,409     $ 11,949,693  

 

Cash Flows

 

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
Net cash provided by operating activities   $ 5,763,893     $ 2,860,427  
Net cash used in investing activities     (363,530 )     (191,993 )
Net cash provided by financing activities     340,647       2,358,342  
Effect of foreign exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents     (513,164 )     274,749  
Net increase in cash and restricted cash   $ 5,227,846     $ 5,301,525  

 

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Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $5,763,893 for the year ended December 31, 2018. It was primarily due to a) a net income of $7,652,473, adjusted by net deferred tax provision of $165,321, depreciation and amortization of $20,882, investment losses of $20,194; b) Our income taxes payable also increased by $674,036 due to our increased taxable income in the fiscal year 2018; c) Our accrued expenses and other current liabilities increased by $542,423 due to the increase in accrued payroll of $95,923 and the increase in value added tax payable of $367,411 in the fiscal year 2018; and partially offset by a) our accounts receivable increased by $614,389 because the expansion of our business in the fiscal year 2018; and b) Our deferred revenue decreased by $2,278,629 because we received services fees in the fiscal year 2017 from customers for member services and comprehensive tailored services and other services have been rendered in the fiscal year 2018.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities amounted to $2,860,427 for the year ended December 31, 2017, it was primarily due to our deferred revenue increased by $4,002,347 because we received services fees in the fiscal year 2017 from customers for member services and comprehensive tailored services; and partially offset by: a) a net loss of $669,730, adjusted by net deferred tax benefits of $157,103, depreciation and amortization of $9,215, investment losses of $74,054; b) amounts due from related parties increased by 362,866 in the fiscal year 2017; and c) our prepaid expenses and other current assets increased by $221,999 due to the increase in prepaid VAT and rental expense of $109,268 and the increase in in interest receivable of $78,453 in the fiscal year 2017.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to $363,530 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 which includes purchases of property and equipment of $49,962, purchase of long-term investments of $11,334, and purchase of short-term investments of $302,234.

 

Net cash used in investing activities amounted to $191,993 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 including purchases of property and equipment in the amount of $41,663, and purchase of long-term investments in the amount of $150,330.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $340,647 and $2,358,342 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, representing proceeds from the shareholders’ capital contributions to meet the capital requirement of VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries.

 

Trend Information

 

Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our net revenues, incomes from operations, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause reported financial information not necessarily to be indicative of future operating results or financial condition.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2018.

 

Contingencies

 

The Company may be involved in various legal proceedings, claims and other disputes arising from the commercial operations, projects, employees and other matters which, in general, are subject to uncertainties and in which the outcomes are not predictable. The Company determines whether an estimated loss from a contingency should be accrued by assessing whether a loss is deemed probable and can be reasonably estimated. Although the outcomes of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted, the Company does not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity. As of December 31, 2018, the Company was not aware of any litigations or lawsuits against them.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We lease office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with expiration dates in 2020. Operating lease expense amounted to $215,138 and $58,539 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

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Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows as of December 31, 2018:

 

Year ending December 31,
2019   $ 209,113  
2020     75,485  
Total   $ 284,598  

 

Inflation

 

Inflation does not materially affect our business or the results of our operations.

 

Seasonality

 

The nature of our business does not appear to be affected by seasonal variations.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Management Estimates

 

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. These accounting principles require us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions on the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the end of each fiscal period, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each fiscal period. We continually evaluate these judgments and estimates based on our own historical experience, knowledge and assessment of current business and other conditions, our expectations regarding the future based on available information and assumptions that we believe to be reasonable.

 

The selection of critical accounting policies, the judgments and other uncertainties affecting application of those policies and the sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and assumptions are factors that should be considered when reviewing our financial statements. We believe the following accounting policies involve the most significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and judgments are based on historical information, information that is currently available to the Company and on various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Significant estimates required to be made by management, include, but are not limited to, the assessment of the allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciable lives of property and equipment, and realization of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Foreign currency translation

 

The Company’s principal country of operations is the PRC. The financial position and results of its operations are determined using RMB, the local currency, as the functional currency. The Company’s consolidated financial statements are reported using U.S. Dollars (“US$” or “$”). The results of operations and the consolidated statements of cash flows denominated in foreign currency are translated at the average rate of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. The equity denominated in the functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time of capital contribution. Because cash flows are translated based on the average translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) included in consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

 

The value of RMB against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC’s political and economic conditions. Any significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect the Company’s financial condition in terms of US$ reporting. The following table outlines the currency exchange rates that were used in preparing the consolidated financial statements:

 

 

      December 31,
2018
      December 31,
2017
 
Year-end spot rate     US$1= RMB 6.8632       US$1= RMB 6.5342  
Average rate     US$1= RMB 6.6174       US$1= RMB 6.7518  

 

Fair value measurements

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, due from related parties, short-term investments, prepaid expenses and other current assets, deferred revenue, income taxes payable, accounts payable, due to related parties, accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments. The Company reports short-term investments at fair value and discloses the fair value of these investments based on level 2.

 

The Company’s non-financial assets, such as property and equipment, long term investments, would be measured at fair value only if they were determined to be impaired.

 

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Revenue recognition

 

The Company early adopted the new revenue standard Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, starting January 1, 2017 using the modified retrospective method for contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2017. The adoption of this ASC 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The core principle of the new revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:

 

Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract

Step 3: Determine the transaction price

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation

 

The Company mainly offers and generates revenue from four kinds of services to its clients in China, member services, enterprise services, online services and other services. Enterprise services include comprehensive tailored services, sponsorship advertising services, and consulting services.

 

Revenue recognition policies for each type of the Company’s services are discussed as follows:

 

Member services

 

The Company offers three tiers of membership services, Platinum, Diamond and Protégé, which differ in membership fees as well as the level of the services provided. Members pay a fixed fee for exchange of the right to participate in organized activities offered by the Company, such as study tours and forums, typically within one-year membership period. Any non-participating activities will expire and not be refunded beyond the agreed-upon period. Each Member is entitled to choose from same activities offered by the Company for a total of seven times but different level of membership will receive different level of privileges at each activity, such as seating arrangement or private consultation opportunity etc.. The activities for Platinum Members are also open to non-members, who pay a pre-set fee for participating in a single activity, while the Company does not offer Diamond and Protégé services to non-members separately.

 

Each activity represents a separate performance obligation, which is typically 5 days or less. The Company uses an expected cost plus margin approach to estimate the standalone selling prices of each activity. As Members can benefit from each activity on their own in the same way and there is no material difference in the Company’s delivering costs, such as number of staffs involved and size of each activity. Therefore, membership fees are equally allocated to seven performance obligations when the Company determines transaction price of each performance obligation.

 

The Company recognizes membership fees as revenue upon completion of each activity as the duration of each activity is short. Membership fees from non-participating activity will be recognized when the agreed-upon period has expired. Membership fees collected in advance are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Enterprise services

 

The Company charges its clients service fees for providing enterprise services, which mainly include comprehensive tailored services, sponsorship advertising services and consulting services.

 

Comprehensive tailored services

 

The comprehensive tailored services provide tailored packaged services to small and medium business, including conference and salon organization, booth exhibition services, on-site Mentors’ guidance, and other value-added services. The Company typically signs one-year framework agreements and a tailored services contract with the clients, in which list the types of tailored services as ordered by the clients with respect to fit their specific needs. Each tailored service is a separate performance obligation under ASC 606, as these performance obligations are distinct, the clients can benefit from each service on their own and the Company’s promises to deliver the services are separately identifiable from each other in the services contract. The performance of each tailored service is usually on a specific date designated by the clients.

 

The Company establishes a uniform list for the unit price of each type of tailored services with reference to quoted market prices. If no quoted market price is available, the price will be estimated by using an expected cost plus a margin approach.

 

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The Company recognizes the price for each tailored service as revenue when the service has been provided on a specific date designated and the receipt of each tailored services is confirmed by the clients. If a client does not request certain items of the tailored services included in the services contract during the agreed-upon period, the Company will not refund the service fees and the revenue will be recognized upon expiration of service contracts. The tailored services fees collected before providing services are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Sponsorship advertising service

 

The Company provides sponsorship advertising service for its clients at certain activities it held, i.e. study tours and forums. The sponsorship advertising services are mainly to display banners with the clients’ information and distribute clients’ brochures through the activities, so that the clients can enhance their corporate and product image.

 

The fee the Company charges for sponsorship advertising service is depending on multiple specific factors, including number of event participants, location, public interest, etc. The Company considers all factors and determines pricing for each contract separately. The sponsorship advertising fees are recognized as revenue when services have been provided on a specific date designated and receipt of title sponsorship services are confirmed by clients. Sponsorship advertising fees collected before providing services are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Consulting services

 

The Company provides consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises by helping them to develop strategies and solutions including: corporate reorganization, product promotion and marketing, industry supply chain integration, corporate governance, financing and capital structure, etc. The consulting services are tailored to meet each client’s specific needs and requirements.

 

Consulting fees are based on the specifics of the services provided, for instance, time and efforts required, relationship between the Company and the client, etc. The Company considers comprehensive factors and determines prices with reference to quoted market prices. If no quoted market price is available, price will be estimated by using an expected cost plus a margin approach.

  

Consulting fees are recognized as revenue when services have been provided and receipt of consulting services is confirmed by clients as the duration of services is short, typically one month or less. Consulting fees collected before providing any service are presented as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Online services

 

Online services mainly consist of online platform services for the Company’s APP Users to establish a Questions and Answers (Q&A) session with chosen Mentors. Top-up credits are paid by Users through the Company’s APP platform, on which Users can raise questions to chosen Mentors or Experts with a fixed fee per Q&A session preset by Mentors or Experts. The Q&A session is usually provided by chose Mentors or Experts within a course of a 72-hour period.

 

The Company charges 30% of the Q&A fees as a facilitator of online services. The Q&A fees are allocated to the Company and chosen Mentors or Experts automatically by the APP on a 30%/70% split upon completion of Q&A sessions. The Company recognizes online service fees as revenue at completion of Q&A sessions on a net basis, i.e., in the amount of 30% of allocated Q&A fees, as the Company merely provides a platform for its Users and is not the primary obligor of the Q&A session, neither has risks and rewards as principal.

 

Other services

 

Other services fees are mainly derived from non-member participation of study tours and forums at the service level of Platinum Members. The Company charges non-members a fixed fee for each Member activity and the price for non-members is determined based on our allocated Member pricing for each activity. Fees are usually collected on site at the date of each activity and revenues are recognized at the completion of such activity.

 

Service costs

 

Service costs primarily include (1) the cost of holding activity, such as venue rental fees, conference equipment fees, (2) professional and consulting fees paid to third parties for our activity; (3) the fees paid to Mentors and Experts; and (4) labor costs. Service costs were $1,142,596 and $780,341 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Income taxes

 

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

  

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

 

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

 

The Company believes there were no uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company does not expect that its assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next 12 months. The Company is not currently under examination by an income tax authority, nor has been notified that an examination is contemplated.

 

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

 

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all accounting standards updates (“ASUs”). Management periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which requires that equity investments, except for those accounted for under the equity method or those that result in consolidation of the investee, be measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in net income. However, an entity may choose to measure equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. It also impacts the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. It is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017, while for other entities the amendment will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted only for certain provisions. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1 2019 and the adoption of the guidance did not have significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases, including operating leases, with a term in excess of 12 months. The guidance also expands the quantitative and qualitative disclosure requirements. For public entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.. Early application of the guidance is permitted, and must be applied using a modified retrospective approach. In July 2018, the FASB issued updates to the lease standard making transition requirements less burdensome. The update provides an option to apply the transition provisions of the new standard at its adoption date instead of at the earliest comparative period presented in the company’s financial statements. The new guidance requires the lessee to record operating leases on the balance sheet with a right-of-use asset and corresponding liability for future payment obligations. FASB further issued ASU 2018-11 “Target Improvement” and ASU 2018-20 “Narrow-scope Improvements for Lessors.”

 

The Company adopted this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods in the year ended December 31, 2019. Starting on January 1, 2019, the Company recognized $345,145 of right-of-use assets and $345,719 of related lease payment liability in the consolidated financial statements as a result of the adoption.

 

 In June 2016, the FASB amended guidance related to the impairment of financial instruments as part of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. For public business entities that are U.S. SEC filers, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, including not-for-profit entities and employee benefit plans within the scope of Topics 960 through 965 on plan accounting, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. All entities may adopt the amendments in this Update earlier as of the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods in the year ended December 31, 2019. The guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected credit loss model for which the Company is required to recognize an allowance based on its estimate of expected credit loss. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements, and does not expect such impact to be material over the periods presented.

 

In August 2018, the FASB Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” (“ASU 2018-13”). ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for any removed or modified disclosures. The removed and modified disclosures will be adopted on a retrospective basis and the new disclosures will be adopted on a prospective basis. The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

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INDUSTRY

 

All the information and data presented in this section have been derived from Frost & Sullivan’s industry report in May, 2019 entitled “The PRC Knowledge Sharing and Enterprise Service Industry Independent Market Research,” unless otherwise noted. Frost & Sullivan (Beijing) Inc., Shanghai Branch Co. has advised us that the statistical and graphical information contained herein is drawn from its database and other sources. The following discussion projections for future growth, which may not occur at the rates that are projected or at all.

 

OVERVIEW OF ENTERPRISE SERVICE MARKET IN THE PRC

 

Enterprise service refers to consulting and training services provided to clients with the aim of helping clients develop business strategies and solutions. From 2014 to 2018, revenue of enterprise service market in the PRC experienced a steady growth from RMB141.3 billion (approximately US$20.5 billion) in 2014 to RMB198.3 billion (approximately US$28.7 billion) in 2018, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (“CAGR”) of approximately 8.8%. Supported by the further integration with knowledge sharing market and rapid development of knowledge sharing platform, revenue of enterprise service market participants is projected to rise at a CAGR of approximately 9.4%, attaining RMB303.5 billion (approximately US$44.0 billion) by the end of 2023.

 

Market Size Analysis

 

 

Source: Frost & Sullivan Report

 

Market Drivers and Trend

 

Customized services. During the past five years, the demand for business consulting and advisory service has been increasing significantly as enterprises are seeking help to boost their strategic growth. In particular, recent years have witnessed an increasing trend of customized services. Consulting service providers are required to possess deep and comprehensive knowledge of the industry and an understanding of the clients’ specific requirements and needs based on the circumstances of the clients.

 

Training services for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). With the rapid growth in the PRC economy, the number of SMEs in the PRC has increased significantly, which has contributed to the employment market and economic development in the PRC. However, most SMEs are facing the problem of lacking of or access to professional knowledge, industry information and experienced staff, which has created business opportunities for enterprise training services including technical training, vocational training, entrepreneurship training, management training, etc.

 

Expansion of online services. With the rising adoption and application of the internet, an increasing number of traditional enterprise service providers are expanding their online service offering by developing their own online platforms or cooperating with online service providers such as knowledge sharing service providers in order to grow their businesses. Knowledge sharing platforms provide a professional team of experts to help expand the marketing and distribution channels of these enterprise service providers. Therefore, the expansion of online services and cooperation with knowledge sharing platforms is likely to become a trend in the next few years.

 

Competitive Landscape

 

The enterprise service market in the PRC is considered as a highly competitive and fragmented market. By the end of 2018, there are around 0.9 million enterprise platforms. As the economy in the PRC continues to expand, more and more enterprise in the PRC require enterprise services to boost their business growth rate. It is expected that those enterprise services providers with competitive strategies, well-established business relationships, high-quality and customized services and access to industry professionals will expand market share and become leading market participants in the enterprise services market in the PRC.

 

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Main Competitors

 

Market Participants   Year of Establishment   Country   Description
ATIF Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: ATIF)   2015   The PRC   A financial consulting company providing consulting and training services for enterprises. In 2019, the company went public on NASDAQ.
Dark Horse Venture (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd (SZSE: 300688)   2008   The PRC   A company focusing on providing consulting and training services of entrepreneurship and innovation to entrepreneurs and enterprises.

 

OVERVIEW OF THE KNOWLEDGE SHARING SERVICE MARKET IN THE PRC

 

Definition and Categorization

 

Sharing economy is an economic concept based on the idea that people can leverage and share their resources such as vehicles, houses, knowledge and skills with others, and receive monetary reward as a result. It is a business model facilitated by a community built on on-line and off-line platforms. In the PRC, sharing economy is usually categorized into seven categories, namely knowledge sharing, vehicle sharing, house sharing, service sharing, healthcare sharing, office sharing and production capacity sharing.

 

Knowledge sharing, being the key category of the sharing economy in the PRC, refers to the exchange of knowledge including information, advice, expertise, industry know-how, insights, etc. It represents the monetization of knowledge and opinions of key opinion leaders (“KOLs”), industry experts, scholars, mentors, etc. Major products include lectures, Questions and Answers (Q&A) sessions, video and audio courses, books, Intellectual Property (IP), study tours, forums, trainings and seminars, one-to-one talks, consulting service, investment service, enterprise incubation service, financing service, trading service, etc. Online and offline knowledge sharing platforms will facilitate the communications between content providers (e.g. experts, KOLs, scholars and mentors) and consumers. Content providers and consumers can also build and develop their own online and offline communities through the knowledge sharing platform. All participants can offer products and services with focus on a certain group of end-users or a certain industry. For example, some knowledge sharing service market participants are mainly providing knowledge sharing products and services for enterprises, entrepreneurs and individuals who are interested in this area. Currently, there are several well-known knowledge sharing platform including Quora, Zhihu, and Ximalaya.

 

 

Source: Frost & Sullivan Report

 

Knowledge sharing can be further categorized based on the content providers, namely users, professionals and professional users. User-generated content (UGC) refers to contents posted and shared by unpaid contributors or users. Professionally-generated content (PGC) is produced to satisfy the demand of users by professionals such as professional production company, which is more specialized and high-quality. Professionally curated user-generated content (PUGC) is a combination of UGC and PGC where selected industry experts and KOLs produce contents with a full production team.

 

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Service Offerings

 

Source: Frost & Sullivan Report

 

There are various types of services provided by a knowledge sharing platform through online and offline channels:

 

Online and Offline Services. Online services include Q&A session, audio and video streaming, lectures and courses, and others, which are created on the online platforms for users to access and learn. The knowledge sharing platforms would charge commissions as service fee from both content creators and users.

 

Community Development. Through online and offline knowledge sharing activities, users, consumers and content creators including experts, KOLs and mentors can build their own online and offline communities or groups with common interests where they can exchange and share insights, ideas, opinions, opportunities, etc. Meanwhile, consumers experience including communications with users, members and experts and participations in activities in such communities will help increase consumers stickiness to the knowledge sharing platforms. Knowledge sharing service providers will assist and participant in the development of such communities and help manage their organization and operation.

 

Value Chain Analysis

 

 

Source: Frost & Sullivan Report

 

The knowledge sharing service market in the PRC consists of upstream knowledge providers, midstream knowledge sharing platforms, and the downstream consumers.

 

The content providers are the individuals who provide various contents to the sharing platforms. In general, the content providers are experts or professionals from their respective fields or industries, such as scholars, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, as well as KOLs, which could provide qualified contents to the platforms. In addition, the content providers are usually invited by the sharing platforms to provide exclusive contents on the platforms.

 

The knowledge sharing platforms act as the medium to handle contracting and payments, and facilitate the exchange of knowledge on behalf of their content providers and consumers. And the platforms also provide eligibility checks and certifications on the qualifications of the content providers to ensure the quality of the contents. The subscription-base model allows the consumers paying a certain fee at regular intervals to access the contents on the platform. On the other hand, the platform allows consumers to share their knowledge on the platform with other consumers. As such, consumers can also become content providers on the platform as “prosumers”. As the communications among the content providers and consumers are multi-dimensional, all consumers can benefit from the knowledge sharing platforms.

 

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Market Size Analysis

 

 

 Source: State Information Center, Frost & Sullivan Report

 

Note: Trading volume of knowledge sharing market includes revenue of knowledge sharing platforms, income of content creators, and other monetization income that is generated through knowledge sharing.

 

Driven by the increasing demand for high-quality knowledge products and services, rising education levels of consumers, from 2014 to 2018, total trading value of knowledge sharing market in the PRC grew dramatically from RMB9.6 billion(approximately US$1.4 billion) in 2014 to RMB235.3 billion (approximately US$34.1 billion) in 2018, representing a CAGR of approximately 122.2% during the period. Looking forward, supported by growth of disposable income and decentralization of content production, knowledge sharing market in the PRC is expected to record RMB2,107.5 billion (approximately US$305.4 billion) by the end of 2023, with a CAGR of approximately 56.1% from 2019.

 

Market Drivers

 

Favorable macroeconomic environment driving the growth of knowledge sharing platform. The overall economic environment and the rising household income have demonstrated a stable growth over the past few years and such growth is expected to sustain in the next few years. It is the opinion of our management that the trend will improve people’s living standards and also guarantees a growing consumption demand and people’s demand for information and knowledge that would continue brings improvement to their current living standards. The above factors are likely to further drive the growth of knowledge sharing service in China.

 

Technology innovation and data availability. The advancement in technology is one of the essential success factors that drove the rapid development of the knowledge sharing service market. With the help of new technologies, the knowledge sharing platforms are able to target audience effectively and efficiently, monitor data traffic constantly and adjust the contents instantly to stay competitive in the current market. This would be one of the key driving forces of the market development of knowledge sharing service in the future.

 

Exploitation of big data. Due to the increasing volume of internet data traffic, the ability to analyze data to obtain valuable insights has become increasingly important for knowledge sharing platforms to compete and survive in today’s market. It is the opinion of our management that with the aid of big data, knowledge sharing platforms are able to obtain various valuable user insights and accurately feed useful information to different users. This in turn generates various business opportunities for the knowledge sharing platforms.

 

Future Trends

 

Horizontal integration of competitors. As competition of the market intensifies, it is crucial for scaled and resourceful knowledge sharing platforms to maintain their market share as well as further expand their businesses. It is expected that the trend upon horizontal integration of small and medium sized knowledge sharing platforms will continue in the future as this will not only enable them to diversify their product portfolio, but will also bring improvements upon their technology capability and capacity, enabling them to further consolidate the market concentration and attract a bigger user base.

 

Enrichment, diversification and personalized knowledge offerings. It is the opinion of our management that, in order to retain current customers and attain more customers, it is important for knowledge sharing platforms to meet their constantly changing preferences. The enrichment and diversification of contents will be one of the most critical factors in attracting customer base, hence for the knowledge sharing platforms to excel in the market. Personalized content is also one of the future trends, tailoring contents that are suitable for an individual customer and bringing more efficiency to the customers when browsing for contents.

  

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Mature collaboration between content creators and the knowledge sharing platforms. Accumulating from business experiences, content providers and knowledge sharing platforms are becoming more familiar with the operation models of knowledge sharing economy. With respect to the business arrangement between content providers and platforms to ensure inflow of contents to the platform, there are an increasing number of consumers who prefer to pay a fix amount of monthly or annual fee to subscribe to the contents offered. In addition, the advancement in technology allows the platforms to have more control and monitor of contents on platforms, which helps match the needs and demands of different consumers.

 

Constraints and Challenges

 

High operating costs. Attributed to the growing popularity of the concept of sharing economy and its relative low barrier to entry, inevitably the knowledge sharing platforms will face fierce competition from the better-established companies who own extensive resources and sophisticated data capacity. Companies who do not own a clear business model may waste resources in exploring the market and opportunities, placing pressure on their cost of operation.

 

Competitive Landscape

 

The Knowledge sharing market in the PRC is considered as a highly competitive and fragmented market. By the end of 2018, there are over 100 notable knowledge sharing market participants in the PRC. It is expected the integrated and unique market participants targeting at certain industries or consumer groups are likely to enjoy a large room of development.

 

Main Competitors

 

Market Participants   Year of Establishment   Country   Description
IGet   2012   The PRC   A Beijing-based mobile application operator, originally a talk-show producing company named Luogic Talk Show, engaging in providing a knowledge sharing platform with a wide range of contents such as business administration, visual arts, sociology, humanity and practical skills.
ZaiHang   2015   The PRC   A Beijing-based mobile application operator providing a matchup platform to allow “one-to-one” conversations between industry experts and users.
Zhihu   2010   The PRC   A Beijing-based company providing a website where questions are created, answered, edited, and organized by its community of users. Live stream Q&A session service is also provided as a fee-charging service.
Ximalaya FM   2012   The PRC   The largest online UGC audio service provider in the PRC, enabling users to share their expertise and experience in specific areas through audio. Currently, it has around 50 million users.

 

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BUSINESS

 

Overview

 

We started our operation as a consulting company providing enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in the PRC in December 2014, and launched our peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in May 2016. Since then, we have continued to expand and improve our platform, where knowledge is shared, and services are requested and provided. We operate our platform through our PRC operating entity, SDH and its subsidiaries, both online, via our mobile application “Shidonghui App” (the “APP”), and offline, through local offices directly operated by us in Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, as well as 33 local centers operated by some of our Members in 25 cities and twelve provinces throughout the PRC. Our mission is to become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in China.

 

According to the PRC National Bureau of Statistics, through the last two decades, the Chinese economy had maintained a growth rate of around 10% for a long period until 2016, then entered an adjustment period with slower growth rate of about 7.5% between 2014 and 2016, but was back to around 10% in 2017. A generally fast-growing economy and positive market environment have created many entrepreneurial and high-growth enterprises, many of which need corporate services such as financial consulting and management training. Likewise, as a result of China’s economic expansion, the Chinese population saw large increases of personal wealth. Previously, our platform focused on providing enterprise services to enterprises and entrepreneurs, but we are actively expanding our service to individuals and families that seek advice and services relating to health, beauty, travel, fashion, housing, etc.

 

When we launched our platform, our aim was not only to continue providing enterprise services to PRC’s growing business communities, but also create a marketplace where qualified entities (individuals and enterprises) have opportunities to serve as providers, and receive rewards by sharing their knowledge with others on the platform. As of May 2019, our knowledge sharing and enterprise service ecosystem had approximately 400 Mentors, 700 Experts, 1,200 Members, and 4.98 million Users. In addition to serving our Users and Members, we continue to provide enterprise services to small and medium-sized enterprises in China through a dedicated team with ten full-time professional consultants, backed up by resources provided by third party institutional service providers such as investment banks and private equity firms, as well as our Mentors and Experts. Our providers (Mentors, Experts and consultants) are successful entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and professionals with qualifications and achievements in major industries such as finance, energy, health care, technology, manufacturing and academia. Our core strength is the knowledge brought by our providers, highlighted by their experiences, wisdom, industry know-how, and social connections.

 

We offer online services to our Users on our APP, which was released to the public in May 2016, and offline services to our Members. The number of Users, measured as the total of unique individuals who downloaded and registered to use our APP on their mobile devices, has increased from approximately 800,000 in May 2017 to approximately 4.98 million in May 2019. The number of our Members, measured as the total number of active subscribers of our three annual memberships (platinum, diamond and protégé), has increased from 139 in May 2016 to 1,215 in May 2019. “Active subscribers” are those who signed on and made full payment to receive our yearly Member services that were in effect (within the year period) at the time of measurement.

 

All of our Members are encouraged to become Users by downloading and registering on the APP to enjoy free online services, some Users also become Members in order to have access to our offline services. The main services we currently offer to Users are (1) Questions and Answers (Q &A) Sessions and (2) streaming of audio and video courses and programs. The offline services we offer to our Members are study tours and forums.

 

To meet the growing demand of our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients for professional services and advice in a rapidly changing business environment, we have been continually expanding and improving our platform and services. In March 2018, we launched our Comprehensive Tailored Service program, a customized enterprise packaged service targeting small business owners; in June 2018, we established a subsidiary, GMB (Beijing), whose mission is to provide corporate training services for the purpose of incubating China’s future high-tech unicorn enterprises; and in December 2018, we launched GMB Regional Economic Accelerator, a business initiative designed to help with economic growth of less developed areas in China, by entering into cooperating programs with regional government entities for the purpose of providing services to local businesses. We believe these business initiatives will enrich our service offerings and attract more individuals and enterprises to join our platform.

 

We have been profitable since fiscal year 2018, and generated net revenues of approximately $ 2,287,160, and $13,538,999 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Our revenues were generated from the following:

 

  fees generated from Member services, in the amount of $1,099,135 and $5,280,587, or 48.06% and 39.00% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively;
     
  fees generated from enterprise services, in the amount of $892,254 and $8,046,405, or 39.01% and 59.43% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively; and
     
  fees generated from online services, in the amount of $5,775 and $8,098, or 0.25% and 0.06% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively.
     
  fees generated from other services, in the amount of $289,997 and $203,908, or 12.68% and 1.51% of the net revenues of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, respectively.

 

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For fiscal years 2017 and 2018, our revenues generated from online services were much smaller compared to revenues generated from Member services and enterprise services, primarily due to the fact that we have focused on growing our online knowledge sharing community by providing services for Users to enjoy at low or no charge. We do not require any fee to become a User on our platform, and most of the audio and video courses and programs on our APP are free for our Users to experience. We believe our platform has the potential of becoming a major knowledge sharing marketplace in the PRC if we are able to execute our strategy and attract more Users, Mentors, and Experts to join and contribute to our peer-to-peer sharing platform.

 

Currently, we only operate in mainland China, although some of our APP Users are located in foreign countries including US, Canada, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. Our plan is to continually expand our services both online and offline, explore new business ventures and initiatives to generate additional revenues, and ultimately become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform that offers and creates value for everyone in our ecosystem.

 

Corporate History and Structure

 

On February 22, 2019, we established a holding company, GIP, under the laws of the Cayman Islands. GIP owns 100% of GMB HK, a Hong Kong company incorporated on March 22, 2019.

 

On June 3, 2019, GIP BJ, or WFOE, was incorporated pursuant to PRC laws as a wholly foreign owned enterprise. GMB HK holds 100% of the equity interest in WFOE.

 

We operate through our VIE, or SDH, and its subsidiaries in the PRC, which we control via a series of contractual arrangements between WFOE and SDH. SDH (formerly known as Beijing Huatai Yihe Co., Ltd.) was established in 2014 as a limited company pursuant to PRC laws for the purpose of providing corporate consulting services.

 

SDH established a wholly owned subsidiary, GMB Hangzhou, on November 1, 2017 pursuant to PRC laws.

 

In 2017 and 2018, SDH also established four subsidiaries pursuant to PRC laws, which were GMB (Beijing), GMB Culture, GMB Consulting, and GMB Linking. SDH owns 51% of the equity interest of each of these four subsidiaries. Additionally, GMB Culture has a subsidiary Mentor Board Voice of Seeding (Shanghai) Cultural Technology Co., Ltd., and owns 60% of its equity interest.

 

Pursuant to PRC laws, each entity formed under PRC law shall have certain business scopes as submitted to the Administration of Industry and Commerce or its local counterpart. Pursuant to specific business scopes, approval by the relevant competent regulatory agencies may be required prior to commencement of business operations. As such, WFOE’s business scope is to primarily engage in: technology development, technology promotion, technology transfer, technical consultation, technical services; sales of self-developed products; business management consulting; corporate planning; conference services, organization of cultural and artistic exchange activities (excluding commercial performances); economic and trade consulting. Since the sole business of WFOE is to provide SDH with technical support, consulting services and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management in exchange for a service fee approximately equal to SDH’s net income after the deduction of the required PRC statutory reserve, such business scope is necessary and appropriate under PRC laws. SDH, on the other hand, is also able to, pursuant to its business scope, provide a platform for our Members to obtain practical corporate guidance, financing sources, resource joining, assistance with corporate emergencies, support with public listings and other mutual assistance services.

 

We control SDH through contractual arrangements, which are described under “Business — Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders.” GIP is a holdings company with no business operation other than holding the shares in GMB HK, which is also a pass-through entity with no business operation.

 

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The following diagram illustrates our corporate structure, including our principal subsidiaries, as of the date of this registration statement:

 

 

Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders

 

Neither we nor our subsidiaries own any equity interest in SDH. Instead, we control and receive the economic benefits of SDH’s business operation through a series of contractual arrangements. WFOE, SDH and its shareholders entered into a series of contractual arrangements, also known as VIE Agreements, on June 10, 2019. The VIE agreements are designed to provide WFOE with the power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of SDH, including absolute control rights and the rights to the assets, property and revenue of SDH.

 

According to the Exclusive Service Agreement, SDH is obligated to pay service fees to WFOE approximately equal to the net income of SDH after deduction of the required PRC statutory reserve.

 

Each of the VIE Agreements is described in detail below:

 

Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement between SDH and WFOE, WFOE provides SDH with technical support, consulting services, business support and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management, on an exclusive basis, utilizing its advantages in technology, human resources, and information. For services rendered to SDH by WFOE under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE is entitled to collect a service fee equal to the remaining amount of SDH’s profit before tax after deducting relevant costs and reasonable expenses.

 

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This agreement became effective on June 10, 2019 and will remain effective unless otherwise terminated earlier by two parties.

 

The CEO of WFOE, Mr. Haiping Hu, is currently managing SDH pursuant to the terms of the Exclusive Service Agreement. WFOE has absolute authority relating to the management of SDH, including, but not limited to, decisions with regard to expenses, salary raises and bonuses, hiring, firing, and other operational functions. The Exclusive Service Agreement does not prohibit related party transactions. Upon the establishment of the audit committee at the consummation of this offering, the Company’s audit committee will be required to review and approve in advance any related party transactions, including transactions involving WFOE or SDH.

 

Equity Pledge Agreement

 

Under the Equity Pledge Agreement between WFOE, and shareholders of SDH, together holding 100% of the shares of SDH (“SDH Shareholders”), the SDH Shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in SDH to WFOE to guarantee the performance of SDH’s obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement. Under the terms of the Equity Pledge Agreement, in the event that SDH or the SDH Shareholders breach their respective contractual obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE, as pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including, but not limited to, the right to collect dividends generated by the pledged equity interests. The SDH Shareholders also agreed that upon occurrence of any event of default, as set forth in the Equity Pledge Agreement, WFOE is entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests in accordance with applicable PRC laws. The SDH Shareholders further agreed not to dispose of the pledged equity interests or take any actions that would prejudice WFOE’s interests without the prior written consent of WFOE.

 

The Equity Pledge Agreement is effective until the latest date of the following: (1) the secured debt in the scope of pledge is cleared off; and (2) Pledgors transfer all the pledged equity interests to Pledgees according to the Call Option Agreement, or other entity or individual designated by it.

 

The purposes of the Equity Pledge Agreement are to (1) guarantee the performance of SDH’s obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement; (2) make sure the SDH Shareholders do not transfer or assign the pledged equity interests, or create or allow any encumbrance that would prejudice WFOE’s interests without WFOE’s prior written consent; and (3) provide WFOE control over SDH. In the event SDH breaches its contractual obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE will be entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests.

 

Exclusive Option Agreement

 

Under the Exclusive Option Agreement, the SDH Shareholders irrevocably granted WFOE (or its designee) an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, once or at multiple times, at any time, part or all of their equity interests in SDH or the assets of SDH. The option price to be paid by WFOE to each shareholder of SDH is RMB10 (approximately US$1.47) or the minimum amount to the extent permitted under PRC law at the time when such transfer occurs.

 

Under the Exclusive Option Agreement, WFOE may at any time under any circumstances, purchase, or have its designee purchase, at its discretion, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the SDH Shareholders’ equity interests in SDH or the assets of SDH. The Call Option Agreement, together with the Equity Pledge Agreement, the Exclusive Service Agreement, and Powers of Attorney, enable WFOE to exercise effective control over SDH.

 

The Exclusive Option Agreement remains effective until all the equity or assets of SDH is legally transferred under the name of WFOE and/or other entity or individual designated by it, or unilaterally terminated by WFOE within 30-day prior written notice.

 

Powers of Attorney

 

Under each of the Powers of Attorney, the SDH Shareholders authorized WFOE to act on their behalf as their exclusive agent and attorney with respect to all rights as shareholders, including, but not limited to: (a) attending shareholders’ meetings; (b) exercising all the shareholder’s rights, including voting, that shareholders are entitled to under the laws of China and the Articles of Association, including, but not limited to, the sale or transfer or pledge or disposition of shares in part or in whole; and (c) designating and appointing on behalf of shareholders the legal representative, the executive director, supervisor, the chief executive officer, and other senior management members of SDH.

 

The Powers of Attorney are irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution of the Powers of Attorney, so long as the SDH Shareholders are shareholders of SDH.

 

Spousal Consent

 

Pursuant to the Spousal Consent, each spouse of the individual shareholders of SDH irrevocably agreed that the equity interest in SDH held by their respective spouses would be disposed of pursuant to the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement, the Exclusive Option Agreement, and the Powers of Attorney. Each spouse of the shareholders agreed not to assert any rights over the equity interest in SDH held by their respective spouses. In addition, in the event that any spouse obtains any equity interest in SDH through the respective shareholder for any reason, he or she agreed to be bound by the contractual arrangements.

 

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Our Knowledge Sharing and Enterprise Service Platform Ecosystem

 

Our Members and Users

 

Our Members

 

Our Members can choose from three annual membership plans: Platinum, Diamond, and Protégé. Members enjoy services included in their respective membership plans. The following table presents the annual membership fees and the number of Members for each of the membership tiers, as of May 31, 2019:

 

Membership Tiers   Annual Membership Fee   Number of Members
Platinum   RMB 16,800 (approximately US$2,435)   752
Diamond   RMB 98,000 (approximately US$14,203)   442
Protégé   RMB 500,000 (approximately US$72,464)   21

 

Our Users

 

Our APP is available in the PRC; anyone over the age of 18, with a mobile phone (IOS or Android) can download our APP and complete an online registration process to become a User. Currently, we do not charge any fee, but require certain information from our Users, including name, age, and country of residence, in order to register. Additionally, Users must agree to our Terms of Use in the form of a user agreement, which can be completed and submitted to us on our APP.

 

Since the inception of our APP in May 2016, the number of our Users has increased steadily from quarter to quarter. As of June 14, 2019, we had approximately 4.98 million Users, an increase of 1.22 million or 32% from March 31, 2019, an increase of 0.52 million or 16% from December 31, 2018, an increase of 1.06 million or 48% from September 30, 2018, and an increase of 0.66 million or 43% from June 30, 2018.

 

 

 

Our Mentors and Experts

 

Our Mentors

 

Our Mentors are leaders in their respective professional fields, all of them enjoy strong social influence due to their professional achievements and social status in China. The majority of our Mentors are successful well-known entrepreneurs, executive officers of public companies, PE/VC partners, doctors, and artists, in a wide range of industries including academia, health care, financial service, energy, technology, manufacturing, etc. As of May 31, 2019, we had 432 Mentors, and all of them were hand-picked and invited by our management to join our platform.

 

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Below are some of our representative Mentors (not in any particular order):

 

Name   Specialty   Credentials

Yang Wang, CEO of Cybernaut Investment Group

 

 

 

 

  Finance and Business Management   Mr. Wang was former global Vice President and General Manager of China Development Center of IBM, responsible for big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Currently, Mr. Wang is the CEO of Cybernaut, a company with 100 billion assets worldwide and is committed to investing in international technological innovation, industrial innovation, regional innovation and entrepreneurship, transformation and upgrading, and new business models.
         
Rongyong, Yang, Vice-Chairman of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce   Innovation and Entrepreneurship   Ms. Yang is President of Shanghai Heteng High-Tech Co., Ltd., Executive Committee Member of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce, Vice-Chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Vice-Chairman of the World Small and Medium Enterprises Association (UN Advisory Committee).
         
Zhengming Feng, Managing Director of Softbank China Capital   Financial Services   Mr. Feng has been Managing Director of Softbank China Capital since December 2009, and was CEO of China Environmental Protection Technology Group (listed in Singapore) from September 2008 to December 2009.  He was also Executive Director, Executive Deputy General Manager, and CFO of Tsinghua Tongfang Environment from January 2004 to September 2008.
         
Xiang Luo, Chinese Chief Representative of the United Nations Office for Project Services   Corporate Service   Mr. Luo is the chief representative of the United Nations Projects Agency and has many years of experience in overseas and domestic project management, investment and financing, mergers and acquisitions, industrial structure optimization and upgrading.
         

Yanshi Jin, President of Beijing Xinxing Eaton Technology Service Co., Ltd.

 

  Finance and Economics   Mr. Jin is the President of Beijing Xinxing Eaton Technology Service Co., Ltd., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Blockchain Foundation, Director of the Fundamental Theory Research Center of the Capital University of China University of Political Science and Law, Director of the Financial Program of Peking University HSBC Business School; and Chief Economics of Xinhua Index Company Family. He was also elected as 2009 CCTV Annual Economic Persons Selection Committee Member, elected by China Securities Market as the “Most Influential People Award” for 20 years, and won the “First Financial Economics” Financial figures of the year in 2010.

 

Our Experts

 

Our Experts are skilled and qualified in their specialized fields to provide advice and guidance to our Users. Persons can become Experts through a certification process either on our APP or in-person at our local offices and centers. Our certification process consists of three steps: (1) an applicant is required to demonstrate his or her expertise and qualifications by submitting an application along with supporting documents such as resume, publications, and school transcripts; (2) our team reviews and verifies the applicant’s qualifications and background information, based on which we make a determination on whether to approve the application; and (3) we enter into a service agreement with the approved applicant. As of May 31, 2019, we had 674 Experts.

 

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Below are some of our Experts:

 

Name   Specialty   Credentials
Baijun Song, President of Zhonghui Innovation (Beijing) International Institute of Information Technology   Innovation and Entrepreneurship   Mr. Song has engaged in technological innovation and patent planning and development for more than 20 years.  He has served as the chief of technical innovation and patent strategy for a number of public companies in China.  He has assisted a number of institutions in obtain more than 1,000 patents in China, which generated more than several hundred million RMB in terms of economic value.
         
Dr. Shi Ju, Pianist   Music and Education   Dr. Ju is a well-known pianist in China, and is the associate professor of the Piano Study of the Beijing School of Drama. Dr. Ju studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow, and won the Gold Prize in the International Piano Competition. Dr. Ju also teaches master level piano classes at home and abroad, and his students have won numerous awards in international events such as Horowitz.
         

Dianshuai Li, General Manager of Xi’an Hejun Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.

 

  Branding Strategy   Mr. Li is partner of Xi’an Hejun Management Consulting Co., Ltd. He is the chief customer resource management expert for the Western China Think Tank Co. Ltd., and has worked as a consultant for Alliance PKU Management Consultants Ltd.  He has many years of experiences providing consultation in marketing planning and branding strategies.
         

Yuda Chen, President of Shengmei Jiahe Medical Beauty Group

 

  Beauty and Plastic Surgery Business Operation   Mr. Chen is also CEO of Weiyan Biotechnology Co., Ltd., President of Winnipeg Medical Intelligent Health Management Co., Ltd., Chief Operating Officer of China Meiye Chain Brand, top design expert of China Meiye Business Model, and Founder of the Most Beautiful Chinese People Competition.  Mr. Chen’s Beauty Group operates in Hangzhou, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, has an overseas business unit in Seoul, South Korea, and has several thousand successful plastic surgery operations.

 

Service Agreements with Our Mentors and Experts

 

Each of our Mentors and Experts, as a service provider on our platform, must enter into a service agreement with us that governs the rights and obligations of each party. The term of the service agreement is open and can be terminated by either party without any cause, and the services they provide to our Users and Members must be given exclusively on our platform, either online or offline, for which the fees generated are shared between us and the providers, usually at a 30/70 split, that is, we receive 30% and providers receive 70% of the fees. Under certain circumstances where providers generate additional fees such as registering new members, the providers will be entitled to a larger percentage of the fees generated, as decided between the parties on a case by case basis.

 

Our Local Centers

 

In order to better assist and service our Members as well as promote our business, we have established a number of local centers in major cities in China, predominant in the provinces in the Southern and Eastern China, where there are more economic activities. Our local centers are used for business development and communications where our local Members gather to share information, promote businesses, and organize events such as product promotions and lectures. Our local centers are operated under our supervision by Diamond and Protégé Members, who must have access to office spaces of at least twenty square meters, and whose qualifications must be pre-approved by our management. We also enter into a service agreement with each of our local center operators. Currently, we do not pay any fees to the Members who operate local centers. As of May 31, 2019, we had 33 local centers located in twenty-five cities and twelve provinces.

 

Our Enterprise Service Consultants

 

We have a professional consulting team with ten full-time employees, who have at least five years of experience in their respective fields of professions, including finance, capital markets, marketing, public relations, sales, etc. The majority of our team previously worked in the technology or finance industries. See, “Consulting” below.

 

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Our Enterprise Service Clients

 

The majority of our Enterprise Service Clients are small and medium-sized enterprises located in the following provinces: Zhejiang, Shanxi, Guangdong, Shandong and Liaoning, as well as Shanghai City. For the fiscal years ended on December 31, 2017 and 2018, none of our clients accounted for more than 10% of our revenues.

 

Our Services

 

Member Service

 

We started our Member service in November 2015, and the chart below summarizes the services Members receive:

 

Membership Tier   Service
Platinum   seven SDH organized activities (study tours and forums) per year
Diamond   seven SDH organized activities (study tours and forum) per year, during which Member may enjoy special seating assigned only to Diamond Members, and make presentations and sales pitches of his or her business, products and services
Protégé   seven SDH organized activities (study tours and forum) per year, during which Member may enjoy special seating assigned only to Protégé Members, make presentations and sales pitches of his or her business, products and services, and communicate with Mentors and Experts in person at such activities

 

During each of our study tours and forums, a number of our Mentors and Experts, along with other business leaders, are invited to attend, give speeches and host discussion sessions at these activities. We compensate the attending Mentors and Experts with fees ranging from RMB5,000 (approximately US$725) to RMB20,000 (approximately US$2,899) depending on factors such as the size of the audience, the location of the activity and qualifications of the attending Mentors and Experts.

 

Our Member activities are open to non-members, who pay RMB3,000 (approximately US$434) for each activity. For the fiscal years 2017 and 2018, we generated fees from non-members in the amount of $289,997 and $203,908, respectively.

 

Study Tours

 

Beginning in 2016, we started organizing study tours for our Members, and offered five, seven, and ten Study Tours in 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Our study tours are designed to provide trainings on real world business skills for entrepreneurs and executives. Each study tour generally lasts two days, in which a day and a half are dedicated to classroom style lecturing and discussions, while the remaining half day is spent on visiting the headquarters or facilities of successful enterprises. All participants are responsible for their own food, traveling and living accommodations throughout the study tours.

 

Below are some of our study tours given in the past:

 

Dates   Location (City)   Number of Participants (approximate)   Enterprise  Visited
August 24 – 26, 2018   Quanzhou   300   361 Degrees International Limited
July 13 – 15, 2018   Taiyuan   400   Fenjiu Group
May 25 – 27, 2018   Ningbo   520   Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd.
December 9 – 11, 2017   Guangzhou   450   Changlu Group
October 27 – 29, 2017   Hangzhou   450   Zhejiang Panshi Information Technology Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Xizihangkong Industry Co., Ltd.
November 26 – 27, 2016   Shanghai   400   Ningbo Shanshan Co., Ltd.
July 31 – August 1, 2016   Zunyi   200   Kweichow Moutai Group

 

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Forums

 

We organize large-scale forums (with more than 1,000 attendees) that last two to three days. The purpose of our forums is to share business intelligence with small and medium-sized enterprises and help them develop business plans and strategies. The themes of our forums are usually related to interpretation of newly published governmental policies, sharing of industry opportunities and perspectives on corporate transformation and growth. We held one large-scale forum per year in 2016 and 2017, and three large-scale forums in 2018.

 

On June 17-19, 2017, we held a large-scale forum, “One Belt and One Road, the Globalization of Chinese Brands”, in Shanghai. More than 1,500 attendees participated in this event and enjoyed hearing speeches given by our special guests, all of whom are business leaders, including Mr. Wulff, former President of Germany and Chairman of the Global Small and Medium Enterprises Alliance; Mr. Zhikang Dai, Chairman of the Zenda Group; Mr. Haiping Hu, Chairman of GIP; Mr. Gang Hong, Chairman of Greatview Aseptic Packaging Company Limited; Mr. Ning Tian, Chairman of Panshi; and Mr. Chenming Qi, Vice President of Qihoo 360.

 

“China’s Private Economy Summit”, another large-scale forum, was held on April 22-23, 2018 in Beijing. More than 1,200 attendees participated in this event and had the opportunity to discuss and share insights on the following topics: “Investment Opportunities under the Trend of Intelligent Manufacturing Industry”; “The Direction of Tax Reform and Corporate Response Measures”; “The Current Economic Situation in China and Its Prospects”; “How to judge the feasibility of the proposed project from the perspective of capital”; “knowledge Sharing and Practical Mutual Assistance in the Age of Human Internet”; “Overseas Listing Raiders”; “Using United Nations Channel Resources to Promote the Strategic Innovation Practice of Chinese Enterprises”; “Prospects for the Development of Commercial Aerospace Industry”; and “Traditional Industry Transformation and Sharing Economy”.

 

We held another large-scale forum, “Industry China knowledge Sharing Economy Wisdom Summit”, on June 12-13, 2019 in Beijing. More than 1,300 participants discussed topics relating to sharing economy in China and were attended by the following business leaders: Mr. Haiping Hu, founder of GIP; Mr. Jianjun Yu, founder of Himalaya; Mr. Mingyue Zhu, founder of Zhubajie Net; Mr. Rubo Lian, founder of Douying; Mr. Kai Qu, founder of ZhangJin; Mr. Kia Wong, founder of Uncle Wong’s Stories; Mr. Junxiu Zhu, founder of Kanliao; Mr. Yang Yu, founder of Yiguanshuju; Mr. Deng Pan, founder of Pandeng Reading Club; Mr. Chunjian Bao, founder of Xiaoertong; Mr. Baochen Wang, founder of ChianKetie; and Mr. Zhou Ke, founder of BijiXia.

 

Enterprise Service

 

In addition to providing services to our Users and Members, we have been providing customized enterprise service to small and medium-sized enterprises in the PRC since our inception in 2014. Enterprise service is an integral part of our platform, and a number of our Enterprise Service Clients are also our Members and Users.

 

Below are the three main enterprise services we provide:

 

Our Comprehensive Tailored Service

 

In May 2017, we launched our Comprehensive Tailored Service, geared towards small and medium-sized businesses, to provide tailored packaged services including conference and salon organizations, booth exhibition services, guidance by Mentors and Experts, and other value-added services, for the purpose of promoting and growing their businesses. Clients are required to enter into service agreements with us, which are individually negotiated based on the services and resources we provide. For the year ended on December 31, 2018, our comprehensive enterprise service generated revenue in the amount of US$4,732,980 from 126 clients.

 

Consulting

 

Our team of professional consultants provides enterprise consulting services and develops strategies and solutions for corporate reorganization, product promotion and marketing, industry supply chain integration, corporate governance, financing and capital structure, etc. Our consulting services are customized to meet each client’s specific needs and requirements. Our fees and payment structures are based on the specifics of the services we provide, such as the time and efforts required, the duration of the service, and are usually in the range of RMB20,000 (approximately US$2,898) to RMB80,000 (approximately US$11,594) for a one-time service charge, or monthly fees in the amounts of RMB10,000 (approximately US$1,449) to RMB20,000 (approximately US$2,898) for continued services. Below are some of the consulting projects we have completed:

 

  We assisted a Beijing based investment and development company to: (1) allocate and develop customer resources; and (2) provide expert support for a strategic development and research project regarding the development of a shopping mall.
     
  We assisted a company based in Jiangsu province to formulate a customized financing plan based on their specific financing needs for business development and we successfully obtained the required funds for our client.  
     
  We assisted an energy company based in Jiangsu province with a comprehensive evaluation of its business model and development plan.

 

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Sponsorship Advertising

 

Sponsorship advertising is a special form of advertising, generally referring to a publicity strategy adopted by enterprises in order to enhance their corporate and product image, as well as brand awareness and influence. We provide sponsorship advertising services for our enterprise clients at events we hold, such as forums and study tours, in the following forms:

 

  We display the names and logos of the sponsor enterprises on the background and display boards at our events.
     
  The representatives of the sponsor enterprises are assigned to the VIP seating areas with name tags displaying their company names and logos.
     
  The sponsor enterprises enjoy a certain number of tickets for an event, which can be used for sale or as gifts to their customers.
     
  The names and logos of the sponsor company are displayed in the related advertisements and promotional materials for an event.
     
  We use products exclusively provided by the sponsor enterprise for an event.
     
  The names and logos of the sponsor enterprise may also be displayed in programs and videos we produce such as “Haiping’s Meeting Room.”

 

The fees we charge for sponsorship advertising is in the range of RMB500,000 (approximately US$72,463) to RMB2,000,000 (approximately US$289,855) per engagement, depending on several specific factors, such as the number of the participants, the location, and popularity of an event.

 

Online Service

 

We provide our Users two main services on the APP: (1) Question and Answer (Q&A) Sessions and (2) Online Streaming of Courses and Programs. In addition, our APP has a community building function that facilitates relationship building on our platform. For example, our APP allows Users to share their “moments,” such as pictures and videos of their life experiences, via instant messaging, with other Users on the APP. Users may also “like” and/or comment on other User’s “moments.” In addition, Users may establish their own communities by creating and inviting other Users to join his or her group.

 

Our APP

 

Our APP was launched in May 2016, and runs on both IOS and Android devices. We strive to provide our Users superb experiences on our APP and have established an in-house Information Technology team of eight employees dedicated to the development and support of our system. To date, we have registered seven computer software copyrights with the Copyright Protection Centre of China (CPCC), in connection with the development of our APP. In October 2017, as a result of our efforts, SDH was certified by the State Intellectual Property Office (“SIPO”) as a national high-tech enterprise, which affords SDH a favorable tax rate of 15%, rather than the unified rate of 25% for the duration of the certification. The certification lasts for three years, and will be subject to renewal in October 2020. As of May 31, 2019, our APP has been downloaded by more than 4.98 million users, compared to 800,000 as of May 2017. The number of average monthly active users has grown from 6,000 in May 2017 to 69,700 in May 2019.

 

Questions and Answers (Q &A) Session

 

Our Mentors and Experts, as providers, are available to answer questions and share valuable personalized guidance and advice in a wide range of fields, including business management, health care, beauty, financial services, education, etc. Through a Q&A session, a User can submit questions on our APP to a chosen provider, who are listed on the APP under their specializing sectors, and receive a response within 72-hours. When a User submits a question on our APP, our customer service representatives and the chosen provider receive a text notification from our system immediately. Upon receipt of the text notification, our provider is required to respond within 72-hours, although most of the time the responses are provided in a much shorter time frame. If the response is delayed or unsatisfactory to the User, he or she may notify our customer service representatives who will contact the provider to follow-up with the User.

 

Users must purchase points on our APP to pay for Q&A sessions. Providers set their own fees for Q&A sessions. At present, the average fee for a Q&A session is RMB58 (approximately US$8.4), which translates to 58 APP points. After each session concludes, points are automatically awarded to the provider’s APP account and can be used for services on our APP or converted to RMB and paid out to the provider’s bank account linked with our APP. When submitting a question in a Q&A session, a User can also choose to share the Q&A session on the APP for a fee of one to five points and earn points when other Users access the shared Q&A session. The points earned from the shared Q&A sessions are to be split 50/50 between the Users and us.

 

At present, our APP completes about 120 Q&A sessions, and 1,500 accesses to shared Q&A sessions daily. Our top-earning providers generate about RMB 1,200 (approximately US$174) from answering questions in the Q&A sessions per month.

 

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Online Streaming of Video & Audio Courses and Program

 

We provide video and audio courses and programs on our APP for on-demand and live streaming. At present, our APP has approximately 1,293 audio and 4691 video courses and programs  available for streaming. The majority of the courses and programs are business-oriented, which cover subjects such as entrepreneurship development, financial service, corporate governance, team management, marketing strategy, etc. We also provide some focused courses and programs that target special audience groups, such as parent-child education for new parents, and business school selections for graduate students. The majority of our online courses are sourced from third party content providers including professional content production companies and individuals.

 

Below are some of our popular online courses and programs:

 

Name (release date)   Presenter   Theme of Course  

Number of
Streams* as of
June 4,

2019

Large Micromarketing Trends (04/06/2017)   Dongming Liu (Founding Partner of Chain Board, a media company)   Enterprises need to use the same internet tools that users are using to market to them. The battlefield is where the users are, and micromarketing is currently the best marketing weapon.    720,509
The Metamorphosis of Growth (04/06/2017)   Hao Chen (Founder of Shanxi Jindao Shengshi, a media company)   Before a person desires a type of lifestyle, he or she should first think clearly about his or her goals and setting up a goal worthy of pursuing for life.   209,636
Principal Hong’s Investment Course (05/03/2017)  

Hong Rong

(financial expert on SINA Finance’s “The Big V’s of Financial Affairs”)

  Principal Hong utilizes the experience of multiple people to provide 20 years of systematically researched stock exchange trading experience.   299,672
Leadership and Training Systems (05/09/2017)   Zhigang Qiu (Vice President of Guolian Group, Distinguished Lecturer of China Tao Xingzhi Research Association)   As a leader, how do you establish your own charisma and how do you manage your employees from the perspective of energy?    289,534
Duplicable Leadership Ability (05/12/2017)   Junshu Zhou (consultant of the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, author of “Three Dimensional Leadership Coach”)   A team is made up of a wide variety of people. To truly lead others, we must understand them so as to achieve true empowerment.   400,167

  

* Number of Streams is measured as the aggregate of each time the content is accessed by a User, which may include multiple accesses by such User.

 

In addition to the contents sourced from third party content providers, we produce in-house video and audio courses and programs for streaming on our APP and several other internet content providers in China, such as Tencent, iQiyi, Youku, and Himalaya FM. For example, we produce “Haiping’s Meeting Room”, a video program debuted in June 2017, and “Haiping’s Talk Show”, an audio program debuted in May 2017. Both programs are hosted by our CEO, Mr. Haiping Hu, and focus on sharing practical business knowledge through one-on-one or roundtable interviews with well-known entrepreneurs and executives, with new episodes being released once or twice every month. We have received favorable responses to both programs from our clients, as each episode of “Haiping’s Meeting Room” received 7 to 14 million visits, and “Haiping’s Talk Show” has since garnered a large number of followers on our APP, at approximately 7 million and is still growing as of May 2019.

 

We release an average of 100 to 200 online courses and programs each month and have 5,000 to 15,000 online streaming sessions every week. As of July 2019, approximately 32% of the courses and programs were produced and owned by our two subsidiaries, GMB Culture and GMB Linking; the rest were produced and owned by third party content providers, including (1)approximately 59% by Beijing Winning at the Frontlines Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Winning”), (2) approximately 6% by individual content providers, such as our Mentors and Experts, and (3) the remaining 3% by other third party production companies including Beijing Binbin Youli Network Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Maokong Information Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Friendship Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Asia United Education Technology Co., Ltd., Xiameng Xingfujia Co., Ltd., and Wuxi Ruijian Times Co., Ltd.

 

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All content on our APP is copyrighted. We enter into licensing agreements with the third party content providers and have full rights to use and distribute the content on our APP. On May 30, 2016, we entered into a strategic cooperation agreement and a copyright authorization agreement, both for a term of five-years, with our main third party content provider, Beijing Winning. Pursuant to the agreements, we have non-exclusive right to use and distribute Beijing Winning’s productions on our platform without paying any upfront fee, and Beijing Winning has the right to all derivative profits, including consulting and speaking fees, generated from engagements made with our Users. Our agreements with the other third party content providers, including both individuals and professional production companies, grant us non-exclusive right to use and distribute the third party content in exchange for a specified percentage of profits generated by such content on our platform.

 

As such, our Users have access to a large selection of free online content. However, due to our arrangements with some content providers, a small number of online courses and programs require a one-time fee of RMB19 to 299 or APP points, which translates to approximately US$2.79 to US$43.97, for unlimited streaming.

  

Other Services

 

Our Member activities, including study tours and forums, are also open to non-members, who pays a fixed fee of RMB3,000 (approximately US$441) for each activity. Fees are usually collected on site on the date of each activity.

 

Our New Business Initiatives

 

We have always been focused on finding business opportunities and creating new strategic plans and initiatives in order to improve and expand our platform. Below are two initiatives we launched in 2018:

 

GMB Regional Economic Accelerator

 

The recent economic growth in China has been uneven in terms of geographical regions. In particular, many third and fourth tiered cities in central and western China have lagged behind, mainly due to lack of resources such as human talent, capital, and technology. Recognizing the needs of these regions for better economic growth, we reach out to regional government entities for the purpose of offering and our online and offline services and resources to the local businesses. In December 2018, we launched GMB Regional Economic Accelerator, an initiative that partners us with regional government entities to help transform and reinvent local businesses in order to compete more effectively.

 

On January 25, 2019, we entered into a five-year strategic cooperation agreement with the City Government of Ruzhou, a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province. Based on the agreement, we helped the City Government of Ruzhou establish a local business center, which was officially opened on March 22, 2019, and have since been used by many local enterprises for business development purposes such as product display and promotion, enterprise training and seminars, new product launching events, etc. We also held a forum with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Development Center for small and medium-sized enterprises in Ruzhou in March 2019, to promote local businesses and accelerate economic growth in the City of Ruzhou. In return, the City government of Ruzhou committed to promoting our platform to its local business communities and recruiting a certain number of Members from the Ruzhou city. As the date of this registration statement, we have registered six platinum and eight diamond Members from the Ruzhou City.

 

Based on our success in Ruzhou City, we have been in meetings and negotiations with regional government entities in Peixian (a county in Jiansu Province), Shougang (a county in Shangdong province), and Bengbu (a city in Anhui Province). As of the date of this registration statement, we have not entered into any formal or definitive agreements with these or any other counties and cannot guarantee if we ever will.

 

GMB Unicorn Incubator

 

On June 19, 2018, we made the strategic decision to establish GMB (Beijing), a subsidiary focused on providing trainings to entrepreneurs and business owners of China’s future unicorn enterprises. Due to the rapid expansion of the PRC economy and business community, there is a high demand for specialized business training programs. Since the inception of GMB (Beijing), we have organized several lectures given by scientists, investors, and entrepreneurs working in high-tech fields, as complementary promotional events for our Unicorn Incubator.

 

On March 29, 2019, we entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the Berkeley University of California to develop a two-year training program for the purpose of cultivating leaders of unicorn enterprises. The program targets a highly selective group including executives of high-tech companies, traditional business owners of old economy enterprises looking to transform to new economy industries, and entrepreneurs of high-tech startups. The program is currently scheduled to begin in September 2019, and will comprise of eleven meetings, each lasting two to three days, with one of the meetings being held at Berkeley University of California in the US, and the other meetings in China. The format of the program is a combination of classroom lectures, case studies, workshops, taught by instructors who are successful scientists, high-tech business leaders, or investors of high-tech enterprises. We plan to charge each participant of the program RMB 990,000 million (approximately US$145,000). Once the program completes, each participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion jointly issued by us and the Berkeley University of California. As of the date of this registration statement, we have not registered any participants for this program, but have been interviewing prospective clients who expressed interest in the program, which we expect to start on time in September 2019, with fifteen to twenty participants.

 

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Growth Strategy

 

Since we launched our platform in 2016, our revenues have continued to grow rapidly, and the number of the registered Users of our APP has grown to approximately 4.98 million as of May 2019. Our goal is to become a leading knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform in China and we believe that the following strategies help us achieve our goal.

 

Increase the number of our knowledge sharing providers.

 

At present, our knowledge sharing providers include approximately four hundred Mentors and seven hundred Experts, who are the main contributors to provide services on our platform. Currently the majority of our providers are from backgrounds related to business development due to the fact that we have focused on providing services to enterprise clients. In the future, we intend to add more qualified Mentors and Experts from more diversified backgrounds, particularly in the fields that tend to attract larger numbers of targeted audiences, such as beauty, health, fashion, and parenting, to expand our reach to potential Clients interested in seeking information and advices related to these fields. In the next five years, we hope to increase the number of our providers to more than 50,000 through aggressive recruiting and networking.

 

Research and develop new online services and improve existing online services to attract more Users.

 

We continue to improve our services based on the needs of our Users and providers. For example, we are constantly expanding the catalogue of our video and audio courses and programs for streaming on our APP, as such, the number of our online courses and programs has increased from 780 in 2016 to 5,984 in May 2019. Based on market research and feedbacks from our Users, we are currently developing new services on our APP, such as “Wisdom Shop” and “Live video Q&A”, both are designed to assist Users gain knowledge through interactions with Mentors, Experts and other Users. We hope these new offerings will attract more Users to join our platform. In addition, our team of APP developers are continually improving the usability of our APP to offer better User experiences.

 

Increase the scope of our service offerings.

 

Previously, we have mainly focused on providing services to small business owners and enterprise clients, hence our marketing strategies were devised to directly target these groups. However, in China, governmental entities at various levels are major contributors to economic development. Our new business initiative, GMB Regional Economic Accelerator, was launched in December 2018 to target regional government entities as our strategic partners in recruiting local enterprises to join our platform. As of January 25, 2019, we have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with the City Government of Ruzhou, a county-level city in the west-central part of Henan province. In addition, we also plan to offer a two-year training program, jointly developed by us and the Berkeley University of California, for the purpose of cultivating leaders for Chinese technology companies.

 

Promote, build, and grow the influence of our brand.

 

We believe a strong brand name brings many benefits to a business, such as customer recognition and loyalty, credibility, and value building. We plan to build our brand through large-scale offline activities such as forums and seminars where we regularly invite celebrities, well-known entrepreneurs and business leaders, who tend to attract media attention that bring us more exposure to the general public. We also strive to build and strengthen our brand by providing excellent customer services, as well as bring value and results to everyone on our platform.

 

Marketing and Brand Promotion

 

As of the date of this registration, our sales and marketing department has 41 employees, including 8 employees of our brand promotion center, who are responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies and plans. We utilize a variety of marketing and promotion methods to attract potential clients, and enhance our “GMB” brand recognition.

 

We recruit new Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients mainly through the following: sales calls and events conducted by our sales professionals, recommendations by existing Users, Members, Mentors, Experts, and Enterprise Service Clients; promotional events at our forums and other activities; online promotional advertisements (Baidu, Headlines, WeChat Moments and advertisements on other social media websites).

