Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of June 30, 2022, the Company
carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of and with the participation of its management, including the Company’s Chief
Operating Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on
the foregoing evaluation, the Chief Operating Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by
the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the applicable rules and forms due to ineffective internal controls over financial reporting as more fully described
below.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that:
●
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;
●
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of its management and directors; and
●
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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Management conducted an assessment
of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control
– Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on
the Company’s assessment, management has concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the
following material weaknesses for the year ended and as of June 30, 2022:
●
Lack of segregation of duties for accounting personnel who prepared and reviewed the journal entries in some of the subsidiaries within the consolidation, lack of supervision, coordination and communication of financial information between different entities within the Group;
●
Lack of a full time U.S.
GAAP personnel in the accounting department to monitor the recording of the transactions which led to error in revenue recognition
in previously issued financial statements;
●
Lack of resources with technical competency to address, review and record non-routine or complex transactions under U.S. GAAP;
●
Lack of management control reviews of the budget against actual with
analysis of the variance with a precision that can be explained through the analysis of the accounts;
●
Lack of proper procedures in identifying and recording related party
transactions which led to restatement of previously issued financial statements (See Note 1 of the accompanying consolidated financial
statement footnotes);
● Lack of proper procedures to maintain supporting documents for accounting
record; and
● Lack of proper oversight for the Company’s
cash disbursement process that led to misuse of the Company funds by its former executive.
A material weakness is a deficiency,
or a combination of deficiencies, within the meaning of PCAOB Auditing Standard AS 2201, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements
will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
In order to remediate the
material weaknesses stated above, we intend to implement the following measures, policies and procedures:
●
Hiring additional accounting staff to report the internal financial timely;
●
Hiring of CEO and CFO to properly set up the Company’s internal
control and oversight process;
●
Reporting other material and non-routine transactions to the Board and obtain proper approval;
●
Recruiting additional qualified professionals with appropriate levels of U.S. GAAP knowledge and experience to assist in resolving accounting issues in non-routine or complex transactions;
●
Developing and conducting U.S. GAAP knowledge, SEC reporting and internal control training to senior executives, management personnel, accounting departments and the IT staff, so that management and key personnel understand the requirements and elements of internal control over financial reporting mandated by the U.S. securities laws;
●
Setting up budgets and developing expectations based on understanding
of the business operations, compare the actual results with the expectations periodically and document the reasons for the fluctuations
with further analysis. This should be done by CFO and reviewed by CEO upon their communications with the Board;
●
Strengthening our corporate governance;
●
Setting up policies and procedures for the Company’s related
party identification to properly identify, record and disclose related party transactions; and
●
Setting up proper procedures for the Company’s fund disbursement
process to ensure that cash is disbursed only upon proper authorization, for valid business purposes, and that all disbursements are properly
recorded.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
There has been no change in
our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions
that Prevent Inspections.
None.
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PART
III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers
and Corporate Governance.
Name
Age
Positions Held
Jing Shan
32
Chief Operating Officer
Heng Wang
55
Non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board
Tieliang Liu
62
Director
Jing
Shan
Ms. Shan has been our Chief
Operating Officer since her appointment in August 2021. From July 2019 to July 2021, Ms. Shan was a financial service professional at
Northwestern Mutual, an insurance company. Prior to that, she was the COO at LineMoney Inc., a financial technology company, from December
2016 to July 2019. From August 2016 to December 2016, she was an analyst at Wall Street IPO Consultation Inc. Ms. Shan received a Master
of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communication from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture
from Beijing Forestry University.
Heng Wang
Mr. Wang has been our director since 2021. Mr.
Wang has served as the Senior Manager of Charles Schwab Corporation, an investment management and financial services company, since October
2020. From July 2006 to October 2020, Mr. Wang served as a Consultant for TD Ameritrade Inc, a financial services company. From November
2017 to July 2018, he served as the Director at Longfin Corp., a financial technology consulting and service firm. Mr. Wang received
a Master’s degree in Computer Information Science from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in July 1991, and he received a Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science from Fudan University in Shanghai, PRC in July 1990. Mr. Wang has been selected to serve as our director because
of his expertise in financial technology.
Tieliang Liu
Dr. Liu has been our director
since 2013. Since 2001, he has served as the vice president in charge of accounting and finance to China Sun-Trust Group Ltd., a state-owned
investment company in China. Dr. Liu was a financial controller for Huaxing Group Ltd, a state-owned material trading company in China,
from 1998 to 2001. From 1996 through 1998, he was the chief accountant of China Enterprise Consulting Co., Ltd., a state-owned investment
consulting company in China. Before working in the finance and accounting industry, Dr. Liu taught accounting and finance in a university
for more than ten years and has published dozens of books and articles. He received a PhD, master’s and bachelor’s degrees
in accounting from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. Dr. Liu has been chosen to serve as a director because of his accounting
and business knowledge and experience in working with small and medium-sized companies.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, none of our current directors or executive
officer has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, or has been a party to any
judicial or administrative proceeding during the past ten years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person
from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal
or state securities or commodities laws, any laws respecting financial institutions or insurance companies, any law or regulation prohibiting
mail or wire fraud in connection with any business entity or been subject to any disciplinary sanctions or orders imposed by a stock,
commodities or derivatives exchange or other self-regulatory organization, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or
settlement.
Board Diversity Matrix
Pursuant to the Nasdaq’s
Board Diversity Rules, below is the Company’s board diversity matrix outlining diversity statistics regarding our Board.
Board
Diversity Matrix as of March 3, 2023
Total Number of Directors
2
Female
Male
Non-Binary
Did Not
Disclose
Gender
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors
2
Part II: Demographic Background
Asian
2
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Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the Exchange
Act requires that our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of our common stock, file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. Executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent stockholders are required
by SEC regulations to furnish us with all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based solely on our review of the copies of the forms received
by us and written representations from certain reporting persons that they have complied with the relevant filing requirements, we believe
that, during the year ended June 30, 2022, all of our executive officers, directors and greater-than-ten percent stockholders complied
with all Section 16(a) filing requirements, except that, due to administrative errors, the following forms were filed late:
●
Qiu Shi filed a Form 4 on February 25, 2022 to report transactions that occurred on February 9, 2022.
●
Jing Shan filed a Form 4 on February 16, 2022 to report transactions that occurred on February 9, 2022.
