UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
☒
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2024
or
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from ___________ to ___________
Commission
File Number 001-38308
Greenpro
Capital Corp.
(Exact
name of registrant issuer as specified in its charter)
Nevada
98-1146821
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
B-23A-02,
G-Vestor Tower ,
Pavilion
Embassy , 200 Jalan Ampang ,
50450
W.P. Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s
phone number, including area code (60) 3 8408-1788
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act:
Title
of Each Class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name
of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common
Stock, $0.0001 par value
GRNQ
NASDAQ
Capital Market
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act: None.
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Note
– Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act from their obligations under those Sections.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T (section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding twelve months (or shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting
company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”,
“smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
Accelerated Filer ☐
Accelerated
Filer ☐
Non-accelerated
Filer ☒
Smaller
reporting company ☒
Emerging
growth Company ☐
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. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness
of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered
public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐
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securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant
included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation
received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
State
the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which
the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s
most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
Note
- If a determination as to whether a particular person or entity is an affiliate cannot be made without involving unreasonable effort
and expense, the aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates may be calculated on the basis of reasonable assumptions
under the circumstances, provided that the assumptions are set forth in this Form.
The
aggregate market value of voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2024 was $ 4,370,143 ,
based on the last reported sale price of $1.06 per share.
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO REGISTRANTS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. ☐ Yes ☐ No
(APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
As
of April 9, 2025, there were 7,575,813 shares, par value $ 0.0001 of the registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding.
Greenpro
Capital Corp.
FORM
10-K
For
the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024
Index
Page
#
PART I
Item
1.
Business
4
Item
1A.
Risk Factors
34
Item
1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
59
Item
1C.
Cybersecurity
59
Item
2.
Properties
60
Item
3.
Legal Proceedings
60
Item
4.
Mine Safety Disclosure
60
PART II
Item
5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
61
Item
6.
[Reserved]
62
Item
7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
62
Item
7A.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
69
Item
8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
69
Item
9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
69
Item
9A.
Controls and Procedures
69
Item
9B.
Other Information
69
Item
9C.
Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
69
PART III
Item
10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
70
Item
11.
Executive Compensation
76
Item
12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
76
Item
13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
78
Item
14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
81
PART IV
Item
15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
82
Item
16.
Form 10-K Summary
86
SIGNATURES
87
2
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but rather
are based on current expectations, estimates and projections. We may use words such as “anticipate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “foresee,” “estimate” and variations of these
words and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guaranteed to future performance and are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control, are difficult to predict and could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted. These risks and uncertainties include the following:
●
The
availability and adequacy of our cash flow to meet our requirements;
●
Economic,
competitive, demographic, business and other conditions in our local and regional markets;
●
Changes
or developments in laws, regulations or taxes in our industry;
●
Actions
taken or omitted to be taken by third parties, including our suppliers and competitors, as well as legislative, regulatory, judicial
and other governmental authorities;
●
Competition
in our industry;
●
The
loss of or failure to obtain any license or permit necessary or desirable in the operation of our business;
●
Changes
in our business strategy, capital improvements or development plans;
●
The
availability of additional capital to support capital improvements and development; and
●
Other
risks identified in this Annual Report and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or the SEC.
This
Annual Report should be read completely and with the understanding that actual future results may be materially different from what we
expect. The forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report are made as to the date of this Annual Report and should be evaluated
with consideration of any changes occurring after the date of this Annual Report. We will not update forward-looking statements even
though our situation may change in the future, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Use
of Defined Terms
Except
as otherwise indicated by the context, references in this Annual Report to:
●
The
“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” “Greenpro” are references to Greenpro
Capital Corp., a Nevada corporation.
●
“Common
Stock” refers to the common stock, par value $.0001, of the Company;
●
“HK”
refers to Hong Kong;
●
“U.S.
dollar,” “$” and “US$” refer to the legal currency of the United States;
●
“Securities
Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
●
“Exchange
Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
3
PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
Corporate
History
We
were incorporated on July 19, 2013, in the state of Nevada under the name “Greenpro, Inc.”. On May 6, 2015, we changed our
name to “Greenpro Capital Corp.”. Our corporate structure is set forth below:
4
A
list of our group, including all subsidiaries with a brief description of respective businesses, is set forth below:
Name
(Domicile)
Business
Greenpro
Capital Corp. (Nevada, USA)
Provides
financial consulting services and corporate services.
Greenpro
Resources Limited (British Virgin Islands)
A
holding company.
Greenpro
Holding Limited (Hong Kong)
A
holding company.
Greenpro
Resources (HK) Limited (Hong Kong)
Holds
intellectual property and currently holds six trademarks and applications thereof.
Greenpro
Resources Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
Holds
investment in commercial real estate in Malaysia.
Greenpro
Management Consultancy Limited (China)
Provides
corporate advisory services such as tax planning, cross-border listing solution and advisory in China.
Shenzhen
Falcon Financial Consulting Limited (China)
Provides
Hong Kong company formation advisory services and company secretarial services and financial services. It focuses on China clients.
Greenpro
ESG Solutions Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Greenpro Global Capital Sdn. Bhd.) (Malaysia)
Provides
corporate advisory services such as company review, bank loan advisory and bank products analysis services.
Greenpro
New Finance Academy Limited (formerly known as Greenpro Synergy Network Limited) (Hong Kong)
Provides
a borderless platform through networking events and programs in Hong Kong.
Greenpro
Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Limited
(formerly
known as Greenpro Synergy Network (Shenzhen) Limited) (China)
Provides
corporate advisory services such as tax planning, cross-border listing solution and financial consulting for clients in China.
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Asia
UBS Global Limited (Hong Kong)
Provides
business advisory services with a focus on Hong Kong company formation advisory and company secretarial services, such as tax planning,
bookkeeping and financial review. It focuses on Hong Kong clients.
Asia
UBS Global Limited (Belize)
Provides
business advisory services with a focus on offshore company formation advisory and company secretarial services, such as tax planning,
bookkeeping and financial review. It focuses on Southeast Asia and China clients.
Falcon
Corporate Services Limited (Hong Kong)
Provides
offshore company formation advisory services and company secretarial services. Clients based in Hong Kong and China.
Falcon
Accounting & Secretaries Limited (formerly known as Falcon Secretaries Limited) (Hong Kong)
Provides
company formation advisory services and company secretarial services in Hong Kong.
Greenpro
Sparkle Insurance Brokers Limited (Hong Kong)
Provides
insurance brokerage services with an insurance broker license in Hong Kong.
Greenpro
Family Office Limited (Hong Kong)
Provides
multi-family office services such as wealth planning and administration, asset protection and performance monitoring, charity services,
trusteeship and risk management, investment planning and business support services.
Greenpro
Financial Consulting Limited (Belize)
Provides
corporate advisory services such as tax planning, cross-border listing solution and advisory transaction services.
Greenpro
Capital Village Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
Provides
business consulting and advisory services in Malaysia.
Green-X
Corp. (Malaysia)
A
licensed asset platform operator under Labuan Financial Services Authority (LFSA), Malaysia.
Greenpro
Venture Capital Limited (Anguilla)
A
holding company.
Forward
Win International Limited (Hong Kong)
Holds
investment in commercial real estate in Hong Kong.
Global
Business Hub Limited (Malaysia)
Develops
a digital banking business in Malaysia.
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Incorporation
of Subsidiaries and VIE
Incorporation
of Greenpro Resources Limited, a British Virgin Islands company
On
July 3, 2012, Greenpro Resources Limited (“GRBVI”) was founded and incorporated by our directors, Mr. Lee Chong Kuang and
Mr. Loke Che Chan Gilbert (“Messrs. Lee and Loke”) in the British Virgin Islands.
Incorporation
of Greenpro Resources Limited’s wholly owned subsidiaries
Greenpro
Resources (HK) Limited, a Hong Kong company
On
April 5, 2012, Greenpro Resources (HK) Limited (“GRHK”) was founded and incorporated by our directors, Messrs. Lee and Loke
in Hong Kong.
Greenpro
Financial Consulting Limited, a Belize company
On
July 26, 2012, Greenpro Financial Consulting Limited (formerly known as Weld Asia Financial Consulting Limited) (“GFCL”)
was founded and incorporated by our director, Mr. Lee Chong Kuang (“Mr. Lee”), in Belize.
Greenpro
Resources Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia company
On
April 25, 2013, Greenpro Resources Sdn. Bhd. (“GRSB”) was founded and incorporated by our director, Mr. Lee, and his spouse,
Ms. Yap Pei Ling (“Ms. Yap”), in Malaysia.
Greenpro
Holding Limited, a Hong Kong company
On
July 22, 2013, Greenpro Holding Limited (“GHL”) was founded and incorporated by GRBVI in Hong Kong.
Greenpro
Management Consultancy Limited, a Shenzhen, China company
On
August 30, 2013, Greenpro Management Consultancy Limited (“GMCSZ”) was founded and incorporated by GRHK in Shenzhen, China.
Development
of Greenpro Resources Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries through acquisitions
On
January 1, 2014, Greenpro Resources Limited (“GRBVI”) acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of GFCL, from our director,
Mr. Lee, at a consideration of $1.
On
January 22, 2014, GHL acquired 2 shares, representing 100% of the outstanding shares of GRHK from its shareholders, Messrs. Lee and Loke
at a total consideration of HK$2 (approximately $0.26). On the same day after this acquisition, GRHK allotted an additional 1,075,000
shares to GHL for HK$1,075,000 (approximately $138,709).
On
June 30, 2014, GRHK acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Greenpro Resources Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia company (“GRSB”)
from our director, Mr. Lee, and his spouse, Ms. Yap, for HK$2,943,298 (approximately $379,780). GRSB is principally engaged in commercial
real estate investments in Malaysia.
Incorporation
of Greenpro Venture Capital Limited, an Anguilla company
On
September 5, 2014, Greenpro Venture Capital Limited (“GVCL”) was founded and incorporated by our directors, Messrs. Lee and
Loke in Anguilla.
Incorporation
and restructure of VIE, Greenpro New Finance Academy Limited, a Hong Kong company, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Greenpro Financial
Consulting (Shenzhen) Limited (formerly known as Greenpro Synergy Network (Shenzhen) Limited), a Shenzhen, China company
On
March 2, 2016, Greenpro New Finance Academy Limited (formerly known as Greenpro Synergy Network Limited) (“GNFA”) was incorporated
in Hong Kong, as a variable interest entity (the “VIE”), which is required to consolidate with the Company. The principal
activity of GNFA is to provide a borderless platform through networking events and programs in Hong Kong. The Company controlled GNFA
through a series of contractual arrangements (the “VIE Agreements”) between Greenpro Holding Limited, a subsidiary of the
Company (“GHL”), and GNFA. Our directors, Messrs. Lee and Loke, are also the shareholders of GNFA.
The
VIE agreements included (i) an Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, (ii) a Loan Agreement, (iii) a Share Pledge Agreement, (iv)
a Power of Attorney and (v) an Exclusive Option Agreement with the shareholders of GNFA.
GHL
acquired a life insurance policy (the “Policy”) on May 15, 2015. On June 13, 2016, GHL transferred the ownership of the Policy
to GNFA. On December 19, 2019, GNFA redeemed the Policy valued at $156,058. After deducting the loan balance of $115,889 and the insurance
expense of $531 from the value of the Policy, GNFA received a net cash surrender value of $39,638.
On
July 28, 2017, Greenpro Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Limited (formerly known as Greenpro Synergy Network (Shenzhen) Limited)
(“GFCSZ”), a wholly owned subsidiary of GNFA, was incorporated in Shenzhen, China. GFCSZ was initially engaged in the
provision of a borderless platform through networking events and programs in China for our members to seek professional services and
business opportunities and to exchange sources of information and research. Currently, GFCSZ principally provides corporate
advisory and financial consulting services to clients in China.
On
April 20, 2020, after our directors, Messrs. Lee and Loke transferred all shareholdings of GNFA to GHL, the VIE was dissolved and restructured
as a subsidiary of the Company.
Incorporation
of Green-X Corp., a Labuan, Malaysia company
On
December 23, 2021, Green-X Corp. (“Green-X”) was founded and incorporated by our director, Mr. Lee Chong Kuang (“Mr.
Lee”) in Labuan, Malaysia and consolidated with our group on June 22, 2022.
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Acquisition
and Reorganization of Subsidiaries
Acquisitions
of entities under common control:
Acquisition
of Greenpro Resources Limited, a British Virgin Islands company
On
July 31, 2015, we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Greenpro Resources Limited, a British Virgin Islands corporation
(“GRBVI”), which had been our affiliate at the time of the acquisition. As consideration thereof, we issued 907,000 shares
of our restricted Common Stock and paid $25,500 in cash.
At
the time of the acquisition of GRBVI, Mr. Lee was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and director, and Mr. Loke
was the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and director. Messrs. Lee and Loke each held a 44.6% interest
in the Company. Before the transaction, Mr. Lee was GRBVI’s Chief Executive Officer and director, and Mr. Loke was
GRBVI’s Chief Financial Officer and director, and Messrs. Lee and Loke each held a 50% interest in GRBVI. Upon the
consummation of the acquisition, Messrs. Lee and Loke received, in aggregate, $25,500 in cash and 907,000 shares of restricted
Common Stock of the Company, and the acquisition was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control.
Acquisition
of Greenpro Venture Capital Limited, an Anguilla corporation
On
September 30, 2015, the Company acquired all the issued and outstanding securities of Greenpro Venture Capital Limited, an Anguilla
corporation (“GVCL”), from its shareholders, Messrs. Lee and Loke, respectively. At the time of the acquisition of GVCL,
Mr. Lee was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and director, and Mr. Loke was the Company’s Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and director. Messrs. Lee and Loke each held a 43.02% interest in the Company. At the time
of the acquisition of GVCL, Mr. Lee was GVCL’s Chief Executive Officer and director, Mr. Loke was GVCL’s Chief Financial
Officer and director, and Messrs. Lee and Loke each held a 50% interest in GVCL. Upon the consummation of the acquisition, Messrs.
Lee and Loke received, in aggregate, $6,000 in cash and 1,326,000 shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company, and the
acquisition was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control.
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Acquisition
of A&G International Limited, a Belize company
On
September 30, 2015, we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of A&G International Limited, a Belize corporation
(“A&G”), from Ms. Yap Pei Ling (“Ms. Yap”). Ms. Yap, a director and sole shareholder of A&G, is the spouse
of our director, Mr. Lee.
In
connection therewith, we issued to Ms. Yap, 184,200 shares of our restricted Common Stock and the acquisition was accounted for as a
transfer among entities under common control.
A&G
provided corporate and business advisory services through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Asia UBS Global Limited, a Hong Kong limited
company (“AUH”) and Asia UBS Global Limited, a Belize corporation (“AUB”).
On
December 30, 2015, A&G transferred all the issued and outstanding securities of AUH and AUB to GRBVI to simplify our corporate structure.
Then A&G, a corporation with no assets, was subsequently transferred back to Ms. Yap.
Acquisition
of Falcon Accounting & Secretaries Limited (formerly known as Falcon Secretaries Limited) and Falcon Corporate Services Limited (formerly
known as Ace Corporate Services Limited), Hong Kong companies, and Shenzhen Falcon Financial Consulting Limited, a Shenzhen, China company
On
September 30, 2015, we acquired all the issued and outstanding securities of Falcon Secretaries Limited (renamed to Falcon Accounting
& Secretaries Limited on February 25, 2020), Ace Corporate Services Limited (renamed to Falcon Corporate Services Limited on August
26, 2016) and Shenzhen Falcon Financial Consulting Limited (these companies collectively known as “F&A”). As consideration
thereto, we issued to Ms. Chen Yanhong, a sole shareholder of F&A (“Ms. Chen”), 208,020 shares of our restricted Common
Stock, representing an aggregate purchase price of $1,081,704 based on the average closing price of the ten trading days preceding the
date of the acquisition agreement on July 31, 2015, of $5.2 per share. The purchase price was determined based on the business value
generated by F&A at the time of acquisition. The acquisition was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control.
Ms.
Chen, a director and sole shareholder of F&A, is also a director and legal representative of Greenpro Management Consultancy Limited,
one of our subsidiaries in Shenzhen, China.
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Acquisition
of Greenpro ESG Solutions Sdn. Bhd., (formerly known as Greenpro Global Capital Sdn. Bhd.) a Malaysia company
On
May 23, 2016, our wholly owned subsidiary, Greenpro Holding Limited (“GHL”), acquired 400 shares, representing 40% of the
outstanding shares of Greenpro Wealthon Sdn. Bhd. (renamed to Greenpro Global Capital Sdn. Bhd. on June 13, 2018, and subsequently renamed
Greenpro ESG Solutions Sdn. Bhd. on June 1, 2023) (“GPESG”), from our director, Mr. Lee, for MYR1 (approximately $0.25), and
the acquisition was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control. On June 7, 2016, GPESG issued another 200 shares
to GHL at the price of MYR120,000 (approximately $30,000), resulting in GHL owning 60% of GPESG.
On
August 30, 2018, the remaining 40% of the outstanding shares of GPESG were transferred to GHL, and currently, GHL holds 100% of GPESG.
Acquisition
of Greenpro Credit Limited (formerly known as Gushen Credit Limited), a Hong Kong company
On
April 27, 2017, our wholly owned subsidiary, GRBVI and Gushen Credit Limited (renamed to Greenpro Credit Limited on May 16, 2017) (“GCL”),
a Hong Kong corporation, entered into an asset purchase agreement, pursuant to which GRBVI purchased all the assets of GCL. As consideration
thereto, GRBVI agreed to pay a purchase price of $105,000 and the acquisition was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common
control.
GCL
operates a money lending business in Hong Kong. On April 28, 2017, GCL sold two (2) ordinary shares, representing 100% of its ownership,
at a total consideration of $0.26 in cash to GRBVI. The purchase price was determined based on the mutual agreement between GCL and GRBVI.
Acquisition
of Greenpro Family Office Limited, a Hong Kong company
On
July 21, 2017, our wholly owned subsidiary, GRBVI, acquired 51% of the outstanding shares of Greenpro Family Office Limited
(“GFOL”) from our director, Mr. Loke. Mr. Loke was the sole shareholder of GFOL before the acquisition. This acquisition
was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control. On September 21, 2018, the remaining 49% of the shareholdings
of GFOL were transferred to GRBVI, and currently, GRBVI holds 100% of GFOL.
Acquisition
of Greenpro Sparkle Brokers Limited (formerly known as Sparkle Insurance Brokers Limited), a Hong Kong company
On
January 2, 2019, the Company acquired Sparkle Insurance Brokers Limited (renamed Greenpro Sparkle Brokers Limited on April 4, 2019) (“Sparkle”)
from Mr. Teh Boo Yim and Ms. Teh Jocelyn Nga Man, the former 100% shareholders of Sparkle for total consideration of $170,322, made up
of $129,032 in cash and the issuance of 860 shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $41,290. The shares were valued based
on the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock of $48 per share at acquisition. The acquisition was accounted for as a transfer
among entities under common control. The Company aims to expand its long-term and general insurance services through the acquisition
of Sparkle.
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Acquisition
of Forward Win International Limited, a Hong Kong company
On
February 25, 2015, we acquired 60% of the issued and outstanding shares of Forward Win International Limited, a Hong Kong company (“FWIL”)
at a consideration of $774. FWIL is principally engaged in commercial real estate investments in Hong Kong.
On
April 15, 2024, we acquired the remaining 40% shares of FWIL from the non-controlling interest (the “NCI”) by distribution
of 40% of FWIL’s real estate properties for consideration of its acquisition and settlement of loan from the NCI.
Acquisition
of Global Business Hub Limited, a Labuan, Malaysia company
On
June 6, 2024, we acquired Global Business Hub Limited (“GBHL”) from our Chief Executive Officer and director, Mr. Lee Chong
Kuang for a price of $100. We acquired GBHL and aim to develop a digital banking business in Malaysia.
Acquisition,
disposal, and reacquisition of Greenpro Capital Village Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Weld Asia Global Advisory Sdn. Bhd.), a Malaysia
company
On
February 25, 2013, Greenpro Financial Consulting Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, acquired 100% of Weld Asia Global Advisory Sdn.
Bhd., a Malaysia company, from its shareholders, Mr. Lee Chong Kuang, and his spouse, Ms. Yap Pei Ling, for MYR2 (approximately $0.50).
At the time of the acquisition, Mr, Lee Chong Kuang was the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and director and the acquisition
was accounted for as a transfer among entities under common control.
In
2015, Weld Asia Global Advisory Sdn. Bhd. was renamed Greenpro Capital Village Sdn. Bhd. (“GCVSB”). On October 1, 2015,
the Company sold 49% of the outstanding shares of GCVSB to QSC Asia Sdn. Bhd., an unrelated party (“QSC”), for MYR49,000
(approximately $12,794). On June 26, 2019, the Company disposed of GCVSB due to continued losses incurred by GCVSB and sold its
remaining 51% interest in GCVSB to Ms. Tan Tee Yong, an unrelated party (“Ms. Tan”), for MYR51 (approximately
$12).
On
June 22, 2020, our director, Mr. Lee, acquired respective 51% and 49% shareholdings of GCVSB (51,000 shares and 49,000 shares of common
stock of GCVSB) from Ms. Tan and QSC at a price of MYR51,000 and MYR49,000, respectively, or MYR1 per share.
In
July 2021, the Company acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of GCVSB from our director, Mr. Lee, at a
consideration of MYR167 (approximately $40) and redeemed 347,000 shares out of a total of 504,750 shares of preferred stock from 25
preferred stock shareholders of GCVSB by issuance of 7,953 shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $69,191 or $8.7 per
share. The total consideration of the acquisition was $69,231. The Company’s reacquisition of GCVSB aimed to expand its
business consulting services in Malaysia.
Disposal
of subsidiaries
Disposal
of Greenpro Credit Limited, a Hong Kong company
On
August 2, 2021, the Company sold its entire 100% interest in Greenpro Credit Limited (“GCL”) to an unrelated party for HK$30,000
(approximately $3,847), due to continuing losses incurred by GCL.
As
of August 2, 2021, GCL had no assets or liabilities, resulting in a gain on disposal of $3,847, after consideration of foreign currency
adjustments.
Acquisition
of an associate company
Acquisition
of Greenpro KSP Holding Group Company Limited (formerly known as KSP Holding Group Company Limited), a Thailand company
On
July 20, 2018, our wholly owned subsidiary, Greenpro Venture Capital Limited (“GVCL”) entered into a sale and purchase
agreement with Mr. Prapakorn Saokliew and Ms. Surapa Jamjang, each holding 45.13% and 45.12% shareholdings of a Thailand company,
KSP Holding Group Company Limited (renamed to Greenpro KSP Holding Group Company Limited on August 7, 2018) (“KSP”),
respectively. Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL agreed to acquire approximately 49% of the shareholdings of KSP in exchange for
$363,930, made up of $75,000 in cash and 3,852 shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $288,930. The Company also
issued 58 shares of the Company’s Common Stock valued at $75 per share, or a total of $4,335, as a commission that was also
capitalized as the cost of investment in KSP. KSP provides accounting, auditing, and consulting services in Thailand. The Company
accounted for its investment in KSP under the equity method of accounting.
On
December 31, 2018, the Company determined that its investment in KSP was impaired and recorded an impairment of unconsolidated investment
of $363,930. We currently hold approximately 48% of the issued and outstanding shares of KSP.
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Acquisitions
of other investments
Name (Domicile)
Acquisition Date
Equity Interest
Business
1.
Greenpro Trust Limited
March 30, 2015
8.33 %
Provides trusteeship, custodial and fiduciary services.
(Hong Kong)
April 13, 2016
2.78 %
2.
Millennium Fine Art Inc. (Wyoming, USA)
June 29, 2020
4.65 %
Invests in art (Millennium Sapphire).
3.
Ata Plus Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
July 8, 2020
4.45 %
Provides an online equity crowd funding platform to assist small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access funding through its platform.
4.
Global Leaders Corporation (Nevada, USA)
August 30, 2020
5.83 %
Provides training and consulting services.
5.
First Bullion Holdings Inc.
October 19, 2020
10 %
Provides cryptocurrency trading and digital asset exchange services.
(British Virgin Islands)
February 17, 2021
8 %
6.
New Business Media Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
November 1, 2020
18 %
Provides a capital market-focused portal to
browse business markets or corporate news.
7.
Angkasa-X Holdings Corp. (British Virgin Islands)
February 3, 2021
12.23 %
Provides turnkey services, from strategic satellite anchor station solutions to fully deployable, integrated tactical platform solutions.
8.
Jocom Holdings Corp. (Nevada, USA)
June 2, 2021
2.6 %
Operates a Malaysia-based m-commerce platform specializing in online grocery shopping via smartphones.
9.
Ata Global Inc. (Nevada, USA)
July 30, 2021
5 %
Provides financial technology (FinTech) services.
10.
catTHIS Holdings Corp. (Nevada, USA)
August 27, 2021
1.58 %
Provides a digital catalog management platform for users to upload, share and retrieve digital catalogs from any device.
11.
ACT Wealth Academy Inc. (Nevada, USA)
February 21, 2022
9.8 %
Provides training, seminars, events and academies in fields related, but not limited to, financial and wealth.
12.
Best2bid Technology Corp. (Nevada, USA)
June 9, 2022
9.17 %
Provides an online bidding platform for the art and creative industry stakeholders.
13.
SEATech Ventures Corp.
(Nevada, USA)
August 8, 2024
2.8 %
Provision of mentoring and incubation services to clients.
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1.
Acquisition
of Greenpro Trust Limited
On
March 30, 2015, our wholly owned subsidiary, Greenpro Resources Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“GRBVI”),
acquired 300,000 shares, representing approximately 8% of the issued and outstanding shares of Greenpro Trust Limited, a Hong Kong
company (“GTL”), from its shareholders at a price of HK$300,000 (approximately $38,710) or HK$1 per share. GTL is
principally engaged in the provision of trusteeship, custodial and fiduciary services to clients in Hong Kong.
On
April 13, 2016, another wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Asia UBS Global Limited, a Belize company (“AUB”), acquired
100,000 shares, representing approximately 3% of the issued and outstanding shares of GTL for HK$100,000 (approximately $12,903) or HK$1
per share.
The
Company indirectly has an aggregate of approximately 11% interest in GTL with an investment value of $51,613. Messrs. Lee and Loke are
common directors of GTL and the Company.
On
December 31, 2022, the net asset value (“NAV”) of GTL was $107,835 and according to the Company’s 11% interest in
GTL’s NAV, our investment was valued at approximately $11,981. Hence, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $39,632 for
the year ended December 31, 2022.
Since
2023, no indicator of impairment has occurred and hence, our investment value in GTL remains the same at $11,981 as of December 31, 2024,
and 2023, respectively.
2.
Acquisition
of Millennium Fine Art Inc.
On
June 29, 2020, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement with its Wyoming-incorporated subsidiary, Millennium Fine Art Inc.
(“MFAI”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to sell its 4% ownership interest in a 12.3-kilogram carved natural
blue sapphire (the “Millennium Sapphire”) to MFAI and MFAI agreed to acquire the 4% ownership of the Millennium Sapphire
from the Company. As consideration thereto, on July 1, 2020, MFAI issued 2,000,000 restricted shares of its Class B common stock to the
Company valued at $5,000,000 ($5 per share), in which 1,000,000 shares were retained by the Company and the other 1,000,000 shares were
reserved as a dividend to the shareholders of the Company. The Company expects to distribute these 1,000,000 shares to its shareholders
later. A gain on disposal of $1,000,000 was recorded at the Company level but was eliminated upon consolidation.
On
July 1, 2020, MFAI issued 19,200,000 restricted shares of its Class A common stock to a majority owner of the Millennium Sapphire, Mr.
Daniel McKinney, valued at $96,000,000 ($5 per share) to acquire the remaining 96% interest in the Millennium Sapphire. MFAI is an investment
company and has a 100% interest in the Millennium Sapphire.
As
of December 31, 2022, the Company owns 2,000,000 shares of Class B common stock of MFAI, in which 1,000,000 shares were retained by the
Company and recognized our investment in MFAI at historical cost of $4,000,000 (by issuance of 444,444 shares of the Company’s
restricted Common Stock at $9 per share) under other investments, representing approximately 5% of the issued and outstanding shares
of MFAI and approximately 1% of MFAI’s total voting rights.
The
other 1,000,000 shares were reserved as a dividend to the shareholders of the Company and as of the date of this report, the dividend
has not been distributed.
For
the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made a full impairment of $4,000,000 for the investment in MFAI due to continuing losses
incurred by MFAI and uncertainty of the existence of the Millennium Sapphire. As a result, our investment in MFAI was recorded with a
nil value as of December 31, 2023.
As
of December 31, 2024, our investment in MFAI remains with a nil value.
3.
Acquisition
of Ata Plus Sdn. Bhd.
On
July 8, 2020, GVCL entered into an acquisition agreement with all eight shareholders of Ata Plus Sdn. Bhd., a company incorporated
in Malaysia and a Recognized Market Operator (RMO) by the Securities Commission of Malaysia (“APSB”). Pursuant to the agreement,
GVCL agreed to acquire 15% of the issued and outstanding shares of APSB for a purchase price of $749,992. The purchase price was paid
by the Company issuing to the shareholders approximately 45,731 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock, which was based
on the average closing price of the Company’s Common Stock for the five trading days preceding the date of the agreement, $16.4
per share, on November 18, 2020.
On
December 31, 2022, the fair value of APSB was appraised by an independent appraiser, Ravia Global Appraisal Advisory Limited (the
“Appraiser”) and according to our 15% interest in APSB, our investment was valued at approximately $736,000. Hence, the
Company recorded an impairment loss of $13,992 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
For
the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made a further impairment of $736,000 for investment in APSB due to APSB’s continuing
losses, and the Company’s shareholdings in APSB were diluted from 15% to approximately 4% at the end of 2023. As a result, our investment
in APSB was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31, 2023.
As
of December 31, 2024, our investment in APSB remains the same with a nil value.
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4.
Acquisition
of Global Leaders Corporation
On
August 30, 2020, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Global Leaders Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“GLC”),
to acquire 9,000,000 shares of common stock of GLC at a price of $900 or $0.0001 per share, representing approximately 6% of the total
issued and outstanding shares of GLC. GLC’s principal activities are to provide training and consulting services to corporate clients
in Hong Kong and China.
Upon
acquisition, GVCL recognized the investment in GLC at a historical cost of $900 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $900 for the investment in GLC due to its continuous losses and
stockholders’ deficit. As a result, our investment in GLC was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31, 2024.
5.
Acquisition
of First Bullion Holdings, Inc.
On
October 19, 2020, GVCL entered into a stock purchase and option agreement with Mr. Tang Ka Siu Johnny and First Bullion Holdings Inc.
(“FBHI”). FBHI, a British Virgin Islands company, operates the businesses of banking, payment gateway, credit cards, debit
cards, money lending, crypto trading, and securities token offerings, with corporate offices in the Philippines and Hong Kong. Pursuant
to the agreement, GVCL agreed to acquire 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of FBHI for a purchase price of $1,000,000 by issuing
approximately 68,587 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock to Mr. Tang, which was based on the average closing price
of the Company’s Common Stock for the five trading days preceding the date of the agreement.
Pursuant
to the agreement, Mr. Tang and FBHI also granted GVCL an option for 180 days following the date of the agreement to purchase an additional
8% of the issued and outstanding shares of FBHI, at an agreed valuation of FBHI equal to $20,000,000. In consideration of the acquisition
of the option, GVCL agreed to issue 25,000 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock to Mr. Tang, which shall constitute
partial payment for the option should GVCL elect to exercise the option.
On
December 11, 2020, the Company issued 68,587 shares of its restricted Common Stock to two designees of Mr. Tang at $14.58 per share to
acquire 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of FBHI for a purchase price of $1,000,000 and issued 25,000 shares of its restricted
Common Stock at $364,500 or $14.58 per share in partial consideration of the additional 8% shareholdings of FBHI.
On
February 17, 2021, GVCL exercised its option and FBHI issued to GVCL 160,000 ordinary shares of FBHI, comprising the additional 8% of
the shares sold under the agreement valued at $20,000,000.
On
February 26, 2021, the Company issued an additional 34,259 shares of its restricted Common Stock to two designees of Mr. Tang at $27
per share (valued at approximately $925,000). Therefore, GVCL, in aggregate, holds 360,000 ordinary shares of FBHI, representing 18%
of the total issued and outstanding shares of FBHI. The investment was recognized at a historical cost of $2,289,500 under other
investments.
On
December 31, 2022, the fair value of FBHI was appraised by the Appraiser and according to our 18% interest in FBHI, our investment
was valued at approximately $246,000. The depreciation of FHBI’s fair value was mainly due to a significant decrease in its
revenue. Hence, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $2,043,500 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
For
the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made a further impairment of $246,000 for the investment in FBHI due to FBHI’s dormant
status. As a result, our investment in FBHI was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31, 2023.
As
of December 31, 2024, our investment in FBHI remains the same with a nil value.
6.
