RISK FACTORS

An investment in the Company common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors and other information in this prospectus before deciding to invest in the Company common stock. If any of the following risks actually occur, the Company business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects for growth could be seriously harmed. As a result, the trading price of the Company common stock could decline and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business

The ongoing reduction in government price support for the rice market in China may prevent us from achieving sustained profitability.

Until recently China’s State Administration of Grain guaranteed minimum purchase prices for paddy rice grown by China’s farmers. The minimum price was generally higher than the prices quoted on world markets. As China in the past few years has allowed its Yuan to appreciate against the value of the U.S. dollar, the discrepancy between prices paid to Chinese paddy growers and world markets increased proportionately. As a result, in 2017 the State Administration of Grain reduced the minimum price. This was the principal cause of the reduction in gross revenue realized by Organic Agricultural from fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2018. The State Administration has implemented further reductions in calendar year 2018. If the State Administration continues to withdraw its support from the market for paddy produced in China, the Company’s prospects for profitability may be adversely affected.

The amount of land available in the Sanjiang Plain for expansion of agricultural wetlands diminishes annually, which increases the cost of our leasing program and may prevent us from expanding our operations.

The Sanjiang Plain is a vast area of alluvial floodplains and low hills in northeast Heilongjiang Province, China. Over the last six decades, paddy fields on the Sanjiang Plain have experienced rapid expansion and aggregation. The Sanjiang Plain’s high-quality soils and favorable climate for grain production attracted major attention from government agricultural development programs beginning in the early 1950s. Since that time the central government of China strongly encouraged settlement and reclamation of wetlands, and development of large-scale farming in Sanjiang Plain. Over 5,000,000 hm ² , or 47% if the land in the Sanjiang Plain, has been converted to farmland, mostly for corn, soybean, and rice production. Most of this farmland was reclaimed from various types of original wetland by massive drainage projects. While this expansion of the available agricultural acreage has made possible the development of paddy farming in the Sanjiang Plain, the forces behind it put increasing demands on the agricultural wetlands. Farmers with land leases from the government can demand increasing rentals for subleases, and the Company will find itself in competition for the better parcels of paddy lands. This demand for suitable land in the Sanjiang Plain may interfere with the Company’s efforts to expand in a cost-effective manner.

Some residents of China have recently begun to use supplements to offset selenium deficiency in their diets. We cannot predict the extent to which they may come to prefer supplements as a remedy for selenium deficiencies rather than selenium-enhanced food products.

Selenium deficiency has been a problem in eastern China for centuries, and the relationship of selenium deficiencies to Keshan Disease has long been known. Until recently, efforts to alleviate selenium deficiency have been limited to changes in diet, the introduction of selenium-rich foods, where available. The use of selenium supplements is relatively recent. The use of selenium supplements does offer certain advantages, however. Selenium supplements, if purchased from a reliable vendor, provide an assured quantity of selenium, whereas the selenium quantity in a specific item of grocery food is untested. Selenium supplements may be more cost-effective than selenium-enhanced foods, depending on the development of the market for each. For these and other reasons, the growth of the market for selenium supplements may be an obstacle to the growth of the market for selenium-enhanced foods.

Product liability claims could materially impact operating results and profitability.

Excessive ingestion of selenium can have serious harmful effects on an individual. While our technicians will use their best efforts to achieve an optimal selenium content in our products, many factors determine the selenium levels in a crop. Our technicians may be unable to determine when a crop contains an excess amount of selenium. Moreover, even if our technicians are successful in optimizing the selenium values in our crops, consumers who suffer symptoms of selenium poisoning may focus their blame on our produce. In either such situation, we may be subject to a lawsuit for damages. Such lawsuits could drain our financial resources, particularly as we do not presently carry any product liability insurance or business interruption insurance. Lawsuits by customers may also distract the time and attention of our management. In addition, a product liability claim, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, could result in damage to our reputation, decreased demand for our products, product recalls and loss of revenue.

We do not presently maintain fire, theft, product liability or any other property insurance, which leaves us with exposure in the event of loss or damage to our properties or claims filed against us.

We do not maintain fire, theft, product liability or other insurance of any kind. We bear the economic risk with respect to loss of or damage or destruction to our property and to the interruption of our business as well as liability to third parties for damage or destruction to them or their property that may be caused by our personnel or products. Such liability could be substantial and the occurrence of such loss or liability may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and prospects.

We may not be able to effectively control and manage our planned growth.

We have limited operational, administrative and financial resources, which may be inadequate to sustain the growth we want to achieve. If our business and markets grow and develop, it will be necessary for us to finance and manage expansion accordingly. In addition, we may face challenges in managing our expanding product and service offerings, and in integrating any businesses we acquire with our own. Such growth would place increased demands on our existing management, employees and facilities. Our failure to meet these demands could interrupt or adversely affect our operations and cause administrative inefficiencies. Additionally, failure to execute our planned growth strategy could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operation.