●
Lei Nie filed a Form 4 on August 20, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Tieliang Liu filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Zhikang Huang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Xiaohuan Huang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Tuo Pan filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Lei Cao filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
●
Jing Wang filed a Form 4 on August 19, 2021 to report transactions that occurred on August 13, 2021.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies
to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting. The code of business conduct
and ethics is available at our website at www.singularity.us . We expect that any amendments to the code, or any waivers of its
requirement, will be disclosed on our website.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our Board has three standing
committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The composition and function
of each committee are described below.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee consists of Tieliang Liu and Heng Wang, who are
each independent. Mr. Liu chairs the Audit Committee and qualifies as the audit committee financial expert. Our Audit Committee has adopted
a written charter, and a copy of this charter is posted on the Company’s website, at www.singularity.us . Under such
charter, our Audit Committee is authorized to:
●
prepare and publish an annual Committee report as required by the SEC to be included in the Company’s annual proxy statement;
●
discuss with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements, including the Company’s disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and other matters required to be reviewed under applicable legal, regulatory, professional or NASDAQ requirements;
●
discuss with management and the independent auditor, as appropriate, any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;
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●
discuss with management the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies, including the Company’s major financial risk exposure and steps taken by management to monitor and mitigate such exposure;
●
review the Company’s financial reporting and accounting standards and principles, significant changes in such standards or principles or in their application and the key accounting decisions affecting the Company’s financial statements, including alternatives to, and the rationale for, the decisions made;
●
review and approve the internal corporate audit staff functions, including: (i) purpose, authority and organizational reporting lines; (ii) annual audit plans, budget and staffing; and (iii) concurrence in the appointment, termination, compensation and rotation of the audit staff;
●
review, with such members of management as the Committee deems appropriate, the Company’s internal system of audit and financial controls and the results of internal audits;
●
obtain and review at least annually a formal written report from the
independent auditor delineating: the auditing firms internal quality-control procedures; any material issues raised within the preceding
five years by the auditing firms internal quality-control reviews, by peer reviews of the firm, or by any governmental or other inquiry
or investigation relating to any audit conducted by the firm. The Committee will also review steps taken by the auditing firm to address
any findings in any of the foregoing reviews. Also, in order to assess auditor independence, the Committee will review at least annually
all relationships between the independent auditor and the Company;
●
set policies for the hiring of employees or former employees of the Company’s independent auditor and, at least annually, evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of the independent auditors, including an evaluation of the lead audit partner; and to assure the regular rotation of the lead audit partner at our independent auditors and consider regular rotation of the accounting firm serving as our independent auditors;
●
review and investigate any matters pertaining to the integrity of management, including conflicts of interest, or adherence to standards of business conduct as required in the policies of the Company. This should include regular reviews of the compliance processes in general. In connection with these reviews, the Committee will meet, as deemed appropriate, with the general counsel and other Company officers or employees;
●
retain such outside counsel, experts and other advisors as the Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion;
●
review at least annually the adequacy of this charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval and assume additional responsibilities and take additional actions as may be delegated to it by the Board;
●
establish procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints on accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, as well as for confidential, anonymous submissions by Company employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters;
●
conduct any investigation appropriate to fulfilling its responsibilities contained in this charter, communicate directly with the independent audit firm and any employee of the Company, and conduct its activities in accordance with the policies and principles contained in the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles.
Compensation
Committee
The Compensation Committee has two members who are independent directors,
including Heng Wang and Tieliang Liu. Our Compensation Committee has adopted a written charter, and a copy of this charter is posted
on our website, at www.singularity.us . Our Compensation Committee is authorized to:
●
review and determine the compensation arrangements for management;
●
establish and review general compensation policies with the objective to attract and retain superior talent, to reward individual performance and to achieve our financial goals;
●
review and determine our stock incentive and purchase plans;
●
oversee the evaluation of the board of directors and management; and
●
review the independence of any compensation advisers.
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Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has two members that are independent directors, Heng Wang and Tieliang Liu. Heng Wang serves
as the chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has adopted a written
charter, and a copy of this charter is posted on our website, at www.singularity.us. The functions of our Governance Committee,
among other things, include:
●
identifying individuals qualified to become board members
and recommending directors;
●
nominating board members for committee membership;
●
developing and recommending to our board corporate
governance guidelines;
●
reviewing and determining the compensation arrangements
for directors; and
●
overseeing the evaluation of our Board and its committees
and management.
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None
of the members of our Compensation Committee, at any time, has been one of our officers or employees, or, during the last fiscal year,
was a participant in a related-party transaction that is required to be disclosed. None of our executive officers currently serves, or
in the past year has served, as a member of our Board or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers
on our Board or Compensation Committee.
Item 11.
Executive Compensation.
The
following table shows the annual compensation paid by us to Mr. Lei Cao, our former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Ms. Yang Jie,
our former Chief Executive Officer and director, Ms. Tuo Pan, our former Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Zhikang Huang, our former Vice
President, and Mr. Jing Shan, our Chief Operating Officer for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Name
Year
Salary
Bonus
Securities-
based Compensation
All
other Compensation
Total
Lei Cao,
2021
$ 425,000
(1)
$ 300,000
-
-
$ 725,000
Former Chief
Executive Officer (1)(6)
2022
$ 426,609
(2)
$ 800
-
-
$ 427,409
Tuo Pan,
2021
$ 175,999
$ 100,000
$ 574,000
-
$ 849,999
Former
Chief Financial Officer (2)(7)
2022
$ 302,973
$ 800
-
-
$ 303,773
Zhikang Huang,
2021
$ 125,000
$ 50,000
$ 495,200
-
$ 634,200
Former
Vice President and Director (3)(8)
2022
$ 275,000
$ 800
-
-
$ 275,800
Jing Shan,
2021
-
-
-
-
-
Chief
Operating Officer (4)
2022
$ 143,333
$ 800
-
-
$ 144,133
Yang
Jie, (5)
2021
$ 208,333
-
-
-
$ 208,333
Former Chief Executive Officer
and director (9)
2022
$ 500,000
$ 800
-
-
$ 500,800
(1)
According to the Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Mr. Cao’s annual salary was $260,000, effective January 1, 2019. According to the Employment
Agreement dated November 1, 2021, Mr. Cao’s annual salary was $500,000, effective November 1, 2021.
(2)
According
to the Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Ms. Pan’s annual salary was $100,000, effective
January 1, 2019. According to the Employment Agreement dated November 1, 2021, Ms. Pan’s annual
salary was $400,000, effective November 1, 2021.
(3)
According to the Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2019, Mr. Huang’s annual salary was $150,000, effective January 1, 2019.
(4)
According to the Employment Agreement dated August 5, 2021, Ms. Shan’s annual salary was $120,000, effective August 5, 2021. According to the Employment Agreement dated February 8, 2022, Ms. Shan’s annual salary was $200,000, effective February 8, 2022 and was raised to $250,000 since August 15, 2022. Pursuant to the cancellation agreement entered into on December 28, 2022, Ms. Shan agreed to return to the Company for cancellation 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to her for her services as an officer of the Company. The shares are being cancelled.
(5)
Pursuant to the cancellation agreement entered into on December 19, 2022, Mr. Jie agreed to return to the Company for cancellation 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him for his services as an officer of the Company. The shares have been cancelled.
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(6)
On
November 1, 2021, Mr. Cao, retired from his position as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Cao resigned from the Board on January 9, 2023. Pursuant to the separation agreement entered
into on January 9, 2023, Mr. Cao agreed to forfeit and return to the Company for cancellation 600,000
shares of common stock of the Company granted to him on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014
Equity Incentive Plan of the Company. The shares are being cancelled.
(7)
On August 31, 2022, Ms.
Pan was terminated for cause as an employee and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and from any other position at any subsidiary
of the Company to which she has been appointed. Ms. Pan was terminated for cause in accordance with the terms of her Employment Agreement
dated November 9, 2021 and did not receive any salary or benefits from the Company except those earned through August 31, 2022.
(8)
On November 1, 2021, Mr.
Huang resigned from his position as a member of the Board of the Company.
(9)
On August 9, 2022, Mr.
Jie resigned as Chief Executive Officer and director, following the Board’s decision on August 8, 2022, which adopted the Special
Committee’s recommendation that Mr. Jie be suspended immediately.
Outstanding
Equity Awards of Named Executive Officers at Fiscal Year-End
None.
Director Compensation
The table below sets forth the compensation received by our directors in the year ended June 30, 2022.
Name (1)
Fees earned or
paid in cash
($)
Stock
awards
($)
Option
awards
($)
All other
compensation
($)
Total
($)
John
Levy (3)
33,333
-
-
30,435
(2)
63,768
Heng Wang
30,000
-
-
21,304
(2)
51,304
Tieliang
Liu
35,000
57,400
-
-
92,400
Xiaohuan
Huang (4)
25,000
57,400
-
-
82,400
Jing Wang (5)
20,000
434,400
-
-
454,400
(1)
This table does not include
Mr. Lei Cao, our former Chief Executive Officer and former director, Mr. Zhikang Huang, our former director and Vice President, and
Mr. Yang Jie, our former Chief Executive Officer and director whose compensation is fully reflected in the Summary Compensation Table.