Acquisition
of New Business Media Sdn. Bhd.
On
November 1, 2020, GVCL entered into an acquisition agreement with Ms. Lee Yuet Lye and Mr. Chia Min Kiat, shareholders of New
Business Media Sdn. Bhd (“NBMSB”). NBMSB is a Malaysian company involved in operating a Chinese media portal that
provides digital news services focusing on Asian capital markets. NBMSB is also one of the biggest Chinese-language digital business
news networks in Malaysia and has readers from across Southeast Asia.
Pursuant
to the agreement, both Ms. Lee and Mr. Chia have agreed to sell to GVCL an 18% equity stake in NBMSB in consideration of a new
issuance of 25,759 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock, valued at $411,120 or $15.96 per share. The consideration
was derived from an agreed valuation of NBMSB of $2,284,000, based on its assets including customers, fixed assets, cash and cash
equivalents, and liabilities as of November 1, 2020. Therefore, GVCL recognized the investment in NBMSB at a historical cost of
$411,120 under other investments.
On
December 31, 2022, the fair value of NBMSB was appraised by an independent appraiser, the Appraiser and according to our 18% interest
in NBMSB, our investment was valued at approximately $82,000. The depreciation of NBMSB’s fair value was mainly due to its significant
drop in revenue. Hence, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $329,120 for the year ended December 31, 2022.
During
2023, no indicator of impairment occurred and hence, our investment value in NBMSB remained the same at $82,000 as of December 31, 2023.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $82,000 for the investment in NBMSB due to NBMSB’s failure
to provide updated financial statements for evaluation. As a result, our investment in NBMSB was fully impaired with a nil value
as of December 31, 2024.
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7.
Acquisition
of Angkasa-X Holdings Corp.
On
February 3, 2021, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Angkasa-X Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands corporation, which
principally provides turnkey services, from strategic satellite anchor station solutions, including construction and facility design,
and antenna integration to fully deployable, integrated tactical platform solutions (“Angkasa-X”). Pursuant to the agreement,
GVCL acquired 28,000,000 ordinary shares of Angkasa-X at a price of $2,800 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, GVCL recorded the investment in Angkasa-X at a historical cost of $2,800 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $2,800 for the investment in Angkasa-X due to its continuous
losses and stockholders’ deficit. As a result, our investment in Angkasa-X was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31,
2024.
8.
Acquisition
of Jocom Holdings Corp.
On
June 2, 2021, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Jocom Holdings Corp., a Nevada corporation, which operates a Malaysia-based
m-commerce platform specializing in online grocery shopping via smartphones (“Jocom”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired
1,500,000 shares of common stock of Jocom at a price of $150 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in Jocom at a historical cost of $150 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $150 for the investment in Jocom due to its continuous losses
and stockholders’ deficit. As a result, our investment in Jocom was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31, 2024.
9.
Acquisition
of Ata Global Inc.
On
July 30, 2021, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Ata Global Inc., a Nevada corporation, principally in the provision
of financial technology (“FinTech”) services (“Ata Global”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired
2,250,000 shares of common stock of Ata Global at a price of $225 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in Ata Global at a historical cost of $225 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $225 for the investment in Ata Global due to its failure to provide updated financial statements for evaluation. As a result, our investment in Ata Global was fully impaired with a nil value as of December
31, 2024.
10.
Acquisition
of catTHIS Holdings Corp.
On
August 27, 2021, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with catTHIS Holdings Corp., a Nevada corporation, which provides a digital
catalog management platform for users to upload, share and retrieve digital catalogs from any device (“catTHIS”). Pursuant
to the agreement, GVCL acquired 2,000,000 shares of common stock of catTHIS at a price of $200 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in catTHIS at a historical cost of $200 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $200 for the investment in catTHIS due to its continuous loss
and stockholders’ deficit. As a result, our investment in catTHIS was fully impaired with a nil value as of December 31, 2024.
11.
Acquisition
of ACT Wealth Academy Inc.
On
February 21, 2022, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with ACT Wealth Academy Inc., a Nevada corporation, which provides training,
seminars, and events in the academic fields (“ACT Wealth”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired 6,000,000 shares of
common stock of ACT Wealth at a price of $600 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in ACT Wealth at a historical cost of $600 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $600 for the investment in ACT Wealth due to its failure to provide updated financial statements for evaluation. As a result, our investment in ACT Wealth was fully impaired with a nil value as of December
31, 2024.
12.
Acquisition
of Best2bid Technology Corp.
On
June 9, 2022, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Best2bid Technology Corp., a Nevada corporation, which provides an online
bidding cum e-commerce platform enabling participants to auction or sell their merchandise to bidders (“Best2bid”). Pursuant
to the agreement, GVCL acquired 5,500,000 shares of common stock of Best2bid at a price of $550 or $0.0001 per share.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in Best2Bid at a historical cost of $550 under other investments.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company made a full impairment of $550 for the investment in Best2bid due to its failure to provide updated financial statements for evaluation. As a result, our investment in Best2bid was fully impaired with a nil value as of December
31, 2024.
13.
Acquisition
of SEATech Ventures Corp.
On
August 8, 2024, GVCL entered into a stock purchase agreement with an unrelated party, Seah Kok Wah (“Mr. Seah”). Pursuant
to the agreement, Mr. Seah agreed to sell his 923,544 shares of common stock of SEATech Ventures Corp. (“SEATech”) to GVCL
for approximately $92 or $0.0001 per share. SEATech is a Nevada corporation and principally provides mentoring and incubation services
to clients. The investment was recognized at a cost of $92 under other investments.
In
addition to the acquisition in August 2024, together with the remaining 2,279,813 SEATech shares which were acquired and impaired during
2018, GVCL in aggregate holds 3,203,357 shares of common stock of SEATech as of December 31, 2024.
As
of December 31, 2024, the Company recorded the investment in SEATech at a historical cost of $92 under other investments.
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Acquisition
and disposal or termination of other investments
1.
Acquisition
and disposal of Agape ATP Corporation
On
April 14, 2017, our wholly owned subsidiary, Greenpro Venture Capital Limited (“GVCL”), acquired 17,500,000 shares of
common stock of Agape ATP Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“Agape”), par value of $0.0001 per share, for $1,750. Agape
is principally engaged in the provision of health and wellness products and advisory services to clients in Malaysia. As of December
31, 2021, GVCL holds approximately 5% of the total outstanding shares of Agape and recognized the investment at a historical cost of
$1,750 under other investments.
On
January 21, 2022, GVCL entered into a forfeiture agreement with Agape. Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL agreed to transfer 16,500,000
shares out of its total invested 17,500,000 shares of common stock from Agape to Agape for nil consideration. As a result, GVCL holds
approximately 1% of the total outstanding shares of Agape and recognized a loss on forfeiture of other investment of $1,650.
Since
October 10, 2023, Agape’s common stock has been uplisted from OTC to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”).
On
December 31, 2023, GVCL owned 1,000,000 shares of common stock of Agape and recognized our investment in Agape under a historical cost
of $100 or $0.0001 per share.
On
February 16, 2024, GVCL sold 200,000 shares of Agape’s common stock through a broker at a price of $180,000. As a result, GVC recognized
a gain on disposal of other investment of $179,980.
On
August 15, 2024, Agape filed a Certificate of Change with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada to effect a 1-for-20 reverse
stock split of the shares of Agape’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share on August 30, 2024. As a result of the reverse
stock split, our 800,000 shares of Agape’s common stock were reduced to 40,000 shares, and the investment cost was retained at
$80.
On
August 30, 2024, GVCL sold all remaining 40,000 Agape shares through a broker at a price of $127,697. As a result, GVCL recognized a
gain on disposal of other investment of $127,617.
2.
Acquisition
and disposal of Celmonze Wellness Corporation.
On
February 8, 2023, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with Celmonze Wellness Corporation, a Nevada corporation, which provides
beauty and wellness solutions to clients (“Celmonze”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired 5,000,000 shares of common
stock of Celmonze at a price of $500 or $0.0001 per share. The investment was recognized at a historical cost of $500 under other investments.
Upon
acquisition, the Company recorded the investment in Celmonze at a historical cost of $500 under other investments.
On
January 17, 2024, GVCL entered a repurchase agreement with Celmonze. Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL agreed to sell back all our 5,000,000
owned Celmonze shares to Celmonze for $500. We received cash of $500 from Celmonze in exchange for our return of Celmonze shares.
3.
Acquisition
and disposal of MU Global Holding Limited
On
July 25, 2018, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with MU Global Holding Limited, a Nevada corporation, which provides spa and
wellness services and products to clients (“MUGH”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired 2,165,000 shares of common stock
of MUGH at a price of $217 or $0.0001 per share. The investment was recognized at a historical cost of $217 under other investments.
On
December 31, 2018, GVCL made an impairment of $217 and hence, the investment was fully impaired with nil value.
On
April 10, 2024, GVCL entered into a stock purchase agreement with an unrelated party, Chen Shu-Jen (“Mr. Chen”). Pursuant
to the agreement, GVCL agreed to sell all 2,165,000 MUGH shares to Mr. Chen for $17,320. As a result, GVCL recognized a gain on disposal
of investment of $17,320.
4.
Acquisition
and termination of REBLOOD Biotech Corp.
On
April 1, 2022, GVCL entered into a subscription agreement with REBLOOD Biotech Corp., a Nevada corporation, which is principally in
the provision of health management and biotechnology services (“REBLOOD”). Pursuant to the agreement, GVCL acquired
1,000,000 shares of common stock of REBLOOD at a price of $100 or $0.0001 per share.
On
December 20, 2024, REBLOOD’s sole director resolved to dissolve REBLOOD in Nevada, and filed a special resolution for dissolution
with the Nevada Secretary of State effective December 31, 2024.
As
a result of the dissolution, all REBLOOD shares are annulled, GVCL’s investment is terminated with a nil value. On December 31,
2024, GVCL recognized a loss on termination of investment of $100.
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Business
Overview
During
2024, through Green-X Corp. (“Green-X”), one of our subsidiaries in Labuan, we expanded our blockchain initiative in
Indonesia by conducting training programs in collaboration with institutions like Dubai Blockchain Center. We also signed a
strategic agreement with Pondok Pesantren Darul Fiqhi to promote blockchain technology through Islamic boarding schools.
Additionally, we plan to implement a Brunei Darussalam , Indonesia , Malaysia and
the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area ( BIMP-EAGA ) digital
wallet in Indonesia, that facilitates and enables us to raise funds through digital means by issuing or offering Shariah-compliant
securities token (RAMZ) in Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC).
Green-X
is a platform operator licensed under the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 (LFSSA) whereby security token issuers (“Issuers”)
offer their security tokens for subscription and trading by investors (“Investors”) through Green-X digital asset exchange
(“Green-X DAX”) platform. ISRA International Consulting Sdn. Bhd. (“ISRA Consulting/Shariah Adviser of the platform”)
is responsible for advising on and ensuring end-to-end Shariah compliance for the Green-X DAX platform’s operations.
Key
Highlights of Green-X DAX and Shariah Compliance
●
The
platform adopts the contract of Ijarah, which shall be subject to all rules and requirements relating thereto.
●
Ijarah is
a contract that involves the hiring of services from an entity for a specified period, in exchange for a fee ( ujrah ). This
contract enables Green-X, as a platform provider, to offer its services, including but not limited to the facilitation of
security token trading, benefits, and platform access to counterparties, such as Listing Sponsors, Issuers and Investors, in
exchange for a fee.
●
Digital
assets:
i. The
digital assets consist of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and security tokens.
ii. Cryptocurrencies
(digital currencies) are recognized as assets ( mal ) from the Shariah perspective.
iii. Cryptocurrencies
that are based on technology without any underlying assets are categorized as goods ( `urudh )
and not subject to the principle of currency exchange ( bay` al-sarf ).
iv. Stablecoins
are a type of cryptocurrency whereby their values are pegged and/or backed to another currency
or commodity.
v. In
the event that the stablecoins’ values are:
a) pegged
and backed by ribawi items comprising gold, silver and currency, such as Tether, which
is pegged and backed to USD, it is categorized as a currency from the Shariah perspective and
subject to the principle of currency exchange, which is the same value of the same type and on a spot
basis.
b) pegged
and/or backed by non- ribawi items, such as crude oil, it is categorized as goods and
not subject to the principle of currency exchange.
vi. The
security tokens can be categorized into two categories:
a) asset-backed
tokens - represent the digitalization of valuable assets into fractional digital
certificates,
indicating ownership rights over the asset.
b) equity-based
tokens - represent direct ownership or shares in a company, which may include rights to dividends,
voting, and other benefits.
The
former a) is considered an asset, while the latter b) represents equity.
vii. For
transactions on the platform, the usage of digital assets shall be limited to those that have been
approved by the Shariah Adviser of the platform.
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●
Green-X
e-wallet:
i. An
individual or entity wishing to trade on the platform must deposit their digital assets into
the Green-X e-wallet. These assets will be used as payment for the subscription to security
tokens.
ii. The
Green-X e-wallet operates on the principle of Wadi’ah, a custodianship based
on trust. The custodian is responsible for the safekeeping of the assets and must return
them at the depositor’s request.
iii. As
this is a trust-based arrangement, the custodian is not permitted to utilize the assets or
derive any profits from them. The custodian is also not liable for any loss or damage to
the assets unless it results from misconduct, negligence, or a breach of specified terms.
iv. The
custodian shall not transfer the assets to a third party without the depositor’s consent.
If such a transfer occurs without consent, the custodian will be fully responsible for any
loss or damage to the assets.
v. For
the Green-X e-wallet, a certain percentage of the stored digital assets will be transferred
to a Cold Wallet provided by BitGo. A Cold Wallet is a secure, offline storage solution designed
to protect assets from theft, hacks, and similar risks.
vi. The
Cold Wallet provided by BitGo also operates under the concept of Wadi’ah , wherein
the custodian is responsible for the safekeeping of the assets and must return them upon
the depositor’s request.
●
STO
issuance:
i. The
STO issuance on the platform shall adhere to the Shariah Tokenization Guidelines.
ii. The
subscription of STO adopts a sale and purchase ( al-bay’ ) contract, incorporating
the hamish jiddiyyah .
iii. Hamish
jiddiyyah refers to a security deposit taken at the promise stage and held as collateral
until the execution of the contract. Upon execution of the contract, hamish jiddiyyah is
either refunded to the buyer or adjusted against the payable amount.
●
Smart
contract:
i. A
program stored on a blockchain, representing a digital version of traditional contracts made
between any parties, but without the need to have independent third-party verification. The
verification and validation tasks are handled instead by the Ethereum platform itself. In
other words, smart contracts are capable of self-execution and self-validation.
ii. Works
in the form of “If…then…” statements whereby a network of computers
executes specific actions when predetermined conditions have been met and verified.
iii. Smart
contracts are allowable from a Shariah perspective when all the necessary Shariah requirements
are fully complied with as approved by the Shariah Adviser of the platform.
●
Late
payment charges:
i. Late
payment charges which consist of compensation ( ta’widh ) at actual loss incurred
on overdue fees may be charged by Green-X.
ii. The
amount of ta’widh is allowed to be recognized as income.
iii. Rate
of ta’widh which may be imposed shall not be more than 1% per annum on the outstanding
amount and shall not be compounded.
●
Shariah-compliant purpose:
i. The
purpose of utilization of the raised funds shall be compliant with the Shariah principle.
ii. In
the event that the project involves investing in business activities which consist of both
Shariah-compliant and Shariah Non-Compliant (“SNC”) activities (collectively
referred to as “Mixed Activities”), the SNC activities must not exceed the designated
benchmarks.
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●
Below
are the parties on the Green-X DAX platform:
Green-X: A
platform operator, licensed under the LFSSA. Green-X operates a Shariah-compliant platform that facilitates the listing of the
Issuer’s security tokens, subscription for security tokens by the Investor and trading of security tokens.
Issuer: A
company that issues Shariah-compliant security tokens through the Green-X DAX platform and intends to raise funds for Shariah-compliant purposes.
Investor: Individual
or entity that has successfully registered as a Green-X e-wallet user on the Green-X DAX platform and subscribes to security tokens
through payment of consideration in the form of digital assets on the Green-X DAX platform.
DAX
Listing Sponsor: The adviser who is authorized to undertake both Initial Listing Activities and Post Listing Activities including
but not limited to performing due diligence on the Issuer’s assets and business, preparing the Pre-Consultation Presentation and
drafting the STO Business Memorandum.
Shariah
Adviser of the Platform: Herein referred to ISRA Consulting, provides guidelines to the Green-X DAX platform and ensures operations
of the platform are compliant with Shariah rules and principles.
Shariah
Adviser of the Issuer: Shariah Adviser appointed by the Issuer to ensure that the Issuer’s assets and purpose of
utilization for security token issuance are operated and managed in compliance with Shariah rules and principles.
●
Structure
and mechanism of STO issuance on the Green-X DAX platform:
1. Investor
(A) applies for an STO by allocating digital assets, such as Tether (USDT), as security deposits
via its e-wallet on the platform. The allocated digital assets will be held by Green-X as
security deposits until the required fundraising threshold for the security tokens is achieved.
2. Upon
reaching the specified fundraising threshold, the Issuer issues the security tokens, which
are stored on the platform until the listing date.
3. On
the listing date of the security tokens on the platform, the security deposits are disbursed
to the Issuer via its e-wallet as the sale payment. Upon the conclusion of the sale and purchase
transaction, the ownership of the security tokens is transferred to Investor (A).
4. Income
(if any) is disbursed by the Issuer to Investor (A) via the platform.
5. Investor
(A) may execute the trading of its security tokens to other Investors (Investor B, C and
D) via the platform.
On
June 15, 2024, Green-X entered into a sale and purchase agreement with a founder of a Delaware company, Dignity Corp. (referred as
“Seller”) and subsequently on December 12, 2024, entered into a supplementary agreement with the Seller (collectively, the
“SPA”). Pursuant to the SPA, in consideration of the total token of four million (4,000,000) in our digital assets, GX
Token, paid and / or exchange by Green-X, and in consideration of the total token five million (5,000,000) in Dignity Token, an
asset-backed crypto security token (“DiGau”), The Seller grants to Green-X an option whereby Green-X may at the end of
sixty (60) months of period, with consent from both parties require the Seller to exchange back whichever balance of GX Token back to
Green-X and vice versa (the “Option”).
DiGau
was initially traded on the Green-X digital asset exchange (“Green-X DAX”) platform on April 10, 2024, with a closing price
of $2.3204 per token. On December 31, 2024, DiGau was traded on the Green-X DAX platform with a closing price of $3.9006 per token.
Based
on the pricing data from CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency data aggregator, DiGau’s closing price on December 31, 2024, was $6.02 per
token.
In
reference to a valuation report issued by an independent appraiser, as of July 1, 2024, DiGau was valued in the range of $9.70 to $10.93
per token on a marketable basis and valued in the range of $9.51 to $10.71 per token on a non-marketable basis, respectively.
Despite
the token exchange, DiGau was not recognized in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024, as the transaction did not meet
the criteria for asset recognition. As of the date of this report, the Company has yet determined the value of DiGau due to a lack of
observable market transactions and price information. As a result, the transaction was not disclosed in our consolidated financial statements
for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The
Company does not expect that the exclusion of the transaction will have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements
as of December 31, 2024.
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As
our core business, we operate and provide a wide range of business solution services to small and medium-sized businesses located in Southeast
Asia and East Asia, with an initial focus on Hong Kong, China and Malaysia, and subsequently in Thailand and Taiwan. Our comprehensive
range of services includes cross-border business solutions, record management services, and accounting outsourcing services. Our cross-border
business services include, among other services, tax planning, trust and wealth management, cross-border listing advisory services and
transaction services. As part of the cross-border business solutions, we have developed a package solution of services (“Package
Solution”) that can reduce business costs and enhance revenues.
We
also operate a venture capital business through Greenpro Venture Capital Limited, an Anguilla corporation. Our venture capital business
is focused on (1) establishing a business incubator for start-up and high-growth companies to support such companies during critical
growth periods, which includes education and support services, and (2) searching for investment opportunities in selected start-up and
high-growth companies, which we expect can generate significant returns to the Company. We expect to target companies located in Asia
including Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Thailand and Singapore. We anticipate our venture capital business will also engage in the purchase
or lease of commercial properties in the same Asian region.
Our
Services
We
provide a range of services to our clients as part of the Package Solution that we have developed. We believe that our clients can reduce
their business costs and enhance their revenues by utilizing our Package Solution.
Cross-Border
Business Solutions
We
provide a full range of cross-border services to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to assist them in conducting their business
effectively. Our “Cross-Border Business Solutions” includes the following services:
●
Advising
clients on company formation in Hong Kong, the United States, the British Virgin Islands, and other overseas jurisdictions;
●
Assisting
companies to set up bank accounts with banks in Hong Kong to facilitate clients’ banking operations;
●
Providing
bank loan referral services;
●
Providing
company secretarial services;
●
Assisting
companies in applying for business registration certificates with the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong;
●
Providing
corporate finance consulting services;
●
Providing
due diligence investigations and valuations of companies;
●
Advising
clients regarding debt and company restructurings;
●
Providing
liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy and individual voluntary arrangement advice and assistance;
●
Designing
a marketing strategy and promoting the company’s business, products, and services;
●
Providing
financial and liquidity analysis;
●
Assisting
in setting up cloud invoicing systems for clients;
●
Assisting
in liaising with investors for the purpose of raising capital;
●
Assisting
in setting up cloud inventory systems to assist clients in recording, maintaining and controlling their inventories and tracking their inventory
levels;
●
Assisting
in setting up cloud accounting systems to enable clients to keep track of their financial performance;
●
Assisting
clients in payroll matters operated in our cloud payroll system;
●
Assisting
clients in tax planning, preparing the tax computation, and making tax filings with the Inland Revenue Department of Hong Kong;
●
Providing
cross-border listing advisory services, including but not limited to, United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Australia;
●
Providing
international tax planning in China;
●
Advising
on trust and wealth management;
●
Providing
an online equity crowdfunding platform to assist small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access funding through its platform;
●
Providing
cryptocurrency trading and digital asset exchange services;
●
Providing
a capital market-focused portal to browse business markets or corporate news;
●
Providing
big data and focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) providing financial services;
●
Providing
financial technology (FinTech) services; and
●
Transaction
services.
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There
is a growing market in Asia for companies who are seeking to go public and become listed on a recognized exchange in a foreign
jurisdiction. We see tremendous opportunity to the extent that this trend continues worldwide. With respect to cross-border listing
advisory services, we assist private companies in their desire to list and trade on public exchanges, including the NASDAQ and OTC
Markets in the U.S.. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, signed in 2012, eases the initial public offering
(“IPO”) process for “emerging growth companies” and reduces their regulatory burden, (2) improves the
ability of these companies to access capital through private offerings and small public offerings without SEC registration, and (3)
allows private companies with a substantial shareholder base to delay becoming a public reporting company.
Through
our cross-border listing advisory services, we seek to form the bridge between these companies seeking to conduct their IPO (or in some
cases, self-directed public offerings), and their goal of becoming a listed company on a recognized U.S. national exchange, such as NASDAQ
and the NYSE.
While
there are several alternatives for companies seeking to go public and trade on the U.S. OTC markets, we primarily focus on three methods:
●
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
●
Regulation
A+ offering
●
The
Form 10 shell company
The
way the OTC markets are structured provides companies the ability to “uplist” in the marketplace as they provide better
transparency. These OTC markets include:
●
OTCQX
Best Marketplace: offers transparent and efficient trading of established investor-focused U.S. and global companies.
●
OTCQB
Venture Marketplace: for early-stage and developing U.S. and international companies that are not yet able to qualify for OTCQX.
●
OTC
Pink Open Marketplace: offers trading in a wide spectrum of securities through any broker. With no minimum financial standards, this
market includes foreign companies that limit their disclosure, penny stocks and shells, as well as distressed, delinquent, and dark
companies not willing or able to provide adequate information to investors.
We
act as a case reference for our clients, as we originally had our shares quoted in the OTC markets and subsequently “uplisted”
to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC., a U.S. national securities exchange.
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With
growing competition and increasing economic sophistication, we believe more companies need strategies for cross-border restructuring
and other corporate matters. Our plan is to bundle our Cross-Border Business Solutions services with our cloud accounting solutions and
Accounting Outsourcing Services described below.
Accounting
Outsourcing Services
We
intend to develop relationships with professional firms from Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, and Thailand that can provide company secretarial,
business centers and virtual offices, bookkeeping, tax compliance and planning, payroll management, business valuation, and wealth management
services to our clients. We intend to include local accounting firms within this network to provide general accounting, financial evaluation,
and advisory services to our clients. Our expectation is that firms within our professional network will refer their international clients
to us who may need our bookkeeping, payroll, company secretarial and tax compliance services. We believe that this accounting outsourcing
service arrangement will be beneficial to our clients by providing a convenient, one-stop firm for their local and international business
and financial compliance and governance needs.
Our
Service Rates
We
intend to have a two-tiered rate system based upon the type of services being offered. We may impose project-based fees, where we charge
10% - 25% of the revenues generated by the client on projects that are completed using our services, such as transaction projects, contract
compliance projects, and business planning projects. We may also charge a flat rate fee or fixed fee based on the estimated complexity
and timing of a project when our professionals provide specified expertise to our clients on a project. For example, for our Cross-Border
Business Solutions services, we plan to charge our client a monthly fixed fee.
Our
Venture Capital Business Segment
Venture
Capital Investment
As
a result of our acquisition of Greenpro Venture Capital Limited (“GVCL”) in 2015, we entered a venture capital business in
Hong Kong with a focus on companies located in Southeast Asia and East Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Singapore.
Our venture capital business is focused on (1) establishing a business incubator for start-ups and high-growth companies to support such
companies during critical growth periods and (2) investment opportunities in select start-ups and high-growth companies.
We
believe that a company’s life cycle can be divided into five stages, including the seed stage, start-up stage, expansion stage,
mature stage and decline stage. We anticipate that most of a company’s funding needs will occur during these first three stages.
●
Seed
stage: Financing is needed for assets, and research and development of an initial business concept. The company usually has relatively
low costs in developing the business idea. The ownership model is considered and implemented.
●
Start-up
stage: Financing is needed for product development and initial marketing. Firms in this phase may be in the process of setting up
a business or they might have been operating the business for a short period of time but may not have sold their products commercially.
In this phase, costs are increasing due to product development, market research and the need to recruit personnel. Low levels of
revenue are starting to be generated.
●
Expansion
stage: Financing is needed for growth and expansion. Capital may be used to finance increased production capacity, product, or marketing
development or to hire additional personnel. In the early expansion phase, sales and production increase but there is not yet any
profit. In the later expansion stage, the business typically needs extra capital in addition to organically generated profit, for
further development, marketing, or product development.
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We
intend for our business incubators to provide valuable support to young, emerging growth and potential high-growth companies at critical
junctures of their development. For example, our incubators will offer office space at a below-market rental rate. We will also provide
our expertise, business contacts, introductions, and other resources to assist their development and growth. Depending on each individual
circumstance, we may also take an active advisory role in our venture capital companies including board representation, strategic marketing,
corporate governance, and capital structuring. We believe that there will be potential investment opportunities for us in these start-up
companies.
Our
business processes for our investment strategy in select start-up and high-growth companies are as follows:
●
Step
1. Generating Deal Flow: We expect to actively search for entrepreneurial firms and to generate deal flow through our business incubator
and the personal contacts of our executive team. We also anticipate that entrepreneurs will approach us for financing.
●
Step
2. Investment Decision: We will evaluate, examine, and engage in the diligence of a prospective portfolio company, including but not
limited to product/service viability, market potential and integrity as well as the capability of the management. After that, both
parties arrive at an agreed value for the deal. Following that is a process of negotiation which, if successful, ends with capital
transformation and restructuring.
●
Step
3. Business Development and Value Adding: In addition to capital contribution, we expect to provide expertise, knowledge, and relevant
business contacts to the company.
●
Step
4. Exit: There are several ways to exit an investment in a company. Common exits are:
○
Initial
Public Offering (IPO): The company’s shares are offered in a public sale on an established securities market.
○
Trade
sale (Acquisition): The entire company is sold to another company.
○
Secondary
sale: The company’s firm sells only part of its shares.
○
Buyback
or management buyout (MBO): Either the entrepreneur or the management of the company buys back the company’s shares in the
firm.
○
Reconstruction,
liquidation, or bankruptcy: If the project fails, the company will restructure or close its operations.
Our
objective is to achieve a superior rate of return through the eventual and timely disposal of investments. We expect to look for businesses
that meet the following criteria:
●
high-growth prospects
●
ambitious
teams
●
viability
of product or service
●
experienced
management
●
ability
to convert plans into reality
●
justification
of venture capital investment and investment criteria
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Our
Venture Capital Related Education and Support Services.
In
addition to providing venture capital services through GVCL, we also provide educational and support services that we believe will be
synergistic with our venture capital business. We have arranged seminars called the CEO & Business Owners Strategic Session (“CBOSS”)
in Malaysia and Singapore for business owners who are interested in the following:
●
Developing
their business globally;
●
Expanding
business with increased capital funding;
●
Creating
a sustainable SME business model;
●
Accelerating
the growth of the business; or
●
Significantly
increasing company cash flows.
The
objective of the CBOSS seminar is to educate the chief executive officers or business owners on how to acquire “smart capital”
and the considerations involved. The seminar includes an introduction to the basic concepts of “smart capital,” “wealth
and value creation,” recommendation and planning and similar topics. We believe that this seminar will synergistically support
our venture capital business segment.
Sales
and Marketing
We
plan to deploy three strategies to market the Greenpro brand: leadership, market segmentation and sales management process development.
●
Building
Brand Image: Greenpro’s marketing efforts will focus on building the image of our extensive expertise and knowledge of
our professionals. We intend to conduct a marketing campaign through media visibility, seminars, webinars, and the creation of a
wide variety of white papers, newsletters, books, and other information.
●
Market
Segmentation: We plan to devote marketing resources to highly measurable and high return-on-investment tactics that specifically
target those industries and areas where Greenpro has particularly deep experience and capabilities. These efforts typically involve
local, regional, or national trade show and event sponsorships, targeted direct mail, email, and telemarketing campaigns, and practice
and industry-specific micro-sites and newsletters in the Asian region.
●
Social
Media: We plan to begin a social media campaign utilizing blogs, such as X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and LinkedIn, after we
secure sufficient financing. A targeted campaign will be made to the following groups of clients: law firms, auditing firms,
consulting firms and small to medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) in different industries, including biotechnology,
intellectual property, information technologies and real estate.
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Worldwide
Wealth Wisdom Development
Worldwide
Wealth Wisdom Development (“WWW”) is our marketing and promotional campaign, which is focused on building long-term awareness
of our brand. WWW targets the following markets (i) business owners and senior management; (ii) high and medium net worth individuals
in China and (iii) financial services providers, such as Certified Financial Planners in China. The campaign involves sharing content,
knowledge, and information about wealth management, including wealth creation, wealth protection and wealth succession.
The
objectives of WWW are:
1.
To
increase public awareness and recognition of Greenpro as a well-known advocate of the wealth principles described above;
2.
For
our philosophy to gain recognition so that our clients are confident and comfortable with our services and trust us;
3.
To
educate existing clients and potential prospects; and
4.
To
act as a channel of communication to gather market data and feedback.
Set
forth below are the marketing strategies we expect to develop.
Awareness
and Optimization
1.
Email
Blasts and E-Newsletter
Email
blasts are one of the commonly used tactics to disseminate information. Our email database will be collected through leads generated
by online marketing (social media) and promotional events. Future event invitations and monthly/quarterly newsletters will be sent to
the email database to boost event participation and provide updates on Company development.
2.
Media
PR and News Releases
Our
post-event information will be sent to news and media platforms as part of our publicity effort to increase public awareness about our
events and developments and to encourage more participants to join our upcoming events. We will also share our analysis of various industries
and industry trends with the media network providers for free. We believe that this strategy will strengthen the relationship between
Greenpro and the media network providers.
3.
Social
Media
To
generate more leads and subscribers, two to four articles related to wealth management will be shared in our official WeChat account.
These articles are tools we use to share content online, through social media platforms such as WeChat, Jinri Toutiao and Facebook, which
increases our online presence.
4.
Online
Search Engine Optimization
Online
Search Engine Optimization (“SEO”) will be used as a supporting strategy to enhance our online presence campaign. We will
seek an SEO expert team in China and Malaysia to assist in the promotion of the campaign by using an advertising and keyword tagging strategy
to drive traffic to our social media accounts and our company website. The major search engines are Baidu and Google as these are the
common search engines worldwide.
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Interaction
and Conversion
1.
Seminars
and Conferences
Seminars
and conferences will be held once a month to deliver and educate the attendees on wealth management. We target between 80 and 100 attendees
each time. We intend to invite professionals and strategic partners to share their ideas, resources and know-how in the seminars and
conferences. The seminars and conferences will focus on our three core wealth management principles, namely “Wealth Creation, Wealth
Protection and Wealth Succession”.
2.
