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 of 1934 

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 29, 2018

 

 

YOSEN GROUP, INC.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in Charter)

 

Nevada   000-28767   88-0403070

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employee Identification No.)

 

 

368 HuShu Nan Road

HangZhou City, Zhejiang Province, China 310014  

  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

+086-0571-8838 1700

  (Registrant’s Telephone number)

 

 

Copies to:

Asher S. Levitsky PC

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas; Suite 1100

New York, New York 10105-0302

Phone: (212) 370-1300

Fax: (212) 370-7889

E-mail: alevitsky@egsllp.com

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Company under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On March 29, 2018, the Company entered into a debt conversion agreement with Qishizhihe Investment Co. Ltd., a British Virgin Island company (“Qishizhihe”), pursuant to which Qishizhihe agreed to convert loans in the principal amount of RMB4,500,000 ($717,886) into 10,255,522 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock at a conversion price of $0.07 per share. Qishizhihe had made the loans pursuant to loan and security agreements dated December 22, 2016 and June 1, 2016.

 

On March 29, 2018, the Company entered into an agreement with Zhenggang Wang, who was a director, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Company until his resignation on February 1, 2018, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to Mr. Wang all of the stock in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capital Future Development Limited, a British Virgin Islands company, in exchange for the transfer by Mr. Wang to the Company of 1,738,334 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represents all of the Company’s common stock owned by Mr. Wang. The shares acquired by the Company will be cancelled. The Company’s former business, which was the distribution of a range of imported products, including digital products, baby products, health nutrition and frozen food, was conducted through Capital Future Development. As previously reported, the Company is treating this business as a discontinued operation and intends to engage in the franchising or operations of upscale restaurants in China

 


Item 3.01. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

As disclosed in Item 1.01, the Company issued the 10,255,522 shares upon conversion of debt owed by the Company to Qishizhihe. The issuance of the Shares was exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Regulation S of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act. No commission or other remuneration was paid in connection with the conversion of the debt to equity.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1 Debt conversion agreement dated March 29, 2018, between the Company and Qishizhihe Investment Co. Ltd.
99.2 Exchange agreement dated March 29, 2018, between the Company and Zhenggang Wang.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Date: April 5, 2018 Yosen Group, Inc.
   
   
/s/ Zinan Zhou
  Zinan Zhou
  Chief Executive Officer

 

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DEBT CONVERSION AGREEMENT

 

This Debt Conversion Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into effective as of March 29, 2018 by and between 骑士智和 (Qishizhihe Investment Co. Ltd.), a British Virgin Islands company (the “ Investor ”) and Yosen Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), with reference to the following facts:

WHEREAS, Investor has loaned certain funds to the Company as described in the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated December 22, 2016 (the “ December Loan A g reement ”), of which RMB 500,000 was repaid and the Company and Investor desire to convert RMB 1,500,000 into shares of Common Stock; and

WHEREAS, Investor has loaned certain funds to the Company as described in the Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated June 1, 2016 (the “ June Loan A g reement, ” and, together with the December Loan Agreement, the “ Loan Agreements ”), of which the Company and Investor desire to convert RMB 3,000,000 into shares of Common Stock; and

WHEREAS, the Company has issued its promissory notes to Investor pursuant to the Loan Agreements; and

WHEREAS, the aggregate principal amount of notes outstanding under the Loan Agreements is RMB4,500,000 (the “Debt”), which is equivalent to US$717,886; and

WHEREAS, Investor is willing to convert the outstanding principal balance of the Debt into shares of Common Stock and the Company is willing to issue shares of Common Stock in full satisfaction of the Company’s obligations to with respect to the Debt and the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Investor and the Company agree as follows:

1. Conversion to Common Stock . Effective as of March 26, 2018, Investor shall convert the Debt into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $0.07 per share, which is 10,255,522 shares (the “ Shares ”). Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company shall instruct its transfer agent to issue the Shares to Investor. The Investor hereby acknowledges that the issuance of the Shares is in full conversion of principal amount of the Debt and, as a result, the Company will have fully and completely satisfied all of its obligations with respect to the Debt and the Loan Agreements, and the Investor shall deliver to the Company the original of all notes representing the Debt marked cancelled.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to Investor as follows:

(a) The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing in the State of Nevada.

