As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2018   Registration No. 333- __________


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-1


REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


WEYLAND TECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware

7389

46-5057897

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Primary SIC Code

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

85 Broad Street, 16-079

New York, NY 10004

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

(808) 829-1057

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time 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. [X]

 

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

 

If delivery of the Prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [  ]

 

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





Large accelerated filer  [   ]                                           Accelerated filer  [   ]

Non-accelerated filer  [   ]                                             Smaller reporting company  [X]

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)            Emerging Growth Company  [X]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  [   ]



CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Each Class of Securities to
be Registered

Amount to be Registered (1)

Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Unit (1)

Proposed Maximum Aggregate

Offering Price

Amount of Registration Fee (2)

Common Stock, no par value

7,000,000

$1.01

$7,070,000

$856.88


(1) Consists of up to 7,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be sold to RedDiamond Partners LLC under the Equity Purchase Agreement dated December 7, 2018.

(2) The Offering price has been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act and is based upon the closing price of $1.01 per share of the Registrant’s Common Stock on the OTCQX Market on November 6, 2018.

(3) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) and based on the closing price per share of $1.01 for Weyland Tech, Inc.’s Common Stock on December 6, 2018 as reported by the OTC Markets.


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 Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.





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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission becomes effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.


PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

DATED DECEMBER 14, 2018


WEYLAND TECH, INC.

7,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK


This Prospectus relates to the resale of 7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable to RedDiamond Partners LLC, a selling stockholder pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Equity Agreement”), dated November 7, 2018, that we entered into with RedDiamond Partners LLC (“RedDiamond” or the “Selling Stockholder”). The Equity Agreement permits us to “put,” or sell up to five million ($5,000,000) dollars in shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 (sometimes referred to as the “Capital Call Shares”), to RedDiamond until the one year anniversary of the date of effective date of this prospectus or until $5,000,000 of such Capital Call Shares have been sold.

 

RedDiamond may sell all or a portion of the Capital Call Shares being offered pursuant to this Prospectus at the prevailing market prices at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.

 

The total amount of shares of Common Stock which may be sold pursuant to this Prospectus would constitute approximately 16% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Stock as of December 7, 2018, assuming that the selling security holders will sell all of the shares offered for sale under this Prospectus.

 

RedDiamond as the Selling Stockholder is deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Act.

 

Our Common Stock is subject to quotation on OTCQX Market under the symbol “WEYL”. On November 6, 2018, the last reported sales price for our Common Stock was $1.01 per share. We urge prospective purchasers of our Common Stock to obtain current information about the market prices of our Common Stock. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our Common Stock by RedDiamond. However, we will receive proceeds from the sale of shares of our Common Stock pursuant to our exercise of our right to sell Capital Call Shares to RedDiamond. We will pay for expenses of this offering, except that RedDiamond will pay any broker discounts or commissions or equivalent expenses and expenses of its legal counsel applicable to the sale of its shares.

 

The prices at which the Selling Security Holders may sell the shares of Common Stock in this Offering will be determined by the prevailing market price for the shares of Common Stock or in negotiated transactions.

 

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of our Common Stock.

 

PURCHASE OF THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ AND CONSIDER THE SECTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS ENTITLED “RISK FACTORS” ON PAGES 10 THROUGH 14 BEFORE BUYING ANY SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK.  


NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.  ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.



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THE INFORMATION IN THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETED AND MAY BE CHANGED.  WE WILL NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND HAS BEEN CLEARED OF COMMENTS AND IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE.  THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL THESE SECURITIES AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OF SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.


The Date of This Prospectus is: December 14, 2018






TABLE OF CONTENTS


 

Page

Prospectus Summary

3

Summary of Financial Information

6

Risk Factors

8

Use of Proceeds

11

Dilution

11

Selling Security Holders

13

Plan of Distribution

14

Description of Securities to be Registered

15

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

16

Information With Respect To The Registrant

16

Description of Business

17

Market Price And Dividends On Registrant’s Common Equity

24

Index to Financial Statements

25

Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operations

26

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

32

Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons

32

Executive Compensation

36

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

37

Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons

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Please read this Prospectus carefully and in its entirety. This Prospectus contains disclosure regarding our business, our financial condition and results of operations and risk factors related to our business and our Common Stock, among other material disclosure items. We have prepared this Prospectus so that you will have the information necessary to make an informed investment decision.

 

 You should rely only on information contained in this Prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. This Prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor is it seeking an offer to buy, these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information in this Prospectus is complete and accurate as of the date on the front cover, but the information may have changed since that date.

 

The Registration Statement containing this Prospectus, including the exhibits to the Registration Statement, provides additional information about our Company and the Common Stock offered under this Prospectus. The Registration Statement, including the exhibits and the documents incorporated herein by reference, can be read on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or at the Securities and Exchange Commission offices mentioned under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

 



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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY


This summary highlights selected information about Weyland Tech, Inc. and a general description of the securities that may be offered for resale or other disposition by the selling shareholders. This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this Prospectus. It does not contain all the information that you should consider before investing in the Common Stock. For a more complete understanding of us and the securities offered by the selling shareholders, you should carefully read this entire prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section, any applicable prospectus supplement for these securities and the other documents we refer to and incorporate by reference. In particular, we incorporate important business and financial information into this prospectus by reference.

 

AS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, “WE,” “US,” AND “OUR” REFERS TO WEYLAND TECH, INC. THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS NOT COMPLETE AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU SHOULD READ THE ENTIRE PROSPECTUS BEFORE MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION TO PURCHASE OUR COMMON STOCK. ALL FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS STATED IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES.

 

WEYLAND TECH, INC .


Weyland Tech’s CreateApp platform, offered as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”), enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.  The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.


We believe that SMBs can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.


Weyland Tech, Inc. is focused on mobile commerce enablement via our enhanced platform built in 2017, and offered on a Platform-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) basis, and the company’s e-wallet initiative.  Recent product launches with our strategic partners DPEX (Indonesia), BGT (Thailand), Augicom/Orange (France) are representative of the PaaS platform strategy and product offering.


As a result, the Company’s core product has evolved over the course of 2017 and 2018 to capitalize on the immediate opportunity for developing a larger network of valuable users and merchants by developing services that will enable the adoption of mobile commerce across Greater South East Asia. The platform enhancements have taken the Company’s technology from a standalone DIY app builder to an enhanced platform built to enable mobile commerce.


In 2018, Weyland focused on scaling this business model by continuing to develop and expand strategic partnerships that would increase the number of users and merchants available to users of the Company’s products on a Platform-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) basis. These efforts expanded on the success of recent product launches representative of the PaaS platform strategy and product offerings with our strategic partners DPEX (Indonesia), BGT (Thailand), and Augicom/Orange (France). And after extensive discussions with our partners, management believes that supporting these initiatives through deeper engagement, interaction and co-marketing/sales substantially benefited the Company in 2018 and beyond.


The Company is also pleased to report that its late 2017 e-wallet initiative, AtozPay, has surpassed expectations since its launch, achieving stronger than anticipated customer traction with limited marketing expense. With the AtozPay e-wallet, the Company created a ‘consumer facing’ product offering that supports the PaaS strategy developed by the enhancements to the CreateApp platform and enables Weyland to drive higher monetization on those platforms by providing payments capabilities.


Digital Wallet or eWallet a digital financial services business, a distinguishing characteristic of Greater South East Asia (“GSEA”) compared to the United States is the substantially lower percentage of the population with bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. This creates the need for alternative payment methods, specifically e-wallets.



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GSEA is poised for its own payments transformation in much the same way that China has shifted to online payments, according to IDC. Online payments in GSEA is divided into four broad payment modes: e-wallets, such as our AtoZPay platform, credit cards, debit cards and online banking. Of these, the e-wallet mode is expected to grow the fastest over the next five years, according to IDC. Drivers for GSEA’s e-wallet industry include the mismatch between internet penetration and banking penetration, which creates a structural opportunity for e-wallets; the increasing integration of e-wallets with use cases such as online games and e-commerce; and the opportunity to offer broader digital financial services using e-wallets as a foundation.


AtozPay officially exited the closed beta environment on May 23, 2018 and officially launched for business.


AtozPay is designed to be a robust, universal payment platform therefore its growth is not limited to the Company’s PaaS customers alone. 


On April 23, 2018, The Company completed the incorporation of PT Weyland Indonesia Perkasa (“WIP”), a company incorporated in Indonesia. WIP is the corporate entity used for the eWallet business, AtoZPay.  This effort is intended to boost shareholder value by creating a ‘stand-alone’ vehicle for the fast growing global e-money/e-wallet industry. Private and public transactions in the e-money/e-wallet industry in South East Asia are growing more frequent with valuations that would represent substantial value creation for existing shareholders.


In order to maximize the independent growth of AtoZPay and consequently shareholder value, management began the process to spin-off the e-wallet business via a special dividend, and on September 24, 2018, the Company announced that it has made available, to its transfer agent, DTCC and DTC Participants with positions in WEYL, instructions for receiving the spin-off shares of its Weyland AtoZ Pay subsidiary (“WAI”), which holds a 49% equity ownership interest in PT Weyland Indonesia Perkasa, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Republic of Indonesia (“WIP”). WIP’s primary business operations includes a digital financial transactions app serving the rapidly growing Indonesia e-commerce and e-payment markets (“eWallet”).


The Company’s shareholders of record as of the close of trading on September 28, 2018, the record date for the spin-off, will receive a pro-rata distribution of one (1) share of common stock of WAI for each five (5) shares of the Company’s common stock held as of the record date. Fractional shares of WAI common stock will not be issued in the distribution.  The spin-off was effective as of the end of the day on November 15, 2018.


We will not receive any proceeds from any sales of these securities by the Selling Shareholder.


Our common stock is traded Over-the-Counter under the trading symbol “WEYL.”  The closing bid price for our common stock on December 6, 2018, was $1.01 per share.


Our corporate headquarters are located at 85 Broad Street, 16-079 New York, NY 10004.  Although we maintain a website at www.weyland-tech.com, we do not intend the information available on our website be incorporated into this filing.

  

Our Filing Status as a “Smaller Reporting Company”

 

We are a “smaller reporting company,” meaning that we are not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent company that is not a smaller reporting company and have a public float of less than $75 million and annual revenues of less than $50 million during the most recently completed fiscal year. As a “smaller reporting company,” the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings are less than it would be if we were not considered a “smaller reporting company.” Specifically, “smaller reporting companies” are able to provide simplified executive compensation disclosures in their filings; are exempt from the provisions of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requiring that independent registered public accounting firms provide an attestation report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to conduct say-on-pay and frequency votes until annual meetings occurring on or after January 21, 2013; and have certain other decreased disclosure obligations in their SEC filings, including, among other things, being permitted to provide two years of audited financial statements in annual reports rather than three years. Decreased disclosures in our SEC filings due to our status as a “smaller reporting company” may make it harder for investors to analyze the Company’s results of operations and financial prospects.

 



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THE OFFERING

This Prospectus relates to the resale of up to 7,000,000 shares of the Common Shares, issuable to RedDiamond, RedDiamond, pursuant to a “Capital Call Right” under the Equity Agreement, dated December 7, 2018, that we entered into with RedDiamond. The Equity Agreement permits us to sell up to five million ($5,000,000) dollars in shares of our Common Stock to RedDiamond until the one (1) year anniversary of the date of effective date of this prospectus or until $5,000,000 of such shares have been called Capital Call Shares.

 

Common Stock offered by Selling Shareholders

 

This Prospectus relates to the resale of up to 7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock, issuable to RedDiamond

 

 

 

Common Stock outstanding before the Offering

 

36,816,109 shares of Common Stock as of December 7, 2018.

 

 

 

Common Stock outstanding after the Offering

 

43,816,109 shares of Common Stock (1)

 

 

 

Terms of the Offering

 

The Selling Security Holders will determine when and how they will sell the Common Stock offered in this Prospectus. The prices at which the Selling Security Holders may sell the shares of Common Stock in this Offering will be determined by the prevailing market price for the shares of Common Stock or in negotiated transactions.

 

 

 

Termination of the Offering

 

The Offering will conclude upon such time as all of the Common Stock has been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

Trading Market

 

Our Common Stock is subject to quotation on the [OTCQX] Market under the symbol “WEYL”. 

 

 

 

Use of proceeds

 

The Company is not selling any shares of the Common Stock covered by this Prospectus. As such, we will not receive any of the Offering proceeds from the registration of the shares of Common Stock covered by this Prospectus. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

 

 

Risk Factors

 

The Common Stock offered hereby involves a high degree of risk and should not be purchased by investors who cannot afford the loss of his/her/its entire investment. See “Risk Factors”.

 

(1) This total reflects the number of shares of Common Stock that will be outstanding assuming that all of 7,000,000 Capital Call Shares to be put to RedDiamond are, in fact, issued and sold to RedDiamond under the Equity Agreement.

 



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SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

The following summary financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis,” “Plan of Operation” and the Financial Statements and Notes thereto, included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The statement of operations data is derived from our condensed financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. The balance sheets data are derived from the condensed balance sheet statement for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and our audited balance sheet statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Statement of Operations Data: 

 

 

30 Sep 2018

30 Sep 2017

 

31 Dec 2017

31 Dec 2016

 

Unaudited

Unaudited

 

Audited

Audited

Total Income

$

17,275,098

$

10,302,740

 

$

15,578,171

$

12,942,353

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Cost of Sales

$

2,116,229

$

8,387,399

 

$

11,267,879

$

7,817,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

$

15,158,869

$

1,915,341

 

$

4,310,292

$

5,124,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Other Income

$

0

$

23,625

 

$

23,625

$

181,391

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Bad debt provision

$

0

$

0

 

$

0

$

698,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Depreciation and Amortization

$

243,116

$

263,950

 

$

351,933

$

351,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total General and Administrative

$

2,569,828

$

1,031,719

 

$

1,937,483

$

988,686

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Research and Development

$

8,124,074

$

0

 

$

1,889,304

$

2,928,947

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Sales and Marketing

$

7,773,794

$

0

 

$

0

$

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

$

18,710,812

$

1,295,669

 

$

4,178,720

$

4,968,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating (Loss) Profit

-$3,551,943

$

643,297

 

$

155,197

$

337,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-operating Expenses

$

0

$

0

 

$

229,479

-$229,479

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (Loss) Profit

-$3,551,943

$

643,297

 

-$74,282

$

566,948




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Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

30 Sep 2018

30 Sep 2017

 

31 Dec 2017

31 Dec 2016

 

Unaudit

Unaudit

 

Audited

Audited

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Current Assets

$

4,950,809

$

4,874,503

 

$

4,315,330

$

2,061,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Non-current Assets

$

739,014

$

1,070,114

 

$

982,131

$

1,334,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

$

5,689,823

$

5,944,616

 

$

5,297,461

$

3,395,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Total Current Liabilities

$

309,428

$

2,749,309

 

$

2,046,536

$

843,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

$

309,428

$

2,749,309

 

$

2,046,536

$

843,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

$

5,380,395

$

3,195,307

 

$

3,250,925

$

2,552,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

$

45,901,951

$

39,448,864

 

$

40,221,873

$

39,448,945

Current Year (Loss) Earnings

-$3,551,943

$

643,297

 

-$74,281

$

566,947

Retained (Loss)

-$36,973,294

-$36,899,013

 

-$36,899,013

-$37,465,960

Share capital

$

3,682

$

2,159

 

$

2,346

$

2,078

Total Equity

$

5,380,395

$

3,195,307

 

$

3,250,925

$

2,552,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working Capital

$

4,641,381

$

2,125,193

 

$

2,268,794

$

1,217,947



FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Information set forth in this prospectus and the information it incorporates by reference may contain various “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. All information relative to future markets for our products and trends in and anticipated levels of revenue, gross margins and expenses, as well as other statements containing words such as “believe,” “project,” “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “target,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect” and “intend” and other similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to business, economic and other risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, and actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Examples of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance and any forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 of this prospectus, in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as any subsequent filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date such forward-looking statements are made. You should read carefully this prospectus and any related free writing prospectuses that we have authorized for use in connection with this offering, together with the information incorporated herein or therein by reference as described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information,” completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We hereby qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.




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RISK FACTORS


We operate in a highly competitive environment in which there are numerous factors which can influence our business, financial position or results of operations and which can also cause the market value of our common stock to decline. Many of these factors are beyond our control and therefore, are difficult to predict. The following section sets forth what we believe to be the principal risks that could affect us, our business or our industry, and which could result in a material adverse impact on our financial results or cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate or decline.


RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS


We are subject to risks associated with changing technologies in the mobile apps industry, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage.


The successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to continuously evolve our existing solutions and introduce new solutions to meet customers’ needs. We believe that our customers rigorously evaluate our solution and service offerings on the basis of a number of factors, including, but not limited to: quality; price competitiveness; technical expertise and development capability; innovation; reliability and timeliness of delivery; operational flexibility; customer service; and overall management.


Our success depends on our ability to continue to meet our customers’ changing requirements and specifications with respect to these and other criteria. There can be no assurance that we will be able to address technological advances or introduce new offerings that may be necessary to remain competitive within the mobile apps industry.


Systems failures could cause interruptions in our services or decreases in the responsiveness of our services which could harm our business.


If our systems fail to perform, we could experience disruptions in operations, slower response times or decreased customer satisfaction. Our ability to host mobile apps successfully and provide high quality customer service depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our hosting company's computer and communications hardware and software systems. Although unlikely, our hosting company's systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, natural disasters, power loss, telecommunication failures, break-ins, sabotage, computer viruses, intentional acts of vandalism and similar events. Any systems failure that causes an interruption in our services or decreases the responsiveness of our services could impair our reputation, damage our brand name and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.


Our cost structure is partially fixed. If our revenues decline and we are unable to reduce our costs, our profitability will be adversely affected.


Our cost structure is partially fixed. We base our cost structure on historical and expected levels of demand for our services, as well as our fixed operating infrastructure, such as computer hardware and software, and staffing levels. If demand for our services declines and, as a result, our revenues decline, we may not be able to adjust our cost structure on a timely basis and our profitability may be materially adversely affected.


Attrition of customers and failure to attract new customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.


Although we offer mobile apps designed to support and retain our customers, our efforts to attract new customers or prevent attrition of our existing customers may not be successful. If we are unable to retain our existing customers or acquire new customers in a cost-effective manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows would likely be adversely affected. Although we have spent significant resources on business development and related expenses and plan to continue to do so, these efforts may not be cost-effective at attracting new customers.


Any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses, integration and consolidation risks and risks associated with entering new markets, and we may be unable to profitably operate our consolidated company.