Private
Events by Invitation
Private
and exclusive events are planned to be held quarterly with a target of between 30 and 40 attendees. These events are exclusive and by-invitation
only, at which we will share insights into our services and explain to attendees how they can proceed with wealth management planning.
3.
Small
Group Meet Ups and Networking
Small
Group Meet Ups will be held twice a month targeting the public with an estimated five to ten attendees per session. The objective of
these sessions is to encourage idea exchanges, to provide a platform for networking and potentially future collaboration opportunities,
and to foster better understanding between the participants and us, as well as among themselves.
Market
Opportunities
We
believe the main drivers for the growth of our business are the products and services together with the resources such as an office network,
professional staff members and operational tools to make the advisory and consulting business more competitive.
We
intend to assist our clients in the preparation of their financial statements cost-effectively and provide security for such financial
information since the data will be stored in a cloud system. We anticipate a market with growing needs in Asia. We believe that there
is currently an increasing need for enterprises in different industries to maximize their performance with cost-effective methods. We
believe our services will create numerous competitive advantages for our clients. We believe that with us handling administrative and
logistic support, our clients can focus on developing their businesses and expanding their own client portfolio.
Customers
Our
revenues are generated from clients located globally, including those from Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand,
Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Our venture capital business will initially focus on Hong Kong and other Asian
start-ups and high-growth companies. We hope to generate deal flow through personal contacts of our management team as well as through
our business incubator.
We
generated revenues of $3,496,405 and $3,477,664 during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. We are not a
party to any long-term agreements with our customers.
Competition
We
operate in a mature, competitive industry. We consider our focus to be on a niche market of small and medium-sized businesses. Competition
in the general field of business advisory services is quite intense, particularly in Hong Kong. We face competition principally from
established law firms and consulting service providers in the corporate finance industry, such as Marbury, King & Wood Mallesons,
QMIS Financial Group, First Asia Finance Group Limited and their respective affiliates, as well as from certain accounting firms, including
those that specialize in tax planning and corporate restructuring. The competition in China or Malaysia is not as fierce as in Hong Kong.
Our major competitors in China are JP Investment Group and QMIS Financial Group while our major competitors in Malaysia are Global Bridge
Management Sdn. Bhd. and QMIS Financial Group. These competitors generate significant traffic and have established brand recognition
and financial resources. New or existing competition that uses a business model that is different from our business model may pressure
us to change so that we can remain competitive.
We
believe that the principal competitive factors in our market include quality of analysis; applicability and efficacy of recommendations;
strength and depth of relationships with clients; ability to meet the changing needs of current and prospective clients; and service
scope. By utilizing our competitive strengths, we believe that we have a competitive edge over other competitors due to the breadth of
our service offerings, one-stop convenience, pricing, marketing expertise, coverage network, service levels, track record, brand, and
reputation. We are confident we can retain and enlarge our market share.
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Intellectual
Property
We
intend to protect our investment in the research and development of our products and technologies. We intend to seek the widest possible
protection for significant product and process developments in our major markets through a combination of trade secrets, trademarks,
copyrights, and patents, if applicable. We anticipate that the form of protection will vary depending upon the level of protection afforded
by a particular jurisdiction. Currently, our revenue is derived principally from our operations in Hong Kong, China, and Malaysia, where
intellectual property protection may be limited and difficult to enforce. In such instances, we may seek protection of our intellectual
property through measures taken to increase the confidentiality of intellectual property.
We
have registered trademarks as a means of protecting the brand names of our companies and products. We intend to protect our trademarks
against infringement and seek to register design protection where appropriate. Currently, there are six trademarks registered under the
name of Greenpro Resources (HK) Limited.
Trademark
Trademark
Owner
Country
/ Territory
Registration
Date
Brief
Description
Greenpro
Resources (HK)
Limited
Hong
Kong
August
11, 2010, June 25, 2013, and December 3, 2014
Classes
35, 41, 42: Advertising, business management, business administration, office functions, research services, education and training.
U.S.A.
February
2, 2016
Class
35: Business administration services, business assistance, management and information services, business knowledge management and
consulting services.
China
December
28, 2014
Classes
35 and 42: Advertising, business management, business administration, office functions and research services.
Singapore
July
22, 2013
Classes
35 and 42: Advisory services related to business management and administration, computer software and security.
We
rely on trade secrets and unpatentable know-how that we seek to protect, in part, by confidentiality agreements. Our policy is to require
all employees to execute confidentiality agreements upon the commencement of employment with us. These agreements provide that all confidential
information is developed or made known to the individual through an individual’s relationship with us, to be kept confidential,
and not be disclosed to third parties except in specific circumstances. The agreement also provides that all inventions conceived
by the individual while rendering services to us shall be assigned to us as the exclusive property of our company. There can be no assurance,
however, that all people who we desire to sign such agreements will sign, or if they do, that these agreements will not be breached,
that we would have adequate remedies for any breach, or that our trade secrets or un-patentable know-how will not otherwise become known
or be independently developed by competitors.
Government
Regulation
We
provide our Package Solution initially in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia, which we believe are locations that would need outsourcing support
services. Further, we believe these markets are the central and regional markets for many customers doing cross-border business in Asia.
We target those customers from Asia doing international business and plan to provide our Package Solution to meet their needs. Our planned
Package Solution will be structured in Hong Kong, but services may be outsourced to lower-cost jurisdictions such as Malaysia and China,
which encourage and welcome outsourcing services.
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The
following regulations are the laws and regulations that may be applicable to us:
Hong
Kong
Our
businesses located in Hong Kong are subject to the laws and ordinances enacted in Hong Kong including, but not limited to, labor, occupational
safety and health, general corporations, intellectual property, and other similar laws. Because our website is maintained through the
server in Hong Kong, we shall be required to comply with all laws and ordinances enacted in Hong Kong including, inter alia, data usage
and regular terms of services applicable to our potential customers. As the information of our potential customers is preserved in Hong
Kong, we will need to comply with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486).
The
Employment Ordinance is the main piece of legislation governing conditions of employment in Hong Kong. It covers a comprehensive range
of employment protection and benefits for employees, including Wage Protection, Rest Days, Holiday Pay, Paid Annual Leave, Sickness Allowance,
Maternity Protection, Statutory Paternity Leave, Severance Payment, Long Service Payment, Employment Protection, Termination of Employment
Contract and Protection against Anti-Union Discrimination.
An
employer must also comply with all legal obligations under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap 485). These include enrolling
all qualifying employees in Mandatory Provident Fund (“MPF”) schemes and making MPF contributions for them. Except for exempt
persons, employers should enroll both full-time and part-time employees who are at least 18 but under 65 years of age in an MPF scheme
within the first 60 days of employment. The 60-day employment rule does not apply to casual employees in the construction and catering
industries.
We
are required to make MPF contributions for our Hong Kong employees once every contribution period (generally the wage period). Employers
and employees are each required to make regular mandatory contributions of 5% of the employee’s relevant income to an MPF scheme,
subject to the minimum and maximum relevant income levels. For a monthly-paid employee, the minimum and maximum relevant income levels
are $7,100 and $30,000 respectively.
We
comply with the above applicable ordinances and regulations in Hong Kong and have not been involved in any lawsuit or prosecuted by
the local authority resulting from any breach of the ordinances and regulations.
Malaysia
Our
businesses located in Malaysia are subject to the general laws in Malaysia governing businesses including labor, occupational safety
and health, general corporations, intellectual property and other similar laws including the Computer Crime Act 1997 and The Copyright
(Amendment) Act 1997. We believe that the focus of these laws is censorship in Malaysia; however, we believe this does not impact our
businesses because the censorship focus is on media controls and does not relate to cloud-based technology which we plan to use.
Our
real estate investments are subject to extensive local, city, county and state rules and regulations regarding permitting, zoning, subdivision,
utilities and water quality as well as federal rules and regulations regarding air and water quality and protection of endangered species
and their habitats. Such regulation may result in higher than anticipated administrative and operational costs.
We
comply with the above applicable ordinances and regulations in Malaysia and have not been involved in any lawsuit or prosecuted by
the local authority resulting from any breach of the ordinances and regulations.
China
A
portion of our acquired businesses are located in China and subject to the general laws in China governing businesses including
labor, occupational safety and health, general corporations, intellectual property and other similar laws.
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Employment
Contracts
The
Employment Contract Law was promulgated by the National People’s Congress’ Standing Committee on June 29, 2007, and took
effect on January 1, 2008 and was revised at the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress
on December 28, 2012. The Employment Contract Law governs labor relations and employment contracts (including the entry into, performance,
amendment, termination, and determination of employment contracts) between domestic enterprises (including foreign-invested companies),
individual economic organizations and private non-enterprise units (collectively referred to as the “employers”) and their
employees.
a.
Execution of employment contracts
Under
the Employment Contract Law, an employer shall sign a written employment contract with an employee within one month from the date of
commencement of work. In the event of contravention, the employee is entitled to double wages every month during the period from the
day after one month of employment to the day before one year from the commencement that is the employee may receive up to 11 months
of additional wages due to the employer’s failure to provide a signed employment contract. If the employer does not sign an
employment contract with the employee for more than 12 months since commencement, it will be deemed that an employment contract with
a non-fixed term has been signed between the employer and the employee from the day after one year of employment.
b.
Right to non-fixed term contracts
Under
the Employment Contract Law, an employee may request a non-fixed term contract without an employer’s consent to renew, if the employee
has worked for ten consecutive years. In addition, when signing the third employment contract, the employee is also entitled to a non-fixed
term contract with an employer if he has completed two fixed-term employment contracts with such employer. Under the non-fixed term contract
period, the employer shall not arbitrarily terminate the employment, unless the employee is dismissed under any of the following situations:
(1) serious violations of the employer’s rules and regulations; (2) serious dereliction of duty, embezzlement, and causing significant
harm to the employer; (3) establishing employment relations with other employers at the same time, which seriously affects the completion
of the work tasks of the unit, or refusing to make corrections upon request by the employer; (4) employers who use fraudulent or coercive
means or take advantage of others, to force the employer to enter into or modify employment contracts against their true intentions.
Unless the employee requests to enter into a fixed-term contract, an employer who fails to enter into a non-fixed term contract pursuant
to the Employment Contract Law is liable to pay the employee double his/her salary from the date the employment contract should be renewed
a non-fixed term.
c.
Compensation for termination or expiry of employment contracts
Under
the Employment Contract Law, employees are entitled to compensation upon the termination or expiry of an employment contract.
Employees are entitled to compensation even in the event the employer (i) has been declared bankrupt; (ii) has its business license
revoked; (iii) has been ordered to cease or is revoked or dissolved; or (iv) according to the provisions of the Enterprise
Bankruptcy Law, implements economic layoffs during a reorganization; (v) implements economic layoffs due to serious difficulties in
production and operation; (vi) undergoes a transfer of production, major technological innovation, or adjustment of its business
model, and after changing the employment contract, it is still necessary to lay off employees; (vii) experiences unforeseeable
significant changes in the objective economic situation based on which the employment contract was concluded resulting
the inability to perform the terms of the employment contract signed by both parties. Where an employee has been employed
for less than one year but more than 6 months, such an employee will be deemed to have completed one full year of service, and will
be entitled to such compensation equivalent to one month’s salary; if an employee has been employed for less than six months,
the employee will be entitled to such compensation equivalent to half month’s salary.
d.
Trade union and collective employment contracts
Under
the Employment Contract Law, a trade union may seek arbitration and litigation to resolve any dispute arising from a collective employment
contract provided that such dispute fails to be settled through negotiations. Employment Contract Law also permits a trade union to enter
into a collective employee contract with an employer on behalf of all the employees.
Where
a trade union has not been formed, a representative appointed by an employee under the guidance of a high-level trade union may
execute the collective employment contract. Within districts below the county level, collective employment contracts for industries
such as those engaged in construction, mining, food and beverage and those from the service sector, etc., may be executed on behalf
of employees by the representatives from the trade union of each respective industry. Alternatively, a district-based collective
employment contract may be made.
As
a result of the Employment Contract Law, all our employees have executed standard written employment agreements with us. We have not
experienced any significant labor disputes or any difficulties in recruiting staff for our operations.
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On
October 28, 2010, the National People’s Congress of China promulgated the PRC Social Insurance Law, which became effective on July
1, 2011. The decision to amend the Social Insurance Law of the People’s Republic of China was made by the Standing Committee of
the National People’s Congress on December 29, 2018, and came into effect on December 29, 2018. In accordance with the PRC Social
Insurance Law, the Interim Regulations on the Collection and Payment of Social Security Fund and other relevant laws and regulations,
China establishes a social insurance system including basic pension insurance, basic medical insurance, work-related injury insurance,
unemployment insurance and maternity insurance. An employer shall pay the social insurance for its employees in accordance with the rates
provided under relevant regulations and shall withhold the social insurance that should be assumed by the employees. The authorities
in charge of social insurance may request an employer’s compliance and impose sanctions if such an employer fails to pay and withhold
social insurance in a timely manner. Under the Regulations on the Administration of Housing Fund effective in 1999, as amended in 2002,
and it was revised again by the State Council in 2019 and implemented on March 24, 2019. PRC companies must register with applicable
housing fund management centers and establish a special housing fund account in an entrusted bank. Both PRC companies and their employees
are required to contribute to the housing funds.
The
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security promulgated the Interim Provisions on Labor Dispatch on January 24, 2014. The Interim
Provisions on Labor Dispatch, which became effective on March 1, 2014, sets forth that labor dispatch should only be applicable to temporary,
auxiliary or substitute positions. Temporary positions shall mean positions subsisting for no more than six months, auxiliary positions
shall mean positions of non-major business that serve positions of major businesses, and substitute positions shall mean positions that
can be held by substitute employees for a certain period of time during which the employees who originally hold such positions are unable
to work as a result of full-time study, being on leave or other reasons. The Interim Provisions further provide that, the number of the
dispatched workers of an employer shall not exceed 10% of its total workforce, and the total workforce of an employer shall refer to
the sum of the number of the workers who have executed labor contracts with the employer and the number of workers who are dispatched
to the employer.
Foreign
Exchange Control and Administration
Foreign
exchange in China is primarily regulated by:
●
The
Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration (revised in 2008) (“Foreign Exchange
Administration Regulations”); and
●
The
Administration Provisions of the Settlement, Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange (1996).
Under
the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations, if documents certifying the purposes of the conversion of RMB into foreign currency
are submitted to the relevant foreign exchange conversion bank, the RMB will be convertible for current account items, including the
distribution of dividends, interest and royalty payments, and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions. Conversion of
RMB for capital account items, such as direct investment, loans, securities investment, and repatriation of investment, however, is subject
to the approval of SAFE or its local counterpart.
Under
the Administration Rules for the Settlement, Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange, foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or
remit foreign currencies at banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents and, in
the case of capital account item transactions, obtaining approval from SAFE or its local counterpart.
As
an offshore holding company with PRC subsidiaries, we may (i) make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiaries, (ii) establish
new PRC subsidiaries and make capital contributions to these new PRC subsidiaries, (iii) make loans to our PRC subsidiaries or consolidated
affiliated entities, or (iv) acquire offshore entities with business operations in China in offshore transactions. However, most of these
uses are subject to PRC regulations and approvals. For example:
●
Capital
contributions to our PRC subsidiaries, whether existing or newly established ones, must be approved by the Ministry of Commerce or
its local authorities;
●
Loans
by us to our PRC subsidiaries, each of which is a foreign-invested enterprise, to finance their activities cannot exceed statutory
limits and must be registered with SAFE or its local branches; and
●
Loans
from us to our consolidated affiliated entities, which are domestic PRC entities, must be approved by the National Development and
Reform Commission and must also be registered with SAFE or its local branches.
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On
March 30, 2015, SAFE issued the Circular of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange Concerning Reform of the Administrative Approaches
to Settlement of Foreign Exchange Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises, or “Circular 19”, which became effective on June
1, 2015, to regulate the conversion by foreign invested enterprises, or FIEs, of foreign currency into RMB by restricting how the converted
RMB may be used. Circular 19 requires that RMB converted from the foreign currency-dominated capital of an FIE shall be managed under
the Accounts for FX settlement and pending payment. The expenditure scope of such Accounts includes expenditure within the business scope,
payment of funds for domestic equity investment and RMB deposits, repayment of the RMB loans after completed utilization, and so forth.
An
FIE shall truthfully use its capital by itself within the business scope and shall not, directly or indirectly, use its capital or RMB
converted from the foreign currency-dominated capital for (i) expenditure beyond its business scope or expenditure prohibited by laws
or regulations, (ii) direct account indirectly used for securities investment; (iii) disbursing RMB entrusted loans (unless permitted
under its business scope), repaying inter-corporate borrowings (including third-party advance) and repaying RMB bank loans already refinanced
to any third party; (iv) except for foreign-invested real estate enterprises, it shall not be used to pay related expenses for purchasing
non-self-use real estate. Where a FIE, other than a foreign-invested investment company, foreign-invested venture capital enterprise
or foreign-invested equity investment enterprise, makes domestic equity investment by transferring its capital into the original currency,
it shall obey the current provisions on domestic re-investment. Where such a FIE makes domestic equity investment by its RMB conversion,
the invested enterprise shall first go through domestic re-investment registration and open a corresponding Accounts for FX settlement
and pending payment, and the FIE shall thereafter transfer the conversion to the aforesaid Account according to the actual amount of
investment.
In
addition, according to the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Foreign Exchange Administration, which became effective
on August 5, 2008, the use of foreign exchange or RMB conversion may not be changed without authorization.
Violations
of the applicable circulars and rules may result in severe penalties, including substantial fines as set forth in the Foreign Exchange
Administration Regulations.
In
light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to and direct investment in PRC entities by offshore holding companies,
we cannot assure you that we will always be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government
approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans to our PRC subsidiaries or future capital contributions by us to
our PRC subsidiaries. If we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such approvals, our ability to capitalize or otherwise fund
our PRC operations may be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and
expand our business.
Currently,
we are following the above applicable ordinances and regulations in China and have not been involved in any lawsuit or prosecuted by
the local authority resulting from any breach of the ordinances and regulations.
Insurance
We
do not currently maintain property, business interruption and casualty insurance. As our business matures, we expect to obtain such insurance
in accordance with customary industry practices in Malaysia, Hong Kong and China, as applicable.
Seasonality
Our
businesses are not subject to seasonality.
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Employees
As
of April 9, 2025, we have 48 employees, located in the following territories:
Country/Territory
Number
of Employees
Malaysia
12
China
25
Hong
Kong
11
As
a result of the Employment Contract Law, all our employees in China have executed standard written employment agreements with us.
We
are required to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) under a defined contribution pension plan for all eligible employees
in Malaysia between the ages of 18 and 55. We are required to contribute a specified percentage of the participant’s income based
on their ages and wage level. The participants are entitled to all our contributions together with accrued returns regardless of their
length of service with the Company. For the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the contributions were $27,070 and $29,570, respectively.
We
are required to contribute to the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) for all eligible employees in Hong Kong between the ages of 18 and 65.
We are required to contribute a specified percentage of the participant’s income based on their ages and wage levels. For the years
ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the MPF contributions by the Company were $23,385 and $22,027, respectively. We have not experienced
any significant labor disputes or any difficulties in recruiting staff for our operations.
We
are required to contribute to the Social Insurance Schemes and Housing Fund Schemes for all eligible employees in the PRC. For the
years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, the contributions were $41,768 and $39,958, respectively.
Executive
Office and Other Information
Our
principal executive offices are located at B-23A-02, G-Vestor Tower, Pavilion Embassy, 200 Jalan Ampang, 50450 W.P. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Our principal telephone number is +60 3 8408 - 1788, and our website is “ greenprocapital.com ”. The information contained
on our website is not, and should not be interpreted to be, a part of this Form 10-K.
We
have regional offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China which principally serve their respective clients and provide support to the Company.
We
are required to file periodic reports and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Access to
our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and our Proxy Statements, and any amendments
to these reports, is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
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Future
Development Plan
We
are in the process of carrying out the following development plans.
1.
Security
Token Offering:
We
will continue our focus on security token offering (STO), a regulated way to raise funds through blockchains that keep investors protected
by regulated and asset-backed digital securities. This aligns with our mission to provide ethical, sustainable, and Shariah-compliant
investment opportunities to investors. We aim to tap into underserved communities by providing financial inclusion through digital asset
solutions. By expanding our reach in Southeast Asia and beyond, we seek to bridge the gap between traditional finance and blockchain
technology, ensuring accessibility and transparency for a wider range of investors.
2.
Expansion
of Corporate Finance Services:
We
plan to further expand our corporate finance services business. Our corporate finance services include financial advisory services relating
to listings in the US capital markets (NYSE, NASDAQ or OTC Markets) or listings in Hong Kong, mergers and acquisitions, investment valuation,
project management and other financial advisory services. We intend to enhance our corporate finance business in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia,
and Thailand, by engaging in more marketing activities and expanding our business network to these regions.
3.
ADAQ
Development:
ADAQ
is a next-generation online financial information platform which facilitates connecting private high-growth emerging companies with
access to potential investors and synergetic companies. ADAQ is dedicated to equipping emerging growth companies in the Asia Pacific
region with the guidance and information to identify, build and stream their sustainable core values. In addition, it offers an
acceleration program to incubate and assist companies to accelerate the process by which they seek to list on international
exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ and Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX).
●
ADAQ
has three major functions:
1.
Corporate Value Building Program
2.
Online platform and acceleration process to International Capital Market Listing
3.
Online Financial Information Market
We
intend to strengthen the development of ADAQ as an acceleration platform to assist high-growth emerging companies in the ASEAN regions
covering Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, and China to obtain funding and prepare for an IPO. An
increasing number of companies across Southeast Asia and the Greater Bay Area are interested in listing on the ADAQ market platform.
We believe the successful development of the platform will heighten the prospects of Greenpro’s venture capital projects, aiming
to achieve success and to widen market coverage to source for new potential projects.
●
Wealth
Management Portfolio Development. The increase in the number of high-net-worth individuals in the Asia Pacific Region has created
opportunities and needs for cross-border wealth management services. Leveraging our competitive advantages with integrated financial
services and strategic offices, we look forward to enhancing our strategic development in wealth management, fund management and
asset management businesses. We continue to look for partnerships to explore the potential of wealth management, fund management
and asset management services, and provide assistance with our affiliates’ customized wealth creation, wealth protection
and wealth succession solutions for medium, high, and ultra-high net worth individuals/families in the Asian region. We also expect
to put more effort into the development of our Wealth Network Database focusing on wealth-related information sharing.
For
our long-term plan and development, we look forward to initiating the “Greenpro Capital Tower” plan in ASEAN as an
effort to further develop our brand, strengthen our operational and client base with stronger customers and increase market
confidence. In addition, we plan to continue to grow through mergers and acquisitions of related services to enhance our services
horizontally and vertically. We are continuously sourcing synergy and licensed financial institutions to strengthen the capabilities
and scope of our services with the aim of widening our market coverage.
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ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
You
should carefully consider the risks described below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, which could materially and adversely affect
our business, results of operations or financial condition. Our business faces significant risks, and the risks described below may not
be the only risks we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may materially affect
our business, results of operations, or financial condition. If any of these risks occur, the trading price of our Common Stock could
decline and you may lose all or part of your investment.
Risks
Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Natural Disasters
We
may be adversely affected by natural disasters, pandemics, and other catastrophic events, and by human-caused problems such as terrorism,
which could disrupt our business operations, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from
a serious disaster.
Natural
disasters or other catastrophic events may also cause damage or disruption to our operations, international commerce, and the global
economy, and could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition. Our business operations are subject
to interruption by natural disasters, fire, power shortages, and other events beyond our control.
In
addition, our global operations expose us to risks associated with public health crises, such as pandemics and epidemics, which could
harm our business and cause our operating results to suffer. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic and the related precautionary measures
that we adopted in the past resulted in and could in the future result in difficulties or changes to our customer support, or create
operational or other challenges, any of which could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition. Further,
acts of terrorism, labor activism or unrest, and other geopolitical unrest, including ongoing regional conflicts around the world, could
cause disruptions in our business or the businesses of our partners or the economy.
In
the event of a natural disaster, including a major earthquake, blizzard, hurricane, or a catastrophic event such as a fire, power
loss, or telecommunications failure, we may be unable to continue our operations and may endure system interruptions, reputational
harm, delays in the development of our platform, lengthy interruptions in service, breaches of data security, and loss of critical
data, all of which could have an adverse effect on our future operating results.
We
do not maintain insurance sufficient to compensate us for the potentially significant losses that could result from disruptions to
our services. Additionally, all the risks may be further increased if we do not implement a disaster recovery plan or if our
partners’ disaster recovery plans prove to be inadequate. To the extent natural disasters or other catastrophic events
concurrently impact data centers we rely on in connection with private key restoration, customers will experience significant delays
in withdrawing funds, or in the extreme we may suffer a loss of customer funds.
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Risks
Related to Our Business
We
are not currently profitable and may not become profitable.
As
of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded a net loss of $725,827, an accumulated deficit of $37,264,379 and a
negative cash flow of $1,360,454 in operating activities. We expect we may incur operating losses and negative operating cash flows
for the near future, and we may not achieve profitability. We also expect we may experience negative cash flow for the near future
due to operating losses and capital expenditure. As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues to achieve and maintain
profitability. We may not be able to generate sufficient revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or
maintain profitability could negatively impact the value of our business.
We
may not be able to continue to operate as a going concern.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a net loss of $725,827 and used cash in operating activities of $1,360,454,
and as of December 31, 2024, we incurred an accumulated deficit of $37,264,379. In addition, the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm, in their report on the Company’s December 31, 2024 audited financial statements, raised
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These factors raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. The
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going
concern.
The
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon improving its profitability and the continuing financial support
from its major shareholders. Management believes the existing shareholders or external financing will provide additional cash to meet
the Company’s obligations as they become due. No assurance that any future financing, if needed, will be available or, if available,
that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company can obtain additional financing, if necessary, it
may contain undue restrictions on its operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for its stockholders,
in the case of equity financing.
Our
operating results may prove unpredictable which could negatively affect our profit.
Our
operating results are likely to fluctuate significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, most of which we have no control
over. Factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate significantly include: our inability to generate enough working capital
from future equity sales; the level of commercial acceptance by clients of our services; fluctuations in the demand for our service
the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our business, operations and
infrastructure and general economic conditions. If realized, any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, and operating results.
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Our
operating results have and will significantly fluctuate, and this will be due to the highly volatile nature of crypto.
Due
to the highly volatile nature of the crypto economy and the prices of crypto assets, our operating results have and will continue to
fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter in accordance with market sentiments and movements in the broader crypto economy. Our
operating results will continue to fluctuate significantly because of a variety of factors, many of which are unpredictable and in certain
instances are outside of our control, including:
●
crypto asset trading activity, including trading volume and the prevailing trading prices for crypto assets, which can be highly
volatile;
●
our ability to attract, maintain, grow, and engage our customer and developer base;
●
changes in the legislative or regulatory environment, or actions by U.S. or foreign governments or regulators, including fines,
orders, or consent decrees;
●
regulatory changes or scrutiny that impact our ability to offer certain products or services;
●
our ability to continue to diversify and grow our subscription and platform service revenue;
●
our mix of revenue between transactions and subscriptions and services;
●
pricing for the temporary suspensions of our products and services;
●
adding crypto assets to or removing them from our platform;
●
our ability to establish and maintain partnerships, collaborations, joint ventures, or strategic alliances with third
parties;
●
market conditions of, and overall sentiment towards, the crypto economy;
●
macroeconomic conditions, including interest rates, inflation, and instability in the global banking system;
●
adverse legal proceedings or regulatory enforcement actions, judgments, settlements, or other legal proceedings, and
enforcement-related costs;
●
the development and introduction of existing new products and services by us or our competitors;
●
the amount and timing of our operating expenses related to the maintenance and expansion of our business and operations, including
investments we make in the development of products and services, as well as technology offered to our developers, international
expansion, and sales and marketing;
●
system failures, outages or interruptions, including with respect to our platform and third-party crypto networks;
●
our lack of control over decentralized or third-party blockchains and networks that may experience downtime, cyberattacks, critical
failures, errors, bugs, corrupted files, data losses, or other similar software failures, outages, breaches and losses;
●
breaches of security or privacy;
●
inaccessibility of our platform due to our third-party actions;
●
our ability to attract and retain talent; and
●
our ability to compete with our competitors.
As
a result of these factors, it is difficult for us to forecast growth trends accurately and our business and prospects are difficult to
evaluate, particularly in the short term. Our subscription and platform service revenue has grown over time, with digital revenue received
in connection with crypto assets becoming a more meaningful revenue contributor. Therefore, our operating results could fluctuate significantly
because of changes in the demand for our subscription and service offerings, in the demand for crypto assets, in the balance of crypto
assets on our platform, in interest rates, and in our ongoing relationships with third parties.
In
view of the rapidly evolving nature of our business and the crypto economy, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may
not be meaningful, and you should not rely upon them as an indication of future performance. Quarterly and annual expenses reflected
in our financial statements may be significantly different from historical or projected rates. Our operating results in one or more future
quarters may fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. As a result, the trading price of our Common Stock may
increase or decrease significantly.
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Our
revenue is dependent on the prices of crypto assets and the volume of transactions conducted on our platform. If such a price or volume
declines, our business, operating results, and financial condition would be adversely affected, and the price of our Common Stock could
decline.
We
generate a certain portion of our total revenue from transaction fees on our platform in connection with the purchase, sale, and trading
of crypto assets by our customers. Transaction revenue is based on transaction fees that are either a flat fee or a percentage of the
value of each transaction. For our consumer trading product, we also charge a spread to ensure that we can settle purchases and sales
at the prices we quote to customers. We also generate a certain amount of total revenue from our subscription and services, and such
revenue has grown over time, primarily due to growth in stablecoin revenue. Declines in the volume of crypto asset transactions, the
price of crypto assets, or market liquidity for crypto assets generally may result in lower total revenue to us.
The
price of crypto assets and associated demand for buying, selling, and trading crypto assets have historically been subject to significant
volatility. If the price and transaction volume of crypto assets decline in the future, our ability to generate revenue may suffer and
customer demand for our products and services may decline, which could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial
condition and cause the price of our Common Stock to decline. The price and transaction volume of any crypto asset is subject to significant
uncertainty and volatility, depending on several factors, including:
●
market conditions of, and overall sentiment towards, crypto assets and the crypto economy, including, but not limited to, as a
result of actions taken by or developments of other companies in the crypto economy;
●
changes in liquidity, market-making volume, and trading activities;
●
trading activities on other crypto platforms worldwide, many of which may be unregulated, and may include manipulative
activities;
●
investment and trading activities of highly active consumer and institutional users, speculators, miners, and investors;
●
the speed and rate at which crypto is able to gain adoption as a medium of exchange, utility, store of value, consumptive asset,
security instrument, or other financial assets worldwide, if at all;
●
decreased user and investor confidence in crypto assets and crypto platforms;
●
negative publicity and events relating to the crypto economy;
●
unpredictable social media coverage or “trending” of, or other rumors and market speculation regarding, crypto
assets;
●
the ability for crypto assets to meet user and investor demands;
●
the functionality and utility of crypto assets and their associated ecosystems and networks, including crypto assets designed for
use in various applications;
●
consumer preferences and perceived value of crypto assets and crypto assets markets;
●
increased competition from other payment services or other crypto assets that may exhibit better speed, security, scalability, or
other characteristics;
●
adverse legal proceedings or regulatory enforcement actions, judgments, or settlements impacting crypto economy
participants;
●
regulatory or legislative changes, scrutiny and updates affecting the crypto economy;
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●
the characterization of crypto assets under the laws of various jurisdictions around the world;
●
the adoption of unfavorable taxation policies on crypto asset investments by governmental entities;
●
the maintenance, troubleshooting, and development of the blockchain networks underlying crypto assets, including by miners,
validators, and developers worldwide;
●
the ability for crypto networks to attract and retain miners or validators to secure and confirm transactions accurately and
efficiently;
●
legal and regulatory changes affecting the operations of miners and validators of blockchain networks, including limitations, and
prohibitions on mining activities, or new legislative or regulatory requirements as a result of growing environmental concerns
around the use of energy in cryptocurrency and other proof-of-work mining activities;
●
ongoing technological viability and security of crypto assets and their associated smart contracts, applications and networks,
including vulnerabilities against hacks and scalability;
●
speed and fees associated with processing crypto asset transactions, including on the underlying blockchain networks and on crypto
platforms;
●
financial strength of market participants;
●
the availability and cost of funding and capital;
●
the liquidity and credit risk of other crypto platforms and other participants of the crypto economy;
●
interruptions or temporary suspensions or other compulsory restrictions in products or services from or failures of major crypto
platforms;
●
availability of an active derivatives market for various crypto assets;
●
availability of banking and payment services to support crypto-related projects;
●
instability in the global banking system and the level of interest rates and inflation;
●
monetary policies of governments, trade restrictions, and fiat currency devaluations; and
●
national and international economic and political conditions.