 

We use the following methods to promote our “GMB” brand: organize and co-host large-scale forums and events; have our Mentors and Experts participate as guest speakers or moderators at cultural conferences and industry association meetings; distribute informational brochures, posters, and flyers at various conferences, exhibitions and trade shows; advertisement arrangements with media outlets, including newspapers, magazines, industry publications and advertisement on metro stations’ display boards.

 

We also believe the best method for marketing and brand promotion is through building and maintaining long-term relationships with existing Users, Members, Mentors, Experts, and Enterprise Service Clients by striving to provide service that consistently meet or exceed their expectations. As such, many of our clients joined our platform as a result of referrals from existing clients.

 

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Competition

 

We compete in both the enterprise service and knowledge sharing markets in the PRC, and both markets are considered as highly competitive and fragmented.

 

According to the Frost & Sullivan Report by the end of 2018, there are around 0.9 million enterprise service providers. As the economy in the PRC continues to expand, a rising number of enterprises in the PRC require enterprise services to boost their business growth rate. It is expected that those enterprise services provider with competitive strategies, well-established business relationships, high-quality and customized services and access to industry professionals will expand market share and become leading market participants in the enterprise services market in the PRC. Currently, our main competitors are ATIF Holdings Limited, a Shenzhen-based financial consulting company providing consulting and training services for enterprises; and Dark Horse Venture (Beijing) Technology Co. Ltd, a Beijing-based company focusing on consulting and training services of entrepreneurship and innovation.

 

Attributed to the growing popularity of the concept of sharing economy and its relative low barrier to entry, the knowledge sharing platforms will inevitably face fierce competition from more established companies who own extensive resources and sophisticated data capacity. Companies who do not own a clear business model may waste resources in exploring the market and opportunities, placing pressure on their cost of operation. According to the Forst & Sullivan report, a number of competitors entered into the knowledge sharing market in the PRC, and there were over 100 notable knowledge sharing market participants by the end of 2018. It is expected that the integrated and unique market participants targeting certain industries or user groups are likely to enjoy a large room of development. Our main competitors are: IGet, a Beijing-based mobile application operator, originally a talk-show producing company named Luogic Talk Show, providing a knowledge sharing platform with a wide range of content such as business administration, visual arts, sociology, humanity and practical skills; ZaiHang, another Beijing-based mobile application operator providing a matching platform to allow “one-to-one” conversations between industry experts and users; and Zhihu, also a Beijing-based company providing a website where questions are created, answered, edited, and organized by its community of users.

 

Although some of our competitors are bigger and have more resources than us, we believe we are uniquely positioned to compete effectively in the enterprise service and knowledge sharing markets because our platform is capable of offering clients integrated and personalized services both online and offline. We also have recruited a number of successful entrepreneurs and executives to join our platform as service providers (see Business – Our Knowledge Sharing and Enterprise Service Platform Ecosystem – Our Mentors and Experts), whose experiences, wisdom, industry expertise, and social connections have helped attract more than 4.98 million Users to join our platform since its inception in May 2016.

 

Our Competitive Strengths

 

We believe that the following strengths enable us to capture business opportunities and differentiate us from our competitors:

 

Our founder and CEO, Mr. Haiping Hu, nicknamed “General Hu Haiping on Horseback”, has extensive leadership experience in and is a very well-known entrepreneur in China.

 

Mr. Haiping Hu, our CEO, is a well-known entrepreneur in China. Nicknamed “General Haiping Hu on Horseback,” Mr. Hu has more than twenty years of experience as a founder and executive. He was voted as “China’s Top Ten Outstanding CEOs” by CHINA CEO FORUM in 2010, and was on the cover of Fortune Magazine and Business Watch Magazine in 2016. From 1996 to 2016, he led Shanshan Group, and transformed the company from a traditional clothing manufacturer into an energy company ranked within the top 500 largest companies in China since 2002. In addition to overseeing every aspect of the Company’s operation, Mr. Hu hosts several learning programs for streaming on our APP.

 

Our service providers bring a wealth of knowledge readily accessible to our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients.

 

At present, we have 432 Mentors, 674 Experts, and a team of ten professional consultants as our knowledge sharing providers. Many of our Mentors are experienced leaders of successful well-known corporations, including: Mr. Ning Li, who is named as China’s “Prince of Gymnastics” after winning six medals in the 1984 Summer Olympic, and later became a successful entrepreneur by founding and serving as Chairman of Viva China Holdings Limited; Mr. Nanchun Jiang, Chairman of Focus Media; Mr. Jinshen Guan, nicknamed “Godfather of Chinese securities” by many people within the investment community in China; Mr. Zhikang Dai, Chairman of the Zenda Group; and Mr. Yang Wang, president of the Cybernaut investment Group. Likewise, our Experts are outstanding professionals in their specialized fields. We are proud of the wealth of knowledge brought by our Mentors and Experts, which are readily available to be shared with and accessed by our Users, Members and Enterprise Service Clients. Finally, our team of consultants are professionals with more than five years of industrial experience.

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Our Rich Offering Combining Both Online and Offline Services.

 

Our knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform offers a rich combination of online and offline services to our Users, Members, and Enterprise Service Clients. Our APP allows Users access to Mentors and Experts through dedicated Q&A Sessions online. Members can also participate in many offline activities and events that afford them opportunities to connect, learn and share with Mentors, Experts, and other Members. While we believe our platform provides good value for our Users, Members, Mentors and Experts, we strive to continually improve and expand our services in order to instill customer loyalty and attract more individuals and enterprises to join our platform.

 

Our Platform Builds Long Term Mutually Beneficial Relationship with our clients.

 

We believe our platform was established and built upon the common interest of its people to share and gain knowledge. Therefore it is capable of cultivating and maintaining a long-term mutually beneficial relationship with everyone on our platform, including our Users, Members, Mentors, and Experts. We have also been successful in offering customized enterprise services to our existing Members and Users. As of December 31, 2018, we generated total revenue in the amount of RMB53,246,290 (approximately US$8,046,406) from enterprise services provided to our Members. In addition, 356,802 new Users joined our platform through referral of existing Members and User, as of December 31, 2018.

 

Employees

 

As of the date of the prospectus, we have 128 employees. The following table sets forth the numbers of our employees by area of business:

 

Department   Number of Employees     % of Total  
Senior Management     7       5.47  
Human Resources & Administration     12       9.38  
Sales & Marketing     41       32.03  
Business & Consulting     18       14.06  
Customer service     11       8.59  
Information Technology     8       6.25  
Research & Development     21       16.41  
Finance ​     10       7.81  
Total     128       100  

 

Generally, we enter into standard employment contracts with our officers, managers, and other employees. According to these contracts, all of our employees are prohibited from engaging in any other employment during the period of their employment with us. None of our employees is a member of a labor union and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good. See “Executive Compensation — Agreements with Named Executive Officers.”

 

Seasonality

 

We currently do not experience seasonality in our operations.

 

Facilities

 

We currently maintain our headquarters in Beijing and Shanghai in the PRC. We lease over 1,754.31 square meters of office space in our headquarters in Shanghai and Beijing, and our subsidiaries lease approximately 567.07 square meters of office space.

 

We lease office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with expiration dates in 2020. Operating lease expense amounted to $215,138 and $58,539 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows as of December 31, 2018:

 

Year ending December 31,      
2019   $ 209,113  
2020     75,485  
Total       $ 284,598  

 

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We believe our facilities are sufficient for our business operation.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We use a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, and other rights to protect our intellectual property and our brand. We own six computer software copyrights and one artwork copyright in China.

 

We have completed registration of 75 trademarks, with the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry & Commerce of the PRC, and we have applied for additional 15 trademarks. Our trademarks will expire at various dates between December 2026 and March 2029.

 

The Company owns the internet domain names “www.sdh365.com”, “huatayihe.com”, “师董会.com”, “Shidhui.com”, “shidonghui.cn” and “v-seedling.com”.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

We are not currently a party to any litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows or financial condition.

 

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REGULATIONS

 

This section set forth a summary of the principal PRC laws and regulations relevant to our business and operations in China.

 

Regulations Related to Internet Information Services

 

Among all of the applicable laws and regulations, the Telecommunications Regulations of the PRC, or the Telecom Regulations, promulgated by the PRC State Council on September 25, 2000 and most recently amended on February 6, 2016, is the primary governing law, and sets out the general framework for the provision of telecommunications services by domestic PRC companies. Under the Telecom Regulations, telecommunications service providers are required to procure operating licenses prior to their commencement of operations. The Telecom Regulations distinguish “basic telecommunications services” from VATS. VATS are defined as telecommunications and information services provided through public networks. The Telecom Catalogue was issued as an attachment to the Telecom Regulations to categorize telecommunications services as either basic or value-added. In February 2003 and December 2015, the Telecom Catalogue was updated respectively, categorizing information services provided via fixed network, mobile network among others, as VATS.

 

The Administrative Measures on Telecommunications Business Operating Licenses, issued on March 1, 2009 and most recently amended on July 3, 2017, which set forth more specific provisions regarding the types of licenses required to operate VATS, the qualifications and procedures for obtaining such licenses and the administration and supervision of such licenses. Under these regulations, a commercial operator of VATS must first obtain a VATS License, from the MIIT or its provincial level counterparts, otherwise such operator might be subject to sanctions including corrective orders and warnings from the competent administration authority, fines and confiscation of illegal gains and, in the case of significant infringements, the websites may be ordered to close.

 

In September 2000, the State Council promulgated the Administrative Measures on Internet Information Services, or the Internet Measures, most recently amended on January 8, 2011. Under the Internet Measures, commercial internet content-related services operators shall obtain a VATS License for internet content provision business, or the ICP License, from the relevant government authorities before engaging in any commercial internet content-related services operations within China.

 

Our VIE obtained the ICP License on July 2, 2019, which will remain effective for 5 years.

 

Regulations Related to Foreign Investment

 

Guidance Catalogue of Industries for Foreign Investment

 

Investment activities in the PRC by foreign investors are principally governed by the Guidance Catalogue of Industries for Foreign Investment, or the Guidance Catalog, which was promulgated and is amended from time to time by Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, and the National Development and Reform Commission, or NDRC. The Guidance Catalog lays out the basic framework for foreign investment in China, classifying businesses into three categories with regard to foreign investment: “encourage,” “restricted” and “prohibited.” Industries not listed in the catalog are generally deemed as falling into a fourth category “permitted” unless specifically restricted by other PRC laws.

 

In addition, in June 2018 the MOFCOM and the NDRC promulgated the Special Management Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment, or the Negative List, which became effective on July 28, 2018. The value-added telecommunications services (except for e-commerce), or the VATS, fall within the Negative List.

 

Pursuant to the Provisions on Administration of Foreign-Invested Telecommunications Enterprises promulgated by the State

Council in December 2001 and most recently amended in February 2016, or the FITE Regulations, the ultimate foreign equity ownership in a VATS provider may not exceed 50%. Moreover, for a foreign investor contemplating to acquire any equity interest in a VATS business in China, it must satisfy a number of stringent performance and operational experience requirements, including demonstrating good track records and experience in operating VATS business overseas.

 

In July 2006, Ministry of Information Industry, or the MII (the predecessor of the MIIT), released the Notice on Strengthening the Administration of Foreign Investment in and Operation of Value-added Telecommunications Business, or the MII Notice, which requires foreign investors to set up foreign-invested enterprises and obtain a relevant telecommunications business operating license, to conduct any VATS business in China. Furthermore, under the MII Notice, domestic telecommunication enterprises may not rent, transfer or sell a telecommunications business operating license to foreign investors in any form, nor may they provide any resources, premises, facilities and other assistance in any form to foreign investors for their illegal operation of any telecommunications business in China. In addition, under the MII Notice, the relevant trademarks and domain names used by a foreign-invested VATS operator shall be legally owned by that operator (or its shareholders).

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The Company engages in business activities that are VATS, and in light of the above restrictions and requirements, the Company relies on contractual arrangements between the WFOE and VIE to operate its business in China.

 

Foreign Investment Law

 

On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law, which will come into effect on January 1, 2020 and replace the trio of existing laws regulating foreign investment in China, namely, the Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law, the Sino-foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law and the Wholly Foreign-invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations. The organization form, organization and activities of foreign-invested enterprises shall be governed, among others, by the PRC Company Law and the PRC Partnership Enterprise Law. Foreign-invested enterprises established before the implementation of the Foreign Investment Law may retain the original business organization and so on within five years after the implementation of this Law.

 

The Foreign Investment Law is formulated to further expand opening-up, vigorously promote foreign investment and protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign investors. According to the Foreign Investment Law, foreign investments are entitled to pre-entry national treatment and are subject to negative list management system. The pre-entry national treatment means that the treatment given to foreign investors and their investments at the stage of investment access shall not be less favorable than that of domestic investors and their investments. The negative list management system means that the state implements special administrative measures for access of foreign investment in specific fields. The Foreign Investment Law does not mention the relevant concept and regulatory regime of VIE structures. However, since it is relatively new, uncertainties still exist in relation to its interpretation and implementation. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure—Uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the newly enacted PRC Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact the viability of our current corporate structure, corporate governance and business operations.”

 

Foreign investors’ investment, earnings and other legitimate rights and interests within the territory of China shall be protected in accordance with the law, and all national policies on supporting the development of enterprises shall equally apply to foreign-invested enterprises. Among others, the state guarantees that foreign-invested enterprises participate in the formulation of standards in an equal manner and that foreign-invested enterprises participate in government procurement activities through fair competition in accordance with the law. Further, the state shall not expropriate any foreign investment except under special circumstances. In special circumstances, the state may levy or expropriate the investment of foreign investors in accordance with the law for the needs of the public interest. The expropriation and requisition shall be conducted in accordance with legal procedures and timely and reasonable compensation shall be given. In carrying out business activities, foreign-invested enterprises shall comply with relevant provisions on labor protection.

 

Regulations Related to Mobile Internet Applications Information Services

 

In addition to the telecommunications regulations and other regulations above, mobile Internet applications and application stores are specifically regulated by the Administrative Provisions on Mobile Internet Applications Information Services, or the App Provisions, which were promulgated by the Cyberspace Administration of China, or the CAC, on June 28, 2016, and became effective on August 1, 2016. Pursuant to the App Provisions, application information service providers shall obtain the relevant qualifications prescribed by laws and regulations, strictly implement their information security management responsibilities and carry out certain duties, including establishing and completing user information security protection mechanism and information content inspection and management mechanisms, protect users’ right to know and to choose in the process of usage, and to record and preserve users’ daily usage information for at least 60 days. Furthermore, internet application store service providers and internet application information service providers shall sign service agreements to determinate both sides’ rights and obligations.

 

In addition, on December 16, 2016, the MIIT promulgated the Interim Measures on the Administration of Pre-Installation and Distribution of Applications for Mobile Smart Terminals, or the App Interim Measures, which took effect on July 1, 2017. The App Interim Measures requires, among others, that internet information service providers must ensure that a mobile application, as well as its ancillary resource files, configuration files and user data can be uninstalled by a user on a convenient basis, unless it is a basic function software, which refers to a software that supports the normal functioning of hardware and operating system of a mobile smart device.

 

Neither The App Provisions nor the App Interim Measures, however, has further clarified the scope of “information services,” neither do they specify what “relevant qualification(s)” that an app owner/operator must obtain. In practice, operational activities of a company conducted through an app is currently subject to the supervisions of local departments of the Information Communications Administration, and often, the local departments differentiate the operational activities conducted through websites and through apps.

 

To comply with these laws and regulations, our VIE obtained the ICP License on July 2, 2019, which will remain effective for 5 years, we have also adopted and implemented strict information security policies and measures to protect our cyber security systems and customer information.

 

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Regulations Related to Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs

 

On April 13, 2005, the State Council promulgated the Certain Decisions on the Entry of the Non-state-owned Capital into the Cultural Industry. On July 6, 2005, five PRC governmental authorities, including the Ministry of Culture, or the MOC, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, or the SARFT (the predecessor of the National Radio and Television Administration, or NRTA), the General Administration of Press and Publication, or the GAPP, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC and the MOFCOM, jointly adopted the Several Opinions on Canvassing Foreign Investment into the Cultural Sector. Under these provisions, non-state owned capital and foreign investors are prohibited from engaging in the business of distributing audio-visual programs through information networks.

 

To further regulate the provision of audio-visual program services to the public via the internet, including through mobile networks, within the territory of the PRC, the SARFT and the MIIT jointly promulgated the Administrative Provisions on Internet Audio-Visual Program Service, or the Audio-Visual Program Provisions, on December 20, 2007, which took effect on January 31, 2008 and subsequently amended on August 28, 2015. Pursuant to the Audio-Visual Program Provisions, Internet audio-visual program services refer to activities of making, redacting and integrating audio-visual programs, providing them to the general public via the Internet, and providing platforms for uploading and spreading audio-visual programs. Providers of internet audio-visual program services are required to obtain the Audio-Visual License issued by SARFT, or complete certain registration procedures with SARFT. In general, providers of internet audio-visual program services must be either state-owned or state-controlled entities, and the business to be carried out by such providers must satisfy the overall planning and guidance catalog for internet audio-visual program service determined by SARFT . Our VIE is neither state-owned nor state-controlled, therefore it is unlikely that it will be able to obtain the Audio-Visual License if required to do so. Whoever engages in Internet audio-visual program service without the license or registration, the competent authorities shall give it/him an admonition and order it/him to correct, and may impose a fine of not more than RMB30,000 (approximately US$4,348); if the circumstances are serious, a punishment shall be imposed in accordance with the provision of Article 47 of the Radio and Television Administration Regulation.

 

On May 21, 2008, SARFT issued a Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Application and Approval of License for the Online Transmission of Audio-Visual Programs, as amended on August 28, 2015, which further set out detailed provisions concerning the application and approval process regarding the Audio-Visual License. Further, on March 31, 2009, SARFT promulgated the Notice on Strengthening the Administration of the Content of Internet Audio-Visual Programs, which reiterates the pre-approval requirements for the audio-visual programs transmitted via the internet, including through mobile networks, where applicable, and prohibits certain types of internet audio-visual programs containing violence, pornography, gambling, terrorism, superstition or other similarly prohibited elements.

 

On March 17, 2010, the SARFT issued the Internet Audio-visual Program Services Categories (Provisional), or the Provisional Categories, as amended on March 10, 2017. According to the Provisional Categories, there are four categories of internet audio-visual program services which are further divided into seventeen sub-categories. The third sub-category to the second category covers the making and editing of certain specialized audio-visual programs concerning, among other things, finance and educational content, and broadcasting such content to the general public online. However, there are still significant uncertainties relating to the interpretation and implementation of the Audio-Visual Program Provisions, in particular, the scope of “internet audio-visual programs”.

 

In addition, the Notice concerning Strengthening the Administration of the Streaming Service of Online Audio-Visual Programs promulgated by the State Administration of Press and Publication Radio, Film and Television, or the SAPPRFT (the predecessor of NRTA) on September 2, 2016 emphasizes that, unless a specific license is granted, audio-visual programs service provider is forbidden from engaging in live streaming on major political, military, economic, social, cultural and sports events. On November 4, 2016, the State Internet Information Office promulgated the Administrative Provisions on Internet Live-Streaming Services, or Internet Live-Streaming Services Provisions, which came into effect on December 1, 2016. According to the Internet Live-Streaming Services Provisions, an internet live-streaming service provider shall (a) establish a live-streaming content review platform; (b) conduct authentication registration of internet live-streaming issuers based on their identity certificates, business licenses and organization code certificates; and (c) enter into a service agreement with internet live-streaming services user to specify both parties’ rights and obligations.

 

On March 16, 2018, the SAPPRFT issued the Notice on Further Regulating the Transmission Order of Internet Audio-Visual Programs, which requires that, among others, audio-visual platforms shall: (i) not produce or transmit programs intended to parody or denigrate classic works, (ii) not re-edit, re-dub, re-caption or otherwise

 

On July 22, 2019, in the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau’s Q&A section of its official website, the Bureau responded to an inquiry submitted by an online education service provider, and confirmed that the offering of online audio and video courses or programs on websites or mobile applications for the purpose of improving the professional qualifications/skills of target audiences, does not fall into the activities regulated by the PRC Administrative Provisions on Internet Audio-Visual Program Services; therefore, the service provider is not required to obtain an Audio-Visual License. Currently, all of our online content on our APP are educational and training video and audio courses targeting specific groups of audiences, such as small and medium enterprise owners and graduate students, who use our online courses and programs to improve their professional qualifications and skills. Accordingly, based on the Bureau’s published interpretation, we believe we are not required to obtain an Audio-Visual License. However, given the significant uncertainties of the interpretation and implementation of Internet related regulations in the PRC, we cannot assure you that the competent PRC authorities will not ultimately take a view contrary to our opinion. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business— We may be required to obtain and maintain additional approvals, licenses or permits applicable to our business, including our online business, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.”

 

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Regulations Related to Information Security

 

Internet content in China is regulated and restricted from a state security standpoint. The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, or the SCNPC, enacted the Decisions on the Maintenance of Internet Security on December 28, 2000, which was amended on August 27, 2009, that may subject persons to criminal liabilities in China for any attempt to: (i) gain improper entry to a computer or system of strategic importance; (ii) disseminate politically disruptive information; (iii) leak state secrets; (iv) spread false commercial information or (v) infringe upon intellectual property rights. In 1997, Ministry of Public Security, or the MPS, issued the Administration Measures on the Security Protection of Computer Information Network with International Connections, which were amended by the State Council on January 8, 2011 and prohibit using the Internet in ways which, among others, result in a leakage of state secrets or a spread of socially destabilizing content. The MPS has supervision and inspection powers in this regard, and relevant local security bureaus may also have jurisdiction. On December 13, 2005, the MPS promulgated Regulations on Technological Measures for Internet Security Protection, or the Internet Protection Measures, which took effect on March 1, 2006 and requires internet service providers to take proper measures including anti-virus, data back-up and other related measures, to keep records of certain information about its users (including user registration information, log-in and log-out time, IP address, content and time of posts by users) for at least 60 days, and to detect illegal information, stop transmission of such information, and keep relevant records. If an ICP License holder violates these measures, the PRC government may revoke its ICP License and shut down its websites.

 

In November 2016, the SCNPC promulgated the Cyber Security Law of the PRC, or the Cyber Security Law, which became effective on June 1, 2017 and requires network operators to perform certain functions related to cyber security protection and the strengthening of network information management. For instance, under the Cyber Security Law, network operators of key information infrastructure shall store within the territory of the PRC all the personal information and important data collected and produced within the territory of PRC and their purchase of network products and services that may affect national securities shall be subject to national cybersecurity review. On May 2, 2017, the CAC issued a trial version of the Measures for the Security Review of Network Products and Services (for Trial Implementation), which took effect on June 1, 2017, to provide for more detailed rules regarding cybersecurity review requirements.

 

To comply with these laws and regulations, we have adopted security policies and measures to protect our cyber system and customer information.

 

Regulations Related to Internet Privacy Protection

 

Pursuant to the Internet Protection Measures, Internet services providers are prohibited from unauthorized disclosure of users’ information to any third parties unless such disclosure is required by the laws and regulations. They are further required to establish management systems and take technological measures to safeguard the freedom and secrecy of the users’ correspondences.

 

On December 28, 2012, the SCNPC promulgated the Decision on Strengthening Network Information Protection, which took into effect on the same date, to enhance the legal protection of information security and privacy on the internet. On July 16, 2013, the MIIT promulgated the Provisions on Protection of Personal Information of Telecommunication and Internet Users, which took into effect on September 1, 2013, to regulate the collection and use of users’ personal information in the provision of telecommunication services and internet information services in China and the personal information includes a user’s name, birth date, identification card number, address, phone number, account name, password and other information that can be used independently or in combination with other information for identifying a user.

 

On December 29, 2011, the MIIT promulgated the Several Provisions on Regulation of the Order of Internet Information Service Market, which took into effect on March 15, 2012. The Provisions stipulate that without the consent of users, internet information service providers shall not collect information relevant to the users that can lead to the recognition of the identity of the users independently or in combination with other information, nor shall they provide the information to others, unless otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations.

 

On May 8, 2017, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate released the Interpretations of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases Involving Infringement of Citizens’ Personal Information, or the Interpretations, which took into effect on June 1, 2017. The Interpretations clarify several concepts regarding the crime of “infringement of citizens’ personal information” stipulated by Article 253A of the Criminal Law of the PRC, including “citizen’s personal information”, “provision”, and “unlawful acquisition”. Also, the Interpretations specify the standards for determining “serious circumstances” and “particularly serious circumstances” of this crime.

 

To comply with these laws and regulations, we have required our customers to consent to our collecting and using of their personal information in order to receive our services, and established information security systems to protect customers’ privacy.

 

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Regulations Related to Production and Operation of Radio/Television Programs

 

On July 19, 2004, the SARFT promulgated the Administrative Measures on the Production and Operation of Radio and Television Programs, or the Radio and Television Program Measures, which came into effect on August 20, 2004 and was amended on August 28, 2015. The Radio and Television Program Measures provide that any business that produces or operates radio or television programs must first obtain a Radio and Television Program Production and Operation Permit. Entities holding such permits shall conduct their business within the permitted scope as provided in their permits. In addition, foreign-invested enterprises are not allowed to engage in the above-mentioned services.

 

To comply with the relevant laws and regulations, our VIE obtained a Radio and Television Program Production and Operation Permit on September 25, 2018, which covers the production and publication of cartoons, special subjects, TV entertainment programs (excluding current political news category or special columns) and will remain effective until September 25, 2020.

 

Regulations Related to Consumer Rights Protection

 

The Consumer Rights and Interests Protection Law of the PRC, or the Consumer Protection Law, promulgated by the SCNPC on October 31, 1993, and the Online Trading Measures, set out the obligations of business operators and the rights and interests of the customers. For example, business operators must guarantee the quality, function, usage, term of validity, personal or property safety requirement of the goods and services and provide customers with authentic information about the goods and services. Consumer whose legitimate rights and interests are harmed in the purchase of goods or receipt of services rendered through an online trading platform may seek compensation from the seller or the service provider.

 

Additionally, Internet information service providers, under the Tort Liability Law of the PRC, which became effective on July 1, 2010, shall bear tortious liabilities in the event they infringe upon other person’s rights and interests due to providing wrong or inaccurate content through the internet. Where an internet service provider conducts tortious acts through internet services, the infringed person has the right to request the internet service provider take necessary actions such as deleting contents, screening and de-linking. Failing to take necessary actions after being informed, the internet service provider will be subject to its liabilities with regard to the additional damages incurred. Where an internet service provider knows that an internet user is infringing upon other persons’ rights and interests through its internet service but fails to take necessary actions, it is jointly and severally liable with the internet user.

 

Regulations Related to Intellectual Property Rights

 

Copyright

 

The Copyright Law of the PRC, or the Copyright Law, which took effect on June 1, 1991 and was amended in 2001 and in 2010, and its implementing regulations adopted in 2002 and amended in 2011 and 2013, provide that Chinese citizens, legal persons, or other organizations will, whether published or not, enjoy copyright provides that Chinese citizens, legal persons, or other organizations shall, whether published or not, own copyright in their copyrightable works, which include, among others, works of literature, art, natural science, social science, engineering technology and computer software. Copyright owners enjoy certain legal rights, including right of publication, right of authorship and right of reproduction. The Copyright Law extends copyright protection to Internet activities, products disseminated over the Internet and software products. In addition, the Copyright Law provides for a voluntary registration system administered by the China Copyright Protection Center, or the CPCC. According to the Copyright Law, an infringer of the copyrights shall be subject to various civil liabilities, which include ceasing infringement activities, apologizing to the copyright owners and compensating the loss of copyright owner. Infringers of copyright may also subject to fines and/or administrative or criminal liabilities in severe situations.

 

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Pursuant to the Computer Software Copyright Protection Regulations promulgated by the State Council in 1991 and amended in 2001, 2011 and 2013 respectively, Chinese citizens, legal persons and other organizations shall enjoy copyright on software they develop, regardless of whether the software is released publicly. Software copyright commences from the date on which the development of the software is completed. The protection period for software copyright of a legal person or other organizations shall be 50 years, concluding on December 31 of the 50th year after the software’s initial release. The software copyright owner may go through the registration formalities with a software registration authority recognized by the State Council’s copyright administrative department. The software copyright owner may authorize others to exercise that copyright, and is entitled to receive remuneration.

 

Trademark

Trademarks are protected by the Trademark Law of the PRC, which was adopted in 1982 and subsequently amended in 1993, 2001, 2013 and 2019 as well as by the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Trademark Law adopted by the State Council in 1983 and as most recently amended on April 29, 2014. The Trademark Office under the State Administration for Industry and Commerce handles trademark registrations. The Trademark Office grants a 10-year term to registered trademarks and the term may be renewed for another 10-year period upon request by the trademark owner. A trademark registrant may license its registered trademarks to another party by entering into trademark license agreements, which must be filed with the Trademark Office for its record. As with patents, the Trademark Law has adopted a first-to-file principle with respect to trademark registration. If a trademark applied for is identical or similar to another trademark which has already been registered or subject to a preliminary examination and approval for use on the same or similar kinds of products or services, such trademark application may be rejected. Any person applying for the registration of a trademark may not injure existing trademark rights first obtained by others, nor may any person register in advance a trademark that has already been used by another party and has already gained a “sufficient degree of reputation” through such party’s use.

 

Domain name

The domain names are protected under the Administrative Measures on the Internet Domain Names, or the Domain Name Measures, promulgated by the MIIT, effective in November 2017. The MIIT is the major regulatory body responsible for the administration of the PRC internet domain names, under supervision of which China Internet Network Information Center, or the CNNIC, is responsible for the daily administration of CN domain names and PRC domain names. The CNNIC promulgated the Implementation Rules of Registration of Domain Name, or the CNNIC Rules, effective in May 2012. Pursuant to the Domain Name Measures and the CNNIC Rules, the registration of domain names adopts the “first to file” principle and the registrant shall complete the registration via the domain name registration service institutions. In the event of a domain name dispute, the disputed parties may lodge a complaint to the designated domain name dispute resolution institution to trigger the domain name dispute resolution procedure in accordance with the CNNIC Measures on Resolution of the Domain Name Disputes, file a suit to the People’s Court, or initiate an arbitration procedure.

 

Regulations Related to Foreign Exchange

 

The principal regulations governing foreign currency exchange in China are the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations, promulgated by the State Council in 1996 and most recently amended in 2008. Under the PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, such as profit distributions and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from State Administration of Foreign Exchange or SAFE by complying with certain procedural requirements. By contrast, approval from or registration with appropriate governmental authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of foreign currency-denominated loans.

 

In November 2012, SAFE promulgated the Circular of Further Improving and Adjusting Foreign Exchange Administration Policies on Foreign Direct Investment, or SAFE Circular 59, and most recently amended in 2015, which substantially amends and simplifies the current foreign exchange procedures. Pursuant to SAFE Circular 59, the opening of various special purpose foreign exchange accounts, such as pre-establishment expenses accounts, foreign exchange capital accounts, and guarantee accounts, the reinvestment of Renminbi proceeds derived by foreign investors in China, and remittance of foreign exchange profits and dividends by a foreign-invested enterprise to its foreign shareholders no longer require the approval or verification of SAFE, and multiple capital accounts for the same entity may be opened in different provinces, which was not possible previously.

 

In February 2015, SAFE promulgated the Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving the Administration of the Foreign Exchange Concerning Direct Investment, or SAFE Circular 13, pursuant to which, instead of applying for approval regarding foreign exchange registrations of foreign direct investment and overseas direct investment from SAFE, entities and individuals may apply for such foreign exchange registrations from qualified banks. The qualified banks, under the supervision of SAFE, may directly review the applications and conduct the registration.

 

In March 2015, SAFE issued the Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises, or SAFE Circular 19. Pursuant to SAFE Circular 19, a foreign-invested enterprise may, according to its actual business needs, settle with a bank the portion of the foreign exchange capital in its capital account for which the relevant foreign exchange administration has confirmed monetary capital contribution rights and interests (or for which the bank has registered the injection of the monetary capital contribution into the account). In addition, for the time being, foreign-invested enterprises are allowed to settle 100% of their foreign exchange capital on a discretionary basis. A foreign-invested enterprise shall truthfully use its capital for its own operational purposes within the scope of business. Where an ordinary foreign-invested enterprise makes domestic equity investment with the amount of foreign exchanges settled, the invested enterprise must first go through domestic re-investment registration and open a corresponding account for foreign exchange settlement pending payment with the foreign exchange administration or the bank at the place where it is registered.

 

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In June 2016, SAFE promulgated Circular on Reforming and Regulating Policies on the Control over Foreign Exchange Settlement of Capital Accounts, or SAFE Circular 16, pursuant to which, in addition to foreign currency capital, enterprises registered in China may also convert their foreign debts, as well as repatriated fund raised through overseas listing, from foreign currency to Renminbi on a discretional basis. SAFE Circular 16 also reiterates that the use of capital so converted shall follow “the principle of authenticity and self-use” within the business scope of the enterprise. According to SAFE Circular 16, the Renminbi funds so converted shall not be used for the purposes of, whether directly or indirectly, (i) paying expenditures beyond the business scope of the enterprises or prohibited by laws and regulations; (ii) making securities investment or other investments (except for banks’ principal-secured products); (iii) granting loans to non-affiliated enterprises, except as expressly permitted in the business license; and (iv) purchasing non-self-used real estate (except for the foreign-invested real estate enterprises).

 

In January 2017, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Further Improving Reform of Foreign Exchange Administration and Optimizing Genuineness and Compliance Verification, or SAFE Circular 3, which stipulates several capital control measures with respect to the outbound remittance of profit from domestic entities to offshore entities, including (i) under the principle of genuine transaction, banks shall check board resolutions regarding profit distribution, the original version of tax filing records, and audited financial statements; and (ii) domestic entities shall hold income to account for previous years’ losses before remitting the profits. Further, pursuant to SAFE Circular 3, domestic entities shall make detailed explanations of the sources of capital and utilization arrangements, and provide board resolutions, contracts and other proof when completing the registration procedures in connection with an outbound investment.

 

Regulations Related to Dividend Distribution

 

The principal regulations governing the distribution of dividends paid by WFOEs include the Company Law of PRC promulgated in 1993 and most recently amended in 2018, Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law promulgated in 1986 and most recently amended in 2016, and the Implementation Regulations on the Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law issued in 1990 and most recently amended in 2014. Under these regulations, WFOEs in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a WFOE in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits based on PRC accounting standards each year to its general reserves until its cumulative total reserve funds reaches 50% of its registered capital. These reserve funds, however, may not be distributed as cash dividends.

 

Regulations Related to Foreign Exchange Registration of Offshore Investment by PRC Residents

 

In July 2014, SAFE issued the Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Issues concerning Foreign Exchange Administration over the Overseas Investment and Financing and Round-trip Investment by Domestic Residents via Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37. SAFE Circular 37 regulates foreign exchange matters in relation to the use of special purpose vehicles, or “SPVs,” by PRC residents or entities to seek offshore investment and financing or conduct round trip investment in China. Under SAFE Circular 37, an SPV refers to an offshore entity established or controlled, directly or indirectly, by PRC residents or entities for the purpose of seeking offshore financing or making offshore investment, using legitimate domestic or offshore assets or interests, while “round trip investment” refers to the direct investment in China by PRC residents or entities through SPVs, namely, establishing foreign-invested enterprises to obtain the ownership, control rights and management rights. Circular 37 requires that, before making contribution into an SPV, PRC residents or entities are required to complete foreign exchange registration with SAFE or its local branch.

 

In February 2015, SAFE promulgated the SAFE Circular 13. SAFE Circular 13 has amended SAFE Circular 37 by requiring PRC residents or entities to register with qualified banks instead of SAFE or its local branch in connection with their establishment of an SPV.

 

In addition, pursuant to SAFE Circular 37, an amendment to registration or subsequent filing with qualified banks by such PRC resident is also required if there is a material change with respect to the capital of the offshore company, such as any change of basic information (including change of such PRC residents, change of name and operation term of the SPV), increases or decreases in investment amount, transfers or exchanges of shares, or mergers or divisions. Failure to comply with the registration requirements as set forth in SAFE Circular 37 and SAFE Circular 13, misrepresent on or failure to disclose controllers of foreign-invested enterprises that are established by round-trip investment may result in bans on the foreign exchange activities of the relevant onshore company, including the payment of dividends and other distributions to its offshore parent or affiliates, and may also subject relevant PRC residents to penalties under the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations of the PRC.

 

All of our shareholders who are subject to the SAFE Circular 37 have completed the initial registrations with the local SAFE branch or qualified banks as required by SAFE Circular 37.

 

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Regulations Related to Foreign Debt

 

As an offshore holding company, we may make additional capital contributions to WFOE subject to approval from the local department of commerce and the SAFE, with no limitation on the amount of capital contributions. We may also make loans to WFOE subject to the approval from SAFE or its local office and the limitation on the amount of loans.

 

By means of making loans, WFOE is subject to the relevant PRC laws and regulation relating to foreign debts. On January 8, 2003, the State Development Planning Commission, SAFE, and Ministry of Finance, or MOF, jointly promulgated the Circular on the Interim Provisions on the Management of Foreign Debts, or the Foreign Debts Provisions, which became effective on March 1, 2003, and was partially abolished on May 10, 2015. Pursuant to Foreign Debts Provisions, the total amount of foreign loans received by a foreign-invested company shall not exceed the difference between the total investment in projects as approved by the MOFCOM or its local counterpart and the amount of registered capital of such foreign-invested company. In addition, on January 12, 2017, the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, issued the Circular on Full-Coverage Macro-Prudent Management of Cross-Border Financing, or the PBOC Circular 9, which sets out the statutory upper limit on the foreign debts for PRC non-financial entities, including both foreign-invested companies and domestic-invested companies. Pursuant to the PBOC Circular 9, the foreign debt upper limit for both foreign-invested companies and domestic-invested companies is calculated as twice the net asset of such companies. As to net assets, the companies shall take the net assets value stated in their latest audited financial statement.

 

The PBOC Circular 9 does not supersede the Foreign Debts Provisions. It provides a one-year transitional period from January 11, 2017, for foreign-invested companies, during which foreign-invested companies, such as WFOE, could adopt their calculation method of foreign debt upper limit based on either the Foreign Debts Provisions or the PBOC Circular 9. The transitional period ended on January 11, 2018. Upon its expiry, pursuant to the PBOC Circular 9, PBOC and SAFE shall reevaluate the calculation method for foreign-invested companies and determine what the applicable calculation method would be.

 

Regulations Related to Tax

 

Enterprise Income Tax

 

On March 16, 2007, the SCNPC promulgated the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, which was recently amended on December 29, 2018 and on December 6, 2007, the State Council enacted the Regulations for the Implementation of the Law on Enterprise Income Tax (collectively, the EIT Law). Under the EIT Law, both resident enterprises and non-resident enterprises are subject to tax in the PRC. “Resident enterprises” are defined as enterprises that are established in China in accordance with PRC laws, or that are established in accordance with the laws of foreign countries but are actually or in effect controlled from within the PRC. “Non-resident enterprises” are defined as enterprises that are organized under the laws of foreign countries and whose actual management is conducted outside the PRC, but have established institutions or premises in the PRC, or have no such established institutions or premises but have income generated from inside the PRC. Under the EIT Law and relevant implementing regulations, a uniform corporate income tax rate of 25% is applied. If non-resident enterprises have not formed permanent establishments or premises in the PRC, or if they have formed permanent establishment or premises in the PRC but there is no actual relationship between the relevant income derived in the PRC and the established institutions or premises set up by them, however, enterprise income tax is set at the rate of 10% with respect to their income sourced from inside the PRC.

 

The EIT Law and its implementation rules permit certain “high and new technology enterprises strongly supported by the state” that independently own core intellectual property and meet statutory criteria, to enjoy a reduced 15% enterprise income tax rate.

 

According to the Administrative Rules for the Certification of High and New Technology Enterprises, or HNTEs, effective on January 1, 2008 and amended on January 29, 2016, for each entity accredited as HNTE, its HNTE status is valid for three years if it meets the qualifications for HNTE on a continuing basis during such period. Our VIE, SDH, has been certified as a HNTE on October 25, 2017 and such certification will remain valid for three years until October 25, 2020.

 

Value-Added Tax (“VAT”)

 

The Provisional Regulations of the PRC on Value-added Tax were promulgated by the State Council on December 13, 1993, and were most recently amended on November 19, 2017. The Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Provisional Regulations of the PRC on Value-added Tax (Revised in 2011) were promulgated by the MOF on December 25, 1993, and were recently amended on October 28, 2011 (collectively with the VAT Regulations, the VAT Law). On April 4, 2018, MOF and SAT jointly promulgated the Circular on Adjustment of Value-Added Tax Rates, or MOF and SAT Circular 32. On March 20, 2019, MOF, SAT and General Administration of Customs, or GAC, jointly issued a Circular on Relevant Polices for Deepening Value-added Tax Reform, or MOF, SAT and GAC Circular 39, which became effective from April 1, 2019. According to the abovementioned laws and circulars, all enterprises and individuals engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of processing, repair and replacement services, sales of services, intangible assets, real property and the importation of goods within the territory of the PRC are the taxpayers of VAT. The VAT tax rates generally applicable are simplified as 13%, 9%, 6% and 0%, and the VAT tax rate applicable to the small-scale taxpayers is 3%.

 

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Withholding Tax

 

The Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC provides that since January 1, 2008, an income tax rate of 10% will normally be applicable to dividends declared to non-PRC resident investors which do not have an establishment or place of business in the PRC, or which have such establishment or place of business but the relevant income is not effectively connected with the establishment or place of business, to the extent such dividends are derived from sources within the PRC.

 

Pursuant to an Arrangement Between the Mainland of China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Incomes, or the Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement, and other applicable PRC laws, if a Hong Kong resident enterprise is determined by the competent PRC tax authority to have satisfied the relevant conditions and requirements under such Double Tax Avoidance Arrangement and other applicable laws, the 10% withholding tax on the dividends the Hong Kong resident enterprise receives from a PRC resident enterprise may be reduced to 5%. Based on the Circular on Certain Issues with Respect to the Enforcement of Dividend Provisions in Tax Treaties, or the SAT Circular 81, issued on February 20, 2009, by the SAT, however, if the relevant PRC tax authorities determine, in their discretion, that a company benefits from such reduced income tax rate due to a structure or arrangement that is primarily tax-driven, such PRC tax authorities may adjust the preferential tax treatment. According to the Circular on Several Questions regarding the “Beneficial Owner” in Tax Treaties, which was issued on February 3, 2018, by the SAT and took effect on April 1, 2018, when determining the applicant’s status of the “beneficial owner” regarding tax treatments in connection with dividends, interests or royalties in the tax treaties, several factors, including without limitation, whether the applicant is obligated to pay more than 50% of his or her income in 12 months to residents in third country or region, whether the business operated by the applicant constitutes the actual business activities, and whether the counterparty country or region to the tax treaties does not levy any tax or grant tax exemption on relevant incomes or levy tax at an extremely low rate, will be taken into account, and it will be analyzed according to the actual circumstances of the specific cases. This circular further provides that applicants who intend to prove his or her status of the “beneficial owner” shall submit the relevant documents to the relevant tax bureau according to the Announcement on Issuing the Measures for the Administration of Non-Resident Taxpayers’ Enjoyment of the Treatment under Tax Agreements.

 

Tax on Indirect Transfer

 

On February 3, 2015, the SAT issued the Circular on Issues of Enterprise Income Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-PRC Resident Enterprises, or SAT Circular 7. Pursuant to SAT Circular 7, an “indirect transfer” of assets, including equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise, by non-PRC resident enterprises, may be re-characterized and treated as a direct transfer of PRC taxable assets, if such arrangement does not have a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of avoiding payment of PRC enterprise income tax. As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC enterprise income tax. When determining whether there is a “reasonable commercial purpose” of the transaction arrangement, features to be taken into consideration include, inter alia, whether the main value of the equity interest of the relevant offshore enterprise derives directly or indirectly from PRC taxable assets; whether the assets of the relevant offshore enterprise mainly consist of direct or indirect investment in China or if its income is mainly derived from China; and whether the offshore enterprise and its subsidiaries directly or indirectly holding PRC taxable assets have real commercial nature which is evidenced by their actual function and risk exposure. According to SAT Circular 7, where the transferee fails to withhold any or sufficient tax, the transferor shall declare and pay such tax to the tax authority by itself within the statutory time limit. Late payment of applicable tax will subject the transferor to default interest. SAT Circular 7 does not apply to transactions of sale of shares by investors through a public stock exchange where such shares were acquired on a public stock exchange. On October 17, 2017, the SAT issued the Circular on Issues of Tax Withholding regarding Non-PRC Resident Enterprise Income Tax, or SAT Circular 37, which further elaborates the relevant implemental rules regarding the calculation, reporting and payment obligations of the withholding tax by the non-resident enterprises. Nonetheless, there remain uncertainties as to the interpretation and application of SAT Circular 7. SAT Circular 7 may be determined by the tax authorities to be applicable to our offshore transactions or sale of our shares or those of our offshore subsidiaries where non-resident enterprises, being the transferors, were involved.

 

Regulations Related to Employment and Social Welfare

 

Employment

 

The Labor Law of the PRC, which was promulgated on July 5, 1994, effective since January 1, 1995, and most recently amended on December 29, 2018, the Labor Contract Law of the PRC, which was promulgated on June 29, 2007, and amended on December 28, 2012, and the Implementation Regulations of the Labor Contract Law of the PRC, which was promulgated on September 18, 2008, are the principal regulations that govern employment and labor matters in the PRC. Under the above regulations, labor contracts shall be concluded in writing if labor relationships are to be or have been established between employers and the employees. Employers are prohibited from forcing employees to work above certain time limit and employers shall pay employees for overtime work in accordance to national regulations. In addition, wages may not be lower than the local minimum wage. Employers must establish a system for labor safety and sanitation, strictly abide by state standards, and provide relevant education to its employees. Employees are also required to work in safe and sanitary conditions.

 

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Social Insurance and Housing Fund

 

Under the Social Insurance Law of the PRC that was promulgated by the SCNPC on October 28, 2010, and came into force as of July 1, 2011, and most recently amended on December 29, 2018, together with other laws and regulations, employers are required to pay basic pension insurance, unemployment insurance, basic medical insurance, employment injury insurance, maternity insurance, and other social insurance for its employees at specified percentages of the salaries of the employees, up to a maximum amount specified by the local government regulations from time to time. When an employer fails to fully pay social insurance premiums, relevant social insurance collection agency shall order it to make up for any shortfall within a prescribed time limit, and may impose a late payment fee at the rate of 0.05% per day of the outstanding amount from the due date. If such employer still fails to make up for the shortfalls within the prescribed time limit, the relevant administrative authorities shall impose a fine of one to three times the outstanding amount upon such employer.

 

In accordance with the Regulations on the Management of Housing Fund which was promulgated by the State Council in 1999 and recently amended in 2019, employers must register at the designated administrative centers and open bank accounts for depositing employees’ housing funds. Employer and employee are also required to pay and deposit housing funds, with an amount no less than 5% of the monthly average salary of the employee in the preceding year in full and on time.

 

Prior to July 2019, the Company failed to deposit adequate contributions to the housing funds for some of its employees, but has since remediated such non-compliance. As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has complied with the laws and regulations on Social Insurance and Housing Fund, and has not received any notice of warning or been subject to penalties or other disciplinary action from the relevant governmental authorities for non-compliance on labor-related laws and regulations.

 

Regulations Related to Mergers and Acquisitions and Overseas Listings

 

On August 8, 2006, six PRC governmental and regulatory agencies, including MOFCOM and the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, promulgated the Rules on Acquisition of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules, governing the mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by foreign investors that became effective on September 8, 2006, and was amended on June 22, 2009. The M&A Rules, among other things, requires that offshore SPVs that are controlled by PRC companies or individuals and that have been formed for overseas listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic interest held by such PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock exchange.

 

Our PRC counsel, GFE Law Office, has advised us that, based on its understanding of current PRC laws, rules and regulations, and the M&A Rules, the CSRC approval is not required in the context of this offering because: (i) our PRC subsidiary was established by means of direct investment rather than by a merger with or an acquisition of any PRC domestic companies as defined under the M&A Rules, and were not PRC domestic companies as defined under the M&A Rules, and (ii) no explicit provision in the M&A Rules classifies the respective contractual arrangements among our PRC subsidiary, our consolidated VIE and its shareholders as a type of acquisition transaction falling under the M&A Rules. Notwithstanding the above opinion, our PRC counsel has further advised us that uncertainties still exist as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted and implemented and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, rules, and regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. If the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies subsequently determine that prior CSRC approval was required, we may face regulatory actions or other sanctions from the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies.

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

Set forth below is information concerning our directors, executive officers and other key employees as of the date of this registration statement. Pursuant to our articles of association, the minimum number of directors is one. Unless removed or re-appointed, each director shall be appointed for a term expiring at the next-following annual general meeting, if any is held. At any annual general meeting held, our directors will be elected by a majority vote of shareholders eligible to vote at that meeting. At each annual general meeting, each director so elected shall hold office for a one-year term and until the election of their respective successors in office or removed. All of our executive officers are appointed by and serve at the discretion of our board of directors.

 

Name   Age   Position(s)
Haiping Hu   52   Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Chao Liu   38   Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)
Chenming Qi   48   Chief Operating Officer (“COO”)
Haiwei Zuo   36   Director
Ligang Lu*   50   Independent Director Nominee
Hong Cai*   51   Independent Director Nominee
Wei Shao*   53   Independent Director Nominee

  

* This individual has indicated his consent to occupy such position upon closing of this offering.

 

Mr. Haiping Hu has been our CEO and Chairman since February 2019, and he has served as CEO and Chairman of SDH since December 2014. From August 2004 to January 2018, he was CEO and Vice Chairman of Shanshan Holdings Co., Ltd. From January 1996 to July 2004, he served as Vice President of Shanshan Group Co., Ltd. Since 2002, Shanshan Holdings Co., Ltd. has ranked among the top 500 Chinese companies in successive years. Mr. Hu holds a BS in Chemical Automation and a MS in Chemical Engineering from Zhejiang University. Nicknamed “General Hu Haiping on Horseback,” Mr. Hu has more than 20 years of experience as founder and executive, and is a well-known entrepreneur in China.

 

Ms. Chao Liu has served as our CFO since February 2019, and as the CFO of SDH since January 2016. From June 2012 to June 2015, she was the head of the accounting department of Beijing Meanfang Institute of Physics and Technology, Beijing Meanfang Spectrum Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhongchuang Technology Co., Ltd. From May 2008 to December 2015, she was the comptroller of Beijing Hongri Dongsheng Decoration Co., Ltd. and Beijing Sunshine Season Network Technology Company. From November 2003 to November 2014, she served as supervisor of the accounting department of Beijing Haixinyuan Food Co., Ltd. and Beijing Haixinyuan Guest House Co., Ltd. Ms. Liu obtained a BA in Finance from Beijing Language and Culture University and has a strong understanding of international accounting and tax policies.

 

Mr. Qi Chenming has serve as our COO since February 2019, and as the COO and director of SDH since July 2017. From May 2014 to June 2017, Mr. Qi served as the Vice President of the sales division of 360 Enterprise Security Group. He co-founded Netgod Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd in 2006, and served as the VP of operations from June 2006 to May 2014. He served as the deputy general manager of Lenovo Information Security Division from April 2004 to June 2006. From March 2002 to March 2004, he was the sales director of Hampoo (China) Management Consulting Company. Mr. Qi graduated from Tianjin University with a BS in Precision Instrument Engineering. We believe that Mr. Qi, with over twenty years of experience in team building and enterprise management, is qualified to serve as our COO.

 

Mr. Haiwei Zuo has served as our director since February 2019, and as Vice Chairman of SDH since December 2014. From September 2013 to December 2014, he served as the Dean of Beijing Huatai Weiye Management Science and Technology Research Institute. From March 2009 to September 2013, he served as CEO of Beijing Naked in Frontier Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. He graduated from the China Agricultural University with a BA in Business Administration.

  

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Mr. Hong Cai will be appointed as our director upon closing of this offering. Ms. Cai has over 25 years of management experience in investment banking and consulting. Since August 2015, she has been the Chairman of Shenzhen Winluck Investment Co., Ltd. From August 2006 to July 2015, she held the position of Chairman of Shenzhen Winluck Biotechnology Co., Ltd. From September 1993 to July 2006, she served as a senior manager for International Investment Banking Department of China Southern Securities Co., Ltd. Ms. Cai holds a BS in Automation Engineering from Zhejiang University and a master’s degree in Finance from Renmin University of China.

 

Mr. Wei Shao will be appointed as our director upon closing of this offering. Mr. Shao has more than twenty years of senior executive experiences across different industries (Healthcare, Shipping, Management Consulting & Investment, etc.), with proven successes in strategies development, team building, coaching and people development. He has served as an independent director of Goal Rise (China) Holdings Ltd., a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since March 2019. From October 2016 to February 2019, Mr. Shao served as the Senior Advisor to Chairman of KPMG China, and from April 2013 to September 2016, as the Managing Director of KMBG China. From August 2011 to January 2013, Mr. Shao served as the Senior Managing Director of Maersk GSC China, and as the head of GBUs (Group Business Units) of Global Delivery. Mr. Shao holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Jiangnan University and a mini MBA from Chinese University of HK.

 

Mr. Ligang Lu will be appointed as our director upon closing of this offering. Since January 2011, Mr. Lu was the auditor director and group supervisor of Shanshan Holdings Co. Ltd. From January 2003 to January 2011, he took several positions with Hebei Hualong Riqing Noodle Industry Group Co., Ltd., including audit manage and chief financial officer. From September 1990 to January 2003, he was the audit office director of Sinosteel Xingji Group. Mr. Lu holds a BS in Financial Auditing and Accounting from Hebei University of Economics and Business (formerly Hebei University of Finance and Economics). In May 2001, Mr. Lu was certified as senior auditor and accountant by China Human Resources Bureau of Hebei Province, and became Certified Internal Auditor (“CIA”) by International Registered Institute of Internal Auditors (USA).

 

For additional information see “Description of Share Capital — Directors”.

 

Family Relationships

 

None of the directors or executive officers has a family relationship as defined in Item 401 of Regulation S-K.

 

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

 

To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past 10 years, been involved in any legal proceedings described in subparagraph (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K.

 

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Board of Directors

 

Our board of directors will consist of ten directors upon closing of this offering.

 

Duties of Directors

 

Under Cayman Islands law, all of our directors owe three types of duties to us: (i) statutory duties, (ii) fiduciary duties, and (iii) common law duties. The Companies Law (2018 Revision), as amended, of the Cayman Islands imposes a number of statutory duties on a director. A Cayman Islands director’s fiduciary duties are not codified, however the courts of the Cayman Islands have held that a director owes the following fiduciary duties: (a) a duty to act in what the director bona fide considers to be in the best interests of the company, (b) a duty to exercise their powers for the purposes they were conferred, (c) a duty to avoid fettering his or her discretion in the future and (d) a duty to avoid conflicts of interest and of duty. The common law duties owed by a director are those to act with skill, care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and, also, to act with the skill, care and diligence in keeping with a standard of care commensurate with any particular skill they have which enables them to meet a higher standard than a director without those skills. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our amended articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time. We have the right to seek damages if a duty owed by any of our directors is breached.

 

Qualification

 

There is currently no shareholding qualification for directors, although a shareholding qualification for directors may be fixed by our shareholders by ordinary resolution.

 

Corporate Governance

  

Director Independence

 

Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Ligang Lu, Mr. Hong Cai and Mr. Wei Shao are independent, as determined in accordance with the rules of the NASDAQ Capital Market. In making such independence determination, our Board of Directors considered the relationships that each such non-employee director has with us and all other facts and circumstances that the board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence, including the beneficial ownership of our share capital by each non-employee director and the transactions involving them described in the section titled “Transactions with Related Persons.” Upon the closing of this Offering, we expect that the composition and functioning of our Board of Directors and each of our committees will comply with all applicable requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market and the rules and regulations of the SEC. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

 

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

 

Our Board of Directors oversees the management of risks inherent in the operation of our business and the implementation of our business strategies. Our Board of Directors performs this oversight role by using several different levels of review. In connection with its reviews of our operations and corporate functions, our Board of Directors addresses the primary risks associated with those operations and corporate functions. In addition, our Board of Directors reviews the risks associated with our business strategies periodically throughout the year as part of its consideration of undertaking any such business strategies.

 

Each of our board committees also oversees the management of our risk that falls within the committee’s areas of responsibility. In performing this function, each committee has full access to management, as well as the ability to engage advisors. Our Chief Financial Officer reports to the audit committee and is responsible for identifying, evaluating and implementing risk management controls and methodologies to address any identified risks. In connection with its risk management role, our audit committee meets privately with representatives from our independent registered public accounting firm and our Chief Financial Officer. The audit committee oversees the operation of our risk management program, including the identification of the primary risks associated with our business and periodic updates to such risks, and reports to our Board of Directors regarding these activities.

 

Committees of the Board of Directors

 

We will establish three committees under the board of directors immediately upon closing of this offering: an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and corporate governance committee. We will adopt a charter for each of the three committees upon their formations. Each committee’s members and functions are described below.

 

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Audit Committee. Our audit committee will consist of Mr. Ligang Lu, Mr. Hong Cai and Mr. Wei Shao. Mr. Ligang Lu will be the chairman of our audit committee. We have determined that Mr. Ligang Lu, Mr. Hong Cai, and Mr. Wei Shao will satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 5605(a)(2) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act. Our board also has determined that Mr. Ligang Lu qualifies as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of the SEC rules or possesses financial sophistication within the meaning of the Nasdaq Listing Rules. The audit committee will oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the financial statements of our company. The audit committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

  appointing the independent auditors and pre-approving all auditing and non-auditing services permitted to be performed by the independent auditors;
     
  reviewing with the independent auditors any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;
     
  discussing the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors;
     
  reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our accounting and internal control policies and procedures and any steps taken to monitor and control major financial risk exposures;
     
  reviewing and approving all proposed related party transactions;
     
  meeting separately and periodically with management and the independent auditors; and
     
  monitoring compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure proper compliance.

 

Compensation Committee. Our compensation committee will consist of Mr. Wei Shao, Mr. Hong Cai and Mr. Ligang Lu. Mr. Wei Shao will be the chairman of our compensation committee. We have determined that Mr. Wei Shao, Mr. Hong Cai and Mr. Ligang Lu will satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act. The compensation committee will assist the board in reviewing and approving the compensation structure, including all forms of compensation, relating to our directors and executive officers. Our chief executive officer may not be present at any committee meeting during which his compensation is deliberated. The compensation committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

  reviewing and approving to the board with respect to the total compensation package for our most senior executive officers;
     
  approving and overseeing the total compensation package for our executives other than the most senior executive officers;
     
  reviewing and recommending to the board with respect to the compensation of our directors;
     
  reviewing periodically and approving any long-term incentive compensation or equity plans;
     
  selecting compensation consultants, legal counsel or other advisors after taking into consideration all factors relevant to that person’s independence from management; and
     
  reviewing programs or similar arrangements, annual bonuses, employee pension and welfare benefit plans.

 

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our nominating and corporate governance committee will consist of Mr. Hong Cai, Mr. Wei Shao and Mr. Ligang Lu. Mr. Hong Cai will be the chairperson of our nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Hong Cai, Mr. Wei Shao and Mr. Ligang Lu satisfy the “independence” requirements of Section 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules and Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act. The nominating and corporate governance committee will assist the board of directors in selecting individuals qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition of the board and its committees. The nominating and corporate governance committee will be responsible for, among other things:

 

  identifying and recommending nominees for election or re-election to our board of directors or for appointment to fill any vacancy;
     
  reviewing annually with our board of directors its current composition in light of the characteristics of independence, age, skills, experience and availability of service to us;
     
  identifying and recommending to our board the directors to serve as members of committees;
     
  advising the board periodically with respect to significant developments in the law and practice of corporate governance as well as our compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and making recommendations to our board of directors on all matters of corporate governance and on any corrective action to be taken; and
     
  monitoring compliance with our code of business conduct and ethics, including reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our procedures to ensure proper compliance.

 

Code of Ethics

 

Our board of directors has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics, which is applicable to all of our directors, officers and employees. We will make our code of business conduct and ethics publicly available on our website prior to the initial closing of this offering.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to compensation for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, earned by or paid to our chief executive officer and principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, and our other most highly compensated executive officers whose total compensation exceeded US$100,000 (the “named executive officers”).

 

Summary Compensation Table

 

Name and Principal Position   Year     Salary  (US$)     Bonus  (US$)     Stock Awards (US$)     Option Awards (US$)     Non-Equity Incentive  Plan Compensation     Deferred Compensation Earnings     Other      Total (US$)    
                                                       
Haiping Hu     2018       34,896       -       -       -       -       -       -       34,896  
CEO of the Company and SDH     2017       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                                         
Chao Liu     2018       22,600       -       -       -       -       -       -       22,600  
CFO of the Company and SDH     2017       15,331       -       -       -       -       -       -       15,331  
                                                                         
Chenming Qi     2018       26,626       -       -       -       -       -       -       26,626  
COO of the Company and SDH     2017       12,401       -       -       -       -       -       -       12,401  

 

Agreements with Named Executive Officers

 

On February 22, 2019, we entered into employment agreements with our executive officers. Pursuant to employment agreements, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Registration Statement, we will agree to employ each of our executive officers for a specified time period, which will be renewed upon both parties’ agreement thirty days before the end of the current employment term, and payment of cash compensation and benefits shall become payable when the Company becomes a public reporting company in the US. We may terminate the employment for cause, at any time, without notice or remuneration, for certain acts of the executive officer, including but not limited to the commitments of any serious or persistent breach or non-observance of the terms and conditions of the employment, conviction of a criminal offense, willful disobedience of a lawful and reasonable order, fraud or dishonesty, receipt of bribery, or severe neglect of his or her duties. An executive officer may terminate his or her employment at any time with a two-month prior written notice. Each executive officer has agreed to hold, both during and after the employment agreement expires, in strict confidence and not to use or disclose to any person, corporation or other entity without written consent, any confidential information.

 

Our employment agreement with Haiping Hu, our CEO, provides for a term of three years beginning on February 22, 2019, with an annual salary of RMB300,000 (approximately US$42,850), the payment of which commences when the Company becomes a public reporting company in the US.

 

Our employment agreement with Chao Liu, our CFO, provides for a term of three years beginning on February 22, 2019, with an annual salary of RMB204,000 (approximately US$29,140), the payment of which commences when the Company becomes a public reporting company in the US.

 

Our employment agreement with Chenming Qi, our COO, provides for a term of three years beginning on February 22, 2019, with an annual salary of RMB300,000 (approximately US$30,850), the payment of which commences when the Company becomes a public reporting company in the US.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we did not compensate our directors for their services other than to reimburse them for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

 

The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of our Ordinary Shares as of the date of this registration statement, and as adjusted to reflect the sale of the Ordinary Shares offered in this offering for:

 

each of our directors and executive officers who beneficially own our Ordinary Shares;

 

all of our directors and executive officers as a group; and

 

each person known to us to own beneficially more than 5.0% of our Ordinary Shares.

 

Beneficial ownership includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Except as indicated below, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary Shares shown as beneficially owned by them. Percentage of beneficial ownership of each listed person prior to this offering is based on 28,000,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date of this registration statement.

 

The number and percentage of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned after the offering are based on 33,000,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding following the sale of 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares. Information with respect to beneficial ownership has been furnished by each director, officer or beneficial owner of 5% or more of our Ordinary Shares. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally requires that such person have voting or investment power with respect to securities. In computing the number of Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by a person listed below and the percentage ownership of such person, Ordinary Shares underlying options, warrants or convertible securities held by each such person that are exercisable or convertible within 60 days of the date of this prospectus are deemed outstanding, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any other person. As of the date of this registration statement, we have 6 shareholders of record, none of which are located in the United States. We will be required to have at least 300 shareholders at closing in order to satisfy the Nasdaq listing standards.

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner*  

Ordinary Shares

Beneficially Owned

Prior to this Offering

   

Ordinary Shares

Beneficially Owned

After this Offering 

 
    Number     %     Number     %  
Directors and Executive Officers:                        
Haiping Hu (1)     11,368,140       40.60 %     11,368,140       34.45 %
Chao Liu (2)     147,224       0.53 %     147,224       0.44 %
Chenming Qi (3)     1,274,000       4.55 %     1,274,000       3.86 %
Haiwei Zuo(4)     1,808,800       6.46 %     1,808,800       5.48 %
Ligang Lu     0       0 %     0       0 %
Hong Cai     0       0 %     0       0 %
Wei Shao     0       0 %     0       0 %
Directors and Executive Officers as a group (7 persons)     14,598,164       52.13 %     14,598,164       43.79 %
5% Beneficial Owners**                                
GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., Ltd. (1)     11,368,140       40.60 %     11,368,140       34.45 %
GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd. (4)     1,808,800       6.46 %     1,808,800       5.48 %
GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (2)     4,522,000       16.15 %     4,522,000       13.70 %
GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd (3)     4,194,444       14.98 %     4,194,444       12.71 %

  

* Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is Room 208 building 1, NO,28 Houtun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, The PRC.
   
** The principal office of each of the 5% beneficial owners are located at Start Chambers, Wickham’s Cay II, P.O. Box 2221, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
   
(1) Haiping Hu, our CEO and chairman of the Board, beneficially owns 11,368,140 Ordinary Shares through his 100% ownership of GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., LTD, which owns 40.60% of the Company’s Ordinary Shares.
   
(2) Represents 4,522,000 Ordinary Shares held by GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd., as the following: 147,224 Ordinary Shares, or 3.26%, held by Chao Liu, our CFO; the remainder is held by various non-related parties. Each shareholder has disposition and voting rights over his/her shares.
   
(3) Chenming Qi, our COO, beneficially owns 1,274,000 Ordinary Shares through his 30.37% of ownership of GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company, the remaining shares of which is owned by various non-related parties. Each shareholder of GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd. has disposition and voting rights over his/her shares.

 

(4) Haiwei Zuo, our director, beneficially owns 1,808,800 through his 100% ownership of GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company, which owns 6.46% of the Company’s Ordinary Shares.