If our estimates related to future expenditures are erroneous or inaccurate, our business will fail and you could lose your entire investment.

Our success is dependent in part upon the accuracy of our management’s estimates of our future cost expenditures for land acquisition, for legal and accounting services (including those we expect to incur as a publicly reporting company), for research and development, marketing, and for administrative expenses. If such estimates are erroneous or inaccurate, or if we encounter unforeseen costs, we may not be able to carry out our business plan, which could result in the failure of our business and the loss of your entire investment.

As a smaller agricultural company with reporting obligations we may be at a competitive disadvantage to other agricultural companies. The agricultural industry has low barriers to entry.

Because the agricultural market is competitive, is driven in part by costs, and consists mostly of private companies that do not have public reporting obligations, our reporting obligations may put us at a competitive disadvantage. The agricultural industry has low barriers to entry. In addition, we will face additional expenses that a private agricultural company does not have, such as PCAOB auditor fees, Edgar filing fees and legal fees related to our SEC reporting obligations. Other non-public agricultural companies do not incur these costs. We are at a competitive disadvantage to our competitors because of this.

Our sales have seasonal variations and adverse weather conditions could cause a reduction and loss of agricultural production.

We will experience seasonal variations in our revenues and our operating costs due to seasonality. Normally, our products selling season is in the first quarter and fourth quarter, from the second quarter through the third is the planting and harvesting period. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, approximately 100% of our sales volume came during the first quarter and the fourth quarter. Further, if any natural disasters, such as snowstorm, flood, drought or earthquakes, occur, it could cause a reduction and loss of agricultural production.

Risks Relating to our Management

The loss of the services of any of our officers or our failure to timely identify and retain competent personnel could negatively impact our ability to develop our products and sales.

The development of our business will continue to place a significant strain on our limited personnel, management, and other resources. Our future success depends upon the continued services of our executive officers, Shen Zhenai, our President, Chairman of the Board and Director, Xun Jianjun, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, Cao Yongmei, our Chief Financial Officer, as well as the continued involvement of Hao Shuping, our Director who brought together the elements of our business. They are developing our business, which will depend on our ability to identify and retain competent employees with the skills required to execute our business objectives. The loss of the services of any of our officers or our failure to timely identify and retain competent personnel could negatively impact our ability to develop our products and sales, which could adversely affect our financial results and impair our growth.

If we are unable to hire, retain or motivate qualified personnel, consultants, independent contractors, and advisors, we may not be able to grow effectively.

Our performance will be largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Future success depends on our continuing ability to identify, hire, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified personnel for all areas of our organization. Competition for such qualified employees is intense. If we do not succeed in attracting excellent personnel or in retaining or motivating them, we may be unable to grow effectively. In addition, all future success depends largely on our ability to retain key consultants and advisors. We cannot assure that any skilled individuals will agree to become an employee, consultant, or independent contractor of Organic Agricultural Company Limited. Our inability to retain their services could negatively impact our business and our ability to execute our business strategy.

Our internal controls over financial reporting may not be effective and our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to certify as to their effectiveness, which could have a significant and adverse effect on our business and reputation.

As a newly public reporting company, we will be in a continuing process of developing, establishing, and maintaining internal controls and procedures that will allow our management to report on, and our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to, our internal controls over financial reporting if and when required to do so under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Although our independent registered public accounting firm is not required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act until the date we are no longer an emerging growth company, our management will be required to report on our internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404. If we fail to achieve and maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we would not be able to conclude on an ongoing basis that we have effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404. At such time, our independent registered public accounting firm may issue a report that is adverse in the event it is not satisfied with the level at which our controls are documented, designed or operating. Moreover, our testing, or the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, that must be performed may reveal other material weaknesses or that the material weaknesses described above have not been fully remediated. If we do not remediate the material weaknesses described above, or if other material weaknesses are identified or we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, our reported financial results could be materially misstated or could subsequently require restatement, we could receive an adverse opinion regarding our internal controls over financial reporting from our independent registered public accounting firm and we could be subject to investigations or sanctions by regulatory authorities, which would require additional financial and management resources, and the market price of our stock could decline.

Our lack of an independent audit committee and audit committee financial expert at this time may hinder our board of directors’ effectiveness in monitoring the Company’s compliance with its disclosure and accounting obligations. Until we establish such committee, we will be unable to obtain a listing on a national securities exchange. 