There
is no assurance that any supported crypto asset will maintain its value or that there will be meaningful levels of trading activities.
If the price of crypto assets or the demand for trading crypto assets declined, our business, operating results, and financial condition
would be adversely affected, and the price of our Common Stock could decline.
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If
we are unable to gain any significant market acceptance for our service or establish a significant market presence, we may be unable
to generate sufficient revenue to continue our business.
Our
growth strategy is dependent upon our ability to successfully market our service to prospective clients. However, our planned
services may not achieve significant acceptance. Such acceptance, if achieved, may not be sustained for any significant period.
Failure of our services to achieve or sustain market acceptance could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
conditions, and the results of our operations.
Management’s
ability to implement the business strategy may be slower than expected and we may be unable to generate a profit.
Our
business plans, including offering a cloud accounting system and consulting services, may not occur. Our growth strategy is subject to
significant risks which you should carefully consider before purchasing our shares.
Our
services may be slow to achieve profitability, or may not become profitable at all, which will result in losses. There can be no assurance
that we will succeed.
We
may be unable to enter our intended markets successfully. The factors that could affect our growth strategy include our success in (a)
developing our business plan, (b) obtaining our clients, (c) obtaining adequate financing on acceptable terms, and (d) adapting our internal
controls and operating procedures to accommodate our future growth.
Our
systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support the expansion of our business operations. Significant growth will place
managerial demands on all aspects of our operations. Our future operating results will depend upon our ability to manage changing business
conditions and to implement and improve our technical, administrative, and financial controls and reporting systems.
Competitors
may enter this sector with superior service which would affect our business adversely.
We
believe that barriers to entry are low to medium because of economies of scale, cost advantage and brand identity. Potential competitors
may enter this sector with superior services. This would have an adverse effect on our business and our results of operations. In addition,
a prominent level of support is critical for the successful marketing and recurring sales of our services. Despite having accumulated
customers over the past few years, we may still need to continue to improve our platform and software to assist potential customers in
using our platform, and we also need to provide effective support to future clients. If we are unable to increase customer support and
improve our platform in the face of increasing competition, with the increase in competition, our ability to sell our services to potential
customers could adversely affect our brand, which would harm our reputation.
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Our
use of open-source and third-party software could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our services.
We
intend to incorporate open-source software into our platform. Although we monitor our use of open source closely, the terms of many
open-source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts or jurisdictions elsewhere, and there is a risk that such licenses
could be construed in a manner that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize our
services. We could also be subject to similar conditions or restrictions should there be any changes in the licensing terms of the
open-source software incorporated into our products. In either event, we may be required to seek licenses from third parties to
continue our services in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely or successful basis, any of which could
adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We
also intend to incorporate certain third-party technologies, including software programs, into our website and may need to utilize
additional third-party technologies in the future. However, licenses to relevant third-party technology may not continue to be
available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Therefore, we could face delays in the release of our platform until
equivalent technology is identified, licensed, or developed, and integrated into our current products. These delays if they occur
could materially adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition. Any disruption in our access to software
programs or third-party technologies could result in significant delays in the release of our platform and could require substantial
effort to locate or develop a replacement program. If we decide in the future to incorporate into our products any other software
program licensed from a third party, and the use of such software program is necessary for the proper operation of our appliances,
then our loss of any such license would similarly adversely affect our ability to release our products in a timely
fashion.
The
security of our computer systems may compromise and harm our business.
A
huge portion of our business operations is conducted through the use of our computer network. Although we intend to implement security
systems and procedures to protect the confidential information stored on these computer systems, experienced computer programmers and
hackers may be able to penetrate our network security and misappropriate our confidential information or that of third parties. As well,
they may be able to create system disruptions, shutdowns, or effect denial of service attacks. Computer programmers and hackers also
may be able to develop and deploy viruses, worms, and other malicious software programs that attack our networks or client computers,
or otherwise exploit any security vulnerabilities, or misappropriate and distribute confidential information stored on these computer
systems. Any of the foregoing things could result in damage to our reputation and customer confidence in the security of our products
and services and could require us to incur significant costs to eliminate or alleviate the problem. Additionally, our ability to transact
businesses may be adversely affected. Such damage, expenditures and business interruption could seriously impact our business, financial
condition, and results of operations.
Adverse
development in our existing areas of operation could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
Our
operations focus on utilizing the sales efforts which are principally located in Southeast Asia and East Asia. As a result, the results
of our operations, cash flows and financial condition depend upon the demand for our services in these regions. Lack of broad diversification
in industry type and geographic location, adverse development in our current segment of the midstream industry, or in our existing areas
of operation, could have a greater impact on the results of operations, cash flows and financial condition than if our operations were
more diversified.
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Risks
Related to Crypto Assets
Due
to unfamiliarity and some negative publicity associated with crypto asset platforms, confidence or interest in crypto asset platforms
may decline.
Crypto
asset platforms are relatively new. Many of our competitors are unlicensed, unregulated, operate without supervision by any governmental
authorities, and do not provide the public with significant information regarding their ownership structure, management team, corporate
practices, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. As a result, customers and the public may lose confidence or interest in crypto
asset platforms, including regulated platforms like ours.
Since
the inception of the crypto economy, numerous crypto-asset platforms have been sued, investigated, or shut down due to fraud, manipulative
practices, business failure, and security breaches. In many of these instances, customers of these platforms were not compensated or
made whole for their losses. Larger platforms like ours are more appealing targets for hackers and malware and may also be more likely
to be targets of regulatory enforcement actions. For example, in February 2014, Mt. Gox, the then-largest crypto asset platform worldwide,
filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan after an estimated 700,000 Bitcoins were stolen from its wallets. In May 2019, Binance, one
of the world’s largest platforms, was hacked, resulting in losses of approximately $40 million, and in February 2021, Bitfinex
settled a long-running legal dispute with the State of New York related to Bitfinex’s alleged misuse of over $800 million of customer
assets. The 2022 events resulted in a loss of confidence in the broader crypto economy, adverse reputational impact on crypto-asset platforms,
increased negative publicity surrounding crypto more broadly, heightened scrutiny by regulators and lawmakers and a call for increased
regulations of crypto assets and crypto asset platforms.
In
addition, there have been reports that a significant amount of crypto asset trading volume on crypto asset platforms is fabricated and
false in nature, with a specific focus on unregulated platforms located outside the United States. Such reports may indicate that the
market for crypto asset platform activities is significantly smaller than otherwise understood.
Negative
perception, a lack of stability and standardized regulation in the crypto economy, and the closure or temporary shutdown of crypto asset
platforms due to fraud, business failure, hackers or malware, or government-mandated regulation, and associated losses suffered by customers
may continue to reduce confidence or interest in the crypto economy and result in greater volatility of the prices of assets, including
significant depreciation in value. Any of these events could have an adverse impact on our business and our customers’ perception
of us, including decreased use of our platform and loss of customer demand for our products and services.
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Future
developments regarding the treatment of crypto assets for U.S. and foreign tax purposes could adversely affect our business, operating
results, and financial condition.
Due
to the new and evolving nature of crypto assets and the absence of comprehensive legal and tax guidance with respect to crypto asset
products and transactions, many significant aspects of the U.S. and foreign tax treatment of transactions involving crypto assets, such
as the purchase and sale of crypto assets on our platform, as well as the provision of blockchain rewards and other crypto asset incentives
and rewards products, are uncertain, and it is unclear whether, when and what guidance may be issued in the future on the treatment of
crypto asset transactions for U.S. and foreign tax purposes.
In
2014, the IRS released Notice 2014-21, discussing certain aspects of “virtual currency” for U.S. federal income tax purposes
and stating that such virtual currency (i) is “property,” (ii) is not “currency” for purposes of the rules relating
to foreign currency gain or loss, and (iii) may be held as a capital asset. From time to time, the IRS has released other guidance relating
to the tax treatment of virtual currency or crypto assets reflecting the IRS’s position on certain issues. The IRS has not addressed
many other significant aspects of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of crypto assets and related transactions.
There
continues to be uncertainty with respect to the timing, character, and amount of income inclusions for various crypto asset transactions
including, but not limited to lending and borrowing crypto assets, staking, and other crypto asset incentives and products that we offer.
Although we believe our treatment of crypto asset transactions for federal income tax purposes is consistent with existing positions
from the IRS and/or existing U.S. federal income tax principles, because of the rapidly evolving nature of crypto asset innovations and
the increasing variety and complexity of crypto asset transactions and products, it is possible the IRS and various U.S. states may disagree
with our treatment of certain crypto asset offerings for U.S. tax purposes, which could adversely affect our customers and the vitality
of our business. Similar uncertainties exist in the foreign markets in which we operate with respect to direct and indirect taxes, and
these uncertainties and potential adverse interpretations of tax law could impact the amount of tax we and our non-U.S. customers are
required to pay, and the vitality of our platforms outside of the United States.
There
can be no assurance that the IRS, U.S. state revenue agencies, or other foreign tax authorities, will not alter their respective
positions with respect to crypto assets in the future or that a court would uphold the treatment set forth in existing positions. It
also is unclear what additional tax authority positions, regulations, or legislation may be issued in the future on the treatment of
existing crypto asset transactions and future crypto asset innovations under U.S. federal, U.S. state, or foreign tax law. Any such
developments could result in adverse tax consequences for holders of crypto assets and could have an adverse effect on the value of
crypto assets and the broader crypto-assets markets. Future technological and operational developments that may arise with respect
to crypto assets may increase the uncertainty with respect to the treatment of crypto assets for U.S. and foreign tax purposes. The
uncertainty regarding the tax treatment of crypto asset transactions impacts our customers and could impact our business,
both domestically and abroad.
The
nature of our business requires the application of complex financial accounting rules, and there is limited guidance from accounting
standard setting bodies on certain topics. If financial accounting standards undergo significant changes, our operating results could
fluctuate.
The
accounting rules and regulations that we must comply with are complex and subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (the “FASB”), the SEC, and various other bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles.
Recent actions and public comments from the FASB and the SEC have focused on the integrity of financial reporting and internal controls
and many companies’ accounting policies are being subjected to heightened scrutiny by regulators and the public. Further, there
has been limited precedent for the financial accounting of crypto assets and related valuation and revenue recognition. Moreover, a change
in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results and may even affect the reporting
of transactions completed before the announcement or effectiveness of a change. For example, in December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting
Standards Update No. 2023-08, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Crypto Assets (ASU 2023-08): Accounting for and Disclosure of
Crypto Assets (“ASU 2023-08”), which represents a significant change in how entities that hold crypto assets will account
for certain of those holdings. Previously, crypto assets held were accounted for as intangible assets with indefinite useful lives, which
required us to measure crypto assets at cost less impairment losses. Effective as of January 1, 2024, we adopted ASU 2023-08, which requires
us to measure crypto assets held at fair value at each reporting date, with fair value gains and losses recognized through net income
(loss). Fair value gains and losses can increase the volatility of our net income, especially if the underlying crypto market is volatile.
Additionally, on March 31, 2022, the staff of the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 121 (“SAB 121”),
which represented a significant change regarding how a company safeguarding crypto assets held for its platform users reports such crypto
assets on its balance sheet and required retrospective application as of January 1, 2022. In January 2025, the staff of the SEC issued
SAB No. 122 (“SAB 122”), which rescinds the previously issued interpretive guidance included within SAB 121. We have adopted
SAB 122 as of December 31, 2024, on a retrospective basis.
Uncertainties
or changes to regulatory or financial accounting standards could result in the need to change our accounting methods and may retroactively
affect previously reported results and impair our ability to provide timely and accurate financial information, which could adversely
affect our financial statements, result in a loss of investor confidence, and our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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Risks
Related to Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks
and security breaches of our platform, or those impacting on our customers or third parties, could adversely affect our brand, reputation,
business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our
business involves the collection, storage, processing, and transmission of confidential information, customer, employee, service provider,
and other personal data, as well as information required to access customer assets. We have built our reputation on the premise that
our platform offers customers a secure way to purchase, store, and transact in crypto assets. As a result, any actual or perceived security
breach of us or our third-party partners may:
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harm our reputation and brand;
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result in our systems or services being unavailable and interrupting our operations;
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result in improper disclosure of data and violations of applicable privacy and data protection laws;
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result in significant regulatory scrutiny, investigations, fines, penalties, and other legal, regulatory, and financial exposure;
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cause us to incur significant remediation costs;
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lead to theft or irretrievable loss of our or our customers’ fiat currencies or crypto assets;
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reduce customer confidence in, or decrease customer use of, our products and services;
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divert the attention of management from the operation of our business;
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result in significant compensation or contractual penalties payable by us to our customers or third parties because of losses to them
or claims by them; and
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adversely affects our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Further,
any actual or perceived breach or cybersecurity attack directed at other financial institutions or crypto companies, whether we are directly
impacted, could lead to a general loss of customer confidence in the crypto economy or in the use of technology to conduct financial
transactions, which could negatively impact us, including the market perception of the effectiveness of our security measures and technology
infrastructure.
An
increasing number of organizations, including large merchants, businesses, technology companies, and financial institutions, as well
as government institutions, have disclosed breaches of their information security systems, some of which have involved sophisticated
and highly targeted attacks, including on their websites, mobile applications, and infrastructure.
Attacks
upon systems across a variety of industries, including the crypto industry, are increasing in their frequency, persistence, and sophistication,
and, in many cases, are being conducted by sophisticated, well-funded, and organized groups and individuals, including state actors.
The techniques used to obtain unauthorized, improper, or illegal access to systems and information (including customers’ personal
data and crypto assets), disable or degrade services, or sabotage systems are constantly evolving, may be difficult to detect quickly,
and often are not recognized or detected until after they have been launched against a target. These attacks may occur on our systems
or those of our third-party service providers or partners. Certain types of cyberattacks could harm us even if our systems are left undisturbed.
For example, attacks may be designed to deceive employees and service providers into releasing control of our systems to a hacker, while
others may aim to introduce computer viruses or malware into our systems with a view to stealing confidential or proprietary data. Additionally,
certain threats are designed to remain dormant or undetectable until launched against a target, and we may not be able to implement adequate
preventative measures.
Although
we have developed systems and processes designed to protect the data we manage, prevent data loss and other security breaches, effectively
respond to known and potential risks, and expect to continue to expend significant resources to bolster these protections, there can
be no assurance that these security measures will provide absolute security or prevent breaches or attacks. We have experienced from
time to time, and may experience in the future, breaches of our security measures due to human error, malfeasance, insider threats, system
errors or vulnerabilities, or other irregularities. Unauthorized parties have attempted, and we expect that they will continue to attempt,
to gain access to our systems and facilities, as well as those of our customers, partners, and third-party service providers, through
various means, including hacking, social engineering, phishing, and attempting to fraudulently induce individuals (including employees,
service providers, and our customers) into disclosing usernames, passwords, payment card information, or other sensitive information,
which may in turn be used to access our information technology systems and customers’ crypto assets. Threats can come from a variety
of sources, including criminal hackers, hacktivists, state-sponsored intrusions, industrial espionage, and insiders. Certain threat actors
may be supported by significant financial and technological resources, making them even more sophisticated and difficult to detect. We
may also acquire other companies that expose us to unexpected security risks or increase costs to improve the security posture of the
acquired company. Further, there has been an increase in such threat actor activities because of the increased prevalence of hybrid and
remote working arrangements in recent years. As a result, our costs and the resources we devote to protecting against these advanced
threats and their consequences may continue to increase over time.
Although
we maintain insurance coverage, it may be insufficient to protect us against all losses and costs stemming from security breaches, cyberattacks,
and other types of unlawful activity, or any resulting disruptions or data theft and loss from such events. Outages and disruptions of
our platform, including any caused by cyberattacks, may harm our reputation, business, operating results, and financial condition.
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We
obtain and process a large amount of sensitive customer data. Any real or perceived improper use of, disclosure of, or access to such
data could harm our reputation, as well as adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We
obtain and process large amounts of sensitive data, including personal data related to our customers and their transactions, such as
their names, addresses, social security numbers, visa information, copies of government-issued identification, facial recognition data
(from scanning photographs for identity verification), trading data, tax identification, and bank account information. We face risks,
including our reputation, in the handling and protection of this data, and these risks will increase as our business continues to expand,
including through our acquisition of, and investment in, other companies and technologies. Federal, state, and international laws and
regulations governing privacy, data protection, and e-commerce transactions require us to safeguard our customers’, employees’,
and service providers’ personal data.
We
have administrative, technical, and physical security measures and controls in place and maintain a robust information security program.
However, our security measures, those of our vendors or service providers, or the security measures of companies we acquire, may be inadequate
or breached as a result of third-party action, employee or service provider error, malfeasance, malware, phishing, hacking attacks, system
error, trickery, advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography, inadequate facility security or otherwise,
and, as a result, someone may be able to obtain unauthorized access to sensitive information, including personal data, on our systems.
We could be the target of a cybersecurity incident, which could result in harm to our reputation and financial losses. Additionally,
our customers have been and could be targeted in cybersecurity incidents like an account takeover, which could result in harm to our
reputation and financial losses. Additionally, privacy and data protection laws are evolving, and these laws may be interpreted and applied
in a manner that is inconsistent with our data handling safeguards and practices, which could result in fines, lawsuits, and other penalties,
and significant changes to our or our third-party partners’ business practices and products and service offerings.
Our
future success depends on the reliability and security of our platform. To the extent that the measures we, any companies we acquire,
or our third-party service providers, vendors, or business partners have taken prove to be insufficient or inadequate, or to the extent
we discover a security breach suffered by a company we acquire following the closing of such acquisition, we may become subject to litigation,
breach notification obligations, or regulatory or administrative sanctions, which could result in significant fines, penalties, damages,
harm to our reputation, or loss of customers. If our own confidential business information or sensitive customer information were improperly
disclosed, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be adversely affected. Additionally, a party who circumvents
our security measures could, among other effects, appropriate customer information or other proprietary data, cause interruptions in
our operations, or expose customers to hacks, viruses, and other disruptions.
Depending
on the nature of the information compromised, in the event of a data breach or other unauthorized access to our customer data, we may
also have obligations to notify customers and regulators about the incident, and we may need to provide some form of remedy, such as
a subscription to credit monitoring services, pay significant fines to one or more regulators, or pay compensation in connection with
a class-action settlement. Breach notification laws continue to evolve and may be inconsistent from one jurisdiction to another. In the
United States, the SEC has adopted rules for mandatory disclosure of material cybersecurity incidents suffered by public companies, as
well as cybersecurity governance and risk management. Complying with these obligations could cause us to incur substantial costs and
could increase negative publicity surrounding any incident that compromises customer data. Any failure or perceived failure by us to
comply with these laws may also subject us to enforcement action or litigation, any of which could harm our business. Additionally, the
financial exposure from the events referenced above could either not be insured against or not be fully covered through any insurance
that we may maintain, and there can be no assurance that the limitations of liability in any of our contracts would be enforceable or
adequate or would otherwise protect us from liabilities or damage because of the events referenced above. Any of the foregoing could
adversely affect our business, reputation, operating results, and financial condition.
Furthermore,
we may be required to disclose personal data pursuant to demands from individuals, regulators, government agencies, and law enforcement
agencies in various jurisdictions with conflicting privacy and security laws, which could result in a breach of privacy and data protection
policies, notices, laws, rules, court orders, and regulations. Additionally, changes in the laws and regulations that govern our collection,
use, and disclosure of customer data could impose additional requirements with respect to the retention and security of customer data,
limit our marketing activities, and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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Risks
Related to Doing Business in Southeast Asia and East Asia
Our
business is subject to the risks of international operations.
We
conduct our business operations in Southeast Asia and East Asia. Accordingly, the results of our operations, financial condition and
prospects are subject to a significant degree to the economic, political, and legal conditions of the Southeast Asia and East Asia countries
where we intend to develop business. Following the closing of our initial public offering in 2018, we derive a huge portion of our revenues
and earnings from Hong Kong, our principal business place, PRC, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asia countries, respectively. Operation
in multiple foreign countries involves substantial risk. For example, our operations and business activities are subject to a variety
of laws and regulations, such as anti-corruption laws, tax laws, foreign exchange controls and cash repatriation restrictions, data privacy
and security requirements, labor laws, intellectual property laws, privacy laws, and anti-competition regulations. As we expand into
additional countries, the complexity inherent in complying with these laws and regulations increases, making compliance more difficult,
costly, and driving up the costs of doing business in foreign areas. Any failure to comply with foreign laws and regulations could subject
us to fines and penalties, making it more difficult or impossible to do business in that country and harm our reputation.
We
face the risk that changes in the world economy and political developments in Malaysia may adversely affect our business.
In
recent years, there have been political instabilities in the Malaysian government which may reduce investors’ confidence,
result in a reduction in foreign direct investment and weigh on consumer and business sentiment, depressing growth. In addition, the
Malaysian economy is reliant on external demand. Any possible worsening global demand is likely to hinder export development and any
economic weakness may lead to market intervention, and the government may impose capital controls. Under these circumstances, our
business operations may be adversely affected.
You
may have difficulty enforcing judgments against us.
We
are a Nevada corporation, but most of our assets are and will be located outside of the United States. Principally our operations
are conducted in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the PRC. In addition, most of our officers and directors are nationals and residents of a
country other than the United States. Most of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult
for you to effect service of process within the United States upon them. It may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S. courts
judgments on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors since he
or she is not a resident of the United States. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of Hong Kong or other
Asian countries would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts.
Payment
of dividends is subject to restrictions under Nevada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the PRC laws.
Under
Nevada law, we may only pay dividends subject to our ability to service our debts as they become due and provided that our assets will
exceed our liabilities after the payment of such dividends. Our ability to pay dividends will therefore depend on our ability to generate
adequate profits. Under the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance, we are allowed to make payments of dividends from distributable profits (that
is, accumulated realized profits less its accumulated realized losses). Under the Laws of Malaysia, we may only make a distribution to
the shareholders out of our profits available if we are solvent. The Company is deemed to be solvent if the Company can pay its debts
as and when the debts become due within twelve months immediately after the distribution is made. In addition, because of a variety of
rules applicable to our operations in China and the regulations on foreign investments as well as the applicable tax law, we may be subject
to further limitations on our ability to declare and pay dividends to our shareholders.
We
can give no assurance that we will declare dividends of any amount, at any rate or at all in the future. The declaration of future dividends,
if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements,
general financial conditions, legal and contractual restrictions, and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant.
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Risks
Related to Doing Business in Hong Kong and China
The
introduction of new laws or changes to existing laws by the PRC government may adversely affect our business.
The
PRC legal system is a codified legal system made up of written laws, regulations, circulars, administrative directives, and internal
guidelines. Unlike common law jurisdictions like the U.S., decided cases (which may be taken as reference) do not form part of the legal
structure of the PRC and thus have no binding effect on subsequent cases with similar issues and fact patterns. Furthermore, in line
with its transformation from a centrally planned economy to a free market economy, the PRC government is still in the process of developing
a comprehensive set of laws and regulations. As the legal system in the PRC is still evolving, laws and regulations or the interpretation
of the same may be subject to further changes. For example, the PRC government may impose restrictions on the amount of service fees
that may be payable by municipal governments to wastewater and sludge treatment service providers. Also, the PRC central and municipal
governments may impose more stringent environmental regulations which would affect our ability to comply with, or our costs to comply
with, such regulations. Such changes, if implemented, may adversely affect our business operations, and may reduce our profitability.
We
face the risk that changes in the policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to
conduct in the PRC and the profitability of such business.
The
PRC’s economy is in a transition from a planned economy to a market-oriented economy subject to five-year and annual plans adopted
by the central government that set national economic development goals. Policies of the PRC government can have significant effects on
the economic conditions of the PRC. The PRC government has confirmed that economic development will follow the model of a market economy.
Under this direction, we believe that the PRC will continue to strengthen its economic and trading relationships with foreign countries
and business development in the PRC will follow market forces. While we believe that this trend will continue, we cannot assure you that
this will be the case. A change in policies by the PRC government could adversely affect our interests by, among other factors: changes
in laws, regulations, or the interpretation thereof, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on currency conversion, imports or sources of
supplies, or the expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform
policies for more than two decades, we cannot assure you 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 environment.
The
recent state government interference in business activities on U.S.-listed Chinese companies may negatively impact our existing and
future operations in Hong Kong and China.
Recently,
the Chinese government announced that it would step up supervision of Chinese firms listed offshore. Under the new measures, China will
improve regulation of cross-border data flows and security, crack down on illegal activity in the securities market and punish fraudulent
securities issuance, market manipulation and insider trading, China will also check sources of funding for securities investment and
control leverage ratios. The Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) has also opened a cyber-security probe into some
U.S.-listed tech giants focusing on anti-monopoly, financial technology regulation and more recently, with the passage of the Data Security
Law, how companies collect, store, process, and transfer data. If our Hong Kong and PRC subsidiaries are subject to such a probe or if
they are required to comply with stepped-up supervisory requirements, valuable time from management and money may be expended in complying
and/or responding to the probe and requirements, thus diverting valuable resources and attention away from our operations. This may,
in turn, negatively impact their operations.
The
Company’s principal executive offices are in Malaysia with operations in Hong Kong and China. The Company is NOT a Chinese operating
company but a Malaysian holding company with operations conducted by its subsidiaries based in Hong Kong and China. This structure
involves unique risks to investors. It does not use variable interest entities in its corporate structure. It provides cross-border business
solutions such as tax planning, trust and wealth management, cross-border listing advisory services, transaction services, record management
services, and accounting outsourcing services. One of its venture-capital business segments focuses on rental activities of commercial
properties and the sale of investment properties. None of the previously mentioned business activities appear to be within the current
targeted areas of concern by the Chinese government. The Company plans to continue to explore future potential business opportunities
in the Asia region, in particular Southeast Asia. Nonetheless, it intends to keep Hong Kong and China as part of its operating structure
going forward and this would potentially subject it to political and economic influence from China to the extent of such operations.
The
Company has subsidiaries in Hong Kong and mainland China and operations there. Given the Chinese government’s significant
oversight and discretion over the conduct of our Hong Kong and PRC subsidiaries’ business operations, there is always a risk
that the Chinese government may, in the future, seek to affect the operations of any company with any level of operations in China,
including its ability to offer securities to investors, list its securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange, conduct its
business or accept foreign investment. Considering China’s recent extension of authority not only in China but into Hong Kong,
there are risks and uncertainties that it cannot foresee for the time being, and rules and regulations in China can change quickly
with little or no advance notice. The Chinese government may intervene or influence the Company’s current and future
operations in Hong Kong and China at any time or may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment
in issuers like us.
If
any or all of the foregoing were to occur, this could lead to a material change in our Hong Kong and China subsidiaries’
operations and/or the value of the Company’s Common Stock and/or significantly limit or completely hinder its ability to offer
or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be
worthless.
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Our shares may be delisted and prohibited
from trading in the United States under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, as amended by the Accelerating
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, if the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely our auditors. The
delisting of our shares, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment.
The
Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) was enacted on December 18, 2020. The HFCAA states if the SEC determines
that a company has filed audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm that has not been subject to inspection by the PCAOB
for three consecutive years beginning in 2021, the SEC shall prohibit the company’s shares from being traded on a national securities
exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the U.S.
On
March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements
of the HFCAA. A company will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection”
year under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. The SEC is assessing how to implement other requirements of the HFCAA,
including the listing and trading prohibition requirements described above.
On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate
passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, and on December 29, 2022, legislation entitled “Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”) was signed into law by President Biden, which contained,
among other things, an identical provision to the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and amended the HFCAA by requiring
the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections
for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing the time period for triggering the prohibition on trading.
On
December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA.
The rules apply to registrants the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public
accounting firm that is in a foreign jurisdiction and that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate (“Commission-Identified
Issuers”). The final amendments require Commission-Identified Issuers to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that, if
true, it is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in the public accounting firm’s foreign jurisdiction. The amendments
also require that a Commission-Identified Issuer that is a “foreign issuer,” as defined in Exchange Act Rule 3b-4, provide
certain additional disclosures in its annual report for itself and any of its consolidated foreign operating entities. Further, the release
provides notice regarding the procedures the SEC has established to identify issuers and to impose trading prohibitions on the securities
of certain Commission-Identified Issuers, as required by the HFCAA.
The
SEC will identify Commission-Identified Issuers for fiscal years beginning after December 18, 2020. A Commission-Identified Issuer will
be required to comply with the submission and disclosure requirements in the annual report for each year in which it was identified.
If a registrant is identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer based on its annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021,
the registrant will be required to comply with the submission or disclosure requirements in its annual report filing covering the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2022.
On
December 16, 2021, PCAOB announced the PCAOB HFCAA determinations (the “PCAOB determinations”) relating to the PCAOB’s
inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China of the PRC or Hong
Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or
Hong Kong.
Our
auditor, JP Centurion & Partners PLT (“Centurion”), is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. and is the
independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit reports included in this annual report, and as auditors of
companies that are traded publicly in the United States and firms registered with the PCAOB, are subject to laws in the United
States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess their compliance with the applicable professional
standards. We are not aware of any reasons to believe or conclude that Centurion would not permit an inspection by PCAOB or may not
be subject to such an inspection. Centurion is outside the jurisdiction of Hong Kong and China and has assured us that if requested,
they shall cooperate and deliver the work papers of our Chinese subsidiaries to the PCAOB for inspection. We cannot assure you that
the jurisdiction in which our current auditor is located will not implement rules forbidding our auditor to be subject to PCAOB
inspection. If such rules were to be implemented, we may have to incur substantial costs and time to appoint a new auditor to
re-audit our financials. This could cause the market price of our shares to be materially and adversely affected, and our securities
could be delisted or prohibited from being traded on the national securities exchange if we fail to do so timely or at commercially
reasonable times.
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On
August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had signed a Statement of Protocol (the “SOP”) with the China Securities Regulatory
Commission and the Ministry of Finance of China. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigations
(together, the “SOP Agreement”), establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and
investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. The SOP Agreement remains
unpublished and is subject to further explanation and implementation. Pursuant to the fact sheet with respect to the SOP Agreement disclosed
by the SEC, the PCAOB shall have sole discretion to select any audit firms for inspection or investigation and the PCAOB inspectors and
investigators shall have a right to see all audit documentation without redaction. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB Board determined that
the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland
China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise
fail to facilitate PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB Board will consider the need to issue a new determination.
The
SEC may propose additional rules or guidance that could impact us if our auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspection. For example, on
August 6, 2020, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, or the PWG, issued the Report on Protecting United States Investors
from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies to the then President of the United States. This report recommended the SEC implement five
recommendations to address companies from jurisdictions that do not provide the PCAOB with sufficient access to fulfill its statutory
mandate. Some of the concepts of these recommendations were implemented with the enactment of the HFCAA. However, some of the recommendations
were more stringent than the HFCAA. For example, if a company’s auditor was not subject to PCAOB inspection, the report recommended
that the transition period before a company would be delisted would end on January 1, 2022.
The
SEC had announced that the SEC staff were preparing a consolidated proposal for the rules regarding the implementation of the HFCAA and
to address the recommendations in the PWG report. The implications of possible additional regulation in addition to the requirements
of the HFCAA and what was recently adopted on December 2, 2021, are uncertain. Such uncertainty could cause the market price of our shares
of Common Stock to be materially and adversely affected, and our securities could be delisted or prohibited from being traded on the
national securities exchange earlier than would be required by the HFCAA. If our shares are unable to be listed on another securities
exchange by then, such a delisting would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase our shares when you wish to do so, and
the risk and uncertainty associated with a potential delisting would have a negative impact on the price of our shares.
Changes
in China’s economic, political, or social conditions or government policies could have a material adverse effect on our future
business and operations.
Our
business direction going forward is focused on the Asia region which, accordingly, could place our future business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects at the influence, to a certain degree, of political, economic, and social conditions
in China generally. The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the level
of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control of foreign exchange, and allocation of resources. Although the
Chinese government has implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic reform, the reduction of state
ownership of productive assets, and the establishment of improved corporate governance in business enterprises, a substantial
portion of productive assets in China is still owned by the government. In addition, the Chinese government continues to play a
significant role in regulating industry development by imposing industrial policies.
The
Chinese government also exercises significant control over China’s economic growth through allocating resources, controlling payment
of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy, and providing preferential treatment for certain industries or
companies.
While
the Chinese economy has experienced significant growth over the past decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various
sectors of the economy. Any adverse changes in economic conditions in China, in the policies of the Chinese government or in the laws
and regulations in China could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China. Such developments could adversely
affect our future business and operating results, lead to a reduction in demand for our services and adversely affect our competitive
position. The Chinese government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources.
Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy but may have a negative effect on us. For example, our financial condition
and results of operations may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations. In
addition, in the past the Chinese government has implemented certain measures, including interest rate adjustment, to control the pace
of economic growth. These measures may cause decreased economic activity in China, which may adversely affect our future business and
operating results.
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Interpretation
of PRC laws and the implementation of National Security Law in Hong Kong involve uncertainty.
