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There are no material proceedings
−Removed: to which any director or officer, or any associate of any such director or officer, is a party that is adverse to our company or any
−Removed: of our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to our company or any of our subsidiaries.
−Removed: No director or executive officer has
−Removed: been a director or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition or had a bankruptcy petition filed against
−Removed: it during the past ten years.
−Removed: No current director or executive officer has been convicted of a criminal offense or is the subject of
−Removed: a pending criminal proceeding during the past ten years.
−Removed: No current director or executive officer has been the subject of any order,
−Removed: judgment or decree of any court permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any
−Removed: type of business, securities or banking activities during the past ten years.
−Removed: No current director or officer has been found by a court
−Removed: to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law during the past ten years.
+Added: to which any director or officer, or any associate of any such director or officer, is a party that is adverse to our company or any of
+Added: our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to our company or any of our subsidiaries.
+Added: No director or executive officer has been
+Added: a director or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition or had a bankruptcy petition filed against it during
+Added: the past ten years.
+Added: No current director or executive officer has been convicted of a criminal offense or is the subject of a pending criminal
+Added: proceeding during the past ten years.
+Added: No current director or executive officer has been the subject of any order, judgment or decree of
+Added: any court permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities
+Added: or banking activities during the past ten years.
+Added: No current director or officer has been found by a court to have violated a federal or
+Added: state securities or commodities law during the past ten years.
From time to time, we are
subject to various legal proceedings that arise from the normal course of business activities.
−Removed: In addition, from time to time, third
−Removed: parties may assert claims of intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or other violation against us in the form of letters
−Removed: and other forms of communication.
−Removed: If an unfavorable ruling were to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on
−Removed: our results of operations, prospects, cash flows, financial position and brand.
+Added: In addition, from time to time, third parties
+Added: may assert claims of intellectual property infringement, misappropriation or other violation against us in the form of letters and other
+Added: forms of communication.
+Added: If an unfavorable ruling were to occur, there exists the possibility of a material adverse impact on our results
+Added: of operations, prospects, cash flows, financial position and brand.
We are not currently a party
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litigated in Taiwan Taipei District Court Criminal Division (Taiwan Taipei District Court, Year 2022, Jin-Chong-Su-Zhi, No.
−Removed: the “Criminal Prosecution”).
+Added: “Criminal Prosecution”).
Four court sessions for the Criminal Prosecution have been held.
−Removed: The last court session was
−Removed: on November 16, 2023.
+Added: The last court session was on November 16,
In response to the defendant’s request, the court has scheduled a series of hearings starting from March 2024.
−Removed: The Prosecutor currently has 11 indictments against Mr.
+Added: The Prosecutor
+Added: currently has 11 indictments against Mr.
Sham in the Criminal Prosecution, which include the following alleged charges:
−Removed: the offense of “causing
−Removed: financial statements to become untrue by other improper means” under the Business Entity
−Removed: Accounting Act of Taiwan as a result of failure to disclose a related party transaction
−Removed: in connection with Electric Power Technology Limited’s (“EPTECH”) purchase
−Removed: of Fund D securities from Sino-JP Fund Co., Ltd because Mr.
−Removed: Sham is associated
−Removed: with EPTECH and Sino-JP Fund Co., Ltd.
−Removed: violation of Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Act of Taiwan by misrepresentations of EPTECH’s financial
−Removed: statements, non-arm’s length transaction, and/or breach of Mr.
−Removed: Sham’s fiduciary
−Removed: duty to EPTECH because the Prosecutor alleged those transactions are not in the normal course
−Removed: of business of EPTECH or non-beneficial to EPTECH.
−Removed: Sham’s acquisition of shares in Thunder
−Removed: Power Hong Kong Limited (“TPHK”), a company wholly owned by EPTECH, paid for by his GPS patents which the Prosecutor
−Removed: alleged were priced at “an unreasonably high price.”