(b) The Shares have been duly authorized for issuance by the Company’s board of directors and no approval by the Company’s stockholders or any third party, including any government agency, is required for the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. The Shares, when issued pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

3. Investor Representations . The Company is issuing the Common Stock to Investor in reliance upon the following representations made by Investor:

(a) Investor acknowledges and agrees that the shares of Common Stock are characterized as “restricted securities” under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended and together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ Securities Act ”) and that, under the Securities Act and applicable regulations thereunder, such securities may not be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred without registration under the Securities Act or an exemption therefrom. Investor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the shares of Common Stock are being offered in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the shares of Common Stock have not yet been registered under the Securities Act, and (ii) such shares of Common Stock may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only in a transaction registered under the Securities Act, or meeting the requirements of Rule 144, or in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company so requests) and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.

(b) Investor acknowledges and agrees that (i) the registrar or transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any shares except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Company that the restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act have been complied with and (ii) any shares of Common Stock in the form of definitive physical certificates will bear a restrictive legend.

(c) Investor acknowledges and agrees that: (a) the shares of Common Stock have not been registered under the Securities Act, or under any state securities laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance upon federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving any public offering; (b) Investor is acquiring the shares of Common Stock solely for its own account for investment purposes, and not with a view to the distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction; (c) Investor is a sophisticated purchaser with such knowledge and experience in business and financial matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of purchasing the shares of Common Stock; (d) Investor has had the opportunity to obtain from the Company such information as desired in order to evaluate the merits and the risks inherent in holding the shares of Common Stock; (e) Investor is able to bear the economic risk and lack of liquidity inherent in holding the shares of Common Stock; (f) Investor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act; and (g) and (g) Investor either has a pre-existing personal or business relationship with the Company or its officers, directors or controlling persons, or by reason of Investor’s business or financial experience, or the business or financial experience of their professional advisors who are unaffiliated with and who are not compensated by the Company, directly or indirectly, have the capacity to protect their own interests in connection with the purchase of the Common Stock.

(d) Investor’s investment in the Company pursuant to this Common Stock is consistent, in both nature and amount, with Investor’s overall investment program and financial condition.

(e) Investor understands that the Company intends to engage in the franchising or operations of upscale restaurants in China, and it is negotiating with the operator of a well-known Hong Kong restaurant with respect to a joint venture that will license or operate such restaurants. The Company believes that its new management has experience in the operation and management of restaurants; however, the Company does not operate or license any restaurants and cannot give any assurance that it will be successful in this business. The Company’s business as reflected in its filings with the SEC will be treated as a discontinued operation.

(f) Investor’s principal executive office is in Hong Kong.

(g) Investor represents and warrants that no broker or finder was involved directly or indirectly in connection with Investor’s purchase of the Units pursuant to this Agreement. Investor shall indemnify the Company and hold it harmless from and against any manner of loss, liability, damage or expense, including fees and expenses of counsel, resulting from a breach of Investor’s warranty contained in this Section 3(g).

(h) No person has made to Investor any written or oral representations:

(i) that any person will resell or repurchase any of the Shares;

(ii) as to the future price or value of any of the Units.

(i) The funds used to make the loans pursuant to the Loan Agreements were not and are not directly or indirectly derived from activities that contravene (i) United States federal, state, or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations, (ii) the laws of the Peoples’ Republic of China relating to money laundering, and (iii) if Investor is a citizen or resident of a country other than the United States or the Peoples’ Republic of China, the anti-money laundering and similar laws of such country. United States federal regulations and Executive Orders administered by Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, and the provision of services to, certain foreign countries, territories, entities and individuals. The lists of OFAC prohibited countries, territories, persons and entities can be found on the OFAC website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac. In addition, the programs administered by OFAC (the “OFAC Programs”) prohibit dealing with individuals or entities in certain countries regardless of whether such individuals or entities appear on the OFAC lists.

(j) To the best of Investor’s knowledge, none of: (i) Investor; (ii) any person controlling or controlled by Investor; (iii) any person having a beneficial interest in Investor; or (iv) any person for whom Investor is acting as agent or nominee in connection with the purchase of the Units:

(i) is a country, territory, individual or entity named on an OFAC list, or a person or entity prohibited under the OFAC Programs. Investor agrees to promptly notify the Company should Investor become aware of any change in the information set forth in these representations; or

(ii) is a senior foreign political figure [1] , or any immediate family member [2] or close associate [3] of a senior foreign political figure, as such terms are defined in the footnotes below.

(k) Investor is not affiliated with a non-U.S. banking corporation.

(l) Investor’s address set forth on the signature page is Investor’s true and correct address.