Although our common stock is not listed on any national securities exchange, for purposes of independence we use the definition of independence applied by NASDAQ. Currently, we have no independent audit committee. Our full board of directors functions as our audit committee and is comprised of three directors. An independent audit committee would play a crucial role in the corporate governance process, assessing our Company’s processes relating to our risks and control environment, overseeing financial reporting, and evaluating internal and independent audit processes. The lack of an independent audit committee may deprive the Company of management’s independent judgment. We may, however, have difficulty attracting and retaining independent directors with the requisite qualifications. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified, independent directors, the management of our business could be compromised. An independent audit committee is required for listing on any national securities exchange. Therefore, until such time as we meet the audit committee independence requirements of a national securities exchange, we will be ineligible for listing on any national securities exchange.

Our board of directors’ acts as our compensation committee, which presents the risk that compensation and benefits paid to those executive officers who are board members and other officers may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

A compensation committee consisting of independent directors is a safeguard against self-dealing by company executives. Our board of directors, which has no independent members, acts as the compensation committee for the Company and determines the compensation and benefits of our executive officers, administers our employee stock and benefit plans, and reviews policies relating to the compensation and benefits of our employees. Our lack of an independent compensation committee presents the risk that an executive officer on the board may have influence over his or her personal compensation and benefits levels that may not be commensurate with our financial performance.

Limitations on director and officer liability and indemnification of our Company’s officers and directors by us may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against an officer or director.

Our Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide, with certain exceptions as required by governing state law, that a director or officer shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, or unlawful payments of dividends. These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against a director or officer for breach of fiduciary duty and may reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation brought by stockholders on the Company’s behalf against a director or officer.

Our management has limited experience managing a public company.

At the present time, none of our management has experience in managing a public company. This may hinder our ability to establish effective controls and systems and comply with all applicable requirements associated with being a public company. If compliance problems result, these problems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC, have imposed various new requirements on public companies, including requiring changes in corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to our new compliance requirements. Moreover, these requirements will increase our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect it will be difficult and expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance. These requirements could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or as executive officers.

We may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls in the PRC.

The PRC historically has not adopted a western style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, as in modern banking, computer and other control systems. We may have difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified employees to work in the PRC. As a result of these factors, we may experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet western standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as will be required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

Risks Related to Regulation

Our success depends upon the development of the PRC’s agricultural industry.

The PRC is currently the world’s most populous country and one of the largest producers and consumers of agricultural products. Despite the Chinese government’s emphasis on agricultural self-sufficiency, inadequate port facilities and lack of warehousing and cold storage facilities may impede the growth of the domestic agricultural trade. At the present stage, we rely on local buyer and the State Grain Reserve of China in the PRC to purchase our products, which are generally purchased under a cash-on-delivery basis. Accordingly, any difficulties buyer in the PRC experience in selling their produce could reduce the demand for our products and hinder the ability of the buyer to pay us on a timely basis.

Changes in the policies of the PRC government could have an adverse effect on our business.

Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on the economic conditions in the PRC. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies and transitioning to a market-oriented economy, there is no assurance that the government will continue to pursue such policies or that such policies may not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting the PRC’s political, economic and social conditions. Our business could be adversely affected by changes in PRC government policies, including but not limited to changes in policies relating to taxation, currency conversion, imports and exports, and ownership of private enterprises.

PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and subject to interpretation, and any changes in PRC laws and regulations may have a material and adverse effect on our business.

There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation, application and enforcement of PRC laws and regulations, including but not limited to the laws and regulations governing our business. These laws and regulations are sometimes vague and are subject to future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement by the various branches of the PRC government may involve substantial uncertainty. The PRC legal system is based in part on governmental policies and internal rules some of which are not published on a timely basis or at all. New laws, regulations, rules and policies that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. We cannot predict with certainty what effect existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business. In addition, there is less published guidance regarding PRC laws as compared to laws in the United States, and prior rulings and interpretations of PRC laws may not necessarily carry the same precedential value as in the United States.

Governmental control of currency conversion may affect the value of your investment.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government imposes controls on the convertibility of Renminbi (RMB) into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of the PRC. We receive substantially all of our revenues in RMB, which is currently not a freely convertible currency. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict our ability to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends, or otherwise satisfy foreign currency dominated obligations. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from the transaction, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate governmental authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of PRC to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies.

The PRC government also may at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands, we may not be able to pay certain of our expenses as they come due.

The fluctuation of RMB may materially and adversely affect your investment.

The value of the RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC’s political and economic conditions. As we rely entirely on revenues earned in the PRC, any significant revaluation of RMB may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, revenues and financial condition. For example, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars we receive from an offering of our securities into RMB for our operations, appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, if we decide to convert our RMB into U.S. dollars for the purpose of making dividend payments on our common stock or for other business purposes and the U.S. dollar appreciates against the RMB, the U.S. dollar equivalent of the RMB we convert would be reduced. In addition, the depreciation of significant U.S. dollar denominated assets could result in a charge to our income statement and a reduction in the value of these assets.