The
PRC’s legal system is based on written statutes, and prior court decisions can only be used as a reference. Since 1979, the
PRC’s government has promulgated laws and regulations in relation to economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate
organization and governance, commerce, taxation, and trade, with a view to developing a comprehensive system of commercial law,
including laws relating to property ownership and development. However, since these laws and regulations have not been fully
developed, and because of the limited volume of published cases and the non-binding nature of prior court decisions, the
interpretation of PRC’s laws and regulations involves a degree of uncertainty. Some of these laws may be changed with little
advance notice, without immediate publication or may be amended with retroactive effect.
On
June 30, 2020, China’s top legislature unanimously passed The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National
Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region which was enacted on the same day. Like PRC’s laws and regulations, the
interpretation of National Security Law involves a degree of uncertainty.
Depending
on the government agency or how an application or case is presented to such an agency, we may receive less favorable interpretations
of laws and regulations than our competitors, particularly if a competitor has long been established in the locality of and has developed
a relationship with such an agency. In addition, any litigation may be protracted and result in substantial costs and a diversion of
resources and management attention. All these uncertainties may cause difficulties in the enforcement of our land use rights, entitlements
under our permits and other statutory and contractual rights and interests.
We
may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Chinese anti-corruption law.
In
connection with any future offering, we may be subjected to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and other
laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S.
persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We may also be subjected to
Chinese anti-corruption laws, which strictly prohibit the payment of bribes to government officials. Going forward, our Hong Kong
and China subsidiaries may have operations, agreements with third parties, and make sales in China, which may experience corruption.
Our Hong Kong and China subsidiaries’ future activities in China may create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of
payments by one of their employees because sometimes these employees are out of our control. Violations of the FCPA or Chinese
anti-corruption rel evant laws may result in severe
criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect their business, operating
results, and financial condition. In addition, the government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA
violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
The
PRC government may issue further restrictive measures in the future.
We
cannot assure you that the PRC’s government will not issue further restrictive measures in the future. The PRC government’s
restrictive regulations and measures could increase our existing and future operating costs in adapting to these regulations and measures,
limit our access to capital resources or even restrict our existing and future business operations, which could further adversely affect
our business and prospects.
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Our
Hong Kong and China subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of laws and other obligations regarding cyber security and data protection,
and any failure to comply with applicable laws and obligations could have a material and adverse effect on their business, financial
condition, and results of operations.
Our
Hong Kong and China subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of risks and costs associated with the collection, use, sharing,
retention, security, and transfer of confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data. Our Chinese
subsidiary collects, uses, shares, or retains, securities personal information (such as personal information and related data) that
needs to leave mainland China and requires approval from relevant Chinese departments. This data is a wide range and
relates to our investors, employees, contractors, and other counterparties and third parties. The relevant PRC laws apply not only
to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between us, our subsidiaries, and other parties with which we/they
have commercial relations.
The
PRC regulatory and enforcement regime regarding privacy and data security is evolving. The PRC Cyber Security Law, which was
promulgated on November 7, 2016 and became effective on June 1, 2017, provides that personal information and important data
collected and generated by operators of critical information infrastructure in the course of their operations within the territory
of the PRC should be stored within the territory of the PRC, and the law imposes heightened regulation and additional security
obligations on operators of critical information infrastructure. According to the Cyber Security Review Measures promulgated by the
Cyberspace Administration of China and certain other PRC regulatory authorities in December 2021, which became effective in February
2022, operators of critical information infrastructure must pass a cyber-security review when purchasing network products and
services which do or may affect national security. If they provide or are deemed to provide such network products and services to
critical information infrastructure operators, or they are deemed to be critical information infrastructure operators, they would be
required to follow cyber security review procedures. There can be no assurance that they would be able to complete the applicable
cyber security review procedures in a timely manner, or at all, if they are required to follow such procedures. Any failure or delay
in the completion of the cyber security review procedures may prevent them from using or providing certain network products and
services, and may result in fines of up to ten times the purchase price of such network products and services being imposed upon us,
if they are to be deemed a critical information infrastructure operator using network products or services without having completed
the required cyber security review procedures. The PRC government is increasingly focused on data security, recently launching a
cyber security review against several mobile apps operated by several US-listed Chinese companies and prohibiting these apps from
registering new users during the review period.
On
June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China promulgated the Data Security Law which took effect on September 1, 2021. The Data Security Law provides for data security and privacy obligations of entities and individuals
carrying out data activities, prohibits entities and individuals in China from providing any foreign judicial or law enforcement authority
with any data stored in China without approval from the competent PRC authority, and sets forth the legal liabilities of entities and
individuals found to be in violation of their data protection obligations, including rectification order, warning, fines of up to RMB10
million, suspension of relevant business, and revocation of business permits or licenses.
On
August 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress adopted the Personal Information Security Law, which
came into force on of November 1, 2021. The Personal Information Protection Law includes the basic rules for personal information
processing, the rules for cross-border provision of personal information, the rights of individuals in personal information processing
activities, the obligations of personal information processors, and the legal responsibilities for illegal collection, processing, and
use of personal information.
In
addition, on December 28, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued the Measures for Cyber Security Review, which came into force
as of February 15, 2022, which proposes to authorize the relevant government authorities to conduct cyber security reviews on a range
of activities that affect or may affect national security, including listings in foreign countries by companies that possess personal
data of more than one million users. The PRC National Security Law covers various types of national security, including technology security
and information security.
Considering
the business of our Hong Kong and China subsidiaries may involve processing information of natural and legal persons, such
information may be considered important data in accordance with the PRC Cyber Security Law, the National Security Law of the
People’s Republic of China, the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Data Security
Law of the People’s Republic of China, and the Personal Information Security Specification for Information Security
Technology. If our Chinese subsidiary needs to provide such information generated in mainland China to Hong Kong or the United
States based on business purpose or the requirements of the relevant competent authorities in the United States, it needs to obtain
the permission of China’s Cyberspace Department in accordance with the Measures for Data Exit Security Assessment issued in
July 2022 and implemented in September 2022 by the Cyberspace Administration of China and other relevant
regulations.
Compliance
with the PRC Cyber Security Law, the PRC National Security Law, the Data Security Law, the Personal Information Protection Law, the Cyber
Security Review Measures, as well as additional laws and regulations that PRC regulatory bodies may enact in the future, including data
security and personal information protection laws, may result in additional expenses to us and subject us to negative publicity, which
could harm our reputation among users and negatively affect the trading price of our shares in the future. There are also uncertainties
with respect to how the PRC Cyber Security Law, the PRC National Security Law and the Data Security Law will be implemented and interpreted
in practice. PRC regulators, including the Ministry of Public Security, the MIIT, the SAMR and the Cyberspace Administration of China,
have been increasingly focused on regulation in the areas of data security and data protection, including for mobile apps, and are enhancing
the protection of privacy and data security by rulemaking and enforcement actions at central and local levels. We expect that these areas
will receive greater and continued attention and scrutiny from regulators and the public going forward, which could increase our Hong
Kong and China subsidiaries’ compliance costs and subject them to heightened risks and challenges associated with data security
and protection. If our Hong Kong and China subsidiaries are unable to manage these risks, they could become subject to penalties, including
fines, suspension of business, prohibition against new user registration (even for a short period of time) and revocation of required
licenses, and their reputation and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.
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It
may be difficult for overseas shareholders and/or regulators to conduct investigations or collect evidence within China.
Shareholder
claims or regulatory investigations that are common in the United States generally are difficult to pursue as a matter of law or
practicality in China. For example, in China, there are significant legal and other obstacles to providing information needed for
regulatory investigations or litigation initiated outside China. Although the authorities in China may establish a regulatory
cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authorities of another country or region to implement cross-border supervision
and administration, such cooperation with the securities regulatory authorities in the United States may not be efficient in the
absence of mutual and practical cooperation mechanisms. Furthermore, according to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law, or Article
177, which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator is allowed to directly conduct investigation or evidence
collection activities within the territory of the PRC. While the detailed interpretation of or implementation rules under Article
177 have yet to be promulgated, the inability of an overseas securities regulator, such as the Department of Justice, the SEC, the
PCAOB and other authorities, to directly conduct an investigation or evidence collection activities within China may further
increase difficulties faced by you in protecting your interests.
Some
of our business operations are conducted in Hong Kong and the PRC through our Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. If the U.S.
regulators carry out an investigation on us and there is a need to conduct an investigation or collect evidence within the territory
of the PRC, the U.S. regulators may not be able to carry out such an investigation or evidence collection activities directly in the
PRC under the PRC laws. The U.S. regulators may consider cross-border cooperation with the securities regulatory authority of the
PRC by way of judicial assistance, diplomatic channels or regulatory cooperation mechanisms established with the securities
regulatory authority of the PRC.
Failure
to comply with laws and regulations applicable to our business in China could subject us to fines and penalties and could also cause
us to lose customers or otherwise harm our business.
Our
Hong Kong and China subsidiaries’ business is subject to regulation by various governmental agencies in China, including agencies
responsible for monitoring and enforcing compliance with various legal obligations, such as value-added telecommunication laws and regulations,
privacy and data protection-related laws and regulations, intellectual property laws, employment and labor laws, workplace safety, environmental
laws, consumer protection laws, governmental trade laws, import and export controls, anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, and tax laws
and regulations. In certain jurisdictions, these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than in China. These laws and regulations
impose added costs on their business. Noncompliance with applicable regulations or requirements could subject them to:
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investigations,
enforcement actions, and sanctions;
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mandatory
changes to our network and products;
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disgorgement
of profits, fines, and damages;
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civil
and criminal penalties or injunctions;
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claims
for damages by our customers or channel partners;
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termination
of contracts;
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loss
of intellectual property rights;
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failure
to obtain, maintain or renew certain licenses, approvals, permits, registrations, or filings
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necessary
to conduct our operations; and
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temporary
or permanent debarment from sales to public service organizations.
If
any governmental sanctions are imposed, or if they do not prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation, their business, results
of operations, and financial condition could be adversely affected. In addition, responding to any action will likely result in a significant
diversion of our management’s attention and resources and an increase in professional fees. Enforcement actions and sanctions could
materially harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Additionally,
companies in the technology industry have recently experienced increased regulatory scrutiny. Any similar reviews by regulatory agencies
or legislatures may result in substantial regulatory fines, changes to their business practices, and other penalties, which could negatively
affect their business and results of operations.
Changes
in social, political, and regulatory conditions or in laws and policies governing a wide range of topics may cause them to change their
business practices. Further, their expansion into a variety of new fields also could raise several new regulatory issues. These factors
could negatively affect their business and results of operations in material ways.
Moreover,
they are exposed to the risk of misconduct, errors and failure to function by their management, employees and parties that they collaborate
with, who may from time to time be subject to litigation and regulatory investigations and proceedings or otherwise face potential liability
and penalties in relation to noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations, which could harm their reputation and business.
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The
recent joint statement by the SEC, proposed rule changes submitted by NASDAQ, and an act passed by the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House
of Representatives, all call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to U.S.-listed companies with significant operations
in China. These developments could add uncertainties to our future offerings, business operations, share price and reputation.
U.S.
public companies that have substantially all their operations in China have been the subject of intense scrutiny, criticism and negative
publicity by investors, financial commentators and regulatory agencies, such as the SEC. Much of the scrutiny, criticism and negative
publicity have centered on financial and accounting irregularities and mistakes, a lack of effective internal controls over financial
accounting, inadequate corporate governance policies or a lack of adherence thereto, and, in many cases, allegations of fraud.
On
December 7, 2018, the SEC and the PCAOB issued a joint statement highlighting continued challenges faced by the U.S. regulators in their
oversight of financial statement audits of U.S.-listed companies with significant operations in China. On April 21, 2020, SEC Chairman
Jay Clayton and PCAOB Chairman William D. Duhnke III, along with other senior SEC staff, released a joint statement highlighting the
risks associated with investing in companies based in or have substantial operations in emerging markets including China, reiterating
past SEC and PCAOB statements on matters including the difficulty associated with inspecting accounting firms and audit work papers in
China and higher risks of fraud in emerging markets and the difficulty of bringing and enforcing SEC, Department of Justice and other
U.S. regulatory actions, including in instances of fraud, in emerging markets generally.
On
May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) requiring a foreign company
to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company
uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the company’s auditors for three consecutive
years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited from trading on a national exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives
approved the HFCAA. On December 18, 2020, the HFCAA Act was signed into law.
On
March 24, 2021, the SEC announced that it had adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure
requirements of the Act. The interim final amendments will apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report
on Forms 10-K, 20-F, 40-F or N-CSR with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction
and that the PCAOB has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in that
jurisdiction. The SEC will implement a process for identifying such a registrant and any such identified registrant will be required
to submit documentation to the SEC establishing that it is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in that foreign jurisdiction
and will also require disclosure in the registrant’s annual report regarding the audit arrangements of, and governmental influence
on, such a registrant.
On
June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, and on December 29, 2022,
legislation entitled “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”) was
signed into law by President Biden, which contained, among other things, an identical provision to the Accelerating Holding Foreign
Companies Accountable Act and amended the HFCAA by requiring the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any
U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three, thus reducing
the time period for triggering the prohibition on trading.
On
May 21, 2021, NASDAQ filed three proposals with the SEC to (i) apply minimum offering size requirement for companies primarily operating
in a “Restrictive Market”, (ii) prohibit Restrictive Market companies from directly listing on NASDAQ Capital Market, and
only permit them to list on NASDAQ Global Select or NASDAQ Global Market in connection with a direct listing and (iii) apply additional
and more stringent criteria to an applicant or listed company based on the qualifications of the company’s auditors.
On
December 2, 2021, the SEC adopted amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA.
The rules apply to registrants the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public
accounting firm that is in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) is unable
to inspect or investigate (“Commission-Identified Issuers”). The final amendments require Commission-Identified Issuers to
submit documentation to the SEC establishing that, if true, it is not owned or controlled by a governmental entity in the public accounting
firm’s foreign jurisdiction. The amendments also require that a Commission-Identified Issuer that is a “foreign issuer,”
as defined in Exchange Act Rule 3b-4, provide certain additional disclosures in its annual report for itself and any of its consolidated
foreign operating entities. Further, the release provides notice regarding the procedures the SEC has established to identify issuers
and to impose trading prohibitions on the securities of certain Commission-Identified Issuers, as required by the HFCAA.
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The
SEC will identify Commission-Identified Issuers for fiscal years beginning after December 18, 2020. A Commission-Identified Issuer will
be required to comply with the submission and disclosure requirements in the annual report for each year in which it was identified.
If a registrant is identified as a Commission-Identified Issuer based on its annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021,
the registrant will be required to comply with the submission or disclosure requirements in its annual report filing covering the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2022.
On
December 16, 2021, PCAOB announced the PCAOB HFCAA determinations (the “PCAOB determinations”) relating to the PCAOB’s
inability to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China of the PRC or Hong
Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in the PRC or
Hong Kong.
On
August 26, 2022, the PCAOB announced that it had signed a Statement of Protocol (the “SOP”) with the China Securities Regulatory
Commission and the Ministry of Finance of China. The SOP, together with two protocol agreements governing inspections and investigations
(together, the “SOP Agreement”), establishes a specific, accountable framework to make possible complete inspections and
investigations by the PCAOB of audit firms based in mainland China and Hong Kong, as required under U.S. law. The SOP Agreement remains
unpublished and is subject to further explanation and implementation. Pursuant to the fact sheet with respect to the SOP Agreement disclosed
by the SEC, the PCAOB shall have sole discretion to select any audit firms for inspection or investigation and the PCAOB inspectors and
investigators shall have a right to see all audit documentation without redaction.
On
December 15, 2022, the PCAOB Board determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered
public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary.
However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB Board will consider
the need to issue a new determination.
The
lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the
auditors based in China. As a result, the investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB
to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firms’ audit
procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could
cause existing and potential investors in our stock to lose confidence in our audit procedures and reported financial information and
the quality of our financial statements.
Our
auditor, JP Centurion & Partners PLT (“Centurion”), is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. and is the
independent registered public accounting firm that issued the audit reports included in this annual report, and as auditors of
companies that are traded publicly in the United States and firms registered with the PCAOB, are subject to laws in the United
States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess their compliance with the applicable professional
standards. We are not aware of any reasons to believe or conclude that Centurion would not permit an inspection by PCAOB or may not
be subject to such an inspection. Centurion is outside the jurisdiction of Hong Kong and China and has assured us that if requested,
they shall cooperate and deliver the work papers of our Chinese subsidiaries to the PCAOB for inspection. We cannot assure you that
the jurisdiction in which our current auditor is located will not implement rules forbidding our auditor to be subject to PCAOB
inspection. If such rules were to be implemented, we may have to incur substantial costs and time to appoint a new auditor to
re-audit our financials. This could cause the market price of our shares to be materially and adversely affected, and our securities
could be delisted or prohibited from being traded on the national securities exchange if we fail to do so timely or at commercially
reasonable times.
These
recent developments could add uncertainties to our offering, and we cannot assure you whether NASDAQ or regulatory authorities would
apply additional and more stringent criteria to us after considering the effectiveness of our auditor’s audit procedures and quality
control procedures, adequacy of personnel and training, or sufficiency of resources, geographic reach, or experience as it relates to
the audit of our financial statements.
It
remains unclear what further actions the SEC, the PCAOB or NASDAQ will take to address these issues and what impact those actions will
have on U.S. companies that have significant operations in the PRC and have securities listed on a U.S. stock exchange (including a national
securities exchange or over-the-counter stock market). In addition, the March 2021 interim final amendments and any additional actions,
proceedings, or new rules resulting from these efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could create some uncertainty
for investors, the market price of our shares of common stock could be adversely affected, and we could be delisted if we and our auditor
are unable to meet the PCAOB inspection requirement or being required to engage a new audit firm, which would require significant expense
and management time.
As
a result of this scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity, the publicly traded stock of many U.S.-listed Chinese companies sharply
decreased in value and, in some cases, has become virtually worthless. Many of these companies are now subject to shareholder
lawsuits and SEC enforcement actions and are conducting internal and external investigations into the allegations. It is not clear
what effect this sector-wide scrutiny, criticism and negative publicity will have on us, our future offerings, our business, and our
share price. If we become the subject of any unfavorable allegations, whether such allegations are proven to be true or untrue, we
will have to expend significant resources to investigate such allegations and/or defend our Company. This situation will be costly
and time-consuming and distract our management from developing our growth. If such allegations are not proven to be groundless, we
and our business operations will be severely affected, and you could sustain a significant decline in the value of our
shares.
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NASDAQ
may apply additional and more stringent criteria for our continued listing.
NASDAQ
Listing Rule 5101 provides NASDAQ with broad discretionary authority over the continued listing of securities in NASDAQ, and NASDAQ may
use such discretion to apply additional or more stringent criteria for the continued listing of particular securities or suspend
or delist particular securities based on any event, condition, or circumstance that exists or occurs that makes continued listing of
the securities on NASDAQ inadvisable or unwarranted in the opinion of NASDAQ, even though the securities meet all enumerated criteria
for continued listing on NASDAQ. In addition, NASDAQ has used its discretion to deny continued listing or to apply additional and more
stringent criteria in the instances, including but not limited to where the company engaged an auditor that has not been subject to an
inspection by PCAOB, an auditor that PCAOB cannot inspect, or an auditor that has not demonstrated sufficient resources, geographic reach,
or experience to adequately perform the company’s audit. For the concerns, we may be subject to the additional and more stringent
criteria of NASDAQ for our continued listing.
The
current tension in international trade, particularly regarding U.S. and China trade policies, may adversely impact our business, financial
condition, and results of operations.
Although
cross-border business may not be an area of our focus, if we plan to expand our business internationally in the future, any
unfavorable government policies on international trade, such as capital controls or tariffs, may affect the demand for our services,
impact our competitive position, or prevent us from being able to conduct business in certain countries. If any new tariffs,
legislation, or regulations are implemented, or if existing trade agreements are renegotiated, such changes could adversely affect
our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Recently, there have been heightened tensions in international
economic relations, such as the one between the United States and China. The U.S. government has recently imposed, and has recently
proposed to impose additional, new, or higher tariffs on certain products imported from China to penalize China for what it
characterizes as unfair trade practices. China has responded by imposing, and proposing to impose additional, new, or higher tariffs
on certain products imported from the United States. Following mutual retaliatory actions for months, on January 15, 2020, the
United States and China entered into the Economic and Trade Agreement between the Government of the People’s
Republic of China and the Government of the United States of America as a phase one trade deal, effective on February 14,
2020.
Although
the direct impact of the current international trade tension and any escalation of such tension on the industries in which we operate
is uncertain, the negative impact on general, economic, political and social conditions may adversely impact our business, financial
condition and results of operations.
The
Hong Kong legal system embodies uncertainties which could limit the legal protections available to the Company.
Hong
Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the PRC and enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the “one country, two
systems” principle. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s constitutional document, the Basic Law, ensures that
the current political situation will remain in effect for 50 years. Hong Kong has enjoyed the freedom to function with a high degree
of autonomy for its affairs, including currencies, immigration and customs, an independent judiciary system and a parliamentary
system. However, we are not in any position to guarantee the implementation of the “one country, two systems” principle
and the level of autonomy as currently in place now. Any changes in the state of the political environment in Hong Kong may
materially and adversely affect our business and operation. Additionally, intellectual property rights and confidentiality
protections in Hong Kong may not be as effective as in the United States or other countries. These uncertainties could limit the
legal protections available to us, including our ability to enforce our agreements with our clients.
The
Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (“SCNPC”) or PRC regulatory authorities may in the future promulgate
laws, regulations or implementing rules that require us or our subsidiaries to obtain regulatory approval from Chinese authorities before
or after listing in the U.S.
We
are subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with being based in China. PRC laws and regulations governing our current
business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and as a result, these risks may result in material changes in the operations of
our China subsidiaries, significant depreciation of the value of our shares, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer or continue
to offer our securities to investors. Recently, the PRC government adopted a series of regulatory actions and issued statements to regulate
business operations in China, including those related to variable interest entities, data security, and anti-monopoly concerns. As to
the date of this report, we and our subsidiaries have not been involved in any investigations into cybersecurity review initiated by
any PRC regulatory authority, nor has any of them received any inquiry, notice or sanction.
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On
August 8, 2006, six Governmental Agencies, namely, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission, the State Administration for Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the CSRC and the SAFE,
jointly adopted the Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or the M&A Rules,
which became effective on September 8, 2006 and were amended on June 22, 2009. The M&A Rules require that among other things,
the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, be notified in advance of any change of control transaction in which a foreign investor
acquires control of a PRC domestic enterprise and involves the following circumstances: (i) any important industry is concerned;
(ii) such transaction involves factors that impact or may impact national economic security; or (iii) such transaction will lead to
a change of control of a domestic enterprise which holds a famous trademark or PRC time-honored brand. The M&A Rules also
require offshore special purpose vehicles (SPV) that are controlled by PRC companies or individuals and that have been formed for
overseas listing purposes through acquisitions of PRC domestic interest held by such PRC companies or individuals, to obtain the
approval of CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock exchange.
On
December 30, 2019, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued the “Foreign
Investment Information Reporting Measures” (hereinafter referred to as the “Reporting Measures”), which took effect
on January 1, 2020. The “Reporting Measures” clearly state that foreign investors who directly or indirectly conduct investment
activities in China should submit investment information to the commercial authorities by foreign investors or foreign-invested enterprises
in accordance with these Measures. If there is any change in the information of investors and their actual controllers, investment transaction
information, and other information, they should report to the relevant authorities.
On
February 17, 2023, the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued the Notice on Filing Management Arrangements for Overseas Issuance
and Listing of Domestic Enterprises” (hereinafter referred to as the “Arrangements for Overseas Listing of Domestic Enterprises”).
It clearly states that foreign investors who acquire control of domestic enterprises in China and are listed overseas as issuers are
recognized as “domestic enterprises listed overseas” must comply with laws, administrative regulations, and relevant national
regulations on foreign investment, state-owned asset management, industry supervision, and overseas investment, and accept the management
and supervision of the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
Under
the current PRC laws and regulations, we do not expect that we will trigger MOFCOM pre-notification under the above-mentioned
circumstances or any review by other PRC government authorities. However, the application of the M&A Rules remains unclear. If
CSRC approval is required, it is uncertain whether it would be possible for us to obtain the approval, and any failure to obtain or
delay in obtaining CSRC approval would subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC and other PRC regulatory agencies. According to
our PRC counsel, Chiu Sui Wun Grace from Guangdong Qianhai Sun Law Firm, based on her understanding of the current PRC laws, rules
and regulations, the CSRC’s approval under the M&A Rules may not be required for our continued listing on Nasdaq, given
that: (i) we did not establish our mainland China subsidiaries through a merger with or acquisition of PRC domestic companies as
defined in the M&A Rules, and (ii) our mainland China subsidiaries through a merger with or acquisition of PRC domestic
companies do not involve following circumstances of “any important industry is concerned, or such transaction involves factors
that impact or may impact national economic security; or such transaction will lead to a change of control of a domestic enterprise
which holds a famous trademark or PRC time-honored brand”.
However,
according to the “Arrangement for Overseas Listing of Domestic Enterprises” and the Management Trial Measures for the Administration
of Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Enterprises (hereinafter “Management Trial Measures”) issued by
the China Securities Regulatory Commission on February 17, 2023, Management Trial Measures are clearly stipulated that if a foreign investor
acquires control of a domestic enterprise and is listed overseas as an issuer, and the issuer simultaneously meets the following conditions,
it will be recognized as an indirect overseas listing of a domestic enterprise and subject to the supervision and management of the China
Securities Regulatory Commission: (1) The operating income, total profit, total assets, or net assets of the domestic enterprise in the
most recent accounting year, the ratio of any indicator of total profit, total assets, or net assets , whichever to the issuer’s
audited consolidated financial statements for the same period exceeds 50%; (2) The main business activities are carried out in mainland
China or the main premises are located in mainland China, or the majority of senior management personnel responsible for business management
are Chinese citizens or have their habitual residence in mainland China. Since the implementation date of the “Management Trial
Measures”, a domestic enterprise that falls within the scope of filing and has been issued and listed overseas or meets the following
conditions is a stock enterprise: Before the implementation date of the “Management Trial Measures”, the application for
indirect overseas issuance and listing has been approved by an overseas regulatory authority or an overseas stock exchange (such as the
Hong Kong market has passed the hearing, the United States market has agreed to register and take effect, etc.), and there is no need
to re-fulfill the regulatory procedures for the issuance and listing of overseas regulatory agencies or overseas stock exchanges (such
as a re-hearing in the Hong Kong market, etc.), and complete the overseas issuance and listing before September 30, 2023. Stock enterprises
do not require immediate filing, and subsequent filing matters such as refinancing should be filed as required. Therefore, if we are
identified by the China Securities Regulatory Commission as to the situation of “indirect overseas listing”, we should go
through relevant filing procedures with the China Securities Regulatory Commission as required when subsequent filing matters such as
refinancing are involved.
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In
addition, according to the “Reporting Measures” issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of
Market Supervision and Administration on December 30, 2019 (took effective on 1 January 2020), our previous listing on NASDAQ may be identified as a change in
circumstances such as investors and should be reported to the relevant competent authorities in accordance with the “Reporting
Measures”.
However,
our PRC counsel has further advised us that there remains some uncertainty as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted or implemented
in the context of an overseas listing and its opinions summarized above are subject to any new laws, rules and regulations or detailed
implementations and interpretations in any form relating to the M&A Rules. We cannot assure you that relevant PRC government agencies,
including the CSRC, would reach the same conclusion as we do.
Recently,
the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly
issued the “Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law,” or the Opinions,
which were made available to the public on July 6, 2021. The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over
illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies. Effective
measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems will be taken to deal with the risks and incidents of
China-concept overseas listed companies, and cybersecurity and data privacy protection requirements and similar matters. On July 10,
2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a revised draft of the Measures for Cybersecurity Review for public comments,
which require, among others, in addition to any “operator of critical information infrastructure,” any “data
processor” controlling personal information of no less than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange
should also be subject to cybersecurity review. Later, on December 28, 2021, the Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021 version)
were promulgated and became effective on February 15, 2022, which provide that any “online platform operators”
controlling the personal information of more than one million users which seeks to list in a foreign stock exchange should also be
subject to cybersecurity review. The Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021 version) further elaborated the factors to be
considered when assessing the national security risks of the relevant activities. The Regulations on the Administration of Network
Data Security issued on September 24, 2024 and took effect on January 1, 2025, which
does not involve that data handlers that process the personal information of more than one million users listed in a foreign
country should apply for a cybersecurity review, and w e do not believe we are among the “operator of critical information
infrastructure”, “data processor”, “online platform operators” or “data handlers” as
mentioned above; however, considering our Chinese subsidiary’s business may involve important data such as personal
information, the relevant activities of our Chinese subsidiary will be regulated by Measures for Cyber Security Review and other
relevant data regulations.
On
February 17, 2023, the CSRC released the Trial Measures and five supporting guidelines, which will come into effect on March 31, 2023,
and if enacted, may subject us to additional compliance requirements in the future. See “Risk Factors - Risks Related to
Our Corporate Structure - The Opinions recently issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
and the General Office of the State Council, and the New Overseas Listing Rules promulgated by the CSRC may subject us to additional
compliance requirements in the future.”
The
Measures for Cybersecurity Review (2021 version) was newly adopted, substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation
regarding such laws and regulations. Furthermore, if we are required by the Trial Measures to complete the filing procedures with the
CSRC in connection with our listing, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete such filings in a timely manner, or at all,
in the future. Any failure by us to comply with such filing procedures could impact our operations materially and adversely and significantly
limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of our securities to
significantly decline or be worthless.
Furthermore,
we, our subsidiaries, and our investors may face uncertainty about future actions by the government of China that could significantly
affect our financial performance and operations. We cannot assure you that the PRC government will not initiate possible governmental
actions or scrutiny to us, which could substantially affect our operation, and the value of our shares may depreciate quickly. As of
the date of this report, neither our Company nor any of our subsidiaries have received nor was denied permission from Chinese authorities
to list on U.S. exchanges under the PRC laws and regulations currently in effect. However, there is no guarantee that our Company or
our subsidiaries will receive, or not be denied, permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges in the future. China’s
economic, political, and social conditions, as well as interventions and influences of any government policies, laws and regulations
are uncertain and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
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The
Opinions recently issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the
State Council, and the New Overseas Listing Rules promulgated by the CSRC may subject us to additional compliance requirements in the
future.
On
February 17, 2023, with the approval of the State Council, the CSRC released the Trial Measures and five supporting guidelines, which
came into effect on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Measures, (1) domestic companies that seek to offer or list securities
overseas, both directly and indirectly, should fulfill the filing procedures and report relevant information to the CSRC; if a domestic
company fails to complete the filing procedures or conceals any material fact or falsifies any major content in its filing documents,
such domestic company may be subject to administrative penalties, such as order to rectify, warnings, fines, and its controlling shareholders,
actual controllers, the person directly in charge and other directly liable persons may also be subject to administrative penalties,
such as warnings and fines; (2) if the issuer meets both of the following conditions, the overseas offering and listing shall be determined
as an indirect overseas offering and listing by a domestic company: (i) any of the total assets, net assets, revenues or profits of the
domestic operating entities of the issuer in the most recent accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding figure in
the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statements for the same period; (ii) its major operational activities are carried out
in mainland China or its main places of business are located in mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of operation and management
of the issuer are mostly Chinese citizens or are domiciled in mainland China; and (3) where a domestic company seeks to indirectly offer
and list securities in an overseas market, the issuer shall designate a major domestic operating entity responsible for all filing procedures
with the CSRC, and where an issuer makes an application for an initial public offering in an overseas market, the issuer shall submit
filings with the CSRC within three business days after such application is submitted. On the same day, the CSRC also held a press conference
for the release of the Trial Measures and issued the Notice on Administration for the Filing of Overseas Offering and Listing by Domestic
Companies, which, among others, clarifies that (1) on or prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures, domestic companies that have
already submitted valid applications for overseas offering and listing but have not obtained approval from overseas regulatory authorities
or stock exchanges may reasonably arrange the timing for submitting their filing applications with the CSRC, and must complete the filing
before the completion of their overseas offering and listing; (2) a six-month transition period will be granted to domestic companies
which, prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures, have already obtained the approval from overseas regulatory authorities or
stock exchanges, but have not completed the indirect overseas listing; if domestic companies fail to complete the overseas listing within
such six-month transition period, they shall file with the CSRC according to the requirements; and (3) the CSRC will solicit opinions
from relevant regulatory authorities and complete the filing of the overseas listing of companies with contractual arrangements which
duly meet the compliance requirements, and support the development and growth of these companies.