(2)
Represents compensation
paid to Mr. Levy and Mr. Wang for their services as Chairman and member of the Special Committee, respectively, for May and June,
2022.
(3)
On February 23, 2023, Mr.
John Levy resigned as a director of the Board and member of the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
and the Compensation Committee.
(4)
On
November 1, 2021, Ms. Huang resigned as a director.
(5)
On
November 18, 2021, Mr. Wang resigned as a director.
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Employment Agreements
The
Company has an employment agreement with Jing Shan, our Chief Operating Officer. The employment agreement began on February 8, 2022 and
will terminate on August 4, 2024. The term shall automatically be extended for a one-year period in the absence of notice of non-renewal
provided at least 30 days prior to the anniversary date of the employment agreement. Under the terms of the employment agreement, Ms.
Shan will receive a base salary of $200,000 per year. Her performance and salary are subject to review at any time, and any increases
in her salary that our Board may determine, shall be made on a basis consistent with the standard practices of our Company. On August
15, 2022, the Board approved an increase of Ms. Shan’s annual salary from $200,000 to $250,000 and a cash bonus of $50,000 upon
conclusion of the investigation of the Special Committee.
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
Security Ownership
of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The
following table sets forth certain information regarding our shares of common stock beneficially owned as of March 3, 2023, for (i) each
named executive officer and director, and (ii) all executive officers and directors as a group. As of March 3, 2023, there was no stockholder
known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding shares of common stock. A person is considered to beneficially own
any shares: (i) over which such person, directly or indirectly, exercises sole or shared voting or investment power, or (ii) of which
such person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time within 60 days through an exercise of stock options or warrants.
Unless otherwise indicated, voting and investment power relating to the shares shown in the table for our directors and executive officers
is exercised solely by the beneficial owner or shared by the owner and the owner’s spouse or children. In the table below, percentage
ownership is based on 21,944,333 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of March 3, 2023.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common
Stock
Jing Shan
-
-
Tieliang Liu
38,000
*
Heng Wang
-
-
All directors and executive
officers as a group (three individuals)
38,000
*
*
Less than 1%.
(1)
The individual’s
address is c/o Singularity Future Technology, Ltd., 98 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 311, Great Neck, New York 11021.
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Securities Authorized for Issuance to Our Officers,
Directors, Employees and Consultants under Equity Compensation Plans
The below table reflects, as
of June 30, 2022, the number of shares of common stock authorized by our stockholders to be issued (directly or by way of issuance of
securities exercisable for or convertible into) as incentive compensation to our officers, directors, employees and consultants.
Plan category
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)
Weighted- average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(b)
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c)
Equity compensation plans under the 2008 Incentive Plan approved by security holders
2,000
$ 10.05
47,781 (1)
Equity compensation plans under the 2014 Incentive Plan approved by security holders
-
-
110,000 (1)
Equity compensation plans under the 2021 Incentive Plan approved by security holders
-
-
9,800,000 (1)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
-
-
-
(1)
Pursuant to our 2008 Incentive Plan, we are authorized to issue options to purchase 60,581 shares of our common stock. The 2,000 outstanding options disclosed in the above table are taken from the 2008 Incentive Plan. Pursuant to our 2014 Incentive Plan, we are authorized to issue, in the aggregate, 2,000,000 shares of common stock or other securities convertible or exercisable for common stock. We have granted options to purchase an aggregate of 30,000 shares of common stock under the 2014 Incentive Plan in July 2016, among which, options to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock have been exercised. In addition, we have issued, in the aggregate, 120,000 shares of common stock to consultants to our Company in 2014, 132,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors in 2016, 132,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors in 2018, 26,000 to three employees in 2017 and 316,000 shares of common stock to employees in 2018 under the 2014 Incentive Plan. On September 2021, the board granted 1,020,000 shares of common stock to our officers and directors under the 2014 Incentive Plan. Accordingly, we may issue options to purchase 47,781 shares under the 2008 Incentive Plan, and we may issue 110,000 and 10,000,000 shares of common stock or other securities convertible or exercisable for common stock under the 2014 Incentive Plan and the 2021 Incentive plan respectively. Pursuant to certain agreements, the 600,000 shares issued to Lei Cao under the 2014 Incentive Plan, and the 300,000 and 100,000 shares issued to Yang Jie and Jing Shan, respectively, under the 2021 Incentive Plan, were canceled or being canceled.
I tem 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Related Transactions
Set forth below
are our transactions with related persons for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Advance to Related Party Suppliers
The Company’s
advances to suppliers – related party are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Bitcoin mining hardware and other equipment
(1)
$ 6,153,546
$ -
Total Advances to suppliers-related party
$ 6,153,546
$ -
(1) On January 10, 2022, the Company’s
joint venture, Thor Miner, entered into a Purchase Agreement with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to
purchase certain crypto mining equipment. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made a total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order. Thor
Miner also entered into a PSA with SOSNY for the purchase of $200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs and received deposit form SOSNY in the
amount of $48,930,000.
The
Company shipped crypto mining machines worth $1,325,520 to SOSNY for the year ended June 30, 2022 and $6,153,546 from July to December
2022. Due to production issues from HighSharp, Thor Miner was not able to timely deliver the full quantity of crypto mining
machines to SOSNY pursuant to the PSA and was sued by SOSNY for breach of contract on December 9, 2022.
The Company entered
into a settlement agreement SOSNY effective on December 28, 2022, under which the Company repaid $13.0 million to SOSNY and terminated
the PSA and balance of the deposits. The Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor Miner has paid to HighSharp.
As of December 22, 2023, the balance of advance to HighSharp and deposit from SOSNY amounted to $27,927,583 and $40,560,569, respectively. Thor Miner paid $13.0 million on December 23, 2022 to SOSNY which was received by SOSNY on December 28, 2023 and wrote off the balance of the deposit it received from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulting in net bad debt expenses of $367,014.
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Due From
Related Party, Net
As
of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the outstanding amounts due from related parties consist of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (1)
$ -
$ 384,331
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (2)
415,412
430,903
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (3)
1,306,004
-
LSM Trading Ltd (4)
570,000
-
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (5)
103,424
-
Cao Lei (6)
54,860
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(2,449,700 )
(384,331 )
Total
$ -
$ 430,903
(1)
In June 2013, the Company signed a five-year global logistic service
agreement with Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and TEWOO Chemical& Light
Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd. (together with Zhiyuan Investment Group, “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan Investment Group is owned
by Mr. Zhong Zhang, a former stockholder of the Company. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management
service contract with the Zhiyuan Investment Group whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control potential
commodities loss during the transportation process. Starting in late 2020, Mr. Zhang started selling off his shares of the Company
and did not own shares of the Company as of June 30, 2021 and was no longer a related party. Management’s reassessed the collectability
and decided to provide full allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2021. The Company wrote off the balance in the first quarter
of fiscal year 2022.
