Legal Proceedings.
−Removed: time to time become a party to various legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business.
−Removed: We are currently
−Removed: not a party to any legal or administrative proceedings and are not aware of any pending or threatened legal or administrative proceedings
−Removed: against us in all material aspects other than the following:
−Removed: In February 17, 2022, FT
−Removed: Global Capital, Inc.
−Removed: (“FTG”), filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Commercial Division of New York Supreme Court
−Removed: (the “Court”).
−Removed: FTG has brought a breach of contract action against the Company to recover fees in connection with an
−Removed: agreement that the parties entered into in April 2019 (the “Agreement”).
−Removed: The Company has answered FTG’s complaint
−Removed: and has denied the allegations because it is the Company’s position that FTG did not fulfill its obligations under the terms
−Removed: of the Agreement.
+Added: We may from time to time become a party to various
+Added: legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business.
+Added: We are currently not a party to any legal or administrative
+Added: proceedings and are not aware of any pending or threatened legal or administrative proceedings against us in all material aspects other
+Added: than the following:
+Added: In February 17, 2022, FT Global Capital, Inc.
+Added: (“FTG”), filed a lawsuit against the Company in the Commercial Division of New York Supreme Court (the “Court”).
+Added: FTG has brought a breach of contract action against the Company to recover fees in connection with an agreement that the parties entered
+Added: into in April 2019 (the “Agreement”).
+Added: The Company has answered FTG’s complaint and has denied the allegations because
+Added: it is the Company’s position that FTG did not fulfill its obligations under the terms of the Agreement.
Discovery is continuing.
The Court issued a Status Conference Order (the “Order”) dated April 15, 2024.
−Removed: According to the Order, the Court ordered that the Company has failed to appear and is in default, and that pursuant to the
−Removed: warning given in the Court’s order dated March 22, 2024, the Company’s default renders its answer subject to being
−Removed: stricken, and accordingly the answer of the Company is hereby stricken.
−Removed: On April 18, 2024, FT Global filed a notice of motion for
−Removed: default judgment against the Company.
−Removed: In November 2023, an individual plaintiff involved in a civil loan dispute filed a lawsuit against the defendants including Tengsheng
−Removed: Paper and Jie Ping, who served as the executive director and the legal representative of Tengsheng Paper, at the Lianchi District People's
−Removed: Court of Baoding City, China (the “PRC Court”).
−Removed: On December 1, 2023, the plaintiff sought property preservation measures,
−Removed: requesting the PRC Court to freeze RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits held by Jie Ping and Tengsheng Paper.
−Removed: Following this request,
−Removed: on the same day, the PRC Court issued a ruling to immediately freeze the RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits of Jie Ping and Tengsheng
−Removed: resolution of the proceedings may have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
−Removed: Failure to settle the proceedings or other unfavorable outcomes in this proceedings could result in significant damages, additional penalties
−Removed: or other remedies imposed against the Company.
−Removed: Litigation of this kind could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s
−Removed: attention and resources.
−Removed: It could also result in our reputation being harmed and our stock price could decline as a result of allegations
−Removed: made in the course ofthe proceedings, regardless of the truthfulness of the allegations.
+Added: According to the Order, the Court ordered that
+Added: the Company has failed to appear and is in default, and that pursuant to the warning given in the Court’s order dated March 22,
+Added: 2024, the Company’s default renders its answer subject to being stricken, and accordingly the answer of the Company was stricken.
+Added: On April 18, 2024, FT Global filed a notice of motion for default judgment against the Company.
+Added: The Court issued an order dated June 12,
+Added: 2024, pursuant to which the plaintiff’s motion for leave to enter a default judgment against the Company was denied, without prejudice
+Added: to renewal on proper pagers within 30 days of the date of this order.
+Added: November 2023, an individual plaintiff involved in a civil loan dispute filed a lawsuit against the defendants including Tengsheng Paper
+Added: and Jie Ping, who served as the executive director and the legal representative of Tengsheng Paper, at the Lianchi District People’s Court
+Added: of Baoding City, China (the “PRC Court”).
+Added: On December 1, 2023, the plaintiff sought property preservation measures, requesting
+Added: the PRC Court to freeze RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits held by Jie Ping and Tengsheng Paper.
+Added: Following this request, on the same
+Added: day, the PRC Court issued a ruling to immediately freeze the RMB3.35 million worth of bank deposits of Jie Ping and Tengsheng Paper.
+Added: June 14, 2024, t he PRC Court ordered the defendants to
+Added: repay the principal of the loan in the amount of RMB3,320,000 to the plaintiff, and Tengsheng Paper was jointly liable for repayment.
+Added: The ultimate resolution of the proceedings may
+Added: have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
+Added: Failure to settle the proceedings
+Added: or other unfavorable outcomes in this proceedings could result in significant damages, additional penalties or other remedies imposed
+Added: against the Company.
+Added: Litigation of this kind could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and
+Added: It could also result in our reputation being harmed and our stock price could decline as a result of allegations made in the
+Added: course of the proceedings, regardless of the truthfulness of the allegations.
Risk Factors.
−Removed: We are a smaller reporting company
−Removed: as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
−Removed: Unregistered Sales of Equity
−Removed: Securities and Use of Proceeds.
+Added: We are a smaller reporting company as defined
+Added: by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.
+Added: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
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