−Removed: EPTECH acquired a non-exclusive license for a
−Removed: battery pack patent from TPHK by offsetting the debt owed by TPHK to EPTECH, which the Prosecutor alleged was “orchestrated”
+Added: the offense of “causing financial statements to become
+Added: untrue by other improper means” under the Business Entity Accounting Act of Taiwan as a result of failure to disclose
+Added: a related party transaction in connection with Electric Power Technology Limited’s (“EPTECH”) purchase of Fund D securities
+Added: from Sino-JP Fund Co., Ltd because Mr.
+Added: Sham is associated with EPTECH and Sino-JP Fund Co., Ltd.
+Added: violation of Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan
+Added: by misrepresentations of EPTECH’s financial statements, non-arm’s length transaction, and/or breach of Mr.
+Added: fiduciary duty to EPTECH because the Prosecutor alleged those transactions are not in the normal course of business of EPTECH or non-beneficial to
+Added: acquisition of shares in Thunder Power Hong Kong Limited (“TPHK”), a company wholly owned by EPTECH, paid for by his
+Added: GPS patents which the Prosecutor alleged were priced at “an unreasonably high price.”
+Added: acquired a non-exclusive license for a battery pack patent from TPHK by offsetting the debt owed by TPHK to EPTECH, which the Prosecutor
+Added: alleged was “orchestrated” by Mr.
Sham and was “non-beneficial to EPTECH.”
−Removed: EPTECH engaged an exclusive
−Removed: authorized agent for the electric coupe and agreed to pay USD $4,950,000 immediately, which the Prosecutor alleged was “orchestrated”
−Removed: Sham and was “deemed outside the normal course of EPTECH’s business” and caused significant losses
−Removed: EPTECH paid USD $4,480,000
−Removed: for parts for an electric four-door sedan from TPHK, which the Prosecutor alleged was “arranged” by Mr.
−Removed: not in the normal course of business of EPTECH and non-beneficial to EPTECH, and constituted a non-arm’s length transaction
−Removed: and a breach of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
−Removed: According to the Prosecutor,
−Removed: EPTECH failed to fully disclose the transaction terms to the shareholders when negotiating the land purchase transaction between
−Removed: EPTECH and Xiang Fang International Co., Ltd.
−Removed: (“XFI”) or agreed to alter terms that may have been advantageous to EPTECH,
−Removed: resulting in substantial losses to EPTECH.
−Removed: Electric Power Technology
−Removed: International Limited (“EPTI”), a subsidiary of EPTECH, granted bonuses to Mr.
−Removed: in the amount of USD $150,000, USD $50,000, and USD $100,000, and EPTECH granted
−Removed: a bonus of NTD 6,000,000 to Mr.
−Removed: The Prosecutor alleged that those bonuses
−Removed: were granted in violation of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan
−Removed: and caused losses for EPTECH.
−Removed: Thunder Power granted
−Removed: bonuses in the form of an option to purchase approximately 28 million shares of Thunder
−Removed: Power at a price of HKD 1.00 per share to Mr.
−Removed: Sham and his spouse*, which the Prosecutor
−Removed: alleged to have resulted in losses for EPTECH and constituting a breach of fiduciary duty
−Removed: under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
−Removed: EPTECH paid for expenses
−Removed: associated with a seminar hosted by Thunder Power Electric Vehicle Limited (“TPEV”),
−Removed: which the Prosecutor alleged was under the direction of Mr.
−Removed: Sham, constituting a breach
−Removed: of trust under the Criminal Code of Taiwan.
−Removed: EPTECH paid the salaries
−Removed: of certain employees of TPEV and TPHK, which the Prosecutor alleged was a breach of a fiduciary
−Removed: duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
−Removed: According to the Prosecutor,
+Added: engaged an exclusive authorized agent for the electric coupe and agreed to pay USD $4,950,000 immediately, which the Prosecutor alleged
+Added: was “orchestrated” by Mr.
+Added: Sham and was “deemed outside the normal course of EPTECH’s business” and
+Added: caused significant losses for EPTECH.
+Added: paid USD $4,480,000 for parts for an electric four-door sedan from TPHK, which the Prosecutor alleged was “arranged”
+Added: Sham, not in the normal course of business of EPTECH and non-beneficial to EPTECH and constituted a non-arm’s
+Added: length transaction and a breach of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
+Added: to the Prosecutor, EPTECH failed to fully disclose the transaction terms to the shareholders when negotiating the land purchase transaction
+Added: between EPTECH and Xiang Fang International Co., Ltd.