(2)
During third fiscal quarter of 2021, the Company advanced
$477,278 to Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (“Zhejiang Jinbang”) which is 30% owned by Mr. Wang Qinggang, CEO
and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai and Zhejiang Jinbang returned $39,356 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The advance
is non-interest bearing and due on demand. There has been no change in the balance other than changes as a result of changes in exchange
rates. The Company provided allowance of $415,412 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
(3)
From
July to December 2021, the Company advanced approximately $1.6 million to Shanghai Baoyin which is 30% owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO
and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai. Shanghai Baoyin repaid approximately $0.3 million in December 2022. The advance
is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $1,306,004 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
(4)
The Company advanced $570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40% owned by the Company for the year ended June 30, 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $570,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
(5)
On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into a project cooperation
agreement with Rich Trading Co. Ltd USA (“Rich Trading”) for the trading of computer equipment. Rich Trading’s bank
account was controlled by now-terminated members of the Company’s management and was, at the time,
an undisclosed related party. According to the agreement, the Company was to invest $4.5 million in the trading business operates by Rich
Trading and the Company would be entitled to 90% of profit generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $3,300,000 for this
project. $3,200,000 has been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $100,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company also paid for expenses of Rich Trading for $3,424 and provided full allowance for the advance.
(6) The amount represents advance for business expenses to Mr.
Cao Lei, former Chairman of the Board. The Company provided allowance of $54,860 for the year ended June 30, 2022. Business expenses
incurred by Cao Lei amounted to $66,842 and $120,934 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Loan Receivable- Related Parties (Restated)
As of June 30, 2022 and June
30, 2021, the outstanding loan receivable from related parties consists of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Wang Qinggang (1)
$
552,285
$
-
(1) On June 10, 2021, the
Company entered into a loan agreement with Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The loan
is non-interest bearing for loan amount up to $630,805 (RMB 4 million). In February 2022, Wang Qinggang, borrowed
and repaid $232,340 of the loan amount. In June 2022, additional $552,285 (RMB 3,700,000) was loaned to Wang Qinggang with due
date of June 7, 2024. The outstanding loan was fully repaid in December 2022.
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Other Payable – Related Party
As
of June 30, 2021, the Company had payable to former Chief Executive Officer of $11,303 and to the acting Chief Financial Officer
of $2,516 which were included in other current liabilities. These payments were made on behalf of the Company for the daily
business operational activities.
Revenue - Related Party
For
the year ended June 30, 2022, revenue from related party, Zhejiang Jinbang , amounted
to $222,963. There was no related party revenue for the year ended June 30, 2021.
Director Independence
Our Board has determined that
each of Messrs. Tieliang Liu and Heng Wang is an “independent director” as defined by the applicable SEC rules and Nasdaq
Listing Rules.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
Audit Fees
During the fiscal year of 2022,
Audit Alliance’s fees for the annual audit of our financial statements and the quarterly reviews of the financial statements included
in our periodic reports were $458,000.
During the fiscal year of 2021,
Audit Alliance’s fees for the annual audit of our financial statements and the quarterly reviews of the financial statements included
in our periodic reports were $325,000.
Audit-Related Fees
None.
Tax Fees
None.
All Other Fees
None.
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies
Before Audit Alliance LLP
was engaged by the Company to render audit or non-audit services, the engagement was approved by the Company’s audit committee.
All services rendered by Audit Alliance LLP have been preapproved by the Company’s audit committee.
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
Number
Exhibit
3.1
Articles
of Incorporation of Singularity Future Technology, Ltd. (1)
3.2
Certificate
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (2)
3.3
Articles
of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (3)
3.4
Bylaws of Singularity Future Technology, Ltd. (4)
4.1
Specimen
Certificate for Common Stock (4)
4.2
Form
of Series A Warrant to purchase Common Stock dated March 12, 2018 (5)
4.3
Form
of Series B Warrant to purchase Common Stock dated March 12, 2018 (6)
4.4
Form
of Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated September 2020 (7)
4.5
Form
of Warrant to purchase Common Stock (8)
4.6
Form
of Warrant, dated December 14, 2021 (9)
10.1
Employment
Agreement by and between Ms. Jing Shan and Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd., dated as of August 5, 2021 (10)
10.2
The
Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (11)
10.3
Strategic
Alliance Agreement by and between Shenzhen HighSharp Electronic Ltd. And the Company, dated October 3, 2021 (12)
10.4
Offer
Letter by and between Mr. Heng Wang and the Company, dated as of November 1, 2021 (13)
10.5
Form
of Warrant, dated as of December 2021 (14)
10.6
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 2021 (15)
10.7
Form
of Senior Convertible Note, dated as of December 2021 (16)
10.8
Form
of Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 2022 (17)
10.9
Purchase
and Sale Agreement by and between Thor Miner, Inc. and the Company, dated January 10, 2022 (18)
10.10
Employment
Agreement by and between Ms. Jing Shan and the Company, dated February 8, 2022 (19)
10.11
Form
of Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Note, dated as of March 2022 (20)
10.12
Joint
Venture Agreement by and between Golden Mainland Inc. and the Company, dated April 10, 2022 (21)
10.13
Form of Settlement Agreement by and between SOS Information Technology New York, Inc. and Thor Miner, Inc., the Company, Lei Cao, Yang Jie, John F. Levy, Tieliang Liu, Tuo Pan, Shi Qiu, Jing Shan, and Heng Wang (22)
10.14
Separation Agreement by and between the Company and Lei Cao, dated as of January 9, 2023 (23)
10.15
Placement
Agreement by and between Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. and Maxim Group LLC, dated as of February 5, 2021 (24)
10.16
Form of Services Agreement
by and between the Company and Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd *
14.1
Code
of Ethics of the Company (25)
21.1
List of subsidiaries of the Company*
23.1
Consent of Audit Alliance LLP*
31
Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934*
32
Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002**
101.INS
Inline
XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*
101.CAL
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
Document*
101.DEF
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
Document*
101.LAB
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*
101.PRE
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
Document*
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline
XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)*
* Filed herewith.
** Furnished herewith.
(1)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2014.
(2)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2022.
(3)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2022.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration Nos. 333-150858 and 333-148611.
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(5)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2018.
(6)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 12, 2018.
(7)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 18, 2020.
(8)
Incorporated herein by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2021.
(9)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(10)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 9, 2021.
(11)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Form S-8 filed on August 27, 2021.
(12)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2021.
(13)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2021.
(14)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(15)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(16)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2021.
(17)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2022.
(18)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2022.
(19)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2022.
(20)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2022.
(21)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2022.
(22)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2023.
(23)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2023.
(24)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2021.
(25)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 14.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed on September 29, 2008 (File No. 001-34024).
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.
We have elected not to include a summary pursuant
to this Item 16.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
March 6, 2023
By:
/s/ Jing Shan
Jing Shan
Chief Operating Officer
(Principal Executive Officer and Chief Accounting and
Financial Officer)
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
March 6, 2023
By:
/s/
Tieliang Liu
Tieliang Liu
Director
March 6, 2023
By:
/s/ Heng Wang
Heng Wang
Director
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Index to Financial Statements
Pages
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 3487)
F-2
Consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and 2021
F-3
Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
F-4
Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity
F-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
F-6
Notes to consolidated financial statements
F-7
F- 1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (formerly know as “Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.”)
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (formerly known as “Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd.”) and its subsidiaries
(collectively, the “Company”) as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income,
shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years
ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph on Correction of a Misstatement
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial
statements, the 2021 consolidated financial statements have been restated to correct a misstatement.