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History of Share Capital

 

We were incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability on February 22, 2019. On the date of our incorporation and on an actual basis without effecting the Reorganization, we issued 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares to certain founders. On August 8, 2019, we issued an additional 27,000,000 Ordinary Share to our existing shareholders.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, our authorized share capital consists of $50,000 divided into 5,000,000,000 Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share. As of the date of this prospectus, 28,000,000 shares were issued and outstanding. Holders of Ordinary Shares are entitled to one vote per share. We will authorize and issue Ordinary Shares in this offering.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, none of our outstanding Ordinary Shares are held by record holders in the United States.

 

We are not aware of any arrangement that may, at a subsequent date, result in a change of control of our company.

 

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Upon completion of this offering, the Beneficial Owners will hold 42.94% of the combined total of our outstanding Ordinary Shares.

 

Contractual Arrangements with WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders

 

We conduct our consulting related business through SDH, a VIE entity that we control through a series of contractual arrangements between our PRC subsidiary WFOE, SDH, and its shareholders including but not limited to our principal shareholders, Haiping Hu, Chao Liu, Chenming Qi, and Haiwei Zuo. Such contractual arrangements provide us (i) the power to control SDH, (ii) the exposure or rights to variable returns from our involvement with SDH, and (iii) the ability to affect those returns through use of our power over SDH to affect the amount of our returns. Therefore, we control SDH. For a description of these contractual arrangements, see “Business — Corporate History and Structure.

 

Material Transactions with Related Parties

 

On February 22, 2019, the Company issued an aggregate of 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares to ten BVI companies, each owned by shareholders of SDH, including some of our executive officers and directors, in connection with entering into the VIE contractual arrangements, in a private transaction under the Cayman Islands laws, with 406,005 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., Ltd, all of which is beneficially owned by Haiping Hu; 161,500 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd, 5,258 Ordinary Shares of which is beneficially owned by Chao Liu; 149,800 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd., 45,500 of which is beneficially owned by Chenming Qi; 64,600 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd., beneficially owned by Haiwei Zuo.

 

On August 8, 2019, the Company issued an additional 27,000,000 Ordinary Shares to its existing shareholders, in connection with the proposed initial public offering, in a private transaction under the Cayman Islands laws, with 10,962,135 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., Ltd, all of which is beneficially owned by Haiping Hu; 4,359,987 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd, 141,966 Ordinary Shares of which is beneficially owned by Chao Liu; 4,045,950 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd., 1,228,500 of which is beneficially owned by Chenming Qi; 1,744,200 Ordinary Shares issued to GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd., beneficially owned by Haiwei Zuo.

 

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Loans to Related Parties

 

Mr. Haiping Hu, the Company’s CEO and Chairman of the board of director, entered into three loan agreements with the Company for non-secured and non-interesting bearing loans as the following: on July 13, 2016 in the amount of RMB500,000 (approximately US$73,529); on September 13, 2017 in the amount of RMB640,000 (approximately US$94,117); and on September 28, 2017 in the amount of RMB680,000 (approximately US$100,000). On June 30, 2017, RMB20,000 (approximately US$2,914) was repaid. Other loans are due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loans was US$262,269. On June 19, 2019, Mr. Hu paid the balance of the loans to the Company.

 

On August 25, 2017, Mr. Chenming Qi, the Company’s COO, entered into a loan agreement with the Company for a non-secured and non-interest bearing loan in the amount of RMB700,000 (approximately US$101,933), which is due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loans was US$101,993. On April 24, 2019, Mr. Qi paid the balance of the loan to the Company.

 

On December 22, 2017, Mr. Haiwei Zuo, the Company’s director, entered into a loan agreement with the Company for a non-secured and non-interest bearing loan in the amount of RMB300,000 (approximately US$43,711), which is due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loans was RMB300,000 (approximately US$43,711). On June 20, 2019, Mr. Zuo paid the balance of the loan to the Company.

 

On January 25, 2018, Ms. Hui Qi, an immediate family member of Mr. Chenming Qi, entered into a loan agreement with the Company for a non-secured and non-interest bearing loan in the amount of RMB2,000,000 (approximately US$ 291,409), which is due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loans was RMB2,000,000 (approximately US$291,409). On April 25, 2019, Ms. Qi paid the balance of the loan to the Company.

 

Loans from Relate Parties

 

On June 19, 2018, Beijing Yihe Business Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yihe Beijing”), a non-controlling shareholder of GMB (Beijing), paid the rental fee of $49,442 on behalf of GMB (Beijing) in the form of a non-secured and non-interest bearing loan, which is due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loan was RMB 339,335 (approximately US$49,442). On June 26, 2019, the Company paid the balance of the loan to Yihe Beijing.

 

Sales to related parties

 

The Company provided comprehensive tailored services to Zhifang (Shanghai) Marketing Management Co., Ltd. (“Zhifang Marketing”), a non-controlling shareholder of GMB Consulting. On August 10, 2017, GMB BJ and Zhifang Marketing entered into a comprehensive tailored services agreement, pursuant to which, from September 15, 2017 to March 15, 2018, SDH organized five marketing events in Shanghai for Zhifang Marketing to help promote Zhifang’s business, in exchange for fees in the amount of RMB690,000 (approximately US$101,470). On January 23, 2018, GMB Consulting entered into a service agreement with Zhifang Marketing, pursuant to which, from January 23 to September 23, 2018, SDH Consulting shall provide consulting services to help improve Zhifang Marketing’s business model in exchange for fees in the amount of RMB 256,762 (approximately US$37,760). For the year end December 31, 2018 and 2017, the above time-applicable services generated pre-tax revenues in the amount of RMB610,153 (approximately US$92,204) and RMB283,019 (approximately US$41,917), respectively.

 

Purchase from related parties

 

Ningbo Zhuhai Investment Co., Ltd. (“Zhuhai Investment”), is a company controlled by Mr. Haiping Hu. For the year end December 31, 2018, the Company leased office space from Zhuhai Investment for a fees of RMB126,413 (approximately US$18,420), which is due on June 30, 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance of the loan was RM126,413 (approximately US$18,420). On June 25, 2019, the Company paid the balance of the loan to Zhuhai Investment.

 

The Company also purchased professional services from Zhifang Marketing and Taiyuan Ruihaojia Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Taiyuan Ruihaojia”). The Company’s former director Mr. Xiaoli Chen owns 33% share of Taiyuan Ruihaojia. For the year end December 31, 2018 and 2017, service costs paid to Zhifang Marketing were $1,939 and $103,257, respectively, and service costs paid to Taiyuan Ruihaojia were $111,798 and $nil, respectively. All service charges are paid in full upon service delivery.

 

Employment Agreements

 

See “Management — Employment Agreements.”

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL

 

The following description of our share capital and provisions of our memorandum and articles of association are summaries and do not purport to be complete. Reference is made to our memorandum and articles of association, which will become effective upon completion of this offering, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part (and which is referred to in this section as, respectively, the “memorandum” and the “articles”).

 

We were incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Law (2018 Revision), as amended, of the Cayman Islands, or the “Cayman Companies Law,” on February 22, 2019. A Cayman Islands exempted company:

 

is a company that conducts its business mainly outside the Cayman Islands;

 

is prohibited from trading in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the exempted company carried on outside the Cayman Islands (and for this purpose can effect and conclude contracts in the Cayman Islands and exercise in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands);

 

does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

does not have to make its register of members open to inspection by shareholders of that company;

 

may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation;

 

may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands;

 

may register as a limited duration company; and

 

may register as a segregated portfolio company.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

All of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares are fully paid and non-assessable. Our Ordinary Shares are issued in registered form, and are issued when registered in our register of members. Unless the Board of Directors determine otherwise, each holder of our Ordinary Shares will not receive a certificate in respect of such Ordinary Shares. Our shareholders who are non-residents of the Cayman Islands may freely hold and vote their Ordinary Shares. We may not issue shares or warrants to bearer.

 

Our authorized share capital is US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 Ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share. Subject to the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law and our articles regarding redemption and purchase of the shares, the directors have general and unconditional authority to allot (with or without confirming rights of renunciation), grant options over or otherwise deal with any unissued shares to such persons, at such times and on such terms and conditions as they may decide. Such authority could be exercised by the directors to allot shares which carry rights and privileges that are preferential to the rights attaching to Ordinary Shares. No share may be issued at a discount except in accordance with the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law. The directors may refuse to accept any application for shares, and may accept any application in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason.

 

At the completion of this offering, there will be 33,000,000 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding held by at least 300 shareholders and beneficial owners which is the minimum requirement by Nasdaq Capital Market. The underwriters expect to deliver Ordinary Shares against payment in New York, New York, on [●], 2019.

 

Listing

 

We have applied to list the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “GIP.”

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares is Transhare Corporation.

 

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Dividends

 

Subject to the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law and any rights attaching to any class or classes of shares under and in accordance with the Articles:

 

(a) the directors may declare dividends or distributions out of our funds which are lawfully available for that purpose; and

 

(b) the Company’s shareholders may, by ordinary resolution, declare dividends but no such dividend shall exceed the amount recommended by the directors.

 

Subject to the requirements of the Cayman Companies Law regarding the application of a company’s share premium account and with the sanction of an ordinary resolution, dividends may also be declared and paid out of any share premium account. The directors when paying dividends to shareholders may make such payment either in cash or in specie.

 

Unless provided by the rights attached to a share, no dividend shall bear interest.

 

Voting Rights

 

Subject to any rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares, unless any share carries special voting rights, on a show of hands every shareholder who is present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall have one vote. On a poll, every shareholder who is present in person and every person representing a shareholder by proxy shall have one vote for each share of which he or the person represented by proxy is the holder. In addition, all shareholders holding shares of a particular class are entitled to vote at a meeting of the holders of that class of shares. Votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

Variation of Rights of Shares

 

Whenever our capital is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attaching to any class of share (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the holders of shares of the class present in person or by proxy at a separate general meeting of the holders of shares of that class.

 

Unless the terms on which a class of shares was issued state otherwise, the rights conferred on the shareholder holding shares of any class shall not be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu with the existing shares of that class.

 

Alteration of share capital

 

Subject to the Cayman Companies Law, our shareholders may, by ordinary resolution:

 

(a) increase our share capital by new shares of the amount fixed by that ordinary resolution and with the attached rights, priorities and privileges set out in that ordinary resolution;

 

(b) consolidate and divide all or any of our share capital into shares of larger amount than our existing shares;

 

(c) convert all or any of our paid up shares into stock, and reconvert that stock into paid up shares of any denomination;

 

(d) sub-divide our shares or any of them into shares of an amount smaller than that fixed, so, however, that in the sub-division, the proportion between the amount paid and the amount, if any, unpaid on each reduced share shall be the same as it was in case of the share from which the reduced share is derived; and

 

(e) cancel shares which, at the date of the passing of that ordinary resolution, have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person and diminish the amount of our share capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares without nominal par value, diminish the number of shares into which our capital is divided.

 

Subject to the Cayman Companies Law and to any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, our shareholders may, by special resolution, reduce its share capital in any way.

 

Calls on shares and forfeiture

 

Subject to the terms of allotment, the directors may make calls on the shareholders in respect of any monies unpaid on their shares including any premium and each shareholder shall (subject to receiving at least 14 clear days’ notice specifying when and where payment is to be made), pay to us the amount called on his shares. Shareholders registered as the joint holders of a share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect of the share. If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the person from whom it is due and payable shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at the rate fixed by the terms of allotment of the share or in the notice of the call or if no rate is fixed, at the rate of ten percent per annum. The directors may, at their discretion, waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.

 

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We have a first and paramount lien on all shares (whether fully paid up or not) registered in the name of a shareholder (whether solely or jointly with others). The lien is for all monies payable to us by the shareholder or the shareholder’s estate:

 

(a) either alone or jointly with any other person, whether or not that other person is a shareholder; and

 

(b) whether or not those monies are presently payable.

 

At any time the directors may declare any share to be wholly or partly exempt from the lien on shares provisions of the articles.

 

We may sell, in such manner as the directors may determine, any share on which the sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, if due notice that such sum is payable has been given (as prescribed by the articles) and, within 14 days of the date on which the notice is deemed to be given under the articles, such notice has not been complied with.

 

Unclaimed dividend

 

A dividend that remains unclaimed for a period of six years after it became due for payment shall be forfeited to, and shall cease to remain owing by, the company.

 

Forfeiture or surrender of shares

 

If a shareholder fails to pay any call the directors may give to such shareholder not less than 14 clear days’ notice requiring payment and specifying the amount unpaid including any interest which may have accrued, any expenses which have been incurred by us due to that person’s default and the place where payment is to be made. The notice shall also contain a warning that if the notice is not complied with, the shares in respect of which the call is made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

If such notice is not complied with, the directors may, before the payment required by the notice has been received, resolve that any share the subject of that notice be forfeited (which forfeiture shall include all dividends or other monies payable in respect of the forfeited share and not paid before such forfeiture).

 

A forfeited share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the directors determine and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the directors think fit.

 

A person whose shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a shareholder in respect of the forfeited shares, but shall, notwithstanding such forfeit, remain liable to pay to us all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to us in respect of the shares, together with all expenses and interest from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment, but his liability shall cease if and when we receive payment in full of the unpaid amount.

 

A declaration, whether statutory or under oath, made by a director or the secretary shall be conclusive evidence that the person making the declaration is a director or secretary of us and that the particular shares have been forfeited or surrendered on a particular date.

 

Subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer, if necessary, the declaration shall constitute good title to the shares.

 

Share premium account

 

The directors shall establish a share premium account and shall carry the credit of such account from time to time to a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share or capital contributed or such other amounts required by the Cayman Companies Law.

 

Redemption and purchase of own shares

 

Subject to the Cayman Companies Law and any rights for the time being conferred on the shareholders holding a particular class of shares, we may by our directors:

 

(a) issue shares that are to be redeemed or liable to be redeemed, at our option or the shareholder holding those redeemable shares, on the terms and in the manner its directors determine before the issue of those shares;

 

(b) with the consent by special resolution of the shareholders holding shares of a particular class, vary the rights attaching to that class of shares so as to provide that those shares are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at our option on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such variation; and

 

(c) purchase all or any of our own shares of any class including any redeemable shares on the terms and in the manner which the directors determine at the time of such purchase.

 

We may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own shares in any manner authorized by the Cayman Companies Law, including out of any combination of capital, our profits and the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares.

 

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When making a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of shares, the directors may make the payment in cash or in specie (or partly in one and partly in the other) if so authorized by the terms of the allotment of those shares or by the terms applying to those shares, or otherwise by agreement with the shareholder holding those shares.

 

Transfer of Shares

 

Subject to the restrictions contained in our articles, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of his or her Ordinary Shares by an instrument of transfer in any usual or common form or any other form approved by our board of directors, executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and, if in respect of a nil or partly paid up share, or if so required by our directors, by or on behalf of the transferee) and shall be accompanied by the certificate (if any) of the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer.

 

Our board of directors may, in its absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of any Ordinary Share that has not been fully paid up or is subject to a company lien. Our board of directors may also decline to register any transfer of any Ordinary Share unless:

 

(a) the instrument of transfer is lodged with us, accompanied by the certificate for the Ordinary Shares to which it relates and such other evidence as our board of directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer;

 

(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of Ordinary Shares;

 

(c) the instrument of transfer is properly stamped, if required;

 

(d) the Ordinary Share transferred is fully paid and free of any lien in favor of us;

 

(e) any fee related to the transfer has been paid to us; and

 

(f) the transfer is not to more than four joint holders.

 

If our directors refuse to register a transfer, they are required, within three months after the date on which the instrument of transfer was lodged, to send to each of the transferor and the transferee notice of such refusal.

 

The registration of transfers may, on 14 calendar days’ notice being given by advertisement in such one or more newspapers or by electronic means, be suspended and our register of members closed at such times and for such periods as our board of directors may from time to time determine. However, the registration of transfers may not be suspended, and the register may not be closed, for more than 30 calendar days in any year.

 

Inspection of Books and Records

 

Holders of our Ordinary Shares will have no general right under the Cayman Companies Law to inspect or obtain copies of our register of members or our corporate records.

 

General Meetings

 

As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obligated by the Cayman Companies Law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings; accordingly, we may, but shall not be obliged to, in each year hold a general meeting as an annual general meeting. Any annual general meeting held shall be held at such time and place as may be determined by our board of directors. All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

The directors may convene general meetings whenever they think fit. General meetings shall also be convened on the written requisition of one or more of the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at our general meetings who (together) hold not less than ten percent of the rights to vote at such general meeting in accordance with the notice provisions in the articles, specifying the purpose of the meeting and signed by each of the shareholders making the requisition. If the directors do not convene such meeting for a date not later than 21 clear days’ after the date of receipt of the written requisition, those shareholders who requested the meeting may convene the general meeting themselves within three months after the end of such period of 21 clear days in which case reasonable expenses incurred by them as a result of the directors failing to convene a meeting shall be reimbursed by us.

 

At least 14 days’ notice of an extraordinary general meeting and 21 days’ notice of an annual general meeting shall be given to shareholders entitled to attend and vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of that business. In addition, if a resolution is proposed as a special resolution, the text of that resolution shall be given to all shareholders. Notice of every general meeting shall also be given to the directors and our auditors.

 

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Subject to the Cayman Companies Law and with the consent of the shareholders who, individually or collectively, hold at least 90 percent of the voting rights of all those who have a right to vote at a general meeting, a general meeting may be convened on shorter notice.

 

A quorum shall consist of the presence (whether in person or represented by proxy) of one or more shareholders holding shares that represent not less than one-third of the outstanding shares carrying the right to vote at such general meeting.

 

If, within 15 minutes from the time appointed for the general meeting, or at any time during the meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of shareholders, shall be cancelled. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same time and place seven days or to such other time or place as is determined by the directors.

 

The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, adjourn the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned for seven days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given in accordance with the articles.

 

At any general meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless a poll is (before, or on, the declaration of the result of the show of hands) demanded by the chairman of the meeting or by at least two shareholders having the right to vote on the resolutions or one or more shareholders present who together hold not less than ten percent of the voting rights of all those who are entitled to vote on the resolution. Unless a poll is so demanded, a declaration by the chairman as to the result of a resolution and an entry to that effect in the minutes of the meeting, shall be conclusive evidence of the outcome of a show of hands, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favor of, or against, that resolution.

 

If a poll is duly demanded it shall be taken in such manner as the chairman directs and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of the meeting at which the show of hands takes place or at which the poll is demanded, shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote.

 

Directors

 

We may by ordinary resolution, from time to time, fix the maximum and minimum number of directors to be appointed. Under the Articles, we are required to have a minimum of one director and the maximum number of Directors shall be unlimited.

 

A director may be appointed by ordinary resolution or by the directors. Any appointment may be to fill a vacancy or as an additional director.

 

The remuneration of the directors shall be determined by the shareholders by ordinary resolution, except that the directors shall be entitled to such remuneration as the directors may determine.

 

The shareholding qualification for directors may be fixed by our shareholders by ordinary resolution and unless and until so fixed no share qualification shall be required.

 

Unless removed or re-appointed, each director shall be appointed for a term expiring at the next-following annual general meeting, if one is held. At any annual general meeting held, our directors will be elected by an ordinary resolution of our shareholders. At each annual general meeting, each director so elected shall hold office for a one-year term and until the election of their respective successors in office or removed.

 

A director may be removed by ordinary resolution.

 

A director may at any time resign or retire from office by giving us notice in writing. Unless the notice specifies a different date, the director shall be deemed to have resigned on the date that the notice is delivered to us.

 

Subject to the provisions of the articles, the office of a director may be terminated forthwith if:

 

(a) he is prohibited by the law of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director;

 

(b) he is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally;

 

(c) he resigns his office by notice to us;

 

(d) he only held office as a director for a fixed term and such term expires;

 

(e) in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director;

 

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(f) he is given notice by the majority of the other directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement relating to the provision of the services of such director);

 

(g) he is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise; or

 

(h) without the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for continuous period of six months.

 

Each of the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee shall consist of at least three directors and the majority of the committee members shall be independent within the meaning of Section 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. The audit committee shall consist of at least three directors, all of whom shall be independent within the meaning of Section 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules and will meet the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act.

 

Powers and duties of directors

 

Subject to the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law, our memorandum and articles, our business shall be managed by the directors, who may exercise all our powers. No prior act of the directors shall be invalidated by any subsequent alteration of our memorandum or articles. However, to the extent allowed by the Cayman Companies Law, shareholders may by special resolution validate any prior or future act of the directors which would otherwise be in breach of their duties.

 

The directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more persons who need not be shareholders and may include non-directors so long as the majority of those persons are directors; any committee so formed shall in the exercise of the powers so delegated conform to any regulations that may be imposed on it by the directors. Upon the initial closing of this offering, our board of directors will have established an audit committee, compensation committee, and nomination and corporate governance committee.

 

The board of directors may establish any local or divisional board of directors or agency and delegate to it its powers and authorities (with power to sub-delegate) for managing any of our affairs whether in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere and may appoint any persons to be members of a local or divisional board of directors, or to be managers or agents, and may fix their remuneration.

 

The directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or in any other manner they determine appoint any person, either generally or in respect of any specific matter, to be our agent with or without authority for that person to delegate all or any of that person’s powers.

 

The directors may from time to time and at any time by power of attorney or in any other manner they determine appoint any person, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the directors, to be our attorney or our authorized signatory and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit. The powers, authorities and discretions, however, must not exceed those vested in, or exercisable, by the directors under the articles.

 

The board of directors may remove any person so appointed and may revoke or vary the delegation.

 

The directors may exercise all of our powers to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets both present and future and uncalled capital or any part thereof, to issue debentures and other securities whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of ours or our parent undertaking (if any) or any subsidiary undertaking of us or of any third party.

 

A director shall not, as a director, vote in respect of any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal in which he has an interest which (together with any interest of any person connected with him) is a material interest (otherwise then by virtue of his interests, direct or indirect, in shares or debentures or other securities of, or otherwise in or through, us) and if he shall do so his vote shall not be counted, nor in relation thereto shall he be counted in the quorum present at the meeting, but (in the absence of some other material interest than is mentioned below) none of these prohibitions shall apply to:

 

(a) the giving of any security, guarantee or indemnity in respect of:

 

(i) money lent or obligations incurred by him or by any other person for our benefit or any of our subsidiaries; or

 

(ii) a debt or obligation of ours or any of our subsidiaries for which the director himself has assumed responsibility in whole or in part and whether alone or jointly with others under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;

 

(b) where we or any of our subsidiaries is offering securities in which offer the director is or may be entitled to participate as a holder of securities or in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of which the director is to or may participate;

 

(c) any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal affecting any other body corporate in which he is interested, directly or indirectly and whether as an officer, shareholder, creditor or otherwise howsoever, provided that he (together with persons connected with him) does not to his knowledge hold an interest representing one percent or more of any class of the equity share capital of such body corporate (or of any third body corporate through which his interest is derived) or of the voting rights available to shareholders of the relevant body corporate;

 

(d) any act or thing done or to be done in respect of any arrangement for the benefit of the employees of us or any of our subsidiaries under which he is not accorded as a director any privilege or advantage not generally accorded to the employees to whom such arrangement relates; or

 

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(e) any matter connected with the purchase or maintenance for any director of insurance against any liability or (to the extent permitted by the Cayman Companies Law) indemnities in favor of directors, the funding of expenditure by one or more directors in defending proceedings against him or them or the doing of anything to enable such director or directors to avoid incurring such expenditure.

 

A director may, as a director, vote (and be counted in the quorum) in respect of any contract, transaction, arrangement or proposal in which he has an interest which is not a material interest or as described above.

 

Capitalization of profits

 

The directors may resolve to capitalize:

 

(a) any part of our profits not required for paying any preferential dividend (whether or not those profits are available for distribution); or

 

(b) any sum standing to the credit of our share premium account or capital redemption reserve, if any.

 

The amount resolved to be capitalized must be appropriated to the shareholders who would have been entitled to it had it been distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions.

 

Liquidation Rights

 

If we are wound up, the shareholders may, subject to the articles and any other sanction required by the Cayman Companies Law, pass a special resolution allowing the liquidator to do either or both of the following:

 

(a) to divide in specie among the shareholders the whole or any part of our assets and, for that purpose, to value any assets and to determine how the division shall be carried out as between the shareholders or different classes of shareholders; and

 

(b) to vest the whole or any part of the assets in trustees for the benefit of shareholders and those liable to contribute to the winding up.

 

The directors have the authority to present a petition for our winding up to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on our behalf without the sanction of a resolution passed at a general meeting.

 

Register of Members

 

Under the Cayman Companies Law, we must keep a register of members and there should be entered therein:

 

the names and addresses of our shareholders, a statement of the shares held by each shareholder, and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each shareholder;

 

the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a shareholder; and

 

the date on which any person ceased to be a shareholder.

 

Under the Cayman Companies Law, the register of members of our company is prima facie evidence of the matters set out therein (that is, the register of members will raise a presumption of fact on the matters referred to above unless rebutted) and a shareholder registered in the register of members is deemed as a matter of the Cayman Companies Law to have legal title to the shares as set against its name in the register of members. Upon the completion of this offering, the register of members will be immediately updated to record and give effect to the issuance of shares by us to the custodian or its nominee. Once our register of members has been updated, the shareholders recorded in the register of members will be deemed to have legal title to the shares set against their name.

 

If the name of any person is incorrectly entered in or omitted from our register of members, or if there is any default or unnecessary delay in entering on the register the fact of any person having ceased to be a shareholder of our company, the person or shareholder aggrieved (or any shareholder of our company or our company itself) may apply to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for an order that the register be rectified, and the Court may either refuse such application or it may, if satisfied of the justice of the case, make an order for the rectification of the register.

 

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Differences in Corporate Law

 

The Cayman Companies Law is derived, to a large extent, from the older Companies Acts of England and Wales but does not follow recent United Kingdom statutory enactments, and accordingly there are significant differences between the Cayman Companies Law and the current Companies Act of England. In addition, the Cayman Companies Law differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of certain significant differences between the provisions of the Cayman Companies Law applicable to us and the comparable laws applicable to companies incorporated in the State of Delaware in the United States.

 

Mergers and Similar Arrangements

 

The Cayman Companies Law permits mergers and consolidations between Cayman Islands companies and between Cayman Islands companies and non-Cayman Islands companies. For these purposes, (a) “merger” means the merging of two or more constituent companies and the vesting of their undertaking, property and liabilities in one of such companies as the surviving company, and (b) a “consolidation” means the combination of two or more constituent companies into a consolidated company and the vesting of the undertaking, property and liabilities of such companies to the consolidated company. In order to effect such a merger or consolidation, the directors of each constituent company must approve a written plan of merger or consolidation, which must then be authorized by (a) a special resolution of the shareholders of each constituent company, and (b) such other authorization, if any, as may be specified in such constituent company’s articles of association. The plan of merger or consolidation must be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands together with a declaration as to the solvency of the consolidated or surviving company, a list of the assets and liabilities of each constituent company and an undertaking that a copy of the certificate of merger or consolidation will be given to the shareholders and creditors of each constituent company and that notification of the merger or consolidation will be published in the Cayman Islands Gazette. Dissenting shareholders have the right to be paid the fair value of their shares if they follow the required procedures under the Cayman Companies Law subject to certain exemptions. The fair value of the shares will be determined by the Cayman Islands court if it cannot be agreed among the parties. Court approval is not required for a merger or consolidation which is effected in compliance with these statutory procedures.

 

A merger between a Cayman parent company and its Cayman subsidiary or subsidiaries does not require authorization by a resolution of shareholders. For this purpose a subsidiary is a company of which at least 90% of the issued shares entitled to vote are owned by the parent company.

 

The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest of a constituent company is required unless this requirement is waived by a court in the Cayman Islands.

 

Except in certain limited circumstances, a dissenting shareholder of a Cayman Islands constituent company is entitled to payment of the fair value of his or her shares upon dissenting from a merger or consolidation. The exercise of such dissenter rights will preclude the exercise by the dissenting shareholder of any other rights to which he or she might otherwise be entitled by virtue of holding shares, except for the right to seek relief on the grounds that the merger or consolidation is void or unlawful.

 

In addition, there are statutory provisions that facilitate the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, provided that the arrangement is approved by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made, and who must, in addition, represent three-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at a meeting, or meetings, convened for that purpose. The convening of the meetings and subsequently the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder has the right to express to the court the view that the transaction ought not to be approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it determines that:

 

(a) the statutory provisions as to the required majority vote have been met;

 

(b) the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question and the statutory majority are acting bona fide without coercion of the minority to promote interests adverse to those of the class;

 

(c) the arrangement is such that may be reasonably approved by an intelligent and honest man of that class acting in respect of his interest; and

 

(d) the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Cayman Companies Law.

 

When a takeover offer is made and accepted by holders of 90% of the shares affected within four months the offeror may, within a two-month period commencing on the expiration of such four month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfer such shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands but this is unlikely to succeed in the case of an offer which has been so approved unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith or collusion.

 

If an arrangement and reconstruction is thus approved, or if a takeover offer is made and accepted, a dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights, which would otherwise ordinarily be available to dissenting shareholders of Delaware corporations, providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares.

 

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Shareholders’ Suits

 

In principle, we will normally be the proper plaintiff to sue for a wrong done to us as a company and as a general rule, a derivative action may not be brought by a minority shareholder. However, based on English law authorities, which would in all likelihood be of persuasive authority in the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands courts can be expected to follow and apply the common law principles (namely the rule in Foss v. Harbottle and the exceptions thereto) so that a non-controlling shareholder may be permitted to commence a class action against or derivative actions in the name of the company to challenge:

 

(a) an act which is illegal or ultra vires with respect to the company and is therefore incapable of ratification by the shareholders;

 

(b) an act which, although not ultra vires, requires authorization by a qualified (or special) majority (that is, more than a simple majority) which has not been obtained; and

 

(c) an act which constitutes a “fraud on the minority” where the wrongdoers are themselves in control of the company.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitation of Liability

 

The Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our articles provide to the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former secretary, director (including alternate director), and any of our other officers (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:

 

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

 

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

 

No such existing or former secretary or officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own dishonesty.

 

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

 

This standard of conduct is generally the same as permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law for a Delaware corporation. In addition, we intend to enter into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that will provide such persons with additional indemnification beyond that provided in our articles.

 

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

 

Anti-Takeover Provisions in Our Articles

 

Some provisions of our articles may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company or management that shareholders may consider favorable, including provisions that authorize our board of directors to issue shares at such times and on such terms and conditions as the board of directors may decide without any further vote or action by our shareholders.

 

Under the Cayman Companies Law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our articles for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company and for a proper purpose.

 

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties

 

Under Delaware corporate law, a director of a Delaware corporation has a fiduciary duty to the corporation and its shareholders. This duty has two components: the duty of care and the duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires that a director act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances. Under this duty, a director must inform himself of, and disclose to shareholders, all material information reasonably available regarding a significant transaction. The duty of loyalty requires that a director act in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. He or she must not use his or her corporate position for personal gain or advantage. This duty prohibits self-dealing by a director and mandates that the best interests of the corporation and its shareholders take precedence over any interest possessed by a director, officer or controlling shareholder and not shared by the shareholders generally. In general, actions of a director are presumed to have been made on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action taken was in the best interests of the corporation. However, this presumption may be rebutted by evidence of a breach of one of the fiduciary duties. Should such evidence be presented concerning a transaction by a director, a director must prove the procedural fairness of the transaction, and that the transaction was of fair value to the corporation.

 

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As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a director owe three types of duties to the company: (a) statutory duties, (b) fiduciary duties, and (iii) common law duties. The Cayman Companies Law imposes a number of statutory duties on a director. A Cayman Islands director’s fiduciary duties are not codified, however the courts of the Cayman Islands have held that a director owes the following fiduciary duties (a) a duty to act in what the director bona fide considers to be in the best interests of the company, (b) a duty to exercise their powers for the purposes they were conferred, (c) a duty to avoid fettering his or her discretion in the future and (d) a duty to avoid conflicts of interest and of duty. The common law duties owed by a director are those to act with skill, care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and, also, to act with the skill, care and diligence in keeping with a standard of care commensurate with any particular skill they have which enables them to meet a higher standard than a director without those skills. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our amended articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time. We have the right to seek damages if a duty owed by any of our directors is breached.

 

Shareholder Proposals

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a shareholder has the right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders, provided it complies with the notice provisions in the governing documents. The Delaware General Corporation Law does not provide shareholders an express right to put any proposal before the annual meeting of shareholders, but in keeping with common law, Delaware corporations generally afford shareholders an opportunity to make proposals and nominations provided that they comply with the notice provisions in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws. A special meeting may be called by the board of directors or any other person authorized to do so in the governing documents, but shareholders may be precluded from calling special meetings.

 

The Cayman Companies Law provides shareholders with only limited rights to requisition a general meeting, and does not provide shareholders with any right to put any proposal before a general meeting. However, these rights may be provided in a company’s articles of association. Our articles provide that general meetings shall be convened on the written requisition of one or more of the shareholders entitled to attend and vote at our general meetings who (together) hold not less than ten percent of the rights to vote at such general meeting in accordance with the notice provisions in the articles, specifying the purpose of the meeting and signed by each of the shareholders making the requisition. If the directors do not convene such meeting for a date not later than twenty-one clear days’ after the date of receipt of the written requisition, those shareholders who requested the meeting may convene the general meeting themselves within three months after the end of such period of twenty-one clear days in which case reasonable expenses incurred by them as a result of the directors failing to convene a meeting shall be reimbursed by us.. Our articles provide no other right to put any proposals before annual general meetings or extraordinary general meetings. As a Cayman Islands exempted company, we are not obligated by law to call shareholders’ annual general meetings. However, our corporate governance guidelines require us to call such meetings every year.

 

Cumulative Voting

 

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

 

Removal of Directors

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a director of a corporation with a classified board may be removed only for cause with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Subject to the provisions of our articles (which include the removal of a director by ordinary resolution), the office of a director may be terminated forthwith if (a) he is prohibited by the laws of the Cayman Islands from acting as a director, (b) he is made bankrupt or makes an arrangement or composition with his creditors generally, (c) he resigns his office by notice to us, (d) he only held office as a director for a fixed term and such term expires, (e) in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner by whom he is being treated he becomes physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director, (f) he is given notice by the majority of the other directors (not being less than two in number) to vacate office (without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any agreement relating to the provision of the services of such director), (g) he is made subject to any law relating to mental health or incompetence, whether by court order or otherwise, or (h) without the consent of the other directors, he is absent from meetings of directors for continuous period of six months.

 

Transactions with Interested Shareholders

 

The Delaware General Corporation Law contains a business combination statute applicable to Delaware public corporations whereby, unless the corporation has specifically elected not to be governed by such statute by amendment to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws that is approved by its shareholders, it is prohibited from engaging in certain business combinations with an “interested shareholder” for three years following the date that such person becomes an interested shareholder. An interested shareholder generally is a person or a group who or which owns or owned 15% or more of the target’s outstanding voting stock or who or which is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and owned 15% or more of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock within the past three years. This has the effect of limiting the ability of a potential acquirer to make a two-tiered bid for the target in which all shareholders would not be treated equally. The statute does not apply if, among other things, prior to the date on which such shareholder becomes an interested shareholder, the board of directors approves either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the person becoming an interested shareholder. This encourages any potential acquirer of a Delaware corporation to negotiate the terms of any acquisition transaction with the target’s board of directors.

 

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The Cayman Companies Law has no comparable statute. As a result, we cannot avail ourselves of the types of protections afforded by the Delaware business combination statute. However, although the Cayman Companies Law does not regulate transactions between a company and its significant shareholders, under Cayman Islands law such transactions must be entered into bona fide in the best interests of the company and for a proper corporate purpose and not with the effect of constituting a fraud on the minority shareholders.

 

Dissolution; Winding Up

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, unless the board of directors approves the proposal to dissolve, dissolution must be approved by shareholders holding 100% of the total voting power of the corporation. Only if the dissolution is initiated by the board of directors may it be approved by a simple majority of the corporation’s outstanding shares. Delaware law allows a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a supermajority voting requirement in connection with dissolutions initiated by the board of directors.

 

Under the Cayman Companies Law and our articles, the Company may be wound up by a special resolution of our shareholders, or if the winding up is initiated by our board of directors, by either a special resolution of our members or, if our company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, by an ordinary resolution of our members. In addition, a company may be wound up by an order of the courts of the Cayman Islands. The court has authority to order winding up in a number of specified circumstances including where it is, in the opinion of the court, just and equitable to do so.

 

Variation of Rights of Shares

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may vary the rights of a class of shares with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Under the Cayman Companies Law and our articles, if our share capital is divided into more than one class of shares, the rights attaching to any class of share (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class) may be varied either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the issued shares of that class, or with the sanction of a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the holders of shares of the class present in person or by proxy at a separate general meeting of the holders of shares of that class.

 

Amendment of Governing Documents

 

Under the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation’s certificate of incorporation may be amended only if adopted and declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, and the bylaws may be amended with the approval of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote and may, if so provided in the certificate of incorporation, also be amended by the board of directors. Under the Cayman Companies Law, our articles may only be amended by special resolution of our shareholders.

 

Anti-money Laundering—Cayman Islands

 

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

 

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

 

We also reserve the right to refuse to make any redemption payment to a shareholder if our directors or officers suspect or are advised that the payment of redemption proceeds to such shareholder might result in a breach of applicable anti-money laundering or other laws or regulations by any person in any relevant jurisdiction, or if such refusal is considered necessary or appropriate to ensure our compliance with any such laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

If any person resident in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects or has reason for knowing or suspecting that another person is engaged in criminal conduct or is involved with terrorism or terrorist property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) a nominated officer (appointed in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime Law (2019 Revision) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Law (2019 Revision), if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering or (ii) to a police constable or a nominated officer (pursuant to the Terrorism Law (2017 Revision) of the Cayman Islands) or the Financial Reporting Authority, pursuant to the Terrorism Law (2017 Revision), if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and terrorist property. Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.

 

Underwriter’s Warrants

 

Please see “Underwriting” below for a full description of the warrants (and shares underlying such warrants) that we are issuing to the Underwriter in connection with this Offering.

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Prior to this offering, there has not been a public market for our Ordinary Shares. We are in the process of applying to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol GIP. Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of our Ordinary Shares in the public market after our initial public offering, or the possibility of these sales occurring, could cause the prevailing market price for our Ordinary Shares to fall or impair our ability to raise equity capital in the future. Upon completion of this offering, we will have 33,000,000 Ordinary Shares outstanding, excluding any issuance of aggregate of additional Ordinary Shares that could occur in connection with the conversion or exercise of underwriter’s over-allotment option and warrants.

 

All of the Ordinary Shares sold in this offering will be freely transferable by persons other than our affiliates without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S

 

Regulation S under the Securities Act provides an exemption from registration requirements in the United States for offers and sales of securities that occur outside the United States. Rule 903 of Regulation S provides the conditions to the exemption for a sale by an issuer, a distributor, their respective affiliates or anyone acting on their behalf, while Rule 904 of Regulation S provides the conditions to the exemption for a resale by persons other than those covered by Rule 903. In each case, any sale must be completed in an offshore transaction, as that term is defined in Regulation S, and no directed selling efforts, as that term is defined in Regulation S, may be made in the United States.

 

We are a foreign issuer as defined in Regulation S. As a foreign issuer, securities that we sell outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S are not considered to be restricted securities under the Securities Act, and are freely tradable without registration or restrictions under the Securities Act, unless the securities are held by our affiliates. Generally, subject to certain limitations, holders of our restricted shares who are not our affiliates or who are our affiliates solely by virtue of their status as an officer or director of us may, under Regulation S, resell their restricted shares in an “offshore transaction” if none of the seller, its affiliate nor any person acting on their behalf engages in directed selling efforts in the United States and, in the case of a sale of our restricted shares by an officer or director who is an affiliate of us solely by virtue of holding such position, no selling commission, fee or other remuneration is paid in connection with the offer or sale other than the usual and customary broker’s commission that would be received by a person executing such transaction as agent. Additional restrictions are applicable to a holder of our restricted shares who will be an affiliate of us other than by virtue of his or her status as an officer or director of us.

 

We are not claiming the potential exemption offered by Regulation S in connection with the offering of newly issued shares outside the United States and will register all of the newly issued shares under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144

 

All of our Ordinary Shares outstanding prior to this offering are “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act and may be sold publicly in the United States only if they are subject to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirement such as those provided by Rule 144 and Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, beginning 90 days after the date of this prospectus, a person who is not deemed to have been our affiliate at any time during the three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 for more than six months would be entitled to sell an unlimited number of those shares, subject only to the availability of current public information about us. A non-affiliate who has beneficially owned restricted securities for at least one year from the later of the date these shares were acquired from us or from our affiliate would be entitled to freely sell those shares.

 

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A person who is deemed to be an affiliate of ours and who has beneficially owned “restricted securities” for at least six months would be entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a number of shares that is not more than the greater of:

 

1% of the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding, in the form of Ordinary Shares or otherwise, which will equal approximately shares immediately after this offering; or

     

the average weekly trading volume of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such sale.

 

Sales under Rule 144 by our affiliates or persons selling shares on behalf of our affiliates are also subject to certain manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. In addition, in each case, these shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.

 

Lock-up Agreements

 

We and our executive officers, directors and 5% shareholders have agreed with the underwriters not to offer, sell, dispose of or hedge any shares of our Ordinary Shares, subject to specified limited exceptions and extensions described elsewhere in this prospectus, during the period continuing through the date that is six months (subject to extension) after the date of this prospectus. The lock-up period may be extended in the circumstances described under “Underwriting.”

 

Rule 701

 

In general, under Rule 701 of the Securities Act as currently in effect, each of our employees, consultants or advisors who purchases our ordinary shares from us in connection with a compensatory stock or option plan or other written agreement relating to compensation is eligible to resell such ordinary shares 90 days after we became a reporting company under the Exchange Act in reliance on Rule 144, but without compliance with some of the restrictions, including the holding period, contained in Rule 144. However, these shares would remain subject to lock-up arrangements and would only become eligible for sale when the lock-up period expires.

 

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TAXATION

 

The following summary contains a description of certain Cayman Islands and U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares. Please note that this summary should not be considered a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations that may be relevant to the decision to purchase our Ordinary Shares. The summary is based upon the tax laws of the Cayman Islands, PRC and regulations thereunder and on the tax laws of the United States and regulations thereunder as of the date hereof, which are all subject to change.

 

People’s Republic of China Taxation

 

Enterprise Income Tax and Withholding Tax

 

We are a holding company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and we gain substantial income by way of dividends paid to us from our PRC subsidiary. The EIT Law and its implementation rules provide that China-sourced income of foreign enterprises, such as dividends paid by a PRC subsidiary to its equity holders that are non-resident enterprises, will normally be subject to PRC withholding tax at a rate of 10%, unless any such foreign investor’s jurisdiction of incorporation has a tax treaty with China that provides for a preferential tax rate or a tax exemption.

 

Under the EIT Law, an enterprise established outside of China with a “de facto management body” within China is considered a “resident enterprise,” which means that it is treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes. Although the implementation rules of the EIT Law define “de facto management body” as a managing body that actually, comprehensively manage and control the production and operation, staff, accounting, property and other aspects of an enterprise, the only official guidance for this definition currently available is set forth in SAT Circular 82, which provides guidance on the determination of the tax residence status of a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise. Although this circular only applies to offshore enterprises controlled by PRC enterprises or PRC enterprise groups, not those controlled by PRC individuals or foreigners, the criteria set forth in the circular may reflect the SAT’s general position on how the “de facto management body” text should be applied in determining the tax resident status of all offshore enterprises.

 

According to SAT Circular 82, a Chinese-controlled offshore incorporated enterprise will be regarded as a PRC tax resident by virtue of having a “de facto management body” in China and will be subject to PRC enterprise income tax on its worldwide income only if all of the following criteria are met: (i) the places where senior management and senior management departments that are responsible for daily production, operation and management of the enterprise perform their duties are mainly located within the territory of China; (ii) financial decisions (such as money borrowing, lending, financing and financial risk management) and personnel decisions (such as appointment, dismissal and salary and wages) are decided or need to be decided by organizations or persons located within the territory of China; (iii) main property, accounting books, corporate seal, the board of directors and files of the minutes of shareholders’ meetings of the enterprise are located or preserved within the territory of China; and (iv) one half (or more) of the directors or senior management staff having the right to vote habitually reside within the territory of China.

 

We believe that GIP is not a resident enterprise for PRC tax purpose. GIP is not controlled by a PRC enterprise or PRC enterprise group and we do not meet some of the conditions outlined in the immediately preceding paragraph. For example, as a holding company, the key assets and records of GIP, including the resolutions and meeting minutes of our board of directors and the resolutions and meeting minutes of our shareholders, are located and maintained outside the PRC. In addition, we are not aware of any offshore holding companies with a corporate structure similar to ours that has been deemed a PRC “resident enterprise” by the PRC tax authorities. However, as the tax residency status of an enterprise is subject to determination by the PRC tax authorities and uncertainties remain with respect to the interpretation of the term “de facto management body” as applicable to our offshore entities, we will continue to monitor our tax status.

 

If the PRC tax authorities determine that GIP is a PRC resident enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes, we would be subject to PRC enterprise income on our worldwide income at the rate of 25%. Furthermore, we may be required to withhold a 10% withholding tax from dividends we pay to our shareholders that are non-resident enterprises. In addition, non-resident enterprise shareholders may be subject to a 10% PRC withholding tax on gains realized on the sale or other disposition of our ordinary shares, if such income is treated as sourced from within the PRC. It is unclear whether our non-PRC individual shareholders would be subject to any PRC tax on dividends or gains obtained by such non-PRC individual shareholders in the event we are determined to be a PRC resident enterprise. If any PRC tax were to apply to dividends or gains realized by non-PRC individuals, it would generally apply at a rate of 20% unless a reduced rate is available under an applicable tax treaty. However, it is also unclear whether non-PRC shareholders of the Company would be able to claim the benefits of any tax treaties between their country of tax residence and the PRC in the event that GIP is treated as a PRC resident enterprise. 

 

See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China — Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or the EIT Law, we may be classified as a “resident enterprise” of China, which could result in unfavorable tax consequences to us and our non-PRC shareholders.”

 

Value-added Tax

 

According to the VAT Laws, MOF and SAT Circular 32, and MOF, SAT and GAC Circular 39, all enterprises and individuals engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of processing, repair and replacement services, sales of services, intangible assets, real property and the importation of goods within the territory of the PRC are the taxpayers of VAT. The VAT tax rates generally applicable are simplified as 13%, 9%, 6% and 0%, and the VAT tax rate of 3% is applicable to small-scale taxpayers. The VAT tax rates applicable to our PRC subsidiary and consolidated affiliates are as follows: 6% on services for SDH, GMB (Hangzhou) and Mentor Board Voice of Seeding (Shanghai) Cultural Technology Co., Ltd. ; 3% for small-scale taxpayers including GMB (Beijing), GMB Culture, GMB Consulting and GMB Linking and GIP BJ.

 

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Cayman Islands Taxation

 

The Cayman Islands currently levies no taxes on individuals or corporations based upon profits, income, gains or appreciation and there is no taxation in the nature of inheritance tax or estate duty. There are no other taxes likely to be material to the Company levied by the Government of the Cayman Islands except for stamp duties which may be applicable on instruments executed in, or after execution brought within the jurisdiction of the Cayman Islands. No stamp duty is payable in the Cayman Islands on the issue of shares by, or any transfers of shares of, Cayman Islands companies (except those which hold interests in land in the Cayman Islands). The Cayman Islands is not party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to or by the Company. The Cayman Islands is not a party to any double tax treaties that are applicable to any payments made to us by the Company. There are no exchange control regulations or currency restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

 

Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our Ordinary Shares will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of our Ordinary Shares, as the case may be, nor will gains derived from the disposal of our Ordinary Shares be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax.

 

As an exempted company, the Company has received a tax exemption certificate from the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Tax Concessions Law (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, containing an undertaking that in the event of any change to the foregoing, the Company, for a period of twenty years from the date of the grant of the undertaking, will not be chargeable to tax in the Cayman Islands on its income or its capital gains arising in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere.

 

United States Federal Income Taxation

 

WE URGE POTENTIAL PURCHASERS OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAXADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAXCONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, OWNING AND DISPOSING OF OUR ORDINARY SHARES.

 

The following does not address the tax consequences to any particular investor or to persons in special tax situations such as:

 

banks;
     
financial institutions;
     
insurance companies;
     
regulated investment companies;
     
real estate investment trusts;
     
broker-dealers;
     
persons that elect to mark  their securities to market;
     
U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the U.S.;
     
governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;
     
tax-exempt entities;
     
persons liable for alternative minimum tax;
     
persons holding our Ordinary Shares as part of a straddle, hedging, conversion or integrated transaction;
     
persons that actually or constructively own 10% or more of our voting power or value (including by reason of owning our Ordinary Shares);
     
persons who acquired our Ordinary Shares pursuant to the exercise of any employee share option or otherwise as compensation; or
     
persons holding our Ordinary Shares through partnerships or other pass-through entities.

  

The discussion set forth below is addressed only to U.S. Holders that purchase Ordinary Shares in this offering. Prospective purchasers are urged to consult their own tax advisors about the application of the U.S. federal income tax rules to their particular circumstances as well as the state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares.

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Material Tax Consequences Applicable to U.S. Holders of Our Ordinary Shares

 

The following sets forth the material U.S. federal income tax consequences related to the ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares. It is directed to U.S. Holders (as defined below) of our Ordinary Shares and is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This description does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to ownership and disposition of our Ordinary Shares or U.S. tax laws, other than the U.S. federal income tax laws, such as the tax consequences under non-U.S. tax laws, state, local and other tax laws.

 

The following brief description applies only to U.S. Holders (defined below) that hold Ordinary Shares as capital assets and that have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. This brief description is based on the federal income tax laws of the United States in effect as of the date of this prospectus and on U.S. Treasury regulations in effect or, in some cases, proposed, as of the date of this prospectus, as well as judicial and administrative interpretations thereof available on or before such date. All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below.

 

The brief description below of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to “U.S. Holders” will apply to you if you are a beneficial owner of Ordinary Share and you are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,

 

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial decisions or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on our Ordinary Shares

 

Subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, the gross amount of distributions made by us to you with respect to the Ordinary Shares (including the amount of any taxes withheld therefrom) will generally be includable in your gross income as dividend income on the date of receipt by you, but only to the extent that the distribution is paid out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). With respect to corporate U.S. Holders, the dividends will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction allowed to corporations in respect of dividends received from other U.S. corporations.

 

With respect to non-corporate U.S. Holders, including individual U.S. Holders, dividends will be taxed at the lower capital gains rate applicable to qualified dividend income, provided that (1) the Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States, or we are eligible for the benefits of an approved qualifying income tax treaty with the United States that includes an exchange of information program, (2) we are not a passive foreign investment company (as discussed below) for either our taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year, and (3) certain holding period requirements are met. Because there is no income tax treaty between the United States and the Cayman Islands, clause (1) above can be satisfied only if the Ordinary Shares are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Under U.S. Internal Revenue Service authority, Ordinary Shares are considered for purpose of clause (1) above to be readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States if they are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market. You are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the availability of the lower rate for dividends paid with respect to our Ordinary Shares, including the effects of any change in law after the date of this prospectus.

 

Dividends will constitute foreign source income for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. If the dividends are taxed as qualified dividend income (as discussed above), the amount of the dividend taken into account for purposes of calculating the foreign tax credit limitation will be limited to the gross amount of the dividend, multiplied by the reduced rate divided by the highest rate of tax normally applicable to dividends. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. For this purpose, dividends distributed by us with respect to our Ordinary Shares will constitute “passive category income” but could, in the case of certain U.S. Holders, constitute “general category income.”

 

To the extent that the amount of the distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles), it will be treated first as a tax-free return of your tax basis in your Ordinary Shares, and to the extent the amount of the distribution exceeds your tax basis, the excess will be taxed as capital gain. We do not intend to calculate our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, a U.S. Holder should expect that a distribution will be treated as a dividend even if that distribution would otherwise be treated as a non-taxable return of capital or as capital gain under the rules described above.

 

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Taxation of Dispositions of Ordinary Shares

 

Subject to the passive foreign investment company rules discussed below, you will recognize taxable gain or loss on any sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of a share equal to the difference between the amount realized (in U.S. dollars) for the share and your tax basis (in U.S. dollars) in the Ordinary Shares. The gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. If you are a non-corporate U.S. Holder, including an individual U.S. Holder, who has held the Ordinary Shares for more than one year, you will generally be eligible for reduced tax rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Any such gain or loss that you recognize will generally be treated as United States source income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes which will generally limit the availability of foreign tax credits.

 

Passive Foreign Investment Company

 

A non-U.S. corporation is considered a PFIC for any taxable year if either:

 

at least 75% of its gross income for such taxable year is passive income; or

 

at least 50% of the value of its assets (based on an average of the quarterly values of the assets during a taxable year) is attributable to assets that produce or are held for the production of passive income (the “asset test”)

 

Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets. We will be treated as owning our proportionate share of the assets and earning our proportionate share of the income of any other corporation in which we own, directly or indirectly, at least 25% (by value) of the stock. In determining the value and composition of our assets for purposes of the PFIC asset test, (1) the cash we raise in this offering will generally be considered to be held for the production of passive income and (2) the value of our assets must be determined based on the market value of our Ordinary Shares from time to time, which could cause the value of our non-passive assets to be less than 50% of the value of all of our assets (including the cash raised in this offering) on any particular quarterly testing date for purposes of the asset test.

 

Based on our operations and the composition of our assets we do not expect to be treated as a PFIC under the current PFIC rules. However, we must make a separate determination each year as to whether we are a PFIC, and there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any future taxable year. Depending on the amount of cash we raise in this offering, together with any other assets held for the production of passive income, it is possible that, for our current taxable year or for any subsequent taxable year, more than 50% of our assets may be assets held for the production of passive income. We will make this determination following the end of any particular tax year. Although the law in this regard is unclear, we are treating SDH as being owned by us for United States federal income tax purposes, not only because we control their management decisions, but also because we are entitled to the economic benefits associated with SDH, and as a result, we are treating SDH as our wholly-owned subsidiary for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  If we are not treated as owning SDH for United States federal income tax purposes, we would likely be treated as a PFIC. In addition, because the value of our assets for purposes of the asset test will generally be determined based on the market price of our Ordinary Shares and because cash is generally considered to be an asset held for the production of passive income, our PFIC status will depend in large part on the market price of our Ordinary Shares and the amount of cash we raise in this offering. Accordingly, fluctuations in the market price of the Ordinary Shares may cause us to become a PFIC. In addition, the application of the PFIC rules is subject to uncertainty in several respects and the composition of our income and assets will be affected by how, and how quickly, we spend the cash we raise in this offering. We are under no obligation to take steps to reduce the risk of our being classified as a PFIC, and as stated above, the determination of the value of our assets will depend upon material facts (including the market price of our Ordinary Shares from time to time and the amount of cash we raise in this offering) that may not be within our control. If we are a PFIC for any year during which you hold Ordinary Shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC for all succeeding years during which you hold Ordinary Shares. However, if we cease to be a PFIC and you did not previously make a timely “mark-to-market” election as described below, you may avoid some of the adverse effects of the PFIC regime by making a “purging election” (as described below) with respect to the Ordinary Shares. 

 

If we are a PFIC for your taxable year(s) during which you hold Ordinary Shares, you will be subject to special tax rules with respect to any “excess distribution” that you receive and any gain you realize from a sale or other disposition (including a pledge) of the Ordinary Shares, unless you make a “mark-to-market” election as discussed below. Distributions you receive in a taxable year that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions you received during the shorter of the three preceding taxable years or your holding period for the Ordinary Shares will be treated as an excess distribution. Under these special tax rules:

 

the excess distribution or gain will be allocated ratably over your holding period for the Ordinary Shares;

 

the amount allocated to your current taxable year, and any amount allocated to any of your taxable year(s) prior to the first taxable year in which we were a PFIC, will be treated as ordinary income, and

 

the amount allocated to each of your other taxable year(s) will be subject to the highest tax rate in effect for that year and the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the resulting tax attributable to each such year.

 

The tax liability for amounts allocated to years prior to the year of disposition or “excess distribution” cannot be offset by any net operating losses for such years, and gains (but not losses) realized on the sale of the Ordinary Shares cannot be treated as capital, even if you hold the Ordinary Shares as capital assets.

 

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A U.S. Holder of “marketable stock” (as defined below) in a PFIC may make a mark-to-market election for such stock to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. If you make a mark-to-market election for first taxable year which you hold (or are deemed to hold) Ordinary Shares and for which we are determined to be a PFIC, you will include in your income each year an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares as of the close of such taxable year over your adjusted basis in such Ordinary Shares, which excess will be treated as ordinary income and not capital gain. You are allowed an ordinary loss for the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of the Ordinary Shares over their fair market value as of the close of the taxable year. However, such ordinary loss is allowable only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains on the Ordinary Shares included in your income for prior taxable years. Amounts included in your income under a mark-to-market election, as well as gain on the actual sale or other disposition of the Ordinary Shares, are treated as ordinary income. Ordinary loss treatment also applies to any loss realized on the actual sale or disposition of the Ordinary Shares, to the extent that the amount of such loss does not exceed the net mark-to-market gains previously included for such Ordinary Shares. Your basis in the Ordinary Shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts. If you make a valid mark-to-market election, the tax rules that apply to distributions by corporations which are not PFICs would apply to distributions by us, except that the lower applicable capital gains rate for qualified dividend income discussed above under “— Taxation of Dividends and Other Distributions on our Ordinary Shares” generally would not apply.

 

The mark-to-market election is available only for “marketable stock”, which is stock that is traded in other than de minimis quantities on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter (“regularly traded”) on a qualified exchange or other market (as defined in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations), including the Nasdaq Capital Market. If the Ordinary Shares are regularly traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market and if you are a holder of Ordinary Shares, the mark-to-market election would be available to you were we to be or become a PFIC.

 

Alternatively, a U.S. Holder of stock in a PFIC may make a “qualified electing fund” election with respect to such PFIC to elect out of the tax treatment discussed above. A U.S. Holder who makes a valid qualified electing fund election with respect to a PFIC will generally include in gross income for a taxable year such holder’s pro rata share of the corporation’s earnings and profits for the taxable year. However, the qualified electing fund election is available only if such PFIC provides such U.S. Holder with certain information regarding its earnings and profits as required under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations. We do not currently intend to prepare or provide the information that would enable you to make a qualified electing fund election. If you hold Ordinary Shares in any taxable year in which we are a PFIC, you will be required to file U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 8621 in each such year and provide certain annual information regarding such Ordinary Shares, including regarding distributions received on the Ordinary Shares and any gain realized on the disposition of the Ordinary Shares.

 

If you do not make a timely “mark-to-market” election (as described above), and if we were a PFIC at any time during the period you hold our Ordinary Shares, then such Ordinary Shares will continue to be treated as stock of a PFIC with respect to you even if we cease to be a PFIC in a future year, unless you make a “purging election” for the year we cease to be a PFIC. A “purging election” creates a deemed sale of such Ordinary Shares at their fair market value on the last day of the last year in which we are treated as a PFIC. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, you will have a new basis (equal to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the last day of the last year in which we are treated as a PFIC) and holding period (which new holding period will begin the day after such last day) in your Ordinary Shares for tax purposes.

 

You are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules to your investment in our Ordinary Shares and the elections discussed above.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

Dividend payments with respect to our Ordinary Shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of our Ordinary Shares may be subject to information reporting to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and possible U.S. backup withholding at a current rate of 24%. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes any other required certification on U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding. U.S. Holders who are required to establish their exempt status generally must provide such certification on U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. information reporting and backup withholding rules.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholding may be credited against your U.S. federal income tax liability, and you may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the appropriate claim for refund with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and furnishing any required information. We do not intend to withhold taxes for individual shareholders. However, transactions effected through certain brokers or other intermediaries may be subject to withholding taxes (including backup withholding), and such brokers or intermediaries may be required by law to withhold such taxes.

 

Under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010, certain U.S. Holders are required to report information relating to our Ordinary Shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for Ordinary Shares held in accounts maintained by certain financial institutions), by attaching a complete Internal Revenue Service Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets, with their tax return for each year in which they hold Ordinary Shares.

 

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Underwriting

 

Under the terms and subject to the conditions of an underwriting agreement dated the date of this prospectus, the underwriters named below, for whom ViewTrade Securities, Inc. is acting as the Representative and sole book-running manager, have severally agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, the number of shares indicated below (excluding the shares underlying the over-allotment option and warrants):

 

Name   Number of shares
ViewTrade Securities, Inc.   5,000,000
Total   5,000,000

 

The underwriters are offering the shares subject to their acceptance of the shares from us and subject to prior sale. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the shares offered by this prospectus are subject to the approval of certain legal matters by their counsel and to certain other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to take and pay for all of the shares offered by this prospectus if any such shares are taken. However, the underwriters are not required to take or pay for the shares covered by the underwriters’ over-allotment option described below.

 

We have agreed to pay the underwriters a cash fee equal to seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in this offering. We have also agreed to issue to the Representative a warrant to purchase that number of shares equal to an aggregate of ten percent (10%) of the shares sold in the offering, including the additional shares that the underwriters may purchase at their option. Such warrant will be immediately exercisable subject to a lock-up for 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, shall have an exercise price equal to 110% of the public offering price, will provide for cashless exercise in certain circumstances and shall terminate five years after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Such warrant will not be callable by the Company. If the cashless exercise provision of the Representative’s warrants is unavailable, for a period of five years after the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will provide for unlimited “piggyback” registration rights with respect to the underlying shares. Such warrant will be subject to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1) in that, except as otherwise permitted by FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2), for a period of 180 days following the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the warrant shall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the securities by any person.

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We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable for 45 days from the date of this prospectus supplement, to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares at the public offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The option may be exercised in whole or in part, and may be exercised more than once, during the 45-day option period. The underwriters may exercise this option solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, made in connection with the offering contemplated by this prospectus. To the extent the option is exercised, each underwriter will become obligated, subject to certain conditions, to purchase the same percentage of the additional shares as the number listed next to the underwriter’s name in the preceding table bears to the total number of shares listed next to the names of all underwriters in the preceding table.

 

The Representative has advised us that it proposes to offer the shares to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $[0.xx] per share. The offering price has been negotiated between the representative of the Underwriter and our management. In determining the offering price of the ordinary shares, the following factors were considered: prevailing market conditions; our historical performance and capital structure; estimates of our business potential and earnings prospects; an overall assessment of our management; and the consideration of these factors in relation to market valuation of companies in related businesses. After this offering, the public offering price and concession to dealers may be reduced by the Representative. No such reduction shall change the amount of proceeds to be received by us as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. The securities are offered by the underwriters as stated herein, subject to receipt and acceptance by them and subject to their right to reject any order in whole or in part. The underwriters have informed us that they do not intend to confirm sales to any accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority.

 

The following table shows the price per share and total public offering price, underwriting discounts and commissions, and proceeds before expenses to us. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

    Total  
    Per Share     No Exercise     Full Exercise  
Public offering price   $ 4.00     $ 20,000,000     $ 23,000,000  
Underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by us:   $ 0.30     $ 1,500,000     $ 1,725,000  
Proceeds, before expenses, to us   $ 3.70     $ 18,500,000     $ 21,275,000  

 

We will also pay to the Representative by deduction from the net proceeds of the offering contemplated herein, a non-accountable expense allowance equal to one percent (1.0%) of the gross proceeds received by us from the sale of the shares.

 

We have agreed to reimburse the Representative up to a maximum of $175,000 for out-of-pocket accountable expenses (including the legal fees and other disbursements as disclosed below). We have paid expense deposits of $30,000 to the Representative for its anticipated out-of-pocket expenses; any expense deposits will be returned to us to the extent the Representative’s out-of-pocket accountable expenses are not actually incurred in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(C).

 

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We have agreed to pay expenses relating to the offering, including but not limited to (i) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the registration of the shares to be sold in this offering with the SEC and the filing of the offering materials with FINRA; (ii) all fees and expenses relating to the listing of the shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market; (iii) fees, expenses and disbursements relating to travel expenses for diligence purposes, translation costs, and background checks of the Company’s officers and directors; (iv) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of such Shares under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably designate (including, without limitation, all filing and registration fees, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of Representative’s counsel); (v) the costs of all mailing and printing of the placement documents, registration statements, prospectuses and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and as many preliminary and final prospectuses as the Representative may reasonably deem necessary; (vi) the costs of preparing, printing and delivering certificates representing the shares and the fees and expenses of the transfer agent for such shares; (vii) stock transfer taxes, if any, payable upon the transfer of securities from us to the Representative; (viii) the fees and expenses of our accountants and the fees and expenses of the our legal counsel and other agents and representatives; (ix) costs and expenses related to road show meetings; and (x) the costs associated with commemorative lucite tombstones in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request, not to exceed $8,000.

 

We estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us, excluding the total placement discount, commissions and expense allowance will be approximately $825,076, including a maximum aggregate reimbursement of $183,000 of Representative’s accountable expenses (including the lucite tombstones).

 

We received approval to list the shares offered hereby on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “GIP.”

 

For a period of one year from the effective date of this prospectus, the Representative shall have the right to send a representative to observe each meeting of our Board of Directors; provided, that (i) such representative shall sign a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and its counsel; (ii) upon written notice to the Representative, we may exclude such representative from meetings where, upon the written opinion of our counsel, such representative’s presence would compromise an attorney-client privilege.

 

We have agreed not to negotiate with any other broker-dealer or other person relating to a possible private and/or public offering of securities without the written consent of the Representative, provided that the Representative remains in good standing with FINRA and NASDAQ. In the event we do not complete this offering and enter into discussions regarding a letter of intent, or similar agreement, and/or effectuate a private and/or public offering of securities with another broker-dealer or any other person without the written permission of the Representative, prior to September 1, 2020, we shall be liable to the Representative for its actual accountable out-of-pocket expenses plus $175,000; provided, however, that such fees shall not apply if and to the extent the Representative has advised us of the Representative’s inability or unwillingness to proceed with this offering or if Representative’s engagement has been terminated for cause.

 

As a condition to the Representative’s participation in this offering, we have agreed to indemnify the representative in accordance with the indemnification provisions set forth in the underwriting agreement. At the closing of this offering, an amount equal to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) from the offering proceeds shall be placed into an account in the United States of America for indemnification purposes for a period of thirty months (30) months from the closing of this offering.