On
April 2, 2022, the CSRC solicited opinions from the public on the revision of the “Regulations on Strengthening the Confidentiality
and Archive Management of Securities Issuance and Listing Abroad”. On February 24, 2023, the “Regulations on Strengthening
the Confidentiality and Archive Management of Securities Issuance and Listing Abroad” (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulations
on Overseas Listing Archives”) were announced and came into effect on March 31, 2023. According to Regulations on Overseas
Listing Archives, the overseas listing activities of domestic companies, domestic companies, as well as securities companies and securities
service institutions providing relevant securities services thereof, should establish a sound system of confidentiality and archival
work, should not disclose state secrets, or harm the state and public interests. Where a domestic company provides or publicly discloses
to the relevant securities companies, securities service institutions, overseas regulatory authorities and other entities and individuals,
or provides or publicly discloses through its overseas listing entity, any document or material involving any state secret or any work
secret of any governmental agency, it shall report to the competent authority for approval in accordance with the law, and submit to
the secrecy administration department for filing. Domestic companies shall not provide accounting records to an overseas accounting firm
that has not performed the corresponding procedures. Securities companies and securities service organizations shall comply with the
confidentiality and archive management requirements and keep the documents and materials properly. Securities companies and securities
service institutions that provide domestic enterprises with relevant securities services for overseas issuance and listing of securities
shall keep such archives they compile within the territory of the PRC and shall not transfer such archives to overseas institutions or
individuals, by any means, such as carrying, shipping or through any other information technologies, without the approval of the relevant
competent authorities. If the archives or duplicates of such archives are of important value to the state and society and need to be
taken abroad, approval shall be obtained in accordance with relevant provisions.
The
Trial Measures and Regulations on Overseas Listing Archives subject us to additional compliance requirements in the future, and we cannot
assure you that we will be able to get the clearance of filing procedures under the Trial Measures on a timely basis, or at all. Any
failure by us to fully comply with new regulatory requirements, including but limited to the failure to complete the filing procedures
with the CSRC if required, may significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer our Ordinary Shares,
cause significant disruption to our business operations, and severely damage our reputation, which would materially and adversely affect
our financial condition and results of operations and cause our Common Stock to significantly decline in value or become worthless.
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Risks
Related to Our Common Stock
Future
sales of substantial amounts of the shares of Common Stock by existing shareholders could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock.
If
our existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of the shares, then the market price of our Common Stock could fall. Such sales by
our existing shareholders might make it more difficult for us to issue new equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time
and place we deem appropriate. If any existing shareholders sell substantial amounts of shares, the prevailing market price for our shares
could be adversely affected.
The
market price of our shares is likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors such as:
●
variations
in our actual and perceived operating results;
●
news
regarding gains or losses of customers or partners by us or our competitors;
●
news
regarding gains or losses of key personnel by us or our competitors;
●
announcements
of competitive developments, acquisitions or strategic alliances in our industry by us or our competitors;
●
changes
in earnings estimates or buy/sell recommendations by financial analysts;
●
potential
litigation;
●
general
market conditions or other developments affecting us or our industry; and
●
the
operating and stock price performance of other companies, other industries and other events or factors beyond our control.
In
addition, the securities markets have from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related
to the operating performance of certain companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market
price of the shares.
In
the event that our shares trade under $5.00 per share, they will be considered penny stock. Trading in penny stocks has many restrictions,
and these restrictions could severely affect the price and liquidity of our shares.
If
our stock trades below $5.00 per share, our stock would be known as a “penny stock”, which is subject to various regulations
involving disclosures to be given to you prior to the purchase of any penny stock. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less
than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions. Depending on market fluctuations, our Common Stock would be considered as a “penny
stock”. A penny stock is subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell these securities
to persons other than established Members and accredited investors. For transactions covered by these rules, the broker/dealer must make
a special suitability determination for the purchase of these securities. In addition, he must receive the purchaser’s written
consent to the transaction prior to the purchase. He must also provide certain written disclosures to the purchaser. Consequently, the
“penny stock” rules may restrict the ability of broker/dealers to sell our securities and may negatively affect the ability
of holders of shares of our Common Stock to resell them. These disclosures require you to acknowledge that you understand the risks associated
with buying penny stocks and that you can absorb the loss of your entire investment. Penny stocks are low-priced securities that do not
have a very high trading volume. Consequently, the price of the stocks is often volatile, and you may not be able to buy or sell the
stock when you want to.
We
do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our Common Stock in the foreseeable future.
We
do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. At present, we intend to retain all our earnings, if any, to
finance the development and expansion of our business. Consequently, your only opportunity to achieve a positive return on your
investment in us will be if the market price of our Common Stock appreciates.
Together,
our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, and our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Loke, Che Chan Gilbert own a large percentage
of our outstanding stock and could significantly influence the outcome of our corporate matters.
Currently,
Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, our CEO. and his spouse own approximately 25% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, and Mr. Loke, Che Chan
Gilbert, our CFO, and his sons in aggregate own approximately 19% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, collectively 44%. As a result,
Messrs. Lee and Loke are collectively able to exercise significant influence over all matters that require us to obtain shareholder approval,
including the election of directors to our board and approval of significant corporate transactions that we may consider, such as a merger
or other sale of our company or its assets. This concentration of ownership in our shares by executive officers will limit the other
shareholders’ ability to influence corporate matters and may have the effect of delaying or preventing a third party from acquiring
control over us.
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ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not
applicable.
ITEM
1C. CYBERSECURITY
Risk
management and strategy
We
recognize the critical importance of developing, implementing, and maintaining robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard our information
systems and protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our data.
Managing
Material Risks & Integrated Overall Risk Management
We
have strategically integrated cybersecurity risk management into our broader risk management framework to promote a company-wide culture
of cybersecurity risk management. This integration ensures that cybersecurity considerations are an integral part of our decision-making
processes at every level. Our management team continuously evaluates and addresses cybersecurity risks in alignment with our business
objectives and operational needs.
Oversee
Third-Party Risk
Because
we are aware of the risks associated with third-party service providers, we have implemented stringent processes to oversee and manage
these risks. We conduct thorough security assessments of all third-party providers before engagement and maintain ongoing monitoring
to ensure compliance with our cybersecurity standards. The monitoring includes annual assessments of the system and organization controls
(SOC) reports of our providers and implementing complementary controls. This approach is designed to mitigate risks related to data breaches
or other security incidents originating from third parties.
Risks
from Cybersecurity Threats
We
have not encountered cybersecurity challenges that have materially impaired our operations or financial standing during the financial
year ended December 31, 2024. We will continue to monitor and assess our cybersecurity risk management program as well as invest in and
seek to improve such systems and processes as appropriate. If we were to experience a material cybersecurity incident in the future,
such an incident may have a material effect, including on our operations, business strategy, operating results, or financial condition.
For more information regarding cybersecurity risks that we face and potential impacts on our business related thereto, see the section
titled “ Risk Factors ” in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Governance
Our
board of directors is responsible for monitoring and assessing strategic risk exposure. Our board of directors administers its cybersecurity
risk oversight function directly as a whole, as well as through the Audit Committee. Our executive management team informs our Audit
Committee on cybersecurity risks on a regular basis, at least once per year.
The
Audit Committee is primarily responsible for assisting our board of directors in fulfilling its ultimate oversight responsibilities relating
to risk assessment and management, including relating to cybersecurity and other information technology risks. The Audit Committee oversees
management’s implementation of our cybersecurity risk management program, including processes and policies for determining risk
tolerance, and reviews management’s strategies for adequately mitigating and managing identified risks, including risks relating
to cybersecurity threats.
Our
cybersecurity coordinator is responsible for assessing and managing our material risks from cybersecurity threats, in close collaboration
with our IT team and reports to our CEO. This ensures that the senior management are kept abreast of the cybersecurity posture and potential
risks faced by our group.
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ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
Our
principal executive offices are located at B-23A-02, G-Vestor Tower, Pavilion Embassy, 200 Jalan Ampang, 50450 W.P. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Location
Owner
Use
D-07-06
and D-07-07~Sky Park @ One City, Jalan USJ 25/1, 47650 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Greenpro
Resources Sdn. Bhd.
Investment
for rental income and capital gains
Units
6, 7 and 8, 22/F., Di Wang Building, No. 5002 Shennan Dong Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, China
Greenpro
Management Consultancy Limited
Self-use
business premises
Units
A8, B1, B6, B7, C9, D8 of 14/F. and roofs, Wang Cheung Industrial Building, 6 Tsing Yeung Circuit, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong
Kong
Forward
Win International Limited
Investment
for rental income and capital gains
We
believe that the current facilities are adequate for our current needs. We intend to secure new facilities or expand existing facilities
as necessary to support future growth. We believe that suitable additional space will be available on commercially reasonable terms as
needed to accommodate our operations.
ITEM
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On
August 24, 2021, Plaintiff, Millennium Fine Art Inc. (“MFAI”) filed a Complaint against the Company, alleging that on or
about April 21, 2021, MFAI and the Company entered into a contract (the “Contract”) by which MFAI agreed to create 7,700
non-fungible tokens (“NFT”) in exchange for sixteen million dollars ($16,000,000) worth of shares of the Company. MFAI
claims that the Company breached the Contract by refusing delivery of the NFTs and not delivering $16 million worth of shares to
MFAI. The Complaint asserts causes of action for breach of contract, special damages and promissory estoppel, and seeks sixty-six
million dollars ($66,000,000) in damages, specific performance by the Company according to the terms of the Contract, and
MFAI’s attorney’s fees and costs.
On
October 18, 2021, the Company filed a motion, denying all the material allegations of the Complaint, and seeking to stay the case and
compel arbitration pursuant to the purported Contract. In its motion, the Company only sought to enforce the terms of the Contract as
it relates to arbitration but otherwise denied the existence of a valid and binding contract. Over MFAI’s opposition, the Court
granted the Company’s motion, and stayed the case, pending the resolution of the Parties’ arbitration of the dispute.
On
or about April 1, 2022, MFAI filed a Request for Arbitration with Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. (JAMS) dispute resolution
services, in response to which the Company filed a Statement of Answer, denying the material allegations of the Complaint, which the
Company deems to be without merit. The matter is in the discovery phase, and the Company intends to continue vigorously defending this
matter. The arbitration final hearing is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 12-16, 2026.
ITEM
4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not
applicable.
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PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our
Common Stock is currently listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the trading symbol “GRNQ.” Our Common Stock did not trade
prior to July 9, 2015.
On
April 8, 2025, the closing price for our Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ Capital Market was $0.89.
As
of April 9, 2025, we had 7,575,813 shares of our Common Stock issued and outstanding. There were approximately 190 record holders of
our Common Stock. Such number does not include any shareholders holding shares in nominee or “street name”.
Dividend
Policy
We
have not declared or paid dividends on our Common Stock since our formation, and we do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable
future. Declaration or payment of dividends, if any, in the future, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend
on our current financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the board of directors.
There are no contractual restrictions on our ability to declare or pay dividends.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
All
sales of unregistered Common Stock of the Company were made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, Regulation D and/or
Rule 903 of Regulation S promulgated thereunder.
During
2024 and 2023, the Company did not issue any shares of its Common Stock.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information
We
have not adopted or approved an equity compensation plan. None of the options, warrants or other convertible securities have been granted
outside of an approved equity compensation plan.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent for our capital stock is VStock Transfer, LLC, whose business address is 18 Lafayette Place, Woodmere, NY 11598 and telephone
number is 212-828-8436.
Repurchase
of Common Stock
None.
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ITEM
6. [Reserved]
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial condition for fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, and
2023, should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere
in this Annual Report. Some of the information contained in this management’s discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in
this Annual Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking
statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. As a result of many factors, including those factors set forth in the
“Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report, our actual results could differ materially from the results described in or
implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report.
Company
Overview
Greenpro
Capital Corp. (the “Company” or “Greenpro”), was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 19, 2013. We provide
cross-border business solutions and accounting outsourcing services to small and medium-sized businesses located in Asia, with an initial
focus on Hong Kong, China and Malaysia. Greenpro provides a range of services as a package solution (the “Package Solution”)
to our clients, and we believe that our clients can reduce their business costs and improve their revenues.
In
addition to our business solution services, we also operate a venture capital business through Greenpro Venture Capital Limited, an Anguilla
corporation. One of our venture capital business segments focuses on (1) establishing a business incubator for start-up and high-growth
companies to support such companies during critical growth periods, which will include education and support services, and (2) searching
the investment opportunities in selected start-up and high-growth companies, which may generate significant returns to the Company. Our
venture capital business focuses on companies located in Southeast Asia and East Asia, including Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand,
and Singapore. Another venture capital business segment focuses on rental activities of commercial properties and the sale of investment
properties.
One
of our Labuan subsidiaries, Green-X Corp. (“Green-X”), was approved and compliant with all the requirements by Labuan Financial
Services Authority (Lembaga Perkhidmatan Kewangan Labuan) in 2022 to establish a platform under Part IX of the Labuan Financial Services
and Securities Act 2010 (LFSSA), pursuant to Section 134 of the LFSSA.
Green-X
is a platform operator licensed under the LFSSA whereby security token issuers (“Issuers”) offer their security tokens
for subscription and trading by investors (“Investors”) through the Green-X digital asset exchange (“Green-X
DAX”) platform. ISRA International Consulting Sdn. Bhd. (“ISRA Consulting/Shariah Adviser of the platform”) is
responsible for advising on and ensuring end-to-end Shariah compliance for the Green-X DAX platform’s operations.
ISRA
Consulting issued a Shariah pronouncement for the Green-X DAX platform (the “Pronouncement”) on June 22, 2023. The
Pronouncement was valid for one (1) renewable year from the signing date it was born. Following the expiration of the Pronouncement,
ISRA Consulting conducted a Shariah review exercise in preparation for its renewal. The Shariah review followed a specific
methodology and serves as the basis for the renewal decision. Pursuant to the Shariah review, the Green-X DAX platform’s
operations and related documents complied with the principles of Shariah, the Pronouncement was renewed on September 20,
2024.
Results
of Operations
For
information regarding our controls and procedures, see Part–II, Item 9A - Controls and Procedures, of this Annual Report.
During
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, we principally operated in three regions: Hong Kong, China, and Malaysia. We derived revenues
from the provision of business services, digital platform services and trading of digital assets, and leasing or trading of our commercial
properties, respectively.
A
table further describing our revenues and the cost of revenues is set forth below:
Year ended December 31,
2024
2023
REVENUES:
Service revenue (including $364,336 and $1,425,577 of service revenue from related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
$ 3,091,903
$ 3,379,596
Digital revenue (including $21,000 of digital revenue from related parties for the year ended December 31, 2024)
327,802
-
Rental revenue
76,700
98,068
Total revenues
3,496,405
3,477,664
COST OF REVENUES:
Cost of service revenue (including $10,934 and $23,280 of cost of revenue to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
(355,120 )
(534,965 )
Cost of digital revenue
(48,495 )
-
Cost of rental revenue
(22,825 )
(36,613 )
Total cost of revenues
(426,440 )
(571,578 )
GROSS PROFIT
3,069,965
2,906,086
OPERATING EXPENSES:
General and administrative (including $149,817 and $122,880 of general and administrative expenses to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
(4,039,243 )
(4,409,264 )
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS
(969,278 )
(1,503,178 )
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Comparison
of the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023
Total
Revenues
Total
revenue was $3,496,405 and $3,477,664 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
An
increase of revenue was mainly due to the revenue generated from our digital platform and trading of digital assets of $327,802 during
the year ended December 31, 2024. We expect revenue from our new business segment to steadily improve as we are expanding into the digital
business.
Service
Business Revenue
Revenue
from the provision of business services was $3,091,903 and $3,379,596 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
It was derived principally from the provision of business consulting and advisory services as well as company secretarial, accounting,
and financial analysis services. We expect revenue from our business services segment to recovery slightly as we are exploring
new markets.
Digital
Revenue
Revenue
from digital platforms and trading digital assets was $327,802 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. It
was derived from the digital platform service of $195,881 and the trading of digital assets of $131,921, respectively, during 2024.
Real
Estate Business
Rental
Revenue
Revenue
from rentals was $76,700 and $98,068 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. It was derived principally from leasing
properties in Hong Kong and Malaysia. We expect our rental income will be stable.
Sale
of Properties
There
was no revenue generated from the sale of real estate properties for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
As
opportunities permit, management expects the Company will continuously purchase and sell commercial properties. Accordingly, we expect
revenue and costs attributable to the sale of properties to fluctuate on a going forward basis.
Total
Operating Costs and Expenses
Total
operating costs and expenses were $4,465,683 and $4,980,842 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. They consist
of cost-of-service revenue, cost of digital revenue, cost of rental revenue and general and administrative expenses “G&A”.
Loss
from operations was $969,278 and $1,503,178 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The decrease in loss from
operations was mainly due to an increase in gross profit from our digital business of $279,307 and a decrease in G&A expenses of
$370,021 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Cost
of business services revenue
The
cost of revenue for the provision of business services was $355,120 and $534,965 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023,
respectively. It primarily consists of employee compensation and related payroll benefits, company formation costs and other
professional fees directly attributable to costs related to the services rendered.
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Cost
of digital revenue
Cost
of revenue for the provision of digital platform services and trading of digital assets was $48,495 and $0 for the years ended
December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. It primarily consists of the cost of technical advisory and IT support to
blockchain-based services directly attributable to the cost of digital platforms and digital assets.
Cost
of rental revenue
Cost
of rental revenue was $22,825 and $36,613 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. It includes the costs associated
with governmental charges, repairs and maintenance, property management fees and insurance, depreciation, and other related administrative
costs. Utility expenses are borne and paid directly by individual tenants. A decrease in the cost of rental revenue was mainly due to
40% of FWIL’s real estate properties being distributed to its NCI in April 2024. As a result, fewer property units were available
for leasing and lower costs were incurred.
Cost
of real estate properties sold
During
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, no real estate property was sold, and hence no cost was incurred.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative (“G&A”) expenses were $4,039,243 and $4,409,264 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
In 2024, our G&A expenses primarily consisted of employees’ salaries and allowances of $1,492,531, directors’ salaries
and compensation of $720,658, advertising and marketing of $262,326, consulting fee of $141,512, provision for credit losses of $90,223,
rent and rates of $114,208, and audit, legal, and other professional fees of $447,342. In 2023, our G&A expenses primarily consisted
of employees’ salaries and allowances of $1,409,361, directors’ salaries and compensation of $702,685, advertising and marketing
of $189,536, consulting fee of $163,783, provision for credit losses of $584,919, rent and rates of $114,401, and audit, legal, and other
professional fees of $497,919. The decreased G&A expense of $370,021 was mainly derived from the decrease of provision for credit
losses of $494,696 offset by the increase of employees’ salaries and allowances of $83,170 during the same period from 2023 to
2024. We expect our G&A expenses will slightly increase as we are developing our digital platform businesses through our Labuan subsidiary,
Green-X Corp. and digital banking businesses through Global Business Hub Limited, a newly acquired subsidiary in Labuan.
Other
Income or Expenses
Net
other income was $247,890 and $2,559,706 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. In 2024, net other income
mainly consisted of other income from gain on disposal of investments of $324,917, gain on disposal of real estate held for
investment of $21,634 and interest income of $19,161, while other expenses mainly consisted of impairment of other investments of
$87,425 and impairment of goodwill of $82,561. In 2023, other income mainly consisted of a reversal of impairment of the other
investment of $6,882,000, a reversal of write-off notes receivable of $600,000 and interest income of $41,401, while other expenses
mainly consisted of impairment of other investments of $4,982,000 and impairment of the other receivable of $60,000.
Net
Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
The
Company recorded a net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of operations for a
non-controlling interest (the “NCI”) of a consolidated subsidiary, Forward Win International Limited
(“FWIL”), which is principally engaged in trading and leasing of properties in Hong Kong.
The
Company has been a 60% shareholder of FWIL since inception.
On
April 15, 2024, the Company acquired the remaining 40% shares of FWIL from the NCI by distribution of 40% of FWIL’s real estate
properties for consideration of its acquisition and settlement of loan from the NCI (the “Acquisition”).
After
the Acquisition, FWIL becomes the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and no profit or loss attributable to the NCI thereafter.
The
Company recorded net losses attributable to noncontrolling interests of $10,543 and $23,886 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and
2023, respectively. The amount of $10,543 represents the share of net loss attributable to the NCI prior to the Acquisition. During 2024
and 2023, the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests was primarily due to a net loss incurred by FWIL and its share of loss
allocated to the noncontrolling interests.
Net
Income (Loss)
Net
loss was $725,827 for the year ended December 31, 2024, while net income was $1,049,699 for the year ended December 31, 2023. In
2023, net income was mainly derived from a reversal of impairment of other investment of $6,882,000 and a reversal of write-off
notes receivable of $600,000, but no such reversals occurred during 2024.
There
were no seasonal aspects that had a material effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Other
than as disclosed elsewhere in this Annual Report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events for
the year ended December 31, 2024 that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, changes in
our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources, or that would
cause the disclosed financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial conditions.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial
condition, changes in our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
resources that are material to our stockholders as of December 31, 2024.
Contractual
Obligations
As
of December 31, 2024, one of our subsidiaries, leases one office in Hong Kong under a non-cancellable operating lease, with a term of
two years commencing from March 15, 2023, to March 14, 2025.
On
December 31, 2024, the future minimum rental payment under this lease in the aggregate is approximately $20,041 and is due as follows:
2025: $20,041.
In
June 2023, one of our subsidiaries in Malaysia purchased a motor vehicle and the majority amount of the purchase, $18,957 was funded
by Maybank Islamic under a finance lease agreement with a term of five years commencing from June 3, 2023, to June 2, 2028. As of December
31, 2024, the future minimum lease payments under this lease in the aggregate are approximately $15,745 and are due as follows: 2025:
$4,609, 2026: $4,609 and 2027 and thereafter: $6,527.
Related
Party Transactions
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party service revenue totaled $364,336 and $1,425,577, respectively.
During
2024, related party service revenue principally includes service revenue generated from Celmonze Wellness Corporation (“Celmonze”)
of $149,459 and REBLOOD Biotech Corp. (“REBLOOD”) of $66,245, in aggregate representing approximately 59% of the related
party service revenue and 7% of the service revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
During
2023, related party service revenue principally includes the service revenue generated from Angkasa-X Holdings Corp. (“Angkasa-X”)
of $354,116, catTHIS Holdings Corp. (“catTHIS”) of $326,195, Leader Capital Holdings Corp. of $258,250, Simson Wellness Tech.
Corp. of $191,218 and Hypercube Inc. of $140,000, in aggregate representing approximately 89% of the related party service revenue and
38% of the service revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, digital revenue from related parties totaled $21,000.
During
2024, related party digital revenue principally includes revenue generated from our Chief Executive Officer, Lee, Chong Kuang (“Mr.
Lee”), of $20,000, representing approximately 95% of revenue from the related party digital revenue for the year ended December
31, 2024.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, cost of service revenue to related parties was $10,934 and $23,280, respectively.
During
2024, related party cost of service revenue includes cost of services paid to Falcon Management Limited (“FML”) of $5,054,
Falcon Consulting Limited (“FCL”) of $2,130 and Loke Yu (“Jimmy”) of $3,750, respectively. FML is wholly owned
by our Chief Financial Officer, Loke, Che Chan Gilbert (“Mr. Loke”), FCL is wholly owned by Mr. Loke’s spouse and Jimmy
is Mr. Loke’s brother.
During
2023, related party cost of service revenue includes cost of revenue paid to SEATech Ventures Corp. (“SEATech”) of $23,280.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party G&A expenses totaled $149,817 and $122,880, respectively.
During
2024, related party general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include consulting fees paid to Ms. Yap Pei Ling (“Ms.
Yap”), spouse of our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lee of $14,996, Ms. Yap’s wholly owned company, Bright Interlink Sdn. Bhd.
(“BISB”) of $13,814 and Mr. Loke’s company, FCL of $40,293, and management fees paid to Greenpro Global Capital Village
Sdn. Bhd. (“GGCVSB”) of $80,714, a Malaysian company jointly owned by Mr. Lee and Mr. Loke.
During
2023, related party G&A expenses include computer expenses paid to First Bullion Holdings Inc. (“FBHI”) of $21,780, consulting
fees paid to Ms. Yap of $37,799 and her wholly owned company, BISB, of $15,762, management fees paid to GGCVSB of $44,475 and marketing
expenses paid to catTHIS of $3,064.
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For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party other income was $47,635 and $47,609, respectively.
During
2024, related party other income includes other income generated from Acorn Finance Limited (“Acorn”) of $11,895, Greenpro
Trust Limited (“GTL”) of $35,685, and SEATech Ventures Corp. (“SEATech”) of $55.
During
2023, the related party other income includes other income generated from Acorn of $8,862, GTL of $5,747 and SEATech of $33,000.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, related party interest income was $5,073.
During
2024, the related-party interest income includes interest income generated from GTL of $962 and GTL’s subsidiary, Greenpro Custodian
Service Limited of $4,111.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, gain on disposal of related party investments was $324,917.
During
2024, gain on disposal of related party investments includes the gain from the sale of common stock of Agape ATP Corporation
(“Agape”) of $307,597 and MU Global Holding Limited (“MUGH”) of $17,320, respectively.
Impairment
of related party investments was $87,425 and $4,982,000 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
During
2024, impairment of related party investments includes impairment from investment of New Business Media Sdn. Bhd. (“NBMSB”)
of $82,000, Angkasa-X of $2,800, Global Leaders Corporation of $900, ACT Wealth Academy Inc. of $600, Best2bid Technology Corp. of $550,
Ata Global Inc. of $225, catTHIS of $200 and Jocom Holdings Corp. of $150, respectively.
During
2023, impairment of related party investments includes impairment from investment of Millennium Fine Art Inc. of $4,000,000, Ata Plus
Sdn. Bhd. (“APSB”) of $736,000 and First Bullion Holdings Inc. of $246,000, respectively.
Loss
on disposal of a related party investment, REBLOOD Biotech Corp. was $100 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Impairment
of other receivables from a related party, Greenpro KSP Holding Group Company Limited was $60,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
A
reversal of impairment of related party investment, Innovest Energy Fund $6,882,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
As
of December 31, 2024, the net accounts receivable from a related party, was due from Mr. Loke of $41.
Amounts
due from related parties were $954,184 and $750,860 as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Amounts due to related parties were
$57,497 and $389,274 as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, amounts due from related parties mainly include amounts due from GGCVSB of $772,311, GTL of $90,207 and FBHI of
$90,000, while amounts due to related parties mainly include Mr. Loke’s wholly owned company, Falcon Certified Public Accountants
Limited (“FCPA”) of $22,820 and Mr. Lee of $20,677, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2023, amounts due from related parties mainly include the amount due from GGCVSB of $723,889, while amounts due to related
parties mainly include the amount due to the noncontrolling interests of our 60% ownership subsidiary, Forward Win International Limited
of $336,636.
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Deferred
costs of revenue to related party were $18,750 as of December 31, 2024, while deferred revenue from related party was $157,500 as of
December 31, 2023, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, deferred costs of revenue to related party were $11,250 and 7,500 associated with Jimmy and FML, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2023, deferred revenue from related parties includes APSB of $15,800, REBLOOD of $60,000 and Celmonze of $81,700, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, and 2023, other investments in related parties were $12,073 and $100,106, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, related party investments mainly include investment in GTL of $11,981.
As
of December 31, 2023, related party investments mainly include investments in NBMSB of $82,000 and GTL of $11,981, respectively.
Our
related parties are mainly those companies in which Greenpro Venture Capital Limited or Greenpro Resources Limited owns a certain number
of shares or a certain percentage of interest in those companies, or the Company can exercise significant influence over those companies’
financial and operating policy decisions. Some of the related parties are either controlled by or under the common control of Mr. Loke,
Che Chan Gilbert or Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, executive officers and directors of the Company.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates include certain
assumptions related to, among others, the allowance for credit losses, impairment analysis of real estate assets and other long-term
assets including goodwill, valuation allowance on deferred income taxes, and the accrual of potential liabilities. Actual results may
differ from these estimates.
Revenue
recognition
The
Company follows the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606, Revenue from Contracts . ASC 606 creates a five-step
model that requires entities to exercise judgment when considering the terms of contracts, which includes (1) identifying the contracts
or agreements with a customer, (2) identifying our performance obligations in the contract or agreement, (3) determining the transaction
price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the separate performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue as each performance
obligation is satisfied. The Company only applies the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the Company will collect
the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for the services it transfers to its clients.
The
Company’s revenue consists of revenue from providing business consulting and corporate advisory services (“service
revenue”), revenue from the provision of digital platforms and trading of digital assets (“digital revenue”),
revenue from the rental of real estate properties and revenue from the sale of real estate properties.
Impairment
of long-lived assets
Long-lived
assets primarily include real estate held for investment, real estate held for use, furniture and equipment, and intangible assets. In
accordance with the provisions of ASC 360, the Company generally conducts its annual impairment evaluation to its long-lived assets, usually
in the fourth quarter of each year, or more frequently if indicators of impairment exist, such as a significant sustained change in the
business climate. The recoverability of long-lived assets is measured at the reporting unit level. If the total of the expected undiscounted
future net cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference between the fair value and
the carrying amount of the asset.
Recent
accounting pronouncements
Refer
to Note 1 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
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Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our
cash balance on December 31, 2024, was $1,124,818, as compared to $2,223,197 on December 31, 2023, a decrease of $1,098,379. We estimate
the Company has sufficient cash available to meet its anticipated working capital for the next twelve months.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets
and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company
recorded a net loss of $725,827 and net cash used in operations of $1,360,454, and as of December 31, 2024, the Company incurred accumulated
deficit of $37,264,379. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within
one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. In addition, the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm, in its report on the Company’s financial statements on December 31, 2024, has expressed substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company
is unable to continue as a going concern.
The
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon improving its profitability and the continuing financial support
from its major shareholders. Management believes the existing shareholders or external financing will provide additional cash to meet
the Company’s obligations as they become due.
Despite
the amount of funds that the Company has raised, no assurance can be given that any future financing, if needed, will be available or,
if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company can obtain additional financing, if
needed, it may contain undue restrictions on its operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for its shareholders,
in the case of equity financing.
Operating
activities
Net
cash used in operating activities was $1,360,454 and $1,594,718 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. The
net cash used in operating activities in 2024 primarily consisted of a net loss of $725,827, a gain on disposal of other investments
of $324,917, a decrease in deferred revenue of $862,404, an increase in digital assets of $192,398 and offset by an increase in
accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $250,412 and a decrease in prepaids and other current assets of $179,857, while the net
cash used in operating activities in 2023 was mainly from a reversal of impairment of other investment of $6,882,000, a reversal of
write-off notes receivable of $600,000 and a decrease in deferred revenue of $758,840 and offset by net income for the year of
$1,049,699, impairment of other investments of $4,982,000, impairment of other receivable of $60,000 and provision for credit losses
of $584,919.
Non-cash
net expenses totaled $159,679 and non-cash net income totaled $1,617,347 and for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
Non-cash
expenses, net was comprised of non-cash expenses from depreciation and amortization of $245,921, provision for credit losses of
$90,223, impairment of other investments of $87,425, impairment of goodwill of $82,561 and loss of disposal of investment of $100
and offset by non-cash income from gain on disposal of investments of $324,917 and gain on disposal of real estate held for
investment of $21,634 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Non-cash
income, net was composed of non-cash income of reversal of investment impairment of $6,882,000, reversal of write-off notes receivable
of $600,000 and other gains of $154 and offset by non-cash expenses of depreciation and amortization of $237,888, provision of credit
losses of $584,919, impairment of other investments of $4,982,000, impairment of other receivable of $60,000 for the year ended December
31, 2023.
The
Company incurred operating losses and had net cash used in operating activities during the past two years.
Investing
activities
Net
cash provided by investing activities was $601,277 for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to net cash used in investing
activities of $94,640 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
During
2024, cash provided by investing activities was composed of the proceeds from the disposal of other investments of $322,820,
proceeds from real estate held for investment of $267,985 and proceeds from real estate held for sale of $15,632, offset by the
purchase of equipment of $5,068 and purchase of other investment of $92.
During
2023, cash used in investing was composed of the purchase of equipment of $85,069.
Financing
activities
Net
cash used in financing activities was $208,768 and $5,968 for the year ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 respectively.
During
2024, net cash used in financing activities was mainly due to the advances to related parties of $205,321.
During
2023, net cash used in financing activities was mainly due to the advances to related parties of $604,066, offset by the collection
of notes receivable of $600,000.
During
2024 and 2023, the Company did not issue any shares of its Common Stock, and as of December 31, 2024, there were 7,575,813 shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding.
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ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We
are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information
under this item.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The
financial statements required by this item are located following the signature page of this Annual Report.
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
have established disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports
filed or submitted under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules
and forms of the SEC, and that information relating to the Company is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal
officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2024, and have concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2024.
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the Exchange
Act Rule 13a-15. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process
designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and board of directors regarding the preparation and fair
presentation of published financial statements. Management conducted assessments of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2024, based on the framework and criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) (COSO). Based on the assessment, management concluded that, as of
December 31, 2024, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting were effective.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2024, that have materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, intends that our disclosure controls and procedures and
internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. However, our management
does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors
and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that
the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints,
and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems,
no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.