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
audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance
with 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 audits 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.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Audit Alliance LLP
We have served as the Company’s
auditor since October 28, 2020
Singapore
March 6, 2023
AUDIT ALLIANCE LLP ( 3487 )
Headquarters Address:
No 10 Anson Road,
#20-16, International Plaza,
Singapore 079903
F- 2
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Assets
(Restated)
Current assets
Cash
$ 55,833,282
$ 44,837,317
Cryptocurrencies
90,458
261,338
Accounts receivable, net
108,381
113,242
Other receivables, net
25,057
2,558
Advances to suppliers - third parties
36,540
880,000
Advances to suppliers - related party
6,153,546
-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
365,913
341,992
Due from related party, net
552,285
430,902
Total Current Assets
63,165,462
46,867,349
Property and equipment, net
548,956
757,257
Right-of-use assets
732,744
417,570
Other long-term assets - deposits
237,749
115,971
Investment in unconsolidated entity
162,829
-
Total Assets
$ 64,847,740
$ 48,158,147
Current Liabilities
Deferred revenue
$ 6,955,577
$ 471,516
Refund payable
13,000,000
-
Accounts payable
508,523
574,857
Accounts payable – related party
63,434
-
Lease liabilities - current
471,976
192,044
Taxes payable
3,457,177
3,572,419
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
756,272
529,777
Loan payable - current
-
3,035
Total current liabilities
25,212,959
5,343,648
Lease liabilities - noncurrent
846,871
237,956
Loan payable-noncurrent
-
152,370
Convertible notes
5,000,000
-
Total liabilities
31,059,830
5,733,974
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity
Preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, respectively
-
-
Common stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no par value; 22,244,333 and 15,132,113 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and June 30,2021, respectively
96,127,691
82,555,700
Additional paid-in capital
2,334,962
2,334,962
Accumulated deficit
( 62,579,592 )
( 34,321,762 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
45,739
( 729,096 )
Total Stockholders’ Equity attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company
35,928,800
49,839,804
Non-controlling Interest
( 2,140,890 )
( 7,415,631 )
Total Equity
33,787,910
42,424,173
Total Liabilities and Equity
$ 64,847,740
$ 48,158,147
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these audited consolidated financial statements.
F- 3
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS)
For the Years
Ended
June
30,
2022
2021
(Restated)
Net revenues
$ 3,988,415
$ 5,151,032
Cost of revenues
( 4,136,474 )
( 4,974,394 )
Gross profit
( 148,059 )
176,638
Selling expenses
( 385,890 )
( 297,906 )
General and administrative expenses
( 9,301,784 )
( 5,605,670 )
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies
( 170,880 )
-
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible assets
( 1,006,305 )
( 855,230 )
Provision for doubtful accounts, net
( 1,613,504 )
( 4,208,638 )
Stock-based compensation
( 10,064,622 )
-
Total operating expenses
( 22,542,985 )
( 10,967,444 )
Operating loss
( 22,691,044 )
( 10,790,806 )
Loss from disposal of subsidiary and VIE
( 6,131,616 )
-
Other expenses, net
( 105,709 )
( 508,597 )
Net loss before provision for income taxes
( 28,928,369 )
( 11,299,403 )
Income tax expense
-
( 3,450 )
Net loss
( 28,928,369 )
( 11,302,853 )
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
( 670,539 )
( 402,685 )
Net loss attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company.
$ ( 28,257,830 )
$ ( 10,900,168 )
Comprehensive loss
Net loss
$ ( 28,928,369 )
$ ( 11,302,853 )
Other comprehensive income (loss) - foreign currency
801,065
( 115,651 )
Comprehensive loss
( 28,127,304 )
( 11,418,504 )
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest
( 644,309 )
( 873,270 )
Comprehensive loss attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company.
$ ( 27,482,995 )
$ ( 10,545,234 )
Loss per share
Basic and diluted
$ ( 1.58 )
$ ( 1.26 )
Weighted average number of common shares used in computation
Basic and diluted
17,924,098
8,634,513
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these audited consolidated financial statements.
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SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Additional
paid-in
Subscription
Accumulated
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
capital
receivable
deficit
loss
interest
Total
BALANCE,
June 30, 2020
-
$ -
3,718,788
$ 28,414,992
$ 2,334,962
$ ( 59,869 )
$ ( 23,421,594 )
$ ( 1,084,030 )
$ ( 6,542,361 )
$ ( 357,900 )
Issuance
of preferred stock to private investor
860,000
1,427,600
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,427,600
Issuance
of common stock to private investor
-
-
9,020,456
47,909,208
-
59,869
-
-
-
47,969,077
Conversion
of preferred stock into common stock
( 860,000 )
( 1,427,600 )
860,000
1,427,600
-
-
-
-
-
-
Exercise
of stock warrants
-
-
1,532,869
4,803,900
-
-
-
-
-
4,803,900
Foreign
currency translation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
354,934
( 470,585 )
( 115,651 )
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 10,900,168 )
-
( 402,685 )
( 11,302,853 )
BALANCE,
June 30, 2021(Restated)
-
$ -
15,132,113
$ 82,555,700
$ 2,334,962
$ -
$ ( 34,321,762 )
$ ( 729,096 )
$ ( 7,415,631 )
$ 42,424,173
Issuance
of common stock to private placement
-
-
2,328,807
5,961,911
-
-
-
-
-
5,961,911
Issuance
of common stock to private investors
1,400,000
4,563,908
4,563,908
Stock
based compensation to employee
-
-
1,620,000
6,044,400
-
-
-
-
-
6,044,400
Stock
based compensation to consultants
-
-
900,000
4,020,222
-
-
-
-
-
4,020,222
Cashless
exercise of stock warrants
-
-
599,413
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Warrant
repurchase
-
-
-
( 7,948,000 )
-
-
-
-
-
( 7,948,000 )
Warrant
exercise
-
-
264,000
929,550
-
-
-
-
-
929,550
Disposal
of VIE and subsidiaries
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,919,050
5,919,050
Foreign
currency translation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
774,835
26,230
801,065
Net
loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 28,257,830 )
-
( 670,539 )
( 28,928,369 )
BALANCE,
June 30, 2022
-
$ -
22,244,333
$ 96,127,691
$ 2,334,962
$ -
$ ( 62,579,592 )
$ 45,739
$ ( 2,140,890 )
$ 33,787,910
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these audited consolidated financial statements.
F- 5
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended
June 30,
2022
2021
(Restated)
Operating Activities
Net loss
$ ( 28,928,369 )
$ ( 11,302,853 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
10,064,622
-
Depreciation and amortization
533,638
432,941
Non-cash lease expense
611,022
169,572
Provision for doubtful accounts, net
1,613,504
4,208,638
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible
asset
1,006,305
855,230
Gain from loan forgiveness
-
( 124,570 )
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
147,154
6,312
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries
6,131,616
-
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies
170,880
-
Investment loss from unconsolidated subsidiary
47,181
-
Changes in assets and liabilities
Cryptocurrencies
-
( 261,338 )
Accounts receivable
( 39,669 )
( 84,757 )
Other receivables
1,418,393
( 302,567 )
Advances to suppliers - third parties
543,321
( 830,889 )
Advances to suppliers – related party
( 34,081,129 )
-
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
( 24,463 )
( 251,065 )
Other long-term assets - deposits
( 123,869 )
( 224,596 )
Due from related parties
-
( 320,219 )
Deferred revenue
34,047,696
403,036
Refund payable
13,000,000
-
Accounts payable
24,967
73,170
Taxes payable
94,393
190,995
Lease liabilities
( 633,376 )
( 194,167 )
Accrued expenses and other
current liabilities
294,253
( 1,122,791 )
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
5,918,070
( 8,679,918 )
Investing Activities
Acquisition of property and equipment
( 874,518 )
( 1,510,379 )
Loan receivable - related parties
( 573,252 )
-
Investment in unconsolidated entity
( 210,010 )
-
Advance to related parties
( 1,923,896 )
-
Net
cash used in investing activities
( 3,581,676 )
( 1,510,379 )
Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
-
1,427,600
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
10,525,819
52,772,977
Warrant exercise
929,550
-
Proceeds from convertible notes
10,000,000
-
Repayment of convertible notes
( 5,000,000 )
-
Warrant repurchase
( 7,948,000 )
-
Repayment of loan payable
( 155,405 )
( 495 )
Net
cash provided by financing activities
8,351,964
54,200,082
Effect of exchange rate
fluctuations on cash
307,607
696,350
Net increase in cash
10,995,965
44,706,135
Cash at beginning of year
44,837,317
131,182
Cash at end of year
$ 55,833,282
$ 44,837,317
Supplemental information
Income taxes paid
$ -
$ -
Interest paid
$ 2,404
$ 967
Non-cash transactions of operating
and investing activities
Initial recognition of right-of-use
assets and lease liabilities
$ 1,523,433
$ 286,268
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these audited consolidated financial statements.