 

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We, all of our executive officers and directors, and certain affiliates have entered into lock-up agreements with the underwriters. Under these agreements, we and each of these persons may not, without the prior written approval of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of or hedge shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares, subject to certain exceptions. These restrictions will be in effect for a period of up to twelve (12) months after the date of the closing of this offering.

 

The Representative has no present intention to waive or shorten the lock-up period; however, the terms of the lock-up agreements may be waived at its discretion. In determining whether to waive the terms of the lockup agreements, the Representative may base its decision on its assessment of the relative strengths of the securities markets and companies similar to ours in general, and the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities in general.

 

In addition, during the lock-up period, we will not be permitted, subject to certain exceptions, to file any registration statement relating to, and each of our executive officers, directors and the aforementioned shareholders have agreed not to make any demand for, or exercise any right relating to, the registration of any shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares, without the prior written consent of the Representative.

 

Upon the declaration of effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, we will enter into an underwriting agreement with the Representative. The terms of the underwriting agreement provide that the obligations of the underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent, including the absence of any material adverse change in our business and the receipt of certain certificates, opinions and letters from us, our counsel and our auditors.

 

In order to facilitate the offering of the shares, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our shares. Specifically, the underwriters may sell more shares than they are obligated to purchase under the underwriting agreement, creating a short position. A short sale is covered if the short position is no greater than the number of shares available for purchase by the underwriters under the over-allotment option. The underwriters can close out a covered short sale by exercising the over-allotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out a covered short sale, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the open market price of shares compared to the price available under the over-allotment option. The underwriters may also sell shares in excess of the over-allotment option, creating a naked short position. The underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of our shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. As an additional means of facilitating this offering, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, shares in the open market to stabilize the price of our shares. These activities may raise or maintain the market price of our shares above independent market levels or prevent or retard a decline in the market price of our shares. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities and may end any of these activities at any time.

 

The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification between the underwriters and us against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and for contribution by us and the underwriters to payments that may be required to be made with respect to those liabilities. We have been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, indemnification liabilities under the Securities Act is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore, unenforceable.

 

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A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites maintained by one or more underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating in this offering. The Representative may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriters for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the Representative to underwriters that may make Internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.

 

The underwriters and their affiliates may from time to time perform investment banking and advisory services for us and our affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they may in the future receive customary fees and expenses.

 

Selling Restrictions

 

Foreign Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of Shares Generally

 

No action may be taken in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit a public offering of the shares or the possession, circulation or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, the shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus nor any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the shares may be distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable rules and regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.

 

In addition to the public offering of the shares in the United States, the underwriters may, subject to the applicable foreign laws, also offer the shares to certain institutions or accredited persons in certain countries.

 

Notice to Prospective Investors in Hong Kong

 

The contents of this prospectus have not been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercise caution in relation to the offer. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this prospectus, you should obtain independent professional advice. Please note that (i) our shares may not be offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of this prospectus or any document other than to “professional investors” within the meaning of Part I of Schedule 1 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) (SFO) and any rules made thereunder, or in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong) (CO) or which do not constitute an offer or invitation to the public for the purpose of the CO or the SFO, and (ii) no advertisement, invitation or document relating to our shares may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere) which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to the shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the SFO and any rules made thereunder.

 

Notice to Prospective Investors in the People’s Republic of China

 

This prospectus may not be circulated or distributed in the PRC and the shares may not be offered or sold, and will not offer or sell to any person for re-offering or resale directly or indirectly to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws, rules and regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

 

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EXPENSES RELATING TO THIS OFFERING

 

Set forth below is an itemization of the total expenses, excluding placement discounts and commissions, that we expect to incur in connection with this offering. With the exception of the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee, and the Nasdaq listing fee, all amounts are estimates.

 

Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee   $ 14,000  
         
Nasdaq Capital Market Listing Fee   $ 75,000  
         
FINRA   $ 4,050  
         
Legal Fees and Expenses   $ 400,893  
         
Accounting Fees and Expenses   $ 113,338  
         
Printing and Engraving Expenses   $ 34,795  
         
Miscellaneous Expenses   $ 183,000  
         
Total Expenses   $ 825,076  

 

These expenses will be borne by us. Underwriting discounts and commissions will be borne by us in proportion to the numbers of Ordinary Shares sold in the offering.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

The validity of the Ordinary Shares being offered by this prospectus and other legal matters concerning this Offering relating to Cayman Islands law will be passed upon for us by Conyers Dill & Pearman. Certain legal matters in connection with this Offering with respect to the United States federal securities law and New York law will be passed upon for us by Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC, New York, New York.Certain legal matters in connection with the Offering with respect to the PRC law will be passed upon for us by GFE Law Office. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP is acting as U.S. counsel for the underwriters with respect to this offering.

 

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018, and 2017, included in this prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report of Friedman LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The office of Friedman LLP is located at 165 Broadway, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10006.

 

INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

 

No expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the Ordinary Shares was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant. Nor was any such person connected with the registrant as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.

 

DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling us, we have been advised that it is the SEC’s opinion that such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in such act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-1, including relevant exhibits and schedules under the Securities Act, covering the Ordinary Shares offered by this prospectus. You should refer to our registration statements and their exhibits and schedules if you would like to find out more about us and about the Ordinary Shares. This prospectus summarizes material provisions of contracts and other documents that we refer you to. Since the prospectus may not contain all the information that you may find important, you should review the full text of these documents.

 

Immediately upon the completion of this offering, we will be subject to periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act, as applicable to foreign private issuers. Accordingly, we will be required to file reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, and other information with the SEC. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules of the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements to shareholders under the federal proxy rules contained in Sections 14(a), (b) and (c) of the Exchange Act, and our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

The registration statements, reports and other information so filed can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference rooms. The SEC also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, such as us, who file electronically with the SEC. The address of that website is http://www.sec.gov. The information on that website is not a part of this prospectus.

 

No dealers, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

 

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Consolidated financial statements  
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 F-3
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 F-4
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 F-5
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 F-6
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

 

F-1

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Global Internet of People, Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Global Internet of People, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Friedman LLP

 

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

 

New York, New York

June 27, 2019, except for Notes 1, 2, 4 and 15, as to which the date is August 13, 2019, and Note 12, as to which the date is September 13, 2019

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
ASSETS            
CURRENT ASSETS            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 11,658,284     $ 6,430,438  
Accounts receivable, net     603,542       11,718  
Due from related parties     721,238       451,471  
Short-term investments     291,409       -  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     429,263       309,554  
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS     13,703,736       7,203,181  
                 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS                
Long-term investments     430,757       461,418  
Property and equipment, net     75,828       50,196  
Deferred tax assets     56,069       226,317  
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS     562,654       737,931  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS     14,266,390       7,941,112  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
CURRENT LIABILITIES                
Accounts payable     38,018       13,654  
Income taxes payable     657,427       7,910  
Deferred revenue     2,155,521       4,571,695  
Deferred revenue- related parties     -       73,897  
Due to related parties     67,862       -  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     686,786       172,036  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES     3,605,614       4,839,192  
TOTAL LIABILITES     3,605,614       4,839,192  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES                
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Ordinary shares, 500,000,000 shares authorized; $0.0001 par value, 28,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively     2,800       2,800  
Additional paid in capital     4,341,061       4,127,543  
Statutory reserves     633,247       3,129  
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)     5,669,878       (1,177,070 )
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income     (317,487 )     101,784  
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to controlling shareholders     10,329,499       3,058,186  
Non-controlling interests     331,277       43,734  
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY     10,660,776       3,101,920  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 14,266,390     $ 7,941,112  

 

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

  

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
             
REVENUE, NET   $ 13,538,999     $ 2,287,160  
                 
COSTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES                
Service costs     1,142,596       780,341  
Selling expenses     1,282,677       773,544  
General and administrative expenses     1,749,209       1,304,039  
Research and development expenses     665,378       255,424  
Total costs and operating expenses     4,839,860       3,113,348  
                 
PROFIT (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS     8,699,139       (826,188 )
                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES)                
Investment losses     (20,194 )     (74,054 )
Interest income     142,612       79,988  
Other (expense) income, net     (10,619 )     1,077  
Total other income, net     111,799       7,011  
                 
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES     8,810,938       (819,177 )
                 
Income taxes provision (benefits)     1,158,465       (149,447 )
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)     7,652,473       (669,730 )
Less: net profit attributable to non-controlling interests     175,407       4,949  
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS   $ 7,477,066     $ (674,679 )
                 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)                
Total foreign current translation adjustment     (434,264 )     170,592  
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)     7,218,209       (499,138 )
Less: comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest     160,414       5,768  
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ( LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDERS   $ 7,057,795     $ (504,906 )
                 
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE                
Basic and diluted   $ 0.27     $ (0.02 )
                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING                
Basic and diluted     28,000,000       28,000,000  

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATION STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

    Ordinary shares     Additional paid-in     Statutory     Retained earnings (accumulated     Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)     Total equity attributable to controlling     Non-controlling     Total Shareholders’  
    Shares*     Amount     Capital     reserves     deficit)     income     shareholders     interest     equity  
Balance at December 31, 2016     28,000,000     $ 2,800     $ 1,807,167     $ -     $ (499,262 )   $ (67,989 )   $ 1,242,716     $ -     $ 1,242,716  
Capital contributions from shareholders     -       -       2,320,376       -       -       -       2,320,376       37,966       2,358,342  
Statutory reserves     -       -       -       3,129       (3,219 )     -       -       -       -  
Net (loss) income     -       -       -       -       (674,679 )     -       (674,679 )     4,949       (669,730 )
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       169,773       169,773       819       170,592  
Balance at December 31, 2017     28,000,000     $ 2,800     $ 4,127,543     $ 3,129     $ (1,177,070 )   $ 101,784     $ 3,058,186     $ 43,734     $ 3,101,920  
Capital contributions from shareholders     -       -       213,518       -       -       -       213,518       127,129       340,647  
Statutory reserves     -       -       -       630,118       (630,118 )     -       -       -       -  
Net income     -       -       -       -       7,477,066       -       7,477,066       175,407       7,652,473  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     -       -       -       -       -       (419,271 )     (419,271 )     (14,993 )     (434,264 )
Balance at December 31, 2018     28,000,000     $ 2,800     $ 4,341,061     $ 633,247     $ 5,669,878     $ (317,487 )   $ 10,329,499     $ 331,277     $ 10,660,776  

 

* The Company issued a total of 28,000,000 ordinary shares. These shares are presented on a retroactive basis to reflect the nominal share issuance, see Note 12 for additional information.

 

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

  

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
             
Cash flows from operating activities            
Net income (loss)   $ 7,652,473     $ (669,730 )
Adjusted to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by operating activities                
Depreciation and amortization     20,882       9,215  
Investment losses     20,194       74,054  
Deferred income tax provision (benefits)     165,321       (157,103 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                
Accounts receivable, net     (614,389 )     (11,341 )
Due from related parties     (302,234 )     (362,866 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (139,545 )     (221,999 )
Accounts payable     25,947       76  
Income taxes payable     674,036       4,005  
Deferred revenue     (2,278,629 )     4,002,347  
Deferred revenue-related parties     (72,968 )     71,515  
Due to related parties     70,382       -  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     542,423       122,254  
Net cash provided by operating activities     5,763,893       2,860,427  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities                
Purchase of property and equipment     (49,962 )     (41,663 )
Purchase of long-term investments     (11,334 )     (150,330 )
Purchase of short-term investments     (302,234 )     -  
Net cash used in investing activities     (363,530 )     (191,993 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities                
Proceeds from capital contributions     340,647       2,358,342  
Net cash provided by financing activities     340,647       2,358,342  
                 
Effect of foreign exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents     (513,164 )     274,749  
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents     5,227,846       5,301,525  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year     6,430,438       1,128,913  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year   $ 11,658,284     $ 6,430,438  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information                
Cash paid for interest expense   $ -     $ -  
Cash paid for income tax   $ 312,698     $ -  

 

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

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

 

Global Internet of People, Inc. (“GIP”) is a limited liability company established under the laws of the Cayman Islands on February 22, 2019. It is a holding company with no business operation.

 

On March 22, 2019, GIP incorporated Global Mentor Board Information Technology Limited (“GMB HK”), a limited liability company formed in accordance with laws and regulations of Hong Kong. GMB HK is currently not engaging in any active business and merely acting as a holding company of Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co, Ltd. (“GIB BJ” or “WFOE”). GIP BJ or WFOE was incorporated by GMB HK as a Foreign Enterprise in China on June 3, 2019.

 

Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“SDH”) is a limited liability company incorporated on December 5, 2014 under the laws of China. In 2017 and 2018, SDH established several subsidiaries in China, including Global Mentor Board (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (“GMB (Hangzhou)”), Global Mentor Board (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.(“GMB Consulting”), Linking (Shanghai) Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“GMB Linking”), Shanghai Voice of Seedling Cultural Media Co., Ltd. (“GMB Culture”), which has a wholly owned subsidiary Mentor Board Voice of Seedling(Shanghai) Cultural Technology Co., Ltd.(“GMB Technology”), and Shidong (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“GMB (Beijing)”). SDH and its subsidiaries are primarily engaged in providing peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise services to clients in the PRC.

 

As described below, GIP, through a restructuring which is accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control (the “Reorganization”), became the ultimate parent entity of its subsidiaries and its variable interest entity (“VIE”), SDH. Accordingly, GIP consolidates SDH’s operations, assets and liabilities. GIP, its subsidiaries, VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries, are collectively hereinafter referred as the “Company”.

 

Reorganization

 

In anticipation of an initial public offering (“IPO”) of its equity securities, GIP undertook the following Reorganization:

 

On June 10, 2019, GIP BJ or WFOE entered into a series of contractual arrangements with the owners of SDH. These agreements include an Exclusive Technical and Consulting Service Agreement, an Exclusive Service Agreement, an Exclusive Option Agreement and a Powers of Attorney (collectively “VIE Agreements”). Pursuant to the above VIE Agreements, WFOE has the exclusive right to provide SDH with comprehensive technical support, consulting services and other services in relation to the Principal Business during the term of this Agreement. All the above contractual arrangements obligate WOFE to absorb a majority of the risk of loss from business activities of SDH and entitle WOFE to receive a majority of their residual returns. In essence, WOFE has gained effective control over SDH. Therefore, SDH should be considered as a VIE under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810 “Consolidation”.

 

GIP together with its wholly-owned subsidiary GMB HK and WFOE and its VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries were effectively controlled by the same shareholders before and after the reorganization and therefore the Reorganization is considered under common control. The consolidation of the Company has been accounted for at historical cost and prepared on the basis as if the Reorganization had become effective as of the beginning of the first period presented in the consolidated financial statements.

 

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The consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of GIP and each of the following entities:

 

Name   Date of
Incorporation
  Place of
incorporation
  Percentage of
effective
ownership
 

Principal

Activities

                 
Wholly owned subsidiaries                
Global Mentor Board
Information Technology Limited
(“GMB HK”)
  March 22,
2019
  HK   100%   Holding company of WFOE
Beijing Mentor Board Union
Information Technology Co, Ltd.
(“GIP BJ” or “WFOE”)
  June 3, 2019.   PRC   100%   Holding company
Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) and subsidiaries of VIE                
Global Mentor Board (Beijing)
Information Technology Co.,
Ltd.(“SDH” or “VIE”)
  December 5,
2014
  PRC   VIE   peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform provider
Global Mentor Board (Hangzhou)
Technology Co., Ltd.
(“GMB (Hangzhou)”)
  November 1, 2017   PRC   100%   Consulting, training and tailored services provider
Global Mentor Board (Shanghai)
Enterprise Management Consulting
Co., Ltd.(“GMB Consulting”)
  June 30,
2017
  PRC   51%   Consulting services provider
Linking (Shanghai) Network
Technology Co., Ltd. (“Linking”)
  December 29, 2017    PRC   51%   network technology development services and technical consulting services provider
Shanghai Voice of Seedling
Cultural Media Co.,Ltd.
(“GMB Culture”)
  June 22, 2017   PRC   51%   cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, conference services provider
Shidong(Beijing)Information
Technology Co.,LTD.
(“GMB (Beijing)”)
  June 19,
2018
  PRC   51%   information technology services provider
Global Mentor Voice of Seedling
Cultural Technology Co.,
Ltd.(“GMB Technology”)
  August 29
2018
  PRC   51%   Technical services provider

 

The VIE contractual arrangements

 

Neither the Company nor the Company’s subsidiaries own any equity interest in SDH. Instead, The Company controls and receives the economic benefits of SDH’s business operation through a series of contractual arrangements. WFOE, SDH and its shareholders entered into a series of contractual arrangements, also known as VIE Agreements, on June 10, 2019. The VIE agreements are designed to provide WFOE with the power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of SDH, including absolute control rights and the rights to the assets, property and revenue of SDH.

 

According to the Exclusive Service Agreement, SDH is obligated to pay service fees to WFOE approximately equal to the net income of SDH after deduction of the required PRC statutory reserve.

 

Each of the VIE Agreements is described in detail below:

 

Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement between SDH and WFOE, WFOE provides SDH with technical support, consulting services, business support and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management, on an exclusive basis, utilizing its advantages in technology, human resources, and information. For services rendered to SDH by WFOE under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE is entitled to collect a service fee equal to the remaining amount of SDH’s profit before tax after deducting relevant costs and reasonable expenses.

 

This agreement became effective on June 10, 2019 and will remain effective unless otherwise terminated earlier by two parties.

 

The CEO of WFOE, Mr. Haiping Hu, is currently managing SDH pursuant to the terms of the Exclusive Service Agreement. WFOE has absolute authority relating to the management of SDH, including, but not limited to, decisions with regard to expenses, salary raises and bonuses, hiring, firing, and other operational functions. The Exclusive Service Agreement does not prohibit related party transactions. Upon the establishment of the audit committee at the consummation of this offering, the Company’s audit committee will be required to review and approve in advance any related party transactions, including transactions involving WFOE or SDH.

 

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Equity Pledge Agreement

 

Under the Equity Pledge Agreement between WFOE, and shareholders of SDH, together holding 100% of the shares of SDH (“SDH Shareholders”), the SDH Shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in SDH to WFOE to guarantee the performance of SDH’s obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement. Under the terms of the Equity Pledge Agreement, in the event that SDH or the SDH Shareholders breach their respective contractual obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE, as pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including, but not limited to, the right to collect dividends generated by the pledged equity interests. The SDH Shareholders also agreed that upon occurrence of any event of default, as set forth in the Equity Pledge Agreement, WFOE is entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests in accordance with applicable PRC laws. The SDH Shareholders further agreed not to dispose of the pledged equity interests or take any actions that would prejudice WFOE’s interests without the prior written consent of WFOE.

 

The Equity Pledge Agreement is effective until the latest date of the following: (1) the secured debt in the scope of pledge is cleared off; and (2) Pledgors transfer all the pledged equity interests to Pledgees according to the Call Option Agreement, or other entity or individual designated by it.

 

The purposes of the Equity Pledge Agreement are to (1) guarantee the performance of SDH’s obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement; (2) make sure the SDH Shareholders do not transfer or assign the pledged equity interests, or create or allow any encumbrance that would prejudice WFOE’s interests without WFOE’s prior written consent; and (3) provide WFOE control over SDH. In the event SDH breaches its contractual obligations under the Exclusive Service Agreement, WFOE will be entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests.

 

Exclusive Option Agreement

 

Under the Exclusive Option Agreement, the SDH Shareholders irrevocably granted WFOE (or its designee) an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, once or at multiple times, at any time, part or all of their equity interests in SDH or the assets of SDH. The option price to be paid by WFOE to each shareholder of SDH is RMB10 (approximately US$1.47) or the minimum amount to the extent permitted under PRC law at the time when such transfer occurs.

 

Under the Exclusive Option Agreement, WFOE may at any time under any circumstances, purchase, or have its designee purchase, at its discretion, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the SDH Shareholders’ equity interests in SDH or the assets of SDH. The Call Option Agreement, together with the Equity Pledge Agreement, the Exclusive Service Agreement, and Powers of Attorney, enable WFOE to exercise effective control over SDH.

 

The Exclusive Option Agreement remains effective until all the equity or assets of SDH is legally transferred under the name of WFOE and/or other entity or individual designated by it, or unilaterally terminated by WFOE within 30-day prior written notice.

 

Powers of Attorney

 

Under each of the Powers of Attorney, the SDH Shareholders authorized WFOE to act on their behalf as their exclusive agent and attorney with respect to all rights as shareholders, including, but not limited to: (a) attending shareholders’ meetings; (b) exercising all the shareholder’s rights, including voting, that shareholders are entitled to under the laws of China and the Articles of Association, including, but not limited to, the sale or transfer or pledge or disposition of shares in part or in whole; and (c) designating and appointing on behalf of shareholders the legal representative, the executive director, supervisor, the chief executive officer, and other senior management members of SDH.

 

The Powers of Attorney are irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution of the Powers of Attorney, so long as the SDH Shareholders are shareholders of SDH.

 

Spousal Consent

 

Pursuant to the Spousal Consent, each spouse of the individual shareholders of SDH irrevocably agreed that the equity interest in SDH held by their respective spouses would be disposed of pursuant to the Equity Interest Pledge Agreement, the Exclusive Option Agreement, and the Powers of Attorney. Each spouse of the shareholders agreed not to assert any rights over the equity interest in SDH held by their respective spouses. In addition, in the event that any spouse obtains any equity interest in SDH through the respective shareholder for any reason, he or she agreed to be bound by the contractual arrangements.

  

Risks in relation to the VIE structure

 

GIP believes that the contractual arrangements with its VIE and their respective shareholders are in compliance with PRC laws and regulations and are legally enforceable. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit the GIP’s ability to enforce the contractual arrangements. If the legal structure and contractual arrangements were found to be in violation of PRC laws and regulations, the PRC government could:

 

revoke the business and operating licenses of the Company’s PRC subsidiary and VIE;

 

discontinue or restrict the operations of any related-party transactions between the Company’s PRC subsidiary and VIE;

 

limit the Company’s business expansion in China by way of entering into contractual arrangements;

 

impose fines or other requirements with which the Company’s PRC subsidiary and VIE may not be able to comply;

 

require the Company or the Company’s PRC subsidiary and VIE to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations; or

 

restrict or prohibit the Company’s use of the proceeds of the additional public offering to finance.

   

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GIP’s ability to conduct its wisdom sharing and mutual assistance business may be negatively affected if the PRC government were to carry out of any of the aforementioned actions. As a result, GIP may not be able to consolidate its VIE in its consolidated financial statements as it may lose the ability to exert effective control over the VIE and their respective shareholders and it may lose the ability to receive economic benefits from the VIE. GIP, however, does not believe such actions would result in the liquidation or dissolution of the Company, its PRC subsidiary and VIE.

 

Total assets and liabilities presented on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and revenue, expense, net income presented on Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) as well as the cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities presented on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are substantially the financial position, operation and cash flow of the GIP’s VIE SDH and subsidiaries of VIE. GIP has not provided any financial support to SDH for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. The following financial statements amounts and balances of the VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries were included in the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 and for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 11,658,284     $ 6,430,438  
Accounts receivable, net     603,542       11,718  
Due from related parties     721,238       451,471  
Short-term investments     291,409       -  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     429,263       309,554  
Total current assets     13,703,736       7,203,181  
                 
Long-term investments     430,757       461,418  
Property and equipment, net     75,828       50,196  
Deferred tax assets     56,069       226,317  
Total non-current assets     562,654       737,931  
                 
Total assets     14,266,390       7,941,112  
                 
Accounts payable     38,018       13,654  
Income taxes payable     657,427       7,910  
Deferred revenue     2,155,521       4,571,695  
Deferred revenue- related parties     -       73,897  
Due to related parties     67,862       -  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities     686,786       172,036  
Total current liabilities     3,605,614       4,839,192  
                 
Non-current liabilities     -       -  
Total liabilities   $ 3,605,614     $ 4,839,192  

 

    For the years ended
December, 31
 
    2018     2017  
             
Total net revenue   $ 13,538,999     $ 2,287,160  
Net income (loss)   $ 7,652,473     $ (669,730 )

 

    For the years ended
December, 31
 
    2018     2017  
             
Net cash provided by operating activities   $ 5,763,893     $ 2,860,427  
Net cash used in investing activities   $ (363,530 )   $ (191,993 )
Net cash provided by financing activities   $ 340,647     $ 2,358,342  

  

Under the Contractual Arrangements with the consolidated VIEs, GIP has the power to direct activities of the consolidated VIEs and VIEs’ subsidiaries through the WFOE, and can have assets transferred freely out of the consolidated VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries without restrictions. Therefore, the Company considers that there is no asset of the consolidated VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries that can only be used to settle obligations of the respective VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries except for registered capital of VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries amounting to $4,343,861 and $4,130,343 as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, as well as statutory reserves amounting to $633,247 and $3,129, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Since the consolidated VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries are incorporated as limited liability companies under the PRC Law, the creditors of the consolidated VIE and VIE’ subsidiaries do not have recourse to the general credit of GIP.

 

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NOTE 2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of presentation

 

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and have been consistently applied.

 

Principles of consolidation 

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries, VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries for which the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary.

 

A subsidiary is an entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting power, has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors, to cast a majority of votes at the meeting of the board of directors or to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.

 

All transactions and balances between the Company, its subsidiaries, VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Non-controlling interests

 

Non-controlling interests are recognized to reflect the portion of their equity that is not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Company as the controlling shareholder. For the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, VIE and VIE’ s subsidiaries, non-controlling interests represent a minority shareholder’s 49% ownership interest in GMB (Beijing), GMB Culture, which has a wholly-owned subsidiary called GMB Technology, GMB Consulting, GMB Linking as of December 31, 2018.

 

Non-controlling interests are presented as a separate line item in the equity section of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets and have been separately disclosed in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) to distinguish the interests from that of the Company.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates and judgments are based on historical information, information that is currently available to the Company and on various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances.  Significant estimates required to be made by management, include, but are not limited to, the assessment of the allowance for doubtful accounts, depreciable lives of property and equipment, and realization of deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Foreign currency translation

 

The Company’s principal country of operations is the PRC. The financial position and results of its operations are determined using RMB, the local currency, as the functional currency. The Company’s consolidated financial statements are reported using U.S. Dollars (“US$” or “$”). The results of operations and the consolidated statements of cash flows denominated in foreign currency are translated at the average rate of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. The equity denominated in the functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time of capital contribution. Because cash flows are translated based on the average translation rate, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) included in consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

 

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The value of RMB against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC’s political and economic conditions. Any significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect the Company’s financial condition in terms of US$ reporting. The following table outlines the currency exchange rates that were used in preparing the consolidated financial statements:

 

    December 31,
2018
  December 31,
2017
Year-end spot rate   US$1= RMB 6.8632     US$1= RMB 6.5342
Average rate   US$1= RMB 6.6174   US$1= RMB 6.7518

 

Fair value measurements

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, due from related parties, short-term investments, prepaid expenses and other current assets, deferred revenue, income taxes payable, accounts payable, due to related parties, accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments. The Company reports short-term investments at fair value and discloses the fair value of these investments based on level 2.

 

The Company’s non-financial assets, such as property and equipment would be measured at fair value only if they were determined to be impaired.

 

Cash and cash equivalents 

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with commercial banks, as well as highly liquid investments which are unrestricted as to withdrawal or use and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash. The interest incomes of highly liquid investments are reported in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company maintains the bank accounts in the PRC. Cash balances in bank accounts in the PRC are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other programs.

 

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Accounts receivable, net

 

Accounts receivable mainly represent amounts due from clients in the ordinary course of business and are recorded net of allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

The Company generally requires advanced payment before delivery of the services but may grant unsecured short term credit term to its clients in the ordinary course of business. The Company mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is established and recorded based on management’s assessment of historical bad debts, creditworthiness and financial conditions of the clients, current economic trends and changes in client payment patterns. Past due accounts generally written off against the allowance for bad debts only after all collection attempts have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The allowance was $43,129 and $42,852 as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Short-term investments 

 

The Company invests in financial products issued by commercial bank and accounts for the investments as held-to-maturity investment based on the nature of the products invested and the Company has positive intent and ability to hold the investments to maturity. The investment is measured at amortized cost in the Company’s statement of financial position and the interest incomes are reported in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

 

The Company assesses whether there are any other-than-temporary impairment to its short-term investments due to declines in fair value or other market conditions. Declines in fair values that are considered other-than-temporary are recorded as an impairment loss in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). No impairment loss were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Property and equipment, net

 

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

 

Electronic equipment     3 years  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment     3 years  

 

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

 

Long-term investments

 

Investment in equity investees represents the Company’s investments in privately held companies, over which it has significant influence but does not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control. The Company applies the equity method to account for an equity investment, in common stock or in-substance common stock, according to ASC 323 “Investment — Equity Method and Joint Ventures”.

  

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An investment in in-substance common stock is an investment in an entity that has risk and reward characteristics that are substantially similar to that entity’s common stock. The Company considers subordination, risks and rewards of ownership and obligation to transfer value when determining whether an investment in an entity is substantially similar to an investment in that entity’s common stock.

 

Under the equity method, the Company’s share of the post-acquisition profits or losses of the equity investee is recognized in the consolidated income statements and its share of post-acquisition movements in accumulated other comprehensive income is recognized in shareholders’ equity. When the Company’s share of losses in the equity investee equals or exceeds its interest in the equity investee, the Company does not recognize further losses, unless the Company has incurred obligations or made payments or guarantees on behalf of the equity investee.

 

For other equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values and over which the Company has neither significant influence nor control through investments in common stock or in-substance common stock, the Company accounts for these investments at cost minus any impairment, if necessary.

 

The Company continually reviews its investments in equity investees to determine whether a decline in fair value below the carrying value is other than temporary. The primary factors the Company considers in its determination are the length of time that the fair value of the investment is below the Company’s carrying value; the financial condition, operating performance and the prospects of the equity investee. If the decline in fair value is deemed to be other than temporary, the carrying value of the equity investee is written down to fair value. Impairment charges of $20,194 and $ 74,054 were recorded in investment losses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may no longer be recoverable. When these events occur, the Company measures impairment by comparing the carrying value of the long-lived assets to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the sum of the expected undiscounted cash flow is less than the carrying amount of the assets, the Company would recognize an impairment loss, which is the excess of carrying amount over the fair value of the assets, using the expected future discounted cash flows. No impairments of long-lived assets were recognized as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Revenue recognition

 

The Company early adopted the new revenue standard  Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, starting January 1, 2017 using the modified retrospective method for contracts that were not completed as of January 1, 2017. The adoption of this ASC 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

  

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The core principle of the new revenue standard is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The following five steps are applied to achieve that core principle:

 

Step 1: Identify the contract with the customer

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract

Step 3: Determine the transaction price

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract

Step 5: Recognize revenue when the company satisfies a performance obligation

 

The Company mainly offers and generates revenue from four kinds of services to its clients in China, member services, enterprise services, online services and other services. Enterprise services include comprehensive tailored services, sponsorship advertising services, and consulting services.

 

Revenue recognition policies for each type of the Company’s services are discussed as follows:

 

Member services

 

The Company offers three tiers of membership services, Platinum, Diamond and Protégé, which differ in membership fees as well as the level of the services provided. Members pay a fixed fee for exchange of the right to participate in organized activities offered by the Company, such as study tours and forums, typically within one-year membership period. Any non-participating activities will expire and not be refunded beyond the agreed-upon period. Each member is entitled to choose from same activities offered by the Company for a total of seven times but different level of membership will receive different level of privileges at each activity, such as seating arrangement or private consultation opportunity etc. The activities for Platinum Members are also open to non-members, who pay a pre-set fee for participating in a single activity, while the Company does not offer Diamond and Protégé services to non-members separately.

 

Each activity represents a separate performance obligation, which is typically 5 days or less. The Company uses an expected cost plus margin approach to estimate the standalone selling prices of each activity. As Members can benefit from each activity on their own in the same way and there is no material difference in the Company’s delivering costs, such as number of staffs involved and size of each activity. Therefore, membership fees are equally allocated to seven performance obligations when the Company determines transaction price of each performance obligation.

 

The Company recognizes membership fees as revenue upon completion of each activity as the duration of each activity is short. Membership fees from non-participating activity will be recognized when the agreed-upon period has expired. Membership fees collected in advance are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Enterprise services

 

The Company charges its clients service fees for providing enterprise services, which mainly include comprehensive tailored services, sponsorship advertising services and consulting services.

  

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Comprehensive tailored services

 

The comprehensive tailored services provide tailored packaged services to small and medium business, including conference and salon organization, booth exhibition services, on-site Mentors’ guidance, and other value-added services. The Company typically signs one-year framework agreements and a tailored services contract with the clients, in which list the types of tailored services as ordered by the clients with respect to fit their specific needs. Each tailored service is a separate performance obligation under ASC 606, as these performance obligations are distinct, the clients can benefit from each service on their own and the Company’s promises to deliver the services are separately identifiable from each other in the services contract. The performance of each tailored service is usually on a specific date designated by the clients.

 

The Company establishes a uniform list for the unit price of each type of tailored services with reference to quoted market prices. If no quoted market price is available, the price will be estimated by using an expected cost plus a margin approach.

 

The Company recognizes the price for each tailored service as revenue when the service has been provided on a specific date designated and the receipt of each tailored services is confirmed by the clients. If a client does not request certain items of the tailored services included in the services contract during the agreed-upon period, the Company will not refund the service fees and the revenue will be recognized upon expiration of service contracts. The tailored services fees collected before providing services are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Sponsorship advertising service

 

The Company provides sponsorship advertising service for its clients at certain activities it held, i.e. study tours and forums. The sponsorship advertising services are mainly to display banners with the clients’ information and distribute clients’ brochures through the activities, so that the clients can enhance their corporate and product image.

 

The fee the Company charges for sponsorship advertising service is depending on multiple specific factors, including number of event participants, location, public interest, etc. The Company considers all factors and determines pricing for each contract separately. The sponsorship advertising fees are recognized as revenue when services have been provided on a specific date designated and receipt of title sponsorship services are confirmed by clients. Sponsorship advertising fees collected before providing services are recorded as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Consulting services

 

The Company provides consulting services to small and medium-sized enterprises by helping them to develop strategies and solutions including: corporate reorganization, product promotion and marketing, industry supply chain integration, corporate governance, financing and capital structure, etc. The consulting services are tailored to meet each client’s specific needs and requirements.

 

Consulting fees are based on the specifics of the services provided, for instance, time and efforts required, relationship between the Company and the client, etc. The Company considers comprehensive factors and determines prices with reference to quoted market prices. If no quoted market price is available, price will be estimated by using an expected cost plus a margin approach.

  

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Consulting fees are recognized as revenue when services have been provided and receipt of consulting services is confirmed by clients as the duration of services is short, typically one month or less. Consulting fees collected before providing any service are presented as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

Online services

 

Online services mainly consist of online platform services for the Company’s APP Users to establish a Questions and Answers (Q&A) session with chosen Mentors. Top-up credits are paid by Users through the Company’s APP platform, on which Users can raise questions to chosen Mentors or Experts with a fixed fee per Q&A session preset by Mentors or Experts. The Q&A session is usually provided by chose Mentors or Experts within a course of a 72-hour period.

 

The Company charges 30% of the Q&A fees as a facilitator of online services. The Q&A fees are allocated to the Company and chosen Mentors or Experts automatically by the APP on a 30%/70% split upon completion of Q&A sessions. The Company recognizes online service fees as revenue at completion of Q&A sessions on a net basis, i.e., in the amount of 30% of allocated Q&A fees, as the Company merely provides a platform for its Users and is not the primary obligor of the Q&A session, neither has risks and rewards as principal.

 

Other services

 

Other services fees are mainly derived from non-member participation of study tours and forums at the service level of Platinum Members. The Company charges non-members a fixed fee for each Member activity and the price for non-members is determined based on our allocated Member pricing for each activity. Fees are usually collected on site at the date of each activity and revenues are recognized at the completion of such activity.

 

Service costs

 

Service costs primarily include (1) the cost of holding activity, such as venue rental fees, conference equipment fees, (2) professional and consulting fees paid to third parties for our activity; (3) the fees paid to Mentors and Experts; and (4) labor costs. Service costs were $1,142,596 and $780,341 for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Income taxes

 

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

 

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

  

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

 

The Company believes there were no uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company does not expect that its assessment regarding unrecognized tax positions will materially change over the next 12 months. The Company is not currently under examination by an income tax authority, nor has been notified that an examination is contemplated.

 

Earnings Per Share

 

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS are computed by dividing income available to ordinary shareholders of the Company by the weighted average ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised and converted into ordinary shares. As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, there were no dilutive shares.

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of two components, net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss). Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that under U.S.GAAP are recorded as an element of shareholders’ equity but are excluded from net income. Other comprehensive income consists of foreign currency translation adjustment resulting from the Company translating its financial statements from functional currency into reporting currency.

 

Significant Risks

 

Currency risk

 

A majority of the Company’s expense transactions are denominated in RMB and a significant portion of the Company and its subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB. RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. In the PRC, certain foreign exchange transactions are required by law to be transacted only by authorized financial institutions at exchange rates set by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”). Remittances in currencies other than RMB by the Company in China must be processed through the PBOC or other Company foreign exchange regulatory bodies which require certain supporting documentation in order to affect the remittance.

 

The Company maintains certain bank accounts in the PRC, which are not insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance or other insurance.

  

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Concentration and credit risk 

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to the concentration of credit risks consist of cash and short-term investments. The maximum exposures of such assets to credit risk are their carrying amounts as of the balance sheet dates. The Company deposits its cash and short-term investments with financial institutions located in jurisdictions where the subsidiaries are located. The Company believes that no significant credit risk exists as these financial institutions have high credit quality.

 

The Company’s also exposure to credit risk associated with its trading and other activities is measured on an individual counterparty basis, as well as by group of counterparties that share similar attributes. There was no revenue from clients which individually represented greater than 10% of the total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Concentrations of credit risk can be affected by changes in political, industry, or economic factors. To reduce the potential for risk concentration, The Company generally requires advanced payment before delivery of the services but may extend unsecured credit to its clients in the ordinary course of business. Credit limits are established and exposure is monitored in light of changing counterparty and market conditions. The Company did not have any material concentrations of credit risk outside the ordinary course of business as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Interest rate risk

 

Fluctuations in market interest rates may negatively affect our financial condition and results of operations. The Company is exposed to floating interest rate risk on cash deposit and floating rate borrowings, and the risks due to changes in interest rates is not material. The Company has not used any derivative financial instruments to manage our interest risk exposure.

 

Other uncertainty risk

 

The Company’s major operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC, as well as the general state of the PRC’s economy may influence the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations.

 

The Company’s major operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic, and legal environment. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. Although the Company has not experienced losses from these situations and believes that it is in compliance with existing laws and regulations including its organization and structure disclosed in Note 1, this may not be indicative of future results.

 

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

 

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all accounting standards updates (“ASUs”). Management periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which requires that equity investments, except for those accounted for under the equity method or those that result in consolidation of the investee, be measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in net income. However, an entity may choose to measure equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. It also impacts the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. It is effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017, while for other entities the amendment will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted only for certain provisions. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1 2019 and the adoption of the guidance did not have significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases, including operating leases, with a term in excess of 12 months. The guidance also expands the quantitative and qualitative disclosure requirements. For public entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early application of the guidance is permitted, and must be applied using a modified retrospective approach. In July 2018, the FASB issued updates to the lease standard making transition requirements less burdensome. The update provides an option to apply the transition provisions of the new standard at its adoption date instead of at the earliest comparative period presented in the company’s financial statements. The new guidance requires the lessee to record operating leases on the balance sheet with a right-of-use asset and corresponding liability for future payment obligations. FASB further issued ASU 2018-11 “Target Improvement” and ASU 2018-20 “Narrow-scope Improvements for Lessors.”

  

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The Company adopted this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods in the year ended December 31, 2019. Starting on January 1, 2019, the Company recognized $345,145 of right-of-use assets and $345,719 of related lease payment liability in the consolidated financial statements as a result of the adoption.

 

In June 2016, the FASB amended guidance related to the impairment of financial instruments as part of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. For public business entities that are U.S. SEC filers, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, including not-for-profit entities and employee benefit plans within the scope of Topics 960 through 965 on plan accounting, the amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. All entities may adopt the amendments in this Update earlier as of the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2019 and interim periods in the year ended December 31, 2019. The guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected credit loss model for which the Company is required to recognize an allowance based on its estimate of expected credit loss. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its consolidated financial statements, and does not expect such impact to be material over the periods presented.

 

In August 2018, the FASB Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” (“ASU 2018-13”). ASU 2018-13 modifies the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for any removed or modified disclosures. The removed and modified disclosures will be adopted on a retrospective basis and the new disclosures will be adopted on a prospective basis. The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance may have a material impact on its financial statements.

 

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NOTE 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Accounts receivable   $ 646,671     $ 54,570  
Less: : allowance for doubtful accounts     (43,129 )     (42,852 )
Accounts receivable, net   $ 603,542     $ 11,718  

 

The movement of allowance of doubtful accounts is as follows:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Balance at beginning of the year   $ (42,852 )   $ -  
Current year addition    

(277

)     (42,852 )
Balance at end of the year   $ (43,129 )   $ (42,852 )

 

Approximately 63%, or $409,172 of the December 31, 2018 balance has been subsequently collected as of May 31, 2019.

 

NOTE 4 – SHORT- TERM INVESTMENTS

 

The Company purchased one financial product from a Chinese commercial bank with fixed annual interest rates of 3.95% on October 16, 2018. The product’s maturity was 182 days and fully collected with principal and interest on the maturity date of April 16, 2019. The interest income recognized for short-term investments for years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $2,518 and $nil, respectively.

  

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income and estimated fair value of investments as of December 31, 2018, is reflected in the tables below:

 

    As of December 31, 2018  
    Amortized cost     Gross unrealized gain in accumulated other comprehensive income     Estimated fair value  
Fixed-rate financial products   $ 291,409     $            -     $ 291,409  
Total   $ 291,409     $ -     $ 291,409  

 

NOTE 5 – PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Interest receivable(1)     213,174       88,780  
Other receivables     122,230       72,337  
Prepaid expenses     57,140       49,162  
Deposits for operating lease     30,522       10,484  
Prepaid VAT     6,197       88,791  
Total   $ 429,263     $ 309,554  

 

(1) Interest receivable represents the interest of the financial products purchased from Chinese commercial banks, and all interest will be repaid at the time of redemption or maturity.

  

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NOTE 6 – LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

 

The Company’s long term investments consist of the following:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Equity method investments:            
Shidong (Suzhou) Investment Co., Ltd.( “Suzhou Investment”)   $ 104,378     $ 130,085  
Equity investments without readily determinable fair value:                
Shanghai Zhongren Yinzhirun Investment Management Partnership (“Yinzhirun”)     291,409       306,082  
Beijing Yunshang E-commerce Co., Ltd. (“Yunshang E-commerce”)     21,856       22,957  
Dongguan Zhiduocheng Car Service Co., Ltd. (“Car Service”)     13,114       2,294  
Total   $ 430,757     $ 461,418  

 

Equity method investments

 

Investment in Suzhou Investment

 

In December 2017, the Company acquired 17% of shareholding of Suzhou Investment with cash consideration of RMB 850,000. As Suzhou Investment’s director is the Company’s high management and the Company can exercise significant influence on Suzhou Investment’s business operation, the Company therefore accounted for this investment under equity methods from December 2017 and share the profit or loss of Suzhou Investment accordingly. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized investment losses of $20,194 and $nil, respectively, according to its share of the post-acquisition losses of Suzhou Investment.

 

Equity investments without readily determinable fair value

 

Investment in Yinzhirun

 

In December 2016, the Company acquired 0.45% of shareholding of Yinzhirun with cash consideration of RMB 2,000,000. The Company does not have significant influence or control over Yinzhirun, and the equity investment does not have readily determinable market value, and therefore accounted for the investment of Yinzhirun at cost minus impairments and plus or minus observable changes in prices.

 

Investment in Yunshang E-commerce

 

In March 2017, the Company acquired 1.25% of shareholding interest of Yunshang E-commerce with cash consideration of RMB 150,000. The Company does not have significant influence or control over Yunshang E-commerce, and the equity investment does not have readily determinable market value, and therefore accounted for the investment of Yunshang E-commerce at cost minus impairments and plus or minus observable changes in prices.

 

Investment in Car Service

 

In November 2017, the Company acquired 1.5 % of shareholding interest of Car Service with cash consideration of RMB15,000. The Company does not have significant influence or control over Car Service, and the equity investment does not have readily determinable market value, and therefore accounted for the investment of Car Service at cost minus impairments and plus or minus observable changes in prices.

  

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Note 7 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

Property and equipment, stated at cost less accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Electronic equipment   $

62,271

    $ 44,155  
Furniture, fixtures and equipment     47,038       20,060  
Subtotal     109,309       64,215  
Less: Accumulated depreciation     33,481       14,019  
Property and equipment, net   $ 75,828     $ 50,196  

  

Depreciation expense was $20,882 and $9,215 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

NOTE 8 – DEFERRED REVENUE

 

The Company generally requires advanced payment before delivery of the services but may grant unsecured short term credit term to its clients in the ordinary course of business. The details of deferred revenue are as follows:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Advance from member services   $ 1,110,093     $ 3,627,589  
Advance from enterprise services     1,045,428       944,106  
Total   $ 2,155,521     $ 4,571,695  

 

NOTE 9 – ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

Components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities are as follows:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Accrued payroll and welfare   $ 223,692     $ 127,769  
VAT payable     374,182       6,771  
Others     88,912       37,496  
Total   $ 686,786     $ 172,036  

  

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NOTE 10 – TAXES  

 

a. Value-Added Tax (“VAT”)

 

The Company is subject to VAT and related surcharges in China for providing membership services and other in-depth services. The applicable VAT rate is 6% for general taxpayers and 3% for small-scale taxpayer. The amount of VAT liability is determined by applying the applicable tax rate to the invoiced amount of services provided (output VAT) less VAT paid on purchases made with the relevant supporting invoices (input VAT). VAT liability is recorded in the line item of accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Under the commercial practice of the PRC, the Company pays VAT based on tax invoices issued.

 

All of the tax returns of the Company have been and remain subject to examination by the PRC tax authorities for five years from the date of filing.

 

b. Income tax

 

Cayman Islands

 

Under the current tax laws of the Cayman Islands, the Company is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. In addition, no Cayman Islands withholding tax will be imposed upon the payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders.

 

Hong Kong

 

In accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of Hong Kong, a company registered in Hong Kong is subject to income taxes within Hong Kong at the applicable tax rate on taxable income. From year of assessment of 2018/2019 onwards, Hong Kong profit tax rates are 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000, and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000. However, the Company’s HK subsidiary did not generate any assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and accordingly no provision for Hong Kong profits tax has been made in these periods.

 

China

 

The Company’s subsidiaries are incorporated in the PRC, and are subject to the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Laws (“EIT Laws”) with the statutory income tax rate of 25% with the following exceptions.

 

In accordance with the implementation rules of EIT Laws, a qualified “High and New Technology Enterprise” (“HNTE”) is eligible for a preferential tax rate of 15%. The HNTE certificate is effective for a period of three years. An entity could re-apply for the HNTE certificate when the prior certificate expires. SDH obtained its HNTE certificate on October 25, 2017. Therefore, SDH is eligible to enjoy a preferential tax rate of 15% from 2017 to 2019 to the extent it has taxable income under the EIT Law.

 

In accordance with the notice on the scope of small-scale and low-profit corporate income tax preferential policies of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation, [2018] No. 77, for small-scale and low-profit enterprises whose annual taxable income is less than RMB1,000,000 (including RMB 1,000,000), approximately US$ 144,928, their income is reduced by 50% to the taxable income, and enterprise income tax is paid at 20% tax rate, which is essentially resulting in a favorable income tax rate of 10%. The qualifications of small-scale and low-profit enterprises were examined annually by the Tax Bureau. All subsidiaries except SDH are eligible to enjoy a preferential tax rate of 10% during the fiscal year 2018 and 2017.

  

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  (i) The components of the income tax provision are as follows:

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
Current            
Cayman Islands   $ -     $ -  
BVI     -       -  
Hong Kong     -       -  
China     993,144       7,655  
Deferred                
Cayman Islands     -       -  
BVI     -       -  
Hong Kong     -       -  
China     165,321       (157,102 )
Total   $ 1,158,465     $ 149,447  

 

Reconciliation between the provision for income taxes computed by applying the PRC EIT rate of 25% to income before income taxes and the actual provision of income taxes is as follows:

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
             
Profit (Loss) before income taxes   $ 8,810,938     $ (819,177 )
PRC EIT rate     25 %     25 %
Income taxes computed at statutory EIT rate   $ 2,202,734     $ (204,794 )
Reconciling items:                
Effect of tax holiday and preferential tax rate     (972,088 )     72,779  
Effect of non-deductible expense     2,674       1,725  
Super deduction of qualified R&D expenditures     (74,855 )     (19,157 )
Income tax expense(benefits)   $ 1,158,465     $ (149,447 )
Effective tax rates     13.15 %     18.24 %

  

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Deferred tax assets

 

According to PRC tax regulations, net operating losses can be carried forward to offset future operating income for five years. Significant components of deferred tax assets were as follows:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
Net operating loss carry forwards   $ 23,431     $ 190,612  
Provision for doubtful debts     32,638       35,705  
Deferred tax assets, gross     56,069       226,317  
Less: Valuation allowance     -       -  
Deferred tax assets, net   $ 56,069     $ 226,317  

 

The Company has accumulated operating loss of approximately $97,205 and $1,219,134 as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 for income tax purposes available for offsetting against future taxable income. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses is certain as the Company has made profits since the fiscal year 2018. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, no valuation allowance has been recorded. In making such determination, the Company considered factors including (i) future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, (ii) future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carry forwards, and (iii) tax planning strategies. The amount of the deferred tax asset considered realizable, however, could be adjusted if estimates of future taxable income during the carry forward period are reduced.

  

The Company evaluates the level of authority for each uncertain tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and measures the unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits.

 

For the Company’s operating subsidiaries, the tax years ended December 31, 2015, through December 31, 2018 remain open for statutory examination by PRC tax authorities.

 

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY BALANCE AND TRANSACTIONS

 

The following is a list of related parties which the Company has transactions with:

 

  (a) Mr. Haiping Hu, Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

  (b) Mr. Chenming Qi, Chief Operating Officer of the Company.

 

  (c) Mr. Haiwei Zuo, a director of the Company.

 

  (d)

Mr. Xuanming Wang, a shareholder of the Company.

 

  (e) Ms. Hui Qi, an immediate family member of Mr. Chenming Qi.

 

  (f) Mr. Zebing Liu, a shareholder of the Company.

 

  (g) Ms. Hong Liu, 44% shareholder of GMB Linking.
     
  (h) Beijing Yihe Business Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yihe Beijing”), a 40% shareholder of GMB (Beijing).

 

  (i) Ningbo Zhuhai Investment Co., Ltd. (“Zhuhai Investment”),a company controlled by Mr. Haiping Hu.

  

  (j) Zhifang (Shanghai) Marketing Management Co., Ltd. (“Zhifang Marketing”), 49% shareholder of GMB Consulting.

 

  (k)   Taiyuan Jindao Shengshi Culture Communication Co., Ltd(“Taiyuan Jindao”), the Company’s former director Mr. Xiaoli Chen ownes 40% share and as legal representative and CEO.

 

  (l) Taiyuan Ruihaojia Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Taiyuan Ruihaojia”), the Company’s former director Mr. Xiaoli Chen owns 33% share.

 

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a. Due from related parties

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the balances of amount due from related parties were as follows:

 

        As of December 31,  
        2018     2017  
Due from related parties                
Ms. Hui Qi (e)   (1)   $ 291,409     $ -  
Mr. Haiping Hu (a)   (1)     262,269       275,474  
Mr. Chenming Qi (b)   (1)     101,993       107,129  
Mr. Haiwei Zuo (c)   (1)     43,711       45,912  
Mr. Xuanming Wang (d)   (1)     21,856       22,956  
Total       $ 721,238     $ 451,471  

  

(1) The balance represented the fund lent to the related parties. These amounts were not interest bearing and are due on June 30, 2019. The balances have been fully repaid in June 2019.

 

b. Due to related parties

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the balances of amount due to related parties were as follows:

 

        As of December 31,  
        2018     2017  
Due to related parties                
Yihe Beijing (h)   (1)   $ 49,442     $ -  
Zhuhai Investment (i)   (2)     18,420       -  
Total         67,862       -  

 

(1) The balance as of December 31, 2018 represented the payment of rental fees on behalf of the Company.

 

(2) The balance as of December 31, 2018 represented the rental fees of the Company lease the office from the related party. For the year end December 31, 2018, the total rental fees to the related party were $18,420.

 

c. Deferred revenue - related parties

 

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, deferred revenue from related parties was as follows:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
Zhifang Marketing(j)   $ -     $ 59,686  
Mr.Zebing Liu(f)     -       1,530  
Taiyuan Jindao(k)     -       3,061  
Ms.Hong Liu(g)            -       9,620  
Total     -       73,897  

 

The Company provided member services and comprehensive tailored services to Zhifang Marketing and the other three related parties. For the year end December 31, 2018 and 2017, total revenues from these related parties were $118,810 and $46,699, among which $92,204 and $41,917 were from Zhifang Marketing.

 

The Company also purchased professional services from Zhifang Marketing and Taiyuan Ruihaojia(l). For the year end December 31, 2018 and 2017, service costs paid to Zhifang Marketing were $1,939 and $103,257, respectively, and service costs paid to Taiyuan Ruihaojia were $111,798 and $nil, respectively.

 

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NOTE 12 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Ordinary shares

 

GIP was established under the laws of the Cayman Islands on February 22, 2019. The authorized number of Ordinary Shares was 500,000,000 with par value of $0.0001 per share. On February 22, 2019, GIP issued 1,000,000 new shares to the controlling shareholders at par $0.0001 per share. On August 8, 2019, GIP issued an aggregate of 27,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of US$0.0001 per share with total consideration of US$2,800, pro-rata to the shareholders of GIP as of such date. As of the date of this report, 28,000,000 ordinary shares were issued at par value, equivalent to a share capital of $2,800.

 

The issuance of these 28,000,000 ordinary shares at par value is considered as a part of the Reorganization of the Company, which was retroactively applied as if the transaction occurred at the beginning of the period presented.

 

Non-controlling interest

 

Non-controlling interest consist of the following:

 

    As of December 31,  
    2018     2017  
             
GMB(Beijing)   $ 97,576     $ -  
GMB Culture     209,929       12,471  
GMB Linking     8,137       -  
GMB Consulting     15,635       31,263  
Total   $ 331,277     $ 43,734  

 

The Company and the non-controlling shareholders set up subsidiaries GMB Culture, GMB Linking and GMB Consulting in 2017, and GMB(Beijing) in 2018. Pursuant to the subscription agreements, the Company holds 51%, and the non-controlling shareholders hold 49% of the equity interests in each of the four subsidiaries, in accordance with their respective capital subscriptions to be paid at any time before the end of each of the respective subscription periods, which are June 15, 2033, December 6, 2037, December 31, 2037 and December 31, 2028.

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Company made the capital contributions of $74,730, $193,812 and $9,436 to GMB(Beijing), GMB Culture, and GMB Linking, respectively; and the non-controlling shareholders made the capital contributions of $57,701, $60,689 and $8,739 to GMB(Beijing), GMB Culture, and GMB Linking, respectively. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Company made the capital contribution of $38,350 to GMB Consulting; and the non-controlling shareholders made the capital contributions of $306 and $37,660 into GMB Culture and GMB Consulting, respectively.

 

The actual capital contributions made by the Company and the non-controlling shareholders for the fiscal years 2018 and 2017 have no effect on the Company’s equity percentage in these four subsidiaries.

 

Statutory reserves

 

In accordance with the Regulations on Enterprises of PRC, the Company’s WFOE, VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries in the PRC are required to provide for statutory reserves, which are appropriated from net profit as reported in the Company’s PRC statutory accounts. They are required to allocate 10% of their after-tax profits to fund statutory reserves until such reserves have reached 50% of their respective registered capital. These reserve funds, however, may not be distributed as cash dividends.

 

As of December 31, 2018, the statutory reserves of the Company’s WFOE, VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries in the PRC have not reached 50% of their respective registered capital. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the balances of the statutory reserves were $633,247 and $3,129, respectively.

 

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NOTE 13 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Contingencies

 

The Company may be involved in various legal proceedings, claims and other disputes arising from the commercial operations, projects, employees and other matters which, in general, are subject to uncertainties and in which the outcomes are not predictable. The Company determines whether an estimated loss from a contingency should be accrued by assessing whether a loss is deemed probable and can be reasonably estimated. Although the outcomes of these legal proceedings cannot be predicted, the Company does not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity. As of December 31, 2018, the Company was not aware of any litigations or lawsuits against them.

 

Operating lease commitments

 

The Company’s subsidiary lease office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements with expiration dates in 2020. Operating lease expense amounted to $215,138 and $58,539 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases were as follows as of December 31, 2018:

 

Fiscal Year ending December 31,
2019   $ 209,113  
2020     75,485  
Total   $ 284,598  

  

NOTE 14 – SEGMENT REPORTING

 

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for details on the Company’s business segments.

 

The Company uses the management approach to determine reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for making decisions, allocating resources and assessing performance. The Company’s CODM has been identified as the CEO, who reviews consolidated results when making decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance of the Company.

   

Based on the management’s assessment, the Company determined that it has only one operating segment and therefore one reportable segment as defined by ASC 280. The Company’s assets are substantially all located in the PRC and substantially all of the Company’s revenue and expense are derived in the PRC. Therefore, no geographical segments are presented.

 

The following table presents revenue by major service categories for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively:

 

    For the years ended
December 31,
 
    2018     2017  
             
Member services   $ 5,280,587     $ 1,099,135  
Enterprise services                
-Comprehensive tailored services     4,732,980       487,809  
-Sponsorship advertising services     2,520,026       138,977  
-Consulting services     793,400       265,467  
Online services     8,098       5,775  
Other services     203,908       289,997  
Revenue, net     13,538,999       2,287,160  

 

NOTE 15 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

The Company evaluated the subsequent event through August 9, 2019, which is the date of the issuance of consolidated financial statements, and concluded that there are no additional reportable subsequent events.

 

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5,000,000 Ordinary Shares

 

 

GLOBAL INTERNET OF PEOPLE, INC.

 

Preliminary Prospectus dated September 13, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

 

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated articles of association, which will become effective upon completion of this offering, provide that, to the extent permitted by law, we shall indemnify each existing or former secretary, director (including alternate director), and any of our other officers (including an investment adviser or an administrator or liquidator) and their personal representatives against:

 

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

 

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

 

No such existing or former secretary or officer, however, shall be indemnified in respect of any matter arising out of his own dishonesty.

 

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

 

Pursuant to indemnification agreements, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 10.02 to this Registration Statement, we will agree to indemnify our directors and officers against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.

 

The Underwriting Agreement, the form of which will be filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Registration Statement, will also provide for indemnification of us and our officers and directors.

 

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

 

ITEM 7. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

 

On February 22, 2019 and August 8, 2019, we issued an aggregate of 28,000,000 Ordinary Shares in private transactions under the Cayman Island laws. We believe that each of the following issuances was exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act regarding sales by an issuer in offshore transactions or pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act regarding transactions not involving a public offering. No underwriters were involved in these issuances of securities.

 

On February 22, 2019, the Company issued 1,000,000 Ordinary Shares to the following shareholders, in connection with entering into the VIE contractual arrangements, in a private transaction under the Cayman Island laws, 406,005 Ordinary Shares to GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., Ltd., an entity 100% controlled by Haping Hu, our CEO and chairman of the board of directors; 64,600 Ordinary Shares to GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd., an entity 100% controlled by Haiwei Zuo, our director; 41,480 Ordinary Shares to GMB Technology Co., Ltd.; 48,855 Ordinary Shares to GMB Business Communication Co., Ltd.; 35,436 Ordinary Shares to GMB Enterprise Cooperation Development Co., Ltd.; 45,220 Ordinary Shares to GMB Internet Technology Co., Ltd.; 38,573 Ordinary Shares to GMB Project Incubation Services Co., Ltd.; 8,500 Ordinary Shares to Apex Choice Global Limited; 161,481 Ordinary Shares to GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd.; and 149,850 Ordinary Shares to GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd. In addition, the Company issued one Ordinary Share to Osiris International Cayman Limited.

 

On August 8, 2019, the Company issued 27,000,000 Ordinary Shares to the following shareholders, in connection with entering into the VIE contractual arrangements, in a private transaction under the Cayman Island laws, 10,962,135 Ordinary Shares to GMB Wisdom Sharing Platform Co., Ltd., an entity 100% controlled by Haping Hu, our CEO and chairman of the board of directors; 1,744,200 Ordinary Shares to GMB Information Technology Co., Ltd., an entity 100% controlled by Haiwei Zuo, our director; 1,119,960 Ordinary Shares to GMB Technology Co., Ltd.; 1,319,085 Ordinary Shares to GMB Business Communication Co., Ltd.; 956,772 Ordinary Shares to GMB Enterprise Cooperation Development Co., Ltd.; 1,220,940 Ordinary Shares to GMB Internet Technology Co., Ltd.; 1,041,471 Ordinary Shares to GMB Project Incubation Services Co., Ltd.; 229,500 Ordinary Shares to Apex Choice Global Limited; 4,359,987 Ordinary Shares to GMB Culture Communication Co., Ltd.; and 4,045,950 Ordinary Shares to GMB Resource Services Co., Ltd. In addition, the Company issued one Ordinary Share to Osiris International Cayman Limited.

  

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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

 

(a) Exhibits

 

See Exhibit Index beginning on page F-1 of this registration statement.

 

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

 

Schedules have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.

 

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

 

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant under Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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) For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act 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.

 

(4) For the purpose of determining any liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-1 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on September 13, 2019. 

 

  GLOBAL INTERNET OF PEOPLE, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Haiping Hu
    Haiping Hu
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Haiping Hu as attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and all things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of ordinary shares of the registrant (the “Shares”), including, without limitation, the power and authority to sign the name of each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to such Shares, to any and all amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, whether such amendments or supplements are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement, to any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with such Registration Statement or any and all amendments thereto, whether such amendments are filed before or after the effective date of such Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature   Title   Date
         
/s/ Haiping Hu   Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director   September 13, 2019
Name: Haiping Hu   (principal executive officer)    
         
/s/ Chao Liu   Chief Financial Officer   September 13, 2019
Name: Chao Liu   (principal financial officer)    
         
/s/ Chenming Qi   Chief Operating Officer   September 13, 2019
Name: Chenming Qi        
         
/s/ Haiwei Zuo   Director   September 13, 2019
Name: Haiwei Zuo        

 

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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES

 

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of America, has signed this registration statement thereto in New York, NY on September 13, 2019.

 

Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC.

 

  By: /s/ Ying Li
    Name: Ying Li
    Title: Partner and Member

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Description    
1.1   Form of Underwriting Agreement**
3.1   Form of Amended Memorandum and Articles of Association*
4.1   Specimen Certificate for Ordinary Shares*
4.2   Form of Underwriter Warrant**
5.1   Form of Opinion of Conyers Dill & Pearman regarding the validity of the Ordinary Shares being registered*
8.1   Opinion of GFE Law Office regarding certain PRC tax matters (included in Exhibit 99.2)
10.1   Form of Employment Agreement by and between executive officers and the Registrant*
10.2   Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between executive officers, directors and the Registrant*
10.3   Equity Pledge Agreement dated June 10, 2019, by and among WFOE, SDH, and shareholders of SDH*
10.4   Exclusive Option Agreement, dated June 10, 2019, by and among WFOE, SDH, and shareholders of SDH*
10.5   Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement, dated June 10, 2019, by and between WFOE and SDH*
10.6   Form of Power of Attorney, June 10, 2019, by and among WFOE, SDH, and shareholders of SDH*
10.7   Form of Spousal Consent, June 10, 2019, by and among WFOE, SDH, and certain spouses of shareholders of SDH*
10.8   Strategic Cooperation Agreement, dated May 30, 2016, by and between Beijing Winning at the Frontlines Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. and GMB (Beijing).*
10.9   Copyright Authorization Agreement, dated May 30, 2016 by and between Beijing Winning at the Frontlines Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. and GMB (Beijing).*
21.1   Principal subsidiaries and consolidated affiliated entities of the Registrant*
23.1   Consent of Friedman LLP*
23.2   Consent of Conyers Dill & Pearman (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3   Consent of GFE Law Office (included in Exhibit 99.2)
99.1   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics of the Registrant*
99.2   Opinion of GFE Law Office, People’s Republic of China counsel to the Registrant, regarding certain PRC law matters and the validity of the VIE agreements*
99.3   Consent of Frost & Sullivan*
99.4   Consent of Ligang Lu*
99.5   Consent of Wei Shao*
99.6   Consent of Hong Cai*

 

* Filed herewith.
** To be filed by amendment.

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Companies Law (Revised)

Company Limited by Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

OF

 

 

 

GLOBAL INTERNET OF PEOPLE, INC.

(adopted by an Ordinary Resolution passed on a General Shareholder Meeting dated July [ ], 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of its Ordinary Shares)

 

 

 

 

THE COMPANIES LAW (REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

 

GLOBAL INTERNET OF PEOPLE, INC.

(adopted by an Ordinary Resolution passed on a General Shareholder Meeting dated July [ ], 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of its Ordinary Shares)

 

1. The name of the Company is Global Internet of People, Inc.

 

2. The Registered Office of the Company shall be at the offices of Osiris International Cayman Limited, P.O. Box 32311, Suite #4-210, Governors Square, 23 Lime Tree Bay Avenue, Cayman Islands KY1-1209, Cayman Isalnds.

 

3. Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted.

 

4. Subject to the following provisions of this Memorandum, the Company shall have and be capable of exercising all the functions of a natural person of full capacity irrespective of any question of corporate benefit, as provided by Section 27(2) of the Companies Law.