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The Company intends to selectively pursue acquisitions and new businesses. Any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses and present new risks associated with entering additional markets or offering new products and services, and integrating the acquired companies. We may not have sufficient management, financial and other resources to integrate companies we acquire or to successfully operate new businesses and we may be unable to profitably operate our expanded company. Additionally, any new businesses that we may acquire, once integrated with our existing operations, may not produce expected or intended results.


We may be unable to respond to customers' demands for new mobile app solutions and service offerings and our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.


Our customers may demand new mobile app solutions and service offerings.  If we fail to identify these demands from customers or update our offerings accordingly, new offerings provided by our competitors may render our existing solutions and services less competitive. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to respond to customers' demands for new offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis and to adapt to address the increasingly sophisticated requirements and varied needs of our customers and prospective customers. We may not be successful in developing, introducing or marketing new offerings. In addition, our new offerings may not achieve market acceptance. Any failure on our part to anticipate or respond adequately to customer requirements, or any significant delays in the development, introduction or availability of new offerings or enhancements of our current offerings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.


We may be unable to respond to the evolving industry practices and technology solutions, and our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.


To remain competitive as a mobile app provider, we must continue to invest in research and development of new technology solutions in order to keep up with the ever-evolving industry practices and enhancements to our existing solutions. The process of developing new technologies, products and services is complex and expensive. The introduction of new solutions by our competitors, the market acceptance of competitive solutions based on new or alternative technologies or the emergence of new industry practices could render our solutions less competitive.


We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could have a material adverse effect on our business.


We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations, agreements with third parties and make sales in Asia, which may experience corruption. Our activities in Asia create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of the employees, consultants or agents of our company, because these parties are not always subject to our control. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. Also, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.


RISKS RELATED TO THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK


The market price of our common stock can become volatile, leading to the possibility of its value being depressed at a time when you may want to sell your holdings.


The market price of our common stock can become volatile. Numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly. These factors include:


our earnings releases, actual or anticipated changes in our earnings, fluctuations in our operating results or our failure to meet the expectations of financial market analysts and investors;

changes in financial estimates by us or by any securities analysts who might cover our stock;

speculation about our business in the press or the investment community;

significant developments relating to our relationships with our customers or suppliers;



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stock market price and volume fluctuations of other publicly traded companies and, in particular, those that are in our industry;

customer demand for our business solutions;

investor perceptions of our industry in general and our Company in particular;

the operating and stock performance of comparable companies;

general economic conditions and trends;

announcements by us or our competitors of new products, significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or divestitures;

changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretation or principles;

loss of external funding sources;

sales of our common stock, including sales by our directors, officers or significant stockholders; and

addition or departure of key personnel.


Securities class action litigation is often instituted against companies following periods of volatility in their stock price. Should this type of litigation be instituted against us, it could result in substantial costs to us and divert our management’s attention and resources.


Moreover, securities markets may from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations for reasons unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our common stock and other interests in our Company at a time when you want to sell your interest in our common stock.


Our common stock is quoted on the over-the-counter electronic quotation system maintained by the OTC Markets which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.


Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQX, an over-the-counter electronic quotation system maintained by the OTC Markets. The OTCQX is more limited than a trading market such as the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. The OTCQX is a less visible market for the trading of our common stock by existing and potential stockholders, and so trading of our common stock on the OTCQX could depress the trading price of our common stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. We plan to list our common stock as soon as practicable. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such listing.


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


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


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


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


We may be required to raise additional financing by issuing new securities with terms or rights superior to those of our shares of common stock, which could adversely affect the market price of our shares of common stock.



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We may require additional financing to fund future operations, develop and exploit existing and new products and to expand into new markets. We may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, if at all. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders will be reduced, and the holders of the new equity securities may have rights superior to those of the holders of shares of common stock, which could adversely affect the market price and the voting power of shares of our common stock. If we raise additional funds by issuing debt securities, the holders of these debt securities would similarly have some rights senior to those of the holders of shares of common stock, and the terms of these debt securities could impose restrictions on operations and create a significant interest expense for us.


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


For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board deems relevant.


USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of our Common Stock by RedDiamond. However, we will receive proceeds from the sale of Capital Call Shares to RedDiamond. We will use these proceeds for general corporate and working capital purposes and acquisitions or assets, businesses or operations or for other purposes that our board of directors, in its good faith, deems to be in the best interest of the Company.

 

We will pay for expenses of this offering, except that RedDiamond will pay any broker discounts or commissions or equivalent expenses and expenses of its legal counsel applicable to the sale of its shares.


DILUTION


The sale of our Common Stock to RedDiamond in accordance with the Equity Agreement dated Decemer 7, 2018 will have a dilutive impact on our stockholders. As a result, our net loss per share could increase in future periods and the market price of our Common Stock could decline. In addition, the lower our stock price is at the time we exercise our put option, the more shares of our Common Stock we will have to issue to RedDiamond pursuant to the Equity Agreement. If our stock price decreases during the pricing period, then our existing stockholders would experience greater dilution.


Equity Agreement with RedDiamond Partners LLC

 

On December 7, 2018, we entered into an Equity Agreement with RedDiamond. Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Agreement, RedDiamond, an institutional investor, committed to purchase $5,000,000 of our Common Stock until the one year anniversary of the date of effective date of this prospectus or until $5,000,000 of Capital Call Shares have been sold to RedDiamond. We may deliver a Purchase Notice to RedDiamond which states the number of shares of Common Stock that we intend to sell to RedDiamond on a date specified in such notice; provided, that (1) a Purchase Notice may be delivered not more frequently than weekly during the commitment period, and shall be delivered on the first business day of each week, and (2) the amount of Purchase Notice Shares shall be not more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate trading volume of the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days preceding the  date of the Purchase Notice. The purchase price per share to be paid by RedDiamond will be the lower of (i) 85% of the lowest dollar volume-weighted average price for our Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded, currently the OTC Market, or VWAP, for each of the five (5) trading days preceding and including the date on which RedDiamond receives the Purchase Notice Shares as DWAC Shares in its brokerage account, or the Clearing Date, or (ii) 90% of the average of the two (2) lowest VWAPS for the five (5) days after the Clearing Date.

 

The number of shares of Common Stock subject to any Purchase Notice, plus any shares of Common Stock then owned by the Investor, shall not exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation of 4.99% outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Purchase Notice.



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In connection with the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with RedDiamond, pursuant to which we agreed to use our best efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement, covering the resale of 7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock underlying the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond.

 

The 7,000,000 shares being offered pursuant to this Prospectus represent approximately 16% of the shares issued and outstanding, assuming that RedDiamonds will sell all of the shares offered for sale; provided, however, that RedDiamond has agreed to refrain from holding a number of shares that would result in RedDiamond owning more than 4.99% of the then-outstanding shares of our Common Stock at any one time.

 

The Equity Agreement with RedDiamond is non-transferable and any benefits attached thereto may not be assigned.

 

At an assumed purchase price of $0.85 (equal to 85% of the closing price of our Common Stock of $1.01 on December 6, 2018), we will receive a maximum of $5,000,000 in net proceeds, assuming the sale of up to  7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond.

 

There are substantial risks to investors as a result of the issuance of shares of our Common Stock under the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond. These risks include dilution of stockholders’ percentage ownership, significant decline in our stock price and our inability to draw sufficient funds when needed.

 

Existing stockholders of our Common Stock in the offering will experience an immediate increase in the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock. Our net tangible book value as of September 30, 2018, was $3,902,366, or $9.43 per share of our Common Stock (based upon 36,816,109 shares of our Common Stock outstanding). Net tangible book value per share is equal to our total net tangible book value, which is our total tangible assets less our total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of our outstanding Common Stock. Increase per share equals the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares of Common Stock in the rights offering and the net tangible book value per share of our Common Stock immediately after the rights offering.

 

Based on the aggregate offering of a maximum of 7,000,000 shares and an assumed purchase price of $0.85 (equal to 85% of the closing price of our Common Stock of $1.01 on December 6, 2018) and the application of the estimated $5,000,000 of net proceeds from the offering and 5,882,353 shares sold, our pro forma net tangible book value as of September 30, 2018, would be approximately $8,902,366 or $1.51 per share. This represents an immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value to existing stockholders of $7.92 per share.

 

We intend to sell RedDiamond periodically our Common Stock under the Equity Agreement and RedDiamond will, in turn, sell such shares to investors in the market at the market price. This may cause our stock price to decline, which will require us to issue increasing numbers of Common Shares to RedDiamond to raise the same amount of funds, as our stock price declines.

 

The proceeds received from any Capital Call Shares issued to RedDiamond under the Equity Agreement will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes and acquisitions or assets, businesses or operations or for other purposes that our board of directors, in its good faith deem to be in the best interest of the Company.

 

Our ability to draw down any amounts under the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond is subject to a number of conditions, and there is no guarantee that we will be able to draw down any portion or all of the proceeds of $5,000,000 under the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond.




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SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS


This Prospectus relates to the resale of up to 7,000,000 shares of the Common Shares, issuable to RedDiamond, a Selling Stockholder, pursuant to our right to sell Capital Call Shares to RedDiamond under an Equity Agreement, dated December 7, 2018. The Equity Agreement permits us to sell five million dollars ($5,000,000) in shares of our Common Stock to RedDiamond.

 

RedDiamond may offer and sell, from time to time, any or all of shares of our Common Stock to be sold to RedDiamond under the Equity Agreement dated Decemer 7, 2018.

 

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock by RedDiamond as of December 7, 2018 and the number of shares of our Common Stock being offered pursuant to this Prospectus. We believe that RedDiamond has sole voting and investment powers over its shares.

 

Because RedDiamond may offer and sell all or only some portion of the 7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock being offered pursuant to this Prospectus, the numbers in the table below representing the amount and percentage of these shares of our Common Stock that will be held by RedDiamond upon termination of the offering are only estimates based on the assumption that RedDiamond will sell all of its shares of our Common Stock being offered in the offering.

 

Neither RedDiamond, nor any of its officers, directors, members or equity holders, has had any position or office, or other material relationship with us or any of our affiliates over the past three years.  The Company previously sold RedDiamond an aggregate of 102,689 shares of its Common Stock on May 8, 2018, for an aggregate purchase price of $425,000, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and RedDiamond.  Additional shares may be purchased thereby up to the maximum amount of an additional 203,800 shares of Common Stock of the Company, at a per share price of $4.50.   The Company further sold to RedDiamond 38,889 shares of Company common stock for $175,000 on November 16, 2018, pursuant to the same purchase agreement.  The shares purchased thereby were subject to a voluntary redemption by the Company until August 2018 (which was not exercised) and are now subject to mandatory redemption by the Company, in six (6) equal monthly traunches, beginning November 2018, at a per share price of $5.88 per share.  The redemption may also be paid in shares of Common Stock in an amount equivalent, given the proceeds generated in the sale thereof, to the cash redemption amount.  

 

To our knowledge, RedDiamond is not a broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer. We may require RedDiamond to suspend the sales of the shares of our Common Stock being offered pursuant to this Prospectus upon the occurrence of any event that makes any statement in this Prospectus or the related registration statement untrue in any material respect or that requires the changing of statements in those documents in order to make statements in those documents not misleading.

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Shares Owned by Selling Stockholder before the Offering (1)

 

 

Total Shares Offered in the Offering

 

 

Number of Shares to Be Owned by Selling Stockholder After the Offering and Percent of Total Issued and Outstanding Shares (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 # of Shares (2)

 

 

 % of Class (2)

RedDiamond Partners LLC (3)(4)

 

 

78,614

 

 

 

7,000,000

 

 

 

78,614

 

 

<1%

*

* Less than 1%

(1) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to shares of Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock subject to options and warrants currently exercisable, or exercisable within 60 days, are counted as outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such options or warrants but are not counted as outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.

(2) We have assumed that RedDiamond will sell all of the shares being offered in this offering.

(3) Neil Rock has the voting and dispositive power over the shares owned by RedDiamond Partners LLC.

(4) As of December 7, 2018, RedDiamond held no shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Agreement, but held 78,614 shares of our Common Stock pursuant to a May 8, 2018 Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and RedDiamond, and have entered into an agreement as of December 7, 2018, to acquire an additional approximate 76,817 shares for payments due in December 2018 and January 2019 under the Securities Purchase Agreement, for a total of 232,248 shares.



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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION


This Prospectus relates to the resale of up to 7,000,000 shares of the Common Shares, issuable to RedDiamond, the Selling Stockholder pursuant to our right to sell Capital Call Shares to RedDiamond under an Equity Agreement, dated December 7, 2018, that we entered into with RedDiamond. The Equity Agreement permits us to sell up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) in shares of our Common Stock to RedDiamond until the one year anniversary of the date of effective date of this prospectus or until $5,000,000 of Capital Call Shares have been called.


We may direct RedDiamond, by delivery to RedDiamond of a Purchase Notice from time to time, to purchase Purchase Notice Shares; provided, that (1) a Purchase Notice may be delivered not more frequently than weekly during the period beginning on the date of effective date of this prospectus and ending on the one year anniversary thereof, or until $5,000,000 of Capital Call Shares have been called, and (2) the amount of Purchase Notice Shares shall be not more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate trading volume of the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days preceding the date of the Purchase Notice, and subject to beneficial ownership limitations set forth in the Equity Agreement.  The purchase price per share to be paid by RedDiamond will be the lower of (i) 85% of the lowest dollar volume-weighted average price for our Common Stock on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded, currently the OTC Market, or VWAP, occurring during  the five (5) trading days preceding and including the date on which RedDiamond receives the Purchase Notice Shares as DWAC Shares in its brokerage account, or the Clearing Date, or (ii) 90% of the average of the two (2) lowest VWAPs for the five (5) days after the Clearing Date.  

 

The Equity Agreement with RedDiamond is non-transferable.

 

At an assumed purchase price under the Equity Agreement of $0.85 (equal to 85% of the volume-weighted average price for our Common Stock as of $1.01 on December 6, 2018), we will receive $5,000,000 in net proceeds, assuming the sale of up to 7,000,000 shares of our Common Stock pursuant to the Equity Agreement with RedDiamond. At an assumed purchase price of $0.85 (equal to 85% of the volume-weighted average price for our Common Stock as of $1.01 on December 6, 2018), under the Equity Agreement, we would not be required to register additional shares to obtain the balance of $5,000,000 under the Equity Agreement, and in fact would sell approximately 5,882,000 of the shares registered hereby. Due to the floating offering price, we are not able to determine the exact number of shares that we will issue under the Equity Agreement.

 

The Selling Shareholders may, from time to time sell any or all of their shares of Common Stock on any market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits the purchaser;

block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal;

facilitate the transaction;

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

privately negotiated transactions;

broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Shareholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

a combination of any such methods of sale; and

any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

RedDiamond has agreed to a no-shorting clause in the Equity Agreement, which generally prohibits RedDiamond from engaging in any short sales of our Common Stock during the term of the Equity Agreement. Nevertheless, we do anticipate that RedDiamond will sell the shares it acquires with respect to each Purchase Notice during the period of time occurring shortly after the delivery of such shares.  


RedDiamond has also agreed that it will not offer or sell in a public brokered transaction any of our securities on any trading day in an amount greater than 20% of the average daily trading volume for the previous five (5) trading days, other than in private transactions, as bona fide gifts or transfers by will or intestacy, or in certain other limited circumstances.  RedDiamond is also subject to a “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Purchase Notice.




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If the Company terminates the Purchase Agreement, other than in the event of a material breach by RedDiamond, prior to the purchase of at least $3,000,000 of the Commitment Amount, then the Company must pay to RedDiamond as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available and make purchases hereunder, an amount equal to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%) of the remaining amount of the Commitment Amount not purchased.


RedDiamond may also sell securities under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, if available, rather than under this Prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by RedDiamond may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from RedDiamond (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of securities, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission in compliance with FINRA Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown in compliance with FINRA IM-2440.

 

RedDiamond is an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act of 1933. We are required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by us incident to the registration of the securities.

 

RedDiamond will be subject to the Prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 including Rule 172 thereunder.

 

The resale securities will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale securities covered hereby may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale securities may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, RedDiamond will be subject to applicable provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of securities of the Common Stock by RedDiamond or any other person. We will make copies of this Prospectus available to RedDiamond and will inform it of the need to deliver a copy of this Prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale (including by compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act of 1933).


DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED


COMMON STOCK


We are authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, at a par value $0.0001 per share.  The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders.  There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors then up for election.


The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore.  In the event we have liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining which are available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities and after provision has been made for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the Common Stock.  Holders of shares of Common Stock, as such, have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption provisions applicable to the Common Stock.




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STOCK TRANSFER AGENT


We have engaged Nevada Agency and Trust Company as our stock transfer agent.  Nevada Agency and Trust Company is located at 50 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. Phone: (775) 332-0626.


DIVIDEND POLICY


We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business. As a result, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.


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 Common Stock 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.

 

Scott C. Kline., Esq., 15615 Alton Pkwy, Ste. 450, Irvine CA 92618, will pass on the validity of the Common Stock being offered pursuant to this Registration Statement.

 

The audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 included in this Prospectus and the Registration Statement have been audited by Centurion ZD CPA Ltd., an independent registered public accounting firm, to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report appearing elsewhere herein and in the Registration Statement, and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.


INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE REGISTRANT


This Prospectus contains “forward-looking statements”. All statements other than statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” for purposes of federal and state securities laws, including, but not limited to, any projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objections of management for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new services or developments; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements of belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.

 

Forward-looking statements may include the words “may,” “could,” “estimate,” “intend,” “continue,” “believe,” “expect” or “anticipate” or other similar words. These forward-looking statements present our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.

 

Throughout this Prospectus references to “we”, “our”, “us”, “Weyland Tech, Inc.”, “the Company”, and similar terms refer to Weyland Tech, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

 

Corporate Background

 

The Company incorporated in Delaware on November 16, 2004, as Cdoor Corp.  The Company changed its name to Sinobiomed Inc. on March 1, 2007.  The Company’s common stock was quoted under the symbol “SOBM,” effective as of March 2, 2007.  On June 6, 2011, the Company changed its name to Sitoa Global Inc. , and the  common stock was quoted under the symbol “STOA,” effective as of June 8, 2011.  On August 2, 2011, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State (i) to change the name of the Company from “Sinobiomed Inc.” to “Sitoa Global Inc.” and (ii) to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding common stock.  Approximately December 17, 2011, the Company effected a change of its name to “Seratosa Inc.” and a 1-for-10,000 reverse split of the Company’s outstanding common stock.  On September 1, 2015, the Company changed its name from "Seratosa, Inc." to “Weyland Tech, Inc.” and reduced its authorized capital to 250,000,000 shares.  (Please see the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 2, 2015; see Exhibit AA).