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SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY, LTD. AND AFFILIATES
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1. ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
The Company is a global logistics
integrated solution provider that was founded in the United States in 2001. On September 18, 2007, the Company amended the Article of
Incorporation and Bylaws to merge into a new corporation, Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. in Virginia. The Company primarily focus
on providing logistics and support to businesses in the PRC and United States. On January 3, 2022, the Company changed its corporate name
from Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. to Singularity Future Technology Ltd. to reflect its expanded operations into the digital assets
business.
The Company conducts its business primarily through
its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the PRC (including Hong Kong) and the United States, where the majority of its clients are located. As
of June 30, 2022, the Company operated in two segments: (1) freight logistics services which include shipping and warehouse services,
which are operated by its subsidiaries in both the United States and PRC, and (2) sale of crypto-mining machines, which were operated
by its subsidiaries in the United States. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company was also engaged in shipping agency and management
services, which were carried out by its subsidiary in the U.S. The Company no longer operates in the shipping agency segment because it
did not receive any new orders for its services due to the uncertainty of the shipping management market which was negatively impacted
by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March
2, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with Hebei Yanghuai Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yanghuai”)
for the purchase of 2,783 digital currency mining servers. The Company acquired approximately $0.9 million of crypto equipment from Yanghuai.
Over the last two months of the Company’s 2021 fiscal year, national and local governments in China gradually restricted and banned
cryptocurrency mining operations, causing owners of servers to cease operations. Based on an amended agreement signed by the Company and
Yanghuai on September 17, 2021, the Company is not liable for the remainder of the contract price and has title to half of the cryptocurrency
products. The Company recorded impairment for the mining equipment in the last quarter of 2021 in the amount of approximately $0.9 million.
On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a series of agreements
to terminate its variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-Global
Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”). The Company controlled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Pacific Shipping
Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”). The Company made the decision to dissolve both the VIE structure and Sino-China because
Sino-China had no active operations and the Company wanted to remove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures. In addition,
the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA on December 26, 2021 as this subsidiary had no material operation, Inc. On
March 14, 2022, the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Inc. (See Note 3 for details).
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) beginning in late
January 2020 in the PRC has spread rapidly to many parts of the world. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19
as a pandemic. This has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of stores and business facilities in China
and the U.S. Given the rapidly expanding nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because majority of the Company’s freights logistic
segments and its workforce are concentrated in China., the Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition have
been adversely affected for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021. In early December 2022, the Chinese government eased the strict control
measure for COVID-19, which has led to a surge in increased infections and a disruption in our business operations. Any future impact
of COVID-19 on the Company’s operation results will depend on, to a large extent, future developments and new information that may
emerge regarding the duration and resurgence of COVID-19 variants and the actions taken by government authorities to contain COVID-19
or treat its impact, almost all of which are beyond our control.
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As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s subsidiaries included the
following:
Name
Background
Ownership
Sino-Global Shipping New York Inc. (“SGS NY”)
●
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A New York Corporation
Incorporated on May 03, 2013
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
100% owned by the Company
Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. (“SGS
AUS”)
●
●
●
An Australian Corporation
Incorporated on July 03, 2008
No material operations
100% owned by the Company
Dissolved in November 2022
Sino-Global Shipping HK Ltd. (“SGS HK”)
●
●
●
A Hong Kong Corporation
Incorporated on September 22, 2008
No material operations
100% owned by the Company
Thor Miner Inc. (“Thor Miner”)
●
●
●
A Delaware Corporation
Incorporated on October 13, 2021
Primarily engaged in sales of crypto mining machines
51% owned by the Company
Trans Pacific Shipping Ltd. (“Trans Pacific Beijing”)
●
●
●
A PRC limited liability company
Incorporated on November 13, 2007.
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
100% owned the Company
Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. (“Trans
Pacific Shanghai”)
●
●
●
A PRC limited liability company
Incorporated on May 31, 2009
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
90% owned by Trans Pacific Beijing
Ningbo Saimeinuo Supply Chain Management Ltd. (“SGS
Ningbo”)
●
●
●
A PRC limited liability company
Incorporated on September 11,2017
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
100% owned by SGS NY
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Blumargo IT Solution Ltd. (“Blumargo”)
●
●
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A New York Corporation
Incorporated on December 14, 2020
No material operations
100% owned by SGS NY
Gorgeous Trading Ltd (“Gorgeous Trading”)
●
●
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A Texas Corporation
Incorporated on July 01, 2021
Primarily engaged in warehouse related services
100% owned by SGS NY
Brilliant Warehouse Service Inc. (“Brilliant Warehouse”)
●
●
●
A Texas Corporation
Incorporated on April 19,2021
Primarily engaged in warehouse house related services
51% owned by SGS NY
Phi Electric Motor In. (“Phi”)
●
●
●
A New York Corporation
Incorporated on August 30, 2021
No operations
51% owned by SGS NY
SG Shipping &Risk Solution Inc(“SGSR”)
●
●
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A New York Corporation
Incorporated on September 29, 2021
No material operations
100% owned by the Company
SG Link LLC (“SG Link”)
●
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A New York Corporation
Incorporated on December 23, 2021
No operations
100% owned by SG Shipping & Risk Solution Inc on January 25, 2022
Restatement of previously issued financial
statements
From March to June 2019, the Company’s subsidiary
Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd (“Trans Pacific Shanghai”) received approximately $ 6.2 million (RMB 40 million) from a
related party, Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Baoyin”) which is 30 %
owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai, to pay for accounts receivables of 6 different
customers totaled RMB 40 million. Trans Pacific Shanghai then paid RMB 20 million and RMB 10 million to Zhangjiakou Baoyu Trading Co.
Ltd. (“Baoyu”) in April 2019 and July 2019, respectively and paid RMB 10 million to Hebei Baoxie Trading Co., Ltd.(“
Hebei Baoxie”), a third party in July 2019.
As such for fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, accounts
receivable was understated by RMB 40 million and advance to supplier was overstated by RMB 20 million and other payable from related party
Shanghai Baoyin was understated by RMB 20 million. There was an overstatement of RMB 20 million
in total assets and understatement of total liabilities of RMB 20 million.
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Baoxie
repaid RMB 10 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai and Trans Pacific Shanghai advanced the RMB 10 million to Shanghai Baoyin. The RMB 10
million paid to Shanghai Baoyin was recorded as other receivable and the advance to Baoyu of RMB 30 million was reclassified from advance
to supplier to other receivable and the Company provided full allowance of its receivables totaled RMB 40 million. The Company evaluated
the transaction and determined there is no impact on its assets, liabilities and retained earnings as of June 30, 2020.