 

5. Nothing in this Memorandum shall permit the Company to carry on a business for which a licence is required under the laws of the Cayman Islands unless duly licensed.

 

6. The Company shall not trade in the Cayman Islands with any person, firm or corporation except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside the Cayman Islands; provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as to prevent the Company effecting and concluding contracts in the Cayman Islands, and exercising in the Cayman Islands all of its powers necessary for the carrying on of its business outside the Cayman Islands.

 

7. The liability of each member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such member’s shares.

 

8. The share capital of the Company is US$[●] divided into 500,000,000 Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each, with the power for the Company, insofar as is permitted by law, to redeem or purchase any of its shares and to increase or reduce the said share capital subject to the provisions of the Companies Law (Revised) and the Articles of Association of the Company and to issue any part of its capital, whether original, redeemed or increased, with or without any preference, priority or special privilege or subject to any postponement of rights or to any conditions or restrictions; and so that, unless the conditions of issue shall otherwise expressly declare, every issue of shares, whether declared to be preference or otherwise, shall be subject to the power hereinbefore contained.

 

9. The Company may exercise the power contained in the Companies Law to deregister in the Cayman Islands and be registered by way of continuation in another jurisdiction.

 

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THE COMPANIES LAW (REVISED)

EXEMPTED COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

 

GLOBAL INTERNET OF PEOPLE, INC.

(adopted by an Ordinary Resolution passed on a General Shareholder Meeting dated July [   ], 2019 and effective immediately prior to the completion of the Company’s initial public offering of its Ordinary Shares)

 

TABLE A

 

1. The regulations in Table A in the Schedule to the Companies Law (Revised) do not apply to the Company.

 

INTERPRETATION

 

2. (1) In these Articles, unless the context otherwise requires, the words standing in the first column of the following table shall bear the meaning set opposite them respectively in the second column.

  

  WORD   MEANING
       
  “Audit Committee”   the audit committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 100) hereof, or any successor audit committee.
       
“Auditor”   the independent auditor of the Company which shall be an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants.
       
“Articles”   these Articles in their present form or as supplemented or amended or substituted from time to time.
       
  “Board” or “Directors”   the board of directors of the Company or the directors present at a meeting of directors of the Company at which a quorum is present.
       
“capital”   the share capital from time to time of the Company.
       
  “class I directors”   has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 65(2)
       
  “class II directors”   has the meaning ascribed to it in Article 65(2)

 

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  “clear days”   in relation to the period of a notice, that period excluding the day when the notice is given or deemed to be given and the day for which it is given or on which it is to take effect.
       
  “clearing house”   a clearing house recognised by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such jurisdiction.
       
“Company”   Global Internet of People, Inc.
       
  “Compensation Committee”   the compensation committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 100 hereof, or any successor audit committee.
       
  “competent regulatory authority”   a competent regulatory authority in the territory where the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on a stock exchange or interdealer quotation system in such territory.
       
  “debenture” and “debenture holder”   include debenture stock and debenture stockholder respectively.
       
  “Designated Stock “Exchange”   the NASDAQ Stock Market.
       
  “dollars” and “$”   dollars, the legal currency of the United States of America.
       
  “Exchange Act”   the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
       
“Electronic”   as that term defined in the Electronic Transactions Law (Revised).
       
  “Electronic Record”   as that term defined in the Electronic Transactions Law (Revised).
       
  “Electronic Signature”   as that term defined in the Electronic Transactions Law (Revised).
       
  “FINRA”   Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

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  “FINRA Rules”   the rules set forth by FINRA.
       
  “head office”   such office of the Company as the Directors may from time to time determine to be the principal office of the Company.
       
“Law”   The Companies Law, Cap. 22 (Law 3 of 1961, as consolidated and revised) of the Cayman Islands.
       
“Member”   a duly registered holder from time to time of the shares in the capital of the Company.
       
“month”   a calendar month.
       
  “Nomination Committee”   the nomination committee of the Company formed by the Board pursuant to Article 100 hereof, or any successor audit committee.
       
“Notice”   written notice unless otherwise specifically stated and as further defined in these Articles.
       
“Office”   the registered office of the Company for the time being.
       
  “ordinary resolution”   a resolution shall be an ordinary resolution when it has been passed by a simple majority of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of any Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting duly called and held in accordance with these Articles.
       
  “paid up”   paid up or credited as paid up.
       
“Register”   the principal register and where applicable, any branch register of Members of the Company to be maintained at such place within or outside the Cayman Islands as the Board shall determine from time to time.
       
  “Registration Office”   in respect of any class of share capital such place as the Board may from time to time determine to keep a branch register of Members in respect of that class of share capital and where (except in cases where the Board otherwise directs) the transfers or other documents of title for such class of share capital are to be lodged for registration and are to be registered.
       
  “SEC”   the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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“Seal” common seal or any one or more duplicate seals of the Company (including a securities seal) for use in the Cayman Islands or in any place outside the Cayman Islands.
     
“Secretary” any person, firm or corporation appointed by the Board to perform any of the duties of secretary of the Company and includes any assistant, deputy, temporary or acting secretary.
     
  “special resolution” a resolution shall be a special resolution when it has been passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of votes cast by such Members as, being entitled so to do, vote in person or, in the case of such Members as are corporations, by their respective duly authorised representative or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting duly called and held in accordance with these Articles.
     
    a special resolution shall be effective for any purpose for which an ordinary resolution is expressed to be required under any provision of these Articles or the Statutes.
     
“Statutes” the Law and every other law of the Legislature of the Cayman Islands for the time being in force applying to or affecting the Company, its Memorandum of Association and/or these Articles.
     
“year” a calendar year.

 

(2) In these Articles, unless there is something within the subject or context inconsistent with such construction:

 

(a) words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;

 

(b) words importing a gender include both gender and the neuter;

 

(c) words importing persons include companies, associations and bodies of persons whether corporate or not;

 

(d) the words:

 

(i) “may” shall be construed as permissive;

 

(ii) “shall” or “will” shall be construed as imperative;

 

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(e) expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing words or figures in a visible form, and including where the representation takes the form of electronic display, provided that both the mode of service of the relevant document or notice and the Member’s election comply with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations;

 

(f) references to any law, ordinance, statute or statutory provision shall be interpreted as relating to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;

 

(g) save as aforesaid words and expressions defined in the Statutes shall bear the same meanings in these Articles if not inconsistent with the subject in the context;

 

(h) references to a document being executed include references to it being executed under hand or under seal or by Electronic Signature or by any other method and references to a notice or document include a notice or document recorded or stored in any digital, electronic, electrical, magnetic or other retrievable form or medium and information in visible form whether having physical substance or not.

 

SHARE CAPITAL

 

3. (1) The share capital of the Company at the date on which these Articles come into effect shall be divided into Ordinary Shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

(2) Subject to the Law, the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and/or any competent regulatory authority, the Company shall have the power to purchase or otherwise acquire its own shares and such power shall be exercisable by the Board in such manner, upon such terms and subject to such conditions as it in its absolute discretion thinks fit and any determination by the Board of the manner of purchase shall be deemed authorised by these Articles for purposes of the Law.

 

(3) No share shall be issued to bearer.

 

ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

 

4. The Company may from time to time by ordinary resolution in accordance with the Law alter the conditions of its Memorandum of Association to:

 

(a) increase its capital by such sum, to be divided into shares of such amounts, as the resolution shall prescribe;

 

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(b) consolidate and divide all or any of its capital into shares of larger amount than its existing shares;

 

(c) without prejudice to the powers of the Board under Article 12, divide its shares into several classes and without prejudice to any special rights previously conferred on the holders of existing shares attach thereto respectively any preferential, deferred, qualified or special rights, privileges, conditions or such restrictions which in the absence of any such determination by the Company in general meeting, as the Directors may determine provided always that, for the avoidance of doubt, where a class of shares has been authorized by the Company no resolution of the Company in general meeting is required for the issuance of shares of that class and the Directors may issue shares of that class and determine such rights, privileges, conditions or restrictions attaching thereto as aforesaid, and further provided that where the Company issues shares which do not carry voting rights, the words “non-voting” shall appear in the designation of such shares and where the equity capital includes shares with different voting rights, the designation of each class of shares, other than those with the most favourable voting rights, must include the words “restricted voting” or “limited voting”;

 

(d) sub-divide its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Company’s Memorandum of Association (subject, nevertheless, to the Law), and may by such resolution determine that, as between the holders of the shares resulting from such sub-division, one or more of the shares may have any such preferred, deferred or other rights or be subject to any such restrictions as compared with the other or others as the Company has power to attach to unissued or new shares; and

 

(e) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed to be taken, by any person, and diminish the amount of its capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares, without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided.

 

5. The Board may settle as it considers expedient any difficulty which arises in relation to any consolidation and division under the last preceding Article and in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares or arrange for the sale of the shares representing fractions and the distribution of the net proceeds of sale (after deduction of the expenses of such sale) in due proportion amongst the Members who would have been entitled to the fractions, and for this purpose the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares representing fractions to their purchaser or resolve that such net proceeds be paid to the Company for the Company’s benefit. Such purchaser will not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor will his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale.

 

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6. The Company may from time to time by special resolution, subject to any confirmation or consent required by the Law, reduce its share capital or any capital redemption reserve or other undistributable reserve in any manner permitted by law.

 

7. Except so far as otherwise provided by the conditions of issue, or by these Articles, any capital raised by the creation of new shares shall be treated as if it formed part of the original capital of the Company, and such shares shall be subject to the provisions contained in these Articles.

 

SHARE RIGHTS

 

8. Subject to the provisions of the Law, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association and to any special rights conferred on the holders of any shares or class of shares, and without prejudice to Article 12 hereof, any share in the Company (whether forming part of the present capital or not) may be issued with or have attached thereto such rights or restrictions whether in regard to dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise as the Board may determine, including without limitation on terms that they may be, or at the option of the Company or the holder are, liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner, including out of capital, as the Board may deem fit.

 

9. Subject to the Law, any preferred shares may be issued or converted into shares that, at a determinable date or at the option of the Company or the holder, are liable to be redeemed on such terms and in such manner as the Company before the issue or conversion may by ordinary resolution of the Members determine. Where the Company purchases for redemption a redeemable share, purchases not made through the market or by tender shall be limited to a maximum price as may from time to time be determined by the Board, either generally or with regard to specific purchases. If purchases are by tender, tenders shall comply with applicable laws.

 

VARIATION OF RIGHTS

 

10. Subject to the Law and without prejudice to Article 8, all or any of the special rights for the time being attached to the shares or any class of shares may, unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class, from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be varied, modified or abrogated with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. To every such separate general meeting all the provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings of the Company shall, mutatis mutandis, apply, but so that:

 

(a) the necessary quorum (whether at a separate general meeting or at its adjourned meeting) shall be a person or persons or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) its duly authorized representative together holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third in nominal value of the issued voting shares of that class;

 

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(b) every holder of shares of the class shall be entitled on a poll to one vote for every such share held by him; and

 

(c) any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy or authorised representative may demand a poll.

 

11. The special rights conferred upon the holders of any shares or class of shares shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided in the rights attaching to or the terms of issue of such shares, be deemed to be varied, modified or abrogated by the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith.

 

SHARES

 

12. (1) Subject to the Law, these Articles and, where applicable, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange and without prejudice to any special rights or restrictions for the time being attached to any shares or any class of shares, the unissued shares of the Company (whether forming part of the original or any increased capital) shall be at the disposal of the Board, which may offer, allot, grant options over or otherwise dispose of them to such persons, at such times and for such consideration and upon such terms and conditions as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine but so that no shares shall be issued at a discount, except in accordance with the provisions of Law. In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Board is hereby empowered to authorize by resolution or resolutions from time to time the issuance of one or more classes or series of preferred shares and to fix the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, including, without limitation, the number of shares constituting each such class or series, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges, voting powers, full or limited or no voting powers, and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease the size of any such class or series (but not below the number of shares of any class or series of preferred shares then outstanding) to the extent permitted by Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the establishment of any class or series of preferred shares may, to the extent permitted by law, provide that such class or series shall be superior to, rank equally with or be junior to the preferred shares of any other class or series.

 

(2) Neither the Company nor the Board shall be obliged, when making or granting any allotment of, offer of, option over or disposal of shares, to make, or make available, any such allotment, offer, option or shares to Members or others with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories being a territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, this would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be, or be deemed to be, a separate class of members for any purpose whatsoever.

 

(3) The Board may issue options, warrants or convertible securities or securities of similar nature conferring the right upon the holders thereof to subscribe for, purchase or receive any class of shares or securities in the capital of the Company on such terms as it may from time to time determine.

 

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13. The Company may in connection with the issue of any shares exercise all powers of paying commission and brokerage conferred or permitted by the Law. Subject to the Law, the commission may be satisfied by the payment of cash or by the allotment of fully or partly paid shares or partly in one and partly in the other.

 

14. Except as required by law, no person shall be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust and the Company shall not be bound by or required in any way to recognise (even when having notice thereof) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any share or any fractional part of a share or (except only as otherwise provided by these Articles or by law) any other rights in respect of any share except an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

 

15. Subject to the Law and these Articles, the Board may at any time after the allotment of shares but before any person has been entered in the Register as the holder, recognise a renunciation thereof by the allottee in favour of some other person and may accord to any allottee of a share a right to effect such renunciation upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Board considers fit to impose.

 

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

16. Every share certificate shall be issued under the Seal or a facsimile thereof or with the Seal printed thereon and shall specify the number and class and distinguishing numbers (if any) of the shares to which it relates, and the amount paid up thereon and may otherwise be in such form as the Directors may from time to time determine. No certificate shall be issued representing shares of more than one class. The Board may by resolution determine, either generally or in any particular case or cases, that any signatures on any such certificates (or certificates in respect of other securities) need not be autographic but may be affixed to such certificates by some mechanical means or may be printed thereon.

 

17. (1) In the case of a share held jointly by several persons, the Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate therefor and delivery of a certificate to one of several joint holders shall be sufficient delivery to all such holders.

 

(2) Where a share stands in the names of two or more persons, the person first named in the Register shall as regards service of notices and, subject to the provisions of these Articles, all or any other matters connected with the Company, except the transfer of the shares, be deemed the sole holder thereof.

 

18. Every person whose name is entered, upon an allotment of shares, as a Member in the Register shall be entitled, upon payment of such fee as the Directors may from time to time determine, to receive one certificate for all such shares of any one class or several certificates each for one or more of such shares of such class upon payment for every certificate of such fee as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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19. Where applicable, share certificates shall be issued within the relevant time limit as prescribed by the Law or as the Designated Stock Exchange may from time to time determine, whichever is the shorter, after allotment or, except in the case of a transfer which the Company is for the time being entitled to refuse to register and does not register, after lodgment of a transfer with the Company.

 

20. Upon every transfer of shares the certificate (if any) held by the transferor shall be given up to be cancelled, and shall forthwith be cancelled accordingly, and, subject to Article 18, a new certificate shall be issued to the transferee in respect of the shares transferred to him. If any of the shares included in the certificate so given up shall be retained by the transferor a new certificate for the balance shall be issued to him at the aforesaid fee payable by the transferor to the Company in respect thereof.

 

21. If a share certificate shall be damaged or defaced or alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed a new certificate representing the same shares may be issued to the relevant Member upon request and on payment of such fee as the Company may determine and, subject to compliance with such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and to payment of the costs and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Company in investigating such evidence and preparing such indemnity as the Board may think fit and, in case of damage or defacement, on delivery of the old certificate to the Company provided always that where share warrants have been issued, no new share warrant shall be issued to replace one that has been lost unless the Board has determined that the original has been destroyed.

 

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

 

22. (1) The Company shall keep in one or more books a Register of its Members and shall enter therein the following particulars, that is to say:

 

(a) the name and address of each Member, the number and class of shares held by him and the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on such shares;

 

(b) the date on which each person was entered in the Register; and

 

(c) the date on which any person ceased to be a Member.

 

(2) The Company may keep an overseas or local or other branch register of Members resident in any place, and the Board may make and vary such regulations as it determines in respect of the keeping of any such register and maintaining a Registration Office in connection therewith.

 

23. The Register and branch register of Members, as the case may be, shall be open to inspection for such times and on such days as the Board shall determine by Members without charge or by any other person, upon a maximum payment of $2.50 or such other sum specified by the Board, at the Office or Registration Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Law. The Register including any overseas or local or other branch register of Members may, subject to compliance with any notice requirement of the Designated Stock Exchange, be closed at such times or for such periods not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in each year as the Board may determine and either generally or in respect of any class of shares.

 

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RECORD DATES

 

24. For the purpose of determining the Members entitled to notice of or to vote at any general meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of Members, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other such action.

 

If the Board does not fix a record date for any general meeting, the record date for determining the Members entitled to a notice of or to vote at such meeting shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with these Articles notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. If corporate action without a general meeting is to be taken, the record date for determining the Members entitled to express consent to such corporate action in writing, when no prior action by the Board is necessary, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Company by delivery to its head office. The record date for determining the Members for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

A determination of the Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the Members shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

25. Subject to these Articles and the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange, any Member may transfer all or any of his shares by an instrument of transfer in the usual or common form or in a form prescribed by the Designated Stock Exchange or in any other form approved by the Board and may be under hand or, if the transferor or transferee is a clearing house or a central depository house or its nominee(s), by hand or by machine imprinted signature or by Electronic Signature or by such other manner of execution as the Board may approve from time to time.

 

26. The instrument of transfer shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor and the transferee provided that the Board may dispense with the execution of the instrument of transfer by the transferee in any case which it thinks fit in its discretion to do so. Without prejudice to the last preceding Article, the Board may also resolve, either generally or in any particular case, upon request by either the transferor or transferee, to accept mechanically executed transfers. The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of the share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register in respect thereof. Nothing in these Articles shall preclude the Board from recognising a renunciation of the allotment or provisional allotment of any share by the allottee in favour of some other person.

 

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27. (1) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and without giving any reason therefor, refuse to register a transfer of any share made in accordance with Article 46 but only where such share is not a fully paid up share (and being transferred to a person of whom it does not approve), or any share issued under any share incentive scheme for employees or pursuant to any other agreement, contract or other such arrangement, upon which a restriction on transfer imposed thereby still subsists, and it may also, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, refuse to register a transfer of any share to more than four joint holders.

 

(2) The Board in so far as permitted by any applicable law may, in its absolute discretion, at any time and from time to time transfer any share upon the Register to any branch register or any share on any branch register to the Register or any other branch register. In the event of any such transfer, the shareholder requesting such transfer shall bear the cost of effecting the transfer unless the Board otherwise determines.

 

(3) Unless the Board otherwise agrees (which agreement may be on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Board in its absolute discretion may from time to time determine, and which agreement the Board shall, without giving any reason therefore, be entitled in its absolute discretion to give or withhold), no shares upon the Register shall be transferred to any branch register nor shall shares on any branch register be transferred to the Register or any other branch register and all transfers and other documents of title shall be lodged for registration, and registered, in the case of any shares on a branch register, at the relevant Registration Office, and, in the case of any shares on the Register, at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Law.

 

28. Without limiting the generality of the last preceding Article, the Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer unless:-

 

(a) a fee of such maximum sum as the Designated Stock Exchange may determine to be payable or such lesser sum as the Board may from time to time require is paid to the Company in respect thereof;

 

(b) the instrument of transfer is in respect of only one class of share;

 

(c) the instrument of transfer is lodged at the Office or such other place at which the Register is kept in accordance with the Law or the Registration Office (as the case may be) accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do); and

 

(d) if applicable, the instrument of transfer is duly and properly stamped.

 

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29. If the Board refuses to register a transfer of any share, it shall, within three months after the date on which the transfer was lodged with the Company, send to each of the transferor and transferee notice of the refusal.

 

30. The registration of transfers of shares or of any class of shares may, subject to compliance with any notice requirement of the Designated Stock Exchange, be suspended at such times and for such periods (not exceeding in the whole thirty (30) days in any year) as the Board may determine.

 

TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

31. If a Member dies, the survivor or survivors where the deceased was a joint holder, and his legal personal representatives where he was a sole or only surviving holder, will be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest in the shares; but nothing in this Article will release the estate of a deceased Member (whether sole or joint) from any liability in respect of any share which had been solely or jointly held by him.

 

32. Any person becoming entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member may, upon such evidence as to his title being produced as may be required by the Board, elect either to become the holder of the share or to have some person nominated by him registered as the transferee thereof. If he elects to become the holder he shall notify the Company in writing either at the Registration Office or Office, as the case may be, to that effect. If he elects to have another person registered he shall execute a transfer of the share in favour of that person. The provisions of these Articles relating to the transfer and registration of transfers of shares shall apply to such notice or transfer as aforesaid as if the death or bankruptcy of the Member had not occurred and the notice or transfer were a transfer signed by such Member.

 

33. A person becoming entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member shall be entitled to the same dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the share. However, the Board may, if it thinks fit, withhold the payment of any dividend payable or other advantages in respect of such share until such person shall become the registered holder of the share or shall have effectually transferred such share, but, subject to the requirements of Article 75(2) being met, such a person may vote at meetings.

 

UNTRACEABLE MEMBERS

 

34. (1) Without prejudice to the rights of the Company under paragraph (2) of this Article, the Company may cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants by post if such cheques or warrants have been left uncashed on two consecutive occasions. However, the Company may exercise the power to cease sending cheques for dividend entitlements or dividend warrants after the first occasion on which such a cheque or warrant is returned undelivered.

 

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(2) The Company shall have the power to sell, in such manner as the Board thinks fit, any shares of a Member who is untraceable, but no such sale shall be made unless:

 

(a) all cheques or warrants in respect of dividends of the shares in question, being not less than three in total number, for any sum payable in cash to the holder of such shares in respect of them sent during the relevant period in the manner authorised by the Articles have remained uncashed;

 

(b) so far as it is aware at the end of the relevant period, the Company has not at any time during the relevant period received any indication of the existence of the Member who is the holder of such shares or of a person entitled to such shares by death, bankruptcy or operation of law; and

 

(c) the Company, if so required by the rules governing the listing of shares on the Designated Stock Exchange, has given notice to, and caused advertisement in newspapers to be made in accordance with the requirements of, the Designated Stock Exchange of its intention to sell such shares in the manner required by the Designated Stock Exchange, and a period of three (3) months or such shorter period as may be allowed by the Designated Stock Exchange has elapsed since the date of such advertisement.

 

For the purpose of the foregoing, the “relevant period” means the period commencing twelve (12) years before the date of publication of the advertisement referred to in paragraph (c) of this Article and ending at the expiry of the period referred to in that paragraph.

 

(3) To give effect to any such sale the Board may authorise some person to transfer the said shares and an instrument of transfer signed or otherwise executed by or on behalf of such person shall be as effective as if it had been executed by the registered holder or the person entitled by transmission to such shares, and the purchaser shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money nor shall his title to the shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the sale. The net proceeds of the sale will belong to the Company and upon receipt by the Company of such net proceeds it shall become indebted to the former Member for an amount equal to such net proceeds. No trust shall be created in respect of such debt and no interest shall be payable in respect of it and the Company shall not be required to account for any money earned from the net proceeds which may be employed in the business of the Company or as it thinks fit. Any sale under this Article shall be valid and effective notwithstanding that the Member holding the shares sold is dead, bankrupt or otherwise under any legal disability or incapacity.

 

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

35. An annual general meeting of the Company shall be held in each year other than the year in which these Articles were adopted at such time and place as may be determined by the Board.

 

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36. Each general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, shall be called an extraordinary general meeting. Extraordinary general meetings may be held at such times and in any location in the world as may be determined by the Board. To the extent that Members hold in aggregate less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding voting shares in the Company, they cannot:

 

(a) Call general meetings or annual general meetings; and

 

(b) Include matters for consideration at shareholder meetings.

 

37. (1) Only a majority of the Board may call extraordinary general meetings, which extraordinary general meetings shall be held at such times and locations (as permitted hereby) as such person or persons shall determine.

 

(2) The Board shall, on the requisition of Members holding at the date of the deposit of the requisition not less than one-tenth of such of the paid-up share capital of the Company as at the date of the deposit carries the right to vote at general meetings, forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting. To be effective the requisition shall state the objects of the meeting, shall be in writing, signed by the requisitionists, and shall be deposited at the registered office. The requisition may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

(3) If the Board does not, within twenty-one days from the date of the requisition, duly proceed to call an extraordinary general meeting, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene an extraordinary general meeting; but any meeting so called shall not be held more than ninety days after the requisition. An extraordinary general meeting called by requisitionists shall be called in the same manner, as nearly as possible, as that in which general meetings are to be called by the Board.

 

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

38. (1) Any general meeting (whether an annual general meeting or an extraordinary general meeting) may be called by not less than (i) twenty-one (21) clear days’ Notice in the case of an annual general meeting or (ii) fourteen (14) clear days’ Notice in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, save that any such annual or extraordinary general meeting may be called by shorter notice, subject to the Law, if it is so agreed:

 

(a) in the case of a meeting called as an annual general meeting, by all the Members entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

(b) in the case of any other meeting, by a majority in number of the Members having the right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninety five per cent. (95%) in nominal value of the issued shares giving that right.

 

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(2) The Notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of special business, the general nature of the business to be conducted and further, in the case of any matter for which approval by special resolution shall be required, the intention to propose such a special resolution. The Notice convening an annual general meeting shall specify the meeting as such. Notice of every general meeting shall be given to all Members other than to such Members as, under the provisions of these Articles or the terms of issue of the shares they hold, are not entitled to receive such notices from the Company, to all persons entitled to a share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or winding-up of a Member and to each of the Directors and the Auditors.

 

(3) A Member may give notice to the Company of business proposed to be brought before an annual general meeting provided that such notice of proposal of business must be delivered to, or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Company not less than ninety (90) days and not more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual general meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual general meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, such notice by the Member, to be timely, must be so delivered, or so mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual general meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which “public disclosure” of the date of such meeting was first made by the Company (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual general meeting, or the announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of Timely Notice as described above. For purposes of these Articles, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or publicly filed according to applicable law.

 

39. The accidental omission to give Notice of a meeting or (in cases where instruments of proxy are sent out with the Notice) to send such instrument of proxy to, or the non-receipt of such Notice or such instrument of proxy by, any person entitled to receive such Notice shall not invalidate any resolution passed or the proceedings at that meeting.

 

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

40. (1) All business shall be deemed special that is transacted at an extraordinary general meeting, and also all business that is transacted at an annual general meeting, with the exception of:

 

(a) the declaration and sanctioning of dividends;

 

(b) consideration and adoption of the accounts and balance sheet and the reports of the Directors and Auditors and other documents required to be annexed to the balance sheet;

 

(c) the election of Directors;

 

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(d) appointment of Auditors (where special notice of the intention for such appointment is not required by the Law) and other officers; and

 

(e) the fixing of the remuneration of the Auditors, and the voting of remuneration or extra remuneration to the Directors.

 

(2) No business other than the appointment of a chairman of a meeting shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present at the commencement of the business. At any general meeting of the Company, one (1) Member entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative representing not less than one-third in nominal value of the total issued voting shares in the Company throughout the meeting shall form a quorum for all purposes.

 

41. If within thirty (30) minutes (or such longer time not exceeding one hour as the chairman of the meeting may determine to wait) after the time appointed for the meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such time and place as the Board may determine. If at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for holding the meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved.

 

42. The chairman of the Board shall preside as chairman at every general meeting. If at any meeting the chairman is not present within fifteen (15) minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, or is not willing to act as chairman, the Directors present shall choose one of their number to act, or if one Director only is present he shall preside as chairman if willing to act. If no Director is present, or if each of the Directors present declines to take the chair, or if the chairman chosen shall retire from the chair, the Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or by proxy and entitled to vote shall elect one of their number to be chairman.

 

43. The chairman may adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business which might lawfully have been transacted at the meeting had the adjournment not taken place. When a meeting is adjourned for fourteen (14) days or more, at least seven (7) clear days’ notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given specifying the time and place of the adjourned meeting but it shall not be necessary to specify in such notice the nature of the business to be transacted at the adjourned meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted. Save as aforesaid, it shall be unnecessary to give notice of an adjournment.

 

44. If an amendment is proposed to any resolution under consideration but is in good faith ruled out of order by the chairman of the meeting, the proceedings on the substantive resolution shall not be invalidated by any error in such ruling. In the case of a resolution duly proposed as a special resolution, no amendment thereto (other than a mere clerical amendment to correct a patent error) may in any event be considered or voted upon.

 

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VOTING

 

45. Subject to any special rights or restrictions as to voting for the time being attached to any shares by or in accordance with these Articles, at any general meeting on a show of hands every Member present in person (or being a corporation, is present by a duly authorised representative), or by proxy shall have one vote and on a poll every Member present in person or by proxy or, in the case of a Member being a corporation, by its duly authorised representative shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder but so that no amount paid up or credited as paid up on a share in advance of calls or instalments is treated for the foregoing purposes as paid up on the share. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Articles, where more than one proxy is appointed by a Member which is a clearing house or a central depository house (or its nominee(s)), each such proxy shall have one vote on a show of hands. A resolution put to the vote of a meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless (before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands or on the withdrawal of any other demand for a poll) a poll is demanded:

 

(a) by the chairman of such meeting; or

 

(b) by at least three Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or by proxy for the time being entitled to vote at the meeting; or

 

(c) by a Member or Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or by proxy and representing not less than one-tenth of the total voting rights of all Members having the right to vote at the meeting; or

 

(d) by a Member or Members present in person or (in the case of a Member being a corporation) by its duly authorised representative or by proxy and holding shares in the Company conferring a right to vote at the meeting being shares on which an aggregate sum has been paid up equal to not less than one-tenth of the total sum paid up on all shares conferring that right; or

 

(e) if required by the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, by any Director or Directors who, individually or collectively, hold proxies in respect of shares representing five per cent. (5%) or more of the total voting rights at such meeting.

 

A demand by a person as proxy for a Member or in the case of a Member being a corporation by its duly authorised representative shall be deemed to be the same as a demand by a Member.

 

46. Unless a poll is duly demanded and the demand is not withdrawn, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or not carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect made in the minute book of the Company, shall be conclusive evidence of the facts without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded for or against the resolution.

 

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47. If a poll is duly demanded the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the poll was demanded. There shall be no requirement for the chairman to disclose the voting figures on a poll.

 

48. A poll demanded on the election of a chairman, or on a question of adjournment, shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken in such manner (including the use of ballot or voting papers or tickets) and either forthwith or at such time (being not later than thirty (30) days after the date of the demand) and place as the chairman directs. It shall not be necessary (unless the chairman otherwise directs) for notice to be given of a poll not taken immediately.

 

49. The demand for a poll shall not prevent the continuance of a meeting or the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been demanded, and, with the consent of the chairman, it may be withdrawn at any time before the close of the meeting or the taking of the poll, whichever is the earlier.

 

50. On a poll votes may be given either personally or by proxy.

 

51. A person entitled to more than one vote on a poll need not use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses in the same way.

 

52. All questions submitted to a meeting shall be decided by a simple majority of votes except where a greater majority is required by these Articles or by the Law. In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman of such meeting shall be entitled to a second or casting vote in addition to any other vote he may have.

 

53. Where there are joint holders of any share any one of such joint holders may vote, either in person or by proxy, in respect of such share as if he were solely entitled thereto, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at any meeting the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Register in respect of the joint holding. Several executors or administrators of a deceased Member in whose name any share stands shall for the purposes of this Article be deemed joint holders thereof.

 

54. (1) A Member who is a patient for any purpose relating to mental health or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court having jurisdiction for the protection or management of the affairs of persons incapable of managing their own affairs may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person in the nature of a receiver, committee or curator bonis appointed by such court, and such receiver, committee, curator bonis or other person may vote on a poll by proxy, and may otherwise act and be treated as if he were the registered holder of such shares for the purposes of general meetings, provided that such evidence as the Board may require of the authority of the person claiming to vote shall have been deposited at the Office, head office or Registration Office, as appropriate, not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting, or adjourned meeting or poll, as the case may be.

 

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(2) Any person entitled under Article 53 to be registered as the holder of any shares may vote at any general meeting in respect thereof in the same manner as if he were the registered holder of such shares, provided that forty-eight (48) hours at least before the time of the holding of the meeting or adjourned meeting, as the case may be, at which he proposes to vote, he shall satisfy the Board of his entitlement to such shares, or the Board shall have previously admitted his right to vote at such meeting in respect thereof.

 

55. No Member shall, unless the Board otherwise determines, be entitled to attend and vote and to be reckoned in a quorum at any general meeting unless he is duly registered and all calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of shares in the Company have been paid.

 

56. If:

 

(a) any objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter; or

 

(b) any votes have been counted which ought not to have been counted or which might have been rejected; or

 

(c) any votes are not counted which ought to have been counted;

 

the objection or error shall not vitiate the decision of the meeting or adjourned meeting on any resolution unless the same is raised or pointed out at the meeting or, as the case may be, the adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered or at which the error occurs. Any objection or error shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and shall only vitiate the decision of the meeting on any resolution if the chairman decides that the same may have affected the decision of the meeting. The decision of the chairman on such matters shall be final and conclusive.

 

PROXIES

 

57. Any Member entitled to attend and vote at a meeting of the Company shall be entitled to appoint another person as his proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A Member who is the holder of two or more shares may appoint more than one proxy to represent him and vote on his behalf at a general meeting of the Company or at a class meeting. A proxy need not be a Member. In addition, a proxy or proxies representing either a Member who is an individual or a Member which is a corporation shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the Member which he or they represent as such Member could exercise.

 

58. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing or, if the appointor is a corporation, either under its seal or under the hand of an officer, attorney or other person authorised to sign the same. In the case of an instrument of proxy purporting to be signed on behalf of a corporation by an officer thereof it shall be assumed, unless the contrary appears, that such officer was duly authorised to sign such instrument of proxy on behalf of the corporation without further evidence of the facts.

 

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59. The instrument appointing a proxy and (if required by the Board) the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a certified copy of such power or authority, shall be delivered to such place or one of such places (if any) as may be specified for that purpose in or by way of note to or in any document accompanying the notice convening the meeting (or, if no place is so specified at the Registration Office or the Office, as may be appropriate) not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote or, in the case of a poll taken subsequently to the date of a meeting or adjourned meeting, not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the expiration of twelve (12) months from the date named in it as the date of its execution, except at an adjourned meeting or on a poll demanded at a meeting or an adjourned meeting in cases where the meeting was originally held within twelve (12) months from such date. Delivery of an instrument appointing a proxy shall not preclude a Member from attending and voting in person at the meeting convened and in such event, the instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to be revoked.

 

60. Instruments of proxy shall be in any common form or in such other form as the Board may approve (provided that this shall not preclude the use of the two-way form) and the Board may, if it thinks fit, send out with the notice of any meeting forms of instrument of proxy for use at the meeting. The instrument of proxy shall be deemed to confer authority to demand or join in demanding a poll and to vote on any amendment of a resolution put to the meeting for which it is given as the proxy thinks fit. The instrument of proxy shall, unless the contrary is stated therein, be valid as well for any adjournment of the meeting as for the meeting to which it relates.

 

61. A vote given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal, or revocation of the instrument of proxy or of the authority under which it was executed, provided that no intimation in writing of such death, insanity or revocation shall have been received by the Company at the Office or the Registration Office (or such other place as may be specified for the delivery of instruments of proxy in the notice convening the meeting or other document sent therewith) two (2) hours at least before the commencement of the meeting or adjourned meeting, or the taking of the poll, at which the instrument of proxy is used.

 

62. Anything which under these Articles a Member may do by proxy he may likewise do by his duly appointed attorney and the provisions of these Articles relating to proxies and instruments appointing proxies shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to any such attorney and the instrument under which such attorney is appointed.

 

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CORPORATIONS ACTING BY REPRESENTATIVES

 

63. (1) Any corporation which is a Member may by resolution of its directors or other governing body authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members. The person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of such corporation as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member and such corporation shall for the purposes of these Articles be deemed to be present in person at any such meeting if a person so authorised is present thereat.

 

(2) If a clearing house (or its nominee(s)) or a central depository, being a corporation, is a Member, it may authorise such persons as it thinks fit to act as its representatives at any meeting of the Company or at any meeting of any class of Members provided that the authorisation shall specify the number and class of shares in respect of which each such representative is so authorised. Each person so authorised under the provisions of this Article shall be deemed to have been duly authorised without further evidence of the facts and be entitled to exercise the same rights and powers on behalf of the clearing house or central depository (or its nominee(s)) as if such person was the registered holder of the shares of the Company held by the clearing house or central depository (or its nominee(s)) including the right to vote individually on a show of hands.

 

(3) Any reference in these Articles to a duly authorised representative of a Member being a corporation shall mean a representative authorised under the provisions of this Article.

 

ACTION BY WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS OF MEMBERS

 

64. Members may pass a resolution in writing without holding a meeting if the following conditions are met:

 

(1) all Members entitled to vote are given notice of the resolution as if the same were being proposed at a meeting of Members;

 

(2) all Members entitled so to vote :

 

(a) sign a document; or

 

(b) sign several documents in the like form each signed by one or more of those Members; and

 

(3) the signed document or documents is or are delivered to the Company, including, if the Company so nominates, by delivery of an Electronic Record by Electronic means to the address specified for that purpose.

 

Such written resolution shall be as effective as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote duly convened and held.

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

65. (1) Unless otherwise determined by the Company in general meeting, the number of Directors shall not be less than two (2). There shall be no maximum number of Directors unless otherwise determined from time to time by the Members in general meeting. The Directors shall be elected or appointed in the first place by the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association or by a majority of them and thereafter in accordance with Article 65(3). At any one time, at least majority of the Board of Directors shall be Independent Directors.

 

(2) Immediately prior to the consummation of Company’s initial public offering, the Directors shall pass a Resolution of Directors dividing themselves into two classes, being the class I directors (the “Class I Directors”) and the class II directors (the “Class II Directors”). The number of Directors in each class shall be as nearly equal as possible. The Class I Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s initial meeting after the adoption of these Articles and the Class II Directors shall stand elected for a term expiring at the Company’s third annual general meeting of Members following the initial meeting. Directors elected to succeed those Class I Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the first annual general meeting following their election and directors elected to succeed those Class II Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third annual general meeting following their election. Except as the Act or any applicable law may otherwise require, in the interim between an annual general meeting or general meeting called for the election of Directors and/or the removal of one or more Directors any vacancy on the Board of Directors, may be filled by the majority vote of the remaining Directors.

 

(3) Subject to the Articles and the Law, the Company may by ordinary resolution elect any person to be a Director either to fill a casual vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board. Any Director so appointed shall hold office only until the next following annual general meeting of the Company, in accordance with the provisions in Article 65(2), above, or until his death, resignation or removal.

 

(4) The Directors by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting, shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person as a Director to fill a casual vacancy on the Board or as an addition to the existing Board, whether or not that person has previously served on the Board, subject to these Articles, applicable law and the listing rules of the Designated Stock Exchange. Any Director so appointed shall hold office until the next succeeding annual general meeting of Members or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

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(5) No Director shall be required to hold any shares of the Company by way of qualification and a Director who is not a Member shall be entitled to receive notice of and to attend and speak at any general meeting of the Company and of all classes of shares of the Company.

 

(6) Subject to any provision to the contrary in these Articles, a Director may be removed by way of a special resolution of the Members at any time before the expiration of his period of office notwithstanding anything in these Articles or in any agreement between the Company and such Director (but without prejudice to any claim for damages under any such agreement).

 

(7) A vacancy on the Board created by the removal of a Director under the provisions of subparagraph (6) above may be filled by the election or appointment by ordinary resolution of the Members at the meeting at which such Director is removed or by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the remaining Directors present and voting at a Board meeting.

 

(8) The Company may from time to time in general meeting by ordinary resolution increase or reduce the number of Directors but so that the number of Directors shall never be less than two (2).

 

(9) The Directors shall, as soon as may be after each appointment or election of Directors, elect amongst the Directors a chairman (the “Chairman”) and if more than one Director is proposed for this office, the election to such office shall take place in such manner as the Directors may determine.

 

 

RETIREMENT OF DIRECTORS

 

66. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Articles, the Directors of each Class shall retire from office once they have come to terms, provided that notwithstanding anything herein, the chairman of the Board shall not, whilst holding such office, be subject to retirement or be taken into account in determining the number of Directors to retire.

 

(2) A retiring Director shall be eligible for re-election and shall continue to act as a Director throughout the meeting at which he retires. The Directors to retire shall include (so far as necessary to ascertain the number of directors to retire) any Director who wishes to retire and not to offer himself for re-election. Any further Directors so to retire shall be those of the other Directors subject to retirement who have been longest in office since their last re-election or appointment and so that as between persons who became or were last re-elected Directors on the same day those to retire shall (unless they otherwise agree among themselves) be determined by lot and, without limitation, the Directors to retire at the first annual general meeting shall be so determined.

 

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67. No person other than a Director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Directors for election, be eligible for election as a Director at any general meeting unless a Notice signed by a Member (other than the person to be proposed) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his intention to propose such person for election and also a Notice signed by the person to be proposed of his willingness to be elected shall have been lodged at the head office or at the Registration Office provided that the minimum length of the period, during which such Notice(s) are given, shall be at least seven (7) days and that the period for lodgment of such Notice(s) shall commence no earlier than the day after the despatch of the notice of the general meeting appointed for such election and end no later than seven (7) days prior to the date of such general meeting.

 

DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS

 

68. The office of a Director shall be vacated if the Director:

 

(1) resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the Company at the Office or tendered at a meeting of the Board;

 

(2) becomes of unsound mind or dies;

 

(3) without special leave of absence from the Board, is absent from meetings of the Board for six consecutive months and the Board resolves that his office be vacated;

 

(4) becomes bankrupt or has a receiving order made against him or suspends payment or compounds with his creditors;

 

(5) is prohibited by law from being a Director; or

 

(6) ceases to be a Director by virtue of any provision of the Statutes or is removed from office pursuant to these Articles.

 

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

69. Any Director may at any time by Notice delivered to the Office or head office or at a meeting of the Directors appoint any person (including another Director) to be his alternate Director. Any person so appointed shall have all the rights and powers of the Director or Directors for whom such person is appointed in the alternative provided that such person shall not be counted more than once in determining whether or not a quorum is present. An alternate Director may be removed at any time by the body which appointed him and, subject thereto, the office of alternate Director shall continue until the happening of any event which, if we were a Director, would cause him to vacate such office or if his appointer ceases for any reason to be a Director. Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be effected by Notice signed by the appointor and delivered to the Office or head office or tendered at a meeting of the Board. An alternate Director may also be a Director in his own right and may act as alternate to more than one Director. An alternate Director shall, if his appointor so requests, be entitled to receive notices of meetings of the Board or of committees of the Board to the same extent as, but in lieu of, the Director appointing him and shall be entitled to such extent to attend and vote as a Director at any such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present and generally at such meeting to exercise and discharge all the functions, powers and duties of his appointor as a Director and for the purposes of the proceedings at such meeting the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if he were a Director save that as an alternate for more than one Director his voting rights shall be cumulative.

 

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70. An alternate Director shall only be a Director for the purposes of the Law and shall only be subject to the provisions of the Law insofar as they relate to the duties and obligations of a Director when performing the functions of the Director for whom he is appointed in the alternative and shall alone be responsible to the Company for his acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of or for the Director appointing him. An alternate Director shall be entitled to contract and be interested in and benefit from contracts or arrangements or transactions and to be repaid expenses and to be indemnified by the Company to the same extent mutatis mutandis as if he were a Director but he shall not be entitled to receive from the Company any fee in his capacity as an alternate Director except only such part, if any, of the remuneration otherwise payable to his appointor as such appointor may by Notice to the Company from time to time direct.

 

71. Every person acting as an alternate Director shall have one vote for each Director for whom he acts as alternate (in addition to his own vote if he is also a Director). If his appointor is for the time being absent from the People’s Republic of China or otherwise not available or unable to act, the signature of an alternate Director to any resolution in writing of the Board or a committee of the Board of which his appointor is a member shall, unless the notice of his appointment provides to the contrary, be as effective as the signature of his appointor.

 

72. An alternate Director shall ipso facto cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases for any reason to be a Director, however, such alternate Director or any other person may be re-appointed by the Directors to serve as an alternate Director PROVIDED always that, if at any meeting any Director retires but is re-elected at the same meeting, any appointment of such alternate Director pursuant to these Articles which was in force immediately before his retirement shall remain in force as though he had not retired.

 

DIRECTORS’ FEES AND EXPENSES

 

73. The Directors shall receive such remuneration as the Board may from time to time determine. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all traveling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debenture of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director. The ordinary remuneration of the Directors shall from time to time be determined by the Company in general meeting and shall (unless otherwise directed by the resolution by which it is voted) be divided amongst the Board in such proportions and in such manner as the Board may agree or, failing agreement, equally, except that any Director who shall hold office for part only of the period in respect of which such remuneration is payable shall be entitled only to rank in such division for a proportion of remuneration related to the period during which he has held office. Such remuneration shall be deemed to accrue from day to day.

 

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74. Each Director shall be entitled to be repaid or prepaid all travelling, hotel and incidental expenses reasonably incurred or expected to be incurred by him in attending meetings of the Board or committees of the Board or general meetings or separate meetings of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company or otherwise in connection with the discharge of his duties as a Director.

 

75. Any Director who, by request, goes or resides abroad for any purpose of the Company or who performs services which in the opinion of the Board go beyond the ordinary duties of a Director may be paid such extra remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) as the Board may determine and such extra remuneration shall be in addition to or in substitution for any ordinary remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article.

 

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

76. A Director may:

 

(a) hold any other office or place of profit with the Company (except that of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and upon such terms as the Board may determine. Any remuneration (whether by way of salary, commission, participation in profits or otherwise) paid to any Director in respect of any such other office or place of profit shall be in addition to any remuneration provided for by or pursuant to any other Article;

 

(b) act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company (otherwise than as Auditor) and he or his firm may be remunerated for professional services as if he were not a Director;

 

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(c) continue to be or become a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of any other company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as a vendor, shareholder or otherwise and (unless otherwise agreed) no such Director shall be accountable for any remuneration, profits or other benefits received by him as a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer or member of or from his interests in any such other company. Subject as otherwise provided by these Articles the Directors may exercise or cause to be exercised the voting powers conferred by the shares in any other company held or owned by the Company, or exercisable by them as Directors of such other company in such manner in all respects as they think fit (including the exercise thereof in favour of any resolution appointing themselves or any of them directors, managing directors, joint managing directors, deputy managing directors, executive directors, managers or other officers of such company) or voting or providing for the payment of remuneration to the director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officers of such other company and any Director may vote in favour of the exercise of such voting rights in manner aforesaid notwithstanding that he may be, or about to be, appointed a director, managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, executive director, manager or other officer of such a company, and that as such he is or may become interested in the exercise of such voting rights in manner aforesaid.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no “Independent Director” as defined in FINRA Rules or in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, and with respect of whom the Board has determined constitutes an “Independent Director” for purposes of compliance with applicable law or the Company’s listing requirements, shall without the consent of the Audit Committee take any of the foregoing actions or any other action that would reasonably be likely to affect such Director’s status as an “Independent Director” of the Company.

 

77. Subject to the Law and to these Articles, no Director or proposed or intending Director shall be disqualified by his office from contracting with the Company, either with regard to his tenure of any office or place of profit or as vendor, purchaser or in any other manner whatsoever, nor shall any such contract or any other contract or arrangement in which any Director is in any way interested be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company or the Members for any remuneration, profit or other benefits realised by any such contract or arrangement by reason of such Director holding that office or of the fiduciary relationship thereby established provided that such Director shall disclose the nature of his interest in any contract or arrangement in which he is interested in accordance with Article 101 herein. Any such transaction that would reasonably be likely to affect a Director’s status as an “Independent Director”, or that would constitute a “related party transaction” as defined by Item 7.N of Form 20F promulgated by the SEC, shall require the approval of the Audit Committee.

 

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78. A Director who to his knowledge is in any way, whether directly or indirectly, interested in a contract or arrangement or proposed contract or arrangement with the Company shall declare the nature of his interest at the meeting of the Board at which the question of entering into the contract or arrangement is first considered, if he knows his interest then exists, or in any other case at the first meeting of the Board after he knows that he is or has become so interested. For the purposes of this Article, a general Notice to the Board by a Director to the effect that:

 

(a) he is a member or officer of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice be made with that company or firm; or

 

(b) he is to be regarded as interested in any contract or arrangement which may after the date of the Notice be made with a specified person who is connected with him;

 

shall be deemed to be a sufficient declaration of interest under this Article in relation to any such contract or arrangement, provided that no such Notice shall be effective unless either it is given at a meeting of the Board or the Director takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at the next Board meeting after it is given.

 

79. Following a declaration being made pursuant to the last preceding two Articles, subject to any separate requirement for Audit Committee approval under applicable law or the listing rules of the Company’s Designated Stock Exchange, and unless disqualified by the chairman of the relevant Board meeting, a Director may vote in respect of any contract or proposed contract or arrangement in which such Director is interested and may be counted in the quorum at such meeting.

 

GENERAL POWERS OF THE DIRECTORS

 

80. (1) The business of the Company shall be managed and conducted by the Board, which may pay all expenses incurred in forming and registering the Company and may exercise all powers of the Company (whether relating to the management of the business of the Company or otherwise) which are not by the Statutes or by these Articles required to be exercised by the Company in general meeting, subject nevertheless to the provisions of the Statutes and of these Articles and to such regulations being not inconsistent with such provisions, as may be prescribed by the Company in general meeting, but no regulations made by the Company in general meeting shall invalidate any prior act of the Board which would have been valid if such regulations had not been made. The general powers given by this Article shall not be limited or restricted by any special authority or power given to the Board by any other Article.

 

(2) Any person contracting or dealing with the Company in the ordinary course of business shall be entitled to rely on any written or oral contract or agreement or deed, document or instrument entered into or executed as the case may be by any two of the Directors acting jointly on behalf of the Company and the same shall be deemed to be validly entered into or executed by the Company as the case may be and shall, subject to any rule of law, be binding on the Company.

 

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(3) Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by these Articles it is hereby expressly declared that the Board shall have the following powers:

 

(a) to give to any person the right or option of requiring at a future date that an allotment shall be made to him of any share at par or at such premium as may be agreed;

 

(b) to give to any Directors, officers or employees of the Company an interest in any particular business or transaction or participation in the profits thereof or in the general profits of the Company either in addition to or in substitution for a salary or other remuneration; and

 

(c) to resolve that the Company be deregistered in the Cayman Islands and continued in a named jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands subject to the provisions of the Law.

 

81. Reserved.

 

82. The Board may by power of attorney appoint any company, firm or person or any fluctuating body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Board, to be the attorney or attorneys of the Company for such purposes and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Board under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as it may think fit, and any such power of attorney may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorney as the Board may think fit, and may also authorise any such attorney to sub-delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him. Such attorney or attorneys may, if so authorised under the Seal of the Company, execute any deed or instrument under their personal seal with the same effect as the affixation of the Company’s Seal.

 

83. The Board may entrust to and confer upon a managing director, joint managing director, deputy managing director, an executive director or any Director any of the powers exercisable by it upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as it thinks fit, and either collaterally with, or to the exclusion of, its own powers, and may from time to time revoke or vary all or any of such powers but no person dealing in good faith and without notice of such revocation or variation shall be affected thereby.

 

84. All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other instruments, whether negotiable or transferable or not, and all receipts for moneys paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed, as the case may be, in such manner as the Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. The Company’s banking accounts shall be kept with such banker or bankers as the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

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85. (1) The Board may establish or concur or join with other companies (being subsidiary companies of the Company or companies with which it is associated in business) in establishing and making contributions out of the Company’s moneys to any schemes or funds for providing pensions, sickness or compassionate allowances, life assurance or other benefits for employees (which expression as used in this and the following paragraph shall include any Director or ex-Director who may hold or have held any executive office or any office of profit under the Company or any of its subsidiary companies) and ex-employees of the Company and their dependants or any class or classes of such person.

 

(2) The Board may pay, enter into agreements to pay or make grants of revocable or irrevocable pensions or other benefits to employees and ex-employees and their dependants, or to any of such persons, including pensions or benefits additional to those, if any, to which such employees or ex-employees or their dependants are or may become entitled under any such scheme or fund as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph. Any such pension or benefit may, as the Board considers desirable, be granted to an employee either before and in anticipation of or upon or at any time after his actual retirement, and may be subject or not subject to any terms or conditions as the Board may determine.

 

BORROWING POWERS

 

86. The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to raise or borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the Company and, subject to the Law, to issue debentures, bonds and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

 

87. Debentures, bonds and other securities may be made assignable free from any equities between the Company and the person to whom the same may be issued.

 

88. Any debentures, bonds or other securities may be issued at a discount (other than shares (with the exception of any share discount conducted in accordance with Law)), premium or otherwise and with any special privileges as to redemption, surrender, drawings, allotment of shares, attending and voting at general meetings of the Company, appointment of Directors and otherwise.

 

89. (1) Where any uncalled capital of the Company is charged, all persons taking any subsequent charge thereon shall take the same subject to such prior charge, and shall not be entitled, by notice to the Members or otherwise, to obtain priority over such prior charge.

 

(2) The Board shall cause a proper register to be kept, in accordance with the provisions of the Law, of all charges specifically affecting the property of the Company and of any series of debentures issued by the Company and shall duly comply with the requirements of the Law in regard to the registration of charges and debentures therein specified and otherwise.

 

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIRECTORS

 

90. The Board may meet for the despatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate its meetings as it considers appropriate. Questions arising at any meeting shall be determined by a majority of votes. In the case of any equality of votes the chairman of the meeting shall have an additional or casting vote.

 

91. A meeting of the Board may be convened by the Secretary on request of a Director or by any Director. The Secretary shall convene a meeting of the Board. Notice of a meeting of the Board shall be deemed to be duly given to a Director if it is given to such Director in writing or verbally (including in person or by telephone) or via electronic mail or by telephone or in such other manner as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

92. (1) The quorum necessary for the transaction of the business of the Board may be fixed by the Board and, unless so fixed at any other number, shall be two (2). An alternate Director shall be counted in a quorum in the case of the absence of a Director for whom he is the alternate provided that he shall not be counted more than once for the purpose of determining whether or not a quorum is present.

 

(2) Directors may participate in any meeting of the Board by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously and, for the purpose of counting a quorum, such participation shall constitute presence at a meeting as if those participating were present in person.

 

(3) Any Director who ceases to be a Director at a Board meeting may continue to be present and to act as a Director and be counted in the quorum until the termination of such Board meeting if no other Director objects and if otherwise a quorum of Directors would not be present.

 

93. The continuing Directors or a sole continuing Director may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board but, if and so long as the number of Directors is reduced below the minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles, the continuing Directors or Director, notwithstanding that the number of Directors is below the number fixed by or in accordance with these Articles as the quorum or that there is only one continuing Director, may act for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Board or of summoning general meetings of the Company but not for any other purpose.

 

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94. The Chairman of the Board shall be the chairman of all meetings of the Board. If the Chairman of the Board is not present at any meeting within five (5) minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

95. A meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be competent to exercise all the powers, authorities and discretions for the time being vested in or exercisable by the Board.

 

96. (1) The Board may delegate any of its powers, authorities and discretions to committees (including, without limitation, the Audit Committee), consisting of such Director or Directors and other persons as it thinks fit, and they may, from time to time, revoke such delegation or revoke the appointment of and discharge any such committees either wholly or in part, and either as to persons or purposes. Any committee so formed shall, in the exercise of the powers, authorities and discretions so delegated, conform to any regulations which may be imposed on it by the Board.

 

(2) All acts done by any such committee in conformity with such regulations, and in fulfilment of the purposes for which it was appointed, but not otherwise, shall have like force and effect as if done by the Board, and the Board (or if the Board delegates such power, the committee) shall have power to remunerate the members of any such committee, and charge such remuneration to the current expenses of the Company.

 

97. The meetings and proceedings of any committee consisting of two or more members shall be governed by the provisions contained in these Articles for regulating the meetings and proceedings of the Board so far as the same are applicable and are not superseded by any regulations imposed by the Board under the last preceding Article, indicating, without limitation, any committee charter adopted by the Board for purposes or in respect of any such committee.

 

98. A resolution in writing signed by all the Directors except such as are temporarily unable to act through ill-health or disability shall (provided that such number is sufficient to constitute a quorum and further provided that a copy of such resolution has been given or the contents thereof communicated to all the Directors for the time being entitled to receive notices of Board meetings in the same manner as notices of meetings are required to be given by these Articles) be as valid and effectual as if a resolution had been passed at a meeting of the Board duly convened and held. Such resolution may be contained in one document or in several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the Directors and for this purpose a facsimile signature of a Director shall be treated as valid.

 

99. All acts bona fide done by the Board or by any committee or by any person acting as a Director or members of a committee, shall, notwithstanding that it is afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any member of the Board or such committee or person acting as aforesaid or that they or any of them were disqualified or had vacated office, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and was qualified and had continued to be a Director or member of such committee.

 

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COMMITTEES

 

100. Without prejudice to the freedom of the Directors to establish any other committees, for so long as the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Board shall establish and maintain an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nomination Committee as committees of the Board, the composition and responsibilities of which shall comply with the FINRA Rules, the rules and regulations of the SEC and the rules and regulations of the Designated Stock Exchange, as appropriate.

 

101. (1) The Board shall adopt a formal written audit committee charter, a formal written compensation committee charter and review and a formal written Nomination Committee Charter and assess the adequacy of each formal written charter on an annual basis.

 

(2) The audit committee shall meet at least once every financial quarter, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

(3)  The compensation committee shall meet at least once every financial year, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

(4)  The nomination committee shall meet at least once every financial year, or more frequently as circumstances dictate.

 

102.   For so long as the shares of the Company (or depositary receipts therefor) are listed or quoted on the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company shall conduct an appropriate review of all related party transactions on an ongoing basis and shall utilize the Audit Committee for the review and approval of potential conflicts of interest.  Specifically, the Audit Committee shall approve any transaction or transactions between the Company and any of the following parties: (i) any Member owning an interest in the voting power of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that gives such Member significant influence over the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any director or executive officer of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company and any relative of such director or executive officer, (iii) any person in which a substantial interest in the voting power of the Company is owned, directly or indirectly, by any person described in (i) or (ii) or over which such a person is able to exercise significant influence, and (iv) any affiliate (other than a subsidiary) of the Company.

 

103. The Board may, from time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by Law. Such other committees appointed by the Board shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be provided in a resolution of the Board.

 

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OFFICERS

 

104. (1) The officers of the Company shall consist of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the Directors and Secretary, and such additional officers (who may or may not be Directors) as the Board may from time to time determine, all of whom shall be deemed to be officers for the purposes of the Law and these Articles.

 

(2) The officers shall receive such remuneration as the Directors may from time to time determine.

 

105. (1) The Secretary and additional officers, if any, shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office on such terms and for such period as the Board may determine. If thought fit, two or more persons may be appointed as joint Secretaries. The Board may also appoint from time to time on such terms as it thinks fit one or more assistant or deputy Secretaries.

 

(2) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Members and shall keep correct minutes of such meetings and enter the same in the proper books provided for the purpose. He shall perform such other duties as are prescribed by the Law or these Articles or as may be prescribed by the Board.

 

106. The officers of the Company shall have such powers and perform such duties in the management, business and affairs of the Company as may be delegated to them by the Directors from time to time.

 

107. A provision of the Law or of these Articles requiring or authorising a thing to be done by or to a Director and the Secretary shall not be satisfied by its being done by or to the same person acting both as Director and as or in place of the Secretary.

 

REGISTER OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

108. The Company shall cause to be kept in one or more books at its Office a Register of Directors and Officers in which there shall be entered the full names and addresses of the Directors and Officers and such other particulars as required by the Law or as the Directors may determine. The Company shall send to the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands a copy of such register, and shall from time to time notify to the said Registrar of any change that takes place in relation to such Directors and Officers as required by the Law.

 

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MINUTES

 

109. (1) The Board shall cause minutes to be duly entered in books provided for the purpose:

 

(a) of all elections and appointments of officers;

 

(b) of the names of the Directors present at each meeting of the Directors and of any committee of the Directors;

 

(c) of all resolutions and proceedings of each general meeting of the Members, meetings of the Board and meetings of committees of the Board and where there are managers, of all proceedings of meetings of the managers.

 

(2) Minutes shall be kept by the Secretary at the Office.

 

SEAL

 

110. (1) The Company shall have one or more Seals, as the Board may determine. For the purpose of sealing documents creating or evidencing securities issued by the Company, the Company may have a securities seal which is a facsimile of the Seal of the Company with the addition of the word “Securities” on its face or in such other form as the Board may approve. The Board shall provide for the custody of each Seal and no Seal shall be used without the authority of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by the Board in that behalf. Subject as otherwise provided in these Articles, any instrument to which a Seal is affixed shall be signed autographically by one Director and the Secretary or by two Directors or by such other person (including a Director) or persons as the Board may appoint, either generally or in any particular case, save that as regards any certificates for shares or debentures or other securities of the Company the Board may by resolution determine that such signatures or either of them shall be dispensed with or affixed by some method or system of mechanical signature or by Electronic Signature. Every instrument executed in manner provided by this Article shall be deemed to be sealed and executed with the authority of the Board previously given.

 

(2) Where the Company has a Seal for use abroad, the Board may by writing under the Seal appoint any agent or committee abroad to be the duly authorised agent of the Company for the purpose of affixing and using such Seal and the Board may impose restrictions on the use thereof as may be thought fit. Wherever in these Articles reference is made to the Seal, the reference shall, when and so far as may be applicable, be deemed to include any such other Seal as aforesaid.

 

AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS

 

111. Any Director or the Secretary or any person appointed by the Board for the purpose may authenticate any documents affecting the constitution of the Company and any resolution passed by the Company or the Board or any committee, and any books, records, documents and accounts relating to the business of the Company, and to certify copies thereof or extracts therefrom as true copies or extracts, and if any books, records, documents or accounts are elsewhere than at the Office or the head office the local manager or other officer of the Company having the custody thereof shall be deemed to be a person so appointed by the Board. A document purporting to be a copy of a resolution, or an extract from the minutes of a meeting, of the Company or of the Board or any committee which is so certified shall be conclusive evidence in favour of all persons dealing with the Company upon the faith thereof that such resolution has been duly passed or, as the case may be, that such minutes or extract is a true and accurate record of proceedings at a duly constituted meeting.

 

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DESTRUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

 

112. (1) The Company shall be entitled to destroy the following documents at the following times:

 

(a) any share certificate which has been cancelled at any time after the expiry of one (1) year from the date of such cancellation;

 

(b) any dividend mandate or any variation or cancellation thereof or any notification of change of name or address at any time after the expiry of two (2) years from the date such mandate variation cancellation or notification was recorded by the Company;

 

(c) any instrument of transfer of shares which has been registered at any time after the expiry of seven (7) years from the date of registration;

 

(d) any allotment letters after the expiry of seven (7) years from the date of issue thereof; and

 

(e) copies of powers of attorney, grants of probate and letters of administration at any time after the expiry of seven (7) years after the account to which the relevant power of attorney, grant of probate or letters of administration related has been closed;

 

and it shall conclusively be presumed in favour of the Company that every entry in the Register purporting to be made on the basis of any such documents so destroyed was duly and properly made and every share certificate so destroyed was a valid certificate duly and properly cancelled and that every instrument of transfer so destroyed was a valid and effective instrument duly and properly registered and that every other document destroyed hereunder was a valid and effective document in accordance with the recorded particulars thereof in the books or records of the Company. Provided always that: (1) the foregoing provisions of this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim; (2) nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as imposing upon the Company any liability in respect of the destruction of any such document earlier than as aforesaid or in any case where the conditions of proviso (1) above are not fulfilled; and (3) references in this Article to the destruction of any document include references to its disposal in any manner.

 

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(2) Notwithstanding any provision contained in these Articles, the Directors may, if permitted by applicable law, authorise the destruction of documents set out in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of paragraph (1) of this Article and any other documents in relation to share registration which have been microfilmed or electronically stored by the Company or by the share registrar on its behalf provided always that this Article shall apply only to the destruction of a document in good faith and without express notice to the Company and its share registrar that the preservation of such document was relevant to a claim.

 

DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PAYMENTS

 

113. Subject to the Law, the Company in general meeting or the Board may from time to time declare dividends in any currency to be paid to the Members but no dividend shall be declared in excess of the amount recommended by the Board.

 

114. Dividends may be declared and paid out of the profits of the Company, realised or unrealised, or from any reserve set aside from profits which the Directors determine is no longer needed. The Board may also declare and pay dividends out of share premium account or any other fund or account which can be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the Law.

 

115. Except in so far as the rights attaching to, or the terms of issue of, any share otherwise provide:

 

(a) all dividends shall be declared and paid according to the amounts paid up on the shares in respect of which the dividend is paid, but no amount paid up on a share in advance of calls shall be treated for the purposes of this Article as paid up on the share; and

 

(b) all dividends shall be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the amounts paid up on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid.

 

116. The Board may from time to time pay to the Members such interim dividends as appear to the Board to be justified by the profits of the Company and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) if at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes, the Board may pay such interim dividends in respect of those shares in the capital of the Company which confer on the holders thereof deferred or non-preferential rights as well as in respect of those shares which confer on the holders thereof preferential rights with regard to dividend and provided that the Board acts bona fide the Board shall not incur any responsibility to the holders of shares conferring any preference for any damage that they may suffer by reason of the payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferential rights and may also pay any fixed dividend which is payable on any shares of the Company half-yearly or on any other dates, whenever such profits, in the opinion of the Board, justifies such payment.

 

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117. The Board may deduct from any dividend or other moneys payable to a Member by the Company on or in respect of any shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

118. No dividend or other moneys payable by the Company on or in respect of any share shall bear interest against the Company.

 

119. Any dividend, interest or other sum payable in cash to the holder of shares may be paid by cheque or warrant sent through the post addressed to the holder at his registered address or, in the case of joint holders, addressed to the holder whose name stands first in the Register in respect of the shares at his address as appearing in the Register or addressed to such person and at such address as the holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall, unless the holder or joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable to the order of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the order of the holder whose name stands first on the Register in respect of such shares, and shall be sent at his or their risk and payment of the cheque or warrant by the bank on which it is drawn shall constitute a good discharge to the Company notwithstanding that it may subsequently appear that the same has been stolen or that any endorsement thereon has been forged. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any dividends or other moneys payable or property distributable in respect of the shares held by such joint holders.