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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS


Overview


Weyland Tech’s CreateApp platform, offered as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”), enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.  At present, the Company does not charge for use of the PaaS platform. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.


We believe that SMB can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.


Our corporate headquarters are located at 85 Broad Street, 16-079 New York, NY 10004.  Although we maintain a website at www.weyland-tech.com, we do not intend the information available on our website be incorporated into this filing.


Our History


On April 8, 2017 , the Company entered into that certain Amended and Restated Software License Agreement by and between the Company and Technopreneur’s Resource Centre Private Limited (the “Amended License Agreement”) and that certain Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Eddie Foong Wai Keong, Zhao Yongxin and Brent Suen (the “Amended Purchase Agreement”).  The Amended Licensing Agreement continues and amends and restates Weyland Tech’s exclusive use of the ‘CreateApp Platform’ together with any instances or variations to it and all current and future revenues and income that are a result of sales, licensing and sub-licensing agreements for an initial ten-year term, which is extendable at the Company’s option for two consecutive five year periods, for a total of twenty years.  The Amended Purchase Agreement provides for the purchase of a controlling interest in Technopreneur’s Resource Centre Private Limited by the Company.  The Amended License Agreement and Amended Purchase Agreement amends and restates the rights of the parties with respect to the (i) that certain MOU dated May 2015, and the subsequent Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Original Purchase Agreement”), and (ii) the global license agreement relating to the ‘CreateApp Platform’ (the “Global License Agreement”).


In September 2015, we completed the acquisition of rights to Technopreneur’s Resource Centre Private Limited’s ‘CreateApp Platform’ through the Original Licensing Agreement.  Our exclusive license through the Original License Agreement has been described in our prior filings, including most recently our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2017, as our “Global Exclusive Licensing Agreement”.  The Amended License Agreement clarifies certain terms of our original agreement and extends the term of the license.


The original Sales and Purchase Agreement, dated May 28, 2015, was subsequently rescinded and pursuant to that rescission certain shares originally issued were canceled. The Amended Purchase Agreement reduces the amount of ownership of Technopreneur’s Resource Centre Private Limited acquired to 55%, rather than 100% in order to reduce the risks related to certain operating liabilities of Technopreneur’s Resource Centre Private Limited discovered during due diligence. At December 31, 2017, this Sales and Purchase Agreement has not been completed.


The above descriptions of the Amended Sale and Purchase Agreement and Amended Licensing Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the forms of such documents attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


On April 27, 2017  the Company announced that initial subscriptions and revenues from its South East Asian cooperation partner, MOCAAPP. Marketing and development of additional applications -- http://www.mocaapp.com/ -- continues in the Philippines through the Company's white label channel distribution.


According to the Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines is home to nearly 90,000 Small and Medium businesses ("SMB") and ~900,000 MSMBs (Micro-Small-Medium-sized-Business) overall. 


http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=11G137142-001&id=11596615&type=0&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.dti.gov.ph%2fbusinesses%2fmsmes%2fmsme-resources%2fmsme-statistics



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Weyland believes that a substantial number of these businesses will ultimately choose to expand their reach through mobile commerce (m-commerce), which has been the case in the US, Europe, and North Asia. 


http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=11G137142-001&id=11596618&type=0&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.businessinsider.com%2fmobile-commerce-shopping-trends-stats-2016-10


Concurrently, MOCAAPP indicated initial marketing and trade show efforts have begun in Vietnam. The Company believes the expansion of m-commerce in South East Asia is in the early stages and is working with their channel distributors to become the mobile on-ramp for e-commerce in the region. 


http://ctt.marketwire.com/?release=11G137142-001&id=11596624&type=0&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jwtintelligence.com%2f2016%2f08%2fsoutheast-asias-m-commerce-revolution%2f


On May 1, 2017 , the Company signed a definitive Share Purchase Agreement with Escape Pixel, a provider of Web Development, Mobile Development, & Digital Customized Solutions, based in Singapore and Yangon Myanmar. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Following the closing of the transaction, Escape Pixel will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  At December 31, 2017, this Share Purchase Agreement has not been completed.


On May 1, 2017 , the Company signed a software development agreement with Faith United Technology LTD, a Hong Kong based software developer. Weyland Tech and Faith United are collaborating on Online-to-Offline (“O2O”) applications initially targeting the food service industry. Weyland Tech believes O2O solutions allow merchants to reach online buyers that are not directly served by Third Party Logistics providers (“3PL”) but can reach more centralized physical locations for pick-up.


On July 20, 2017 , the Company entered into an advisory agreement with TMC Prime Pte. Ltd (TMC) for the sourcing of strategic investments into the company by Southeast Asian technology companies and high net worth individuals with experience investing in technology companies TMC will commit to fund up to $10 million USD over a period of one year via direct investments.


The principals of TMC are former founders and executives of regionally based systems integrators, cloud services and mobile telephony companies.


On Jul 24, 2017  the Company announced that the Company's distribution partner in Indonesia, OAP ("OAP"), has signed an agreement to provide a stored-value 'top-up' application aimed at the 120 million adults living without access to traditional banking facilities. The application is designed to be offered via major telecommunications providers in Indonesia.


OAP has initiated a pilot program to 20 communities in Indonesia. Upon success of the pilot, OAP will offer the community application to the other 500,000 communities throughout Indonesia.


In Indonesia, the unbanked population, or people who do not have bank accounts, is still very large. The Financial Inclusion Index (Global FIndex) for 2014 shows that only 36 percent of adults in Indonesia have bank accounts, which means there are approximately 120 million adults categorized as unbanked. A Top-Up application enables unbanked smartphone users to purchase goods and services via their phones (e-commerce/m-commerce).


Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, has seen explosive mobile phone growth alongside a burgeoning e-commerce industry segment. A smartphone boom has been fueling Indonesia's e-commerce growth. The e-commerce industry in Indonesia has grown from $12 billion in 2014 to $18 billion last year and is forecasted to touch $130 billion by 2020 as per Indonesian tech ministry spokesman, Ismail Cawidu.


On August 11, 2017 , the Company applied for uplisting to the OTC Markets Group’s ‘OTCQX Marketplace’ which is a higher tier market for publicly traded companies.


On Aug 29, 2017  the Company announced that its exclusive eurozone partner, Augicom S.A., has entered into a partnership with Orange Pro. As part of this agreement, Weyland Tech's CreateApp will be made available to Orange Pro clients via "la Carte Pro" program or 'Pro Card' in English.



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The "Pro Card" program of Orange is a loyalty program for independent professionals and SMBs. It is believed that initial sales will begin the fourth quarter of 2017 or first quarter of 2018. Orange Pro operates under the business umbrella of Orange S.A., formerly France Télécom S.A., is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 256 million customers worldwide and employs 95,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, the group had revenues of EUR 40 billion.


Additionally, the Company has begun exploratory discussions with an eSports video aggregation operator regarding a potential partnership and the building of an online betting app for the eSports industry. Due to the high growth of the eSports sector, we anticipate that the app would be marketed worldwide and find exposure through JV's with entities such as casinos and other gambling avenues. 


On April 2, 2013 , the SEC issued a Report of Investigation in which it announced that the Commission had determined not to pursue an enforcement action against Netflix, Inc. for alleged violations of Regulation Fair Disclosure, Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rules 13a-11 and 13a-15 thereunder, relating to the disclosure of material information selectively over social media. This report makes clear that “companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD), so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information.” Weyland Tech, Inc (Weyland Tech) is filing this 8k pursuant to that report to provide such information.


The SEC’s Report of Investigation provided guidance to issuers such as Weyland Tech regarding the use of social media to disclose material non-public information. In this regard, investors and others should note that we announce material financial information to our investors using our investor relations website (http://www.weyland-tech.com/), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. We use these channels as well as social media to communicate with our subscribers and the public about our company, our services and other issues. It is possible that the information we post on social media could be deemed to be material information. Therefore, in light of the SEC’s guidance, we encourage investors, the media, and others interested in our company to review the information we post on the U.S. social media channels listed below. This list may be updated from time to time on Weyland Tech’s investor relations website.


Weyland Tech Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/weylandtech)

Weyland Tech Twitter Feed (https://twitter.com/weylandtechinc)

Weyland Tech LinkedIn Page (https://linkedin.com/company/weylandtech)

Brent Suen, CEO Public Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/BrentSuenWEYL)

Brent Suen, CEO Public Twitter Feed (https://www.twitter.com/BrentSuenWEYL


On Sept. 12, 2017  OTC Markets Group Inc., operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, announced the Company had qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market.  The Company began trading September 12, 2017 on OTCQX under the symbol "WEYL."  U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com. The Company was sponsored for OTCQX by Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, a qualified third-party firm responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements and recommending membership.


On Sep 26, 2017  announced that it has named Mr. Ghassan R. Saade as a strategic advisor for Weyland's expansion into the Middle East & Africa ("MEA").


On Oct 17, 2017  the Company announced that its food services pilot program has launched.  In the pilot, announced in May, the Company is collaborating on developing Online-to-Offline ("O2O") applications initially targeting the food service industry.


With this pilot program and the platform developed with Faith United, the Company will begin to address one of the O2O opportunities in the region. The trial will involve ordering and fulfillment of frozen foods to food distributors in Hong Kong. Following the trial, Weyland plans to extend the platform to B2C by approaching restaurants, factory kitchens and foodstuff manufacturers to expand their reach to individual and business consumers.


On Oct 19, 2017  the Company announced the addition of Mr. John Lee to its board of strategic advisors.


Mr. Lee is joining Weyland as a strategic advisor on eSports initiatives. Mr. Lee currently serves as CEO and Co-founder of kek eSports, an Asia based company with backing from globally recognized game investors including



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Initial Capital and Bitkraft Ventures. In addition to his role at kek eSports, he currently serves as Strategic Advisor and Honorary Chairman in Asia for ESL, the world's largest eSports league. Mr. Lee previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer at GigaMedia, which was an early leader in the competitive gaming and eSports Asia market with select Asia market rights for titles such as Counter Strike Online, FIFA Online, Freestyle Basketball and Starcraft II. Earlier in his career, he was a senior associate at Softbank Venture Capital and an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company.


On Oct 31, 2017  the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with partner iAXCESS ("iAXCESS").


iAXCESS intends to utilize the Weyland Tech CreateApp platform for iAXCESS's m-Commerce app and will also provide the CreateApp platform on a white-label basis, as a branded app, to other industries in the MENA Region. This MOU lays the groundwork for the relationship by establishing the preliminary structural terms of the venture. The Company will provide additional details to fully memorialize an agreement.


On Nov 2, 2017  the Company announced that it is targeting the digital payments marketplace with a mobile wallet platform.


The Company's mobile wallet will be called AtozPay, which means "complete" pay in local languages and will be branded as AtoZ Pay in the Company's other markets as deployed. The Company is bringing on a team experienced in mobile wallet development to build the platform.


On Nov 7, 2017  the Company announced updates on the progress of its mobile wallet initiative first discussed on November 2, 2017.


The Company has secured the services of a complete team in Jakarta that includes developers, marketing and sales, sales support and a general manager with 22 years of experience in tech project management to build the AtozPay team.  Before agreeing to build AtozPay, the group based out of Jakarta, developed a complete mobile payments solution over the course of 14 months and ultimately advanced to $100 million in top line revenue.


On Nov 9, 2017  the Company announced that its joint venture discussions with FuntaseSports Entertainment ("Funtase"), a leading provider of eSports content and fantasy sports games in South Korea, are making significant progress and the companies have reached terms for cooperation.


The Company and Funtase are also exploring near term opportunities for deploying Funtase's platform to the Company's CreateApp users as a 'white-label' app that enables daily fantasy sports for a new, younger eSports audience on a gamified platform that will differ radically from the current draft fantasy sport market offerings.


Funtase provides gamified daily fantasy draft games for the mobile and PC platforms in the Asia market based around several of the world's leading eSports titles. Funtase and Weyland are also in discussions to provide their offerings for the non-Asia international markets.


On Nov 28, 2017  the Company announced that it has signed a new reseller agreement with HandsOn Systems.


On Dec. 12, 2017  the Company announced that its upcoming mobile wallet AtozPay has entered beta testing stage.


While the AtozPay team has focused on app development, management has been working diligently to lay the corporate infrastructure to begin formal operations.


On Dec. 22, 2017  the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with DDBill Payment Co., LTD, the operators of China’s fourth largest payments gateway Dinpay (www.dinpay.com, English: us.dinpay.com).


Under the terms of the MOU, DDBill will assist Weyland in scaling its digital payments and wallet platforms and provide access to DDBill’s Dinpay China payments gateway.


On December 28, 2017  the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with TKS Ventures (dba Tokes Platform) to bring blockchain technology to Weyland’s platforms.


Under the terms of the memorandum, TKS and Weyland’s final agreement will support the purposes of:



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(1) Applying and utilizing blockchain technology for payment and banking layer solutions in the unbanked demographic prevalent in Weyland's SE Asia markets;


(2) Jointly developing logistics and fulfillment solutions via the blockchain that allows for more secure tracking, compliance of transactions along the supply chain in various industries;


(3) Combining WEYL's current mobile marketplace solutions which include e-wallet and other fiat currency-based payment services with TKS’s Merchant Gateway services facilitating a two-way conversion of paper currency in jurisdictions where that is allowed; and


(4) Expanding the use of the TKS cryptocurrency into various non-cannabis industry applications by virtue of Weyland's other payment solutions.


Our Strategy


Although Weyland Tech's CreateApp platform originally focused on the Pan-Asia markets—the platform is provided in twelve, predominantly Asian, languages—we have partners that work with us to develop the EU and North American markets. 


The CreateApp platform enables SMB to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.


We believe that through our app, SMB can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.


Weyland Tech currently offers the CreateApp platform directly, as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) in the following key markets:


Singapore: www.createappsingapore.com


India (Jaipur): www.aapkiapp.in


US/Canada: www.createappamericas.com


Weyland Tech currently offers a DIY App builder through a 'white label' platform, also under a PaaS model, with the apps developed generating revenue in the following markets, primarily via cooperation agreements that were structured in late 2015, 2016 and 2017:


EU, via a Strategic Cooperation with Augicom S.A. (www.augicom.ch)

Malaysia, via a Cooperation Agreement with Silver Ridge Tangerine Sdn Bhd (www.silverridge.com.my)

Hong Kong and South China via a Cooperation Agreement with Info Zone Development Ltd. 

Indonesia, via a Cooperation Agreement with DPEX Worldwide (www.dpex.com)

North America, via a Cooperation Agreement with Aurum Digital Inc. (www.createappamericas.com)

Thailand via a Cooperation Agreement with BGT Corporation Public Company Limited (http://www.bgtech.co.th/)

The Philippines via a Cooperation Agreement with MocaApp  (www.mocaapp.com) 

France via a Cooperation Agreement with Orange Pro (https://pro.orange.fr/)


For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform.  


SMB


The Company believes that these agreements will create a large enough addressable market opportunity to generate sales and profits in a scalable manner, grow the Company's business and enhance shareholder value.




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Given the nature of DIY mobile apps ("apps"), and the primary target market of SMB, a typical go-to-market strategy would have a direct sales force or resellers approach SMB directly to drive our revenue.


Over the past two years, the Company has evolved our Platform as a service model with three distinct market paths to drive recurring revenue business model.


A)  Cooperation agreements in countries/regions where our partners are responsible for targeting SMB either through an installed base of customers or groups of Direct Sellers with a sales force encompassing SMB as end customers.


B)  Enterprise Solutions where large retailers (hypermarket chains, mall owners, brand owners with company-owned and franchise stores) adopt a 'Master App' on a white-label basis, hosted at a 3rd party regional Hosting or Data Center facility.


C) Digital Wallet or e-Wallet: a digital financial services business, a distinguishing characteristic of Greater South East Asia (“GSEA”) compared to the United States is the substantially lower percentage of the population with bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. This creates the need for alternative payment methods, specifically e-wallets. GSEA is poised for its own payments transformation in much the same way that China has shifted to online payments, according to IDC. Online payments in GSEA is divided into four broad payment modes: e-wallets, such as our AtoZPay platform, credit cards, debit cards and online banking. Of these, the e-wallet mode is expected to grow the fastest over the next five years, according to IDC. Drivers for GSEA’s e-wallet industry include the mismatch between internet penetration and banking penetration, which creates a structural opportunity for e-wallets; the increasing integration of e-wallets with use cases such as online games and e-commerce; and the opportunity to offer broader digital financial services using e-wallets as a foundation.


With the above strategy, we believe that the Company has been able to maintain a lower capital expenditure base due to the 'level-two' customer support vs. 'level-one' customer support, smaller sales and marketing teams, and the need to provide hosting services.


The Company’s CreateApp Platform operates as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) allowing users to develop their own applications supplying the infrastructure and IT services, which users can access anywhere via a web or desktop browser. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform. 


We do not compensate resellers and distributors, instead the end user pays the reseller/distributor directly as well as paying for our services, for which we or our reseller/distributor in licensed territories bill the end user separately.


Growth of the Mobile Apps Industry


We believe that there are a number of factors that are contributing to the continued growth of the mobile apps industry: (i) smartphone adoption continues to increase globally; (ii) lower purchase prices of smartphones for consumers; (iii) smartphone users are becoming increasingly comfortable with the process of searching for and conducting business on their phones; (iv) SMB are placing more emphasis on implementing a mobile app versus a mobile website to enable customers to gain a higher level of interaction and functionality; and (v) internet users in emerging markets use smartphones as their primary internet access device, having bypassed the desktop PC entirely.  We believe that the Company will be able to participate in the growth of the mobile apps industry by offering an affordable, easy to build and use platform.


Competition


Our business is rapidly evolving and highly competitive.  Our current and potential competitors include:


Each of the online game, e-commerce and e-wallet industries in GSEA is highly fragmented. We face competition in each of our lines of business in each market where we operate. Some of our competitors, particularly those based outside of GSEA, may have greater access to capital markets, more financial and other resources, and a longer operating history than we do.


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We compete on the basis of a number of factors, including user base, game portfolio, quality of user experience, brand awareness and reputation, relationships with game developers and access to distribution and payment channels. Our competitors primarily include companies with a presence in just one or a few markets in the region.


E-commerce


We face competition principally from regional players that operate across several markets in the region. We also face competition from single-market players in the region. We compete to attract, engage and retain buyers based on the variety and value of products and services listed on our marketplaces, overall user experience and convenience, online communication tools, integration with mobile and networking applications and tools, quality of mobile applications, and availability of payment settlement and logistics services. We also compete to attract and retain sellers based on the number and engagement of buyers, the effectiveness and value of the marketing services we offer, commission rates and the usefulness of the services we provide including data and analytics for potential buyer targeting, cloud computing services and the availability of support services including payment settlement and logistics services.


