UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2021

 

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

Nevada

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

333-206097   35-2521028
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805, Luohu District,    
Shenzhen City, China 518000   N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock   ATXG   OTC Markets

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (86) 755 82330 336

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 14d-2(b))
   
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR§ 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR§ 240.12b-2).

 

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. [  ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

 

On May 10, 2021, Ms. Cui Shan resigned as an independent director and the chairperson of the Audit Committee of Addentax Group Corp.

 

On May 10, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Addentax Group Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Alex P. Hamilton (“Mr. Hamilton”) as an independent director effective on the date of the Company’s completion of its public offering and the listing of its ordinary shares on a national securities exchange, whichever is the later (the “Effective Date”).

 

The Board has determined that Mr. Hamilton satisfies the definition of “independent director” in accordance with Rule 5605(a)(2) of the Marketplace Rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and Section 10(A)(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Mr. Hamilton will serve as the chairman of the audit committee and the “audit committee financial expert” as defined by in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

The biography for Mr. Hamilton is set forth below:

 

Mr. Alex P. Hamilton, age 47, has been the Chief Financial Officer of CBD Biotech Inc. since November 2018, and has also served as Director of CBD Biotech Inc. since April 2019. In April 2016, Mr. Hamilton founded Hamilton Laundry, and has served as its chief executive officer since then. Mr. Hamilton also founded Hamilton Strategy in November 2014, and has served as its chief executive officer since. From November 2013 to November 2014, Mr. Hamilton was the president of Kei Advisors. Mr. Hamilton was also the Co-Founder of Donald Capital LLC, and has served as its president since May 2019. Mr. Hamilton has been serving as an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of Wunong Net Technology Company Limited (Nasdaq: WNW) since December 2020. Mr. Hamilton obtained his B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University in 1994.

 

Mr. Hamilton has entered into an independent director agreement with the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Hamilton will receive annual cash compensation of $15,000 payable quarterly in advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter. The first compensation payment after the Effective Date will comprise a pro-rata amount from the Effective Date through to the end of the relevant calendar quarter and thereafter quarterly payments in advance of each calendar quarter.

 

Mr. Hamilton has no family relationships with any of the executive officers or directors of the Company. Save except for independent director agreement as stated above, there is no other employment agreement between the Company and Mr. Hamilton, nor are there any arrangements or plans in which the Company will provide compensation, bonus, pension, retirement, or similar benefits to Mr. Hamilton. There have been no transactions to which the Company was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Hamilton had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

 

Item 9.01. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number   Description
     
10.1   Independent Director Agreement with Mr. Alex P. Hamilton dated May 10, 2021.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  Addentax Group Corp.
     
  By: /s/ Hong Zhida
  Name: Hong Zhida
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Dated: May 10, 2021

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

ADDENTAX GROUP CORP.

 

Kingkey 100, Block A, Room 4805

Luohu District, Shenzhen City, China 518000

+(86) 755 8696 1405

 

May 10, 2021

 

Dear Mr. Alex P. Hamilton,

 

Following our recent discussions, I am pleased to confirm my invitation to you to join the board of directors (the “Board”) of Addentax Group Corp. (the “Company”) as an independent director with effect from May 10, 2021. In addition to your acceptance and acknowledgment of this appointment letter, please complete and return the attached Directors’ and Officers’ Questionnaire (the “D&O Questionnaire”).

 

In completing the D&O Questionnaire, you consent to serve as a director of the Company and you consent to the Company’s use of the information in the D&O Questionnaire in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, state governments and other regulatory authorities.

 

You agree to perform your responsibilities as an independent director and/or a member of the committees of the Board in good faith and in accordance with applicable law, the organizational documents of the Company and other policies and procedures applicable to such services. The Company’s Board will appoint you as an independent director effective the date of the Company’s completion of its initial public offering and the listing on its ordinary shares on a national securities exchange, whichever is the later (the “Effective Date”). The continuation of your appointment is contingent on re-election at forthcoming annual stockholders’ meetings.

 

You will not be employed by the Company and will be free to pursue your other interests. We ask that you to please disclose these interests to our corporate counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP, so that the Company can identify any conflict of interest arising from our activities that may in the future intersect with yours. We expect that you will be considered to be an independent director and will be identified as such in any registration statement, annual report and/or other documentation. If circumstances change, and you believe that your independence may be in doubt, please discuss this with our corporate counsel. For the purpose of clarity, under the Nasdaq listing rules, an independent director is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship, which, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.

 

Confidentiality

 

In your role as independent director, you will have access to confidential information about the Company and its clients and you agree to apply the highest standards of confidentiality and, except in the proper performance of your services, not to use or disclose to any person confidential information during your appointment or thereafter. In addition, you agree to comply with those provisions of the Company’s Code of Ethics and other policies applicable to independent directors and all applicable laws and regulations relating to independent directors of a public company.

 

On termination of your appointment, you will deliver to the Company all books, documents, papers and other property of or relating to the business of the Company which are in your possession, custody or power by virtue of your position as an independent director of the Company.

 

Committees

 

In connection with your appointment, you and the Board have agreed that you will serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee and chairman of one of the aforementioned committees. Compensation associated with committee service is addressed in the Remuneration section of this appointment letter.

 

 

 

 

Remuneration

 

The Company’s independent director compensation program is described generally below. The Board or the applicable committee reserves the right to adjust the remuneration of directors from time to time.

 

In consideration of your services and in accordance with the Company’s compensation arrangements for independent directors, you will receive annual cash compensation of $15,000 payable quarterly in advance on the first business day of each calendar quarter. Your first cash compensation payment on the Effective Date will likely comprise a pro-rata amount from the Effective Date through to the end of the relevant calendar quarter and thereafter quarterly payments in advance of each calendar quarter.

 

Further, in addition to cash compensation, you may be entitled to receive restricted ordinary shares and/or options to purchase to same on such terms and conditions as may be determined at a later date.

 

Expenses

 

The Company will reimburse you for reasonable and properly documented expenses incurred in performing your duties provided such expenses are pre-approved by the Company.

 

Non-Competition

 

You agree and undertake that you will not, so long as you are a member of the Board and for a period of 12 months following termination of this Agreement for whatever reason, directly or indirectly as owner, partner, stockholder, employee, broker, agent principal, corporate officer, director, licensor or in any other capacity whatsoever, engage in, become financially interested in, be employed by, or have any connection with any business or venture that is engaged in any activities involving services or products which compete, directly or indirectly, with the services or products provided or proposed to be provided by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates; provided however that you may own securities of any public corporation which is engaged in such business but in an amount not to exceed at any one time, one percent of any class of stock or securities of such company, so long as you have no active role in the publicly owned company as director, employee, consultant or otherwise.

 

We look forward to your participation on the Board of Addentax Group Corp.,

 

  Sincerely,
   
  Zhida Hong
  Chief Executive Officer

 

I, Alex P. Hamilton, accept the offer as stated above.

 

Signature:  
   
/s/ Alex P. Hamilton
Date: May 10, 2021