Because our principal assets are located outside of the United States and because almost all of our directors and all our officers reside outside of the United States, it may be difficult for you to use the United States Federal securities laws to enforce your rights against us and our officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts against us or them in the PRC.

All of our present officers and directors reside outside of the United States. In addition, our operating subsidiaries, Tianci Liangtian, Yuxinqi and Lvxin, are located in the PRC and substantially all of their assets are located outside of the United States. It may therefore be difficult for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights based on the civil liability provisions of the United States Federal securities laws against us in the courts of either the United States or the PRC and, even if civil judgments are obtained in courts of the United States, to enforce such judgments in PRC courts. Further, it is unclear if extradition treaties now in effect between the United States and the PRC would permit effective enforcement against us or our officers and directors of criminal penalties, under the United States Federal securities laws or otherwise.

Risks Relating to Our Common Stock

We are an emerging growth company and, as a result of the reduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our common stock may be less attractive to investors.

We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the JOBS Act, and we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies. The exemptions available to emerging growth companies include the right to present only two years of audited financial statements in our registration statements and annual reports, an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act relating to internal controls, reduced disclosure about executive compensation arrangements, and no requirement to seek non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements. Some of these exemptions are also available to us as a smaller reporting company (i.e. a company with less than $250 million of its voting equity held by non-affiliates). We have elected to adopt these reduced disclosure requirements. We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive as a result of our taking advantage of these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of our choices, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

Pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act, we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(2) of The JOBS Act. This election allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. The decision to opt out is irrevocable.

Because the worldwide market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, was below $250 million on the last day of our second fiscal quarter, we are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined under the Exchange Act. Some of the foregoing reduced disclosure and other requirements are also available to us because we are a smaller reporting company and may continue to be available to us even after we are no longer an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act but remain a smaller reporting company under the Exchange Act. As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to:

Because we will be subject to “penny stock” rules, the level of trading activity in our stock may be reduced.

If we are able to secure a listing for our common stock, it is likely that our common stock will be classified as a “penny stock’ when trading is initiated and for an indeterminate period thereafter. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on some national securities exchanges). Broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in “penny stocks” are regulated by penny stock rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker-dealer’s presumed control over the market, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. In addition, broker-dealers who sell these securities to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors” must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. Consequently, these requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the secondary market for a security subject to the penny stock rules. If a trading market does develop for our common stock, these regulations will likely be applicable, and investors in our common stock may find it difficult to sell their shares.

FINRA sales practice requirements may limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our stock.

FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low-priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our common stock, which may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in our common stock. As a result, fewer broker-dealers may be willing to make a market in our common stock, reducing a stockholder’s ability to resell shares of our common stock.

Shareholders do not have pre-emptive rights, which will cause them to experience dilution if we issue additional securities. 

At any time or times after this offering, we may issue and sell additional shares of our authorized but previously unissued shares of common stock, preferred stock, or common stock warrants on such terms and conditions as our Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine without consent of our shareholders. Our shareholders do not have pre-emptive rights to acquire additional shares should we in the future issue or sell additional securities. Thus, we are not required to offer any existing shareholder the right to purchase his or her pro rata portion of any future issuance of securities and, therefore, upon the issuance of any additional securities by us hereafter, our shareholders will not be able to maintain their then existing pro rata ownership in our outstanding shares of common stock, preferred stock, or common stock warrants without additional purchases of securities at the price then set internally by us.

We are unlikely to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. 

We currently intend to retain any future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business. We do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future but will review this policy as circumstances dictate. Should we decide in the future to do so, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiary. In addition, our operating subsidiaries, from time to time, may be subject to restrictions on its ability to make distributions to us, including as a result of restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars or other hard currency and other regulatory restrictions.

Our insiders own the majority of the outstanding shares of our stock, and accordingly, will have control over stockholder matters, the Company’s business and management.

As of the date of this prospectus, the four members of our Board of Directors own, in aggregate, common stock representing 53.6% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. While they continue to hold the majority of the voting power in our Company, these four directors will have effective control over the Company. In particular, the four directors will have the ability to:

Moreover, because of the significant ownership position held by our insiders, new investors will not be able to affect a change in the Company’s business or management, and therefore, shareholders would be subject to decisions made by management and the majority shareholders.

In addition, sales of significant amounts of shares held by our directors and executive officers, or the prospect of these sales, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Management’s stock ownership may discourage a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, which in turn could reduce our stock price or prevent our stockholders from realizing a premium over our stock price.