E-wallet Platforms


AtoZPay competes primarily with credit card and debit card service providers, banks with payment processing offerings, other offline payment options and other electronic payment system operators. AtoZPay competes with these companies primarily on the basis of transaction processing speed, convenience, network size, accessibility, reliability and price. We believe the combination of AtoZPay’s numerous physical service counters and the AtoZPay App is a significant competitive advantage because of the strong demand in GSEA for convenient forms of payment processing.


Our business is rapidly evolving and highly competitive.  Our current and potential competitors include: (1) Advertising companies, Web design firms and more recently, mobile app makers; (2) other DIY mobile app companies; (3) a number of indirect competitors, including media companies, web portals, comparison shopping websites, and web search engines, either directly or in collaboration with SMB; (4) companies that provide e-commerce services, including website/app development.; (5) companies that provide infrastructure web and mobile services. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our mobile apps business include ease of use, affordability and broad range of functionality.  Many of our current and potential competitors have greater resources, slightly longer histories, more customers, and greater brand recognition. They may adopt more aggressive pricing and devote more resources to technology, functionality and ease of use and marketing.  Other companies also may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions.


Employees


The Company currently has seventeen full-time contracted personnel in Singapore, Myanmar, Hong Kong and Jaipur, India. Our software development partner in Jaipur has 200 developers on staff to assist with technical, customer support, integration and engineering tasks.


Description of Property


The Company’s current executive offices are located at, 85 Broad Street, 16-079, New York, NY 10004. The Company’s lease is currently $820 per month.


Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.


The Company is currently a party to civil litigation in Singapore where a dispute has arisen between a shareholder and the Company in relation to the ownership of approximately 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.  The Company believes that there are unlikely to be any negative repercussions to the other shareholders.


In October 2018, the Company’s transfer agent, Nevada Agency and Transfer Company (“NATCO”) filed an interpleader action and turned over the share certificate of 3.5 million shares that is subject to the legal matter in Singapore, to the U.S. Federal Court in Reno, Nevada.



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MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY


The Company’s Common Stock currently only trades on the OTCQX operated by OTC Markets Inc. under the symbol “WEYL”.  The Company’s Common Stock commenced trading under this symbol on September 1, 2015, and previously traded under the symbol “STOA” from June 7, 2011 on the OTC Pink Sheets Market.


The following historical quotations obtained online at www.yahoo.com reflects the high and low bids for our Common Stock based on inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions: 


Quarter Ended

High ($)

Low ($)

September 30, 2018

2.45

2.20

June 30, 2018

1.80

1.51

March 31, 2018

4.40

4.10

December 31, 2017

5.10

3.20

September 30, 2017

4.44

2.95

June 30, 2017

4.50

3.55


As of December 6, 2018, the Company’s Common Stock closed at a price of $1.01.


Dividends


We have never declared or paid a cash dividend. Any decisions regarding dividends will be made by our board of directors. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to pay dividends, subject to the approval of our shareholders. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans

 

We have not adopted any compensatory or benefit plans.




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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


The financial statements of Weyland Tech, Inc. for the years ended December 31, 2017, and December 31, 2016, and related notes, included in this prospectus have been audited by Centurion ZD CPA Ltd. and have been so included in reliance upon the opinion of such accountants given upon their authority as an expert in auditing and accounting.  The financial statements as of September 30, 2018 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, have been prepared by management without audit.


INDEX TO  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Statements

F-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited condensed Consolidated Balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and Audited condensed Balance sheet as of December 31, 2017.

F-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited condensed Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and Nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

F-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited condensed Consolidated statements of cash flows for the Nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.

F-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

F-5




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WEYLAND TECH INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

 

 

September 30

 

December 31

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Audited)

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Bank

 

 

$

939,908 

 

$

1,056,399 

 

Temporary Payment and prepayments

 

 

1,582,262 

 

1,485,597 

 

Amount due from Associate

 

 

2,409,638 

 

 

Deposit and other receivables

 

 

19,001 

 

1,773,334 

 

    Total current assets

 

 

4,950,809 

 

4,315,330 

 

Non-Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software development cost

 

 

735,389 

 

978,131 

 

 

Trademark

 

 

3,625 

 

4,000 

 

  Total Non-Current Assets

 

 

739,014 

 

982,131 

 

    Total assets

 

 

5,689,823 

 

5,297,461 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts Payables

 

 

18,000 

 

18,000 

 

Accrued expenses and other payable

 

 

291,428 

 

257,508 

 

Deposit received for share to be issued

 

 

 

1,771,028 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

309,428 

 

2,046,536 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Net Assets

 

 

5,380,395 

 

3,250,925 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

250,000,000 shares authorized,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued and outstanding 36,816,109

shares as of September 30, 2018 and 23,460,628 shares as of December 31, 2017

 

 

3,682 

 

2,346 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

45,901,951 

 

40,221,873 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(40,525,238)

 

(36,973,294)

 

 

Total stockholders' funds

 

 

5,380,395 

 

3,250,925 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

 

$

5,689,823 

 

$

5,297,461 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




F-1




WEYLAND TECH INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months

Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months

Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Revenue

 

 

$

8,436,412 

 

$

3,826,718 

 

 

$

17,275,098 

 

$

10,302,740

Cost of Service

 

 

1,033,470 

 

3,291,891 

 

 

2,116,229 

 

8,387,399

Gross (Loss) Profit

 

 

7,402,942 

 

534,827 

 

 

15,158,869 

 

1,915,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income

 

 

 

3,741 

 

 

 

23,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,026,039 

 

552,824 

 

 

2,569,828 

 

1,031,719

 

Research and development

 

 

4,511,103 

 

 

 

8,124,074 

 

-

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

3,796,385 

 

 

 

7,773,794 

 

-

 

Depreciation &amortization

 

 

67,150 

 

87,983 

 

 

243,116 

 

263,950

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

9,400,677 

 

640,807 

 

 

18,710,812 

 

1,295,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) Profit from Operations

 

 

(1,997,735)

 

(102,239)

 

 

(3,551,943)

 

643,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

Net (Loss) Income

 

 

$

(1,997,735)

 

$

(102,239)

 

 

$

(3,551,943)

 

$

643,297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (Loss) Income per common share - basic and fully diluted:

 

(0.0542)

 

(0.0044)

 

 

(0.1336)

 

0.0298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of basic and fully diluted common shares outstanding

 

 

36,829,834 

 

23,216,421 

 

 

26,577,942 

 

21,599,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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WEYLAND TECH INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months

Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Unaudited)

Cash flows from operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) Profit from continuing operations

 

$

(3,551,943)

$

643,297 

 

Adjustment to reconcile net (loss) profit to net cash

used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation expense/amortization development costs

 

 

243,116 

 

263,950 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount due from Associates

 

 

(2,409,638)

 

 

 

Deposit and other receivables

 

 

1,754,333 

 

(1,199,253)

 

 

Prepayments

 

 

(96,665)

 

(1,856,997)

 

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

90,067 

 

 

Accruals and other payables

 

 

33,920 

 

217,719 

 

 

Stock subscription payables

 

 

(1,771,028)

 

1,597,656 

Net cash (used) in operations

 

 

(5,797,905)

 

(243,561)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from stock issuance

 

 

5,681,414 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash (used) by financing activities

 

 

(116,491)

 

(243,561)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (decrease) in cash

 

 

(116,491)

 

(243,562)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balances per prior period balance sheet

 

 

1,056,399 

 

1,003,924 

Ending balances

 

$

939,908 

 

$

760,363 




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NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION


Weyland Tech is a global provider of mobile business applications. Its CreateApp platform offers a mobile presence to businesses in emerging markets, with partnerships on 3 continents and growing. This DIY mobile application platform, offered in 14 languages with over 35 integrated modules, enables small and medium sized businesses (“SMB’s”) to create native mobile applications (“apps”) for Apple’s iOS and Google Android without technical knowledge or background, empowering SMB’s to increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services in an easy, affordable and efficient manner.


In May 2018, the Company expanded its portfolio to fintech applications with the launch of its AtozPay mobile payments platform. The mobile wallet launched in Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous country, Indonesia, and is experiencing rapid transaction growth on the platform.


NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


BASIS OF PRESENTATION


The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis to reflect the financial position and results of operations of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).


USE OF ESTIMATES


The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America requires 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.  Management makes its best estimate of the ultimate outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES


The Company relies on cloud based hosting through a global accredited hosting provider. Management believes that alternate sources are available; however, disruption or termination of this relationship could adversely affect our operating results in the near-term.


SEGMENT REPORTING


Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by our chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.


The Company is focused on mobile commerce enablement via our enhanced platform built in 2017, and offered on a Platform-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) basis, and the company’s e-wallet initiative.  We identify our reportable segments as those customer groups that represent more than 10% of our combined revenue or gross profit or loss of all reported operating segments.  We manage our business on the basis of the one reportable segment e-commerce solutions and service provider.  The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole.  We do not segregate assets by segments since our chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, does not use assets as a basis to evaluate a segment’s performance.


IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS


Identifiable intangible assets are recorded at cost and are amortized over 3-10 years. Similar to tangible property and equipment, the Company periodically evaluates identifiable intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.






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IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS


The Company classifies its long-lived assets into: (i) computer and office equipment; (ii) furniture and fixtures, (iii) leasehold improvements, and (iv) finite – lived intangible assets.


Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology, economy or other industry changes. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, relief from royalty income approach, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.


The Company makes various assumptions and estimates regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors in determining the fair values of the respective assets. The assumptions and estimates used to determine future values and remaining useful lives of long-lived assets are complex and subjective. They can be affected by various factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as the Company’s business strategy and its forecasts for specific market expansion.


ASSOCIATES


Associates are all entities over which the group has significant influence but not control or joint control, generally accompanying a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Investments in associates are accounted for using the equity method of accounting, after initially being recognised at cost. The group’s investment in associates includes goodwill identified on acquisition. The group’s share of its associates’ post-acquisition profits or losses is recognised in profit or loss, and its share of post-acquisition other comprehensive income is recognised in other comprehensive income. The cumulative post-acquisition movements are adjusted against the carrying amount of the investment. Dividends receivable from associates are recognised as a reduction in the carrying amount of the investment. Where the group’s share of losses in an associate equals or exceeds its interest in the associate, including any other unsecured long-term receivables, the group does not recognise further losses, unless it has incurred obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate. Unrealised gains on transactions between the group and its associates are eliminated to the extent of the group’s interest in the associates. Unrealised losses are also eliminated, unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred. Accounting policies of associates have been changed, where necessary, to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the group.


ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONCENTRATION OF RISK


Accounts receivable, net is stated at the amount the Company expects to collect, or the net realizable value. The Company provides a provision for allowances that includes returns, allowances and doubtful accounts equal to the estimated uncollectible amounts. The Company estimates its provision for allowances based on historical collection experience and a review of the current status of trade accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that the Company’s estimate of the provision for allowances will change.


The Company’s CreateApp business effective 1 September 2015 is based on a nil accounts receivable balance as subscriptions are collected on a usage basis.  


As of December 31, 2017, sales included a concentration from a major customer although accounts receivable had a nil balance.


CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS


Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand, demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments placed with banks, which have original maturities of nine months or less and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash.




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EARNINGS PER SHARE


Basic (loss) earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period while the effects of potential common shares outstanding during the period are included in diluted earnings per share.


FASB Accounting Standard Codification Topic 260 (“ASC 260”), “Earnings Per Share,” requires that employee equity share options, non-vested shares and similar equity instruments granted to employees be treated as potential common shares in computing diluted earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share should be based on the actual number of options or shares granted and not yet forfeited, unless doing so would be anti-dilutive. The Company uses the “treasury stock” method for equity instruments granted in share-based payment transactions provided in ASC 260 to determine diluted earnings per share. Antidilutive securities represent potentially dilutive securities which are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings or loss per share as their impact was antidilutive.


REVENUE RECOGNITION


The Company’s CreateApp Platform operates as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) by providing the infrastructure allowing users to develop their own applications and IT services, which users can access anywhere via a web or desktop browser. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay-to-use subscription basis when our customers use our platform. For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.  


The Company maintains the CreateApp software platform at its own cost. Any enhancements and minor customization for our resellers/distributors are not separately billed. Major new proprietary features are billed to the customer separately as development income while re-usable features are added to the features available to all customers on subsequent releases of our platform.


COST OF SERVICE


Cost of service results from 1) sales commissions to resellers 2) sourcing technical and engineering personnel in Asia on an hourly or project basis in order to customize multi-site SMB mobile apps and medium to large scale customized apps. 3) cloud based hosting services.  


INCOME TAXES


The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Under this method, income tax expense is recognized as the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) future tax consequences attributable to differences between 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 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 the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of available evidence it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.


RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS


In January 2017, the FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-01, Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The new guidance is intended to improve the recognition and measurement of financial instruments. The new guidance makes targeted improvements to existing U.S. GAAP by: (1) requiring equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Requiring public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes; (2) Requiring separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables) on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes to the financial statements; (3) Eliminating the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the



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balance sheet; and. (4) Requiring a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk (also referred to as “own credit”) when the organization has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. The new guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the existing guidance for lease accounting, Leases (Topic 840). ASU 2017-02 requires lessees to recognize leases on their balance sheets, and leaves lessor accounting largely unchanged. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all entities. ASU 2017-02 requires a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to elect to use certain transition relief. he Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In April 2017, the FASB released ASU 2017-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The ASU includes multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments. While aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of the accounting for share-based payments, the amendments are expected to significantly impact net income, EPS, and the statement of cash flows. Implementation and administration may present challenges for companies with significant share-based payment activities. The ASU is effective for public companies in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In April 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing. The amendments clarify the following two aspects of Topic 606: (a) identifying performance obligations; and (b) the licensing implementation guidance. The amendments do not change the core principle of the guidance in Topic 606. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments are the same as the effective date and transition requirements in Topic 606. Public entities should apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity). Early application for public entities is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11 Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815); Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates 2014-09 and 2014-16 Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the March 3, 2017 EITF Meeting, which is rescinding certain SEC Staff Observer comments that are codified in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and Topic 932, Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas, effective upon adoption of Topic 606.  The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In May 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12—Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606); Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which is intended to not change the core principle of the guidance in Topic 606, but rather affect only the narrow aspects of Topic 606 by reducing the potential for diversity in practice at initial application and by reducing the cost and complexity of applying Topic 606 both at transition and on an ongoing basis.  The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to provide guidance on the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statement of cash flows. The guidance specifically addresses cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the diversity in practice. The guidance will be effective for the Company in fiscal year 2018, but early adoption is permitted. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In October 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interest Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control, to provide guidance on the evaluation of whether a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE by amending how a reporting entity, that is a single decision maker of a VIE, treats



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indirect interests in that entity held through related parties that are under common control. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


In November 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-18, "Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash". The amendments address diversity in practice that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The amendment is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.


The Company has considered all new accounting pronouncements and has concluded that there are no new pronouncements that may have a material impact on results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows, based on current information.



NOTE 3 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS


As of September 30, 2018 and 2017, the company has the following amounts related to intangible assets:


 

 

As of September 30,

 

 

2018

 

2017

Software acquired

$

1,764,330

$

1,764,330

Other intangible assets

 

5,000

 

5,000

 

 

1,769,330

 

1,769,330

Less: accumulated amortization

 

1,030,316

 

699,216

Net intangible assets

$

739,014

$

1,070,114



No significant residual value is estimated for these intangible assets. Amortization expense for nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 totaled $243,116 and $263,950 respectively.



NOTE 4 – INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE

 

On April 23, 2018, the Company participated in the incorporation of a company in Indonesia ,PT Weyland Indonesia Perkasa (“WIP’), an Indonesian limited liability company of which the Company holds a 49% equity interest with the option to purchase an additional 31% equity interest at a later date.  The results of operations of WIP from April 23, 2018 to September 30, 2018, were not material and have not been included.


The following amounts are outstanding at September 30, 2018:



Deposits paid for new AtoZ Payment platform of WIP

$

 1,702,638

Amount due from WIP

 

 707,000

 

 

 2,409,638

 




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NOTE 5 – ACCRUALS AND OTHER PAYABLE


Accruals and other payable consisted of the following:


 

 

As of September 30,

 

 

2018

 

2017

Accruals

$

 285,915

$

 379,742

Other payables

 

 5,513

 

 29,513

 

$

 291,428

$

 409,255



NOTE 6 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY


Common Shares


As of September 30, 2018 and 2017, authorized common shares of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares with par value of $0.0001 each.


Issuance of Common Stock


During the three months ended September 30, 2018, 5,373,333 shares with par value of $ 0.0001 per share were issued in connection with a funding raise from private individuals, consultancy services received including shares issued to Senior Management, Directors, Operational Staff, Legal Consultants, Strategy Advisors and Technology Consultants, shares with par value of $0.0001 per share.



NOTE 7 - INCOME TAXES


The Company and its subsidiaries file separate income tax returns.


The United States of America


Weyland Tech, Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware in the U.S., and is subject to a gradual U.S. federal corporate income tax of 21%. The Company generated taxable income for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and which is subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax rate of 21% and 34%, respectively.


Hong Kong


Weyland Tech Limited is incorporated in Hong Kong and Hong Kong’s profits tax rate is 16.5%. Weyland Tech Limited did not earn any income that was derived in Hong Kong for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and therefore, Weyland Tech Limited was not subject to Hong Kong profits tax.


The Company’s effective income tax rates were 21% and 34% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Income tax mainly consists of foreign income tax at statutory rates and the effects of permanent and temporary differences.



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For the year ended December 31,

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. statutory tax rate

 

 

21.0%

 

 

 

34.0%

 

Hong Kong profit tax rate

 

 

16.5%

 

 

 

16.5%

 

Foreign income not registered in the Hong Kong

 

 

(16.5%) 

 

 

 

(16.5%) 

 

Others

 

 

0.0%

 

 

 

0.0%

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

21.0%

 

 

 

34.0%

 



NOTE 8 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


Operating lease


The Company did not have any operating lease as of September 30, 2018.


Legal proceedings


The Company is currently a party to civil litigation in Singapore where a dispute has arisen between a shareholder and the Company in relation to the ownership of approximately 3,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company believes that there are unlikely to be any negative repercussions to the other shareholders.


In October 2018, the Company’s transfer agent, Nevada Agency and Transfer Company (“NATCO”) filed an interpleader action and turned over the share certificate of 3.5 million shares that is subject to the legal matter in Singapore, to the U.S. Federal Court in Reno, Nevada.



NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS


There were no events or transactions other than those disclosed in this report that would require recognition or disclosure in our consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.





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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Forward Looking Statements


This quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports that we file with the SEC contain statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company’s current expectations, plans, objectives, assumptions or forecasts of future events.  All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this quarterly report, including statements regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plans,” “potential,” “projects,” “ongoing,” “expects,” “management believes,” “we believe,” “we intend,” and similar expressions.  These statements are based on the Company’s current plans and are subject to risks and uncertainties, and as such the Company’s actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this periodic report may turn out to be inaccurate and as such, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.  The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs.  The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions due to a number of factors, including:


dependence on key personnel;

competitive factors;

degree of success of research and development programs;

the operation of our business; and

general economic conditions in the ASEAN, Asia-Pacific Region and in the United States.


These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and except to the extent required by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this annual report.


Use of Terms


Except as otherwise indicated by the context and for the purposes of this report only, references in this report to:


“Weyland” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” are to the business of Weyland Tech Inc., a Delaware corporation;

“SEC” are to the Securities and Exchange Commission;

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

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

“U.S. dollars,” “dollars” and “$” are to the legal currency of the United States.


You should read the following plan of operation together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report and the most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.  This plan of operation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.  The actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors.  




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Overview


Weyland Tech’s CreateApp platform, offered as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”), enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.  The Company recognizes revenue on a pay-to-use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.


In May 2018, the Company expanded its portfolio to fintech applications with the launch of the AtoZ Pay mobile payments platform. The mobile wallet launched in Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous country, Indonesia, and is experiencing rapid transaction growth on the platform.


Our corporate headquarters are located at 85 Broad Street, 16-079 New York, NY 10004.  Although we maintain a website at www.weyland-tech.com, we do not intend the information available on our website be incorporated into this filing.


On Aug. 16, 2018 the Company’s board of directors approved a pro-rata distribution to the Company’s shareholders of 90% of the outstanding shares of the Company’s subsidiary, Weyland AtoZPay, Inc. (“WAI”), through which the Company holds its ownership interest in its eWallet business (the “Spin-Off”).


The Company’s shareholders of record as of the close of trading on October 12, 2018, the record date for the Spin-Off, will receive one share of common stock of WAI for every five shares of the Company’s common stock held as of the record date.


On August 20, 2018 The Company announced a strategic partnership between its eWallet business and PT. Finnet Indonesia (“Finnet”). Finnet http://www.finnet-indonesia.com/home/en, founded in 2005, is 60% owned by PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the largest provider of telecom services in Indonesia, is currently the largest ‘fixed-line’ provider with over 10 million households and businesses as its clients.


The Company’s eWallet business, AtoZPay, and Finnet have entered into a strategic partnership with the following highlights:


Mobile phone ‘top-up’ at Alfamart, the largest convenience store chain in Indonesia, with 13,477 locations. 


Finnet, via a partnership with 81 banks, has a network of 80,000 ATM machines within Indonesia, where AtoZPay users will be able to make bill payments on household and business utilities.


On September 6, 2018 the Company announced that its eWallet business, AtoZPay, has entered into additional agreements with the following companies in Indonesia enabling users of AtoZPay to pay for goods and services from said companies. 


The partnerships include:


• Telkomsel – Indonesia’s largest telecom service provider https://www.telkomsel.com/en


• BRI Bank – one of the oldest banks in Indonesia, with US$62 billion in assets https://bri.co.id/en/home


• Bank Mandiri – one of the largest banks in Indonesia with over US$81 billion in assets https://www.bankmandiri.co.id/en/home


• Grab Taxi – the number one ride sharing and delivery service in Southeast Asia funded by HSBC, Toyota Motor Company, Paul Allen (Co-founder of Microsoft), Oppenheimer, Softbank and multiple other ‘tier-one’ investors. Grab is currently valued at US$9 billion https://www.grab.com/mm/en/


• Go-Jek – Indonesia’s largest motorcycle and scooter based taxi service, funded by Google, Tencent, Temasek, Sequoia Capital, KKR and and multiple other ‘tier-one’ investors. Go-Jek is currently valued at US$5 billion https://www.go-jek.com/





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Business Outlook


Weyland Tech, Inc. is focused on mobile commerce enablement via our enhanced platform built in 2017 and offered on a Platform-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) basis, as well as the company’s AtoZPay e-wallet initiative.  Recent product launches with our strategic partners DPEX (Indonesia), BGT (Thailand), Augicom/Orange (France) are representative of the PaaS platform strategy and product offering.


As a result, the Company’s core product has evolved over the course of 2017 and 2018 to capitalize on the immediate opportunity for developing a larger network of valuable users and merchants by developing services that will enable the adoption of mobile commerce across Greater South East Asia. The platform enhancements have taken the Company’s technology from a standalone DIY app builder to an enhanced platform built to enable mobile commerce.


In 2018, Weyland is focusing on scaling this business model by continuing to develop and expand strategic partnerships that would increase the number of users and merchants available to users of the Company’s products on a Platform-as-a-Service (“PaaS”) basis. These efforts will expand on the success of recent product launches representative of the PaaS platform strategy and product offering with our strategic partners DPEX (Indonesia), BGT (Thailand), and Augicom/Orange (France). And after extensive discussions with our partners, management believes that supporting these initiatives through deeper engagement, interaction and co-marketing/sales will substantially benefit the Company in 2018 and beyond. 


The Company is also pleased to report that its 2017 e-wallet initiative, AtozPay, is tracking to expectations since its launch, achieving strong customer traction with limited marketing expense. With the AtozPay e-wallet, the Company created a ‘consumer facing’ product offering that supports the PaaS strategy developed by the enhancements to the CreateApp platform and enables Weyland to drive higher monetization on those platforms by providing payments capabilities.


AtozPay exited the closed beta environment on May 23, 2018 and officially launched for business.


AtozPay is designed to be a robust, universal payment platform expanding its growth potential beyond the Company’s PaaS customers alone. 


This effort is intended to boost shareholder value by creating a ‘stand-alone’ vehicle for the fast growing global e-money/e-wallet industry. Private and public transactions in the e-money/e-wallet industry in South East Asia are growing more frequent with valuations that would represent substantial value creation for existing shareholders.


It is the Company’s belief that either a trade sale or an IPO of the e-wallet business can be completed by the end of 2019.


Plan of Operations


Although Weyland Tech's CreateApp platform originally focused on the Pan-Asia markets—the platform is provided in fourteen, predominantly Asian languages—we have partners that work with us to develop the EU and North American markets.


The CreateApp platform enables SMB to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.


We believe that through apps created on our platform, SMBs can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.


Weyland Tech currently offers the CreateApp platform directly, as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) in the following key markets:


Singapore: www.createappsingapore.com


India (Jaipur): www.aapkiapp.in



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Weyland Tech currently offers a DIY App builder through a 'white label' platform, also under a PaaS model, with the apps developed generating revenue in the following markets, primarily via cooperation agreements that were structured in late 2015, 2016 and 2017:


EU, via a Strategic Cooperation with Augicom S.A. (www.augicom.ch) (https://createapp.pro/)


Malaysia, via a Cooperation Agreement with Silver Ridge Tangerine Sdn Bhd (www.silverridge.com.my)


Hong Kong and South China via a Cooperation Agreement with Info Zone Development Ltd.


Indonesia, via a Cooperation Agreement with DPEX Worldwide (www.dpex.com)


Thailand via a Cooperation Agreement with BGT Corporation Public Company Limited (http://www.bgtech.co.th/)


The Philippines via a Cooperation Agreement with MocaApp  (www.mocaapp.com)


France via a Cooperation Agreement with Orange Pro (https://pro.orange.fr/) (https://createapp.pro/)


For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform.  


The Company recognizes revenue on a pay-to-use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.  For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.  


Version 3 of PaaS Enhancements


In Q3, 2018, the Company completed Version 3 of it’s PaaS platform with 42 major enhancements including E-Stores, UI/UX enhancements, Mobile Commerce enhancements and considerably easier to use promotional and marketing enhancements with comprehensive analytics to provide effectiveness metrics of promotional and marketing campaigns among many other features and modules.


Need for Additional Capital


To become profitable and competitive, and execute strategic transactions, we may have to raise additional capital.  If we are unable to raise additional equity capital to develop our business and continue earning revenues, we might have to suspend or cease operations and our investors may lose their investment.


We have no assurance that future financings will be available to us on acceptable terms.  If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue, develop, or expand our operations. Equity financing could result in additional dilution to existing shareholders.


Results of Operation


Service Revenue


Service Revenue was $17,275,098 and $10,302,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  The increase is due to an aggressive promotional campaign with our white label partners combines platform enhancements released in Version 3 of the PaaS platform with an increased pricing plan. The majority of the functionality enhancements were driven by customer input and, with those, the new version’s functionality is experiencing greater customer traction even with a higher price point.




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Cost of Service


Cost of Service was $2,116,229 and $8,387,399 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The decrease reflects classification of certain Research and Development and Sales and Marketing expense previously included in Cost of Service.


Gross margin


Gross margin has increased to 87.7% from 18.6% as a result of the classification of certain Research and Development and Sales and Marketing expense previously included in Cost of Service.


Operating Expenses


General and administrative:  General and administrative expenses were $2,569,828 and $1,031,719 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  The increase was due to increased staff costs, travel, consultancy and professional costs from the increased level of business and our new digital wallet business AtoZ Pay.


Research and Development: Research and Development expense were $8,124,074 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase reflects spending on website, e-commerce platform and mobile app development (powered by CreateApp & Magento), completion of the DPEX Enable dashboard as well as integrating various functionality including the AtoZ Pay payment facility into the CreateApp platform. Additionally, the company continued development of the company’s system support knowledge base and other internal systems.


Sales and Marketing: Sales and Marketing expenses were $7,773,794 and $0 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase reflects expenditures on Market Development Funds, Commissions, Sales Performance Incentive Funds as well as non-reusable module development undertaken in efforts to win business all of which were previously classified as Cost of Sales.


Stock-based compensation


Stock-based compensation expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $1,237,210 (2017: Nil)


Net (Loss) profit


The Company reports a net loss of ($3,551,943) for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to net profit $643,297 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The decrease in the net income is due to increase in research & development costs, legal and professional costs, travelling cost, consultancy fee, stock-based compensation and staff costs for the our CreateApp business and our digital wallet business. .


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements


The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.


Liquidity and Capital Resources


On September 30, 2018, we had working capital of $4,641,381.  The increase in working capital compared to December 31, 2017 is due to advances to our associated company, for our AtoZ Pay digital wallet business and prepayment made for the development for our platform partially offset by a decrease in the deposits received for shares to be issued.


Revenue Recognition


The Company’s CreateApp Platform operates as a Platform as a Service (“PaaS”) allowing users to develop their own applications and IT services, which users can access anywhere via a web or desktop browser. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay-to-use subscription basis when our customers use our platform. For the territories



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licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.  


The Company maintains the CreateApp software platform at its own cost. Any enhancements and minor customization for our resellers/distributors are not separately billed. Major new proprietary features are billed to the customer separately as Development income while re-usable features are added to the features available to all customers on subsequent releases of our platform.


QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


As a smaller reporting company” (as defined by §229.10(f)(1)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.


CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time specified in the Commission's rules and forms.  Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.


As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this report, we have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our company’s disclosure controls and procedures.  


With the appointment on July 15, 2015 of Lionel Choong, our present acting Chief Financial Officer, procedures over the timely reporting of financial quarterly results for the September 2015 quarter were introduced and are being used for the annual reporting of the Company’s annual 10-K.  With the current procedures in place, we have increased our ability to identify significant transactions that require disclosure under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  We have enhanced our current procedures and they comply fully with the disclosure controls in fiscal year 2018.


Annual Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting


Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive officers and effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and includes those policies and procedures that:


1.  Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;


2.  Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and


3.  Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.



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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.  All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations.  Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.  Because of the inherent limitations of internal control, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process.  Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.


As of December 31, 2016, management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and based on that evaluation, they concluded that, during the period covered by this report, such internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US GAAP rules as more fully described below. This was due to deficiencies that existed in the design or operation of our internal controls over financial reporting that adversely affected our internal controls and that may be considered to be material weaknesses.


The matters involving internal control over financial reporting that our management considered to be material weaknesses under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were: (1) lack of a functioning audit committee due to a lack of a majority of independent members and a lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; and (2) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives. The aforementioned material weaknesses were identified by our prior Chief Executive Officer and prior Chief Financial Officer in connection with the review of our financial statements as of December 31, 2016 .


Management believes that the material weakness set forth in item (2) above did not have an effect on our financial results.  However, management believes that the lack of a functioning audit committee and the lack of a majority of outside directors on our board of directors results in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures, which could result in a material misstatement in our financial statements in future periods.  As a result, we have enhanced our current procedures during 2017 and believe that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective in fiscal year 2018.


As a smaller reporting company, the Company is not required to include in this Quarterly Report a report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.


CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON

ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

We have had no changes in or disagreements with our independent registered public accountant.


DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS


The following table sets forth certain information regarding the members of our Board of Directors, executive officers and our significant employees as of September 30, 2018:


Name

Age

Positions and Offices Held

Brent Suen

52

President, Chief Executive Officer,  Director and Secretary

Lionel Choong

56

Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director

Eddie Foong

46

Chief Operating Officer and Director

Thet Twe Aung

33

Chief Technology Officer

Matthew Burlage

56

Independent Non-Executive Board Member

Ross O'Brien

51

Independent Non-Executive Board Member

Brett Lay

57

Independent Non-Executive Board Member

Jon Najarian

55

Independent Non-Executive Board Member




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Brent Suen  (age 52) has been President & Chief Executive and Financial Officer of the Company since November 19, 2014, and a director of the Company since November 19, 2014.  Mr. Suen has 27 years of experience in the investment banking industry. He attended Westminster receiving his BA in Finance.  He began his career in merger arbitrage at Bear Stearns in 1988, at the age of 20, as the firms’ youngest hire. In 1993, he founded Axis Trading Corp., one of the first online platforms for stock trading and subsequently sold it to a division of Softbank in 1996. In 1997, he co-founded Elevation Capital which invested in and advised Silicon Valley based companies on IPO’s, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and fund raising. In 2003 Brent moved to Hong Kong and China where he established Bay2Peak S.A. Bay2Peak has invested in and advised over fifty companies which include Internet, software, renewable energy and life science companies. From 2006 to 2008 he also advised IRG TMT Asia Fund on private and public investments. In 2012 Brent served as advisor to McLarty Group and Citibank Venture Capital on a sale/leaseback program valued at $160 million leading to the eventual sale of the company for $630 million. For the past six years, Brent led the start-up and management of Empirica S.A., a security/intelligence and frontier markets focused advisory firm operating in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.


Lionel Choong  (age 56) has been acting Chief Financial Officer since July 17, 2015.  In addition, Mr. Choong was the Vice Chairman of the Board and a director of Emerson Radio Corp. (NYSE: MSN) from November 2013 to June 2016.  Mr. Choong was acting Chief Financial Officer of Global Regency Ltd., between April 2009 and June 2015 and remains as a consultant thereafter.  Mr. Choong was a consultant for Zenith Professionals Ltd., a position he  held between August 2004 to March 2018 and Board Advisor to Really Sports Co., Ltd., a position he has held since June 2013. Mr. Choong has a wide range of experience in a variety of senior financial positions with companies in China, Hong Kong SAR, and London, UK. His experience encompasses building businesses, restructuring insolvency, corporate finance, and initial public offerings in a number of vertical markets, including branded apparel, consumer and lifestyle, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and logistics. From June 2008 to May 2011, Mr. Choong was acting Chief Financial Officer of Sinobiomed, Inc. (now Weyland Technology, Inc.). Mr. Choong is a fellow member and holds a corporate finance diploma from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a CPA and practicing member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Mr. Choong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from London Guildhall University, UK, and a Master of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.


Based on Mr. Choong’s background in accounting, business and corporate finance, the Board believes that he is well qualified to serve as a director and acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company.


Eddie Foong  (age 46), Chief Operating Officer, is the founder and creator of CreateApp, and has over 17 years of experience in IT, sales and marketing and operations. He was involved in a RFID technology company that developed and changed Singapore National Library Books borrowing system islandwide. He previously headed the sales and marketing department of Info. Technology within MNCs and government agencies.  He graduated with a Class 1 BEng Honours Degree and IBM Award holder from University of Strathclyde, U.K.


Thet Twe Aung  (age 33), is the Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Spending 10 years in software development industries, Thet has in-depth knowledge in various development methodologies, software design patterns, data modeling and hands-on experience with mobile/web programming, socket programming, frameworks, SDKs and APIs. In 2015, he founded and served as a CEO of Escape Pixel, a digital startup in Singapore that provides customized digital solutions to enterprises and businesses. With vision to shape the future of its community, he is also an active contributor/developer of many open source software projects which advance linguistic evolution, localization, and cognition. Thet holds a Bachelor of Science with honors degree in Business Computing and Information Technology from the University of Wales, Prifysgol Cymru.


Matthew Burlage  (age 56) Independent, non-executive Board Member, has spent the last three decades involved in financing and advising Asia’s leading corporations, government enterprises and financial institutions and has been involved in some of the most ground-breaking transactions in Asia, particularly in the telecom, media and technology (TMT) sectors.


In 2000, Matt co-founded IRG, a boutique financial advisory and investment firm focused on the core growth sectors in Asia. He advises Asian and global corporates, private equity funds, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds on a range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and debt capital and



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equity capital financings. He is also responsible for the firm’s investment strategy and management of its proprietary capital.


Before co-founding IRG, Matt was a Managing Director and Head of Industry Groups at Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong where he created the first and largest dedicated TMT industry group at an investment bank in Asia in the early 1990s. He has been an adviser on capital raisings, equity/debt financings and merger and acquisition strategy to Asia’s leading companies in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as to global telecommunications operators in Europe and the US.


Matt was ranked Number One in ex-Japan Corporate Asia, and Number Two in Corporate Asia, by Institutional Investor, and is a member of Institutional Investor’s Top 20 Global E-Finance Elite for Asia and Europe.


He has a MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, and attended the Japanese Language Institute of Sophia University.


Ross O'Brien  (age 51), Independent, non-executive Board Member, is an analyst, writer, presenter, and consultant focused on the economies and business environments of the Asia-Pacific, with over 25 years of experience in the region. His analysis surrounds Asia’s Innovation Economy—the intersection of information technology and the region’s broader society and economy. For six years he was Director of the Economist Corporate Network, a membership-based business advisory programme for senior executives of multinationals in Asia.


Based in Hong Kong for over 19 years, Ross has an AB in Asian Studies and Anthropology from Dartmouth College (1989), and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas School (1996). He is conversant and literate in Mandarin and Indonesian.