(m) Investor is a citizen and resident of the country set forth on the signature page of this Agreement and is not a U.S. Person, as defined in Rule 902(k) of the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act. Investor understands that the Company will rely on this representation in its filings under federal securities laws. The definition of a U.S. Person is set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

(n)    Investor is not acquiring the Shares as a result of, and will not himself engage in, any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Rule 902(c) of the SEC under the Securities Act) in the United States in respect of the Shares which would include any activities undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States for the resale of the Shares; provided, however, that Investor may sell or otherwise dispose of the Shares under an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The definition of directed selling efforts is set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

(o) Investor acknowledges and agrees that none of the Shares may be offered or sold in the United States or, directly or indirectly, to U.S. Persons, except in accordance with the provisions of Regulation S of the SEC under the Securities Act, pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in each case in accordance with applicable state securities laws.

(p) Neither Investor nor any affiliate of Investor is a “bad actor” as defined in Section 506(d) of the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or is subject to the disclosure requirements of Rule 506(e).

(q) The information set forth on Investor’s accredited investor questionnaire, which is attached as Exhibit B to this Agreement, is true and correct.

(r) Investor understands that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Investor’s compliance with, the representations, warranties and agreements of Investor set forth herein, and Investor acknowledges that it is not relying on any representation or warranty by the Company except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

4. Miscellaneous .

(a) This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada.

(b) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior oral or written negotiations and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. No modification, variation or amendment of this Agreement (including any exhibit hereto) shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by both parties.

(c) Each party to this Agreement hereby represents and warrants to the other party that it has had an opportunity to seek the advice of its own independent legal counsel with respect to the provisions of this Agreement and that its decision to execute this Agreement is not based on any reliance upon the advice of any other party or its legal counsel. Each party represents and warrants to the other party that in executing this Agreement such party has completely read this Agreement and that such party understands the terms of this Agreement and its significance. This Agreement shall be construed neutrally, without regard to the party responsible for its preparation.

(d) Each party shall hold the other party harmless for any commission and/or fees agreed to be paid by the other party to any broker, finder or other person or entity acting or purporting to act in a similar capacity engaged by such party.

(e) Each party to this Agreement hereby represents and warrants to the other party that (i) the execution, performance and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized by all necessary action by such party; (ii) the representative executing this Agreement on behalf of such party has been granted all necessary power and authority to act on behalf of such party with respect to the execution, performance and delivery of this Agreement; and (iii) the representative executing this Agreement on behalf of such party is of legal age and capacity to enter into agreements which are fully binding and enforceable against such party.

(f) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and may be delivered by facsimile transmission, all of which taken together shall constitute a single instrument.

[Signatures on following page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement on the date first aforesaid.

Address, Email and Telecopier No.   Signature
368 HuShu Nan Road    
HangZhou City, Zhejiang Province, China 310014   YOSEN GROUP, INC.
Email:    
Telecopier:    
  By: /s/ Zinan Zhou
    Zinan Zhou, Chief Executive Officer
     
     
    QISHIZHIHE INVESTMENT CO. LTD.
     
     
  By: /s/ Huaxia Wei
  Name:  
  Title:  

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Exhibit A

Certain Definitions

U.S. Person

 

(1) “U.S. person” means

 

(i) Any natural person resident in the United States;

 

(ii) Any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States;

 

(iii) Any estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. person;

 

(iv) Any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person;

 

(v) Any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States;

 

(vi) Any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S person;

 

(vii) Any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and

 

(viii) Any partnership or corporation if:

 

(A) Organized or incorporated under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and

 

(B) Formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) of the SEC under the Securities Act) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts.

 

Directed Selling Efforts

 

(1) “Directed selling efforts” means any activity undertaken for the purpose of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of, conditioning the market in the United States for any of the securities being offered in reliance on this Regulation S. Such activity includes placing an advertisement in a publication “with a general circulation in the United States” that refers to the offering of securities being made in reliance upon this Regulation S.

 

(2) Publication “with a general circulation in the United States”:

 

(i) Is defined as any publication that is printed primarily for distribution in the United States, or has had, during the preceding twelve months, an average circulation in the United States of 15,000 or more copies per issue; and

 

(ii) Will encompass only the U.S. edition of any publication printing a separate U.S. edition if the publication, without considering its U.S. edition, would not constitute a publication with a general circulation in the United States.