 

120. All dividends or bonuses unclaimed for one (1) year after having been declared may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed. Any dividend or bonuses unclaimed after a period of six (6) years from the date of declaration shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company. The payment by the Board of any unclaimed dividend or other sums payable on or in respect of a share into a separate account shall not constitute the Company a trustee in respect thereof.

 

121. Whenever the Board or the Company in general meeting has resolved that a dividend be paid or declared, the Board may further resolve that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part by the distribution of specific assets of any kind and in particular of paid up shares, debentures or warrants to subscribe securities of the Company or any other company, or in any one or more of such ways, and where any difficulty arises in regard to the distribution the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient, and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares, disregard fractional entitlements or round the same up or down, and may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets, or any part thereof, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties, and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board and may appoint any person to sign any requisite instruments of transfer and other documents on behalf of the persons entitled to the dividend, and such appointment shall be effective and binding on the Members. The Board may resolve that no such assets shall be made available to Members with registered addresses in any particular territory or territories where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, such distribution of assets would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable and in such event the only entitlement of the Members aforesaid shall be to receive cash payments as aforesaid. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate class of Members for any purpose whatsoever.

 

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122. (1) Whenever the Board or the Company in general meeting has resolved that a dividend be paid or declared on any class of the share capital of the Company, the Board may further resolve either:

 

(a) that such dividend be satisfied wholly or in part in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up, provided that the Members entitled thereto will be entitled to elect to receive such dividend (or part thereof if the Board so determines) in cash in lieu of such allotment. In such case, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(i) the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board;

 

(ii) the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must be lodged in order to be effective;

 

(iii) the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and

 

(iv) the dividend (or that part of the dividend to be satisfied by the allotment of shares as aforesaid) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the cash election has not been duly exercised (“the non-elected shares”) and in satisfaction thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the non-elected shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account or capital redemption reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the non-elected shares on such basis; or

 

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(b) that the Members entitled to such dividend shall be entitled to elect to receive an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up in lieu of the whole or such part of the dividend as the Board may think fit. In such case, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(i) the basis of any such allotment shall be determined by the Board;

 

(ii) the Board, after determining the basis of allotment, shall give not less than ten (10) days’ Notice to the holders of the relevant shares of the right of election accorded to them and shall send with such notice forms of election and specify the procedure to be followed and the place at which and the latest date and time by which duly completed forms of election must be lodged in order to be effective;

 

(iii) the right of election may be exercised in respect of the whole or part of that portion of the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been accorded; and

 

(iv) the dividend (or that part of the dividend in respect of which a right of election has been accorded) shall not be payable in cash on shares in respect whereof the share election has been duly exercised (“the elected shares”) and in lieu thereof shares of the relevant class shall be allotted credited as fully paid up to the holders of the elected shares on the basis of allotment determined as aforesaid and for such purpose the Board shall capitalise and apply out of any part of the undivided profits of the Company (including profits carried and standing to the credit of any reserves or other special account, share premium account or capital redemption reserve) as the Board may determine, such sum as may be required to pay up in full the appropriate number of shares of the relevant class for allotment and distribution to and amongst the holders of the elected shares on such basis.

 

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(2) (a) The shares allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall rank pari passu in all respects with shares of the same class (if any) then in issue save only as regards participation in the relevant dividend or in any other distributions, bonuses or rights paid, made, declared or announced prior to or contemporaneously with the payment or declaration of the relevant dividend unless, contemporaneously with the announcement by the Board of their proposal to apply the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (2) of this Article in relation to the relevant dividend or contemporaneously with their announcement of the distribution, bonus or rights in question, the Board shall specify that the shares to be allotted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall rank for participation in such distribution, bonus or rights.

 

(b) The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any capitalisation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article, with full power to the Board to make such provisions as it thinks fit in the case of shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby, in whole or in part, fractional entitlements are aggregated and sold and the net proceeds distributed to those entitled, or are disregarded or rounded up or down or whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Board may authorise any person to enter into on behalf of all Members interested, an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made pursuant to such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

 

(3) The Company may upon the recommendation of the Board by ordinary resolution resolve in respect of any one particular dividend of the Company that notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article a dividend may be satisfied wholly in the form of an allotment of shares credited as fully paid up without offering any right to shareholders to elect to receive such dividend in cash in lieu of such allotment.

 

(4) The Board may on any occasion determine that rights of election and the allotment of shares under paragraph (1) of this Article shall not be made available or made to any shareholders with registered addresses in any territory where, in the absence of a registration statement or other special formalities, the circulation of an offer of such rights of election or the allotment of shares would or might, in the opinion of the Board, be unlawful or impracticable, and in such event the provisions aforesaid shall be read and construed subject to such determination. Members affected as a result of the foregoing sentence shall not be or be deemed to be a separate class of Members for any purpose whatsoever.

 

(5) Any resolution declaring a dividend on shares of any class, whether a resolution of the Company in general meeting or a resolution of the Board, may specify that the same shall be payable or distributable to the persons registered as the holders of such shares at the close of business on a particular date, notwithstanding that it may be a date prior to that on which the resolution is passed, and thereupon the dividend shall be payable or distributable to them in accordance with their respective holdings so registered, but without prejudice to the rights inter se in respect of such dividend of transferors and transferees of any such shares. The provisions of this Article shall mutatis mutandis apply to bonuses, capitalisation issues, distributions of realised capital profits or offers or grants made by the Company to the Members.

 

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RESERVES

 

123. (1) The Board shall establish an account to be called the share premium account and shall carry to the credit of such account from time to time a sum equal to the amount or value of the premium paid on the issue of any share in the Company. Unless otherwise provided by the provisions of these Articles, the Board may apply the share premium account in any manner permitted by the Law. The Company shall at all times comply with the provisions of the Law in relation to the share premium account.

 

(2) Before recommending any dividend, the Board may set aside out of the profits of the Company such sums as it determines as reserves which shall, at the discretion of the Board, be applicable for any purpose to which the profits of the Company may be properly applied and pending such application may, also at such discretion, either be employed in the business of the Company or be invested in such investments as the Board may from time to time think fit and so that it shall not be necessary to keep any investments constituting the reserve or reserves separate or distinct from any other investments of the Company. The Board may also without placing the same to reserve carry forward any profits which it may think prudent not to distribute.

 

CAPITALISATION

 

124. The Company may, upon the recommendation of the Board, at any time and from time to time pass an ordinary resolution to the effect that it is desirable to capitalise all or any part of any amount for the time being standing to the credit of any reserve or fund (including a share premium account and capital redemption reserve and the profit and loss account) whether or not the same is available for distribution and accordingly that such amount be set free for distribution among the Members or any class of Members who would be entitled thereto if it were distributed by way of dividend and in the same proportions, on the footing that the same is not paid in cash but is applied either in or towards paying up the amounts for the time being unpaid on any shares in the Company held by such Members respectively or in paying up in full unissued shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company, to be allotted and distributed credited as fully paid up among such Members, or partly in one way and partly in the other, and the Board shall give effect to such resolution provided that, for the purposes of this Article, a share premium account and any capital redemption reserve or fund representing unrealised profits, may be applied only in paying up in full unissued shares of the Company to be allotted to such Members credited as fully paid.

 

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125. The Board may settle, as it considers appropriate, any difficulty arising in regard to any distribution under the last preceding Article and in particular may issue certificates in respect of fractions of shares or authorise any person to sell and transfer any fractions or may resolve that the distribution should be as nearly as may be practicable in the correct proportion but not exactly so or may ignore fractions altogether, and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members in order to adjust the rights of all parties, as may seem expedient to the Board. The Board may appoint any person to sign on behalf of the persons entitled to participate in the distribution any contract necessary or desirable for giving effect thereto and such appointment shall be effective and binding upon the Members.

 

ACCOUNTING RECORDS

 

126. The Board shall cause true accounts to be kept of the sums of money received and expended by the Company, and the matters in respect of which such receipt and expenditure take place, and of the property, assets, credits and liabilities of the Company and of all other matters required by the Law or necessary to give a true and fair view of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

127. The accounting records shall be kept at the Office or, at such other place or places as the Board decides and shall always be open to inspection by the Directors. No Member (other than a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any accounting record or book or document of the Company except as conferred by law or authorised by the Board or the Company in general meeting.

 

128. Subject to Article 129, a printed copy of the Directors’ report, accompanied by the balance sheet and profit and loss account, including every document required by law to be annexed thereto, made up to the end of the applicable financial year and containing a summary of the assets and liabilities of the Company under convenient heads and a statement of income and expenditure, together with a copy of the Auditors’ report, shall be sent to each person entitled thereto at least ten (10) days before the date of the general meeting and laid before the Company at the annual general meeting held in accordance with Article 35 provided that this Article shall not require a copy of those documents to be sent to any person whose address the Company is not aware or to more than one of the joint holders of any shares or debentures.

 

129. Subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, and to obtaining all necessary consents, if any, required thereunder, the requirements of Article 128 shall be deemed satisfied in relation to any person by sending to the person in any manner not prohibited by the Statutes, summarised financial statements derived from the Company’s annual accounts and the directors’ report which shall be in the form and containing the information required by applicable laws and regulations, provided that any person who is otherwise entitled to the annual financial statements of the Company and the directors’ report thereon may, if he so requires by notice in writing served on the Company, demand that the Company sends to him, in addition to summarised financial statements, a complete printed copy of the Company’s annual financial statement and the directors’ report thereon.

 

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130. The requirement to send to a person referred to in Article 128 the documents referred to in that article or a summary financial report in accordance with Article 129 shall be deemed satisfied where, in accordance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the rules of the Designated Stock Exchange, the Company publishes copies of the documents referred to in Article 128 and, if applicable, a summary financial report complying with Article 129, on the Company’s computer network or in any other permitted manner (including by sending any form of electronic communication), and that person has agreed or is deemed to have agreed to treat the publication or receipt of such documents in such manner as discharging the Company’s obligation to send to him a copy of such documents.

 

AUDIT

 

131. Subject to applicable law and rules of the Designated Stock Exchange:

 

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

 

(2) A person, other than a retiring Auditor, shall not be capable of being appointed Auditor at an annual general meeting unless notice in writing of an intention to nominate that person to the office of Auditor has been given not less than fourteen (14) days before the annual general meeting and furthermore, the Company shall send a copy of any such notice to the retiring Auditor. The Members may, at any general meeting convened and held in accordance with these Articles, by special resolution remove the Auditor at any time before the expiration of his term of office and shall by ordinary resolution at that meeting appoint another Auditor in his stead for the remainder of his term.

 

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

 

132. Subject to the Law the accounts of the Company shall be audited at least once in every year.

 

133. The remuneration of the Auditor shall be fixed by the Company in general meeting or in such manner as the Members may determine.

 

134. If the office of auditor becomes vacant by the resignation or death of the Auditor, or by his becoming incapable of acting by reason of illness or other disability at a time when his services are required, the Directors shall fill the vacancy and determine the remuneration of such Auditor.

 

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135. The Auditor shall at all reasonable times have access to all books kept by the Company and to all accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and he may call on the Directors or officers of the Company for any information in their possession relating to the books or affairs of the Company.

 

136. The statement of income and expenditure and the balance sheet provided for by these Articles shall be examined by the Auditor and compared by him with the books, accounts and vouchers relating thereto; and he shall make a written report thereon stating whether such statement and balance sheet are drawn up so as to present fairly the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations for the period under review and, in case information shall have been called for from Directors or officers of the Company, whether the same has been furnished and has been satisfactory. The financial statements of the Company shall be audited by the Auditor in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Auditor shall make a written report thereon in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the report of the Auditor shall be submitted to the Members in general meeting. The generally accepted auditing standards referred to herein may be those of a country or jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. If so, the financial statements and the report of the Auditor should disclose this fact and name such country or jurisdiction.

 

NOTICES

 

137. Any Notice or document, whether or not, to be given or issued under these Articles from the Company to a Member shall be in writing or by cable, telex or facsimile transmission message or other form of electronic transmission or communication and any such Notice and document may be served or delivered by the Company on or to any Member either personally or by sending it through the post in a prepaid envelope addressed to such Member at his registered address as appearing in the Register or at any other address supplied by him to the Company for the purpose or, as the case may be, by transmitting it to any such address or transmitting it to any telex or facsimile transmission number or electronic number or address or website supplied by him to the Company for the giving of Notice to him or which the person transmitting the notice reasonably and bona fide believes at the relevant time will result in the Notice being duly received by the Member or may also be served by advertisement in appropriate newspapers in accordance with the requirements of the Designated Stock Exchange or, to the extent permitted by the applicable laws, by placing it on the Company’s website and giving to the member a notice stating that the notice or other document is available there (a “notice of availability”). The notice of availability may be given to the Member by any of the means set out above. In the case of joint holders of a share all notices shall be given to that one of the joint holders whose name stands first in the Register and notice so given shall be deemed a sufficient service on or delivery to all the joint holders.

 

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138. Any Notice or other document:

 

(a) if served or delivered by post, shall where appropriate be sent by airmail and shall be deemed to have been served or delivered on the day following that on which the envelope containing the same, properly prepaid and addressed, is put into the post; in proving such service or delivery it shall be sufficient to prove that the envelope or wrapper containing the notice or document was properly addressed and put into the post and a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board that the envelope or wrapper containing the Notice or other document was so addressed and put into the post shall be conclusive evidence thereof;

 

(b) if sent by electronic communication, shall be deemed to be given on the day on which it is transmitted from the server of the Company or its agent. A Notice placed on the Company’s website is deemed given by the Company to a Member on the day following that on which a notice of availability is deemed served on the Member;

 

(c) if served or delivered in any other manner contemplated by these Articles, shall be deemed to have been served or delivered at the time of personal service or delivery or, as the case may be, at the time of the relevant despatch or transmission; and in proving such service or delivery a certificate in writing signed by the Secretary or other officer of the Company or other person appointed by the Board as to the act and time of such service, delivery, despatch or transmission shall be conclusive evidence thereof; and

 

(d) may be given to a Member in the English language or such other language as may be approved by the Directors, subject to due compliance with all applicable Statutes, rules and regulations.

 

139. (1) Any Notice or other document delivered or sent by post to or left at the registered address of any Member in pursuance of these Articles shall, notwithstanding that such Member is then dead or bankrupt or that any other event has occurred, and whether or not the Company has notice of the death or bankruptcy or other event, be deemed to have been duly served or delivered in respect of any share registered in the name of such Member as sole or joint holder unless his name shall, at the time of the service or delivery of the Notice or document, have been removed from the Register as the holder of the share, and such service or delivery shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service or delivery of such Notice or document on all persons interested (whether jointly with or as claiming through or under him) in the share.

 

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(2) A Notice may be given by the Company to the person entitled to a share in consequence of the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy of a Member by sending it through the post in a prepaid letter, envelope or wrapper addressed to him by name, or by the title of representative of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description, at the address, if any, supplied for the purpose by the person claiming to be so entitled, or (until such an address has been so supplied) by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death, mental disorder or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

(3) Any person who by operation of law, transfer or other means whatsoever shall become entitled to any share shall be bound by every Notice in respect of such share which prior to his name and address being entered on the Register shall have been duly given to the person from whom he derives his title to such share.

 

SIGNATURES

 

140. For the purposes of these Articles, a cable or telex or facsimile or electronic transmission message purporting to come from a holder of shares or, as the case may be, a Director, or, in the case of a corporation which is a holder of shares from a director or the secretary thereof or a duly appointed attorney or duly authorised representative thereof for it and on its behalf, shall in the absence of express evidence to the contrary available to the person relying thereon at the relevant time be deemed to be a document or instrument in writing signed by such holder or Director in the terms in which it is received.

 

WINDING UP

 

141. A resolution that the Company be wound up by the court or be wound up voluntarily shall be a special resolution.

 

142. (1) Subject to any special rights, privileges or restrictions as to the distribution of available surplus assets on liquidation for the time being attached to any class or classes of shares (i) if the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members of the Company shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the capital paid up at the commencement of the winding up, the excess shall be distributed pari passu amongst such members in proportion to the amount paid up on the shares held by them respectively and (ii) if the Company shall be wound up and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members as such shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the paid-up capital such assets shall be distributed so that, a nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the capital paid up, or which ought to have been paid up, at the commencement of the winding up on the shares held by them respectively.

 

(2) If the Company shall be wound up (whether the liquidation is voluntary or by the court) the liquidator may, with the authority of a special resolution and any other sanction required by the Law, divide among the Members in specie or kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company and whether or not the assets shall consist of properties of one kind or shall consist of properties to be divided as aforesaid of different kinds, and may for such purpose set such value as he deems fair upon any one or more class or classes of property and may determine how such division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like authority, vest any part of the assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator with the like authority shall think fit, and the liquidation of the Company may be closed and the Company dissolved, but so that no contributory shall be compelled to accept any shares or other property in respect of which there is a liability.

 

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INDEMNITY

 

143. (1) The Directors, Secretary and other officers for the time being of the Company and the liquidator or trustees (if any) for the time being acting in relation to any of the affairs of the Company and everyone of them, and everyone of their heirs, executors and administrators, shall be indemnified and secured harmless out of the assets and profits of the Company from and against all actions, costs, charges, losses, damages and expenses which they or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may incur or sustain by or by reason of any act done, concurred in or omitted in or about the execution of their duty, or supposed duty, in their respective offices or trusts; and none of them shall be answerable for the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of the other or others of them or for joining in any receipts for the sake of conformity, or for any bankers or other persons with whom any moneys or effects belonging to the Company shall or may be lodged or deposited for safe custody, or for insufficiency or deficiency of any security upon which any moneys of or belonging to the Company shall be placed out on or invested, or for any other loss, misfortune or damage which may happen in the execution of their respective offices or trusts, or in relation thereto; PROVIDED THAT this indemnity shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to any of said persons.

 

(2) Each Member agrees to waive any claim or right of action he might have, whether individually or by or in the right of the Company, against any Director on account of any action taken by such Director, or the failure of such Director to take any action in the performance of his duties with or for the Company; PROVIDED THAT such waiver shall not extend to any matter in respect of any fraud or dishonesty which may attach to such Director.

 

AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND NAME OF COMPANY

 

144. No Article shall be rescinded, altered or amended and no new Article shall be made until the same has been approved by a special resolution of the Members. A special resolution shall be required to alter the provisions of the Memorandum of Association or to change the name of the Company.

 

INFORMATION

 

145. No Member shall be entitled to require discovery of or any information respecting any detail of the Company’s trading or any matter which is or may be in the nature of a trade secret or secret process which may relate to the conduct of the business of the Company and which in the opinion of the Directors it will be inexpedient in the interests of the members of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

MERGERS AND CONSOLIDATIONS

 

146. Subject to the Law and these Articles, the Company shall, with the approval of a special resolution, have the power to merge or consolidate with one or more constituent companies (as defined in the Law) upon such terms as the Directors may determine.

 

TRANSFERS BY WAY OF CONTINUATION

 

147. Subject to the Law and these Articles, the Company shall, with the approval of a special resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

_________________________ 2019

 

Matter No.: 711867

Doc Ref: 15666686

+1 345 814 7382

Matthew.Stocker@conyersdill.com

 

Global Internet of People, Inc.

c/o the offices of Conyers Trust Company (Cayman) Limited

Hutchins Drive

PO Box 2681

Grand Cayman

KY1-1111

Cayman Islands

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Re: Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company”)

 

We have acted as special legal counsel in the Cayman Islands to the Company in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States (the “SEC”) relating to an initial public offering (the “IPO”) of (A) five million (5,000,000) of the Company’s ordinary shares (the “IPO Shares”), par value US$0.0001 per share, by the Company, as described in the Prospectus (as defined below); (B) up to seven hundred and fifty hundred thousand (750,000) additional ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters by the Company (“Over-Allotment Shares”), and (C) five hundred thousand (500,000) of the Company’s ordinary shares underlying warrants issuable to the underwriters upon exercise of such warrants (the “Warrant Shares”, and together with the IPO Shares, and the Over-Allotment Shares, the “Registered Securities”).

 

For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined a copy of (i) the Registration Statement; and (ii) a Certificate of Good Standing (the “Certificate of Good Standing”) issued by the Registrar of Companies in relation to the Company on ________________ 2019 (the “Certificate Date”).

 

 

 

 

We have also reviewed the memorandum and articles of association of the Company and the resolutions in writing of the directors of the Company dated ______________ (the “Resolutions”), and such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below.

 

We have assumed (a) the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken, (b) the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Registration Statement and other documents reviewed by us, (c) that the resolutions contained in the Resolutions were passed by written resolutions of the sole director of the Company, remain in full force and effect and have not been and will not be rescinded or amended, (d) that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than the Cayman Islands, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein, (e) that upon issue of any Ordinary Shares to be sold by the Company, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof, (f) the validity and binding effect under the laws of the United States of America of the Registration Statement and that the Registration Statement will be duly filed with and declared effective by the Commission; and (g) that the Prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, when declared effective by the Commission will be in substantially the same form as that examined by us for purposes of this opinion.

 

We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands. This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Cayman Islands and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in the Cayman Islands. This opinion is issued solely for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the offering of the Ordinary Shares by the Company and is not to be relied upon in respect of any other matter.

 

On the basis of and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

 

1. The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the law of the Cayman Islands and, based on the Certificate of Good Standing, is in good standing as at the Certificate Date.  Pursuant to the Companies Law (“Law”), a company is deemed to be in good standing if all fees and penalties under the Law have been paid and the Registrar of Companies has no knowledge that the Company is in default under the Law.

 

2. The issue of the Registered Securities has been duly authorised and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Resolutions and the Registration Statement, the Registered Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term when used herein means that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue of such Registered Securities).

 

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3. The Company has all requisite capacity and power under the Memorandum and Articles to issue the Shares as contemplated by the Registration Statement.

 

4. The authorised share capital of the Company is currently US$50,000 divided into 500,000,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each.

 

5. The statements under the caption “Taxation” in the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, to the extent that they constitute statements of Cayman Islands law, are accurate in all material respects and that such statements constitute our opinion.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the captions “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Taxation – Cayman Islands Taxation”, “Legal Matters”, and elsewhere in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

Conyers Dill & Pearman

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is entered into as of [ ], 2019 by and between Global Internet of People, Inc., a company formed and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), and [ ], an individual (the “Executive”). The term “Company” as used herein with respect to all obligations of the Executive hereunder shall be deemed to include the Company and all of its direct or indirect parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or subsidiaries or affiliates of its parent companies (collectively, the “Group”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Company desires to employ the Executive and to assure itself of the services of the Executive during the term of Employment (as defined below).

 

The Executive desires to be employed by the Company during the term of Employment and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

The parties hereto agree as follows:

 

  1. POSITION

 

The Executive hereby accepts a position of [ ] of the Company (the “Employment”).

 

  2. TERM

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the initial term of the Employment shall be [ ] years, commencing on [ ], 2019 (the “Effective Date”), unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Upon expiration of the [ ]-year term, the Employment shall be automatically extended for successive [ ]-year terms unless either party gives the other party hereto a [ ]-month prior written notice to terminate the Employment prior to the expiration of such [ ]-year term or unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

  3. PROBATION

 

No probationary period.

 

  4. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

The Executive’s duties at the Company will include all jobs assigned by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and/or the [ ] of the Company.

 

The Executive shall devote all of his/her working time, attention and skills to the performance of his/her duties at the Company and shall faithfully and diligently serve the Company in accordance with this Agreement, the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (the “Articles of Association”), and the guidelines, policies and procedures of the Company approved from time to time by the Board.

  

  5. NO BREACH OF CONTRACT

 

The Executive shall use his/her best efforts to perform his/her duties hereunder. The Executive shall not, without prior consent of the Board, become an employee of any entity other than the Company and any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, and shall not be concerned or interested in any business or entity that directly or indirectly competes with the Group (any such business or entity, a “Competitor”), provided that nothing in this clause shall preclude the Executive from holding shares or other securities of any Competitor that is listed on any securities exchange or recognized securities market anywhere, provided however, that the Executive shall notify the Company in writing prior to his/her obtaining a proposed interest in such shares or securities in a timely manner and with such details and particulars as the Company may reasonably require. The Company shall have the right to require the Executive to resign from any board or similar body which he/she may then serve if the Board reasonably determines in writing that the Executive’s service on such board or body interferes with the effective discharge of the Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company or that any business related to such service is then in competition with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

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The Executive hereby represents to the Company that: (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Executive and the performance by the Executive of the Executive’s duties hereunder shall not constitute a breach of, or otherwise contravene, the terms of any other agreement or policy to which the Executive is a party or otherwise bound, except for agreements that are required to be entered into by and between the Executive and any member of the Group pursuant to applicable law of the jurisdiction where the Executive is based, if any; (ii) that the Executive has no information (including, without limitation, confidential information and trade secrets) relating to any other person or entity which would prevent, or be violated by, the Executive entering into this Agreement or carrying out his/her duties hereunder; (iii) that the Executive is not bound by any confidentiality, trade secret or similar agreement (other than this) with any other person or entity except for other member(s) of the Group, as the case may be.

 

  6. LOCATION

 

The Executive will be based in [ the People’s Republic of China], until both parties hereto agree to change otherwise. The Executive acknowledges that he/she may be required to travel from time to time in the course of performing his/her duties for the Company.

 

  7. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

 

  (a) Compensation. The Executive’s cash compensation (inclusive of the statutory welfare reserves that the Company is required to set aside for the Executive under applicable law) shall be provided by the Company in a separate schedule A attached herein (“Schedule A”) or as specified in a separate agreement between the executive and the company’s designated subsidiary or affiliated entity, subject to annual review and adjustment by the Company or the compensation committee of the Board. The cash compensation may be paid by the Company, a subsidiary or affiliated entity or a combination thereof, as designated by the Company from time to time.

 

  (b) Equity Incentives. To the extent the Company adopts and maintains a share incentive plan, the Executive will be eligible to participate in such plan pursuant to the terms thereof.

 

  (c) Benefits. The Executive is eligible for participation in any standard employee benefit plan of the Company that currently exists or may be adopted by the Company in the future, including, but not limited to, any retirement plan, life insurance plan, health insurance plan and travel/holiday plan.

 

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  8. TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

 

  (a) By the Company. The Company may terminate the Employment for cause, at any time, without notice or remuneration, if the Executive (1) commits any serious or persistent breach or non-observance of the terms and conditions of your employment; (2) is convicted of a criminal offence other than one which in the opinion of the Board does not affect the executive’s position as an employee of the Company, bearing in mind the nature of your duties and the capacity in which the executive is employed; (3) willfully disobeys a lawful and reasonable order; (4) misconducts himself/herself and such conduct being inconsistent with the due and faithful discharge of the Executive’s material duties; (5) is guilty of fraud or dishonesty; or (6) is habitually neglectful in his/her duties. The Company may terminate the Employment without cause at any time with a [ ]-month prior written notice to the Executive or by payment of [ ] months’ salary in lieu of notice.

 

  (b) By the Executive. The Executive may terminate the Employment at any time with a [ ]-month prior written notice to the Company or by payment of [ ] months’ salary in lieu of notice. In addition, the Executive may resign prior to the expiration of the Agreement if such resignation or an alternative arrangement with respect to the Employment is approved by the Board.

 

  (c) Notice of Termination. Any termination of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement shall be communicated by written notice of termination from the terminating party to the other party. The notice of termination shall indicate the specific provision(s) of this Agreement relied upon in effecting the termination.

 

  9. CONFIDENTIALITY AND NONDISCLOSURE

 

  (a) Confidentiality and Non-disclosure. The Executive hereby agrees at all times during the term of his/her employment and after termination, to hold in the strictest confidence, and not to use, except for the benefit of the Group, or to disclose to any person, corporation or other entity without written consent of the Company, any Confidential Information. The Executive understands that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary or confidential information of the Group, its affiliates, their clients, customers or partners, and the Group’s licensors, including, without limitation, technical data, trade secrets, research and development information, product plans, services, customer lists and customers (including, but not limited to, customers of the Group on whom the Executive called or with whom the Executive became acquainted during the term of his/her employment), supplier lists and suppliers, software, developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings, engineering, hardware configuration information, personnel information, marketing, finances, information about the suppliers, joint ventures, licensors, licensees, distributors and other persons with whom the Group does business, information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees of the Group or other business information disclosed to the Executive by or obtained by the Executive from the Group, its affiliates, or their clients, customers or partners either directly or indirectly in writing, orally or by drawings or observation of parts or equipment, if specifically indicated to be confidential or reasonably expected to be confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that is generally available and known to the public through no fault of the Executive.

 

  (b) Company Property. The Executive understands that all documents (including computer records, facsimile and e-mail) and materials created, received or transmitted in connection with his/her work or using the facilities of the Group are property of the Group and subject to inspection by the Group, at any time. Upon termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company (or at any other time when requested by the Company), the Executive will promptly deliver to the Company all documents and materials of any nature pertaining to his/her work with the Company and will provide written certification of his compliance with this Agreement. Under no circumstances will the Executive have, following his/her termination, in his/her possession any property of the Group, or any documents or materials or copies thereof containing any Confidential Information.

  

  (c) Former Employer Information. The Executive agrees that he has not and will not, during the term of his/her employment, (i) improperly use or disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets of any former employer or other person or entity with which the Executive has an agreement or duty to keep in confidence information acquired by Executive, if any, or (ii) bring into the premises of the Group any document or confidential or proprietary information belonging to such former employer, person or entity unless consented to in writing by such former employer, person or entity. The Executive will indemnify the Group and hold it harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of suit, arising out of or in connection with any violation of the foregoing.

 

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  (d) Third Party Information. The Executive recognizes that the Group may have received, and in the future may receive, from third parties their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty on the Group’s part to maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. The Executive agrees that the Executive owes the Group and such third parties, during the Executive’s employment by the Company and thereafter, a duty to hold all such confidential or proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to disclose it to any person or firm and to use it in a manner consistent with, and for the limited purposes permitted by, the Group’s agreement with such third party.

 

This Section 9 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason. In the event the Executive breaches this Section 9, the Company shall have right to seek remedies permissible under applicable law.

 

  10. WITHHOLDING TAXES

 

Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, the Company may withhold (or cause there to be withheld, as the case may be) from any amounts otherwise due or payable under or pursuant to this Agreement such national, provincial, local or any other income, employment, or other taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

 

  11. NOTIFICATION OF NEW EMPLOYER

 

In the event that the Executive leaves the employ of the Company, the Executive hereby grants consent to notification by the Company to his/her new employer about his/her rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

  12. ASSIGNMENT

 

This Agreement is personal in its nature and neither of the parties hereto shall, without the consent of the other, assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder; provided, however, that (i) the Company may assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder to any member of the Group without such consent, and (ii) in the event of a merger, consolidation, or transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company with or to any other individual(s) or entity, this Agreement shall, subject to the provisions hereof, be binding upon and inure to the benefit of such successor and such successor shall discharge and perform all the promises, covenants, duties, and obligations of the Company hereunder.

 

  13. SEVERABILITY

 

If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Agreement which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are declared to be severable.

 

  14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the Executive and the Company regarding the terms of the Employment and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements concerning such subject matter, other than any such agreement under any employment agreement entered into with a subsidiary of the Company at the request of the Company to the extent such agreement does not conflict with any of the provisions herein. The Executive acknowledges that he/she has not entered into this Agreement in reliance upon any representation, warranty or undertaking which is not set forth in this Agreement. Any amendment to this Agreement must be in writing and signed by the Executive and the Company.

 

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  15. REPRESENTATIONS

 

The Executive hereby agrees to execute any proper oath or verify any proper document required to carry out the terms of this Agreement. The Executive hereby represents that the Executive’s performance of all the terms of this Agreement will not breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information acquired by the Executive in confidence or in trust prior to his/her employment by the Company. The Executive has not entered into, and hereby agrees that he/she will not enter into, any oral or written agreement in conflict with this Section 18. The Executive represents that the Executive will consult his/her own consultants for tax advice and is not relying on the Company for any tax advice with respect to this Agreement or any provisions hereunder.

 

  16. GOVERNING LAW

 

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

  17. ARBITRATION

 

Any dispute arising out of, in connection with or relating to, this Agreement shall be resolved through arbitration conducted in New York under the auspices of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (the “JAMS”) in accordance with the rules of the United Nations Commission of International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL Rules”) in effect at the time of the arbitration. There shall be one arbitrator. The award of the arbitration tribunal shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties, and any party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for enforcement of such award.

 

  18. AMENDMENT

 

This Agreement may not be amended, modified or changed (in whole or in part), except by a formal, definitive written agreement expressly referring to this Agreement, which agreement is executed by both of the parties hereto.

 

  19. WAIVER

 

Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver.

   

  20. NOTICES

 

All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if (i) delivered by hand, (ii) otherwise delivered against receipt therefor, or (iii) sent by a recognized courier with next-day or second-day delivery to the last known address of the other party.

 

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  21. COUNTERPARTS

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. Photographic copies of such signed counterparts may be used in lieu of the originals for any purpose.

 

  22. NO INTERPRETATION AGAINST DRAFTER

 

Each party recognizes that this Agreement is a legally binding contract and acknowledges that such party has had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel of choice. In any construction of the terms of this Agreement, the same shall not be construed against either party on the basis of that party being the drafter of such terms. The Executive agrees and acknowledges that he/she has read and understands this Agreement, is entering into it freely and voluntarily, and has been advised to seek counsel prior to entering into this Agreement and has ample opportunity to do so.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date first written above.

 

Asia Times Holdings Limited  
     
By:

/s/

 
Name:     
Title:    

 

Executive

 

Signature:

/s/

 
Name:    

 

[Signature Page to Employment Agreement]

 

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Schedule A

 

Annual compensation is $[     ].

 

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

This Agreement is made as of the [Date] by and between Global Internet of People, Inc., a Cayman Islands incorporated company (the “Company”), and [   ] (the “Indemnitee”), a Director and/or Officer of the Company.

 

WHEREAS it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as Directors and Officers the most capable persons available, and

 

WHEREAS the substantial increase in corporate litigation subjects Directors and Officers to expensive litigation risks at the same time that the availability of Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance has been severely limited, and

 

WHEREAS it is the express policy of the Company to indemnify its Directors and Officers so as to provide them with the maximum possible protection permitted by law, and

 

WHEREAS the Company does not regard the protection available to the Indemnitee as adequate in the present circumstances, and realizes that the Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as a Director and/or Officer without adequate protection, and the Company desires the Indemnitee to serve in such capacity;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Indemnitee’s service as a Director and/or Officer after the date hereof, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions

 

1.1 As used in this Agreement:

 

(a) The term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature;

 

(b) The term “Expenses” shall include, but is not limited to, expenses of investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, damages, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of the Indemnitee, attorneys’ fees and disbursements and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification under this Agreement; and

 

(c) The terms “Director” and “Officer” shall include the Indemnitee’s service at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise as well as a Director and/or Officer of the Company.

 

 

 

 

2. Indemnity of Director and/or Officer

 

Subject only to the limitations set forth in Section 3, the Company will pay on behalf of the Indemnitee all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee because of any claim or claims made against him in a Proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director and/or Officer.

 

2. Limitations on Indemnity

 

2.1 The Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any payment of Expenses to the Indemnitee.

 

(a) which payment it is prohibited by applicable law from paying as indemnity;

 

(b) for which payment is actually made to the Indemnitee under an insurance policy, except in respect of any excess beyond the amount of payment under such insurance;

 

(c) for which payment the Indemnitee is indemnified by the Company otherwise than pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(d) resulting from a claim decided in a Proceeding adversely to the Indemnitee based upon or attributable to the Indemnitee gaining in fact any personal profit or advantage to which he was not legally entitled;

 

(e) brought about or contributed to by the fraud or dishonesty of the Indemnitee seeking payment hereunder[; however, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified under this Agreement as to any claims upon which suit may be brought against him by reason of any alleged dishonesty on his part, unless it shall be decided in a Proceeding that he committed (i) acts of active and deliberate dishonesty, (ii) with actual dishonest purpose and intent, and (iii) which acts were material to the cause of action so adjudicated].

 

2.2 For purposes of Sections 3 and 4, the phrase “decided in a Proceeding” shall mean a decision by a court, arbitrator(s), hearing officer or other judicial agent having the requisite legal authority to make such a decision, which decision has become final and from which no appeal or other review proceeding is permissible.

 

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3. Advance Payment of Costs

 

3.1 Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in defending a claim against him in a Proceeding shall be paid by the Company as incurred and in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that Expenses of defence need not be paid as incurred and in advance where the judicial agent of first impression has decided the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

3.2 The Indemnitee hereby agrees and undertakes to repay such amounts advanced if it shall be decided in a Proceeding that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise.

 

4. Enforcement

 

If a claim under this Agreement is not paid by the Company, or on its behalf, within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and if successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the Expenses of prosecuting such claim.

 

5. Subrogation

 

In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

6. Notice

 

6.1 The Indemnitee, as a condition precedent to his right to be indemnified under this Agreement, shall give to the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any claim made against him for which indemnity will or could be sought under this Agreement, together with such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require.

 

6.2 Notice to the Company shall be given at its principal office and shall be directed to the Company’s Secretary (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing to the Indemnitee).

 

6.3 Notice shall be deemed received if sent by prepaid or electronic mail properly addressed, the date of such notice being the date postmarked.

 

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7. Saving Clause

 

If this Agreement or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Agreement that shall not have been invalidated or by any other applicable law.

 

8. Indemnification Hereunder Not Exclusive

 

Nothing herein shall be deemed to diminish or otherwise restrict the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification under any provision of the constitutional documents of the Company or under Cayman law.

 

9. Applicable Law

 

The terms and conditions of this Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the laws of Cayman. The parties to this Agreement hereby irrevocably agree that the courts of Cayman shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute, suit, action, arbitration or proceedings which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement and waive any objection to such proceedings in the courts of Cayman on the grounds of venue or on the basis that they have been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

10. Counterparts

 

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall constitute the original.

 

11. Successors and Assigns

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

12. Continuation of Indemnification

 

The indemnification under this Agreement shall continue as to the Indemnitee even though he may have ceased to be a Director and/or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of the Indemnitee.

 

13. Coverage of Indemnification

 

The indemnification under this Agreement shall cover the Indemnitee’s service as a Director and/or Officer prior to or after the date of the Agreement.

 

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AGREED by the Parties through their authorised signatories on the date first written above:

 

 

For, and on behalf of   For, and on behalf of
     
Global Internet of People, Inc.   Haijun Hu
     
     
Signature   Signature
     
     
Print Name   Print Name
     
     
Date   Date

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

股权质押协议

Equity Pledge Agreement

 

本股权质押协议(下称“本协议”)由以下各方于2019年 6 10 日在中华人民共和国(下称“中国”) 北京 市签订:

This Equity Pledge Agreement ("this Agreement") is executed by and among the Parties below as of On June 10, 2019 in BeiJing City, the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”):

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司(下称“质权人”)

Party A: Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd. ("Pledgee")

 

地址:北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层) 02C室-045号

Address: Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing

 

乙方:丙方的全体股东(下称“出质人”),其中每位或任何一位股东称“股东”,包括:

 

1) 师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司,统一社会信用代码:91330901MA2A35YA83
     
2) 北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙) ,统一社会信用代码:91110114327222668J
     
3) 胡海平,身份证号码:330106196710170432
     
4) 左海威,身份证号码:430421198303156134
     
5) 张义东,身份证号码:232324197711090035
     
6) 李存友,身份证号码:370523196810203313
     
7) 周桐宇,身份证号码:310106196808291220

 

 

 

 

8) 赵二涛,身份证号码:410326198307263730
     
9) 齐晨明,身份证号码:612133197102030017
     
10) 郭守盛,身份证号码: 362102198107200618
     
11) 俞玉茹,身份证号码:33071919400310022X
     
12) 沈国栋,身份证号码: 150927197105011210
     
13) 荆涛,身份证号码:230105197603250511
     
14) 费革胜,身份证号码:330106196705290413
     
15) 田宁,身份证号码:330104197709081610
     
16) 徐宝华,身份证号码:370623197312262230
     
17) 刘泽兵,身份证号码:652325196906100432
     
18) 陈军,身份证号码:330106196808010410
     
19) 丁沪生,身份证号码:33010619700118043X
     
20) 郭嘉志,身份证号码:231004195903260519
     
21) 陈效力,身份证号码:140103196506085770
     
22) 胡海军,身份证号码:330106196508052416
     
23) 管淑清,身份证号码:340111195511024027
     
24) 李庆利,身份证号码:130102196807090399
     
25) 郭维涛,身份证号码:220104197208080059
     
26) 应金海,身份证号码:330203196106151215
     
27) 卢珊,身份证号码:110105198404215825
     
28) 王宣明,身份证号码:350825198106073214
     
29) 刘超,身份证号码:110108198101287628
     
30) 徐海刚,身份证号码:330921196901250037

 

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31) 高倩云,身份证号码:330902199007250686
     
32) 李红漫,身份证号码:420103197004021621
     
33) 范振宝,身份证号码:342821197803206238
     
34) 徐惠,身份证号码:320511197303101048
     
35) 刘红,身份证号码:330902196704150687
     
36) 吴思远,身份证号码:410822199109103521

 

Party B: All the shareholders of Party C (“Pledgors”). Each and any shareholder is referred as a “Shareholder,” including

 

1) Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd , the Unified Social Credit Code: 91330901MA2A35YA83;
     
2) Beijing huatai zhonghe venture capital center (limited partnership) , the Unified Social Credit Code: 91110114327222668J;
     
3) Haiping Hu, Identification No.: 330106196710170432 ;
     
4) Haiwei Zuo, Identification No.: 430421198303156134 ;
     
5) Yidong Zhang, Identification No.: 232324197711090035 ;
     
6) Cunyou Li, Identification No.: 370523196810203313 ;
     
7) Tongyu Zhou, Identification No.: 310106196808291220 ;
     
8) Ertao Zhao, Identification No.: 410326198307263730 ;
     
9) Chenming Qi, Identification No.: 612133197102030017 ;
     
10) Shousheng Guo, Identification No.: 362102198107200618 ;
     
11) Yuru Yu, Identification No.: 33071919400310022X ;
     
12) Guodong Shen, Identification No.: 150927197105011210 ;
     
13) Tao Jing, Identification No.: 230105197603250511 ;
     
14) Gesheng Fei, Identification No.: 330106196705290413 ;
     
15) Ning Tian, Identification No.: 330104197709081610 ;
     
16) Baohua Xu, Identification No.: 370623197312262230 ;
     
17) Zebing Liu, Identification No.: 652325196906100432 ;

 

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18) Jun Chen, Identification No.: 330106196808010410 ;
     
19) Husheng Ding, Identification No.: 33010619700118043X ;
     
20) Jiazhi Guo, Identification No.: 231004195903260519 ;
     
21) Xiaoli Chen, Identification No.: 140103196506085770 ;
     
22) Haijun Hu, Identification No.: 330106196508052416 ;
     
23) Shuqing Guan, Identification No.: 340111195511024027 ;
     
24) Qingli Li, Identification No.: 130102196807090399 ;
     
25) Weitao Guo, Identification No.: 220104197208080059 ;
     
26) Jinhai Ying, Identification No.: 330203196106151215 ;
     
27) Shan Lu, Identification No.: 110105198404215825 ;
     
28) Xuanming Wang, Identification No.: 350825198106073214 ;
     
29) Chao Liu, Identification No.: 110108198101287628 ;
     
30) Haigang Xu, Identification No.: 330921196901250037 ;
     
31) Qianyun Gao, Identification No.: 330902199007250686 ;
     
32) Hongman Li, Identification No.: 420103197004021621 ;
     
33) Zhenbao Fan, Identification No.:342821197803206238;
     
34) Hui Xu, Identification No.: 320511197303101048 ;
     
35) Hong Liu, Identification No.: 330902196704150687 ;
     
36) Siyuan Wu, Identification No.: 410822199109103521 ;

 

以及

AND

 

丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司(“目标公司”)

Party C: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“Target Company”)

 

地址:北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

Address:Room 208, unit 2, building 1, yard 28, houtun road, haidian district, Beijing

 

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在本协议中,质权人、出质人和丙方以下各称“一方”,合称“各方”。

In this Agreement, each of Pledgee, Pledgors and Target Company shall be referred to as a "Party" respectively, and they shall be collectively referred to as the "Parties".

 

鉴于:

Whereas:

 

1. 质权人是一家在中国注册的外商独资企业。质权人与目标公司签订了一份《独家技术和咨询服务协议》(附件1);

Pledgee is a wholly foreign owned enterprise registered in China. Pledgee and Target Company executed an Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement (Attachment 1);

 

2. 出质人为中国公民或在中国注册的企业,合计拥有目标公司100%的股权,其中出质人持股情况如下:

Pledgors are citizens of China or enterprises registered in China, and together, hold 100% of the equity interest in Target Company. The equity interest of each Pledgor in Target Company is specified as follows:

 

名称

Name

  认缴出资额(元) Registered Capital (RMB)    

持股比例(%)

Shareholding Ratio (%)

 

师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司

Global Mentor Board (Zhoushan) Technology&Development Co.,Ltd

    10,200,000       34 %

北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

Beijing Huatai Zhonghe Venture Capital Center (Limited Partnership)

    900,000       3 %
胡海平 Haiping Hu     4,120,000       13.73 %
左海威HaiWei Zuo     2,246,000       7.49 %
张义东 Yidong Zhang     1,200,000       4 %
李存友Cunyou Li     1,200,000       4 %
周桐宇 Tongyu Zhou     900,000       3 %
赵二涛 Ertao Zhao     900,000       3 %
齐晨明 Chenming Qi     900000       3 %
郭守盛 Shousheng Guo     900,000       3 %
俞玉茹 Yuru Yu     600,000       2 %
沈国栋 Guodong Shen     450,000       1.5 %
荆涛 Tao Jing     300,000       1 %
费革胜 Gesheng Fei     300,000       1 %
田宁 Ning Tian     300,000       1 %
徐宝华 Baohua Xu     300,000       1 %
刘泽兵 Zebing Liu     300,000       1 %
陈军 Jun Chen     300,000       1 %
丁沪生 Husheng Ding     300,000       1 %
郭嘉志 Jiazhi Guo     300,000       1 %
陈效力Xiaoli Chen     300,000       1 %
胡海军 Haijun Hu     300,000       1 %
管淑清Shuqing Guan     300,000       1 %
李庆利 Qingli Li     300,000       1 %
郭维涛Weitao Guo     300,000       1 %
应金海 Jinhai Ying     300,000       1 %
卢珊 Shan Lu     300,000       1 %
王宣明Xuanming Wang     250,000       0.83 %
刘超 Chao Liu     151,000       0.5 %
徐海刚 Haigang Xu     150,000       0.5 %
高倩云 Qianyun Gao     108,000       0.36 %
李红漫 Hongman Li     100,000       0.33 %
范振宝 Zhenbao Fan     75,000       0.25 %
徐惠 Hui Xu     75,000       0.25 %
刘红Hong Liu     45,000       0.15 %
吴思远 Siyuan Wu     30,000       0.1 %
总计Total     30,000,000       100 %

 

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3. 目标公司是一家在中国北京注册成立的、从事技术开发及相关服务;企业管理及其他相关咨询服务;广播电视节目制作及从事互联网文化活动的有限责任公司。目标公司在此确认出质人和质权人在本协议下的权利和义务,并提供必要的协助向有关政府部门登记该质权;

Target Company is a limited liability company registered in Beijing, China, engaging in businesses of technology development and related services; provision of enterprise management and related consulting service; radio and television program production; and Internet culture operation. Target Company acknowledges the respective rights and obligations of Pledgors and Pledgee under this Agreement, and intends to provide any necessary assistance in registering the Pledge with the competent governmental authorities;

 

3.为了保证目标公司履行《独家技术和咨询服务协议》项下的义务,按照约定向质权人支付咨询和服务费等到期款项,出质人以其现在和将来在目标公司中拥有的全部股权(无论将来股权比例是否发生变化)向质权人就《独家技术和咨询服务协议》协议项下目标公司的付款义务做出质押担保。

To ensure that Target Company fully performs its obligations under the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement and pay the service fees thereunder to Pledgee when the same becomes due, Pledgors hereby pledge to the Pledgee all of the equity interest they now and in the future hold in Target Company (whether the percentage of the equity interest is changed or not in the future) as security for payment of the service fees by Target Company under the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement.

 

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为了履行《独家技术和咨询服务协议》的条款,各方商定按照以下条款签订本协议。

To perform the provisions of the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement, the Parties have mutually agreed to execute this Agreement upon the following terms.

 

1. 定义

Definitions

 

除非本协议另有规定,下列词语含义为:

Unless otherwise provided herein, the terms below shall have the following meanings:

 

1.1 质权:指出质人根据本协议第2条给予质权人的担保物权,即指质权人所享有的,以出质人质押给质权人的股权折价或拍卖、变卖该股权的价 款优先受偿的权利。

Pledge shall refer to the equity interest granted by Pledgors to Pledgee pursuant to Article 2 of this Agreement, i.e., the right of Pledgee to be compensated on a preferential basis with the conversion, auction or sales price of the Equity Interest.

 

1.2 股权:指出质人现在和将来合法持有的其在目标公司的全部股权权益(无论 将来每位股东的股权比例是否发生变化)。

Equity Interest shall refer to all of the equity interest lawfully now held and hereafter acquired by Pledgors in Target Company (whether the percentage of the equity interest of each Pledgor is changed or not in the future).

 

1.3       质押期限:指本协议第 3 条规定的期间。

Term of Pledge shall refer to the term set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement.

 

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1.4 服务协议:指目标公司与质权人于2019年 6 10 日签订的《独家技术和咨询服务协议》。

The Services Agreement shall refer to the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement executed by and between Target Company and Pledgee on June 10 , 2019.

 

1.5       违约事件:指本协议第 7 条所列任何情况。

Event of Default shall refer to any of the circumstances set forth in Article 7 of this Agreement.

 

1.6 违约通知:指质权人根据本协议发出的宣布违约事件的通知。

Notice of Default shall refer to the notice issued by Pledgee in accordance with this Agreement declaring an Event of Default.

 

2. 质权

The Pledge

 

作为目标公司按时和全额支付服务协议项下质权人应得的任何或全部的款项的抵押担保,包括但不限于服务协议中规定的服务费的担保(无论该等费用的到期应付是由于到期日的到来、提前收款的要求或其它原因),出质人特此将其现有或将拥有的目标公司的全部股权权益质押给质权人。

As collateral security for the timely and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of any or all of the payments due by Target Company, including and without limitation, the services fees payable to the Pledgee under the Services Agreement, Pledgors hereby pledge to Pledgee a first security interest in all of Pledgors’ right, title and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by Pledgors, in the Equity Interest of Target Company.

 

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3. 质押期限

Term of Pledge

 

3.1 本质权自本协议项下的股权出质在相应的工商行政管理机关登记之日起生效,质权有效期持续到服务协议下所有丙方欠付质权人的款项结清为止。出质人和目标公司应(一)自本协议签署之日起3个工作日内,将本协议的质权登记在目标公司股东名册上,并(二)自本协议签署之日起10个工作日内向相应的工商行政管理机关申请登记本协议项下的质权。各方共同确认,为办理股权质押工商登记手续(包括任何一位股东持有的目标公司股权比例变更时,办理质押变更登记),各方应将本协议按照目标公司所在地工商行政管理部门要求的形式签署、真实反映本协议项下质权信息的股权质押合同(以下简称“工商登记质押合同”)提交给工商管理机关,工商登记质押合同中未约定事项,仍以本协议约定为准。出质人和目标公司应当按照中国法律法规和有关工商行政管理机关的各项要求,提交所有必要的文件并办理所有必要手续,保证质权在递交申请后尽快获得登记。

The Pledge shall become effective on such date when the pledge of the Equity Interest contemplated herein has been registered’ with relevant administration for industry and commerce (the “AIC”). The Pledge shall be continuously valid until all payments due under the Services Agreement have been fulfilled by Target Company. Pledgors and Target Company shall (1) register the Pledge in the shareholders' register of Target Company within 3 business days following the execution of this Agreement, and (2) submit an application to the AIC for the registration of the Pledge of the Equity Interest contemplated herein within ten (10) business days following the execution of this Agreement. The Parties covenant that for the purpose of registration of the Pledge (including re-registration of the Pledge when the percentage of equity interest a Pledgor holds in Target Company changes), the Parties hereto shall submit to the AIC the equity interest pledge contract as in the form required by the AIC at the location of Target Company which shall truly reflect the information of the Pledge hereunder (the “AIC Pledge Contract”). For matters not specified in the AIC Pledge Contract, the Parties shall be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. Pledgors and Target Company shall submit all necessary documents and complete all necessary procedures, as required by the PRC laws and regulations and the relevant AIC, to ensure that the Pledge of the Equity Interest shall be registered with the AIC as soon as possible after filing.

 

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3.2 质押期限内,如目标公司未按服务协议交付服务费等费用,质权人有权但无义务按本协议的规定处分质权。

During the Term of Pledge, in the event Target Company fails to pay the exclusive service fees in accordance with the Services Agreement, Pledgee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to dispose of the Pledge in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

4. 质权凭证的保管

Custody of Records for Equity Interest subject to Pledge

 

4.1       在本协议规定的质押期限内,出质人应将其在丙方的股权出资证明书

及记载质权的股东名册原件交付质权人保管(包括股权变更时提供新的证明书和名册)。出质人应在本协议签订之日起或股权变更登记完成之日起(将来股权变更的情况下)5个工作日内将上述股权出资证明书及股东名册原件交付给质权人。质权人将在本协议规定的全部质押期间一直保管这些文件。

During the Term of Pledge set forth in this Agreement, Pledgors shall deliver to Pledgee's custody the original capital contribution certificate for the Equity Interest and the original shareholders' register containing the Pledge within five (5) working days from the execution of this Agreement or from completion of the re-registration of shareholding when percentage of equity interest changed (in that case, Pledgors shall deliver to Pledgee's custody the updated original capital contribution certificate for the Equity Interest and the updated original shareholders' register containing the Pledge). Pledgee shall have custody of such original documents during the entire Term of Pledge set forth in this Agreement.

 

4.2       在质押期限内,质权人有权收取股权所产生的红利。

Pledgee shall have the right to collect dividends generated by the Equity Interest during the Term of Pledge.

 

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5. 出质人的声明和保证

Representations and Warranties of Pledgors

 

5.1       出质人是股权唯一的合法所有人。

Pledgors are the sole legal and beneficial owners of the Equity Interest.

 

5.2       出质人有权以本协议规定的方式处分并转让股权。

Pledgors have the right to dispose of and transfer the Equity Interest in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.3       本合同一经签署即构成对出质人合法有效并具约束力的义务。

Upon execution, this Agreement constitutes the Pledgors’ legal, valid and binding obligations in accordance with the provisions herein.

 

5.4 除本质权之外,出质人未在股权上设置任何其他质押权利或其他担保权 益。

Except for the Pledge, Pledgors have not placed any security interest or other encumbrance on the Equity Interest.

 

5.6       不存在与股权相关的未决的争议或诉讼。

There is no pending disputation or litigation proceeding related to the Equity Interest.

 

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6. 出质人的承诺和确认

Covenants and Further Agreements of Pledgors

 

6.1       在本协议存续期间,出质人向质权人承诺,出质人将:

Pledgors hereby covenant to the Pledgee, that during the term of this Agreement, Pledgors shall:

 

6.1.1 除履行由出质人与质权人、目标公司于本协议签署日签订的《独家购买权合同》外,未经质权人事先书面同意,不得转让股权,不得在股权上设立或允许存在任何担保或其他债务负担或以任何其他方式处置股权;

not transfer the Equity Interest, place or permit the existence of any security interest or other encumbrance on the Equity Interest, or disposal of the Equity Interest in any other means, without the prior written consent of Pledgee, except for the performance of the Exclusive Option Agreement executed by Pledgors, the Pledgee and Target Company on the execution date of this Agreement;

 

6.1.2       遵守并执行所有有关权利质押的法律、法规的规定,在收到有关

主管机关就质权发出或制定的通知、指令或建议时,于5个工作日内向质权人出示上述通知、指令或建议,同时遵守上述通知、指令或建议,或按照质权人的合理要求或经质权人同意就上述事宜提出反对意见和陈述;

comply with the provisions of all laws and regulations applicable to the pledge of rights, and within five (5) working days of receipt of any notice, order or recommendation issued or prepared by relevant competent authorities regarding the Pledge, shall present the aforementioned notice, order or recommendation to Pledgee, and shall comply with the aforementioned notice, order or recommendation or submit objections and representations with respect to the aforementioned matters upon Pledgee's reasonable request or upon consent of Pledgee;

 

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6.1.3 将任何可能导致对出质人股权或其任何部分的权利产生影响的事件或收到的通知,以及可能改变出质人在本协议中的任何保证、义务或对出质人履行其在本协议中义务可能产生影响的任何事件或收到的通知及时通知质权人。

promptly notify Pledgee of any event or notice received by Pledgors that may have an impact on Pledgee's rights to the Equity Interest or any portion thereof, as well as any event or notice received by Pledgors that may have an impact on any guarantees and other obligations of Pledgors arising out of this Agreement;

 

6.2 出质人同意,质权人按本协议条款取得的对质权享有的权利,不应受到出质人或出质人的继承人或出质人之委托人或任何其他人通过法律程序的中断或妨害。

Pledgors agree that the rights acquired by Pledgee in accordance with this Agreement with respect to the Pledge shall not be interrupted or harmed by Pledgors or any heirs or representatives of Pledgors or any other persons through any legal proceedings.

 

6.3 出质人向质权人保证,为保护或完善本协议对偿付服务协议项下咨询服务费等费用的担保,出质人将诚实签署、并促使其他与质权有利害关系的当事人签署质权人所要求的所有的权利证书、契约和/或履行并促使其他有利害关系的当事人履行质权人所要求的行为,并为本协议赋予质权人之权利、授权的行使提供便利,与质权人或其指定的人(自然人/法人)签署所有的有关股权所有权的文件,并在合理期间内向质权人提供其认为需要的所有的有关质权的通知、命令及决定。

To protect or perfect the security interest granted by this Agreement for payment of the service fees under the Services Agreement, Pledgors hereby undertake to execute in good faith and to cause others who have an interest in the Pledge to execute all certificates, agreements, deeds and/or covenants required by Pledgee. Pledgors also undertake to perform and to cause others who have an interest in the Pledge to perform actions required by Pledgee, to facilitate the exercise by Pledgee of its rights and authority granted thereto by this Agreement, and to enter into all relevant documents regarding ownership of Equity Interest with Pledgee or designee(s) of Pledgee (natural persons/legal persons). Pledgors undertake to provide Pledgee within a reasonable time with all notices, orders and decisions regarding the Pledge that are required by Pledgee.

 

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6.4 出质人向质权人保证,出质人将遵守、履行本协议项下所有的保证、承诺、协议、陈述及条件。如出质人不履行或不完全履行其保证、承诺、协议、陈述及条件,出质人应赔偿质权人由此遭受的一切损失。

Pledgors hereby undertake to comply with and perform all guarantees, promises, agreements, representations and conditions under this Agreement. In the event of failure or partial performance of its guarantees, promises, agreements, representations and conditions, Pledgors shall indemnify Pledgee for all losses resulting therefrom.

 

7. 违约事件

Event of Breach

 

7.1       下列事项均被视为违约事件:

The following circumstances shall be deemed Event of Default:

 

7.1.1 目标公司未能按期、完整履行任何服务协议项下责任,包括但不限于目标公司未能按期足额支付服务协议项下的应付的咨询服务费等费用或有违反该协议其他义务的行为;

Target Company fails to fully and timely fulfill any liabilities under the Services Agreement, including without limitation failure to pay in full any of the service fees payable under the Services Agreement or breaches any other obligations of Target Company thereunder;

 

7.1.2 出质人或目标公司实质违反本协议的任何条款;

Pledgors or Target Company have committed a material breach of any provisions of this Agreement;

 

7.1.3 出质人和目标公司没有按第3.1条将本质权登记在目标公司股东名册上或 未办理质押登记手续;

Pledgors and Target Company fail to register the Pledge in the shareholders' register of Target Company, or fail to complete the Registration of Pledge stipulated in Section 3.1;

 

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7.1.4 除本协议第6.1.1条的约定外,出质人舍弃出质的股权或未获得质权人书面同意而擅自转让或意图转让出质的股权;和

Except as expressly stipulated in Section 6.1.1, Pledgors transfer or purport to transfer or abandons the Equity Interest pledged, or assign the Equity Interest pledged without the written consent of Pledgee; and

 

7.1.5 目标公司的继承人或代管人只能履行部分或拒绝履行服务协议 项下的支付责任。

The successor or custodian of Target Company is capable of only partially perform or refuses to perform the payment obligations under the Services Agreement.

 

7.2 如知道或发现本第7.1条所述的任何事项或可能导致上述事项的事件已经发生,出质人应立即以书面形式通知质权人。

Upon notice or discovery of the occurrence of any circumstances or event that may lead to the aforementioned circumstances described in Section 7.1, Pledgors shall immediately notify Pledgee in writing accordingly.

 

7.3 除非第 7.1部分下的违约事件在质权人向出质人发出要求其修补此违约行为通知后的20个工作日之内已经按质权人要求获得救济,质权人在其后的任何时间,可向出质人发出书面违约通知,要求依据第 8 部分履行其处理股权的权利。

Unless an Event of Default set forth in this Section 7.1 has been successfully resolved to Pledgee's satisfaction within twenty (20) working days after the Pledgee delivers a notice to Pledgors requesting ratification of such Event of Default, Pledgee may issue a Notice of Default to Pledgors in writing at any time thereafter, demanding Pledgors to immediately dispose of the Pledge in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of this Agreement.

 

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8. 质权的行使

Exercise of Pledge

 

8.1 在服务协议所述的服务费等费用未全部偿还前,未经质权人或质权人的海外母公司Global Internet of People, Inc.(“质权人母公司”)的书面同意,出质人不得转让本质权和其拥有的目标公司股权,除非该等转让为根据出资人与质权人及目标公司签订的《独家购买权协议》(附件2)而产生的转让。

Prior to the full payment of the service fees described in the Services Agreement, without the written consent of Pledgee or Pledgee’s offshore parent company Global Internet of People, Inc. (“Pledgee’s Parent Company”), Pledgors shall not transfer the Pledge or the Equity Interest in Target Company, unless such transfer arises from the rights and obligations under the Exclusive Option Agreement (Attachment 2) entered into by Pledgors, Pledgee, and Target Company.

 

8.2 在质权人行使其质押权利时,质权人可以向出质人发出书面违约通知。

Pledgee may issue a Notice of Default to Pledgors when exercising the Pledge.

 

8.3 受限于第7.3条的规定,质权人可在按第8.2条发出违约通知的同时或在发出违约通知之后的任何时间里对质权行使处分的权利。质权人决定行使处分质权的权利时,出质人即不再拥有任何与股权有关的权利和利益。

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.3, Pledgee may exercise the right to enforce the Pledge at the time when, or at any time after, the issuance of the Notice of Default in accordance with Section 8.2. Once Pledgee elects to enforce the Pledge, Pledgors shall cease to be entitled to any rights or interests associated with the Equity Interest.

 

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8.4 在违约时,根据中国有关法律的规定,质权人有权按照法定程序处置质押股权。仅在中国法律允许的范围内,对于处置的所得,质权人无需给付出质人;出质人特此放弃其可能有的能向质权人要求任何质押股权处置所得的权利;同样,出质人对质权人在该质押股权处置后的亏空也不承担任何义务。

In the event of default, Pledgee is entitled to dispose of the Equity Interest pledged in accordance with applicable PRC laws. Only to the extent permitted under applicable PRC laws, Pledgee has no obligation to account to Pledgors for proceeds of disposition of the Equity Interest, and Pledgors hereby waive any rights it may have to demand any such accounting from Pledgee; Likewise, in such circumstance Pledgors shall have no obligation to Pledgee for any deficiency remaining after such disposition of the Equity Interest pledged.

 

8.5 质权人依照本协议处分质权时,出质人和目标公司应予以必要的协助,以使质权人实现其质权。

When Pledgee disposes of the Pledge in accordance with this Agreement, Pledgors and Target Company shall provide necessary assistance to enable Pledgee to enforce the Pledge in accordance with this Agreement.

 

9. 转让

Assignment

 

9.1 除非经质权人事先书面同意,出质人无权赠予或转让其在本协议项下的权利义务。

Without Pledgee's prior written consent, Pledgors shall not have the right to assign or delegate their rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

9.2 本协议对出质人及其继任人和经许可的受让人均有约束力,并且对质权 人及每一继任人和受让人有效。

This Agreement shall be binding on Pledgors and their successors and permitted assigns, and shall be valid with respect to Pledgee and each of its successors and assigns.

 

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9.3 质权人可以在任何时候将其在服务协议项下的所有或任何权利和义务转让给其指定的人(自然人/法人),在这种情况下,受让人应享有和承担本协议项下质权人享有和承担的权利和义务,如同其作为原协议方应享有和承担的一样。质权人转让服务协议项下的权利和义务时,应质权人要求,出质人应就此转让签署有关协议和/或文件。

At any time, Pledgee may assign any and all of its rights and obligations under the Services Agreement to its designee(s) (natural/legal persons), in which case the assigns shall have the rights and obligations of Pledgee under this Agreement, as if it were the original party to this Agreement. When the Pledgee assigns the rights and obligations under the Services Agreement, upon Pledgee's request, Pledgors shall execute relevant agreements or other documents relating to such assignment.

 

9.4 因转让所导致的质权人变更后,应质权人要求,出质人应与新的质权人签订一份内容与本协议一致的新质押协议,并在相应的工商行政管理机 关办理变更登记。

In the event of a change in Pledgee due to an assignment, Pledgors shall, at the request of Pledgee, execute a new pledge agreement with the new pledgee on the same terms and conditions as this Agreement, and register for change of the same with the competent AIC.