+Added: (“XFI”) or agreed to alter terms that may have been advantageous to
+Added: EPTECH, resulting in substantial losses to EPTECH.
+Added: Electric Power Technology International Limited (“EPTI”),
+Added: a subsidiary of EPTECH, granted bonuses to Mr.
+Added: Sham in the amount of USD $150,000, USD $50,000, and USD $100,000,
+Added: and EPTECH granted a bonus of NTD 6,000,000 to Mr.
+Added: The Prosecutor alleged that those bonuses were granted in violation
+Added: of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan and caused losses for EPTECH.
+Added: Thunder Power granted bonuses in the form of an option to
+Added: purchase approximately 28 million shares of Thunder Power at a price of HKD 1.00 per share to Mr.
+Added: Sham and his spouse*, which
+Added: the Prosecutor alleged to have resulted in losses for EPTECH and constituting a breach of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
+Added: Sham’s spouse is a former director of Thunder
+Added: Power, who resigned from all roles with Thunder Power in October 2021.
+Added: EPTECH paid for expenses associated with a seminar hosted
+Added: by Thunder Power Electric Vehicle Limited (“TPEV”), which the Prosecutor alleged was under the direction of Mr.
+Added: constituting a breach of trust under the Criminal Code of Taiwan.
+Added: EPTECH paid the salaries of certain employees of TPEV and
+Added: TPHK, which the Prosecutor alleged was a breach of fiduciary duty under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
+Added: According to the Prosecutor, Mr.
Sham instructed Mr.
−Removed: Albert Chen to compose a false press release with the aim
−Removed: of disseminating rumors or misleading information as EPTECH’s spokesperson, which the
−Removed: Prosecutor alleged was intended to impact EPTECH’s stock prices and influence investors’
−Removed: judgments in the stock market, constituting the crime of manipulating the trading prices
−Removed: of securities under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
+Added: Chen to compose a false press release with the aim of disseminating rumors or misleading information as EPTECH’s spokesperson,
+Added: which the Prosecutor alleged was intended to impact EPTECH’s stock prices and influence investors’ judgments in the stock
+Added: market, constituting the crime of manipulating the trading prices of securities under the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan.
In response to the Prosecutor’s
accusations, Mr.
−Removed: Sham sought relief by asserting his innocence, appointing a defense attorney, applying for an investigation of
−Removed: favorable evidence, and actively exercising his right to defend himself.
+Added: Sham sought relief by asserting his innocence, appointing a defense attorney, applying for an investigation of favorable
+Added: evidence, and actively exercising his right to defend himself.
Civil actions against Wellen Sham
−Removed: In conjunction with the
−Removed: Criminal Prosecution, Taiwan’s Securities Investor and Futures Trader Protection Center (“SFIPC”) initiated the following
−Removed: civil actions against Mr.
−Removed: On October 18,
−Removed: 2022, SFIPC initiated an ancillary civil action to the Criminal Prosecution, requesting that
+Added: In conjunction with the Criminal
+Added: Prosecution, Taiwan’s Securities Investor and Futures Trader Protection Center (“SFIPC”) initiated the following civil
+Added: actions against Mr.
+Added: On October 18, 2022, SFIPC initiated an ancillary civil
+Added: action to the Criminal Prosecution, requesting that Mr.
Sham shall bear liability for damages incurred by EPTECH.
−Removed: This civil action
−Removed: is currently consolidated with the Criminal Prosecution and is under the jurisdiction of
−Removed: Taiwan Taipei District Court Criminal Division, but has not been litigated in court.
−Removed: Based on the content
−Removed: of the Prosecutor’s indictment, SFIPC initiated a civil suit on August 11, 2022,
−Removed: asserting Mr.
+Added: action is currently consolidated with the Criminal Prosecution and is under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Taipei District Court Criminal
+Added: Division but has not been litigated in court.
+Added: Based on the content of the Prosecutor’s indictment,
+Added: SFIPC initiated a civil suit on August 11, 2022, asserting Mr.
Sham should be dismissed from the position of Chairman of EPTECH.