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, Baoyu repaid a total of
RMB 30 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt. Trans Pacific Shanghai then
loaned the RMB 30 million to Shanghai Baoyin. Shanghai Baoyin subsequently repaid RMB 4 million to Trans Pacific Shanghai and Trans Pacific
Shanghai loaned RMB 4 million to Wang Qinggang. The RMB 30 million received was recorded as recovery of bad debt for other receivable
and the RMB 30 million paid was recorded as a related party loan receivable.
The Company analyzed the transaction and determined the RMB 30 million
was originally from related party Shanghai Baoyin and eventually paid back to the same related parties, therefore recovery of bad debt
and loan receivable related parties was overstated by RMB 30 million for fiscal year 2021.
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Effects of the restatement is as follows:
As
Previously
Reported
Adjustments
As Restated
Consolidate balance sheet as of June 30, 2021
Loan receivable - related parties
$ 4,644,969
$ ( 4,644,969 )
$ -
Total assets
$ 52,803,117
$ ( 4,644,969 )
$ 48,158,148
As
Previously
Reported
Adjustments
As Restated
Consolidate Statement of Stockholder’s Equity as of June 30, 2021
Accumulated deficit
$ ( 30,244,937 )
$ ( 4,076,825 )
$ ( 34,321,762 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
( 625,449 )
( 103,647 )
( 729,096 )
Non-controlling Interest
( 6,951,134 )
( 464,497 )
( 7,415,631 )
Total equity
$ 47,069,142
$ ( 4,644,969 )
$ 42,424,173
As
Previously
Reported
Adjustments
As
Restated
Consolidated statement of oeprations for the year ended June 30, 2021
Recovery
(provision) for doubtful accounts, net
$ 321,168
$ ( 4,529,806 )
$ ( 4,208,638 )
Net loss
$ ( 6,773,047 )
$ ( 4,529,806 )
$ ( 11,302,853 )
Other
comprehensive loss - foreign currency
( 488 )
( 115,163 )
$ ( 115,651 )
Comprehensive
loss
$ ( 6,773,535 )
$ ( 4,644,969 )
$ ( 11,418,504 )
As
Previously
Reported
Adjustments
As Restated
Consolidated statement of cash flow for the year ended June 30, 2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$ ( 6,773,047 )
$ ( 4,529,806 )
$ ( 11,302,853 )
Provision for doubtful accounts
$ ( 321,168 )
$ 4,529,806
$ 4,208,638
Other receivable
$ 4,227,239
$ ( 4,529,806 )
$ ( 302,567 )
Cash flows from investing activities:
Loan receivable - related parties
$ ( 4,529,806 )
$ 4,529,806
$ -
Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US
GAAP”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of the Company and include the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of its subsidiaries. All intercompany
transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Prior to December 31, 2021,
Sino-China was considered a VIE, with the Company as the primary beneficiary. The Company, through Trans Pacific Beijing, entered into
certain agreements with Sino-China, pursuant to which the Company received 90 % of Sino-China’s net income.
As a VIE, Sino-China’s
revenues were included in the Company’s total revenues, and any income or loss from operations were consolidated with that of the
Company. Because of contractual arrangements between the Company and Sino-China, the Company had a pecuniary interest in Sino-China that
required consolidation of the financial statements of the Company and Sino-China.
The Company has consolidated
Sino-China’s operating results in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10, “Consolidation.”
The agency relationship between the Company and Sino-China and its branches was governed by a series of contractual arrangements
pursuant to which the Company had substantial control over Sino-China. Management makes ongoing reassessments of whether the Company remains
the primary beneficiary of Sino-China. On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a series of agreements to terminate its VIE structure
and deconsolidated its formerly controlled entity Sino-China.
Loss from disposal of Sino-China
amounted to approximately $ 6.1 million. Since Sino-China did not have any active operation prior to disposal, the disposal did not represent
a strategic change in the Company’s business, as such the disposal was not presented as discontinued operations.
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The carrying amount and classification
of Sino-China’s assets and liabilities included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Current assets:
Cash
$ -
$ 113,779
Total current assets
-
113,779
Deposits
-
56
Total assets
$ -
$ 113,835
Current liabilities:
Other payables and accrued liabilities
$ -
$ 32,939
Total liabilities
$ -
$ 32,939
(b) Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company follows the provisions
of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair
value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level 1 — Observable inputs such as unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.
Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices
that are observable for the asset or liability in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets
that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market
data.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that reflect
management’s assumptions based on the best available information.
The carrying value of accounts
receivable, other receivables, other current assets, and current liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature
of these instruments.
(c) Use of Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of the Company’s
consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are adjusted to reflect actual experience when necessary.
Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, fair
value of stock-based compensation, cost of revenues, allowance for doubtful accounts, impairment loss, deferred income taxes, income tax
expense and the useful lives of property and equipment. The inputs into the Company’s judgments and estimates consider the economic
implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s critical and significant accounting estimates. Since the use of estimates is an integral
component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.
(d) Translation of Foreign Currency
The accounts of the Company
and its subsidiaries are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (the “functional
currency”). The Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar (“USD”) while its subsidiaries in the PRC, including
Trans Pacific Beijing and Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. report their financial positions and results of operations in Renminbi
(“RMB”), its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd., reports its financial positions and results of operations
in Australian dollar (“AUD”), its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping (HK), Ltd. reports its financial positions and results of
operations in Hong Kong dollar (“HKD”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in USD. Foreign currency
transactions are translated into USD using the fixed exchange rates in effect at the time of the transaction. Generally, foreign exchange
gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations. The Company
translates the foreign currency financial statements in accordance with ASC 830-10, “Foreign Currency Matters”. Assets and
liabilities are translated at current exchange rates quoted by the People’s Bank of China at the balance sheets’ dates and
revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates in effect during the year. The resulting translation adjustments are recorded
as other comprehensive loss and accumulated other comprehensive loss as a separate component of equity of the Company, and also included
in non-controlling interests.
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The exchange rates for the years ended June 30,
2022 and 2021 are as follows:
June 30,
2022
June 30,
2021
June 30
Foreign currency
Balance
Sheet
Balance
Sheet
2022
Profits/Loss
2021
Profits/Loss
1USD: RMB
6.6994
6.4586
6.4544
6.6228
1USD: AUD
1.4484
1.3342
1.3788
1.3342
1USD: HKD
7.8474
7.7661
7.8045
7.7661
(e) Cash
Cash consists of cash on hand and cash in bank which are unrestricted
as to withdrawal or use. The Company maintains cash with various financial institutions mainly in the PRC, Australia, Hong Kong and the
U.S. As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $ 143,044 and $ 629,731 , respectively, were maintained at financial institutions
in the PRC. Nil and $ 201,990 of these balances are not covered by insurance as the deposit insurance system in China only insured each
depositor at one bank for a maximum of approximately $ 70,000 (RMB 500,000 ). As of, June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $ 55,636,636
and $ 44,203,436 , respectively, were maintained at U.S. financial institutions. $ 53,869,575 and $ 43,507,335 of these balances are not covered
by insurance, as each U.S. account was insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or other programs subject to $ 250,000 limitations.
The Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board pays compensation up to a limit of HKD 500,000 (approximately $ 64,000 ) if the bank with which an
individual/a company holds its eligible deposit fails. As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $ 51,701 and $ 3,457 , respectively,
were maintained at financial institutions in Hong Kong and were insured by the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board. As of June 30, 2022
and June 30, 2021, cash balances of $ 192 and $ 693 , respectively, were maintained at Australia financial institutions, and were insured
as the Australian government guarantees deposits up to AUD 250,000 (approximately $ 172,000 ). As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, amount
of deposits the Company had covered by insurance amounted to $ 1,961,997 and $ 1,125,838 , respectively.