 

(3) The following are not “directed selling efforts”:

 

(i) Placing an advertisement required to be published under U.S. or foreign law, or under rules or regulations of a U.S. or foreign regulatory or self-regulatory authority, provided the advertisement contains no more information than legally required and includes a statement to the effect that the securities have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States (or to a U.S. person, if the advertisement relates to an offering under Category 2 or 3 (paragraph (b)(2) or (b)(3)) in § 230.903) absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements;

 

(ii) Contact with persons excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to paragraph (k)(2)(vi) of this section or persons holding accounts excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to paragraph (k)(2)(i) of this section, solely in their capacities as holders of such accounts;

 

(iii) A tombstone advertisement in any publication with a general circulation in the United States, provided:

 

(A) The publication has less than 20% of its circulation, calculated by aggregating the circulation of its U.S. and comparable non-U.S. editions, in the United States;

 

(B) Such advertisement contains a legend to the effect that the securities have not been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States (or to a U.S. person, if the advertisement relates to an offering under Category 2 or 3 (paragraph (b)(2) or (b)(3)) in Rule 903 absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements; and

 

(C) Such advertisement contains no more information than the issuer's name; the amount and title of the securities being sold; a brief indication of the issuer's general type of business; the price of the securities; the yield of the securities, if debt securities with a fixed (non-contingent) interest provision; the name and address of the person placing the advertisement, and whether such person is participating in the distribution; the names of the managing underwriters; the dates, if any, upon which the sales commenced and concluded; whether the securities are offered or were offered by rights issued to security holders and, if so, the class of securities that are entitled or were entitled to subscribe, the subscription ratio, the record date, the dates (if any) upon which the rights were issued and expired, and the subscription price; and any legend required by law or any foreign or U.S. regulatory or self-regulatory authority.

 

(iv) Bona fide visits to real estate, plants or other facilities located in the United States and tours thereof conducted for a prospective investor by an issuer, a distributor, any of their respective affiliates or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;

 

(v) Distribution in the United States of a foreign broker-dealer's quotations by a third-party system that distributes such quotations primarily in foreign countries if securities transactions cannot be executed between foreign broker-dealers and persons in the United States through the system; and the issuer, distributors, their respective affiliates, persons acting on behalf of any of the foregoing, foreign broker-dealers and other participants in the system do not initiate contacts with U.S. persons or persons within the United States, beyond those contacts exempted under Rule 15a-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

 

(vi) Publication by an issuer of a notice in accordance with Rule 135 or Rule 135c of the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act;

 

(vii) Providing any journalist with access to press conferences held outside of the United States, to meetings with the issuer or selling security holder representatives conducted outside the United States, or to written press-related materials released outside the United States, at or in which a present or proposed offering of securities is discussed, if the requirements of § 230.135e are satisfied; and

 

(viii) Publication or distribution of a research report by a broker or dealer in accordance with Rule 138(c) or Rule 139(b).

 

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Exhibit B

 

Accredited Investor Questionnaire

 

The following are tests for an accredited investor. Please initial which tests are applicable. Please initial all that apply.

 

/s/ HW A natural person whose individual net worth or joint net worth with Subscriber’s spouse, at the time of this purchase exceeds $1,000,000 (PLEASE NOTE: In calculating net worth, you include all of your assets (other than your primary residence), whether liquid or illiquid, such as cash, stock, securities, personal property and real estate based on the fair market value of such property MINUS all debts and liabilities (other than indebtedness secured by your primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence, unless the borrowing occurs in the 60 days preceding the purchase of the Units and is not in connection with the acquisition of the primary residence. In such cases, the debt secured by the primary residence must be treated as a liability in the net worth calculation.). In the event any incremental mortgage or other indebtedness secured by your primary residence occurs in the 60 days preceding the date of the purchase of the Units, the incremental borrowing must be treated as a liability and deducted from your net worth even though the value of your primary residence will not be included as an asset. Further, the amount of any mortgage or other indebtedness secured by your primary residence that exceeds the fair market value of the residence should also be deducted from your net worth);

 

/s/ HW A natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with Subscriber’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

 

_____  A director or executive officer or manager of the Company.

 

_____  Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.

 

_____  Any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

_____  Insurance company as defined in section 2(13) of the Securities Act.

 

_____  Investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act.

 

_____  Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

 

_____  Employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.

 

_____  Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

 

_____  Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.

 

_____  Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) of the Commission under the Securities Act.

 

/s/ HW Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors (i.e., all of the equity owners meet one of the tests for an accredited investor*). [Note: If Investor’s status as an accredited investor is based on this provision, a separate accredited investor questionnaire should be completed for each equity owner of Investor.]