−Removed: suit is currently being litigated by the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (Intellectual
−Removed: Property and Commercial Court, Year 2022, Shang-Su-Zi, No.
−Removed: Currently, an agreement to
−Removed: suspend litigation has been reached with the opposing party (SFIPC).
−Removed: It is anticipated that
−Removed: the litigation will resume after the witnesses are summoned in the Criminal Prosecution.
−Removed: Based on the content
−Removed: of the Prosecutor’s indictment, SFIPC initiated a civil suit on November 7, 2022,
−Removed: asserting that the valuation of Mr.
−Removed: Sham’s GPS patent, acquired through technical
−Removed: investment, is overestimated, and asserts that EPTECH’s financial reports are misleading.
−Removed: SFIPC further asserts that Mr.
−Removed: Sham shall bear liability for damages incurred by investors
−Removed: This suit is currently being litigated by the Intellectual Property and Commercial
−Removed: Court (Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, Year 2023, Shang-Su-Zi, No.
−Removed: has required the SFIPC to bear the burden of proof.
−Removed: Pursuant to the civil
−Removed: suit of claim for damages of financial misrepresentation (paragraph #3, immediately preceding
−Removed: this paragraph), SFIPC has applied for a provisional seizure procedure.
−Removed: Intellectual Property
−Removed: and Commercial Court has ruled to grant the provisional seizure on November 25, 2022.
−Removed: Sham’s appeal, the Supreme Court reverse the original provisional seizure
−Removed: ruling, and on December 29, 2023, the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court changed
−Removed: the ruling (Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, Year 2023, Shang-Quan-Geng-Zi, No.
−Removed: 2) to reducing the amount of the provisional seizure and required the SFIPC to first provide
−Removed: a security deposit before seizing Mr.
+Added: suit is currently being litigated by the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court (Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, Year
+Added: 2022, Shang-Su-Zi, No.
+Added: Currently, an agreement to suspend litigation has been reached with the opposing party (SFIPC).
+Added: It is anticipated
+Added: that the litigation will resume after the witnesses are summoned in the Criminal Prosecution.
+Added: Based on the content of the Prosecutor’s indictment,
+Added: SFIPC initiated a civil suit on November 7, 2022, asserting that the valuation of Mr.
+Added: Sham’s GPS patent, acquired through
+Added: technical investment, is overestimated, and asserts that EPTECH’s financial reports are misleading.
+Added: SFIPC further asserts that
+Added: Sham shall bear liability for damages incurred by investors of EPTECH.
+Added: This suit is currently being litigated by the Intellectual
+Added: Property and Commercial Court (Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, Year 2023, Shang-Su-Zi, No.
+Added: The court has required the
+Added: SFIPC to bear the burden of proof.
+Added: Pursuant to the civil suit of claim for damages of financial
+Added: misrepresentation (paragraph #3, immediately preceding this paragraph), SFIPC has applied for a provisional seizure procedure.
+Added: Property and Commercial Court has ruled to grant the provisional seizure on November 25, 2022.
+Added: Sham’s appeal,
+Added: the Supreme Court reverse the original provisional seizure ruling, and on December 29, 2023, the Intellectual Property and Commercial
+Added: Court changed the ruling (Intellectual Property and Commercial Court, Year 2023, Shang-Quan-Geng-Zi, No.
+Added: 2) to reducing the amount of
+Added: the provisional seizure and required the SFIPC to first provide a security deposit before seizing Mr.
Sham’s property.
−Removed: This requirement to SFIPC
−Removed: to pay a security deposit is an uncommon practice.
−Removed: Sham has currently appealed the
−Removed: Intellectual Property and Commercial Court’s remanded ruling on the provisional seizure
−Removed: and is awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court.
+Added: requirement to SFIPC to pay a security deposit is an uncommon practice.
+Added: Sham has currently appealed to the Intellectual Property
+Added: and Commercial Court’s remanded ruling on the provisional seizure and is awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court.
While we are unable to predict
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Mine Safety Disclosures
−Removed: Sham’s spouse is a former director of Thunder
−Removed: Power, who has resigned from all roles with Thunder Power in October 2021.
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