Currently, and beginning in 2003, Ross was Managing Director of the Hong Kong operations of Intercedent Asia, a region-wide partnership of B2B market consultants, which provides research-based market entry and positioning advice in several verticals across Asia. Ross' practice focuses on market entry strategies for telecoms and IT companies, in managed services and wireless solutions. His client work involved extensive research work in over a dozen economies in Asia, including extended field research in China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.


Ross was also for many years an analyst and Asian research director for Pyramid Research (once a subsidiary of the Economist Intelligence Unit, now a division of Progressive Digital Media) a telecoms advisory firm providing forecasts and analysis on infrastructure and services markets in emerging markets. Ross worked for Pyramid in the US, Singapore and Hong Kong.  


Ross has also served as a Research Director of Advisory Services for Strategic Intelligence, a venture-funded economic analysis firm with an emphasis on Internet-based delivery of analysis and forecasts on ‘new economy’ industries and markets in Asia. From 1996 to 1998, he was a consultant in AT&T Solutions' operational process improvement practice, serving financial services and telecoms clients in China and Indonesia, including a yearlong project overseeing customer care service process improvement for PT Telkom, based in Bandung.


Brett Lay  (age 57) Independent, non-executive Board Member, is the former Chief Financial Officer of Pacnet Limited, AsiaNetcom, and Pacific Internet from February 2007 to April 2015.  A seasoned successful business executive with 28 years of operating experience including 15 years as a Chief Financial Officer for both private and public companies.  Acted as interim CEO during transition phases.   A member of the board of directors working with private equity owners to grow and harvest their investments.  Over 18 years of work experience in Asia while residing in Singapore and Hong Kong.  Active member of the board of directors for joint ventures in China, India, South Korea, and Philippines.  Originated and completed the successful execution of several mergers and acquisitions, including the post integration efforts.  


Brett has been a company officer in diverse sized organizations including; a large corporation (NYSE $62 billion), a startup company taking it from an idea to now a component of a $14 billion NASDAQ public company, and recently completed the sale of Pacnet to Telstra for $750M.  Created multiple financing programs including equity origination, senior bank facilities, high yield bond facilities, and lines of vendor credit.  Created, maintained and restructured debt programs, operating environments, shareholder equity structures, vendor relationships, and bank facilities.  Reviewed multiple financing structures to meet shareholder objectives including IPO, REIT spinoff, asset trust structures, and minority investments.  Managed a large finance workforce over a widespread diversified region.  



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Actively managed P&L performance and operating results.  Created and implemented a corporate restructuring that included the downsizing of the workforce by nearly 30% and reducing annual SG&A expenses by $25 million.  Managed shareholder relationships including large private equity groups to meet their financial objectives.


Brett has his Masters of Science Finance and Masters of Science Management, from the University of Colorado, Denver.


Jon Najarian  (age 55) Independent, non-executive Board Member   Jon ‘DRJ’ Najarian was linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport – trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.


He became a member of the CBOE, NYSE, CME and CBOT and worked as a floor trader for some 25 years. In 1990 he founded Mercury Trading, a market-making firm at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which he sold in 2004 to Citadel, one of the world’s largest hedge funds. In 2005 Jon co-founded optionMONSTER and tradeMONSTER – both were acquired in 2014 by private equity firm General Atlantic Partners. Today, he is a professional investor, money manager and media analyst.


Jon developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options, and futures markets. optionMONSTER, an options news and education site, was described by Securities Industry News as “content king of the options business”.


For years tradeMONSTER has been rated “Best for Options Traders” by Barron’s and was the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser.


In 2016 Jon and Pete co-founded Najarian Advisors, a company advising institutional investors on options strategies.


The brothers invest in and work with start-ups via Rebellion Partners, a venture consulting firm they launched in 2015.


Jon can be seen weekly on CNBC, where he is cast member of the “Halftime Report” and the “Fast Money” show.  He is also the feature of the “DRJ Report” on CBOE-TV, the exchange’s popular webcast.


Director Independence


According to their respective Directors and Officers annual questionnaire, Messrs. Matthew Burlage, Ross O'Brien and Brett Lay, are considered independent, non-executive board directors.


Family Relationships


There are no family relationships between any of the Company’s directors or executive officers.


Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings


We are not aware of any material legal proceedings that have occurred within the past five years concerning any director, director nominee, or control person which involved a criminal conviction, a pending criminal proceeding, a pending or concluded administrative or civil proceeding limiting one’s participation in the securities or banking industries, or a finding of securities or commodities law violations.


Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance


Under U.S. securities laws, directors, certain executive officers and persons holding more than 10% of our common stock must report their initial ownership of the common stock, and any changes in that ownership, to the SEC.  The SEC has designated specific due dates for these reports.




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Code of Ethics


At the present time, the Company has not adopted a code of ethics.  The Company intends to adopt a code of ethics in the near future.


Audit Committee


The Company’s audit committee consists of the three independent non-executive directors Messrs. Matt Burlage, Ross O’Brien and Brett Lay.  Mr. Burlage is the Chairman of the Audit Committee.  


The Company adopted an Audit Committee Charter and Audit Committee Procedures for Whistleblowers on May 22, 2007, which were filed as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to the Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC via EDGAR on August 14, 2007, and are incorporated by reference herein.


EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


The following table sets forth information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named persons for services rendered in all capacities during the noted periods. No other executive officer received total annual salary and bonus compensation in excess of $100,000:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name and Principal Position

Year

Salary

($)

Bonus

($)

Stock awards

($)

Option awards

($)

All other

Compensation

($)

Total

($)

Brent Suen

President, CEO & Director

2015

 

2016


2017

$9,000

 

$60,000


$60,000

-


-


-

$5,120


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

$14,120

 

$60,000


$60,000

Lionel Choong

2015


2016


2017

$27,167


$60,000


$60,000

-


-


-

$ $3,840


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

$31,007


$60,000


$60,000

Eddie Foong

2015


2016


2017

$-


$60,000


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

$-


$60,000


-

Thet Twe Aung

2015


2016


2017

$-


$60,000


$60,000

-


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

-


-


-

$-


$60,000


$60,000



Narrative Disclosure to the Summary Compensation Table


See Note 6 to the financial statements as of September 30, 2018 for description of the terms of Stock Option grants and the methods and assumptions used to determine fair value of Option Awards.


Retirement Benefits and Change of Control


Not Applicable.




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Director Compensation


The following table discloses the compensation of the directors of the Company for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (unless already disclosed above):


Name

Fees earned or paid in cash

($)

Stock awards

($)

Option awards

($)

Deferred

Compensation

earnings

($)

All other

Compensation

($)

Total

($)

Matthew Burlage

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ross O'Brien

-

-

-

-

-

-

Brett Lay

-

-

-

-

-

-

Jon Najarian

-

-

-

-

-

-



Summary of Director Agreements

In December 2015 the Company entered into Director Agreements with Messrs. O’Brien, Burlage and Lay, pursuant to which, as serving in the capacity of independent, non-executive Board Directors, they would receive shares of common stock in the Company in the amount of 100,000 shares per year. The Director Agreements have not been finalized and as such, Director Compensation is excluded from the Company’s financial statements.


SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT


The following table sets forth information as of September 30, 2018 (the “Determination Date”), with respect to the Company’s directors, Named Executive Officers, and each person who is known by the Company to own beneficially, more than five percent (5%) of the Company’s Common Stock, and with respect to shares owned beneficially by all of the Company’s directors and executive officers as a group.  Common Stock not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of an individual to acquire shares within 60 days is treated as outstanding only when determining the amount and percentage of Common Stock owned by such individual.  Except as noted, each person or entity has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares shown.  Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of Weyland Tech Inc., 85 Broad Street, 16-079, New York, NY 10004


As of the Determination Date, there are 26,795,006 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.


Name of Beneficial Owner

Position

Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership

 

Percent of

Common Stock  (1)

Brent Suen

Chief Executive Officer

1,282,000

3.5

Lionel Choong

Acting Chief Financial Officer

964,000

2.6

Eddie Foong

Chief Operating Officer

3,270,000

8.9

Directors and Officers as a group (3 persons)

 

5,516,000

15.0

 

Notes:

(1) Beneficial ownership of Common Stock has been determined for this purpose in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, under which a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares voting power or investment power with respect to such securities, has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days or acquires such securities with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company.





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Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans


Market For Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities  - Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans  ” above.


TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PERSONS, PROMOTERS AND CERTAIN CONTROL PERSONS


Transactions with Related Persons


None of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates (other than compensation described under Item 11, “Executive Compensation”) since the beginning of our 2017 fiscal year which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.


INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES


the Company has adopted provisions in its Articles of Incorporation and bylaws that limit the liability of its directors and indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act.  Under the Company's Articles of Incorporation, and as permitted under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, directors are not liable to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as directors.  Such provisions do not, however, relieve liability for breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders, liability for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, liability for transactions in which the director derived as improper personal benefit or liability for the payment of a dividend in violation of Wyoming law.  Further, the provisions do not relieve a director's liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve the Company or its directors from the need to comply with, federal or state securities laws or affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.


At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or agent of Weyland Tech, Inc. where indemnification will be required or permitted.  The Company is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification by any director or officer.


Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.


Should a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) be asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered herein, the Company 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 is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION


We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, under the Securities Act of 1933, a registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the shares offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to our company and the shares offered by this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement without charge at the Public Reference Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Securities and Exchange Commission also maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The



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Securities and Exchange Commission’s World Wide Web address is http://www.sec.gov.


Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document that we have filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the exhibits for a complete statement of their terms and conditions.


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


Information contained on our website is not a prospectus and does not constitute a part of this prospectus.





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WEYLAND TECH, INC.

7,000,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

PROSPECTUS ______________, 2018

_____________________________________________________________________________________________



Until (insert date), all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.




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WEYLAND TECH, INC.

PART II



ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION


The estimated costs of this offering are as follows:


Filing fee under the Securities Act of 1933(1)

$

857

Blue Sky filing fees

$

2,500

Legal Fees

$

25,000

Accounting/Auditing Fees (1)

$

2,500

Miscellaneous (1)

$

2,500

TOTAL

$

33,357


(1) All amounts are estimates, other than the SEC registration fee.



ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS


Weyland Tech, Inc. has adopted provisions in its articles of incorporation and bylaws that limit the liability of its directors and indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act.  Under Weyland Tech, Inc.'s articles of incorporation, and as permitted under the Wyoming Business Corporation Act, directors are not liable to Weyland Tech, Inc. or its shareholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duty of care as directors.  Such provisions do not, however, relieve liability for breach of a director's duty of loyalty to Weyland Tech, Inc. or its shareholders, liability for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, liability for transactions in which the director derived as improper personal benefit or liability for the payment of a dividend in violation of Wyoming law.  Further, the provisions do not relieve a director's liability for violation of, or otherwise relieve Weyland Tech, Inc. or its directors from the need to comply with, federal or state securities laws or affect the availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.


At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or agent of Weyland Tech, Inc. where indemnification will be required or permitted.  Weyland Tech, Inc. is not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for indemnification by any director or officer.



ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.


During the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the Company received proceeds of $2,673,174 for the private placement of the company's common shares to professional investors at prices ranging from $1.00-$4.00 These shares were issued pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exempt from registration by reason of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and bear an appropriate restrictive legend.



ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS


2.1

Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated November 7, 2018, by and between Weyland Tech Inc., a Delaware corporation, and RedDiamond Partners LLC, a Delaware  limited liability company (1)

2.2

Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 7, 2018, by and between Weyland Tech Inc., a Delaware corporation, and RedDiamond Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (1) 

 



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3.1

Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Schedule 14C Information of the Company filed on August 4, 2015)

3.2

Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Form SB-2 filed on September 19, 2005)

 

(1)

Filed herewith.


All other Exhibits called for by Rule 601 of Regulation S-K are not applicable to this filing.


(b) Financial Statement Schedules


All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or because the required information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 


ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS


The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:


(1)

To file, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:


(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) (Section 230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and


(iii)

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


(2)

For determining liability under the Securities Act, treat each post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities as at that time to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


(3)

File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.


(4)  (i) For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act 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 ( 230.430A of this chapter), 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



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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.


(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:


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


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


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


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


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


(v)

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the small business issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the small business issuer 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 small business issuer will, unless in the opinion of its counsel that matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


(6)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that it will:


(i)

For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act that 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 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement as of the time the Commission declared it effective.


(ii)

For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, that each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus as a new registration statement for the securities offered in the registration statement, and that offering of the securities at that time as the initial bona fide offering of those securities.




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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of New York, on December 14, 2018.


WEYLAND TECH, INC.



By:

/s/ Brent Suen

Brent Suen (principal executive & financial officer)

 

By:

/s/ Lionel Choong

Lionel Choong (principal accounting officer)



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the duties indicated duly authorized in the City of New York on December 14, 2018.



By: /s/ Brent Suen

President and Director

Brent Suen

(principal executive & financial officer)


By: /s/

Lionel Choong

Acting Chief Financial Officer and

Lionel Choong

Director (principal

accounting officer)


By: /s/  Eddie Foong

Chief Operating Officer

Eddie Foong

and Director


By: /s/ Thet Twe Aung

Chief Technology Officer

Thet Twe Aung


By: /s/ Matthew Burlage

Director

Matthew Burlage


By: /s/ Ross O’Brien

Director

Ross O’Brien


By: /s/ Brett Lay

Director

Brett Lay


By: /s/ Jon Najarian

Director

Jon Najarian




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EXHIBIT 2.1


COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This common stock purchase agreement is entered into as of November 7, 2018 (this “ Agreement ”), by and between WEYLAND TECH INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Investor ”).

WHEREAS , the parties desire that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Investor shall purchase, from time to time, as provided herein, and the Company shall issue and sell Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) of the Company’s Common Stock (as defined below);

NOW, THEREFORE , the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1

DEFINED TERMS .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings specified or indicated (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

Agreement ” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Business Day ” shall mean a day on which the Principal Market shall be open for business.

Claim Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

Clearing Costs ” shall mean all of the Investor’s broker and Transfer Agent fees, excluding commissions.

 “ Clearing Date ” shall be the date on which the Investor receives the Purchase Notice Shares as DWAC Shares in its brokerage account.

 “ Closing ” shall mean one of the closings of a purchase and sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.3.

 “ Closing Date ” shall mean the date that is no later than one (1) Business Day after the Clearing Date.

 “ Commitment Amount ” shall mean Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), subject to the terms of Section 2.3(b) hereof.

 “ Commitment Period ” shall mean the period commencing on the Execution Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Investor shall have purchased Purchase Notice Shares pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Commitment Amount, (ii) the Expiration Date, or (iii) written notice of termination by the Company to the Investor pursuant to Section 10.5 hereof.

Common Stock ” shall mean the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 value per share, and any shares of any other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the right to participate in the distribution of dividends (as and when declared) and assets (upon liquidation of the Company).

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.

Company ” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.



 

 

 




Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Damages ” shall mean any loss, claim, damage, liability, cost and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs and expenses of expert witnesses and investigation).

Dispute Period ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

DTC ” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, or any successor performing substantially the same function for the Company.

DTC/FAST Program ” shall mean the DTC’s Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.

DWAC ” shall mean Deposit Withdrawal at Custodian as defined by the DTC.

DWAC Eligible ” shall mean that (a) the Common Stock is eligible at DTC for full services pursuant to DTC’s Operational Arrangements, including, without limitation, transfer through DTC’s DWAC system, (b) the Company has been approved (without revocation) by the DTC’s underwriting department, (c) the Transfer Agent is approved as an agent in the DTC/FAST Program, (d) the Purchase Notice Shares are otherwise eligible for delivery via DWAC, and (e) the Transfer Agent does not have a policy prohibiting or limiting delivery of the Purchase Notice Shares, as applicable, via DWAC.

DWAC Shares ” means shares of Common Stock that are (i) issued in electronic form, (ii) freely tradable and transferable and without restriction on resale and (iii) timely credited by the Company to the Investor’s or its designee’s specified DWAC account with DTC under the DTC/FAST Program, or any similar program hereafter adopted by DTC performing substantially the same function.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Cap ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(c).

Execution Date ” shall mean the date of this Agreement.

Expiration Date ” shall mean the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Registration Statement has been declared effective.

FINRA ” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.2.

Indemnifying Party ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.2.

Indemnity Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(e).

Investment Amount ” shall mean the Purchase Notice Shares referenced in the Purchase Notice multiplied by the Purchase Price.

 “ Investor ” shall have the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement.

 “ Lien ” means a lien, charge, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal, preemptive right or other restriction.

 “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any effect on the business, operations, properties, or financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries that is material and adverse to the Company and the Subsidiaries




and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company to enter into and perform its obligations under any Transaction Document.

Maximum Weekly Amount ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

 “ Person ” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

Principal Market ” shall mean any of the national exchanges (i.e. NYSE, NYSE AMEX, Nasdaq), or principal quotation systems (i.e. OTCQX, OTCQB, OTC Pink, the OTC Bulletin Board), or other principal exchange or recognized quotation system which is at the time the principal trading platform or market for the Common Stock.

 “ Purchase Notice ” shall mean a written notice from the Company, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, to Investor setting forth the Purchase Notice Shares which the Company intends to require Investor to purchase pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Purchase Notice Shares ” shall mean all shares of Common Stock issued, or that the Company shall be entitled to issue, per applicable Purchase Notice in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Purchase Price ” shall mean the lower of (i) 85% of the of the lowest of the VWAP for each of the five (5) trading days preceding and including the Clearing Date with respect to the subject Purchase Notice, or (ii) 90% of the average of the two (2) lowest VWAPS for the five (5) days after the Clearing Date.

Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.3.

Regulation D ” shall mean Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144 ” shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act.

SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Documents ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.5.

Securities ” mean the Purchase Notice Shares.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 “ Subsidiary ” means any Person the Company wholly-owns or controls, or in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns a majority of the voting stock or similar voting interest, in each case that would be disclosable pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

Third Party Claim ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a).

Transaction Documents ” shall mean this Agreement and all schedules and exhibits hereto and thereto.

Trading Day ” means the time when the Principal Market is open and available for making trades; generally on weekdays between normal business hours. Holidays and weekends are not considered trading days.

Transfer Agent ” shall mean the current transfer agent of the Company, and any successor transfer agent of the Company.

VWAP ” means, for or as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the




principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported in the “pink sheets” by OTC Markets Group Inc.  If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Investor. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.

ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF COMMON STOCK

Section 2.1

PURCHASE NOTICES .  Upon the terms and conditions set forth herein (including, without limitation, the provisions of Article VII), the Company shall direct the Investor, by its delivery to the Investor of a Purchase Notice from time to time, to purchase Purchase Notice Shares; provided, that (1) a Purchase Notice may be delivered not more frequently than weekly during the Commitment Period, and shall be delivered on the first business day of each week, and (2) the amount of Purchase Notice Shares shall be not more than twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate trading volume of the Common Stock during the five (5) Trading Days preceding the  date of the Purchase Notice (the “Maximum Weekly Amount”), and (3) notwithstanding the foregoing subsection, not exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation set forth in Section 7.1(g).

Section 2.2

MECHANICS .

(a)

PURCHASE NOTICE .  At any time and from time to time during the Commitment Period, except as provided in this Agreement, the Investor may deliver a Purchase Notice to Company, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 and otherwise provided herein. The Company shall deliver the Purchase Notice Shares as DWAC Shares to the Investor immediately upon receipt of the Purchase Notice.

(b)

DATE OF DELIVERY OF PURCHASE NOTICE .  A Purchase Notice shall be deemed delivered on (i) the Business Day it is received by email by the Investor if such notice is received on or prior to 8:00 p.m. New York time or (ii) the immediately succeeding Business Day if it is received by email after 8:00 p.m. New York time on a Business Day or at any time on a day which is not a Business Day.

Section 2.3

CLOSINGS .   The Closing of a Purchase Notice shall occur no later than five (5) Business Days following the Clearing Date, whereby the Investor, shall deliver the Investment Amount (minus the Clearing Costs), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Company.

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF INVESTOR

The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that:

Section 3.1

INTENT .  The Investor is entering into this Agreement for its own account and the Investor has no present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) at any time to sell the Securities to or through any Person in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws; provided , however , that the Investor reserves the right to dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with federal and state securities laws applicable to such disposition.

Section 3.2

NO LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE COMPANY .  The Investor acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with




its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. The Investor is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction.

Section 3.3

ACCREDITED INVESTOR .  The Investor is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D, and the Investor has such experience in business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities. The Investor acknowledges that an investment in the Securities is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.

Section 3.4

AUTHORITY .  The Investor has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action and no further consent or authorization of the Investor is required. The Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed by the Investor, and when delivered by the Investor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Investor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

Section 3.5

NOT AN AFFILIATE .  The Investor is not an officer, director or “ affiliate ” (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of the Company.

Section 3.6

ORGANIZATION AND STANDING .  The Investor is an entity duly incorporated or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation with full right, corporate, partnership, limited liability company or similar power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

Section 3.7

ABSENCE OF CONFLICTS .  The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance with the requirements hereof and thereof, will not (a) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Investor, (b) violate any provision of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Investor is a party or is subject, or by which the Investor or any of its assets is bound, or conflict with or constitute a material default thereunder, (c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement, or constitute a breach of any fiduciary duty owed by the Investor to any third party, or (d) require the approval of any third-party (that has not been obtained) pursuant to any material contract, instrument, agreement, relationship or legal obligation to which the Investor is subject or to which any of its assets, operations or management may be subject.

Section 3.8

DISCLOSURE; ACCESS TO INFORMATION .  The Investor had an opportunity to review copies of the SEC Documents filed on behalf of the Company and has had access to all publicly available information with respect to the Company.

Section 3.9

MANNER OF SALE .  At no time was the Investor presented with or solicited by or through any leaflet, public promotional meeting, television advertisement or any other form of general solicitation or advertising.

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

The Company represents and warrants to the Investor that, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or except as set forth in the disclosure schedules hereto:

Section 4.1

ORGANIZATION OF THE COMPANY .  The Company and each of the Subsidiaries is an entity duly incorporated or otherwise organized, validly existing and in good standing under the




laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with the requisite power and authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation nor default of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, could not have or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and no proceeding has been instituted in any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing or seeking to revoke, limit or curtail such power and authority or qualification.

Section 4.2

AUTHORITY .  The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no further consent or authorization of the Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required. The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditors’ rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

Section 4.3

CAPITALIZATION .  As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value of $0.0001 per share, of which approximately 29,517,501 shares of Common Stock are issued and outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 , the Company has not issued any capital stock since its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act, other than pursuant to the exercise of employee stock options under the Company’s stock option plans, the issuance of shares of Common Stock to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee stock purchase plans and pursuant to the conversion and/or exercise of Common Stock Equivalents outstanding as of the date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act. No Person has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents. Except as set forth in the SEC Documents and except as a result of the purchase and sale of the Securities, there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investor) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such securities. There are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Company’s capital stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

Section 4.4

LISTING AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS .  The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or which to its knowledge is likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act nor has the Company received any notification that the SEC is contemplating terminating such registration. The Company has not, in the twelve (12) months preceding the date hereof, received notice from the Principal Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Principal Market. The Company is and has no reason to believe that it will not in the foreseeable future continue to be, in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

Section 4.5

SEC DOCUMENTS; DISCLOSURE .  Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5 , the Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the one (1) year preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by




reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “ SEC Documents ”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Documents prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and other federal laws, rules and regulations applicable to such SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents when filed contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents comply as to form and substance in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable rules and regulations with respect thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except (a) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto or (b) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments). Except with respect to the material terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Company confirms that neither it nor any other Person acting on its behalf has provided the Investor or its agents or counsel with any information that it believes constitutes or might constitute material, non-public information. The Company understands and confirms that the Investor will rely on the foregoing representation in effecting transactions in securities of the Company.

Section 4.6

VALID ISSUANCES .  The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens imposed by the Company other than restrictions on transfer provided for in the Transaction Documents.

Section 4.7

NO CONFLICTS .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the issuance of the Purchase Notice Shares, do not and will not: (a) result in a violation of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational or charter documents, (b) conflict with, or constitute a material default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, indenture, instrument or any “ lock-up ” or similar provision of any underwriting or similar agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or (c) result in a violation of any federal, state or local law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and regulations) applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or affected (except for such conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect) nor is the Company otherwise in violation of, conflict with or in default under any of the foregoing. The business of the Company is not being conducted in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental entity, except for possible violations that either singly or in the aggregate do not and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not required under federal, state or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents (other than any SEC, FINRA or state securities filings that may be required to be made by the Company subsequent to any Closing or any registration statement that may be filed pursuant hereto); provided that, for purposes of the representation made in this sentence, the Company is assuming and relying upon the accuracy of the relevant representations and agreements of Investor herein.

Section 4.8

NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE .  No event has occurred that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company that has not been disclosed in subsequent SEC filings.

Section 4.9

LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS .  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or as set forth in the SEC Documents, there are no actions, suits, investigations, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective properties, nor has the Company received any written or oral notice of any such action, suit,




proceeding, inquiry or investigation, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. No judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree or award has been issued by or, to the knowledge of the Company, requested of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency which would have a Material Adverse Effect. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any Subsidiary or any current or former director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary.

Section 4.10

REGISTRATION RIGHTS .  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, no Person (other than the Investor) has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary.

ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF INVESTOR

Section 5.1

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; TRADING IN SECURITIES .  The Investor’s trading activities with respect to shares of Common Stock will be in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of FINRA and the Principal Market.

Section 5.2

PROHIBITION OF SHORT SALES AND HEDGING TRANSACTIONS. The Investor agrees that beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Investor and its agents, representatives and affiliates shall not in any manner whatsoever enter into or effect, directly or indirectly, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.

ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

Section 6.1

LISTING OF COMMON STOCK .  The Company shall promptly secure the listing of all of the Purchase Notice Shares to be issued to the Investor hereunder on the Principal Market (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to maintain, so long as any shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, the listing of all such Purchase Notice Shares from time to time issuable hereunder. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to continue the listing and trading of the Common Stock on the Principal Market (including, without limitation, maintaining sufficient net tangible assets) and will comply in all respects with the Company’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of FINRA and the Principal Market.

Section 6.2

FILING OF CURRENT REPORT AND REGISTRATION STATEMENT .  The Company agrees that it shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Transaction Documents as exhibits thereto, with the SEC within the time required by the Exchange Act, relating to the transactions contemplated by, and describing the material terms and conditions of, the Transaction Documents (the “ Current Report ”). The Company shall permit the Investor to review and comment upon the final pre-filing draft version of the Current Report at least two (2) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC, and the Company shall give reasonable consideration to all such comments. The Investor shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon the final pre-filing draft version of the Current Report within one (1) Business Day from the date the Investor receives it from the Company. The Company shall also file with the SEC, within ten (10) calendar days from the date hereof, a new registration statement (the “ Registration Statement ”) covering only the resale of the Purchase Notice Shares.

ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS TO DELIVERY OF
PURCHASE NOTICE AND CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

Section 7.1

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY TO ISSUE AND SELL PURCHASE NOTICE SHARES .  The right of the Company to issue and sell the Purchase Notice Shares to the Investor is subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth below:




(a)

ACCURACY OF INVESTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .  The representations and warranties of the Investor shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each Closing as though made at each such time.

(b)

PERFORMANCE BY INVESTOR .  Investor shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investor at or prior to such Closing.

(c)

PRINCIPAL MARKET REGULATION .  The Company shall not issue any Purchase Notice Shares, and the Investor shall not have the right to receive any Purchase Notice Shares, if the issuance of such Purchase Notice Shares would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the Principal Market (the “ Exchange Cap ”).

Section 7.2

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATION OF INVESTOR TO PURCHASE THE PURCHASE NOTICE SHARES .  The obligation of the Investor hereunder to purchase the Purchase Notice Shares is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

(a)

EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT .  The Registration Statement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, shall remain effective for the resale by the Investor of the Purchase Notice Shares and (i) neither the Company nor the Investor shall have received notice that the SEC has issued or intends to issue a stop order with respect to such Registration Statement or that the SEC otherwise has suspended or withdrawn the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, either temporarily or permanently, or intends or has threatened to do so and (ii) no other suspension of the use of, or withdrawal of the effectiveness of, such Registration Statement or related prospectus shall exist.

(b)

ACCURACY OF THE COMPANY’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .  The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of each Closing (except for representations and warranties specifically made as of a particular date).

(c)

PERFORMANCE BY THE COMPANY .  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company.

(d)

NO INJUNCTION .  No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or adopted by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and materially adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and no proceeding shall have been commenced that may have the effect of prohibiting or materially adversely affecting any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

(e)

ADVERSE CHANGES .  Since the date of filing of the Company’s most recent SEC Document, no event that had or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred.

(f)

NO SUSPENSION OF TRADING IN OR DELISTING OF COMMON STOCK .  The trading of the Common Stock shall not have been suspended by the SEC, the Principal Market or FINRA, or otherwise halted for any reason, and the Common Stock shall have been approved for listing or quotation on and shall not have been delisted from the Principal Market. In the event of a suspension, delisting, or halting for any reason, of the trading of the Common Stock, as contemplated by this Section 7.2(f), the Investor shall have the right to return to the Company any amount of Purchase Notice Shares associated with such Purchase Notice, and the Investment Amount with respect to such Purchase Notice shall be reduced accordingly.

(g)

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP LIMITATION .  The number of Purchase Notice Shares then to be purchased by the Investor shall not exceed the number of such shares that, when aggregated with




all other shares of Common Stock then owned by the Investor beneficially or deemed beneficially owned by the Investor, would result in the Investor owning more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below), as determined in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 7.2(g), in the event that the amount of Common Stock outstanding is greater on a Closing Date than on the date upon which the Purchase Notice associated with such Closing Date is given, the amount of Common Stock outstanding on such issuance of a Purchase Notice shall govern for purposes of determining whether the Investor, when aggregating all purchases of Common Stock made pursuant to this Agreement, would own more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation following such Closing Date. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Purchase Notice.

(h)

VOLUME LIMITATION.   The Investor agrees that it will not offer or sell in a public brokered transaction any Securities purchased hereunder on any trading day in an amount greater than 20% of the average daily trading volume for the previous five (5) trading days. Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions on transfer, the Investor may, at any time and from time to time transfer the shares (i) in a private transaction, (ii) as bona fide gifts or transfers by will or intestacy, (iii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the Investor, (iv) to a partnership which is the general partner of a partnership of which the Buyer is a general partner, provided, that, in the case of any gift or transfer described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), each donee or transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions contained herein in the same manner as such terms and conditions apply to the undersigned.  For purposes hereof, “immediate family” means any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.  

(i)

PRINCIPAL MARKET REGULATION .  The issuance of the Purchase Notice Shares shall not exceed the Exchange Cap.

(j)

NO KNOWLEDGE .  The Company shall have no knowledge of any event more likely than not to have the effect of causing the Registration Statement to be suspended or otherwise ineffective (which event is more likely than not to occur within the fifteen (15) Business Days following the Business Day on which such Purchase Notice is deemed delivered).

(k)

NO VIOLATION OF SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL REQUIREMENT .  The issuance of the Purchase Notice Shares shall not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.

(l)

DWAC ELIGIBLE .  The Common Stock must be DWAC Eligible and not subject to a “ DTC chill ”.

(m)

SEC DOCUMENTS .  All reports, schedules, registrations, forms, statements, information and other documents required to have been filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act shall have been filed with the SEC within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings under the Exchange Act.

ARTICLE VIII
LEGENDS

Section 8.1

NO RESTRICTIVE STOCK LEGEND .  No restrictive stock legend shall be placed on the share certificates representing the Purchase Notice Shares.

Section 8.2

INVESTOR’S COMPLIANCE .  Nothing in this Article VIII shall affect in any way the Investor’s obligations hereunder to comply with all applicable securities laws upon the sale of the Common Stock.

ARTICLE IX
NOTICES; INDEMNIFICATION




Section 9.1

NOTICES .  All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise specified herein, shall be (a) personally served, (b) deposited in the mail, registered or certified, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) delivered by reputable air courier service with charges prepaid, or (d) transmitted by hand delivery, telegram, or email as a PDF, addressed as set forth below or to such other address as such party shall have specified most recently by written notice given in accordance herewith. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed effective (i) upon hand delivery or delivery by email at the address designated below (if delivered on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received), or the first business day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a business day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received) or (ii) on the second business day following the date of mailing by express courier service or on the fifth business day after deposited in the mail, in each case, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur.

The addresses for such communications shall be:

If to the Company:

Weyland Tech, Inc.

9/F, The Wellington

198 Wellington Street

Central, Hong Kong HKSAR

Attention:  Brent Suen

If to the Investor:

RedDiamond Partners, LLC

156 West Saddle River Road

Saddle River, NJ 07458

Attn: Mr. Neil Rock


Either party hereto may from time to time change its address or email for notices under this Section 9.1 by giving at least ten (10) days’ prior written notice of such changed address to the other party hereto.

Section 9.2

INDEMNIFICATION .  Each party (an “ Indemnifying Party ”) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other party along with its officers, directors, employees, and authorized agents, and each Person or entity, if any, who controls such party within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (an “ Indemnified Party ”) from and against any Damages, joint or several, and any action in respect thereof to which the Indemnified Party becomes subject to, resulting from, arising out of or relating to (i) any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or nonfulfillment of or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Indemnifying Party contained in this Agreement, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, or (iv) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, as such Damages are incurred, except to the extent such Damages result primarily from the Indemnified Party’s failure to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or the Indemnified Party’s negligence, recklessness or bad faith in performing its obligations under this Agreement; provided , however , that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any Damages of an Indemnified Party to the extent, but only to the extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made by an Indemnifying Party in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Indemnifying Party by the Indemnified Party expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus (as amended or supplemented).




Section 9.3

METHOD OF ASSERTING INDEMNIFICATION CLAIMS .  All claims for indemnification by any Indemnified Party under Section 9.2 shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

(a)

In the event any claim or demand in respect of which an Indemnified Party might seek indemnity under Section 9.2 is asserted against or sought to be collected from such Indemnified Party by a Person other than a party hereto or an affiliate thereof (a “ Third Party Claim ”), the Indemnified Party shall deliver a written notification, enclosing a copy of all papers served, if any, and specifying the nature of and basis for such Third Party Claim and for the Indemnified Party’s claim for indemnification that is being asserted under any provision of Section 9.2 against an Indemnifying Party, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith, of such Third Party Claim (a “ Claim Notice ”) with reasonable promptness to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnified Party fails to provide the Claim Notice with reasonable promptness after the Indemnified Party receives notice of such Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim to the extent that the Indemnifying Party’s ability to defend has been irreparably prejudiced by such failure of the Indemnified Party. The Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party as soon as practicable within the period ending thirty (30) calendar days following receipt by the Indemnifying Party of either a Claim Notice or an Indemnity Notice (as defined below) (the “ Dispute Period ”) whether the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party under Section 9.2 and whether the Indemnifying Party desires, at its sole cost and expense, to defend the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claim.

(i)

If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party desires to defend the Indemnified Party with respect to the Third Party Claim pursuant to this Section 9.3(a), then the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, such Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be vigorously and diligently prosecuted by the Indemnifying Party to a final conclusion or will be settled at the discretion of the Indemnifying Party (but only with the consent of the Indemnified Party in the case of any settlement that provides for any relief other than the payment of monetary damages or that provides for the payment of monetary damages as to which the Indemnified Party shall not be indemnified in full pursuant to Section 9.2). The Indemnifying Party shall have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof ; provided , however, that the Indemnified Party may, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnified Party, at any time prior to the Indemnifying Party’s delivery of the notice referred to in the first sentence of this clause (i), file any motion, answer or other pleadings or take any other action that the Indemnified Party reasonably believes to be necessary or appropriate to protect its interests; and provided , further , that if requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party will, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnifying Party in contesting any Third Party Claim that the Indemnifying Party elects to contest. The Indemnified Party may participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to this clause (i), and except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Indemnified Party shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indemnified Party may take over the control of the defense or settlement of a Third Party Claim at any time if it irrevocably waives its right to indemnity under Section 9.2 with respect to such Third Party Claim.

(ii)

If the Indemnifying Party fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party desires to defend the Third Party Claim pursuant to Section 9.3(a), or if the Indemnifying Party gives such notice but fails to prosecute vigorously and diligently or settle the Third Party Claim, or if the Indemnifying Party fails to give any notice whatsoever within the Dispute Period, then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be prosecuted by the Indemnified Party in a reasonable manner and in good faith or will be settled at the discretion of the Indemnified Party(with the consent of the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnified Party will have full control of such defense and proceedings, including any compromise or settlement thereof; provided, however, that if requested by the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, provide reasonable cooperation to the Indemnified Party and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim which the Indemnified Party is contesting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (ii), if the Indemnifying Party has notified the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period that the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability hereunder to the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party




Claim and if such dispute is resolved in favor of the Indemnifying Party in the manner provided in clause (iii) below, the Indemnifying Party will not be required to bear the costs and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s defense pursuant to this clause (ii) or of the Indemnifying Party’s participation therein at the Indemnified Party’s request, and the Indemnified Party shall reimburse the Indemnifying Party in full for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Indemnifying Party in connection with such litigation. The Indemnifying Party may participate in, but not control, any defense or settlement controlled by the Indemnified Party pursuant to this clause (ii), and the Indemnifying Party shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to such participation.