 

9.5 出质人应严格遵守本协议和各方单独或共同签署的其他有关协议的规定,包括《独家购买权协议》(附件2)和对质权人的《授权委托书》(附件3附件4),履行各协议项下的义务,并不进行任何足以影响协议的有效性和可强制执行性的作为/不作为。除非根据质权人的书面指示,出质人不得行使其对质押股权还留存的权利。

Pledgors shall strictly abide by the provisions of this Agreement and other agreements jointly or separately executed by the Parties hereto or any of them, including the Exclusive Option Agreement (Attachment 2) and the Power of Attorney of each Pledgor (Attachment 3 and Attachment 4) granted to Pledgee, perform the obligations hereunder and thereunder, and refrain from any action/omission that may affect the effectiveness and enforceability thereof. Any remaining rights of Pledgors with respect to the Equity Interest pledged hereunder shall not be exercised by Pledgors except in accordance with the written instructions of Pledgee.

 

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9.6 如任何一方的行为会对本协议的履行或其项下的权利及义务产生任何影响,该等行为的进行应当事先经过质权人母公司董事会的决议通过;在质权人母公司董事会通过该等决议后,质权人及目标公司董事会也应就通过与质权人母公司董事会决议内容一致的决议。

If there is any action by either Party may affect, in any way, the performance of this Agreement or the rights and obligations under this Agreement, such action shall only be taken with prior approval of the Board of Directors of Pledgee’s Parent Company. Upon the resolution of the Board of Directors of Pledgee’s Parent Company, such action shall be also approved by the Board of Directors of Pledgee and Target Company in line with the resolution of the Board of Directors of Pledgee’s Company.

 

10. 终止

Termination

 

在服务协议项下的服务费等费用偿还完毕且目标公司不再承担服务协议项下的任何义务之后,或本协议各方根据其签署的《独家购买权协议》(附件2)进行股权转让时,本协议自动终止,并且在尽早合理可行的时间内,质权人应取消或解除本协议项下的股权质押。

Upon the full payment of the service fees under the Services Agreement and upon termination of Target Company's obligations under the Services Agreement, or upon the transfer of equity interests under the Exclusive Option Agreement (Attachment 2), this Agreement shall be terminated automatically and Pledgee shall then cancel or terminate the equity interest pledge pursuant to this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable.

 

11. 手续费及其他费用

Handling Fees and Other Expenses

 

一切与本协议有关的费用及实际开支,其中包括但不限于法律费用、工本费、 印花税以及任何其他税收、费用等全部由目标公司承担。

All fees and out of pocket expenses relating to this Agreement, including but not limited to legal costs, costs of production, stamp tax and any other taxes and fees, shall be borne by Target Company.

 

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12. 保密责任

Confidentiality

 

各方承认及确定有关本协议、本协议内容,以及彼此就准备或履行本协议而交换的任何口头或书面资料均被视为保密信息。各方应当对所有该等保密信息予以保密,而在未得到另一方书面同意前,不得向任何第三者披露任何保密信息,惟下列信息除外:(a)公众人士知悉或将会知悉的任何信息(惟并非由接受保密信息之一方擅自向公众披露);(b)根据适用法律法规、股票交易规则、或政府部门或法院的命令而所需披露之任何信息;或(c)由任何一方就本协议所述交易而需向其股东、投资者、法律或财务顾问披露之信息,而该股东、法律或财务顾问亦需遵守与本条款相类似之保密责任。如任何一方工作人员或聘请机构的泄密均视为该方的泄密,需依本协议承担违约责任。无论本协议以任何理由终止,本条款仍然生效。

The Parties acknowledge that the existence and the terms of this Agreement and any oral or written information exchanged between the Parties in connection with the preparation and performance this Agreement are regarded as confidential information. Each Party shall maintain confidentiality of all such confidential information, and without obtaining the written consent of the other Party, it shall not disclose any relevant confidential information to any third parties, except for the information that: (a) is or will be in the public domain (other than through the receiving Party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) is under the obligation to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or regulations, rules of any stock exchange, or orders of the court or other government authorities; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any Party to its shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, provided that such shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this Section. Disclosure of any confidential information by the staff members or agencies hired by any Party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such Party, which Party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

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13. 适用法律和争议的解决

Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes

 

13.1 本协议的订立、效力、解释、履行、修改和终止以及争议的解决均适用中国法律。

The execution, effectiveness, construction, performance, amendment and termination of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by the laws of China.

 

13.2 因解释和履行本协议而发生的任何争议,本协议各方应首先通过友好协商的方式加以解决。如果在一方向其他方发出要求协商解决的书面通知后30天之内争议仍然得不到解决,则任何一方均可将有关争议提交给中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会,由该会按照其仲裁规则仲裁解决。仲裁应在北京进行,使用之语言为中文。仲裁裁决是终局性的,对各方均有约束力。

In the event of any dispute with respect to the construction and performance of this Agreement, the Parties shall first resolve the dispute through friendly negotiations. In the event the Parties fail to reach an agreement on the dispute within 30 days after either Party's request to the other Parties for resolution of the dispute through negotiations, either Party may submit the relevant dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, in accordance with its Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Beijing, China, and the language used in arbitration shall be Chinese. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on all Parties.

 

13.3 因解释和履行本协议而发生任何争议或任何争议正在进行仲裁时,除争议的事项外,本协议各方仍应继续行使各自在本协议项下的其他权利并履行各自在本协议项下的其他义务。

Upon the occurrence of any disputes arising from the construction and performance of this Agreement or during the pending arbitration of any dispute, except for the matters under dispute, the Parties to this Agreement shall continue to exercise their respective rights under this Agreement and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

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14. 通知

Notices

 

14.1 本协议项下要求或发出的所有通知和其他通信应通过专人递送、挂号邮寄、邮资预付或商业快递服务或传真的方式发到该方下列地址。每一通知还应再以电子邮件送达。该等通知视为有效送达的日期按如下方式确定:

All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, by a commercial courier service or by facsimile transmission to the address of such party set forth below. A confirmation copy of each notice shall also be sent by E-mail. The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

14.2 通知如果是以专人递送、快递服务或挂号邮寄、邮资预付发出的,则以 于设定为通知的地址在发送或拒收之日为有效送达日。

Notices given by personal delivery, by courier service or by registered mail, postage prepaid, shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery or refusal at the address specified for notices.

 

14.3 通知如果是以传真发出的,则以成功传送之日为有效送达日(应以自动生成的传送确认信息为证)。

Notices given by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

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14.4 为通知的目的,各方地址如下:

For the purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

质权人:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司

地址: 北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层) 02C室-045

联系人:胡海平

电话: 13818333008

Pledgee: Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone:13818333008

 

出质人Pledgors:

股东:师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司

联系人:王宣明

地址:浙江省舟山市定海区舟山港综合保税区企业服务中心305-67021室(自贸实验区内)

电话:13621801972

Shareholder: Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd

Address:Room 305-67021, enterprise service center, zhoushan port comprehensive bonded zone, dinghai district, zhoushan city, zhejiang province (free trade experimental zone)

Representative: XUANMING WANG

Phone:13621801972

 

股东:北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

联系人:左海威

地址:北京市昌平区回龙观镇北清路1号院6号楼11层2单元1211-2

电话:18001021608

Shareholder:Beijing huatai zhonghe venture capital center (limited partnership)

Address:Room 1211-2, unit 2, floor 11, building 6, yard 1, beiqing road, huilongguan town, changping district, Beijing

Representative:HAIWEI ZUO

Phone:18001021608

 

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股东:胡海平

地址:上海市浦东新区丁香路1599弄1号603室

电话:13818333008

Shareholder: Haiping Hu

Address: Room 603, No.1, Lane 1599, Dingxiang Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC

Phone:13818333008

 

股东:左海威

地址:湖南省衡阳县大安乡德龙村旷家组226号

电话:18001021608

Shareholder: Haiwei Zuo

Address: No.226, Kuangjia Group, Delong Village, Daan Township, Hengyang County, Hunan Province, PRC

Phone:18001021608

 

股东:张义东

地址:北京市海淀区西土城路25号2015级商学院MBA

电话:13901244153

Shareholder: Yidong Zhang

Address:2015 Business School MBA, No.25 West Tucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone:13901244153

 

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股东:李存友

地址:山东省广饶县广饶镇西北西村145号

电话: 13685466777

Shareholder: Cunyou Li

Address:No.145, Xibeixi Village, Guangrao Subdistrict Office, Guangrao County, Shandong Province, PRC

Phone: 13685466777

 

股东:周桐宇

地址: 上海市长宁区茅台路600弄45号101-102室

电话: 18602133636

Shareholder: Tongyu Zhou

Address: Room 101-102, No.45, Lane 600, Maotai Road, Changning District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 18602133636

 

股东:赵二涛

地址:河南省汝阳县三屯乡贠沟村3组

电话:18001021718

Shareholder: Ertao Zhao

Address: Group 3, Yungou Village, Santun Township, Ruyang County, Henan Province, PRC

Phone:18001021718

 

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股东:齐晨明

地址:北京市海淀区上地创业路6号联想集团公司

电话:13901079192

Shareholder: Chenming Qi

Address:Lenovo Group Company, No.6 Shangdi Chuangye Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone:13901079192

 

股东:郭守盛

地址:江西省瑞金市象湖镇摇前锦绣花园12栋103室

电话:13681593245

Shareholder: Shousheng Guo

Address: Room 103, Building 12, Yaoqian Jinxiu Garden, Xianghu Town, Ruijin City, Jiangxi Province, PRC

Phone:13681593245

 

股东:俞玉茹

地址: 浙江省兰溪市云山街道永进路9号干2幢2单元104室

电话: 13636400298

Shareholder: Yuru Yu

Address:Room 104, Unit 2, Building 2, No.9 Yongjin Road, Yunshan Street, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13636400298

 

股东:沈国栋

地址:北京市昌平区南口镇东大街14号4层2单元401号

电话:13439930318

Shareholder: Guodong Shen

Address:No.401, Unit 2, Floor 4, No.14 Dongda Street, Nankou Town, Changping District, Beijing, PRC

Phone:13439930318

 

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股东:荆涛

地址:上海市闵行区申北路135弄11号502室

电话: 13901604592

Shareholder: Tao Jing

Address:Room 502, No.11, Lane 135, Shenbei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 13901604592

 

股东:费革胜

地址: 上海市浦东新区锦绣路800弄34号801室

电话: 13916213299

Shareholder: Gesheng Fei

Address:Room 801, No.34, Lane 800, Jinxiu Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 13916213299

 

股东:田宁

地址: 杭州市西湖区乾成园13幢2单元902室

电话: 13357112198

Shareholder: Ning Tian

Address:Room 902, Unit 2, Building 13, Qianchengyuan, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13357112198

 

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股东:徐宝华

地址: 山东省烟台市莱山区黄海城市花园樗园4号楼8单元3号

电话: 15668031999

Shareholder: Baohua Xu

Address:No.3, Unit 8, Building 4, Chuyuan, Huanghai City Garden, Laishan District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, PRC

Phone: 15668031999

 

股东:刘泽兵

地址:乌鲁木齐市天山区碱泉三街240号嘉鸿园小区15号楼1单元202号

电话: 18699176169

Shareholder: Zebing Liu

Address:No.202, Unit 1, Building 15, Jiahongyuan Court, No.240, Jianquan 3rd Street, Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, PRC

Phone: 18699176169

 

股东:陈军

地址:广东省深圳市福田区宝安大厦1801房

电话: 13802258618

Shareholder: Jun Chen

Address:Room 1801, Baoan Building, Futian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, PRC

Phone: 13802258618

 

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股东:丁沪生

地址: 江苏省扬州市邗江区中路456号美琪园莱福苑16幢301室

电话: 15821787945

Shareholder: Husheng Ding

Address:Hanjiang district, yangzhou city, jiangsu province, China

Phone: 15821787945

 

股东:郭嘉志

地址:黑龙江省牡丹江市西安区西南市街滨江花园小区5栋2单元102室

电话: 13804808080

Shareholder: Jiazhi Guo

Address:Room 102, Unit 2, Building 5, Binjiang Garden Court, Xinanshi Street, Xi’an District, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13804808080

 

股东:陈效力

地址: 山西省太原市尖草坪区江阳路9号94楼2号

电话:18611678338

Shareholder: Xiaoli Chen

Address: No.2, Building 94, No.9 Jiangyang Road, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, PRC

Phone:18611678338

 

股东:胡海军

地址:杭州市拱墅区景上公寓1幢1103室

电话:13905819943

Shareholder: Haijun Hu

Address:Room 1103, Building 1, Jingshang Apartment, Gongshu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone:13905819943

 

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股东:管淑清

地址: 上海市长宁区天山西路789号

电话:18616090001

Shareholder: Shuqing Guan

Address: No.789, West Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone:18616090001

 

股东:李庆利

地址:河北省石家庄市裕华区翟营大街389号卓达书香园二区2栋4单元502号

电话:13603396118

Shareholder: Qingli Li

Address:No. 502, 4 Dan Yuan, 2 Dong, Zhouda Shu Xiang Yuan 2 Qu, No. 389, Yingying Street, Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, PRC

Phone:13603396118

 

股东:郭维涛

地址:北京市昌平区六街政府街19号

电话:13511024979

Shareholder: Weitao Guo

Address: 19 guiguan street, 6th street, changping district, Beijing

Phone:13511024979

 

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股东:应金海

地址: 浙江省宁波市海曙区薛萝巷22号309室

电话: 17757465135

Shareholder: Jinhai Ying

Address:Room 309, No.22 Xueluo Alley, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 17757465135

 

股东:卢珊

地址:北京市朝阳区南湖中园三区311楼2单元1001号

电话: 15000688613

Shareholder: Shan Lu

Address:No.1001, Unit 2, Building 311, Block 3, Nanhuzhongyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 15000688613

 

股东:王宣明

地址: 上海市徐汇区梅陇路130号

电话:13621801972

Shareholder: Xuanming Wang

Address:No.130 Meilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone:13621801972

 

股东:刘超

地址:北京市海淀区永丰东玉河村316号

电话:13811876068

Shareholder: Chao Liu

Address:No.316, East Yuhe Village, Yongfeng, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone:13811876068

 

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股东:徐海刚

地址:浙江省舟山市定海区城东街道东关新村112号203室

电话: 18957221882

Shareholder: Haigang Xu

Address:Room 203, No.112, Dongguanxincun, Chengdong Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 18957221882

 

股东:高倩云

地址: 浙江省舟山市定海区环南街道蓬莱新村97号202室

电话:18818006676

Shareholder: Qianyun Gao

Address:Room 202, No.97, Penglaixincun, Huannan Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 18818006676

 

股东:李红漫

地址: 武汉市江汉区清芬路34号2楼1号

电话: 13667282031

Shareholder: Hongman Li

Address: 1, 2nd floor, no.34 qingfen road, jianghan district, wuhan city

Phone: 13667282031

 

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股东:范振宝

地址: 安徽省安庆市迎江区先锋巷阳光苑2幢1单元201

电话: 15651888887

Shareholder: Zhenbao Fan

Address:Room 201, unit 1, building 2, sunshine garden, xianfeng lane, yingjiang district, anqing city, anhui province

Phone: 15651888887

 

股东:徐惠

地址: 江苏省苏州市虎丘区滨河花苑28幢103室

电话: 13812642890

Shareholder: Hui Xu

Address: Room 103, building 28, binhe garden, huqiu district, suzhou city, jiangsu province

Phone: 13812642890

 

股东:刘红

地址: 浙江省舟山市定海区千岛街道桂花城闻莺苑12幢三单元1006室

电话:13666709717

Shareholder: Hong Liu

Address: Room 1006, unit 3, building 12, wenying garden, guihua city, qiandao street, dinghai district, zhoushan city, zhejiang province

Phone:13666709717

 

股东:吴思远

地址: 河南省博爱县孝敬镇吴庄村中大街15号

电话:13522963398

Shareholder: Siyuan Wu

Address: No.15, middle street, wuzhuang village, xiaojing town, boai county, henan province

Phone:13522963398

 

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丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司

地址:北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

联系人:胡海平

电话:010-82967728

Party C: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. .

Address:Room 208, unit 2, building 1, yard 28, houtun road, haidian district, Beijing

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone: 010-82967728

 

14.5 任何一方可按本条规定随时给其他各方发出通知来改变其接收通知的 地址。

Any Party may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

15. 分割性

Severability

 

如果本协议有任何一条或多条规定根据任何法律或法规在任何方面被裁定为无效、不合法或不可执行,本协议其余规定的有效性、合法性或可执行性不应因此在任何方面受到影响或损害。各方应通过诚意磋商,争取以法律许可以及各方期望的最大限度内有效的规定取代那些无效、不合法或不可执行的规定,而该等有效的规定所产生的经济效果应尽可能与那些无效、不合法 或不能强制执行的规定所产生的经济效果相似。

In the event that one or several of the provisions of this Agreement are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any aspect in accordance with any laws or regulations, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or compromised in any respect. The Parties shall strive in good faith to replace such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with effective provisions that accomplish to the greatest extent permitted by law and the intentions of the Parties, and the economic effect of such effective provisions shall be as close as possible to the economic effect of those invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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16. 其他

Miscellaneous

 

16.1 本协议的任何修改、补充或变更,均须采用书面形式,经各方签字或盖 章并按规定办理政府登记(如需)后生效。

Any amendments, changes and supplements to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall become effective upon completion of the governmental filing procedures (if applicable) after the affixation of the signatures or seals of the Parties.

 

16.2 本协议以中文和英文书就,一式三十八份,质权人、每位出质人和目标公司各持一份,具有同等效力;中英文版本如有冲突,应以中文版为准。

This Agreement is written in Chinese and English in thirty-eight copies. Each of Pledgors, Pledgee and Target Company shall hold one copy respectively. Each copy of this Agreement shall have equal validity. In case there is any conflict between the Chinese version and the English version, the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

 

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有鉴于此,各方已自行或使得其各自授权代表于文首所载日期签署本《股权质押协议》。

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed, or caused their respectively duly authorized representatives to execute, this Equity Pledge Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party A:Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

签署:

By:________________________

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal Representative:Haiping Hu

  

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司(盖章)

Shareholder: (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

授权代表:

Representative:

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

Shareholder: (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

授权代表:

Representative:

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:胡海平

Shareholder: Haiping Hu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:左海威

Shareholder: Haiwei Zuo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:张义东

Shareholder: Yidong Zhang

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:李存友

Shareholder: Cunyou Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:周桐宇

Shareholder: Tongyu Zhou

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:赵二涛

Shareholder: Ertao Zhao

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:齐晨明

Shareholder: Chenming Qi

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:郭守盛

Shareholder: Shousheng Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:俞玉茹

Shareholder: Yuru Yu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:沈国栋

Shareholder: Guodong Shen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:荆涛

Shareholder: Tao Jin

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:费革胜

Shareholder: Gesheng Fei

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:田宁

Shareholder: Ning Tian

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:徐宝华

Shareholder: Baohua Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:刘泽兵

Shareholder: Zebing Liu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:陈军

Shareholder: Jun Chen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:丁沪生

Shareholder: Husheng Ding

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:郭嘉志

Shareholder: Jiazhi Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:陈效力

Shareholder: Xiaoli Chen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:胡海军

Shareholder: Haijun Hu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:管淑清

Shareholder: Shuqing Guan

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:李庆利

Shareholder: Qingli Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:郭维涛

Shareholder: Weitao Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:应金海

Shareholder: Jinhai Ying

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:卢珊

Shareholder: Shan Lu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:王宣明

Shareholder: Xuanming Wang

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:刘超

Shareholder: Chao Liu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:徐海刚

Shareholder: Haigang Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:高倩云

Shareholder: Qianyun Gao

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:李红漫

Shareholder: Hongman Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:范振宝

Shareholder: Zhenbao Fan

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:徐惠

Shareholder: Hui Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:刘红

Shareholder: Hong Liu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:出质人

Party B: Pledgors

 

 

股东:吴思远

Shareholder: Siyuan Wu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party C:Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal Representative:Haiping Hu

 

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附件

Attachments

 

1. 甲方及丙方于2019年610日签署的《独家技术和咨询服务协议》

The Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement entered into between Party A and Party C on June 10 , 2019

 

2. 甲方、乙方及丙方于2019年610日签署的《独家购买权协议》

The Exclusive Option Agreement entered into among Party A, Party B and Party C on June 10, 2019

 

3. 乙方于2019年610日日签署的《授权委托书》

The Power of Attorney executed by Party B on June 10 , 2019

 

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

独家购买权协议

Exclusive Option Agreement

 

本独家购买权协议(下称“本协议”)由以下各方于2019年610日在中华人民共和国(下称“中国”)北京市签订:

This Exclusive Option Agreement (“this Agreement”) is executed by and among the Parties below as of On June 10, 2019, in BeiJing City, the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”):

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司, 一家在中国注册的外商独资企业,地址为北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层)02C室-045号

Party A: Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd. , Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned enterprise duly registered in China, with its address at Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing .

 

乙方:丙方的全体股东,其中每位或任何一位股东单独称“股东”,合称“股东”,包括:

 

1) 师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司,统一社会信用代码:91330901MA2A35YA83
     
2) 北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙) ,统一社会信用代码:91110114327222668J
     
3) 胡海平,身份证号码:330106196710170432
     
4) 左海威,身份证号码:430421198303156134
     
5) 张义东,身份证号码:232324197711090035
     
6) 李存友,身份证号码:370523196810203313
     
7) 周桐宇,身份证号码:310106196808291220
     
8) 赵二涛,身份证号码:410326198307263730
     
9) 齐晨明,身份证号码:612133197102030017
     
10) 郭守盛,身份证号码: 362102198107200618

 

 

 

 

11) 俞玉茹,身份证号码: 33071919400310022X
     
12) 沈国栋,身份证号码:150927197105011210
     
13) 荆涛,身份证号码:230105197603250511
     
14) 费革胜,身份证号码:330106196705290413
     
15) 田宁,身份证号码:330104197709081610
     
16) 徐宝华,身份证号码:370623197312262230
     
17) 刘泽兵,身份证号码:652325196906100432
     
18) 陈军,身份证号码:330106196808010410
     
19) 丁沪生,身份证号码:33010619700118043X
     
20) 郭嘉志,身份证号码:231004195903260519
     
21) 陈效力,身份证号码:140103196506085770
     
22) 胡海军,身份证号码:330106196508052416
     
23) 管淑清,身份证号码:340111195511024027
     
24) 李庆利,身份证号码:130102196807090399
     
25) 郭维涛,身份证号码:220104197208080059
     
26) 应金海,身份证号码:330203196106151215
     
27) 卢珊,身份证号码:110105198404215825
     
28) 王宣明,身份证号码:350825198106073214
     
29) 刘超,身份证号码:110108198101287628
     
30) 徐海刚,身份证号码:330921196901250037
     
31) 高倩云,身份证号码:330902199007250686
     
32) 李红漫,身份证号码:420103197004021621
     
33) 范振宝,身份证号码:342821197803206238
     
34) 徐惠,身份证号码:320511197303101048
     
35) 刘红,身份证号码:330902196704150687 ;和
     
36) 吴思远,身份证号码:410822199109103521

 

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Party B: All the shareholders of Party C. Each and any shareholder is referred as a “Shareholder”, and together, the “Shareholders”, including

 

1) Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd , the Unified Social Credit Code: 91330901MA2A35YA83;
     
2) Beijing huatai zhonghe venture capital center (limited partnership) , the Unified Social Credit Code: 91110114327222668J;
     
3) Haiping Hu, Identification No.: 330106196710170432 ;
     
4) Haiwei Zuo, Identification No.: 430421198303156134 ;
     
5) Yidong Zhang, Identification No.: 232324197711090035 ;
     
6) Cunyou Li, Identification No.: 370523196810203313 ;
     
7) Tongyu Zhou, Identification No.: 310106196808291220 ;
     
8) Ertao Zhao, Identification No.: 410326198307263730 ;
     
9) Chenming Qi, Identification No.: 612133197102030017 ;
     
10) Shousheng Guo, Identification No.: 362102198107200618 ;
     
11) Yuru Yu, Identification No.: 33071919400310022X ;
     
12) Guodong Shen, Identification No.: 150927197105011210 ;
     
13) Tao Jing, Identification No.: 230105197603250511 ;
     
14) Gesheng Fei, Identification No.: 330106196705290413 ;
     
15) Ning Tian, Identification No.: 330104197709081610 ;
     
16) Baohua Xu, Identification No.: 370623197312262230 ;
     
17) Zebing Liu, Identification No.: 652325196906100432 ;
     
18) Jun Chen, Identification No.:330106196808010410 ;
     
19) Husheng Ding, Identification No.: 33010619700118043X ;
     
20) Jiazhi Guo, Identification No.: 231004195903260519 ;
     
21) Xiaoli Chen, Identification No.: 140103196506085770 ;
     
22) Haijun Hu, Identification No.: 330106196508052416 ;
     
23) Shuqing Guan, Identification No.: 340111195511024027 ;
     
24) Qingli Li, Identification No.: 130102196807090399 ;

 

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25) Weitao Guo, Identification No.: 220104197208080059 ;
     
26) Jinhai Ying, Identification No.: 330203196106151215 ;
     
27) Shan Lu, Identification No.: 110105198404215825 ;
     
28) Xuanming Wang, Identification No.: 350825198106073214 ;
     
29) Chao Liu, Identification No.:110108198101287628 ;
     
30) Haigang Xu, Identification No.:330921196901250037 ;
     
31) Qianyun Gao, Identification No.: 330902199007250686 ;
     
32) Hongman Li, Identification No.: 420103197004021621 ;
     
33) Zhenbao Fan, Identification No.: 342821197803206238 ;
     
34) Hui Xu, Identification No.: 320511197303101048 ;
     
35) Hong Liu, Identification No.: 330902196704150687 ; and
     
36) Siyuan Wu, Identification No.: 410822199109103521 ;

 

以及

AND

 

丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司(“目标公司”),一家依照中国法律设立和存在的有限责任公司,地址为 北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

Party C: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Target Company”), a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of China, with its address at Room 208, unit 2, building 1, yard 28, houtun road, haidian district, Beijing .

 

在本协议中,甲方、乙方和丙方各称“一方”,合称“各方”。

In this Agreement, each of Party A, Party B and Party C shall be referred to as a “Party” respectively, and they shall be collectively referred to as the “Parties”.

 

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鉴于:

Whereas:

 

1. 乙方系目标公司股东,合计持有目标公司100%的股权,其中各股东在目标公司的持股情况如下:

Party B is the shareholders of Target Company and together, hold 100% of the equity interest in Target Company. The equity interest of each Shareholder in Target Company is specified as follows:

 

名称

Name

  认缴出资额(元) Registered Capital (RMB)    

持股比例(%)

Shareholding Ratio (%)

 

师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司

Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd

    10,200,000       34 %

北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

Beijing huatai zhonghe venture capital center (limited partnership)

    900,000       3 %
胡海平 Haiping Hu     4,120,000       13.73 %
左海威HaiWei Zuo     2,246,000       7.49 %
张义东 Yidong Zhang     1,200,000       4 %
李存友Cunyou Li     1,200,000       4 %
周桐宇 Tongyu Zhou     900,000       3 %
赵二涛 Ertao Zhao     900,000       3 %
齐晨明 Chenming Qi     900000       3 %
郭守盛 Shousheng Guo     900,000       3 %
俞玉茹 Yuru Yu     600,000       2 %
沈国栋 Guodong Shen     450,000       1.5 %
荆涛 Tao Jing     300,000       1 %
费革胜 Gesheng Fei     300,000       1 %
田宁 Ning Tian     300,000       1 %
徐宝华 Baohua Xu     300,000       1 %
刘泽兵 Zebing Liu     300,000       1 %
陈军 Jun Chen     300,000       1 %
丁沪生 Husheng Ding     300,000       1 %
郭嘉志 Jiazhi Guo     300,000       1 %
陈效力Xiaoli Chen     300,000       1 %
胡海军 Haijun Hu     300,000       1 %
管淑清Shuqing Guan     300,000       1 %
李庆利 Qingli Li     300,000       1 %
郭维涛Weitao Guo     300,000       1 %
应金海 Jinhai Ying     300,000       1 %
卢珊 Shan Lu     300,000       1 %
王宣明Xuanming Wang     250,000       0.83 %
刘超 Chao Liu     151,000       0.5 %
徐海刚 Haigang Xu     150,000       0.5 %
高倩云 Qianyun Gao     108,000       0.36 %
李红漫 Hongman Li     100,000       0.33 %
范振宝 Zhenbao Fan     75,000       0.25 %
徐惠 Hui Xu     75,000       0.25 %
刘红Hong Liu     45,000       0.15 %
吴思远 Siyuan Wu     30,000       0.1 %
总计Total     30,000,000       100 %

 

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2. 股东同意通过本协议授予甲方一项独家购买权,甲方同意接受该独家 购买权用以购买股东在目标公司所持有的全部或部分股权。

The Shareholders agree to grant Party A an exclusive option right through this Agreement, and Party A agrees to accept such exclusive option right to purchase all or any equity interest held by a Shareholder in Target Company.

 

现各方协商一致,达成如下协议:

Now therefore, upon mutual discussion and negotiation, the Parties have reached the following agreement:

 

1.       股权买卖 Sale and Purchase of Equity Interest

 

1.1       授予权利 Option Granted

 

股东同意在此不可撤销地授予甲方一项不可撤销的专有购买权,甲方以该等购买权在中国法律允许的前提下,按照甲方自行决定的行使步骤,并按照本协议第1.3 条所述的价格,随时一次或多次从股东购买,或指定一人或多人(“被指定人”)从股东处购买其现在和将来所持有的目标公司的全部和/或部分股权(无论股东出资额或持股比例将来是否发生变化)(“股权购买权”)。

The Shareholders hereby irrevocably grant Party A an irrevocable and exclusive right to purchase, or designate one or more persons (each, a “Designee”) to purchase their equity interests in Target Company now or then held by the Shareholders (regardless whether the Shareholders’ capital contributions and/or percentage of shareholding is changed or not in the future) once or at multiple times at any time in part or in whole at Party A's sole and absolute discretion to the extent permitted by PRC laws and regulations, and at the price described in Section 1.3 herein (such right being the “Equity Interest Purchase Option”).

 

除甲方和被指定人外,任何第三人均不得享有股东股权的购买权或其他与股东股权有关的权利。目标公司特此同意股东向甲方授予股权购买权。本款及本协议所规定的“人”指个人、公司、合营企业、合伙、企业、信托或任何其他经济组织。

Except for Party A and the Designee(s), no other person shall be entitled to the Equity Interest Purchase Option or other rights with respect to the equity interests of the Shareholders. Target Company hereby agrees to the grant by the Shareholders of the Equity Interest Purchase Option to Party A. The term “person” as used herein shall refer to individuals, corporations, partnerships, partners, enterprises, trusts or any other type of economic entity.

 

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1.2       行使股权购买权 Exercise of Equity Interest Purchase Option

 

1.2.1 甲方行使其股权购买权以符合中国法律和法规的规定为前提。甲方行使股权购买权时,应向股东发出书面通知(“股权购买通知”),股权购买通知应载明以下事项:(a)甲方关于行使股权购买权的决定;(b)甲方拟从股东购买的股权份额(“被购买的股权” );和(c)被购买的股权 的买入日期。

Subject to the provisions of the PRC laws and regulations, Party A may exercise the Equity Interest Purchase Option by issuing a written notice to a Shareholder (the “Equity Interest Purchase Option Notice”), specifying: (a) Party A's decision to exercise the Equity Interest Purchase Option; (b) the portion of equity interests to be purchased from a Shareholder (the “Optioned Interests”); and (c) the date for purchasing the Optioned Interests.

 

1.2.2 被购买股权的买价(“基准买价”)应为人民币 10 元或中国法律下允许的最低价格,如该最低价格高于人民币10元。如果在甲方行权时中国法律要求评估股权,各方通过诚信原则另行商定,并在评估基础上对该股权买价进行必要调整,以符合当时适用之任何中国法律之要求(统称“股权买价”)。

The purchase price of the Optioned Interests (the "Base Price") shall be RMB 10, or the minimum price then permitted by the PRC laws and regulations if such lowest price is higher than RMB 10. If appraisal is required by the PRC laws and regulations at the time when Party A exercises the Equity Interest Purchase Option, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and based on the appraisal result make necessary adjustment to the Equity Interest Purchase Price so that it complies with any and all then applicable PRC laws and regulations (collectively, the "Equity Interest Purchase Price").

 

1.2.3 股东同意,在收到甲方支付的股权买价后,将该等股权买价还给甲方的海外母公司Global Internet of People, Inc.(“甲方母公司”)。

Shareholders agree, upon receiving the Equity Interest Purchase Price, to return the Equity Interest Purchase Price to Party A’s offshore parent company Global Internet of People, Inc. (“Party A’s Parent Company”)

 

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1.3 转让被购买股权 Transfer of Optioned Interests

 

甲方每次行使股权购买权时:

For each exercise of the Equity Interest Purchase Option:

 

1.3.1 股东应责成目标公司及时召开股东会会议,在该会议上,应通过批准股东向甲方和/或被指定人转让被购买的股权的决议;

A Shareholder shall cause Target Company to promptly convene a shareholders meeting, at which a resolution shall be adopted approving the Shareholder’s transfer of the Optioned Interests to Party A and/or the Designee(s);

 

1.3.2 股东应就其向甲方和/或被指定人转让被购买的股权取得目标公司其 他股东同意该转让并放弃优先购买权的书面声明。

A Shareholder shall obtain written statements from the other shareholder of Target Company giving consent to the transfer of the equity interest to Party A and/or the Designee(s) and waiving any right of first refusal related thereto.

 

1.3.3 股东应与甲方和/或(在适用的情况下)被指定人按照本协议及 股权购买通知的规定,为每次转让签订股权转让合同;

A Shareholder shall execute a share transfer contract with respect to each transfer with Party A and/or each Designee (whichever is applicable), in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Equity Interest Purchase Option Notice regarding the Optioned Interests;

 

1.3.4 有关方应签署所有其他所需合同、协议或文件,取得全部所需 的政府批准和同意,并采取所有所需行动,在不附带任何担保 权益的情况下,将被购买的股权的有效所有权转移给甲方和/或 被指定人并使甲方和/或被指定人成为被购买的股权的登记在册 所有人。

The relevant Parties shall execute all other necessary contracts, agreements or documents, obtain all necessary government licenses and permits and take all necessary actions to transfer valid ownership of the Optioned Interests to Party A and/or the Designee(s), unencumbered by any security interests, and cause Party A and/or the Designee(s) to become the registered owner(s) of the Optioned Interests.

 

为本款及本协议的目的,“担保权益”包括担保、抵押、第三方权利或权益,任何购股权、收购权、优先购买权、抵销权、所有权扣留或其他担保安排等;但为了明确起见,不包括在本协议、股东的股权质押协议项下产生的任何担保权益。本款及本协议所规定的“股东股权质押协议”指甲方、股东和目标公司于本协议签署之日签订的《股权质押协议》(附件1),根据《股权质押协议》(附件1),股东为担保目标公司能履行目标公司与甲方签订的《独家服务协议》(附件2)项下的义务,而向甲方质押其在目标公司的全部股东股权。

 

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For the purpose of this Section and this Agreement, “security interests” shall include securities, mortgages, third party's rights or interests, any stock options, acquisition right, right of first refusal, right to offset, ownership retention or other security arrangements, but shall be deemed to exclude any security interest created by this Agreement and a Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement. “Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement” as used in this Section and this Agreement shall refer to the Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1) executed by and among Party A, a Shareholder, and Target Company on the date of this Agreement, whereby the Shareholders pledge all of their equity interests in Target Company to Party A, in order to guarantee Target Company's performance of its obligations under the Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement executed by and between Target Company and Party A (Attachment 2).

 

2.       承诺 Covenants

 

2.1       有关目标公司的承诺 Covenants regarding Target Company

 

目标公司在此承诺:

Target Company hereby covenant as follows:

 

2.1.1 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不以任何形式补充、更改或修改丙方公司章程文件,增加或减少其注册资本,或以其他方式改变其注册资本结构;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party’s Parent Comany, they shall not in any manner supplement, change or amend the articles of association and bylaws of Target Company, increase or decrease its registered capital, or change its structure of registered capital in other manners;

 

2.1.2 按照良好的财务和商业标准及惯例,保持其公司的存续,审慎 地及有效地经营其业务和处理事务;

They shall maintain Target Company's corporate existence in accordance with good financial and business standards and practices by prudently and effectively operating its business and handling its affairs;

 

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2.1.3 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不在本协议签署之日起的任何时间出售、转让、抵押或以其他方式处置目标公司的任何资产、业务或收入的合法或受益权益,或允许在其上设置任何其他担保权益;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not at any time following the date hereof, sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of in any manner any assets of Target Company or legal or beneficial interest in the business or revenues of Target Company, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest;

 

2.1.4 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不发生、继承、保证或容许存在任何债务,但(i)正常或日常业务过程中产生而不是通过借款方式产生的债务;和(ii)已向甲方披露和得到甲方书面同意的债务除外;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not incur, inherit, guarantee or suffer the existence of any debt, except for (i) debts incurred in the ordinary course of business other than through loans; and (ii) debts disclosed to Party A for which Party A's written consent has been obtained;

 

2.1.5 一直在正常业务过程中经营所有业务,以保持目标公司的资产价值,不进行任何足以影响其经营状况和资产价值的作为/不作为;

They shall always operate all of Target Company’s businesses during the ordinary course of business to maintain the asset value of Target Company and refrain from any action/omission that may affect Target Company's operating status and asset value;

 

2.1.6 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不得让目标公司签订任何重大合同,但在正常业务过程中签订的合同除外(就本段而言,如果一份合同的价值超过人民币100000000元,即被视为重大合同);

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not cause Target Company to execute any major contract, except the contracts in the ordinary course of business (for purpose of this subsection, a contract with a value exceeding RMB100000000shall be deemed a major contract);

 

2.1.7 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,目标公司不得向任何人提供贷款或信贷;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not cause Target Company to provide any person with any loan or credit;

 

2.1.8 应甲方要求,向其提供所有关于目标公司的营运和财务状况的资料;

They shall provide Party A with information on Target Company's business operations and financial condition at Party A's request;

 

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2.1.9 如甲方提出要求,目标公司应从甲方接受的保险公司处购买和持有的有关其资产和业务的保险,该保险的金额和险种应与经营类似业务的公司一致;

If requested by Party A, they shall procure and maintain insurance in respect of Target Company's assets and business from an insurance carrier acceptable to Party A, at an amount and type of coverage typical for companies that operate similar businesses;

 

2.1.10 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,目标公司不得与任何人合并或联合,或对任何人进行收购或投资;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not cause or permit Target Company to merge, consolidate with, acquire or invest in any person;

 

2.1.11 将发生的或可能发生的与目标公司资产、业务或收入有关的诉讼、仲裁或行政程序立即通知甲方;

They shall immediately notify Party A of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to Target Company's assets, business or revenue;

 

2.1.12 为保持目标公司对其全部资产的所有权,签署所有必要或适当的文件,采取所有必要或适当的行动和提出所有必要或适当的控告或对所有索偿进行必要和适当的抗辩;

To maintain the ownership by Target Company of all of its assets, they shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions and file all necessary or appropriate complaints or raise necessary and appropriate defenses against all claims;

 

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2.1.13 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不得以任何形式派发股息予各股东,但一经甲方要求,目标公司应立即将其所有可分配利润全部立即分配给其各股东;及

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall ensure that Target Company shall not in any manner distribute dividends to its shareholders, provided that upon Party A’s written request, Target Company shall immediately distribute all distributable profits to its Shareholders; and

 

2.1.14 根据甲方的要求,委任由其指定的任何人士出任目标公司的董事和/或执行董事。

At the request of Party A, they shall appoint any persons designated by Party A as the director and/or executive director of Target Company.

 

2.2       股东和目标公司的承诺 Covenants of the Shareholders and Target Company

 

股东和目标公司承诺:

Shareholders and Target Company hereby covenant as follows:

 

2.2.1 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意,不出售、转让、抵押或以其他方式处置其拥有的目标公司的股权的合法或受益权益,或允许在其上设置任何其他担保权益,但根据股东的《股权质押协议》(附件1)在该股权上设置的质押则除外;

Without the prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, they shall not sell, transfer, mortgage or dispose of in any other manner any legal or beneficial interest in the equity interests in Target Company held by the Shareholders, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, except for the pledge placed on these equity interests in accordance with the Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1);

 

2.2.2 促使目标公司股东会和/或董事会和/或执行董事不批准在未经甲方的事先书面同意的情况下,出售、转让、抵押或以其他方式处置任何股东持有之目标公司的股权的合法权益或受益权,或允许在其上设置任何其他担保权益,但批准根据股东与甲方及目标公司签署的《股权质押协议》(附件1)在股东股权上设置的质押则除外;

The Shareholders shall cause the shareholders' meeting and/or the board of directors and/or executive director of Target Company not to approve the sale, transfer, mortgage or disposition in any other manner of any legal or beneficial interest in the equity interests in Target Company held by a Shareholder, or allow the encumbrance thereon of any security interest, without the prior written consent of Party A, except for the pledge placed on these equity interests in accordance with the Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1) entered into with Party A and Target Company;

 

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2.2.3 未经甲方或甲方母公司的事先书面同意的情况下,对于目标公司与任何人合并或联合,或对任何人进行收购或投资,股东将促成目标公司股东会和/或董事会和/或执行董事不予批准;

The Shareholders shall cause the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors and/or executive director of Target Company not to approve the merger or consolidation with any person, or the acquisition of or investment in any person, without the prior written consent of Party A or Parent A’s Parent Company;

 

2.2.4 将发生的或可能发生的任何关于其所拥有的股权的诉讼、仲裁 或行政程序立即通知甲方;

The Shareholders shall immediately notify Party A of the occurrence or possible occurrence of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the equity interests in Target Company held by a Shareholder;

 

2.2.5 促使目标公司股东会和/或董事会和/或执行董事表决赞成本协议规定的被购买的股权的转让并应甲方之要求采取其他任何行动;

They shall cause the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors and/or executive director of Target Company to vote their approval of the transfer of the Optioned Interests as set forth in this Agreement and to take any and all other actions that may be requested by Party A;

 

2.2.6 为保持其对股权的所有权,签署所有必要或适当的文件,采取 所有必要或适当的行动和提出所有必要或适当的控告或对所有 索偿进行必要和适当的抗辩;

To the extent necessary to maintain the Shareholders’ ownership in Target Company, they shall execute all necessary or appropriate documents, take all necessary or appropriate actions and file all necessary or appropriate complaints or raise necessary and appropriate defenses against all claims;

 

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2.2.7 应甲方的要求,委任由其指定的任何人士出任目标公司的董事和/或执行董事;

They shall appoint any designee of Party A as the director and/or executive director of Target Company, at the request of Party A;

 

2.2.8 经甲方随时要求,应向其指定的代表在任何时间无条件地根据本协议的股权购买权立即转让其股权,并放弃其对其他现有股东进行上述股权转让所享有的优先购买权(如有的话);和

At the request of Party A at any time, a Shareholder shall promptly and unconditionally transfer its equity interests in Target Company to Party A's Designee(s) in accordance with the Equity Interest Purchase Option under this Agreement, and the Shareholder hereby waives its right of first refusal (if any) to the share transfer by other existing shareholders of Target Company (if any); and

 

2.2.9 严格遵守本协议及股东、目标公司与甲方共同或分别签订的其他合同的各项规定,切实履行该等合同项下的各项义务,并不进行任何足以影响该等合同的有效性和可执行性的作为/不作为。如果股东对于本合同项下或股东的《股权质押协议》(附件1)下或对甲方的《授权委托书》(附件3附件4)中的股权,还留存有任何权利,除非甲方书面指示,否则股东仍不得行使该权利。

The Shareholders shall strictly abide by the provisions of this Agreement and other contracts jointly or separately executed by and among the Shareholders, Target Company and Party A, perform the obligations hereunder and thereunder, and refrain from any action/omission that may affect the effectiveness and enforceability thereof. To the extent that a Shareholder has any remaining rights with respect to the equity interests subject to this Agreement hereunder or under the Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1) or under the Power of Attorney granted in favor of Party A (Attachment 3 and Attachment 4), the Shareholder shall not exercise such rights except in accordance with the written instructions of Party A.

 

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3.       陈述和保证 Representations and Warranties

 

股东和目标公司特此在本协议签署之日和每一个转让日向甲方共同及分别陈述和保证如下:

The Shareholders and Target Company hereby represent and warrant to Party A, jointly and severally, as of the date of this Agreement and each date of transfer of the Optioned Interests, that:

 

3.1 其具有签订和交付本协议和其为一方的、根据本协议为每一次转让被 购买的股权而签订的任何股权转让合同(各称为“转让合同”),并履 行其在本协议和任何转让合同项下的义务的权力和能力。股东和目标公司同意在甲方行使购买权时,他们将签署与本协议条款一致的转让合同。本协议和股东和目标公司是一方的各转让合同一旦签署后,构成或将对股东和目标公司构成合法、有效及具有约束力的义务并可按照其条款对股东和/或目标公司强制执行;

They have the authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and any share transfer contracts to which they are a Party concerning the Optioned Interests to be transferred thereunder (each, a “Transfer Agreement”), and to perform their obligations under this Agreement and any Transfer Agreement. The Shareholders and Target Company agree to enter into Transfer Agreement consistent with the terms of this Agreement upon Party A’s exercise of the Equity Interest Purchase Option. This Agreement and the Transfer Agreement to which a Shareholder and Target Company are the parties constitute or will constitute their legal, valid and binding obligations and shall be enforceable against them in accordance with the provisions thereof;

 

3.2 无论是本协议或任何转让合同的签署和交付还是其在本协议或任何转 让合同项下的义务的履行均不会:(i)导致违反任何有关的中国法律; (ii)与目标公司章程或其他组织文件相抵触;(iii)导致违反其是一方或对其有约束力的任何合同或文件,或构成其是一方或对其有约束力的任何合同或文件项下的违约;(iv)导致违反有关向任何一方颁发的任何许可或批准的授予和(或)继续有效的任何条件;或(v)导致向任何一方颁发的任何许可或批准中止或被撤销或附加条件;

The execution and delivery of this Agreement or any Transfer Agreement and the obligations under this Agreement or any Transfer Agreement shall not: (i) cause any violation of any applicable laws of China; (ii) be inconsistent with the articles of association, bylaws or other organizational documents of Target Company; (iii) cause the violation of any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or which are binding on them, or constitute any breach under any contracts or instruments to which they are a party or which are binding on them; (iv) cause any violation of any condition for the grant and/or continued effectiveness of any licenses or permits issued to either of them; or (v) cause the suspension or revocation of or imposition of additional conditions to any licenses or permits issued to either of them;

 

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3.3 股东对其在目标公司拥有的股权拥有良好和可出售的所有权,除股东与甲方及目标公司签署的《股权质押协议》(附件1)外,股东在上述股权上没有设置任何担保权益;

A Shareholder has a good and merchantable title to the equity interests in Target Company he or she holds. Except for the Shareholders’ Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1) entered into with Party A and Target Company, the Shareholder has not placed any security interest on such equity interests;

 

3.4 目标公司对所有资产拥有良好和可出售的所有权,目标公司在上述资产上没有设置任何担保权益;

Target Company has a good and merchantable title to all of its assets, and has not placed any security interest on the aforementioned assets;

 

3.5 目标公司没有任何未偿还债务,除(i)在其正常的业务过程中发生的债务,及(ii)已向甲方披露及经甲方书面同意债务除外;

Target Company does not have any outstanding debts, except for (i) debt incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) debts disclosed to Party A for which Party A's written consent has been obtained;

 

3.6 目标公司遵守适用于资产的收购的所有法律和法规;和

Target Company has complied with all the PRC laws and regulations applicable to asset acquisitions; and

 

3.7 目前没有悬而未决的或构成威胁的与股权、目标公司资产有关的或与目标公司有关的诉讼、仲裁或行政程序。

There is no pending or threatened litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings relating to the equity interests in Target Company, assets of Target Company or Target Company.

 

4.       协议生效及终止 Effectiveness and Termination of This Agreement

 

4.1 本协议于各方或其法定代表人签署本协议之日生效 。

This Agreement shall become effective upon the date hereof, after being executed or sealed by the Parties or executed by their legal representatives.

 

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4.2 本协议应在股东所拥有的全部目标公司股权和/或目标公司的所有资产均已根据本协议合法转让至甲方或其指定人之时终止。尽管如此,在任何情况下,甲方有权提前三十(30)天向股东及目标公司书面通知终止本协议,而甲方不应就其单方面终止本协议而负违约责任。

This Agreement shall be terminated after all the equity interest in Target Company held by the Shareholders and/or all the assets of Target Company have been legally transferred to Party A and/or its designee in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the above provision, Party A shall in any event be entitled to terminate this Agreement by prior written notice to the Shareholders and Target Company thirty (30) days in advance, and Party A shall not be held liable for default in respect of the unilateral termination of this Agreement.

 

5.       适用法律与争议解决 Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes

 

5.1       适用法律 Governing law

 

本协议的订立、效力、解释、履行、修改和终止以及争议解决均适用 中国正式公布并可公开得到的法律。对中国正式公布并可公开得到的 法律没有规定的事项,将适用国际法律原则和惯例。

The execution, effectiveness, construction, performance, amendment and termination of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by the formally published and publicly available laws of China. Matters not covered by formally published and publicly available laws of China shall be governed by international legal principles and practices.

 

5.2       争议的解决方法 Dispute Resolution

 

因解释和履行本协议而发生的任何争议,本协议各方应首先通过友好 协商的方式加以解决。如果在一方向其他方发出要求协商解决的书面 通知后30天之内争议仍然得不到解决,则任何一方均可将有关争议提 交给中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会,由该会按照其届时有效的仲裁规 则仲裁解决。仲裁应在中国北京进行,使用之语言为中文。仲裁裁决是终局性的,对各方均有约束力。

In the event of any dispute with respect to the construction and performance of this Agreement, the Parties shall first resolve the dispute through friendly negotiations. In the event the Parties fail to reach an agreement on the dispute within 30 days after either Party's request to the other Parties for resolution of the dispute through negotiations, either Party may submit the relevant dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, in accordance with its then effective arbitration rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Beijing, China, and the language used in arbitration shall be Chinese. The arbitration award shall be final and binding on all Parties.

 

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6.       税款、费用 Taxes and Fees

 

每一方应承担根据中国法律因准备和签署本协议和各转让合同以及完成本协议和各转让合同拟定的交易而由该方发生的或对其征收的任何和全部的转让和注册的税、花费和费用。

Each Party shall pay any and all transfer and registration tax, expenses and fees incurred thereby or levied thereon in accordance with the PRC laws and regulations in connection with the preparation and execution of this Agreement and the Transfer Contracts, as well as the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement and the Transfer Contracts.

 

7.       通知 Notice

 

7.1 本协议项下要求或发出的所有通知和其他通信应通过专人递送、挂号 邮寄、邮资预付或商业快递服务或传真的方式发到该方下列地址。每一通知还应再以电子邮件送达。该等通知视为有效送达的日期按如下 方式确定:

All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, by a commercial courier service or by facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below. A confirmation copy of each notice shall also be sent by email. The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

7.1.1 通知如果是以专人递送、快递服务或挂号邮寄、邮资预付发出的,则以于设定为通知的地址在发送或拒收之日为有效送达日。

Notices given by personal delivery, by courier service or by registered mail, postage prepaid, shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery or refusal at the address specified for notices.

 

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7.1.2 通知如果是以传真发出的,则以成功传送之日为有效送达日(应 以自动生成的传送确认信息为证)。

Notices given by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

7.2       为通知的目的,各方地址如下:

For the purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司

地址:北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层)02C室-045号

联系人:胡海平

电话: 13818333008

Party A: Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone: 13818333008

 

 

乙方:丙方的全体股东

股东:师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司

联系人: 王宣明

地址: 浙江省舟山市定海区舟山港综合保税区企业服务中心305-67021室(自贸实验区内)

电话: 13621801972

Shareholder: Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd

Address: Room 305-67021, enterprise service center, zhoushan port comprehensive bonded zone, dinghai district, zhoushan city, zhejiang province (free trade experimental zone)

Representative: XUANMING WANG

Phone: 13621801972

 

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股东:北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

联系人: 左海威

地址:北京市昌平区回龙观镇北清路1号院6号楼11层2单元1211-2

电话: 18001021608

Shareholder: Beijing huatai zhonghe venture capital center (limited partnership)

Address:Room 1211-2, unit 2, floor 11, building 6, yard 1, beiqing road, huilongguan town, changping district, Beijing

Representative: HAIWEI ZUO

Phone: 18001021608

 

 

股东:胡海平

地址:上海市浦东新区丁香路1599弄1号603室

电话: 13818333008

Shareholder: Haiping Hu

Address: Room 603, No.1, Lane 1599, Dingxiang Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 13818333008

 

股东:左海威

地址:湖南省衡阳县大安乡德龙村旷家组226号

电话:18001021608

Shareholder: Haiwei Zuo

Address: No.226, Kuangjia Group, Delong Village, Daan Township, Hengyang County, Hunan Province, PRC

Phone: 18001021608

 

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股东:张义东

地址:北京市海淀区西土城路25号2015级商学院MBA

电话: 13901244153

Shareholder: Yidong Zhang

Address:2015 Business School MBA, No.25 West Tucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 13901244153

 

股东:李存友

地址: 山东省广饶县广饶镇西北西村145号

电话: 13685466777

Shareholder: Cunyou Li

Address: No.145, Xibeixi Village, Guangrao Subdistrict Office, Guangrao County, Shandong Province, PRC

Phone: 13685466777

 

股东:周桐宇

地址: 上海市长宁区茅台路600弄45号101-102室

电话: 18602133636

Shareholder: Tongyu Zhou

Address: Room 101-102, No.45, Lane 600, Maotai Road, Changning District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 18602133636

 

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股东:赵二涛

地址: 河南省汝阳县三屯乡贠沟村3组

电话: 18001021718

Shareholder: Ertao Zhao

Address: Group 3, Yungou Village, Santun Township, Ruyang County, Henan Province, PRC

Phone: 18001021718

 

股东:齐晨明

地址: 北京市海淀区上地创业路6号联想集团公司

电话: 13901079192

Shareholder: Chenming Qi

Address: Lenovo Group Company, No.6 Shangdi Chuangye Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 13901079192

 

股东:郭守盛

地址: 江西省瑞金市象湖镇摇前锦绣花园12栋103室

电话: 13681593245

Shareholder: Shousheng Guo

Address: Room 103, Building 12, Yaoqian Jinxiu Garden, Xianghu Town, Ruijin City, Jiangxi Province, PRC

Phone: 13681593245

 

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股东:俞玉茹

地址: 浙江省兰溪市云山街道永进路9号干2幢2单元104室

电话: 13636400298

Shareholder: Yuru Yu

Address: Room 104, Unit 2, Building 2, No.9 Yongjin Road, Yunshan Street, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13636400298

 

股东:沈国栋

地址: 北京市昌平区南口镇东大街14号4层2单元401号

电话: 13439930318

Shareholder: Guodong Shen

Address: No.401, Unit 2, Floor 4, No.14 Dongda Street, Nankou Town, Changping District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 13439930318

 

股东:荆涛

地址: 上海市闵行区申北路135弄11号502室

电话: 13901604592

Shareholder: Tao Jing

Address: Room 502, No.11, Lane 135, Shenbei Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 13901604592

 

股东:费革胜

地址: 上海市浦东新区锦绣路800弄34号801室

电话: 13916213299

Shareholder: Gesheng Fei

Address: Room 801, No.34, Lane 800, Jinxiu Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 13916213299

 

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股东:田宁

地址:杭州市西湖区乾成园13幢2单元902室

电话: 13357112198

Shareholder: Ning Tian

Address: Room 902, Unit 2, Building 13, Qianchengyuan, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13357112198

 

股东:徐宝华

地址: 山东省烟台市莱山区黄海城市花园樗园4号楼8单元3号

电话: 15668031999

Shareholder: Baohua Xu

Address: No.3, Unit 8, Building 4, Chuyuan, Huanghai City Garden, Laishan District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, PRC

Phone: 15668031999

 

股东:刘泽兵

地址:乌鲁木齐市天山区碱泉三街240号嘉鸿园小区15号楼1单元202号

电话: 18699176169

Shareholder: Zebing Liu

Address:No.202, Unit 1, Building 15, Jiahongyuan Court, No.240, Jianquan 3rd Street, Tianshan District, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, PRC

Phone: 18699176169

 

股东:陈军

地址: 广东省深圳市福田区宝安大厦1801房

电话: 13802258618

Shareholder: Jun Chen

Address: Room 1801, Baoan Building, Futian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, PRC

Phone: 13802258618

 

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股东:丁沪生

地址: 江苏省扬州市邗江区中路456号美琪园莱福苑16幢301室

电话: 15821787945

Shareholder: Husheng Ding

Address: Hanjiang district, yangzhou city, jiangsu province, China

Phone: 15821787945

 

股东:郭嘉志

地址: 黑龙江省牡丹江市西安区西南市街滨江花园小区5栋2单元102室

电话: 13804808080

Shareholder: Jiazhi Guo

Address:Room 102, Unit 2, Building 5, Binjiang Garden Court, Xinanshi Street, Xi’an District, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13804808080

 

股东:陈效力

地址:山西省太原市尖草坪区江阳路9号94楼2号

电话: 18611678338

Shareholder: Xiaoli Chen

Address: No.2, Building 94, No.9 Jiangyang Road, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, PRC

Phone: 18611678338

 

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股东:胡海军

地址:杭州市拱墅区景上公寓1幢1103室

电话:13905819943

Shareholder: Haijun Hu

Address:Room 1103, Building 1, Jingshang Apartment, Gongshu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 13905819943

 

股东:管淑清

地址: 上海市长宁区天山西路789号

电话: 18616090001

Shareholder: Shuqing Guan

Address:No.789, West Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone: 18616090001

 

股东:李庆利

地址: 河北省石家庄市裕华区翟营大街389号卓达书香园二区2栋4单元502号

电话: 13603396118

Shareholder: Qingli Li

Address: No. 502, 4 Dan Yuan, 2 Dong, Zhouda Shu Xiang Yuan 2 Qu, No. 389, Yingying Street, Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, PRC

Phone: 13603396118

  

股东:郭维涛

地址: 北京市昌平区六街政府街19号

电话: 13511024979

Shareholder: Weitao Guo

Address: 19 guiguan street, 6th street, changping district, Beijing

Phone: 13511024979

 

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股东:应金海

地址: 浙江省宁波市海曙区薛萝巷22号309室

电话: 17757465135

Shareholder: Jinhai Ying

Address: Room 309, No.22 Xueluo Alley, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 17757465135

 

股东:卢珊

地址: 北京市朝阳区南湖中园三区311楼2单元1001号

电话: 15000688613

Shareholder: Shan Lu

Address: No.1001, Unit 2, Building 311, Block 3, Nanhuzhongyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 15000688613

 

股东:王宣明

地址: 上海市徐汇区梅陇路130号

电话: 13621801972

Shareholder: Xuanming Wang

Address: No.130 Meilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, PRC

Phone:13621801972

 

股东:刘超

地址:北京市海淀区永丰东玉河村316号

电话: 13811876068

Shareholder: Chao Liu

Address:No.316, East Yuhe Village, Yongfeng, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

Phone: 13811876068

 

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股东:徐海刚

地址: 浙江省舟山市定海区城东街道东关新村112号203室

电话: 18957221882

Shareholder: Haigang Xu

Address: Room 203, No.112, Dongguanxincun, Chengdong Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 18957221882

 

股东:高倩云

地址:浙江省舟山市定海区环南街道蓬莱新村97号202室

电话: 18818006676

Shareholder: Qianyun Gao

Address: Room 202, No.97, Penglaixincun, Huannan Street, Dinghai District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, PRC

Phone: 18818006676

 

股东:李红漫

地址: 武汉市江汉区清芬路34号2楼1号

电话: 13667282031

Shareholder: Hongman Li

Address: 1, 2nd floor, no.34 qingfen road, jianghan district, wuhan city

Phone: 13667282031

 

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股东:范振宝

地址: 安徽省安庆市迎江区先锋巷阳光苑2幢1单元201

电话: 15651888887

Shareholder: Zhenbao Fan

Address:安徽省安庆市迎江区先锋巷阳光苑2幢1单元201

Phone: 15651888887

 

股东:徐惠

地址: 江苏省苏州市虎丘区滨河花苑28幢103室

电话: 13812642890

Shareholder: Hui Xu

Address: Room 103, building 28, binhe garden, huqiu district, suzhou city, jiangsu province

Phone: 13812642890

 

股东:刘红

地址: 浙江省舟山市定海区千岛街道桂花城闻莺苑12幢三单元1006室

电话: 13666709717

Shareholder: Hong Liu

Address: Room 1006, unit 3, building 12, wenying garden, guihua city, qiandao street, dinghai district, zhoushan city, zhejiang province

Phone: 13666709717

 

股东:吴思远

地址: 河南省博爱县孝敬镇吴庄村中大街15号

电话:13522963398

Shareholder: Siyuan Wu

Address: No.15, middle street, wuzhuang village, xiaojing town, boai county, henan province

Phone: 13522963398

 

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丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司

地址: 北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

联系人: 胡海平

电话: 010-82967728

Party C: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone: 010-82967728

 

7.3 任何一方可按本条规定随时给其他方发出通知来改变其接收通知的地 址。

Any Party may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Parties in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

8.       保密责任 Confidentiality

 

各方承认及确定彼此就有关本协议而交换的任何口头或书面资料均属机密资料。各方应当对所有该等资料予以保密,而在未得其他方书面同意前,不得向任何第三者披露任何有关资料,惟下列情况除外:(a)公众人士知悉或将会知悉该等资料(并非由接受资料之一方擅自向公众披露);(b)适用法律法规或股票交易的规则或规例所需披露之资料;或(c)由任何一方就本协议所述交易而需向其法律或财务顾问披露之资料而该法律或财务顾问亦需遵守与本条款相类似之保密责任。如任何一方工作人员或聘请机构的泄密均视为该方的泄密,需依本协议承担违约责任。无论本协议以任何理由终止,本条款仍然生效。

The Parties acknowledge that any oral or written information exchanged among them with respect to this Agreement is confidential information. Each Party shall maintain the confidentiality of all such information, and without obtaining the written consent of other Parties, it shall not disclose any relevant information to any third parties, except in the following circumstances: (a) such information is or will be in the public domain (provided that this is not the result of a public disclosure by the receiving party); (b) information disclosed as required by applicable laws or rules or regulations of any stock exchange; or (c) information required to be disclosed by any Party to its legal counsel or financial advisor regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, and such legal counsel or financial advisor are also bound by confidentiality duties similar to the duties in this section. Disclosure of any confidential information by the staff members or agency hired by any Party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such Party, which Party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

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9.       进一步保证 Further Warranties

 

各方同意迅速签署为执行本协议的各项规定和目的而合理需要的或对其有利的文件,以及为执行本协议的各项规定和目的而采取合理需要的或对其有利的进一步行动。

The Parties agree to promptly execute documents that are reasonably required for or are conducive to the implementation of the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and take further actions that are reasonably required for or are conducive to the implementation of the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.

 

10. 其他 Miscellaneous

 

10.1       修订、修改与补充 Amendment, change and supplement

 

对本协议作出修订、修改与补充,必须经每一方签署书面协议。

Any amendment, change and supplement to this Agreement shall require the execution of a written agreement by all of the Parties.

 

10.2       完整合同 Entire agreement

 

除了在本协议签署后所作出的书面修订、补充或修改以外,本协议构成本协议各方达成的完整合同,取代在此之前 就本协议标的物所达成的所有口头或书面的协商、陈述和合同。

Except for the amendments, supplements or changes in writing executed after the execution of this Agreement, this Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement reached by and among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede all prior oral and written consultations, representations and contracts reached with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

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10.3       标题 Headings

 

本协议的标题仅为方便阅读而设,不应被用来解释、说明或在其他方面影响本协议各项规定的含义。

The headings of this Agreement are for convenience only, and shall not be used to interpret, explain or otherwise affect the meanings of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

10.4       语言 Language

 

本协议以中文和英文书就,一式三十八份,甲乙丙方各持一份,具有同等效力;中英文版本如有冲突,应以中文版为准。

This Agreement is written in both Chinese and English language in four (38) copies, each Party having one copy with equal legal validity; in case there is any conflict between the Chinese version and the English version, the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

10.5       可分割性 Severability

 

如果本协议有任何一条或多条规定根据任何法律或法规在任何方面被裁定为无效、不合法或不可执行,本协议其余规定的有效性、合法性或可执行性不应因此在任何方面受到影响或损害。各方应通过诚意磋商,争取以法律许可以及各方期望的最大限度内有效的规定取代那些无效、不合法或不可执行的规定,而该等有效的规定所产生的经济效果应尽可能与那些无效、不合法或不能强制执行的规定所产生的经济效果相似。

In the event that one or several of the provisions of this Agreement are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any aspect in accordance with any laws or regulations, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or compromised in any respect. The Parties shall strive in good faith to replace such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with effective provisions that accomplish to the greatest extent permitted by law and the intentions of the Parties, and the economic effect of such effective provisions shall be as close as possible to the economic effect of those invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

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10.6       继任者 Successors

 

本协议对各方各自的继任者和各方所允许的受让方应具有约束力并对其有利。

This Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the interest of the respective successors of the Parties and the permitted assigns of such Parties.

 

10.7       继续有效 Survival

 

10.7.1 合同期满或提前终止前因本协议而发生的或到期的任何义务在本协议期满或提前终止后继续有效。

Any obligations that occur or that are due as a result of this Agreement upon the expiration or early termination of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or early termination thereof.

 

10.7.2 本协议第 5、7、8 条和本第 10.7 条的规定在本协议终止后继 续有效。

The provisions of Sections 5, 7, 8 and this Section 10.7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

10.8       弃权 Waivers

 

任何一方可以对本协议的条款和条件作出弃权,但必须经书面作出并经各方签字。一方在某种情况下就其他方的违约所作的弃权不应被视为该方在其他情况下就类似的违约已经对其他方作出弃权。

Any Party may waive the terms and conditions of this Agreement, provided that such a waiver must be provided in writing and shall require the signatures of the Parties. No waiver by any Party in certain circumstances with respect to a breach by other Parties shall operate as a waiver by such a Party with respect to any similar breach in other circumstances.