 

_____ Any Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for the benefit of an accredited investor*.

 

 

_______________

* The tests for an accredited investor who is an individual are the first three tests on this Exhibit C.

 

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[1] A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition, a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a senior foreign political figure.

 

[2] The “immediate family” of a senior foreign political figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

[3] A “close associate” of a senior foreign political figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the senior foreign political figure.

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, dated as of the 29 th day of March, 2018, by and between Yosen Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Yosen”) and Zhenggang Wang, a resident of the People’s Republic of China (“Wang”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Yosen has determined that it has discontinued the business operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capital Future Development Limited, a British Virgin Island company, and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Discontinued Subsidiary”); and

WHEREAS, Wang desires to acquire Yosen’s interest in the Discontinued Subsidiary; and

WHEREAS, Wang understands that as of September 30, 2017, the Discontinued Subsidiary had outstanding bank loans in excess of $2,700,000;

WHEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Yosen shall transfer and convey to Wang all of its right, title and interest in and to the capital stock of the Discontinued Subsidiary. In full consideration of the transfer of the capital stock of the Discontinued Subsidiary to Wang, Wang shall transfer to Yosen 1,738,334 shares of Yosen’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) that are owned by Wang and which constitute all of the shares of Yosen’s capital stock that are owned by Wang.

2. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement:

(a) Wang shall deliver to Yosen the certificates representing the Shares with a stock power medallion guaranteed.

(b) Yosen shall instruct the transfer agent for its common stock that a medallion guarantee shall not be required to effect the transfer of the stock.

(c) Yosen shall, at its cost and expense, execute and deliver to Wang such instruments as are necessary, based on advice from Yosen’s British Virgin Islands counsel, to effect the transfer to Wang, and Wang shall deliver such documents to such counsel.

(d) Each party shall execute and deliver such other instruments and documents as may be necessary to effect the exchange of stock contemplated by this Agreement.

3. Wang understands that the Discontinued Subsidiary have a negative net worth and negative working capital; and Wang understands that, from and after the transfer of the stock of the Discontinued Subsidiary, the liabilities of the Discontinued Subsidiary will cease to be liabilities of Yosen and its remaining subsidiaries.

4. Wang represents and warrants to Yosen that he is the sole owner of the Shares, that he has the right to execute this Agreement and transfer the Shares to Yosen pursuant to this Agreement and that the Shares are not subject to any lien, security interest, judgment, right of first refusal, spousal right or any other encumbrance of any kind whatsoever.

5. Yosen represents and warrants to Wang as follows:

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(a) Yosen has the full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out its obligations hereunder, and this Agreement and the transfer of the equity in the Discontinued Subsidiary has been approved by Yosen’s board of directors and no stockholder or other approval is necessary to effect the transfer.

(b) Yosen is the beneficial and record owner of the stock in the Discontinued Subsidiary, and the equity in the Discontinued subject to no lien, security interest, judgment, right of first refusal, spousal right or any other encumbrance of any kind whatsoever.

6. Yosen shall hold Wang harmless for any commission and/or fees agreed to be paid by Yosen to any broker, finder or other person or entity acting or purporting to act in a similar capacity engaged by Yosen. Wang shall hold Yosen harmless for any commission and/or fees agreed to be paid by Wang to any broker, finder or other person or entity acting or purporting to act in a similar capacity.

7. This Agreement shall in all respects be construed and interpreted in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Nevada.

8. ALL PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT THEY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.  

9. The representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the delivery to Wang of Yosen’s interest in the Discontinued Subsidiary.

10. Any notice, request, demand and other communication hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by facsimile or e-mail (if receipt is confirmed by the recipient) or sent by messenger or overnight courier service which provides evidence of delivery or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and shall be deemed given when delivered, to the parties at their addresses set forth on the signature page of this Agreement. If any party refuses to accept delivery (other than notice given by e-mail or telecopier), notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of attempted delivery. Any party may, by like notice, change the person, address or telecopier number to which notice should be sent.

11. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or scanned document via email in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

12. This Agreement may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated by any party hereto, other than by operation of law. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed the day and year first above written.

Address, e-mail, telecopier no.   Signature
     
368 HuShu Nan Road   YOSEN GROUP, INC.
HangZhou City    
Zhejiang Province, China 310014    
e-mail: By: /s/ Zinan Zhou
    Zinan Zhou, CEO
     
     
  By: /s/ Zhanggang Wang
    Zhenggang Wang

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