(iii)

If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party with respect to the Third Party Claim under Section 9.2 or fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period whether the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability or the amount of its liability to the Indemnified Party with respect to such Third Party Claim, the amount of Damages specified in the Claim Notice shall be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Section 9.2 and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Damages to the Indemnified Party on demand. If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability or the amount of its liability with respect to such claim, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute; provided , however , that if the dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days after the Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to institute such legal action as it deems appropriate.

(b)

In the event any Indemnified Party should have a claim under Section 9.2 against the Indemnifying Party that does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall deliver a written notification of a claim for indemnity under Section 9.2 specifying the nature of and basis for such claim, together with the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount, determined in good faith, of such claim (an “ Indemnity Notice ”) with reasonable promptness to the Indemnifying Party. The failure by any Indemnified Party to give the Indemnity Notice shall not impair such party’s rights hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party demonstrates that it has been irreparably prejudiced thereby. If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute the claim or the amount of the claim described in such Indemnity Notice or fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period whether the Indemnifying Party disputes the claim or the amount of the claim described in such Indemnity Notice, the amount of Damages specified in the Indemnity Notice will be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Section 9.2 and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Damages to the Indemnified Party on demand. If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability or the amount of its liability with respect to such claim, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall proceed in good faith to negotiate a resolution of such dispute; provided, however, that if the dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days after the Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to institute such legal action as it deems appropriate.

(c)

The Indemnifying Party agrees to pay the Indemnified Party, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim.

(d)

The indemnity provisions contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar rights of the Indemnified Party against the Indemnifying Party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the Indemnifying Party may be subject to.

ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1

GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION .  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflicts of law. Each of the Company and the Investor hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States federal and state courts located in California, County of Los Angeles, with respect to any dispute arising under the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby.

Section 10.2

JURY TRIAL WAIVER .  The Company and the Investor hereby waive a trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the parties hereto against the other in respect of any matter arising out of or in connection with the Transaction Documents.




Section 10.3

ASSIGNMENT .  The Transaction Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Investor and their respective successors. Neither this Agreement nor any rights of the Investor or the Company hereunder may be assigned by either party to any other Person.

Section 10.4

NO THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES .  This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the Company and the Investor and their respective successors, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person, except as set forth in Section 9.3.

Section 10.5

TERMINATION .  The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by written notice to the Investor as follows:

(a)

in the event of a material breach of this Agreement by the Investor; and

(b)

at the option of the Company other than in the event of a material breach by the Investor, provided, however, that if such termination occurs prior to the purchase of at least $3,000,000 of the Commitment Amount, then the Company shall pay to Investor as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available and make purchases hereunder, an amount equal to twelve and one-half percent (12.5%)] of the remaining amount of the Commitment Amount not purchased hereunder.

In addition, this Agreement shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (i) the end of the Commitment Period; (ii) the date that the Company sells and the Investor purchases the Commitment Amount; (iii) the date on which the Registration Statement is no longer effective, or (iv) the date that, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, the Company commences a voluntary case or any Person commences a proceeding against the Company, a Custodian is appointed for the Company or for all or substantially all of its property or the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; provided, however, that the provisions of Articles III, IV, V, VI, IX and the agreements and covenants of the Company and the Investor set forth in Article X shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Section 10.6

INVESTOR SALE REPORTS.  Upon the request of the Company, the Investors shall promptly deliver a report describing the amount of sales of Common Stock on a weekly basis during the four (4) weeks prior to the date of such report.  The report shall be kept confidential by the Company.

Section 10.7

ENTIRE AGREEMENT .  The Transaction Documents, together with the exhibits and schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the Company and the Investor with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules.

Section 10.8

FEES AND EXPENSES .  Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents or any other writing to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees (including any fees required for same-day processing of any instruction letter delivered by the Company), stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the delivery of any Securities to the Investor.

Section 10.9

COUNTERPARTS .  The Transaction Documents may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which may be executed by less than all of the parties and shall be deemed to be an original instrument which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Transaction Documents may be delivered to the other parties hereto by email of a copy of the Transaction Documents bearing the signature of the parties so delivering this Agreement.

Section 10.10

SEVERABILITY .  In the event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue




in full force and effect without said provision; provided that such severability shall be ineffective if it materially changes the economic benefit of this Agreement to any party.

Section 10.11

FURTHER ASSURANCES .  Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 10.12

NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION .  The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

Section 10.13

EQUITABLE RELIEF .  The Company recognizes that in the event that it fails to perform, observe, or discharge any or all of its obligations under this Agreement, any remedy at law may prove to be inadequate relief to the Investor. The Company therefore agrees that the Investor shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

Section 10.14

TITLE AND SUBTITLES .  The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for the convenience of reference and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.

Section 10.15

AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS .  No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived by the parties from and after the date that is one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the initial filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, (i) no provision of this Agreement may be amended other than by a written instrument signed by both parties hereto and (ii) no provision of this Agreement may be waived other than in a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. No failure or delay in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

Section 10.16

PUBLICITY .  The Company and the Investor shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement, other than as required by law, without the prior written consent of the other parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that no prior consent shall be required if such disclosure is required by law, in which such case the disclosing party shall provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of the Investor without the prior written consent of the Investor, except to the extent required by law. The Investor acknowledges that the Transaction Documents may be deemed to be “ material contracts, ” as that term is defined by Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K, and that the Company may therefore be required to file such documents as exhibits to reports or registration statements filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. The Investor further agrees that the status of such documents and materials as material contracts shall be determined solely by the Company, in consultation with its counsel.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

WEYLAND TECH INC.





By: _______________________

Name:

Title:

REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC



By: _______________________

Name:

Title:

















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 EXHIBIT A

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

TO: REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC

We refer to the Agreement, dated as of November __, 2018 (entered into by and between WEYLAND TECH INC. a nd REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC . Capitalized terms defined in the Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning when used herein.

We hereby:

1) Certify that twenty percent (20%) of the aggregate trading volume of the Company’s Common Stock on the Principal Market during the five (5) Trading Days preceding the  date of this Purchase Notice is _________________ shares;

2) Give you notice that we require you to purchase __________ Purchase Notice Shares; and

2) Certify that, as of the date hereof, the conditions set forth in Section 7.1 of the Agreement are satisfied.

WEYLAND TECH INC.




By: _______________________

Name:

Title:




EXHIBIT 2.2


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT  (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of November 7, 2018, by and between  WEYLAND TECH INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and  REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (together with it permitted assigns, the “ Buyer ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the common stock purchase agreement by and between the parties hereto, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

To induce the Buyer to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”), and applicable state securities laws.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  DEFINITIONS .

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

a. “ Investor ” means the Buyer, any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a Buyer assigns its rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement, and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

 

b. “ Person ” means any individual or entity including but not limited to any corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a governmental or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

c. “ Register ”, “ registered ”, and “ registration ” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more registration statements of the Company in compliance with the Securities Act and/or pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous basis (“ Rule 415 ”), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement(s) by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “  SEC  ”).

 

d. “ Registrable Securities ” means the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock purchasable under the Purchase Agreement.


e. “ Registration Statement ” means one or more registration statements of the Company covering only the sale of the Registrable Securities.

  

2.  REGISTRATION .

 

a.  Mandatory Registration . The Company shall, within ten (10) calendar days from the date hereof, file with the SEC an initial Registration Statement covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities (beginning with the Purchase Notice Shares) as shall be permitted to be included thereon in accordance with applicable SEC rules, regulations and interpretations so as to permit the resale of such Registrable Securities by the Investor, including but not limited to under Rule 415 under the Securities Act at then prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices), as mutually determined by both the Company and the Investor in consultation with their respective legal counsel, subject to the aggregate number of authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock then available for issuance in its Certificate of Incorporation. The initial Registration Statement shall register only the Registrable Securities. The Investor and its counsel shall have a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement and any related prospectus




prior to its filing with the SEC, and the Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable comments. The Investor shall furnish all information reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion therein. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement and any amendment declared effective by the SEC at the earliest possible date. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to keep the Registration Statement effective, including but not limited to pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act and available for the resale by the Investor of all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investor may sell all of the Registrable Securities without restriction pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities and (ii) the date on which the Investor shall have sold all the Registrable Securities covered thereby and no Available Amount remains under the Purchase Agreement (the “ Registration Period ”). The Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

 

b.  Rule 424 Prospectus. The Company shall, as required by applicable securities regulations, from time to time file with the SEC, pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, the prospectus and prospectus supplements, if any, to be used in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement. The Investor and its counsel shall have a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such prospectus prior to its filing with the SEC, and the Company shall give due consideration to all such comments. The Investor shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon such prospectus within one (1) Business Day from the date the Investor receives the final pre-filing version of such prospectus.

 

c.  Sufficient Number of Shares Registered . In the event the number of shares available under the Registration Statement is insufficient to cover all of the Registrable Securities, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file a new Registration Statement (a “ New Registration Statement ”), so as to cover all of such Registrable Securities (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2(a)) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than ten (10) Business Days after the necessity therefor arises, subject to any limits that may be imposed by the SEC pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company shall use it reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment and/or New Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable following the filing thereof. Unless the Registration Period has ended, in the event that any of the Purchase Notice Shares are not included in the Registration Statement, or have not been included in any New Registration Statement and the Company files any other registration statement under the Securities Act (other than on Form S-4, Form S-8, or with respect to other employee related plans or rights offerings) (“ Other Registration Statement  ”) then the Company shall include in such Other Registration Statement first all of such Purchase Notice Shares that have not been previously registered, and second any other securities the Company wishes to include in such Other Registration Statement. Unless the Registration Period has ended, the Company agrees that it shall not file any such Other Registration Statement unless all of the Purchase Notice Shares have been included in such Other Registration Statement or otherwise have been registered for resale as described above.

 

d.  Offering . If the staff of the SEC (the “Staff’) or the SEC seeks to characterize any offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement as constituting an offering of securities that does not permit such Registration Statement to become effective and be used for resales by the Investor under Rule 415 at then-prevailing market prices (and not fixed prices), or if after the filing of the initial Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company is otherwise required by the Staff or the SEC to reduce the number of Registrable Securities included in such initial Registration Statement, then the Company shall reduce the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such initial Registration Statement (with the prior consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of the Investor and its legal counsel as to the specific Registrable Securities to be removed therefrom) until such time as the Staff and the SEC shall so permit such Registration Statement to become effective and be used as aforesaid. Unless the Registration Period has ended, in the event of any reduction in Registrable Securities pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall file one or more New Registration Statements in accordance with Section 2(c) until such time as all Registrable Securities have been included in Registration Statements that have been declared effective and the prospectus contained therein is available for use by the Investor. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in the Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the Company’s obligations to register Registrable Securities (and any related conditions to the Investor’s obligations) shall be qualified as necessary to comport with any requirement of the SEC or the Staff as addressed in this Section 2(d).


3.  RELATED OBLIGATIONS .




 

With respect to the Registration Statement and whenever any Registrable Securities are to be registered pursuant to Section 2 including on any New Registration Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:


a. The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to any registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such registration statement.

 

b. The Company shall permit the Investor to review and comment upon the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto at least two (2) Business Days prior to their filing with the SEC, and not file any document in a form to which Investor reasonably objects. The Investor shall use its reasonable best efforts to comment upon the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto within two (2) Business Days from the date the Investor receives the final version thereof. The Company shall furnish to the Investor, without charge any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement.

 

c. Upon request of the Investor, the Company shall furnish to the Investor, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such registration statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any registration statement, a copy of the prospectus included in such registration statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as the Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as the Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by the Investor. For the avoidance of doubt, any filing available to the Investor via the SEC’s live EDGAR system shall be deemed “furnished to the Investor” hereunder.

 

d. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to (i) register and qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a registration statement under such other securities or “ blue sky ” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as shall be reasonably requested in writing by the Investors, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify the Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as shall be reasonably requested in writing by the Investors or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. 


e. As promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event or facts, the Company shall notify the Investor in writing of the happening of any event or existence of such facts as a result of which the prospectus included in any registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to




such registration statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver a copy of such supplement or amendment to the Investor (or such other number of copies as the Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify the Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a registration statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to the Investor by email or facsimile on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to any registration statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a registration statement would be appropriate.

 

f. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of any registration statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify the Investor of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

g. The Company shall (i) cause all the Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure designation and quotation of all the Registrable Securities on the Principal Market. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section.

 

h. The Company shall cooperate with the Investor to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant to any registration statement and enable such certificates to be in such denominations or amounts as the Investor may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investor may request.

 

i. The Company shall at all times provide a transfer agent and registrar with respect to its Common Stock.

 

j. If reasonably requested by the Investor, the Company shall (i) immediately incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the Investor believes should be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities; (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable upon notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post¬effective amendment; and (iii) supplement or make amendments to any registration statement.

 

k. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by any registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

l. Within three (3) Business Days after any registration statement which includes the Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investor) confirmation that such registration statement has been declared effective by the SEC in the form attached hereto as  Exhibit A . Thereafter, if requested by the Buyer at any time, the Company shall require its counsel to deliver to the Buyer a written confirmation whether or not the effectiveness of such registration statement has lapsed at any time for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) and whether or not the registration statement is current and available to the Buyer for sale of all of the Registrable Securities.

 

m. The Company shall take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Investor of Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement.

 

4.  OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTOR .




 

a. The Company shall notify the Investor in writing of the information the Company reasonably requires from the Investor in connection with any registration statement hereunder. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

b. The Investor agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any registration statement hereunder.

 

c. The Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event or existence of facts of the kind described in Section 3(f) or the first sentence of 3(e), the Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any registration statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until the Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or the first sentence of 3(e). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to promptly deliver shares of Common Stock without any restrictive legend in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or the first sentence of Section 3(e) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.


5.  EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION .

 

All reasonable expenses, other than sales or brokerage commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be paid by the Company.

 

6.  INDEMNIFICATION .

 

a. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Investor, each Person, if any, who controls the Investor, the members, the directors, officers, partners, employees, agents, representatives of the Investor and each Person, if any, who controls the Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) (each, an “ Indemnified Person ”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “ Claims ”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“ Indemnified Damages ”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the Registration Statement, any New Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “ blue sky ” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“ Blue Sky Filing ”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any New Registration Statement or (iv) any material violation by the Company of this Agreement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv) being, collectively, “ Violations ”). The Company shall reimburse each Indemnified Person promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other




reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (i) shall not apply to a Claim by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information about the Investor furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, any New Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e); (ii) with respect to any superseded prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any such person from whom the person asserting any such Claim purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any person controlling such person) if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the superseded prospectus was corrected in the revised prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such revised prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e), and the Indemnified Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a violation and such Indemnified Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it; (iii) shall not be available to the extent such Claim is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 3(e); and (iv) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investor pursuant to Section 9.

 

b. Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Claim, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or claim by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or claim. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effectuated without its written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

c. The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 




d. The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7.  CONTRIBUTION .

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that: (i) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities.

 

8.  REPORTS AND DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACTS .

 

With a view to making available to the Investor the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investor to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“ Rule 144 ”), the Company agrees, at the Company’s sole expense, to:

 

a. make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

  

b. use reasonable efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144;

 

c. furnish to the Investor so long as the Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting and or disclosure provisions of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investor to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration; and

 

d. take such additional action as is requested by the Investor to enable the Investor to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144, including, without limitation, delivering all such legal opinions, consents, certificates, resolutions and instructions to the Company’s Transfer Agent as may be requested from time to time by the Investor and otherwise fully cooperate with Investor and Investor’s broker to effect such sale of securities pursuant to Rule 144.

  

9.  ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS .

 

The Company shall not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Investor. The Investor may not assign its rights under this Agreement without the written consent of the Company.

 

10.  AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS .

 

No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived by the parties from and after the date that is one Business Day immediately preceding the initial filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, no provision of this Agreement may be (i) amended other than by a written instrument signed by both parties hereto or (ii) waived other than in a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver is sought. Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 




11.  MISCELLANEOUS .

 

a. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

b. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile or email (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

Weyland Tech, Inc.

9/F, The Wellington

198 Wellington Street

Central, Hong Kong HKSAR

Attention:  Brent Suen

If to the Buyer:

RedDiamond Partners, LLC

156 West Saddle River Road

Saddle River, NJ 07458

Attn: Mr. Neil Rock


or at such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine or email account containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number or email address, as applicable, and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

c. The corporate laws of the State of California shall govern all issues concerning this Agreement. All other questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of California, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of California. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting the State of California, County of Los Angeles, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.  EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION




HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  


d. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement and the Purchase Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

e. Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

f. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

g. This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by email in a “ .pdf ” format data file of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

h. Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

i. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

j. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of day and year first above written. 


 

THE COMPANY :

 

WEYLAND TECH INC.




By : ___________________________________________

 

THE INVESTOR :

 

REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC




By : ____________________________________________


 


 









EXHIBIT A

 

TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EFFECTIVENESS 
OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

_____________, 201__

 

Re: [__________]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are counsel to  WEYLAND TECH INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and have represented the Company in connection with that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of November __, 2018 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), entered into by and between the Company and REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC (the “ Buyer ”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue to the Buyer shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.0001 par value (the “ Common Stock  ”), in an amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “ Purchase Notice Shares ”), in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Company has registered with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission the Purchase Notice Shares to be issued to the Buyer upon purchase from the Company by the Buyer from time to time in accordance with the Purchase Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also has entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, of even date with the Purchase Agreement with the Buyer (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) pursuant to which the Company agreed, among other things, to register the Purchase Notice Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, on November [_ ], 2018, the Company filed a Registration Statement (File No. 333-[__________]) (the “ Registration Statement ”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) relating to the resale of the Purchase Notice Shares.

 

In connection with the foregoing, we advise you that a member of the SEC’s staff has advised us by telephone that the SEC has entered an order declaring the Registration Statement effective under the Securities Act at [__________] [A.M./P.M.] on [__________], 2018 and we have no knowledge, after telephonic inquiry of a member of the SEC’s staff, that any stop order suspending its effectiveness has been issued or that any proceedings for that purpose are pending before, or threatened by, the SEC and the Purchase Notice Shares are available for resale under the Securities Act pursuant to the Registration Statement and may be issued without any restrictive legend.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

[Company Counsel]


By: ________________________________

cc: REDDIAMOND PARTNERS LLC