These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because
of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some people, by collusion of two or
more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions
about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under
all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance
with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due
to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None .
Item
9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
We
have not been identified by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 104(i)(2)(A) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(15 U.S.C. 7214(i)(2)(A)) as having retained, for the preparation of the audit report on our financial statements included in the Form
10-K, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board has determined it is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority
in the foreign jurisdiction.
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PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The
following table sets forth certain information about our directors and executive officers as of the date of this Annual Report.
Name
Age
Positions
and Offices
Lee,
Chong Kuang
51
President,
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Loke,
Che Chan Gilbert
70
Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman of the Board
Sheth,
Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H
62
Director
Chuchottaworn,
Srirat (1)
56
Director
Han,
Mean Kwong (1)(2)(3)
69
Director
Chew,
Chee Wah (1)(2)(3)
60
Director
Wong,
Christopher Yu Nien (1)(2)(3)
50
Director
(1)
Member
of the Audit Committee.
(2)
Member
of the Compensation Committee.
(3)
Member
of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Lee,
Chong Kuang , age 51, has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director since July 19, 2013. During the period
from July 19, 2013, to June 5, 2019, he served as Chairman of the Board.
From
2003 until January 2015, Mr. Lee served as a director of Asia UBS Global Ltd, a Hong Kong company, which he founded in 2003. He
served as director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Odenza Corp. from February 4, 2013, to April 29, 2016. He also served
as the Chief Financial Officer and director of Moxian Corporation from October 2012 until December 2014. Mr. Lee served as director
of Greenpro Talents Ltd. from November 16, 2015, to June 6, 2017. Mr. Lee has served as director of GC Investment Management
Limited, which is the investment manager of Greenpro Asia Strategic SPC, since April 6, 2016. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Lee worked at
K. Y. Ho & Co., Chartered Accountants. He began his professional career with Siva Tan & Co., a Chartered Accountant firm in
Malaysia in 1995 where he remained until 1997.
As
a qualified member of the ACCA and Malaysia Institute of Accountants, Mr. Lee earned his professional qualification from the Hong
Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and extended his professional services covering accounting, tax, and corporate
structuring planning with a special focus on cross-border client nature, in addition to his accounting software businesses. Mr. Lee
established the Cross-Border Business Association (CBBA) – an NGO (Non-Government Organization) established under the Hong
Kong Society Act - to provide information and professional advice on Cross Border Business for its investment members. For the
Cross-Border Investment, especially in the mining resources companies which have been growing fast since 2011, Mr. Lee continues to
support his clients by using cloud platforms to strengthen its clientele using technology advancement and models such as SaaS, PaaS,
etc., for accounting and management solution purposes.
Mr.
Lee brings to the board of directors his business leadership, corporate strategy and accounting and financial expertise.
Loke,
Che Chan Gilbert , age 70, has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director since inception on July 19, 2013.
Effective from June 6, 2019, he serves as Chairman of the Board.
Mr.
Loke has extensive knowledge of accounting and has been an accountant for more than 35 years. He was trained and qualified with UHY
(formerly known as Hacker Young), Chartered Accountants, one of the large accounting firms based in London, England between 1981 and
1988. His extensive experience in auditing, accounting, taxation, SOX compliance and corporate listings has prompted him to
specialize in corporate advisory, risk management and internal controls serving small to medium-sized enterprises. From September
1999 until June 2013, Mr. Loke served as an adjunct lecturer in ACCA P3 Business Analysis at HKU SPACE (HKU School of Professional
and Continuing Education), which is an extension of the University of Hong Kong and provides professional and continuing education.
Mr. Loke worked as an independent, non-executive director of ZMay Holdings Limited, a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange from January 2008 to July 2008 and as Chief Financial Officer for Asia Properties Inc. from May 31, 2011, to March 28,
2012, and Sino Bioenergy Inc., with both companies listed on the OTC Markets in the US, from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Loke has served as
the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Greenpro Resources Corporation since October 16, 2012. He also served as the Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Moxian Corporation from October 2012 until December 2014. Mr. Loke served as an independent
director of Odenza Corp. from February 2013 to May 2015. He has also served as the Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer,
and director of CGN Nanotech, Inc. from September 4, 2014, to September 28, 2016.
Mr.
Loke served as director of Greenpro Talents Ltd. from November 16, 2015, to June 6, 2017. Mr. Loke has served as director of GC
Investment Management Limited, which is the investment manager of Greenpro Asia Strategic SPC, since April 6, 2016. Mr. Loke earned
his degree of MBA from Bulacan State University, Philippines, and earned his professional accountancy qualifications from the ACCA,
AIA and HKICPA. He also earned other professional qualifications from the HKICS, ICSA as a Chartered Secretary, FPAM - Malaysia as
a Certified Financial Planner, ATIHK as a tax adviser in Hong Kong and CWM Institute as a Chartered Wealth Manager in Hong
Kong.
Mr.
Loke brings to the board of directors accounting and financial expertise, and business leadership.
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Sheth,
Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H , age 62, joined us as an Independent Director of the Company on March 1, 2024. On May 31, 2024, the
Board re-designated Mr. Sheth from an Independent Director to a Non-executive Director and Mr. Sheth resigned from his positions as chairman
of the Board’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee effective
June 1, 2024.
Mr.
Sheth has over 30 years of experience in accounting, auditing, business advisory, computer risk management, IT, and executive management.
He started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co., an American accounting firm from December 1986 to August 1996 as senior manager serving
in its Los Angeles office and Kuala Lumpur office for 6 years and 4 years, respectively. During his tenure there, Mr. Sheth’s key
roles were to provide audit and assurance services for both public and private companies and to build up a computer risk management division.
From August 1996 to June 2008, Mr. Sheth served as executive director as well as investor of Com-Line Systems Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia company
specializing in the development of standard application packages and providing turnkey solution development services. In this role, he
supervised the whole process of project delivery from product development, system implementation, sales and marketing, finance, human
resources, and operations. From July 2008 to December 2016, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Clever Edge Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian
company principally provides IT services and consulting services in accounting systems.
Since
May 2016, Mr. Sheth has served as Chief Executive Officer and director of ICEE International Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia company specializing
in energy savings and provides an autonomous climate-tech solution for chiller optimization. Since May 2022, he has served as Chief
Operating Officer of Cognitive Digital Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia company providing technical and advisory support for the clients in their
digital transformation projects and planning for optimizing allocation of resources.
Mr.
Sheth earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Illinois State University in 1986.
Mr.
Sheth brings to the board of directors his significant senior executive leadership experience, as well as relevant experience in auditing
and assurance, risk management, information technology and product development.
Chuchottaworn,
Srirat, age 56, joined us as an Independent Director on October 18, 2015.
Ms.
Chuchottaworn has more than 20 years in the IT and consulting business. In 1997, she became an SAP consultant for finance and controlling
(FI/CO) and held a certificate of FI/CO. In 2004, she founded I AM Group and has been the group director since then. She is an experienced
project manager and holds multiple SAP certifications. She earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the King Monkut’s
Institute of Technology Ladkrabang and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Chulalongkorn University.
Ms.
Chuchottaworn brings to the Board her business leadership and experience and familiarity with conducting business in Thailand.
Han,
Mean Kwong , age 69, joined us as an Independent Director of the Company on March 1, 2024.
Mr.
Han is a Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Mr. Han has 50 years of experience in accounting, auditing, taxation, consulting, and training. He started his career at Yuen Tang
& Co., a Malaysian CPA firm from March 1974 to June 1976 as an articled clerk and subsequently moved to another Malaysian CPA
firm, Larry Seow & Co. as an audit and tax assistant from July 1976 to September 1979. From October 1979 to August 1981, he
served as assistant accountant of UMW (Malaya) Sdn. Bhd., a heavy equipment distributer in Malaysia. From September 1981 to March
1983, he served as accountant of Tampoi Oil Products Sdn. Bhd., a palm oil refinery in Malaysia. From February 1990 to March 1992,
he served as financial controller at San Hin Welding & Construction Sdn. Bhd., a construction company in Brunei. He served as
principal of a CPA firm in Malaysia, C T Lim & Co. from January 1998 to December 2002.
Mr.
Han established his own consulting company, Serba Management Services Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, providing management consulting and company
secretarial services from April 1983 to December 1997. Since January 2003, he established another consulting company, Arrow Training
Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia, principally providing training, finance, and human resources services. He has also provided corporate advisory
and training services on a freelance basis since April 2013.
Mr.
Han earned a bachelor’s degree of commerce in accounting from Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology in New Zealand in 1996.
Mr.
Han brings to the board of directors his extensive experience in accounting, auditing, taxation, consulting, and training.
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Chew,
Chee Wah , age 60, joined us as an Independent Director of the Company on June 1, 2024.
Mr.
Chew is a fellow member of the Association of Taxation and Management Accountants (ATMA), Australia. Mr. Chew has over 30 years of experience
in corporate management, advisory and restructuring. He started his career at Crestline Corporation Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysian company providing
general contracting, computer equipment and printing services, as one of the co-founders and a director from January to October in 1985
and subsequently founded another Malaysian company, Unique Computer House Sdn. Bhd., specializing in computer hardware and software selling,
as a major shareholder and director from October 1985 to December 1990.
From
July 1993 to September 2008, Mr. Chew served as an advisor in both public and private entities including the role of personal
advisor to the managing director in Shougang Concord Grand (Group) Limited (0730.HK), a company listed on the Main Board (the
“Main Board”) of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “SEHK”) for the year of 1993 and Shenzhen
International Holdings Limited (0152.HK), a red chip company listed on the Main Board of the SEHK for the years of 1993 to 1995,
respectively. During 2003 to 2004, Mr. Chew served as China advisor of the University of Wales, UK and Binary University College,
Malaysia, respectively, principally responsible for recruiting overseas students from China for the universities. From March 2006 to
September 2008, he was appointed by another Main Board company, Uni-Bio Science Group Limited (0690.HK) as group general manager and
subsequently promoted to become group advisor in 2007.
From
December 2011 to April 2014, he served as corporate finance advisory manager of Deloitte & Touche Financial Advisory Services Limited
(“Deloitte”). During his tenure at Deloitte, he principally worked in Shenzhen, China and provided advisory services to both
corporate and private clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or securities listing projects.
Since
November 2014, Mr. Chew has served as a director of various companies listed on the Main Board or the Growth Enterprise Market (the “GEM”)
of the SEHK. From November 2014 to May 2015, Mr. Chew was appointed as a non-executive director and chairman of the board of directors
(the “BOD”) by a Main Board company, Golden Shield Holdings (Industrial) Limited (2123.HK), primarily responsible for overseeing
the company’s restructuring exercise and legal proceedings. From May 2014 to April 2016, he was appointed as an executive director
and chairman of the BOD of hmvod Limited (formerly known as, “Tai Shing International (Holdings) Limited”), a company listed
on the GEM of the SEHK (8103.HK). From March 2017 to November 2022, he was appointed as an executive director of another Main Board company,
Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings Limited (0462.HK) and primarily responsible for restructuring of the company.
From
July 2021 to May 2022, Mr. Chew served Solomon Financial Press Limited, a subsidiary of the GEM company, Jisheng Group Holdings Limited
(8133.HK) as Chief Operating Officer for the period of July 2021 to February 2022 and subsequently transferred to be Chief Investment
Officer.
From
October 2023 to June 2024, Mr. Chew served as an independent and non-executive director of Imperial Pacific International Holding Limited
(1076.HK), a company listed on the Main Board of the SEHK.
Mr.
Chew earned a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in business administration from Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology (NEUST)
in the Republic of the Philippines in 2013.
Mr.
Chew brings to the Board his extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate management, advisory and restructuring.
Wong,
Christopher Yu Nien , age 50, joined us as an Independent Director of the Company on June 1, 2024.
Mr.
Wong is a Chartered Member (Chartered MCSI) of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI), United Kingdom (UK) and
is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Mr. Wong was conferred the
Knight Companion of The Most Esteemed Order of the Crown of Pahang, Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) for his rendering meritorious
service to the State of Pahang in Malaysia and carries the title Dato’.
From
1999 to 2002, Mr. Wong worked in Hong Kong as a registered foreign lawyer in the global capital markets practice group in a global
law firm, Allen & Overy. In 2001, he was called to the English Bar as a barrister-at-law with The Honourable Society of
Lincoln’s Inn. For the next decade from 2002 to 2011, he worked as transaction and execution counsel in a global European
financial institution, Deutsche Bank AG (Deutsche Bank) and served as a director of one of Deutsche Bank’s branch companies in
Hong Kong, DB Trustees (Hong Kong) Limited. From 2011 to 2020, he moved to The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), a global US
trust and custody bank, initially served as managing director and associate general counsel responsible for the bank’s issuer
and collateral support legal teams in Asia Pacific and subsequently was promoted to become Asia Pacific head of relationship
management for the bank’s corporate trust business in the Asia Pacific region. He also served as a director of one of BNP
Mellon’s branch companies in Hong Kong, BNY Mellon Trustee Company (Hong Kong) Limited.
From
2020 to 2021, Mr. Wong served as general counsel in Claritas HealthTech Pte. Ltd., an emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Healthtech startup company in Singapore. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Head of Capital Markets North Asia of Intertrust Group, a
European corporate service firm as the founder of its capital markets and corporate trust business in North Asia based in Hong Kong,
building a new client base and servicing platform from ground-up, covering client segments such as investment banks, sovereign
agencies, regulatory technology (RegTech) companies and financial technology (FinTech) companies.
Mr.
Wong founded FYDUS Group, a fiduciary and professional solution provider in Asia and the Middle East and has served as Chief Commercial
Officer since 2023.
Mr.
Wong was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in December 2021. He has been a partner of a legal firm in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chow Kok Leong & Co. with a focus on cross-border banking, trust, and capital markets transactions since early
2024.
Currently,
Mr. Wong serves on the board of Bauhinia ILBS 1 Limited, the first Hong Kong public listed company sponsored by a Hong Kong government
agency to issue the first Hong Kong-listed asset-backed securities based on infrastructure project loans.
Mr.
Wong was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Leicester, UK in July 1997.
Mr.
Wong brings to the board of directors his extensive knowledge and experience in cross-border banking, trust, and capital markets.
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Family
Relationships
There
are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
No
director or executive officer is a party in a legal proceeding adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse
to us or any of our subsidiaries. No director or executive officer has been involved in the last ten years in any of the following:
●
Any
bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business or property of such person, or of which such person was a general partner or
executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
●
Any
conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor
offenses);
●
Being
subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction,
permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities
or banking activities;
●
Being
found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have violated
a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;
●
Being
the subject of or a party to any judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended
or vacated relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, or any law or regulation
respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, including but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order
of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order,
or any law or regulation prohibiting mail, fraud, wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or
●
Being
the subject of or a party to any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization
(as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act, any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange
Act), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons
associated with a member.
Board
of Directors
All
directors hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
Directors are elected at the annual meetings to serve for one-year terms. Officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, the
board of directors. Our board of directors shall hold meetings on at least a quarterly basis.
As
a Nasdaq-listed company, we comply with the NASDAQ Listing Rules with respect to certain corporate governance matters. As a smaller
reporting company, under the NASDAQ rules we are required to maintain a board of directors comprised of a majority of independent
directors, and an audit committee of at least three (3) members, comprised solely of independent directors who also meet the
requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Director
Independence
The
board of directors has reviewed the independence of our directors, applying the NASDAQ independence standards. Based on this review,
the board of directors determined that each of Ms. Chuchottaworn, Srirat, Mr. Han, Mean Kwong, Mr.
Chew, Chee Wah and Mr. Wong, Christopher Yu Nien are independent within the meaning of the NASDAQ rules. In making this determination,
our board of directors considered the relationships that each of these non-employee directors has with us and all other facts and circumstances
our board of directors deemed relevant in determining their independence. As required under applicable NASDAQ rules, our independent
directors will meet on a regular basis as often as necessary to fulfill their responsibilities, including at least annually in executive
session without the presence of non-independent directors and management.
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Board
Committees
Our
board of directors has established standing committees in connection with the discharge of its responsibilities. These committees include
an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Our board of directors has adopted
written charters for each of these committees. Copies of the charters are available on our website. Our board of directors may establish
other committees as it deems necessary or appropriate from time to time.
Board
Leadership Structure and Role in Risk Oversight
Mr.
Loke, Che Chan Gilbert holds the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the board of the Company. The Board believes that
Mr. Loke’s services as both Chief Financial Officer and chairman of the board is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders.
Mr. Loke possesses detailed and in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities and challenges facing the Company in its business and
is thus best positioned to develop agendas that ensure that the board’s time and attention are focused on the most critical matters
relating to the business of the Company. His combined role enables decisive leadership, ensures clear accountability, and enhances the
Company’s ability to communicate its message and strategy clearly and consistently to the Company’s shareholders, employees,
and customers.
The
board has not designated a lead director. Given the limited number of directors comprising the board, the independent directors call
and plan their executive sessions collaboratively and, between meetings of the board, communicate with management and one another directly.
Under these circumstances, the directors believe designating a lead director to take on responsibility for functions in which they all
currently participate might detract from rather than enhance the performance of their responsibilities as directors.
Management
is responsible for assessing and managing risk, subject to oversight by the board of directors. The board oversees our risk management
policies and risk appetite, including operational risks and risks relating to our business strategy and transactions. Various committees
of the board assist the board in this oversight responsibility in their respective areas of expertise.
●
The
Audit Committee assists the board with the oversight of our financial reporting, independent auditors, and internal controls. It
is charged with identifying any flaws in business management and recommending remedies, detecting fraud risks, and implementing anti-fraud
measures. The Audit Committee further discusses Greenpro’s policies with respect to risk assessment, risk management and financial
reporting.
●
The
Compensation Committee oversees compensation, retention, succession and other human resources-related issues and risks.
●
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee overviews risks relating to our governance policies and initiatives.
Audit
Committee
Our
Audit Committee was established on March 23, 2016, and is currently comprised of all our independent directors: Mr. Han, Mean Kwong (chairman),
Ms. Chuchottaworn, Srirat, Mr. Chew, Chee Wah and Mr. Wong, Christopher Yu Nien. Mr. Han is Chair of the Audit Committee, and he qualifies
as the Audit Committee’s financial expert as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.
According
to its charter, the Audit Committee consists of at least three members, each of whom shall be a non-employee director who has been determined
by the board to meet the independence requirements of NASDAQ, and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the SEC, subject to the exemptions provided in
Rule 10A-3(c). The Company’s website contains a copy of the Audit Committee Charter. The Audit Committee Charter describes the
primary functions of the Audit Committee, including the following:
●
Oversee
the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes;
●
Oversee
audits of the Company’s financial statements;
●
Discuss
policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management, and discuss the Company’s major financial risk exposures and
the steps management has taken to monitor and control such exposures;
●
Review
and discuss with management the Company’s audited financial statements and review with management and the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm the Company’s financial statements prior to the filing with the SEC of any report containing
such financial statements.
●
Recommend
to the board that the Company’s audited financial statements be included in its annual report on Form 10-K for the last fiscal
year;
●
Meet
separately, periodically, with management, with the Company’s internal auditors (or other personnel responsible for the internal
audit function) and with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;
●
Be
directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, and oversight of the work of any independent registered public
accounting firm engaged in preparing or issue an audit report for the Company;
●
Take,
or recommend that the board take appropriate action to oversee and ensure the independence of the Company’s independent registered
public accounting firm; and
●
Review
major changes to the Company’s auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the Company’s independent
registered public accounting firm, internal auditors, or management.
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Compensation
Committee
The
Compensation Committee will be responsible for, among other matters:
●
reviewing
and approving, or recommending to the board of directors to approve the compensation of our CEO and other executive officers and
directors reviewing key employee compensation goals, policies, plans and programs;
●
administering
incentive and equity-based compensation;
●
reviewing
and approving employment agreements and other similar arrangements between us and our executive officers; and
●
appointing
and overseeing any compensation consultants or advisors.
Our
Compensation Committee was established on March 17, 2017, and currently consists of Mr. Chew, Chee Wah (Chairman), Mr. Han, Mean Kwong
and Mr. Wong, Christopher Yu Nien. Mr. Chew serves as chairman of the Compensation Committee.
Corporate
Governance and Nominating Committee
The
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will be responsible for, among other matters:
●
selecting
or recommending selection candidates for directorships;
●
evaluating
the independence of directors and director nominees;
●
reviewing
and making recommendations regarding the structure and composition of our board and the board committees;
●
developing
and recommending to the board corporate governance principles and practices;
●
reviewing
and monitoring the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics; and
●
overseeing
the evaluation of the Company’s management.
Our
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee was established on March 17, 2017, and currently consists of Mr. Han, Mean Kwong (chairman),
Mr. Chew, Chee Wah and Mr. Wong, Christopher Yu Nien. Mr. Han serves as chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Material
Changes to the Procedures by Which Security Holders May Recommend Nominees to the Board
We
do not currently have a procedure by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Board.
Director
Qualifications
The
board of directors is responsible for overseeing the Company’s business consistent with their fiduciary duty to the stockholders.
This significant responsibility requires highly skilled individuals with various qualities, attributes and professional experience. There
are general requirements for service on the board that are applicable to directors, and there are other skills and experience that should
be represented on the board, but not necessarily by each director. The board considers the qualifications of director candidates individually
and in the broader context of the board’s overall composition and the Company’s current and future needs.
In
its assessment of each potential candidate, including those recommended by the stockholders, the board will consider the nominee’s
judgment, integrity, experience, independence, understanding of the Company’s business or other related industries and such other
factors it determines are pertinent in the light of the current needs of the board. The board also takes the ability of each potential
candidate into account, such as to evaluate the time and effort necessary to fulfill his or her responsibilities to the Company, business
experiences and specialized skills of each candidate. Diversity of background including diversity of race, ethnicity, international background,
gender and age, may be considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee when evaluating candidates for Board membership.
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics
Our
board of directors has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all our directors, officers, and employees, including our principal executive
officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The code addresses, among other things, honesty and ethical conduct,
conflicts of interest, compliance with laws, regulations, and policies, including disclosure requirements under the federal securities
laws, confidentiality, trading on inside information, and reporting of violations of the code. The code of ethics is available on the
Company’s website “greenprocapital.com”.
SECTION
16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and people who own more than 10% of our Common Stock,
to file reports regarding ownership of, and transactions in, our securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to provide
us with copies of those filings. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms furnished to us and written representations by
our officers and directors regarding their compliance with applicable reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act,
we believe that all Section 16(a) filing requirements for our directors, executive officers and 10% stockholders, were met during the
year ended December 31, 2024.
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ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Set
forth below is information regarding the compensation paid during the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 to our Principal Executive
Officer and Principal Financial Officer, who are collectively referred to as “named executive officers” elsewhere in this
Annual Report.
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary ($)
Other Compensation ($)
Total ($)
Lee, Chong Kuang
2024
299,000
26,000
325,000
Chief Executive Officer and President
2023
299,000
26,000
325,000
Loke, Che Chan Gilbert
2024
299,000
26,000
325,000
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
2023
299,000
26,000
325,000
Employment
Agreements
Each
of Mr. Loke, Che Chan Gilbert, our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director, and Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, our Chief Executive
Officer and Director, signed an employment agreement on July 28, 2020. The employment agreement came into effect on September 1, 2020,
and would expire on August 31, 2023. The terms of the agreement were the same as those of the previous employment agreements.
Under
the terms of the agreements, each of Messrs. Loke and Lee was entitled to receive a monthly salary of $13,000 and a monthly housing allowance
of $2,000, plus one month’s additional salary and housing allowance by the end of each year. All of these were payable in the equivalent
amount of Hong Kong Dollars. All variances were mainly due to fluctuation in currency exchange.
On
January 28, 2021, each of Messrs. Loke and Lee signed a revised employment agreement. The terms of the revised employment agreements,
except the monthly salary was increased to $23,000 effective January 1, 2021, are the same as that of the 2020 employment agreements.
On
August 31, 2023, each of Messrs. Loke and Lee signed a new employment agreement. The employment agreement came into effect on September
1, 2023, and would expire on August 31, 2026. The terms of the agreement were the same as those of the previous employment agreements.
Messrs.
Loke and Lee are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with their services
on our behalf. The employment agreements also contain normal and customary terms relating to confidentiality, indemnification, non-solicitation,
and ownership of intellectual property.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
None.
Director
Compensation
During
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, we provided monthly compensation to our independent directors as follows: Ms.
Chuchottaworn, Srirat of $1,000, Mr. Louis, Ramesh Ruben of $1,700 (resigned on April 30, 2024), Mr. Bringuier, Christophe Philippe
Roland of $1,000 (resigned on May 31, 2024), Mr. Han, Mean Kwong of $1,250 (appointed on March 1, 2024), Mr. Sheth, Prabodh Kumar
Kantilal H. of $1,700 (appointed on March 1, 2024 and re-designated to a Non-executive Director on May 31, 2024), Mr. Chew, Chee Wah of $1,000 (appointed on June 1, 2024) and Mr. Wong,
Christopher Yu Nien of $1,000 (appointed on June 1, 2024).
During
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, we provided monthly compensation to our independent directors as follows: Ms. Chuchottaworn
of $1,000, Mr. Louis of $1,700, Mr. Glendening of $1,250 and Mr. Bringuier of $1,000.
We
currently have no plan for compensating our executive directors for their services in their capacity as directors, although we may choose
to issue stock options or provide cash compensation to such people from time to time in the future. However, we are compensating the
independent directors who serve on the board. These independent directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and
other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors. Our board of directors may
award special remuneration to any director undertaking any special services on our behalf other than services ordinarily required of
a director.
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
We
are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information
under this item.
ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The
following table sets forth, as of April 9, 2025, certain information concerning the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock by:
(i)
each
stockholder known by us to own beneficially five (5) percent or more of our outstanding Common Stock or series of Common Stock (“Principal
Shareholders”);
(ii)
each
director;
(iii)
each
named executive officer; and
(iv)
all
our directors and executive officers as a group, and their percentage ownership and voting power (“Directors and Executive
Officers”).
The
information presented below regarding beneficial ownership of our voting securities has been presented in accordance with the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not necessarily indicative of ownership for any other purpose. Under these rules, a person
is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares the power to vote or direct the voting of
the security or the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. A person is deemed to own beneficially any security as
to which such person has the right to acquire sole or shared voting or investment power within sixty (60) days through the conversion
or exercise of any convertible security, warrants, option, or other right. More than one (1) person may be deemed to be a beneficial
owner of the same securities.
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The
percentage of beneficial ownership by any person as of a particular date is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially
owned by such a person, which includes the number of shares as to which such person has the right to acquire voting or investment power
within sixty (60) days, by the sum of the number of shares outstanding as of such date. Consequently, the denominator used for calculating
such percentage may be different for each beneficial owner. Except as otherwise indicated below and under applicable community property
laws, we believe that the beneficial owners of our Common Stock listed below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the
shares shown.
The
calculations in the table below are based on 7,575,813 shares of our Common Stock, issued and outstanding as of April 9, 2025.
Name of Beneficial Owner
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (2)
Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned (2)
Directors and Executive Officers (1)
Lee, Chong Kuang (3)
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
1,739,034
22.96 %
Loke, Che Chan Gilbert (4)
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
1,405,084
18.55 %
Sheth, Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H
Independent Director
-
-
Chuchottaworn, Srirat
Independent Director
122,250
1.61 %
Han, Mean Kwong
Independent Director
-
-
Chew, Chee Wah
Independent Director
3,632
* %
Wong, Christopher Yu Nien
Independent Director
1,396
* %
Yap, Pei Ling (3)(5)
Officer
165,915
2.19 %
Chen, Yanhong (6)
Officer
2,640
* %
All directors and officers as a group (9 persons named above)
3,439,951
45.41 %
Principal Shareholders
-
-
Other owners of the Company
4,135,862
54.59 %
Total
7,575,813
100.00 %
*
Less than 1% of our total issued and outstanding Common Stock as of April 9, 2025.
(1)
Except
as otherwise set forth below, the business address of our directors and executive officers is B-23A-02, G-Vestor Tower, Pavilion
Embassy, 200 Jalan Ampang, 50450 W.P. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(2)
Based
on 7,575,813 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 9, 2025, together with securities exercisable or convertible into shares
of Common Stock within 60 days of April 9, 2025. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Shares of Common Stock that
a person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of upon the exercise or conversion of options, convertible stock, warrants
or other securities that are currently exercisable or convertible or that will become exercisable or convertible within 60 days of
April 9, 2025, are deemed to be beneficially owned by the person holding such securities for the purpose of computing the number
of shares beneficially owned and percentage of ownership of such person, but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing
the percentage ownership of any other person.
(3)
Comprising
1,739,034 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang and 165,915 shares of our Common Stock held by his spouse, Ms.
Yap, Pei Ling, a director of two of our subsidiaries. In the aggregate of the shares held by Mr. Lee and Ms. Yap, 1,904,949 shares
or 25.15% of the total issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April 9, 2025.
(4)
Comprising
1,065,084 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Loke, Che Chan Gilbert, 200,000 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Loke’s
son, Loke Sebastian Mun Foo and 140,000 shares of our Common Stock held by Mr. Loke’s another son, Loke Mun Hang Conrad,
respectively. Mr. Loke and his sons collectively hold 1,405,084 shares or 18.55% of the total issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock as of April 9, 2025.
(5)
Ms.
Yap, Pei Ling, spouse of Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, is a shareholder of the Company and a director of two of our subsidiaries, Asia UBS
Global Limited (Belize) and Asia UBS Global Limited (Hong Kong), respectively.
(6)
Ms.
Chen, Yanhong, is a shareholder of the Company and a director of our subsidiaries, Greenpro Management Consultancy Limited, Shenzhen
Falcon Financial Consulting Limited, Falcon Corporate Services Limited, Falcon Accounting & Secretaries Limited and Greenpro
Financial Consulting (Shenzhen) Limited (formerly known as Greenpro Synergy Network (Shenzhen) Limited), respectively.
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ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Related
Party Transactions
Except
as set forth below, we have not been a party to any transaction since January 1, 2017, in which the amount involved in the transaction
exceeded or will exceed the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets as at the year-end for the last two
completed fiscal years, and to which any of our directors, executive officers or beneficial holders of more than 5% of our capital stock,
or any immediate family member of, or person sharing the household with, any of these individuals, had or will have a direct or indirect
material interest.
Our
policy is that a contract or transaction either between the Company and a director, or between a director and another company in which
he/she is financially interested is not necessarily void or void-able if the relationship or related party transactions are approved
or ratified by the Audit Committee.
Transactions
with certain companies, of which Greenpro Venture Capital Limited or Greenpro Resources Limited owns a certain percentage of their company
shares and companies that we have determined that we can significantly influence based on our common business relationships.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party service revenue totaled $364,336 and $1,425,577, respectively.
During
2024, related party service revenue principally includes service revenue generated from Celmonze Wellness Corporation (“Celmonze”)
of $149,459 and REBLOOD Biotech Corp. (“REBLOOD”) of $66,245, in aggregate representing approximately 59% of the related
party service revenue and 7% of the service revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024, respectively.
During
2023, related party service revenue principally includes the service revenue generated from Angkasa-X Holdings Corp. (“Angkasa-X”)
of $354,116, catTHIS Holdings Corp. (“catTHIS”) of $326,195, Leader Capital Holdings Corp. of $258,250, Simson Wellness Tech.
Corp. of $191,218 and Hypercube Inc. of $140,000, in aggregate representing approximately 89% of the related party service revenue and
38% of the service revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, digital revenue from related parties totaled $21,000.
During
2024, related party digital revenue principally includes revenue generated from our Chief Executive Officer, Lee Chong Kuang (“Mr.
Lee”), of $20,000, representing approximately 95% of revenue from the related party digital revenue for the year ended December
31, 2024.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, cost of service revenue to related parties was $10,934 and $23,280, respectively.
During
2024, related party cost of service revenue includes cost of services paid to Falcon Management Limited (“FML”) of $5,054,
Falcon Consulting Limited (“FCL”) of $2,130 and Loke Yu (“Jimmy”) of $3,750, respectively. FML is wholly owned
by our Chief Financial Officer, Loke Che Chan Gilbert (“Mr. Loke”), Mr. Loke’s spouse and Jimmy
is Mr. Loke’s brother.
During
2023, related party cost of service revenue includes cost of revenue paid to SEATech Ventures Corp. (“SEATech”) of $23,280.
For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party G&A expenses totaled $149,817 and $122,880, respectively.
During
2024, related party general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses include consulting fees paid to Ms. Yap Pei Ling (“Ms.
Yap”), spouse of our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Lee, of $14,996, Ms. Yap’s wholly owned company, Bright Interlink Sdn. Bhd.
(“BISB”) of $13,814 and Mr. Loke’s company, FCL of $40,293, and management fees paid to Greenpro Global Capital Village
Sdn. Bhd. (“GGCVSB”) of $80,714, a Malaysian company jointly owned by Mr. Lee and Mr. Loke.