 

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有鉴于此,各方已自行或使得其各自授权代表于文首所载日期签署本《独家购买权协议》。

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed, or caused their respectively duly authorized representatives to execute, this Exclusive Option Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party A:Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal Representative:Haiping Hu

  

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:师董会(舟山)科技发展有限公司(盖章)

Shareholder: Global Mentor Board(Zhoushan)Technology&Development Co.,Ltd. (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

授权代表: 王宣明

Representative: Xuanming Wang

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:北京华泰众合创业投资中心(有限合伙)

Shareholder: (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

授权代表:

Representative:

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:胡海平

Shareholder: Haiping Hu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:左海威

Shareholder: Haiwei Zuo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:张义东

Shareholder: Yidong Zhang

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:李存友

Shareholder: Cunyou Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:周桐宇

Shareholder: Tongyu Zhou

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:赵二涛

Shareholder: Ertao Zhao

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:齐晨明

Shareholder: Chenming Qi

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:郭守盛

Shareholder: Shousheng Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:俞玉茹

Shareholder: Yuru Yu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:沈国栋

Shareholder: Guodong Shen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:荆涛

Shareholder: Tao Jin

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:费革胜

Shareholder: Gesheng Fei

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:田宁

Shareholder: Ning Tian

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:徐宝华

Shareholder: Baohua Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:刘泽兵

Shareholder: Zebing Liu

  

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:陈军

Shareholder: Jun Chen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:丁沪生

Shareholder: Husheng Ding

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:郭嘉志

Shareholder: Jiazhi Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:陈效力

Shareholder: Xiaoli Chen

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:胡海军

Shareholder: Haijun Hu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:管淑清

Shareholder: Shuqing Guan

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:李庆利

Shareholder: Qingli Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:郭维涛

Shareholder: Weitao Guo

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:应金海

Shareholder: Jinhai Ying

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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Party B:

 

 

股东:卢珊

Shareholder: Shan Lu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:王宣明

Shareholder: Xuanming Wang

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:刘超

Shareholder: Chao Liu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:徐海刚

Shareholder: Haigang Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:高倩云

Shareholder: Qianyun Gao

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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乙方:

Party B:

 

 

股东:李红漫

Shareholder: Hongman Li

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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Party B:

 

 

股东:范振宝

Shareholder: Zhenbao Fan

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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Party B:

 

 

股东:徐惠

Shareholder: Hui Xu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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Party B:

 

 

股东:刘红

Shareholder: Hong Liu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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Party B:

 

 

股东:吴思远

Shareholder: Siyuan Wu

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

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丙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party C:Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By:________________________

 

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal Representative:Haiping Hu

 

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附件

Attachments

 

1. 甲方、乙方及丙方于2019年610日签署的《股权质押协议》

The Equity Pledge Agreement entered into among Party A, Party B and Party C on June 10 , 2019

 

2. 甲方及丙方于2019年610日签署的《独家技术和咨询服务协议》

The Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement entered into between Party A and Party C on June 10 , 2019

 

3. 乙方于2019年610日签署的《授权委托书》

The Power of Attorney executed by Party B on June 10 , 2019

 

 

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独家技术和咨询服务协议

Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement

 

本独家技术和咨询服务协议(下称本协议)由以下双方于2019610日在中华人民共和国(下称中国北京市签署:

This Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement (“this Agreement”) is made and entered into by and between the following Parties on June 10, 2019 in Beijing City, the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”):

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司

Party A: Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

地址:北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层) 02C室-045号

Address:Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing

 

乙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司

Party B: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

 

地址:北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

Address:Room 208, unit 2, building 1, yard 28, houtun road, haidian district, Beijing

 

甲方和乙方以下各称为一方,统称为双方

Each of Party A and Party B shall be hereinafter referred to as a “Party” respectively, and as the “Parties” collectively.

 

 

独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

鉴于:

Whereas,

 

1. 甲方是一家在中国注册的外商独资企业,其经营范围为 技术开发、技术交流、技术转让、技术推广、技术服务、技术咨询;销售自行开发的产品;企业管理咨询;企业策划;会议服务;组织文化艺术交流活动(不含营业性演出);经济贸易咨询 (企业依法自主选择经营项目,开展经营活动;依法须经批准的项目,经相关部门批准后依批准的内容开展经营活动;不得从事本市产业政策禁止和限制类项目的经营活动。)

Party A is a wholly foreign owned enterprise established in China, of which business scope includes technology development, provision of technology service, technology consulting; sale of self-developed products; provision of enterprise management and related consulting service; conference service; organization of cultural and art activities; economic trade consulting ;

 

2. 甲方拥有提供本协议项下专业化技术支持、咨询和其他管理服务的必要许可及资源;

Party A has the necessary permits and resources to provide specialized technical support, consulting and other management services as set forth hereunder;

 

3. 乙方是一家在中国注册的内资有限责任公司,根据中国法律法规规定从事 技术开发及相关服务;企业管理及其他相关咨询服务;广播电视节目制作及从事互联网文化活动主营业务);

Party B is a domestic limited liability company established in China, and is entitled to engage in businesses of technology development and related services; provision of enterprise management and related consulting service; radio and television program production; and Internet culture operation (“Principal Business”);

 

3. 甲方同意利用其人力、技术和信息优势,在本协议期间向乙方(包括其子公司)提供主营业务的独家全面业务支持服务,乙方(包括其子公司)同意接受甲方或其指定方按本协议条款的规定提供咨询和服务。

Party A agrees to provide Party B (including its subsidiaries) with exclusive technical, consulting and other services in relation to the Principal Business during the term of this Agreement utilizing its own advantages in human resources, technology and information, and Party B (including its subsidiaries) agrees to accept such services provided by Party A or Party A's designee(s), each on the terms set forth herein.

 

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Exclusive Services Agreement

 

据此,甲方和乙方经协商一致,达成如下协议:

Now, therefore, through mutual discussion, the Parties have reached the following agreements:

 

1       服务提供

Services Provided

 

1.1 按照本协议条款和条件并在中国现行法律允许的范围内,乙方在此委任甲方在本协议期间作为乙方的独家服务提供者向乙方提供全面的管理支持服务、技术服务、咨询服务,具体内容包括所有在乙方营业范围内由甲方不时决定的服务,包括但不限于以下内容: 技术咨询和开发、资产设备租赁或销售、业务咨询及其他管理服务 等(合称技术及咨询服务)。

Party B hereby appoints Party A as Party B’s exclusive services provider to provide Party B with complete business support and technical and consulting services during the term of this Agreement, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to the extent permitted by the currently effective laws of China, which may include all services within the business scope of Party B as may be determined from time to time by Party A, such as but not limited to technology consulting and development, sale or leasing of equipment or property, business consulting services and other management services (together, “Technical and Consulting Services”).

 

1.2 乙方接受甲方的技术及咨询服务。乙方进一步同意,除非经甲方或甲方母公司事先书面同意,在本协议期间,就本协议约定事宜,乙方不得接受任何第三方提供的任何类似技术及咨询服务,不得与任何第三方建立任何类似合作。甲方可不时调整其为乙方提供的技术及咨询服务的范围,并且乙方无条件同意该等调整。在甲方提供的服务范围及类型以外,乙方根据其实际经营需要,可接受第三方提供的服务或支持,或与第三方建立合作关系。双方同意,甲方可以指定其他方(该被指定方可以与乙方签署本协议第1.3 条描述的某些协议)为乙方提供本协议约定技术及咨询服务。

Party B agrees to accept all the Technical and Consulting Services provided by Party A. Party B further agrees that, except with prior written consent of Party A or Party’s Parent Company, during the term of this Agreement, Party B shall not accept any similar Technical and Consulting Services provided by any third party and shall not establish similar business relationship with any third party regarding the matters contemplated by this Agreement. Party A may, from time to time, adjust the scope of the services provided, and, Party B shall accept such adjustments unconditionally. Party B may, based on its operational needs, accept services and/or supports provided by any third party, or establish business relationship with any third party, presumed such services and/or supports, or business relationships will not be provided by Party A. Party A may appoint other parties, who may enter into certain agreements described in Section 1.3 with Party B, to provide Party B with the Technical and Consulting Services under this Agreement.

 

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1.3 甲、乙双方同意在本协议有效期内,乙方可以与甲方或甲方指定的其他方进一步签订技术及咨询服务协议,对各项咨询服务的具体内容、方式、人员、收费等进行约定。

Party A and Party B agree that during the term of this Agreement, Party B may enter into agreements with Party A or any other party designated by Party A further specifying the Technical and Consulting Services provided, which shall provide the specific contents, manner, personnel, and fees.

 

1.4 为更好地履行本协议,甲乙双方同意,乙方在本协议有效期内将与甲方或甲方指定的其他方根据业务进展需要随时签署设备、资产的销售、租用协议,由甲方将有关的设备、资产提供或转让给乙方。

To further fulfill the rights and obligations under this Agreement, Party A and Party B agree that during the term of this Agreement, Party B may enter into equipment or property sale agreements or leases with Party A or any other party designated by Party A which shall permit Party B to use, or transfer, Party A's relevant equipment or property based on the needs of the business of Party B.

 

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1.5 为更好地履行本协议,维持甲乙双方的长期合作关系,甲乙双方同意,如任何一方的行为会对本协议或其项下权利及义务的履行产生任何影响,该等行为的进行应当事先经过甲方的海外母公司Global Internet of People, Inc.甲方母公司)董事会的决议通过;同时,甲乙双方董事会也应就该等行为通过与甲方母公司董事会决议内容一致的决议。

To further fulfill the rights and obligations under this Agreement and to maintain the long-term business relationship of the Parties, Party A and Party B agreed that if there is any action by either Party may affect, in any way, this Agreement or the rights and obligations under this Agreement, such action shall only be taken with prior approval of the Board of Directors of Party’s offshore parent company, Global Internet of People, Inc. (“Party A’s Parent Company”). Further, such action shall be also resolved by the Board of Directors of Party A and Party B in line with the resolution of the Board of Directors of Party A’s Parent Company.

 

2       服务费用和支付方式

Service Fees and Payment

 

2.1 双方同意,在本协议有效期内,就本协议项下甲方向乙方提供的技术及咨询服务,乙方应每月将相当于其净收入100%的款项(即扣除当月成本、费用和相应税费(企业所得税除外)后的收入款项)支付给甲方作为服务费(服务费),但经双方协商并经甲方或甲方母公司事先同意,服务费的金额可以根据甲方当月的服务内容和乙方的经营需要进行调整。

Both Parties agree that, during the terms of this Agreement, in consideration of the Technical and Consulting Services provided by Party A, Party B shall pay to Party A the fees (the “Service Fees”) equal to 100% of the net income of Party B, which is Party B’s earnings before corporate income tax, being the monthly revenues after deduction of operating costs, expenses and other taxes; provided that upon mutual discussion between the Parties and the prior consent by Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, the rate of Service Fees may be adjusted based on the services rendered by Party A in that month and the operation needs of Party B.

 

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2.2 服务费应当按月支付;乙方应于每月最后一天的30日内,(a) 向甲方提供乙方当月的管理报表和经营数据,包括乙方在当月的净收入额(每月净收入);(b) 将每月净收入的100%或甲方同意的其他金额支付给甲方(月付款)。如乙方当月取得的收入在扣除当月成本、费用和相应税费(企业所得税除外)后为零或负数,则乙方无需支付服务费;若乙方持续亏损,则所有的亏损可递延至以后月份的服务费中扣除。乙方应于每个财政年度末的90日内,(a) 向甲方提供乙方在本财政年度的经审计的财务报表,该财务报表应当经由甲方批准的独立注册会计师审计并认证;(b) 如果按照经审计的财务报表显示,本财政年度内乙方向甲方支付的月付款的总额有任何不足,乙方应向甲方支付差额。

The Service Fees shall be due and payable on a monthly basis; within 30 days after the end of each month, Party B shall (a) deliver to Party A the management accounts and operating statistics of Party B for such month, including the net income of Party B during such month (the “Monthly Net Income”), and (b) pay 100% of such Monthly Net Income, or other amount agreed by Party A, to Party A (each such payment, a “Monthly Payment”). If such earnings after deduction of operating costs, expenses and other legal taxes are zero or negative, Party B is not required to pay the Service Fees; if Party B sustains losses, all such losses will be carried over to the following month(s) and deducted from the following month(s)’ Service Fees. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, Party B shall (a) deliver to Party A audited financial statements of Party B for such fiscal year, which shall be audited and certified by an independent certified public accountant approved by Party A, and (b) pay an amount to Party A equal to the shortfall, if any, of the net income of Party B for such fiscal year, as shown in such audited financial statements, as compared to the aggregate amount of the Monthly Payments paid by Party B to Party A in such fiscal year.

 

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2.3 甲方同意承担乙方的全部经营风险。如果乙方经营发生亏损的,由甲方负责提供经济支持;乙方现金不足以支付债务的,由甲方负责偿还债务;亏损导致净资产低于注册资本的,由甲方负责补足。如果乙方遭遇重大经营困难,甲方有权要求乙方停止经营,乙方应无条件遵循甲方的要求。

Party A agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, Party A shall bear all risk arising from or in connection with Party B’s Principle Business, including providing financial support to Party B in the event that Party B is having operating losses, paying off its debts if Party B has no sufficient funds to repay, and funding the deficit if Party B’s net assets are lower than its registered capital. In the event that Party B encounters severe difficulties in operation, Party A shall have the right to request Party B to cease operation and Party B shall comply with Party A’s request unconditionally.

 

2.4 乙方基于本协议而支付甲方服务费的义务,应由乙方股东用其持有的全部乙方股权以质押形式做担保。甲方应与乙方及乙方股东就此签订《股权质押协议》(附件1)。

The obligation of Party B to pay to Party A the Service Fees under this Agreement shall be secured by the equity pledge provided by the shareholders of Party B over the equity interests held by them. Party A shall enter into Equity Pledge Agreement (Attachment 1) with Party B and shareholders of Party B.

 

3 知识产权和保密条款

Intellectual Property Rights and Confidentiality Clauses

 

3.1 甲方对履行本协议而产生或创造的任何权利、所有权、权益和所有知识产权包括但不限于著作权、专利权、专利申请权、软件、技术秘密、商业机密及其他均享有独占的和排他的权利和利益。

Party A shall have exclusive and proprietary rights and interests in all rights, ownership, interests and intellectual properties arising out of or created during the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, patent applications, software, technical secrets, trade secrets and others.

 

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3.2 双方承认及确定有关本协议、本协议内容,以及彼此就准备或履行本协议而交换的任何口头或书面资料均被视为保密信息。双方应当对所有该等保密信息予以保密,而在未得到另一方书面同意前,不得向任何第三方披露任何保密信息,但下列信息除外:(a) 公众人士知悉或将会知悉的任何信息(并非由接受保密信息之一方擅自向公众披露);(b)根据适用法律法规、股票交易规则、或政府部门或法院的命令而所需披露之任何信息;或(c)由任何一方就本协议所述交易而需向其股东、投资者、法律或财务顾问披露之信息,而该股东、法律或财务顾问亦需遵守与本条款相类似之保密责任。如任何一方工作人员或聘请机构的泄密均视为该方的泄密,需依本协议承担违约责任。无论本协议以任何理由终止,本条款仍然生效。

The Parties acknowledge that the existence and the terms of this Agreement and any oral or written information exchanged between the Parties in connection with the preparation and performance this Agreement are regarded as confidential information. Each Party shall maintain confidentiality of all such confidential information, and without obtaining the written consent of the other Party, it shall not disclose any relevant confidential information to any third parties, except for the information that: (a) is or will be in the public domain (other than through the receiving Party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) is under the obligation to be disclosed pursuant to the applicable laws or regulations, rules of any stock exchange, or orders of the court or other government authorities; or (c) is required to be disclosed by any Party to its shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors regarding the transaction contemplated hereunder, provided that such shareholders, investors, legal counsels or financial advisors shall be bound by the confidentiality obligations similar to those set forth in this Section. Disclosure of any confidential information by the staff members or agencies hired by any Party shall be deemed disclosure of such confidential information by such Party, which Party shall be held liable for breach of this Agreement. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

3.3 双方同意,不论本协议是否变更、解除或终止,本条款将持续有效。

The Parties agree that this Section shall survive changes to, and rescission or termination of, this Agreement.

 

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4. 陈述和保证

Representations and Warranties

 

4.1 甲方陈述和保证如下:

Party A hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

4.1.1 甲方是按照中国法律合法注册并有效存续的一家外商独资企业。

Party A is a wholly foreign owned enterprise legally registered and validly existing in accordance with the laws of China.

 

4.1.2 甲方签署并履行本协议在其公司权力和营业范围中;已采取必要的公司行为和适当授权并取得第三方和政府部门的同意及批准(如需);并不违反对其有约束力或影响的法律和其他的限制。

Party A’s execution and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate capacity and the scope of its business operations; Party A has taken necessary corporate actions and given appropriate authorization and has obtained the consent and approval from third parties and government agencies, and will not violate any restrictions in law or otherwise binding or having an impact on Party A.

 

4.1.3 本协议构成对其合法、有效、有约束力并依本协议之条款对其强制执行的义务。

This Agreement constitutes Party A's legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

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4.2 乙方陈述和保证如下:

Party B hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

4.2.1 乙方是按照中国法律合法注册且有效存续的内资有限责任公司。

Party B is a domestic limited liability company legally registered and validly existing in accordance with the laws of China.

 

4.2.2 乙方签署并履行本协议在其公司权力和营业范围中;已采取必要的公司行为和适当授权并取得第三方或政府的同意和批准;并不违反对有约束力影响的法律和其他的限制。

Party B's execution and performance of this Agreement is within its corporate capacity and the scope of its business operations; Party B has taken necessary corporate actions and given appropriate authorization and has obtained the consent and approval from third parties and government agencies, and will not violate any restrictions in law or otherwise binding or having an impact on Party B.

 

4.2.3 本协议构成对其合法、有效、有约束力并依本协议之条款对其强制执行的义务。

This Agreement constitutes Party B’s legal, valid and binding obligations, and shall be enforceable against it.

 

5 生效和有效期

Effectiveness and Term

 

本协议于文首标明的协议日期签署并同时生效。除非依本协议或双方其他协议的约定而提前终止,本协议永久有效,但甲、乙双方自本协议签署后,有权每6个月对本协议的内容做一次审查,以决定是否需要根据当时的情况对本协议作出相应修改和补充。

This Agreement is executed on the date first above written and shall take effect as of such date. Unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or relevant agreements separately executed between the Parties, the term of this Agreement shall be permanent. After the execution of this Agreement, both Parties are entitled to review this Agreement every six (6) months to determine whether to amend or supplement the provisions in this Agreement based on the actual circumstances at that time.

 

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6 终止

Termination

 

6.1 本协议有效期内,除非法律法规或相关政府监管部门要求,甲乙方双方不得提前终止本协议。尽管如此,本协议应在乙方股东所拥有的全部乙方股权和/或乙方的所有资产均已根据甲方与乙方及乙方股东签订的《独家购买权协议》(附件2)合法转让至甲方或其指定人之时终止。乙方股权和/或乙方资产的转让应当事先得到甲方母公司董事会的决议通过。

During the term of this Agreement, the Parties may not terminate this Agreement unless otherwise required by laws or regulations, or by relevant governmental or regulatory authorities. Nevertheless, this Agreement shall be terminated after all the equity interest in Party B held by its shareholders and/or all the assets of Party B have been legally transferred to Party A and/or its designee in accordance with the Exclusive Option Agreement (Attachment 2) executed by Party A, Party B and its shareholders; provided, the transfer of the equity interest in Party B and/or the assets of Party B shall be approved by the Board of Directors of Party A’s Parent Company.

 

6.2 在本协议终止之后,双方在第37 8 条项下的权利和义务将继续有效。

The rights and obligations of the Parties under Articles 3, 7 and 8 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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7 适用法律和争议解决

Governing Law and Resolution of Disputes

 

7.1 本协议的订立、效力、解释、履行、修改和终止以及争议的解决适用中国的法律。

The execution, effectiveness, construction, performance, amendment and termination of this Agreement and the resolution of disputes hereunder shall be governed by the laws of China.

 

7.2 因解释和履行本协议而发生的任何争议,本协议双方应首先通过友好协商的方式加以解决。如果在一方向另一方发出要求协商解决的书面通知后30 天之内争议仍然得不到解决,则任何一方均可将有关争议提交给中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会,由该会按照其届时有效的仲裁规则仲裁解决。仲裁应在北京进行,使用之语言为中文。仲裁裁决是终局性的,对双方均有约束力。

In the event of any dispute with respect to the construction and performance of the provisions of this Agreement, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute. In the event the Parties fail to reach an agreement on the resolution of such a dispute within 30 days after any Party's request for resolution of the dispute through negotiations, any Party may submit the relevant dispute to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration, in accordance with its then-effective arbitration rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Beijing, China, and the language used during arbitration shall be Chinese. The arbitration ruling shall be final and binding on both Parties.

 

7.3        因解释和履行本协议而发生任何争议或任何争议正在进行仲裁时,除争议的事项外,本协议双方仍应继续行使各自在本协议项下的其他权利并履行各自在本协议项下的其他义务。

Upon the occurrence of any disputes arising from the construction and performance of this Agreement or during the pending arbitration of any dispute, except for the matters under dispute, the Parties to this Agreement shall continue to exercise their respective rights under this Agreement and perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.

 

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8 补偿

Indemnification

 

就甲方根据本协议向乙方提供的咨询和服务内容所产生或引起的针对甲方的诉讼、请求或其他要求而招致的任何损失、损害、责任或费用都应由乙方补偿给甲方,以使甲方不受损害,除非该损失、损害、责任或费用是因甲方的重大过失或故意而产生的。

Party B shall indemnify and hold harmless Party A from any losses, injuries, obligations or expenses caused by any lawsuit, claims or other demands against Party A arising from or caused by the consultations and services provided by Party A to Party B pursuant this Agreement, except where such losses, injuries, obligations or expenses arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Party A.

 

9 通知

Notices

 

9.1 本协议项下要求或发出的所有通知和其他通信应通过专人递送、挂号邮寄、邮资预付或商业快递服务或传真的方式发到该方下列地址。每一通知还应再以电子邮件送达。该等通知视为有效送达的日期按如下方式确定:

All notices and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, by a commercial courier service or by facsimile transmission to the address of such Party set forth below. A confirmation copy of each notice shall also be sent by email. The dates on which notices shall be deemed to have been effectively given shall be determined as follows:

 

9.1.1 通知如果是以专人递送、快递服务或挂号邮寄、邮资预付发出的,则以于设定为通知的地址在发送或拒收之日为有效送达日。

Notices given by personal delivery, by courier service or by registered mail, postage prepaid, shall be deemed effectively given on the date of delivery or refusal at the address specified for notices.

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

9.1.2 通知如果是以传真发出的,则以成功传送之日为有效送达日(应以自动生成的传送确认信息为证)。

Notices given by facsimile transmission shall be deemed effectively given on the date of successful transmission (as evidenced by an automatically generated confirmation of transmission).

 

9.2 为通知的目的,双方地址如下:

For the purpose of notices, the addresses of the Parties are as follows:

 

甲方: 北京师董人联信息科技有限公司

地址:北京市海淀区信息路甲28号C座(二层) 02C室-045号

联系人:胡海平

电话: 13818333008

Party A:Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 02C - no. 045, building C (2nd floor), no.28 xinfin road a, haidian district, Beijing

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone: 13818333008

 

乙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司

地址:北京市海淀区后屯路28号院1号楼2单元208室

联系人:胡海平

电话:010-82967728

Party B: Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Address:Room 208, unit 2, building 1, yard 28, houtun road, haidian district, Beijing

Representative: HAIPING HU

Phone: 010-82967728

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

9.3 任何一方可按本条规定随时给另一方发出通知来改变其接收通知的地址。

Any Party may at any time change its address for notices by a notice delivered to the other Party in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

10 协议的转让

Assignment

 

10.1 乙方不得将其在本协议项下的权利与义务转让给第三方,除非事先征得甲方或甲方母公司的书面同意。

Without prior written consent of Party A or Party A’s Parent Company, Party B shall not assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any third party.

 

10.2 乙方在此同意,甲方可以在其需要时向其他第三方转让其在本协议项下的权利和义务,并在该等转让发生时甲方仅需向乙方发出书面通知,并且无需再就该等转让征得乙方的同意。

Party B agrees that Party A may assign its obligations and rights under this Agreement to any third party upon a prior written notice to Party B but without the consent of Party B.

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

11 协议的分割性

Severability

 

如果本协议有任何一条或多条规定根据任何法律或法规在任何方面被裁定为无效、不合法或不可执行,本协议其余规定的有效性、合法性或可执行性不应因此在任何方面受到影响或损害。双方应通过诚意磋商,争取以法律许可以及双方期望的最大限度内有效的规定取代那些无效、不合法或不可执行的规定,而该等有效的规定所产生的经济效果应尽可能与那些无效、不合法或不能强制执行的规定所产生的经济效果相似。

In the event that one or several of the provisions of this Agreement are found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any aspect in accordance with any laws or regulations, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or compromised in any aspect. The Parties shall strive in good faith to replace such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with effective provisions that accomplish to the greatest extent permitted by law and the intentions of the Parties, and the economic effect of such effective provisions shall be as close as possible to the economic effect of those invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

12 协议的修改、补充

Amendments and Supplements

 

双方可以书面协议方式对本协议做出修改和补充。经过双方签署的有关本协议的修改协议和补充协议是本协议组成部分,具有与本协议同等的法律效力。

Any amendments and supplements to this Agreement shall be in writing. The amendment agreements and supplementary agreements that have been signed by the Parties and that relate to this Agreement shall be an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the same legal validity as this Agreement.

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

13 语言和副本

Language and Counterparts

 

本协议以中文和英文书就,一式贰份,甲乙双方各持一份,具有同等效力;中英文版本如有冲突,应以中文版为准。

This Agreement is written in both Chinese and English language in two copies, each Party having one copy with equal legal validity; in case there is any conflict between the Chinese version and the English version, the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

有鉴于此,双方已自行或使得其各自授权代表于文首所载日期签署本《独家技术和咨询服务协议》。

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed, or caused their respectively duly authorized representatives to execute, this Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

甲方:北京师董人联信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party ABeijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.(Seal)

 

签署:

By________________________

 

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal RepresentativeHaiping Hu

 

 

乙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司(盖章)

Party BGlobal Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Seal)

 

 

签署:

By________________________

 

法定代表人:胡海平

Legal RepresentativeHaiping Hu

 

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独家服务协议

Exclusive Services Agreement

 

附件

Attachments

 

1. 甲方、乙方及乙方全体股东于2019610日签署的《股权质押协议》

The Equity Pledge Agreement entered into among Party A, Party B and all shareholders of Party B on June 10, 2019

 

2. 甲方、乙方及乙方全体股东于2019610日签署的《独家购买权协议》

The Exclusive Option Agreement entered into among Party A, Party B and all shareholders of Party B on June 10, 2019

 

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Exhibit 10.6

 

Power of Attorney

 

I,                             , a Chinese citizen with Chinese Identification Card No.:                                                                  , and a holder of                   % of the entire registered capital in Shidonghui (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., (the “Company”) (the “My Shareholding”), hereby irrevocably authorize                                              (the “WFOE”) to exercise the following rights relating to My Shareholding during the term of this Power of Attorney:

 

1. The WFOE is hereby authorized to act on behalf of myself as my exclusive agent and attorney with respect to all matters concerning My Shareholding, including without limitation to: 1) attend shareholders’ meetings of the Company; 2) exercise all the shareholder’s rights and shareholder’s voting rights I am entitled to under the laws of China and the Company’s Articles of Association, including but not limited to the sale or transfer or pledge or disposition of My Shareholding in part or in whole; and 3) designate and appoint on behalf of myself the legal representative, the executive director and/or director, supervisor, the chief executive officer and other senior management members of the Company.

 

2. Without limiting the generality of the powers granted hereunder, the WFOE shall have the power and authority under this Power of Attorney to execute the Transfer Contracts stipulated in Exclusive Option Agreement, to which I am required to be a party, on behalf of myself, and to effect the terms of the Share Pledge Agreement and Exclusive Option Agreement, both dated the date hereof, to which I am a party.

 

3. All the actions associated with My Shareholding conducted by the WFOE shall be deemed as my own actions, and all the documents related to My Shareholding executed by the WFOE shall be deemed to be executed by me. I hereby acknowledge and ratify those actions and/or documents by the WFOE.

 

4. The WFOE is entitled to re-authorize or assign its rights related to the aforesaid matters to any other person or entity at its own discretion and without giving prior notice to me or obtaining my consent.

 

This Power of Attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution of this Power of Attorney, so long as I am a shareholder of the Company.

 

During the term of this Power of Attorney, I hereby waive all the rights associated with My Shareholding, which have been authorized to WFOE through this Power of Attorney, and shall not exercise such rights by myself.

 

 

 

授权委托书

Power of Attorney

 

 

This Power of Attorney is written in Chinese and English; in case there is any conflict between the Chinese version and the English version, the Chinese version shall prevail.

 

Signatory: __________________ 

 

 

________________________

 

Witness (PRINT): __________________ 

 

 

________________________

 

Date: _________________

 

 

Date: ________________________

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

Spousal Consent

 

I,                                (ID number:                                                      ), am the legal spouse of (ID number:                                           ) (“My Spouse”). I hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agree My Spouse to sign the following documents (the “Transaction Documents”) on , 2019, and agree to dispose of the equity interest in Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) held by and registered under the name of My Spouse in accordance with the provisions of the following documents:

 

(1) The Equity Pledge Agreement entered into by My Spouse, Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“WFOE”), the Company, and other related party;

 

(2) The Exclusive Option Agreement entered into by My Spouse, WFOE, the Company, and other related party; and

 

(3) The Power of Attorney executed by My Spouse authorizing WFOE to enjoy and exercise his/her rights and obligations raising from the shareholding of equity interests in the Company.

 

I hereby confirm that I am not entitled to any right with respect to the equity interest in the Company, and undertake not to raise any claim on the equity interest in the Company. I further confirm that My Spouse’s performance of the Transaction Documents and further modification or termination of the Transaction Documents will not require my separate authorization or consent.

 

I hereby undertake to sign all necessary documents and take all necessary actions to ensure the Transaction Documents (as amended from time to time) to be properly performed.

 

I hereby agree and undertake that if I obtain any equity interest in the Company for any reason, I shall be bound by the Transaction Documents (as amended from time to time) and abide by the obligations of the shareholders of the Company under the Transaction Documents (as amended from time to time), and for such purpose, once requested by WFOE or its appointed third party, I shall sign a series of written documents with substantially the same form and content as the Transaction Documents (as amended from time to time).

 

Signatory (PRINT): __________________

 

________________________

 

Witness (PRINT): __________________

 

________________________

 

 

 

 

 

Date: _________________   Date: ________________________

 

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

战略合作协议

Strategic cooperation agreement

 

甲方:北京赢在前沿文化交流有限公司

Party a: Beijing YingZai frontier cultural exchange co., LTD

 

乙方:师董会(北京)信息科技有限公司

Party b: Shi Dong Hui (Beijing) information technology co., LTD

 

经甲乙双方友好协商,根据中华人民共和国相关法律法规就甲方拥有合法版权的线上内容项目达成如下合作事项:

Through friendly negotiation, party a and party b have reached the following cooperation matters concerning the online content projects that are legally copyrighted by party a in accordance with relevant laws and regulations of the People's Republic of China:

 

一、合作内容 cooperation contents

 

1、合作形式:甲方负责提供有版权的视频等内容,由乙方重新剪辑、负责在师董会平台运营及推广服务,视频投放点击收益归乙方所有,但在视频被观看的过程中,产生后续邀请专家演讲或咨询的业务,由乙方向甲方提供邀请信息,由甲方负责安排专家出席,所得利润归甲方所有。

1, the form of cooperation: party a is responsible for providing copyrighted video content, such as by party b to clip, in charge of operation and promotion on the Shi Dong Hui service platform, video on the click income owned by party b, but in the process of video was watching, produce speech or subsequent invited experts consulting business, information is provided by party b to party a invited, arranged by party a is responsible for the experts to attend, the profits all owned by party a.

 

2、甲方授权书另行签订。

Party a's letter of authorization shall be signed separately.

 

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二、合作期限 Term of cooperation

 

合作期限自本协议签订之日起,合作期限为年。合作期满,如双方无异议,则自动续约至下一个合作期;在自动续约下一个合作期内,如其中一方决定终止合作关系的,提前一个月以书面方式告知对方。

The term of cooperation shall be five years from the date of signing this agreement. When the cooperation expires, if both parties have no objection, it will be automatically renewed to the next cooperation period. If either party decides to terminate the cooperation during the next cooperation period, it shall inform the other party in writing one month in advance.

 

三、知识产权 Intellectual property rights

 

1、 甲方拥有授权内容的合法版权或合法版权运营权,并有权按照下述约定对乙方进行授权。

Party a has the legal copyright or legal copyright operation right of the licensed content and has the right to authorize party b in accordance with the following provisions.

 

a、 在本协议约定的有效期内,依据甲方授权许可,乙方享有该授权内容的信息网络传播权、复制权以及转授权。同时,甲方确认,如行使上述财产权利之需要,乙方有权使用甲方的人身权,如姓名权、肖像权等。

Within the term of validity agreed herein, party b shall, according to party a's authorization, have the right of information network dissemination, reproduction and sub-authorization of the authorized contents. At the same time, party a confirms that party b has the right to use party a's personal rights, such as the right of name and portrait, etc. for the purpose of exercising the aforementioned property rights.

 

b、授权性质:信息网络传播权、复制权、转授权为非独家授权。

Nature of authorization: information network transmission right, copy right, sub-authorization for non- exclusive authorization.

 

c、甲方保证本方所提供的内容或技术不存在侵犯任何第三方知识产权或其他合法权利的情况。若发生一方因使用对方提供的内容或技术而侵犯第三方知识产权(包括但不限于专利、版权、商标)和其他合法权利的情形,甲方将承担全部责任,并向对方赔偿由此造成的损失。

Party a warrants that the content or technology provided by party a does not infringe any intellectual property rights or other legal rights of any third party. If either party infringes the intellectual property rights (including but not limited to patents, Copyrights and trademarks) and other legal rights of a third party due to the use of the content or technology provided by the other party, party a shall assume all responsibilities and compensate the other party for the losses caused thereby.

 

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2、乙方有权根据渠道平台属性、要求、受众需求选择甲方提供的图片、资料进行编辑、修改并撰写文案进行宣传,甲方应提供支持和建议。

Party b shall have the right to edit, modify and write copies of the pictures and materials provided by party a for publicity according to the attributes, requirements and audience needs of the channel platform, and party a shall provide support and Suggestions

 

四、甲乙方权利及义务Party a and party b's rights and obligations

 

1、甲方承诺并保证用于合作的节目内容符合国家法律法规规定,不包含国家法律法规禁止的内容,并且取得了必要的同意、批准、授权、许可,不会侵犯任何第三方的权利。因节目内容引起的争议和/或纠纷(包括但不限于任何第三方对于节目内容的质疑、投诉、起诉、警告等),甲方负责处理相关全部事宜。

Party a undertakes and warrants that the content of the program used for cooperation complies with national laws and regulations, does not contain the content prohibited by national laws and regulations, and has obtained necessary consent, approval, authorization and permission, and will not infringe the rights of any third party. In case of any dispute and/or dispute caused by the program contents (including but not limited to any third party's query, complaint, prosecution, warning, etc.), party a shall be responsible for handling all relevant matters.

 

2、乙方为课程的运营推广方,对课程做客观的市场分析、推广优化及上线时间安排等。

Party b is the operator and promoter of the course, and makes objective market analysis, promotion optimization and online schedule of the course

 

3、乙方在本协议合作期间,不得出现有损内容形象的宣传。

During the term of cooperation under this agreement, party b shall not make any publicity that damages the content and image

 

4、乙方有义务把咨询视频中专家演讲及咨询的信息提供给甲方。

Party b shall be obliged to provide party a with the information of expert speeches and consultations in video

 

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五、保密条款 Confidentiality clause

1、 各方保证:对因签署本协议所获悉属于其他方的,且无法自公开渠道获得的文件资料及信息(包括但不限于作品信息、个人隐私、商业秘密、财务信息、技术信息、客户资料、定价策略、推广方式等),以及本协议内容等(以下称保密信息),予以保密。

Pledges: to learn that by signing this agreement belongs to the other party, and not from open channel for documents and information (including but not limited to work information, personal privacy and business secrets, financial information, technical information, customer information, pricing strategy, promotion methods, etc.), as well as the contents of this agreement, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the "confidential information"), confidentiality

 

2、 以上保密条款并不因本协议的解除、终止、撤销而失效。

The above confidentiality provisions shall not be invalidated by the rescission, termination or revocation of this agreement

 

六、不可抗力The force majeure

 

1、 因不可抗力致使本协议中任何一方或各方部分或全部不能履行本协议的,不视为违约,遭受不可抗力的一方无需向对方承担违约责任,但应及时通知对方不可抗力发生的情况。

Failure of either party or each party to perform part or all of this agreement due to force majeure shall not be deemed as breach of this agreement. The party suffering from force majeure shall not be liable for breach of this agreement to the other party, but shall promptly notify the other party of the occurrence of the force majeure.

 

2、 本协议所述不可抗力包括但不限于自然原因的不可抗力,例如:地震、火灾、严重的传染病;因国家机关原因的不可抗力,例如:法律、政策、行政指令;其他不可抗因素,例如网络供应商原因等。

Force majeure mentioned in this agreement includes but is not limited to force majeure caused by natural causes, such as: earthquake, fire, serious infectious disease; Force majeure caused by state organs, such as laws, policies and administrative directives, Other irresistible factors, such as network provider reasons

 

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七、生效及其他 Effectiveness and others

 

1、在本协议各方就本协议项下条款的解释和履行发生争议时,各方应善意通过协商解决该争议。协商不成,任何一方均可将有关争议提交乙方所在地人民法院诉讼解决。

In case of any dispute between the parties concerning the interpretation and performance of the provisions hereunder, the parties shall settle such dispute through negotiation in good faith, If the negotiation fails, either party may submit the relevant dispute to the people's court of the place where party b is located for settlement

 

2、本协议未尽事宜,双方协商解决,并可签订补充协议,补充协议与本协议具有同等法律效力。

Matters not covered herein shall be settled by both parties through negotiation, and a supplementary agreement may be signed, which shall have the same legal effect as this agreement.

 

3、本协议自双方法定代表人或授权代表签字并加盖合同专用章或公章之日起生效。

This agreement shall come into force on the date when it is signed by the legal representatives or authorized representatives of both parties and affixed with the special seal for contract or official seal

 

4、本协议一式两份,甲、乙双方各执一份,具有同等的法律效力。

This agreement is made in duplicate, with each party holding one copy and each copy having the same legal effect

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甲方:Party a: 乙方:party b:
   
(盖章(seal) (盖章) (seal)
   
授权代表(签字): 授权代表(签字):
Authorized representative (signature) Authorized representative (signature)
日期:2016530 日期:2016530
Date: May 30, 2016 Date: May 30, 2016

 

 

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Exhibit 10.9

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

 

Principal Subsidiaries and Consolidated Affiliated Entities of the Registrant

 

Subsidiaries   Jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization
Global Mentor Board Information Technology Limited   Hong Kong
Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co., Ltd.   PRC
VIE    
Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.   PRC
VIE’s Subsidiaries    
Global Mentor Board (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.   PRC
Shidong (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.   PRC
Shanghai Voice of Seedling Cultural Media Co   PRC
Global Mentor Board (Shanghai) Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd.   PRC
Linking (Shanghai) Network Technology Co., Ltd.   PRC
Mentor Board Voice of Seedling (Shanghai) Cultural Technology Co., Ltd   PRC

Exhibit 23.1

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form F-1 of Global Internet of People, Inc. of our report dated June 27, 2019, except for Notes 1, 2, 4 and 15, as to which the date is August 13, 2019, and Note 12, as to which the date is September 13, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Global Internet of People, Inc. as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2018, included in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

  

/s/ Friedman LLP

 

New York, New York

September 13, 2019

Exhibit 99.1

 

Global Internet of People, Inc.

 

CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

 

This Code of Business Conduct and Ethics covers a wide range of business practices and procedures. It does not cover every issue that may arise, but it sets out basic principles to guide the employees of Global Internet of People, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”). All of our employees must conduct themselves in accordance with these principles and seek to avoid even the appearance of improper behavior. The Company’s agents and representatives, including consultants and directors, to the extent practicable, shall also follow this Code.

 

This Code is in addition to and supplements the other policies and procedures which have been implemented by the Company. If a law conflicts with a policy in this Code, you must comply with the law; however, if a local custom or policy conflicts with this Code, you must comply with the Code. If you have any questions about a conflict, you should ask your supervisor how to handle the situation.

 

All claims of violations of this Code will be investigated by appropriate personnel. Those who violate the standards in this Code will be subject to disciplinary action. If you are in a situation that you believe may violate or lead to a violation of this Code, follow the guidelines described in Section 14 of this Code.

 

1. Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations

Obeying the law, both in letter and in spirit, is the foundation on which this Company’s ethical standards are built. All employees must respect and obey the laws of all jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Any employee who is unsure about any aspect of these laws should seek advice from supervisors, managers or other appropriate personnel.

 

2. Record-Keeping

Accuracy and reliability in the preparation of all business records is critically important to the Company’s decision-making process and to the proper discharge of its financial, legal, and reporting obligations. All of the Company’s books, records, accounts and financial statements shall be maintained in reasonable detail, shall appropriately reflect the Company’s transactions and shall conform both to applicable legal requirements and to the Company’s system of internal controls. Unrecorded or “off the books” funds or assets shall not be maintained unless permitted by applicable law or regulation.

 

Many employees regularly incur business expenses, which must be documented and recorded accurately. If you are not sure whether a certain expense is appropriate, consult the policy or ask your supervisor.

 

Business records and communications often become public, and we should avoid exaggeration, derogatory remarks, guesswork, or inappropriate characterizations of people and companies that can be misunderstood. This applies equally to e-mail, internal memos and formal reports. Records shall always be retained or destroyed according to the Company’s record retention policies.

 

3. Conflicts of Interest and Related Party Transactions

A “conflict of interest” exists when a person’s private interest interferes in any way with the interests of the Company. A conflict situation can arise when an employee, officer or director takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her Company work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise when an employee, officer or director, or members of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position in the Company. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of, employees and their family members may create conflicts of interest. Loans to, or guarantees of obligations of, directors, executive officers and their family members are prohibited.

 

A conflict of interest almost always exists when a Company employee works concurrently for a competitor, customer or supplier. You are not allowed to work for a competitor as a consultant or board member. The best policy is to avoid any direct or indirect business connection with the Company’s competitors, customers or suppliers, except on the Company’s behalf.

 

 

 

 

A conflict of interest may occur when an employee of the Company has an ownership or financial interest in another business organization that is doing business with the Company. These transactions between the Company and the other organization are characterized as related party transactions. While not all related party transactions are improper, the Company must be aware of the details of each such transaction so that it can make a judgment as to the appropriateness of the transaction. If you or a family member have any ownership or financial interest in another organization that conducts business or seeks to conduct business with the Company, you must report the situation to the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and cooperate with the legal staff by providing all relevant facts. The CEO will determine whether or not the related party transaction is a conflict of interest.

 

Conflicts of interest are prohibited as a matter of Company policy, except under guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. Conflicts of interest may not always be clear, so if you have a question, you should consult with higher levels of management or the Company’s CEO. Any employee, officer or director who becomes aware of a conflict or potential conflict shall bring it to the attention of a supervisor, manager or other appropriate personnel or consult the procedures described in Section 14 of this Code.

 

4. Confidentiality

Employees must maintain the confidentiality of confidential information entrusted to them by the Company or its customers, except when disclosure is authorized by the CEO or legally mandated. Even within the Company, you should disclose confidential information only to those employees who need to know the information. Confidential information includes all non-public information that might be of use to competitors, or harmful to the Company or its customers, if disclosed. It also includes information that suppliers and customers have entrusted to us. The obligation to preserve confidential information continues even after employment ends.

 

5. Insider Trading

Employees who have access to confidential information are not permitted to use or share that information for stock trading purposes or for any other purpose except the conduct of the Company’s business. All non-public information about the Company shall be considered confidential information. To use non-public information for personal financial benefit or to “tip” others who might make an investment decision on the basis of this information is not only unethical but also illegal. If you have any questions, you should consult the Company’s CEO.

 

6. Corporate Opportunities

Employees, officers and directors are prohibited from taking for themselves personally opportunities that are discovered through the use of corporate property, information or position without the consent of the Board of Directors. No employee shall use corporate property, information, or position for improper personal gain, and no employee shall compete with the Company directly or indirectly. Employees, officers and directors owe a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises.

 

7. Competition and Fair Dealing

The Company seeks to outperform its competition fairly and honestly. The Company seeks competitive advantages through superior performance, never through unethical or illegal business practices. Stealing proprietary information, possessing trade secret information that was obtained without the owner’s consent, or inducing such disclosures by past or present employees of other companies is prohibited. Each employee shall endeavor to respect the rights of and deal fairly with the Company’s customers, suppliers, competitors and employees. No employee shall take unfair advantage of anyone through manipulation, concealment, abuse of privileged information, misrepresentation of material facts, or any other intentional unfair-dealing practice.

 

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The purpose of business entertainment and gifts in a commercial setting is to create good will and sound working relationships, not to gain unfair advantage with customers. No gift or entertainment shall ever be offered, given, provided or accepted by any Company employee, family member of an employee or agent unless it:

 

  · is not a cash gift,
  · is consistent with customary business practices,
  · is not excessive in value,
  · cannot be construed as a bribe or payoff, and
  · does not violate any laws or regulations.

 

8. Discrimination and Harassment

The diversity of the Company’s employees is a tremendous asset. The Company is firmly committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and shall not tolerate any illegal discrimination or harassment or any kind. Examples include derogatory comments based on racial, gender, religious, or ethnic characteristics and unwelcome sexual advances.

 

9. Health and Safety

The Company strives to provide each employee with a safe and healthful work environment. Each employee has the responsibility for maintaining a safe and healthful workplace for all employees by following safety and health rules and practices and reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe equipment, practices or conditions.

 

Violence and threatening behavior are not permitted. Employees must report to work in condition to perform their duties, free from the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs. The use of alcohol or illegal drugs in the workplace is not tolerated.

 

10. Protection and Proper Use of Company Assets

All employees shall endeavor to protect the Company’s assets and ensure their efficient use. Theft, carelessness and waste have a direct impact on the Company’s profitability. All Company assets should be used for legitimate business purposes. Any suspected incident of theft, carelessness, or waste of or with Company assets shall be immediately reported for investigation. Company equipment shall not be used for non-Company business, although incidental personal use may be permitted by your supervisor.

 

The obligation of employees to protect the Company’s assets includes its proprietary information. Proprietary information includes intellectual property such as trade secrets, patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as business, marketing and service plans, databases, records, salary information and any unpublished financial data and reports. Unauthorized use or distribution of this information would violate Company policy. It could also be illegal and result in civil and/or criminal penalties.

 

11. Accounting and Related Matters

All employees participate, in some measure, in the gathering of information made available to the Company’s accounting department for use in the Company’s financial reports and other information required to be publicly disclosed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC. Each employee should endeavor to ensure that such information is accurate and complete in all material respects through full compliance with the Company’s accounting requirements, internal disclosure and accounting controls and audits.

 

12. Waivers of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Any waiver of this Code for executive officers or directors may be made only by the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and shall be promptly disclosed as required by law or stock exchange regulation.

 

13. Administration of Code

This Code shall be administered by the Company’s CEO, who shall act as the Corporate Compliance Officer of the Company, Company employees are encouraged to seek guidance regarding the application or interpretation of this Code from the CEO and are expected to cooperate fully in any investigation of any potential violation of this Code.

 

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14. Reporting Violations; Compliance Procedures

All employees shall work to ensure prompt and consistent action against violations of this Code. However, in some situations it is difficult to know right from wrong. Since no one can anticipate every situation that will arise, it is important to have a way to approach a new question or problem. These are the steps to keep in mind:

 

  · Make sure you have all the facts. In order to reach the right solutions, you must be as fully informed as possible.

  

  · Ask yourself: What specifically am I being asked to do? Does it seem unethical or improper? This will enable you to focus on the specific question you are faced with and the alternatives you have. Use your judgment and common sense; if something seems unethical or improper, it probably is.

 

  · Clarify your responsibility and role. In most situations there is shared responsibility. Are your colleagues informed? It may help to get others involved and discuss the problem.

 

  · Discuss the problem with your supervisor. You are encouraged to talk to your supervisor about any issues concerning illegal, unethical or improper behavior and when in doubt about the best course of action in a particular situation. This is the basic guidance for all situations. In many cases your supervisor will be more knowledgeable about the question, and will appreciate being brought into the decision-making process. Remember it is your supervisor’s responsibility to help solve problems.

 

  · Report serious violations to the Company’s CEO. You should report serious violations that have not been properly addressed by your supervisor or other resources of the Company to the CEO. However, if it is not appropriate to discuss an issue with the CEO, or if you believe that the CEO has not properly addressed the violations, you may contact any independent director of the Board of Directors. In the rare case that you become aware of a material legal violation or a breach of fiduciary duty by an employee of the Company, address your concerns to: Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee Chairman, Global Internet of People, Inc., Room 208 building 1, No 28 Houtun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC.

 

  · Reporting of accounting issues. If you are aware of an issue concerning accounting, auditing or the Company’s internal accounting controls, address your concerns with the Company’s internal audit function or to the CEO. In the event that you believe that the Company has not properly responded to the issue, you may address your concerns to: Audit Committee Chairman, Global Internet of People, Inc, Room 208 building 1, No 28 Houtun Road, Haidian District, Beijing, PRC

 

  · You may report any possible violation in confidence and without fear of retaliation. If your situation requires that your identity be kept secret, your anonymity will be protected and you will be guaranteed confidentiality in the handling of your claim. It is the policy of the Company not to allow retaliation for reports of misconduct by others made in good faith by employees. Employees are expected to cooperate in internal investigations of misconduct.

 

· Always ask first, act later: If you are unsure of, what to do in any situation, seek guidance before you act.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

Units 3409-3412

Guangzhou CTF Finance Center

No. 6 Zhujiang Road East

Zhujiang New Town

Guangzhou, PRC 510623

 

Tel: 86-20-39829000

Fax: 86-20-83850222

www.gfelaw.com

 

September 13, 2019

 

To: Global Internet of People, Inc.

Room 208 building 1, No. 28 Houtun Road,

Haidian District, Beijing,

People’s Republic of China

 

RE: PRC Legal Opinion on Certain Legal Matters

 

Dear Sirs/Madams,

 

We are qualified lawyers of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and as such are qualified to issue this opinion (the “Opinion”) on the PRC Laws (as defined below) effective as of the date hereof. For the purpose of this Opinion, the PRC excludes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macau Special Administrative Region, and Taiwan.

 

We have acted as the PRC legal advisors for Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company” or “GIP”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, solely in connection with (i) the proposed initial public offering (the “Offering”) of certain number of ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”), by the Company as set forth in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1, including all amendments or supplements thereto (the “Registration Statement”), which filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended) in relation to the Offering, and (ii) the Company’s proposed listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Opinion and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Registration Statement.

 

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I. Documents and Assumptions

 

In rendering this Opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the due diligence documents provided by the Company and the PRC Companies (as defined below), and such other documents, corporate records, certificates, and Governmental Authorizations (as defined below) issued by officers of the Company and Government Agencies (as defined below) in the PRC, and other instruments as we have considered necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this Opinion (collectively, the “Documents”).

 

For the purpose of this Opinion, our “knowledge” (or any similar concept) with respect to any matter means (a) the actual knowledge regarding such matter of the particular attorneys who are presently employees or partners of GFE Law Office and who have represented the Company; and (b) we make no representation that we have undertaken any review of our files or other independent investigation with respect to any such matter and (c) no inference that we have actual knowledge concerning such matter should be drawn from the mere fact of our representation of the Company or our expression of any opinion in this Opinion.

 

In our examination of the Documents, we have assumed, without independent investigation and inquiry the following assumptions (the “Assumptions”) that:

 

1. all Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and that all documents submitted to us as copies conform to their originals and such originals are authentic;

 

2. all Documents have been validly authorized, executed and delivered by all the relevant parties thereto and all natural persons have the necessary legal capacity;

 

3. all the signatures, seals and chops on the Documents submitted to us are genuine;

 

4. all the Documents and the factual statements provided to us by the Company and the PRC Companies, including but not limited to those set forth in the Documents, are complete, true and correct;

 

5. no amendments, revisions, modifications or other changes have been made with respect to any of the Documents after they were submitted to us for the purposes of this Opinion;

 

6. each of the parties to the Documents, other than the PRC Companies, is duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and/or incorporation;

 

7. each of the parties to the Documents, other than the PRC Companies, has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Documents to which it is a party in accordance with the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation;

 

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8. all Governmental Authorizations (as defined below) and other official statement or documentations provided to us are obtained from the competent Government Agencies by lawful means in due course;

 

9. all Documents are legal, valid, binding and enforceable under all such laws as govern or relate to them other than PRC Laws (as defined below); and

 

10. all required consents, licenses, permits, approvals, exemptions or authorizations required of or by, and any required registrations or filings with, any governmental authority or regulatory body of any jurisdiction other than of the PRC in connection with the transactions contemplated under the Registration Statement have been obtained or made, or where such required consents, license, permits, approvals, exemptions or authorizations have not been obtained or made as of the date hereof, no circumstance will cause or result in any failure for the same to be obtained or made.

 

II. Definitions

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms in this Opinion shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:

 

CSRC   means the China Securities Regulatory Commission;
     
Government Agency” or “Government Agencies   means any competent national, provincial, municipal or local government authorities, courts, arbitration commissions, or regulatory bodies of the PRC having jurisdiction over the PRC Entities (as defined below) in the PRC;
     
Governmental Authorization   means any approval, consent, permit, authorization, filing, registration, exemption, waiver, endorsement, annual inspection, qualification and license required by the applicable PRC Laws (as defined below) to be obtained from any Government Agencies;
     
MOFCOM   means the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC;
     
M&A Rules   means the Regulation on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, jointly adopted by MOFCOM, CSRC, the State Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on August 8, 2006, which became effective on September 8, 2006, and was amended on June 22, 2009;

 

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PRC Companies   means the WFOE (as defined below) and its subsidiary, the VIE (as defined below) and its subsidiaries, collectively as listed in Schedule I, each of which is a limited liability company incorporated under the PRC Laws (as defined below);
     
PRC Laws   means any and all laws, regulations, statutes, rules, decrees, notices, and the Supreme Court’s judicial interpretations currently in effect and publicly available in the PRC as of the date hereof;
     
VIE   means variable interest entity, here referred to Global Mentor Board (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd.;
     
VIE Agreements   means a serial of contractual arrangements, as listed in Schedule II, made among WFOE (as defined below), the VIE and the shareholders of the VIE, through which WFOE gains full control over the management and receives the economic benefits of the VIE;
     
WFOE   means Beijing Mentor Board Union Information Technology Co, Ltd., which is the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary in the PRC.

 

III. Opinions

 

Based on our review of the Documents, and the statements and confirmations made by the Company and the PRC Companies, subject to the Assumptions and the Qualifications, as of the date hereof, we are of the opinion that:

 

1. Incorporation and Existence. Each of the PRC Companies has been duly organized in accordance with the PRC Laws and validly exists as a wholly foreign owned enterprise or a domestic limited liability company, as the case may be, with full legal person status and limited liability under the applicable PRC Laws. Each of the PRC Companies is in good standing in each respective jurisdiction of its organization.

 

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2. Corporate Structure. The descriptions of the corporate structure of the Company are set forth in “Corporate History and Structure” section of the Registration Statement are true and accurate and nothing has been omitted from such descriptions that would make the same misleading in any material respects. The ownership structure of the PRC Companies as set forth in Schedule I, currently and immediately after giving effect to this Offering, complies with all existing PRC Laws.

 

3. VIE Agreements. The statements set forth in the Registration Statement under the caption “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure” and “Corporate History and Structure—Contractual Arrangements between WFOE, SDH and Its Shareholders” are fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein, and nothing has been omitted from such summaries that would make the same misleading in any material respect. Schedule II hereto sets forth a true and accurate list of the VIE Agreements among the WFOE, the VIE and/or all the shareholders of the VIE who are the parties thereto.

 

Based on our understanding of the current PRC Laws,

 

(a) the ownership structure of the WFOE, the VIE and its subsidiaries set forth in Schedule II, both currently and immediately after giving the effect to the Offering, does not violate and will not violate any applicable PRC Laws currently in effect;

 

(b) each of the VIE Agreements constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms and conditions and the applicable PRC Laws currently in effect, and does not and will not, to the best of our knowledge after due and reasonable inquiries, have conflict with or result in a breach or violation of

 

i. any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any other contract, license, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the WFOE, the VIE or its shareholders is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of their properties or assets is subject, or
ii. any requirements of the PRC Laws currently in effect;

 

(c) all required Governmental Authorizations in respect of the VIE Agreements to ensure the legality and enforceability in evidence of each of the VIE Agreements in the PRC have been duly obtained and are legal, valid and enforceable, and no further Governmental Authorization is required under the current PRC Laws or the performance of the terms thereof; provided, that any exercise by the WFOE of its rights under the Exclusive Option Agreement will be subject to any approval, appraisal or restriction required by the PRC Laws then in effect; and

 

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(d) To the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, none of the PRC Companies is in material breach or default in the performance or observance of the VIE Agreements to which it is a party.

 

However, as described in the Registration Statement, there are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation, implementation and application of the PRC Laws, and there can be no assurance that relevant Governmental Agencies will not take a view that is contrary to our opinions in this paragraph.

 

4. Taxation. The statements set forth under the caption “Taxation—People’s Republic of China Taxation” in the Registration Statement with respect to the PRC tax laws and regulations, constitute true and accurate descriptions of the matters described therein in all material aspects. We do not express any opinion in this paragraph concerning any law other than the PRC tax laws.

 

5. M&A Rules. Pursuant to the M&A Rules, an offshore special purpose vehicle (“SPV”) formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals shall obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such SPV’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. We have advised the Company that neither approval of CSRC nor of the Ministry of Commerce is required for the listing and trading of the Company’s Shares NASDAQ Capital Market in the context of this Offering, because (a) the Company established the WFOE as a foreign-invested enterprise by means of direct investment rather than through a merger or acquisition of the equity or assets of a “PRC domestic enterprise” as defined under the M&A Rules; and (b) no provision in the M&A Rules clearly classifies transactions like the contractual arrangements among the WFOE, the VIE and its shareholder as a type of acquisition transaction falling under the M&A Rules. However, there are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of the PRC Laws, and there can be no assurance that the Government Agencies will ultimately take a view that is not contrary to our opinion stated above.

 

6. Enforceability of Civil Liabilities. The statements as to the PRC Laws set forth in the Registration Statement under the caption “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” are fair and accurate summaries of the matters described therein, and nothing has been omitted from such summaries that would make the same misleading in any material respect. We have advised the Company that the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedure Law. The PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedure Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or in reciprocity between jurisdictions. China does not have any treaties or other agreements with the Cayman Islands or the United States that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. We have further advised that under the PRC Laws, the PRC courts will not enforce a foreign judgment against the Company or its officers and directors if the court decides that such judgment violates the basic principles of PRC Laws or national sovereignty, security or social public interest.

 

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7. True Statements. The statements set forth in the Registration Statement relating to the PRC Laws or that are descriptions of agreements or instruments governed by the PRC Laws under the captions “Prospectus Summary”, “Risk Factors”, “Dividend Policy”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, “Corporate History and Structure”, “Business”, “Regulations”, “Management”, “Related Party Transactions”, “Taxation”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, and “Legal Matters” (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial data contained therein to which we express no opinion), and elsewhere are true and accurate in all material respects, and fairly present and summarize the information and matters referred to therein. Nothing has been omitted from such statements which would make the statements, in light of the circumstance under which they were made, misleading in any material respect.

 

IV. Qualifications

 

This Opinion is subject to the following qualifications (the “Qualifications”):

 

1. This Opinion is limited to the PRC Laws and we express no opinion as to any other laws or regulations other than the PRC Laws. There is no guarantee that any of the PRC Laws, or the interpretation thereof or enforcement therefore, will not be changed, amended or replaced in the immediate future or in the longer term with or without retrospective effect.

 

2. This Opinion is intended to be used in the context which is specifically referred to herein and each paragraph should be looked at as a whole and no part should be extracted and referred to independently.

 

3. Under the relevant PRC Laws, foreign investment is restricted in certain businesses. The interpretation and implementation of these PRC Laws, and their application to and effect on the legality, binding effect and enforceability of contracts and transactions are subject to the discretion of competent PRC legislative, administrative and judicial authorities.

 

4. This Opinion is subject to the effects of (a) certain equitable, legal or statutory principles in affecting the enforceability of contractual rights generally under the concepts of public interest, national security, good faith and fair dealing, applicable statutes of limitation, and the limitations of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally; (b) any circumstance in connection with the formulation, execution or performance of any legal document that will be deemed materially mistaken, clearly unconscionable or fraudulent; (c) judicial discretion with respect to the availability of injunctive relief, the calculation of damages, and any entitlement to attorneys’ fees and other costs; and (d) the discretion of any competent PRC legislative, administrative or judicial bodies in exercising their authority in connection with the interpretation, implementation and application of relevant PRC Laws.

 

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This Opinion is rendered to the Company by us in our capacity as the Company’s PRC legal advisors in connection with the Offering and, except as otherwise provided for herein, shall not be quoted nor shall a copy be given to any person (apart from the addressee) without our express prior written consent except where such disclosure is required to be made by the applicable law or is requested by the SEC or any other regulatory agencies.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this Opinion in, the filing hereof as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our name under the captions “Risk Factors”, “Corporate History and Structure”, “Regulation”, “Taxation”, “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities”, “Legal Matters”, and elsewhere in such Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we fall within the category of the person whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully,
 
/s/ GFE Law Office  

 

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Schedule I

 

List of PRC Companies and Shareholding Information

 

No. Full Name Date of
Incorporation
Percentage of Effective
Ownership
Principal
Activities
PRC Subsidiary
1 Beijing Mentor Board Union
Information Technology Co, Ltd.
(“WFOE”)
June 3, 2019 100% Holding company
VIE and its subsidiaries
2 Global Mentor Board (Beijing)
Information Technology Co.,
Ltd.(“VIE” or “SDH”)
December 5, 2014 VIE peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and enterprise service platform provider
3 Global Mentor Board (Hangzhou)
Technology Co., Ltd.
(“GMB (Hangzhou)”)
November 1, 2017 100% Consulting, training and tailored services provider
4 Shidong(Beijing)Information
Technology Co.,LTD.
(“GMB (Beijing)”)
June 19, 2018 51% information technology services provider
5 Global Mentor Board (Shanghai)
Enterprise Management Consulting
Co., Ltd.(“GMB Consulting”)
June 30, 2017 51% Consulting services provider
6 Linking (Shanghai) Network
Technology Co., Ltd. (“Linking”)
December 29, 2017 51% network technology development services and technical consulting services provider
7 Shanghai Voice of Seedling
Cultural Media Co.,Ltd.
(“GMB Culture”)
June 22, 2017 51% cultural and artistic exchanges and planning, conference services provider
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Global Mentor Voice of Seedling

Cultural Technology Co.,

Ltd.(“GMB Technology”)

August 29 2018 51% Technical services provider

 

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Schedule II

 

List of VIE Agreements

 

1. The Exclusive Technical and Consulting Services Agreement entered into between the WFOE and the VIE on June 10, 2019;
2. The Equity Pledge Agreement entered into between the WFOE, and shareholders of the VIE on June 10, 2019;
3. The Exclusive Option Agreement entered into between the WFOE, and shareholders of the VIE on June 10, 2019;
4. The Powers of Attorney signed by shareholders of the VIE from June 2, 2019 to June 10, 2019;
5. The Spousal Consents signed by each spouse of the individual shareholders of the VIE from June 4, 2019 to June 10, 2019.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

June 24, 2019

 

Global Internet of People, Inc.

 

Room 208 building 1, No. 28 Houtun Road,

Haidian District, Beijing

People’s Republic of China

 

Re: Consent of Frost & Sullivan (Beijing) Inc., Shanghai Branch Co.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

We understand that Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company”) intends to file a draft registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) in connection with its proposed initial public offering (the “Proposed IPO”).

 

We hereby consent to the references to our name and the inclusion of information, data and statements from our research reports and amendments thereto, including but not limited to the industry research report titled “The PRC Knowledge Sharing and Enterprise Services Industry Independent Market Research” (the “Report”), and any subsequent amendments to the Report, as well as the citation of our research report and amendments thereto, (i) in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, (ii) in any written correspondences with the SEC, (iii) in any other future filings with the SEC by the Company, including, without limitation, filings on Form 20-F, Form 6-K or other SEC filings (collectively, the “SEC Filings”), (iv) on the websites of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, (v) in institutional and retail road shows and other activities in connection with the Proposed IPO, and in other publicity materials in connection with the Proposed IPO.

 

We further hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto and as an exhibit to any other SEC Filings.

 

In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

  

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

Frost & Sullivan (Beijing) Inc., Shanghai Branch Co.

 

/s/ Yves Wang

 

Name: Yves Wang

Title: Managing Director

 

Exhibit 99.4

 

CONSENT OF LIGANG LU

 

Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company”) intends to file a Registration Statement on Form F-l (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Registration Statement”) registering securities for issuance in its initial public offering. As required by Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents to being named in the Registration Statement as a Director Nominee.

 

Dated: June 17, 2019

 

By: /s/ Ligang Lu  
  Ligang Lu  

 

 

Exhibit 99.5

 

CONSENT OF WEI SHAO

 

Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company”) intends to file a Registration Statement on Form F-l (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Registration Statement”) registering securities for issuance in its initial public offering. As required by Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents to being named in the Registration Statement as a Director Nominee.

 

Dated: June 17, 2019

  

By: /s/ Wei Shao  
  Wei Shao  

 

 

Exhibit 99.6

 

CONSENT OF HONG CAI

 

Global Internet of People, Inc. (the “Company”) intends to file a Registration Statement on Form F-l (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Registration Statement”) registering securities for issuance in its initial public offering. As required by Rule 438 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned hereby consents to being named in the Registration Statement as a Director Nominee.

 

Dated: June 26, 2019

 

By: /s/ Hong Cai  
  Hong Cai