During
2023, related party G&A expenses include computer expenses paid to First Bullion Holdings Inc. (“FBHI”) of $21,780, consulting
fees paid to Ms. Yap of $37,799 and her wholly owned company, BISB of $15,762, management fees paid to GGCVSB of $44,475 and marketing
expenses paid to catTHIS of $3,064.
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For
the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, related party other income was $47,635 and $47,609, respectively.
During
2024, related party other income includes other income generated from Acorn Finance Limited (“Acorn”) of $11,895, Greenpro
Trust Limited (“GTL”) of $35,685, and SEATech Ventures Corp. (“SEATech”) of $55.
During
2023, the related party other income includes other income generated from Acorn of $8,862, GTL of $5,747 and SEATech of $33,000.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, related party interest income was $5,073.
During
2024, the related-party interest income includes interest income generated from GTL of $962 and GTL’s subsidiary, Greenpro Custodian
Service Limited of $4,111.
For
the year ended December 31, 2024, the gain on disposal of related party investments was $324,917.
During
2024, gain on disposal of related party investments includes the gain from the sale of common stock of Agape ATP Corporation
(“Agape”) of $307,597 and MU Global Holding Limited (“MUGH”) of $17,320, respectively.
Impairment
of related party investments was $87,425 and $4,982,000 for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
During
2024, impairment of related party investments includes impairment from the investment of New Business Media Sdn. Bhd.
(“NBMSB”) of $82,000, Angkasa-X of $2,800, Global Leaders Corporation of $900, ACT Wealth Academy Inc. of $600, Best2bid
Technology Corp. of $550, Ata Global Inc. of $225, catTHIS of $200 and Jocom Holdings Corp. of $150, respectively.
During
2023, impairment of related party investments includes impairment from investment of Millennium Fine Art Inc. of $4,000,000, Ata Plus
Sdn. Bhd. (“APSB”) of $736,000 and First Bullion Holdings Inc. of $246,000, respectively.
Loss
on disposal of a related party investment, REBLOOD Biotech Corp. was $100 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Impairment
of other receivables from a related party, Greenpro KSP Holding Group Company Limited was $60,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
A
reversal of impairment of related party investment, Innovest Energy Fund $6,882,000 for the year ended December 31, 2023.
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As
of December 31, 2024, the net accounts receivable from a related party, was due from Mr. Loke of $41.
Amounts
due from related parties were $954,184 and $750,860 as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively. Amounts due to related parties were
$57,497 and $389,274 as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, amounts due from related parties mainly include amounts due from GGCVSB of $772,311, GTL of $90,207 and FBHI of
$90,000, while amounts due to related parties mainly include Mr. Loke’s wholly owned company, Falcon Certified Public Accountants
Limited (“FCPA”) of $22,820 and Mr. Lee of $20,677, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2023, amounts due from related parties mainly include the amount due from GGCVSB of $723,889, while amounts due to related
parties mainly include the amount due to the noncontrolling interests of our 60% ownership subsidiary, Forward Win International Limited
of $336,636.
Deferred
costs of revenue to related party were $18,750 as of December 31, 2024, while deferred revenue from related party was $157,500 as of
December 31, 2023, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, deferred costs of revenue to related party were $11,250 and 7,500 associated with Jimmy and FML, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2023, deferred revenue from related parties includes APSB of $15,800, REBLOOD of $60,000 and Celmonze of $81,700, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, and 2023, other investments in related parties were $12,073 and $100,106, respectively.
As
of December 31, 2024, related party investments mainly include investment in GTL of $11,981.
As
of December 31, 2023, related party investments mainly include investments in NBMSB of $82,000 and GTL of $11,981, respectively.
Our
related parties are mainly those companies in which Greenpro Venture Capital Limited or Greenpro Resources Limited own a certain number
of shares or a certain percentage of interest in those companies, or the Company can exercise significant influence over those companies’
financial and operating policy decisions. Some of the related parties are either controlled by or under the common control of Mr. Loke,
Che Chan Gilbert or Mr. Lee, Chong Kuang, executive officers and directors of the Company.
All
these related party transactions are generally transacted on an arm’s-length basis at the current market value in the normal course
of business (see Note 15).
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ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Fees
and Services
The
following is an aggregate of fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by our current principal
accountants.
ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
2024
2023
Audit fees
$ 165,000
$ 165,000
Audit-related fees
-
-
Tax fees
-
-
All other fees
-
-
Total
$ 165,000
$ 165,000
The
category of “Audit fees” includes fees for our annual audit, quarterly reviews and services rendered in connection with regulatory
filings with the SEC, such as the issuance of comfort letters and consents.
The
category of “Audit-related fees” includes employee benefit plan audits, internal control reviews and accounting consultation.
The
category of “Tax services” includes tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning.
The
category of “All other fees” generally includes advisory services related to accounting rules and regulations.
The
policies and procedures contained in the Audit Committee Charter provide that the Committee must pre-approve the audit services, audit-related
services and non-audit services provided by the independent auditors and the provision for such services by JP Centurion & Partners
PLT (2024: $165,000 and 2023: $165,000) was compatible with the maintenance of the firm’s independence in the conduct of its audits.
Pre-approval
Policies and Procedures
Consistent
with SEC policies regarding auditor independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing
the work of the independent auditor. Our Audit Committee has adopted certain pre-approval policies and procedures which are more fully
described in Exhibit 99.2.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENHEDULES
(F)
(a) Financial Statements
The following are filed as part of this Annual Report:
Financial Statements
The following financial statements
of Greenpro Capital Corp. and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are presented in the “F” pages of this
Annual Report:
Page
AUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 6723)
F-2 – F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-8 – F-43
(b) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1 #
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (17)
3.2 #
Bylaws, as amended (2)
3.3 #
Certificate of Change to the Articles of Incorporation (30)
4.1 #
Form of Common Stock Certificate (2)
4.2 #
Description of the Registrant’s Common Stock (17)
10.1 #
Letter of offer of Malaysia Office- One City D-07-06 (3)
10.2 #
Letter of offer of Malaysia Office- One City D-07-07 (3)
10.3 #
Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, dated June 13, 2016, by and between Greenpro Holding Limited and Greenpro Synergy Network Limited (4)
10.4 #
Loan Agreement, dated June 13, 2016, by and among Greenpro Holding Limited and Loke Che Chan Gilbert, Lee Chong Kuang (4)
10.5 #
Share Pledge Agreement, dated June 13, 2016, by and among Greenpro Holding Limited, Loke Che Chan Gilbert, Lee Chong Kuang and Greenpro Synergy Network Limited (4)
10.6 #
Power of Attorney of Loke Che Chan Gilbert dated June 13, 2016 (4)
10.7 #
Power of Attorney of Lee Chong Kuang dated June 13, 2016 (4)
10.8 #
Exclusive Option Agreement, dated June 13, 2016, by and among Greenpro Holding Limited, Loke Che Chan Gilbert, Lee Chong Kuang and Greenpro Synergy Network Limited (4)
10.9 #
Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 25, 2017, between Greenpro Capital Corp. and Mr. Yiu Yau Wing and Mr. Chui Sang Derek (5)
10.10 #
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2017, between Greenpro Resources Limited and Gushen Credit Limited (6)
10.11 #
Employment Contract dated July 28, 2017, by and between the Company and Loke Che Chan Gilbert (7)
10.12 #
Employment Contract dated July 28, 2017, by and between the Company and Lee Chong Kuang (7)
10.13 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated October 18, 2015, by and between the Company and Chuchottaworn Srirat (7)
10.14 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated March 14, 2016, by and between the Company and Shum Albert (7)
10.15 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated March 14, 2016, by and between the Company and Hee Chee Keong (7)
10.16 #
Placement Agency Agreement, dated May 31, 2018 (11)
10.17 #
Subscription Agreement and Supplemental Agreement dated as of July 18, 2018 (12)
10.18 #
Form of Loan Agreement dated July 17, 2018 between the Company and Shenzhen Rong Jin Jia Cheng Investment Limited (13)
10.19 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated May 8, 2019, by and between the Company and Louis Ramesh Ruben (14)
10.20 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated October 1, 2019, by and between the Company and Brent Lewis Glendening (15)
10.21 #
Independent Director Agreement, dated October 16, 2019, by and between the Company and Christophe Philippe Roland Bringuier (16)
10.22 #
Purchase and Sale Agreement of Millennium Sapphire dated May 27, 2020 between the Company and Daniel McKinney (18) (19)
19.23 #
Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 29, 2020 between the Company and Millennium Fine Art Inc. (26)
10.24 #
Form of Acquisition Agreement of Ata Plus Sdn. Bhd. dated July 8, 2020 (26)
10.25 #
Subscription Agreement dated August 30, 2020 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Global Leaders Corporation (26)
10.26 #
Subscription Agreement dated October 9, 2020 between the Company and Seah Kok Wah (20)
10.27 #
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2020 between the Company and FirstFire Global Opportunities Fund, LLC (19)
10.28 #
Form of Convertible Note issued to FirstFire Global Opportunities Fund, LLC dated October 13, 2020 (19)
10.29 #
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2020 between the Company and Granite Global Value Investments Ltd. (19)
10.30 #
Form of Convertible Note issued to Granite Global Value Investments Ltd. dated October 13, 2020 (19)
10.31 #
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated October 13, 2020 between the Company and Streeterville Capital, LLC (19)
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10.32 #
Form of Convertible Note issued to Streeterville Capital, LLC dated October 13, 2020 (19)
10.33 #
Stock Purchase and Option Agreement of First Bullion Holdings Inc. dated October 19, 2020. (21)
10.34 #
Acquisition Agreement dated November 1, 2020 between the Company, Ms. Lee Yuet Lye and Mr. Chia Min Kiat (22)
10.35 #
Subscription Agreement dated December 16, 2020 between the Company and Wong Wai Hing Lena (26)
10.36 #
Subscription Agreement dated December 21, 2020 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Adventure Air Race Company Limited (26)
10.37 #
Subscription Agreement dated December 22, 2020 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Adventure Air Race Company Limited (26)
10.38 #
Subscription Agreement dated December 29, 2020 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Pentaip Technology Inc. (26)
10.39 #
Form of Subscription Agreement between Greenpro Resources Limited and Innovest Energy Fund dated February 11, 2021. (23)
10.40 #
Form of Amendment to Convertible Promissory Note dated February 21, 2021 between the Company and Streeterville Capital, LLC (24)
10.41 #
Form of Additional 8% Acquisition of First Bullion Holdings Inc. dated February 17, 2021 (25)
10.42 #
Revised Employment Contract dated January 28, 2021, by and between Greenpro Holding Limited and Loke Che Chan Gilbert (29)
10.43 #
Revised Employment Contract dated January 28, 2021, by and between Greenpro Holding Limited and Lee Chong Kuang (29)
10.44 #
Subscription Agreement dated February 3, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Angkasa-X Holdings Corp. (29)
10.45 #
Subscription Agreement dated February 19, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Simson Wellness Tech. Corp. (29)
10.46 #
Form of Acquisition Agreement between the Company and Mr. Lee Chong Kuang dated May 18, 2021 (27)
10.47 #
Form of Share Exchange Agreement between the Company, Greenpro Capital Village Sdn. Bhd. (GCVSB) and the holders of preference shares of GCVSB dated June 1, 2021 (28)
10.48 #
Subscription Agreement dated June 2, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Jocom Holdings Corp. (29)
10.49 #
Subscription Agreement dated July 13, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and 72 Technology Group Limited (29)
10.50 #
Subscription Agreement dated July 30, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Ata Global Inc.(29)
10.51 #
Subscription Agreement dated August 27, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and catTHIS Holdings Corp. (29)
10.52 #
Subscription Agreement dated September 27, 2021 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Fruita Bio Limited (29)
10.53 #
Consulting Agreement dated October 1, 2021 between the Company and Dennis Burns (29)
10.54 #
Subscription Agreement dated February 21, 2022 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and ACT Wealth Holdings Corp. (31)
10.55 #
Subscription Agreement dated April 1, 2022 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and REBLOOD Biotech Corp. (31)
10.56 #
Subscription Agreement dated June 9, 2022 between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Best2bid Technology Corp. (31)
10.57 #
Consulting Agreement dated October 1, 2022 between the Company and Dennis Burns (31)
10.58 #
Subscription Agreement dated February 8, 2023, between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Celmonze Wellness Corporation (33)
10.59 #
Employment Contract dated August 31, 2023, by and between Greenpro Holding Limited and Loke Che Chan Gilbert (33)
10.60 #
Employment Contract dated August 31, 2023, by and between Greenpro Holding Limited and Lee Chong Kuang (33)
10.61 #
Consulting Agreement dated October 1, 2023, between the Company and Dennis Burns (33)
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10.62
#
Independent
Director Agreement, dated March 1, 2024, by and between the Company and Sheth Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H (32)
10.63 #
Independent
Director Agreement, dated March 1, 2024, by and between the Company and Han Mean Kwong (32)
10.64 #
Independent
Director Agreement, dated June 1, 2024, by and between the Company and Chew Chee Wah (34)
10.65 #
Independent
Director Agreement, dated June 1, 2024, by and between the Company and Wong Christopher Yu Nien (34)
10.66 *
Labuan Financial Services Authority Letter dated April 28, 2022, for Approval of Establishment of Digital Platform by Greenpro-X Corp.*
10.67 *
Shariah Pronouncement dated September 20, 2024, for Green-X DAX Platform by Green-X Corp.*
10.68 *
Stock Purchase Agreement dated August 8, 2024, between Greenpro Venture Capital Limited and Seah Kok Wah*
10.69 *
Consulting Agreement dated October 1, 2024, between the Company and Dennis Burns*
14.1 #
Code
of Ethics (17)
19.1 *
Insider Trading Policy*
21.1 #
List
of Subsidiaries (17)
31.1 *
Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of principal executive officer*
31.2 *
Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification of principal financial officer*
32.1 *
Section 1350 Certification of principal executive officer*
32.2 *
Section 1350 Certification of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer*
97.1 #
Policy
for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation (33)
99.1 #
Charter of the Audit Committee (17)
99.2 #
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Procedures (17)
99.3 #
Charter of the Compensation Committee (17)
99.4 #
Charter of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (17)
* Filed herewith
# Previous Filed:
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(1) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on May 13, 2015.
(2) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 16, 2016.
(3) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2016.
(4) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 15, 2016.
(5) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 25, 2017.
(6) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on July 25, 2017.
(7) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on August 2, 2017.
(8) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on January 27, 2014.
(9) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-1/A filed with the SEC on September 6, 2017.
(10) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 27, 2017.
(11) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2018.
(12) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2018.
(13) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 10, 2018.
(14) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 10, 2019.
(15) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2019.
(16) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 16, 2019.
85
(17) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2020.
(18) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 1, 2020.
(19) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 16, 2020.
(20) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 16, 2020.
(21) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 23, 2020.
(22) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 2, 2020.
(23) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021.
(24) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 23, 2021.
(25) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021.
(26) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2021, and Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2021.
(27) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 20, 2021.
(28) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 21, 2021.
(29) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 29, 2022, and Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2022.
(30) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 20, 2022.
(31) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023.
(32) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024.
(33) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024.
(34) Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 3, 2024.
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Greenpro Capital Corp.
Date: April 9, 2025
By:
/s/ Lee Chong Kuang
Lee Chong Kuang
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed by the following people in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Lee Chong Kuang
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
April 9, 2025
Lee Chong Kuang
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Loke Che Chan Gilbert
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director
April 9, 2025
Loke Che Chan Gilbert
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Sheth Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H
Director
April 9, 2025
Sheth Prabodh Kumar Kantilal H
/s/ Chuchottaworn Srirat
Director
April 9, 2025
Chuchottaworn Srirat
/s/ Han Mean Kwong
Director
April 9, 2025
Han Mean Kwong
/s/ Chew Chee Wah
Director
April 9, 2025
Chew Chee Wah
/s/ Wong Christopher Yu Nien
Director
April 9, 2025
Wong Christopher Yu Nien
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GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the Years Ended December 31, 2024, and 2023
(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm)
GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 6723)
F-2 – F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-8 – F-42
F- 1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Greenpro Capital Corp.
B-23A-02, G-Vestor Tower,
Pavilion Embassy, 200 Jalan Ampang,
50450 W.P. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets of Greenpro Capital Corp. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related consolidated statements
of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year
period ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In
our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31,
2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2024
and 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Substantial Doubt About the Entity’s Ability
to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements
have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements,
for the years ended December 31, 2024, the Company incurred a negative cash flow from operating activities of $1,360,454 and as of December
31, 2024, the Company incurred an accumulated deficit of $37,264,379. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated
financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our
audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are
required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards
of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform,
an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal
control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
F- 2
Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are
matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the
audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially
challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the
financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions
on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Valuation,
Presentation and Disclosure of Digital Assets
As disclosed in Note 4 to the financial statements,
the Company holds digital assets, consist of various type of cryptocurrency assets, which require management to assess their valuation,
presentation and disclosure in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). The presentation of the digital assets
within the financial statements is determined based on the nature of the assets, the rights and obligations conveyed by the digital asset
type, how they are held, and their intended use. These digital assets are classified under ASC350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other,
initially recorded at cost, subject to annual impairment testing. The determination of fair value is challenging due to the volatile nature
of cryptocurrency markets and the absence of centralized valuation standards.
We identified the valuation, presentation and disclosure
of the digital assets as a critical audit matter due to the complexity and subjectivity involved in (i) determining the appropriate accounting
classification, considering whether the assets meet the definition of cash equivalents, financial instruments, inventory or intangible
assets; and (ii) assessing the valuation of digital assets in the absence of observable market prices at specific reporting dates. Given
the significant judgment required by management to apply relevant accounting guidance and the inherent volatility of cryptocurrency prices,
auditing this area required a high degree of auditor judgment and extensive audit effort. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has recorded
digital assets of USD192,398, which are significant in values to the financial statements of the Company.
Our audit procedure in this area included the following,
among others:
a)
Reviewed management’s assessment of the appropriate classification of digital assets under ASC 350 (Intangibles – Goodwill and Other);
b)
Assessed whether management considered alternative classification, such as cash equivalents, financial instruments, inventory and documented their rationale;
c)
Evaluated the Company’s accounting policies for digital assets for compliance with U.S. GAAP;
d)
Obtained understanding and inspected the platform integration and transaction processing mechanisms;
e)
Assessed the effective system of internal control over financial reporting through the review of SOC reports;
f)
Inspected transactions receipts to verify the recognition of digital assets.
g)
Performed wallet reconciliation of transactions movement to match the financial records;
h)
Reviewed management’s process for determining fair value, including sources used (e.g., market exchanges, pricing services);
i)
Tested the fair value calculation by independently verifying cryptocurrency prices from multiple exchanges on the reporting date;
j)
Evaluated how management considers
price volatility in assessing impairment and assessed whether the Company considers market conditions at the reporting date;
k)
Evaluated how management considers price volatility in assessing impairment and assessed whether the Company considers market conditions at the reporting date;
l)
Considered the adequacy of the disclosures in the financial statements.
JP CENTURION & PARTNERS PLT (PCAOB: 6723 )
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 9, 2025
F- 3
GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND 2023
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
December 31, 2024
December 31, 2023
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents (including $ 77,239 and $ 166,481 of time deposits as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
$ 1,124,818
$ 2,223,197
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 2,883 and $ 610,599 as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively (including $ 41 of net accounts receivable from related party as of December 31, 2024)
94,521
44,938
Prepaids and other current assets
450,458
627,315
Digital assets
192,398
-
Due from related parties
954,184
750,860
Deferred costs of revenue (including $ 18,750 to related parties as of December 31, 2024)
38,382
16,291
Total current assets
2,854,761
3,662,601
Property and equipment, net
2,226,888
2,413,538
Real estate investments:
Real estate held for sale
980,402
1,659,207
Real estate held for investment, net
352,854
598,748
Intangible assets, net
709
1,181
Goodwill
6,035
82,561
Other investments (including $ 12,073 and $ 100,106 of related party investments as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
12,073
100,106
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
19,929
114,551
Finance lease right-of-use asset, net
20,272
25,527
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 6,473,923
$ 8,658,020
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$ 975,208
$ 724,796
Due to related parties
57,497
389,274
Income tax payable
-
292
Operating lease liabilities, current portion
19,929
94,726
Finance lease liabilities, current portion
3,766
3,426
Deferred revenue (including $ 157,500 from related party as of December 31, 2023)
213,000
1,075,404
Total current liabilities
1,269,400
2,287,918
Operating lease liabilities, non-current portion
-
19,825
Finance lease liabilities, non-current portion
10,235
13,638
Total liabilities
1,279,635
2,321,381
Commitments and contingencies
-
-
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding
-
-
Common Stock, $ 0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 7,575,813 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively
7,576
7,576
Additional paid in capital
42,749,831
42,897,029
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
( 336,115 )
( 310,169 )
Accumulated deficit
( 37,264,379 )
( 36,549,095 )
Total Greenpro Capital Corp. stockholders’ equity
5,156,913
6,045,341
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries
37,375
291,298
Total stockholders’ equity
5,194,288
6,336,639
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
$ 6,473,923
$ 8,658,020
See accompanying notes.
F- 4
GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND 2023
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Year ended December 31,
2024
2023
REVENUES:
Service revenue (including $ 364,336 and $ 1,425,577 of service revenue from related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
$ 3,091,903
$ 3,379,596
Digital revenue (including $ 21,000 of digital revenue from related parties for the year ended December 31, 2024)
327,802
-
Rental revenue
76,700
98,068
Total revenues
3,496,405
3,477,664
COST OF REVENUES:
Cost of service revenue (including $ 10,934 and $ 23,280 of cost of revenue to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
( 355,120 )
( 534,965 )
Cost of digital revenue
( 48,495 )
-
Cost of rental revenue
( 22,825 )
( 36,613 )
Total cost of revenues
( 426,440 )
( 571,578 )
GROSS PROFIT
3,069,965
2,906,086
OPERATING EXPENSES:
General and administrative (including $ 149,817 and $ 122,880 of general and administrative expenses to related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
( 4,039,243 )
( 4,409,264 )
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS
( 969,278 )
( 1,503,178 )
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Other income (including $ 47,635 and $ 47,609 of other income from related parties for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
53,334
79,033
Interest income (including $ 5,073 of interest income from related party for the year ended December 31, 2024)
19,161
41,401
Gain on disposal of real estate held for investment
21,634
-
Gain on disposal of investments (including $ 324,917 of related party investments for the year ended December 31, 2024)
324,917
-
Reversal of impairment of other investment (including $ 6,882,000 of related party investment for the year ended December 31, 2023)
-
6,882,000
Reversal of write-off notes receivable
-
600,000
Fair value gain of derivative liabilities associated with warrants
-
1
Interest expense
( 1,070 )
( 729 )
Impairment of other investments (including $ 87,425 and $ 4,982,000 of related party investments for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, respectively)
( 87,425 )
( 4,982,000 )
Impairment of goodwill
( 82,561 )
-
Loss on disposal of investment (including $ 100 of related party investment for the year ended December 31, 2024)
( 100 )
-
Impairment of other receivable (including $ 60,000 from related party for the year ended December 31, 2023)
-
( 60,000 )
Total other income
247,890
2,559,706
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX
( 721,388 )
1,056,528
Income tax expense
( 4,439 )
( 6,829 )
NET (LOSS) INCOME
( 725,827 )
1,049,699
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
10,543
23,886
NET (LOSS) INCOME ATTRIBUTED TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS OF GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
( 715,284 )
1,073,585
Other comprehensive loss:
- Foreign currency translation loss
( 25,946 )
( 85,278 )
COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
$ ( 741,230 )
$ 988,307
NET (LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE, BASIC AND DILUTED
$ ( 0.09 )
$ 0.14
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING, BASIC AND DILUTED
7,575,813
7,688,416
See accompanying notes.
F- 5
GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND 2023
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
of Shares
Amount
Capital
Loss
Deficit
Interests
Equity
Accumulated
Common Stock (1)
Additional
Other
Non-
Total
Number
Paid-in
Comprehensive
Accumulated
Controlling
Stockholders’
of Shares
Amount
Capital
Loss
Deficit
Interests
Equity
Balance as of December 31, 2022
7,875,813
$ 7,876
$ 50,102,729
$ ( 224,891 )
$ ( 37,622,680 )
$ 315,184
$ 12,578,218
Cancellation of shares resulting from termination of investment
( 300,000 )
( 300 )
( 7,205,700 )
-
-
-
( 7,206,000 )
Foreign currency translation
-
-
-
( 85,278 )
-
-
( 85,278 )
Net income (loss) for the year
-
-
-
-
1,073,585
( 23,886 )
1,049,699
Balance as of December 31, 2023
7,575,813
$ 7,576
$ 42,897,029
$ ( 310,169 )
$ ( 36,549,095 )
$ 291,298
$ 6,336,639
Balance
7,575,813
$ 7,576
$ 42,897,029
$ ( 310,169 )
$ ( 36,549,095 )
$ 291,298
$ 6,336,639
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest’s shares in a subsidiary
-
-
( 147,198 )
-
-
( 243,380 )
( 390,578 )
Foreign currency translation
-
-
-
( 25,946 )
-
-
( 25,946 )
Net loss for the year
-
-
-
-
( 715,284 )
( 10,543 )
( 725,827 )
Net income (loss) for the year
-
-
-
-
( 715,284 )
( 10,543 )
( 725,827 )
Balance as of December 31, 2024
7,575,813
$ 7,576
$ 42,749,831
$ ( 336,115 )
$ ( 37,264,379 )
$ 37,375
$ 5,194,288
Balance
7,575,813
$ 7,576
$ 42,749,831
$ ( 336,115 )
$ ( 37,264,379 )
$ 37,375
$ 5,194,288
See accompanying notes.
F- 6
GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND 2023
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Year ended December 31,
2024
2023
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) income
$ ( 725,827 )
$ 1,049,699
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation
144,822
144,088
Amortization of intangible assets
476
718
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets
94,807
89,695
Amortization of finance lease right-of-use asset
5,816
3,387
Provision for credit losses
90,223
584,919
Impairment of other investments - related parties
87,425
4,982,000
Impairment of goodwill
82,561
-
Loss on disposal of other investment
100
-
Gain on disposal of other investments
( 324,917 )
-
Gain on disposal of real estate held for investment
( 21,634 )
-
Impairment of other receivable - related party
-
60,000
Reversal of impairment of other investment - related party
-
( 6,882,000 )
Reversal of write-off notes receivable
-
( 600,000 )
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
-
( 153 )
Fair value gain of derivative liabilities associated with warrants
-
( 1 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
( 49,583 )
( 460,323 )
Prepaids and other current assets
176,857
165,368
Digital assets
( 192,398 )
-
Deferred costs of revenue
( 22,091 )
152,314
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
250,412
( 34,113 )
Income tax payable
( 292 )
( 566 )
Operating lease liabilities
( 94,807 )
( 90,910 )
Deferred revenue
( 862,404 )
( 758,840 )
Net cash used in operating activities
( 1,360,454 )
( 1,594,718 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceeds from disposal of other investments
322,820
500
Proceeds from real estate held for sale
15,632
-
Proceeds from real estate held for investment
267,985
-
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
-
370
Purchase of other investments
( 92 )
( 500 )
Purchase of property and equipment
( 5,068 )
( 85,069 )
Initial payment of finance lease right-of-use asset
-
( 9,941 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
601,277
( 94,640 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Principal payment of finance lease liabilities
( 3,447 )
( 1,902 )
Advances to related parties
( 205,321 )
( 604,066 )
Collection of notes receivable
-
600,000
Net cash used in financing activities
( 208,768 )
( 5,968 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
( 130,434 )
6,988
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
( 1,098,379 )
( 1,688,338 )
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR
2,223,197
3,911,535
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR
$ 1,124,818
$ 2,223,197
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for income tax
$ 1,692
$ 7,374
Cash paid for interest
$ 1,070
$ 729
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Initial recognition of the balance payment of finance lease right-of-use asset by finance lease liabilities
$ -
$ 18,957
Distribution of real estate held for sale to a non-controlling interest for acquisition of noncontrolling interest’s shares in a subsidiary and settlement of noncontrolling interest’s loan
$ 678,085
$ -
See accompanying notes.
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GREENPRO CAPITAL CORP.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024, AND 2023
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Greenpro Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated
on July 19, 2013, in the state of Nevada, and in 2015 changed its name to Greenpro Capital Corp. The Company currently provides a wide
range of business consulting and corporate advisory services including cross-border listing advisory services, tax planning, advisory
and transaction services, record management services, and accounting outsourcing services. As part of our business consulting and corporate
advisory business segment, our subsidiary, Greenpro Venture Capital Limited (“GVCL”) provides a business incubator for start-up
and high-growth companies during their critical growth period and focuses on investments in select start-up and high-growth potential
companies. In addition to our business consulting and corporate advisory business segment, we operate another business segment that focuses
on the acquisition and rental of real estate properties held for investment and the sale of real estate properties held for sale.
Our focus is on companies located in Southeast Asia and East Asia including Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”),
Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
Going concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments
in the normal course of business. As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, for the year ended December 31,
2024, the Company recorded a net loss of $ 725,827 and net cash used in operations of $ 1,360,454 and as of December 31, 2024, the Company
incurred an accumulated deficit of $ 37,264,379 . These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. The financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
The Company’s ability to continue as a going
concern is dependent upon improving its profitability and the continuing financial support from its major shareholders. Management believes
the existing shareholders or external financing will provide additional cash to meet the Company’s obligations as they become due.
No assurance can be given that any future financing, if needed, will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are
satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company can obtain additional financing, if needed, it may contain undue restrictions on its
operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for its stockholders, in the case of equity financing.
Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and a majority-owned subsidiary which the Company controls and entities for
which the Company is the primary beneficiary. For those consolidated subsidiaries where the Company’s ownership is less than 100 %,
the outside shareholders’ interests are shown to be noncontrolling interests in equity. Acquired businesses are included in the
consolidated financial statements from the dates of acquisition. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All inter-company accounts and transactions
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of
assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant accounting estimates include certain assumptions related to, among others,
the allowance for credit losses, impairment analysis of real estate assets and other long-term assets including goodwill, estimates inherent
in recording purchase price allocation, valuation allowance on deferred income taxes, the assumptions used in the valuation of the derivative
liability, and the accrual of potential liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
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Credit losses
The Company estimates and records a provision for
its expected credit losses related to its financial instruments, including its trade receivables. Management considers historical collection
rates, the current financial status of the Company’s customers, macroeconomic factors, and other industry-specific factors when
evaluating current expected credit losses. Forward-looking information is also considered in the evaluation of current expected credit
losses. However, because of the short time to the expected receipt of accounts receivable, management believes that the carrying value,
net of expected losses, approximates fair value and therefore, relies more on historical and current analysis of such financial instruments,
including its trade receivables.
To determine the provision for
credit losses for accounts receivable, the Company has disaggregated its accounts receivable by class of customer at the business
component level, as management determined that risk profile of the Company’s customers is consistent based on the type and
industry in which they operate, mainly in the pharmaceuticals industry. Each business component is analyzed for estimated credit
losses individually. In doing so, the Company establishes a historical loss matrix, based on the previous collections of accounts
receivable by the age of such receivables, and evaluates the current and forecasted financial position of its customers, as
available. Further, the Company considers macroeconomic factors and the status of the pharmaceuticals industry to estimate if there
are current expected credit losses within its trade receivables based on the trends of the Company’s expectation of the future
status of such economic and industry-specific factors. Also, specific allowance amounts are established based on a review of
outstanding invoices to record the appropriate provision for customers that have a higher probability of default.
Accounts receivable on December 31, 2024, and 2023
are net of allowances for credit losses of $ 2,883 and $ 610,599 , respectively. The following table provides a roll-forward of the
allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of accounts receivable to present the net amount expected to
be collected on December 31, 2024, and 2023:
SCHEDULE OF ALLOWANCES FOR CREDIT LOSSES
As of and for the years ended,
2024
2023
Balance at beginning of year
$ 610,599
$ 25,677
Charged of operating expenses
90,223
584,919
Write-off of accounts receivable
( 557,622
)
-
Recovery of accounts receivable
( 39,000 )
-
Adjustments for credit losses
( 101,317
)
3
Balance at end of year
$ 2,883
$ 610,599
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Revenue recognition
The Company follows the guidance of Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers . ASC 606 creates a five-step model that requires entities to exercise
judgment when considering the terms of contracts, which includes (1) identifying the contracts or agreements with a customer, (2) identifying
our performance obligations in the contract or agreement, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price
to the separate performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue as each performance obligation is satisfied. The Company only applies
the five-step model to contracts when it is probable that the Company will collect the consideration it is entitled to in exchange for
the services it transfers to its clients (see Note 2).
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash consists of funds on hand and held in bank accounts.
Cash equivalents include time deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less, including money market funds.
On December 31, 2024, and 2023, cash was to facilitate
payment of expenses in local currencies or to facilitate third-party online payment platforms, such as WeChat Pay or Alipay. The Company
does not hav
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