(f) Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies, mainly bitcoin, are included
in current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Cryptocurrencies purchased are recorded at cost and cryptocurrencies
awarded to the Company through its mining activities are accounted for as other income for the year ended June 30, 2021. No other income
was generated for the year ended June 30, 2022. Fair value of the cryptocurrency award received is determined using the quoted price of
the related cryptocurrency at the time of receipt.
Cryptocurrencies held are accounted for as intangible
assets with indefinite useful lives. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually,
or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived
asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value, which is measured using the quoted price of the
cryptocurrency at the time its fair value is being measured. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a
qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more
likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is
required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost
basis of the asset. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.
(g) Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts
Accounts receivable are presented at net realizable
value. The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts and for estimated losses. The Company reviews the accounts receivable on
a periodic basis and makes general and specific allowances when there is doubt as to the collectability of individual receivable balances.
In evaluating the collectability of individual receivable balances, the Company considers many factors, including the age of the balances,
customers’ historical payment history, their current credit-worthiness and current economic trends. Receivables are generally considered
past due after 180 days. The Company reserves 25%-50% of the customers balance aged between 181 days to 1 year, 50%-100% of the customers
balance over 1 year and 100% of the customers balance over 2 years. Accounts receivable are written off against the allowances only after
exhaustive collection efforts. As the Company has focused its development on the shipping management segment, its customer base consists
of more smaller privately owned companies that will pay more timely than state owned companies.
Other receivables represent mainly customer advances,
prepaid employee insurance and welfare benefits, which will be subsequently deducted from the employee payroll, project advances as well
as office lease deposits. Management reviews its receivables on a regular basis to determine if the bad debt allowance is adequate, and
adjusts the allowance when necessary. Delinquent account balances are written-off against allowance for doubtful accounts after management
has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. Other receivables are written off against the allowances only after
exhaustive collection efforts.
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(h) Property and Equipment, net
Property and equipment are stated at historical
cost less accumulated depreciation. Historical cost comprises its purchase price and any directly attributable costs of bringing the assets
to its working condition and location for its intended use. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the following estimated
useful lives:
Buildings
20 years
Motor vehicles
3 - 10 years
Computer and office equipment
1 - 5 years
Furniture and fixtures
3 - 5 years
System software
5 years
Leasehold improvements
Shorter of lease term or useful lives
Mining equipment
3 years
The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered
impaired by the Company when the anticipated undiscounted cash flows from such asset is less than its carrying value. If impairment is
identified, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the long-lived asset. Fair
value is determined primarily using the anticipated cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with the risk involved or based on independent
appraisals. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, nil and $ 855,230 impairment were recorded, respectively.
(i) Investments in unconsolidated entity
Entities in which the Company has the ability
to exercise significant influence, but does not have a controlling interest, are accounted for using the equity method. Significant influence
is generally considered to exist when the Company has voting shares representing 20 % to 50 %, and other factors, such as representation
on the board of directors, voting rights and the impact of commercial arrangements, are considered in determining whether the equity method
of accounting is appropriate. Under this method of accounting, the Company records its proportionate share of the net earnings or losses
of equity method investees and a corresponding increase or decrease to the investment balances. Dividends received from the equity method
investments are recorded as reductions in the cost of such investments. The Company generally considers an ownership interest of 20 % or
higher to represent significant influence. The Company accounts for the investments in entities over which it has neither control nor
significant influence, and no readily determinable fair value is available, using the investment cost minus any impairment, if necessary.
Investments are evaluated for impairment when
facts or circumstances indicate that the fair value of the long-term investment is less than its carrying value. An impairment loss is
recognized when a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary. The Company reviews several factors to determine whether
a loss is other-than-temporary. These factors include, but are not limited to, the: (i) nature of the investment; (ii) cause and duration
of the impairment; (iii) extent to which fair value is less than cost; (iv) financial condition and near term prospects of the investment;
and (v) ability to hold the security for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recovery in fair value. On January 10,
2020, the Company entered into a cooperation agreement with Mr. Shanming Liang, a shareholder of the Company, to set up a joint venture
in New York named LSM Trading Ltd., (“LSM”) in which the Company holds a 40 % equity interest. Mr. Shanming Liang subsequently
transferred his shares to Guanxi Golden Bridge Industry Group Co., Ltd in October 2021. For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
invested $ 210,010 in LSM. The joint venture has not started its operations due to COVID-19 and substantially all of the Company’s
investment was deposited in bank account with LSM and LSM has only incurred some administrative expenses. The Company recorded $ 47,181
investment loss for the year ended June 30, 2022.
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(j) Convertible notes
The Company evaluates its convertible notes to
determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivatives. The result of this accounting treatment
is that the fair value of the embedded derivative is recorded at fair value each reporting period and recorded as a liability. In the
event that the fair value is recorded as a liability, the change in fair value is recorded in the statements of operations as other income
or expense.
(k) Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue which represents
the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled
in such exchange. The Company identifies contractual performance obligations and determines whether revenue should be recognized at a
point in time or over time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer.
The Company uses a five-step model to recognize
revenue from customer contracts. The five-step model requires the Company to (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify
the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, including variable consideration to the extent that
it is probable that a significant future reversal will not occur, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the respective performance obligations
in the contract, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation.
For the Company’s freight logistic and shipping
agency services revenue, the Company provided transportation services which included mainly shipping services. In fiscal year 2021, the
Company also provided shipping agency and management services The Company derived transportation revenue from sales contracts with its
customers with revenues being recognized upon performance of services. Sales price to the customer was fixed upon acceptance of the sales
contract and there was no separate sales rebate, discount, or other incentive. The Company’s revenues were recognized at a
point in time after all performance obligations were satisfied.
For the Company’s warehouse
services, which are included in the freight logistic services, the Company’s contracts
provide the customer an integrated service that includes two or more services, including but not limited to warehousing, collection, first-mile
delivery, drop shipping, customs clearance packaging, etc.
Accordingly,
the Company generally identifies one performance obligation in its contracts, which is a series of distinct services that remain substantially
the same over time and possess the same pattern of transfer. Revenue is recognized over the period in which services are provided under
the terms of the Company’s contractual relationships with its clients.
The transaction
price is based on the amount specified in the contract with the customer and contains fixed and variable consideration. In general, the
fixed consideration in a contract represents facility and equipment costs incurred to satisfy the performance obligation and is recognized
on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract. The variable consideration is comprised of cost reimbursement determined based
on the costs incurred. Revenue relating to variable pricing is estimated and included in the consideration if it is probable that
a significant revenue reversal will not occur in the future. The estimate of variable consideration is determined by the expected value
or most likely amount method and factors in current, past and forecasted experience with the customer. Customers are billed based on terms
specified in the revenue contract and they pay us according to approved payment terms.
Revenue for the above services is recognized on
a gross basis when the Company controls the services as it has the obligation to (i) provide all services (ii) bear any inventory risk
for warehouse services. In addition, the Company has control to set its selling price to ensure it would generate profit for the services.
For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
also engaged in sales of cryptocurrency mining equipment.
On January 10, 2022, the Company’s joint venture, Thor Minor,
entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with SOS Information Technology New York Inc. (the “Buyer”). Pursuant to the Purchase
and Sale Agreement, Thor agreed to sell and the Buyer agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment. The Company made 2 shipments
in June 2022.
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The Company’s performance obligation is
to deliver products according to contract specifications. The Company recognizes product revenue at a point in time when the control of
products or services are transferred to customers. To distinguish a promise to provide products from a promise to facilitate the sale
from a third party, the Company considers the guidance of control in ASC 606-10-55-37A and the indicators in 606-10-55-39. The Company
considers this guidance in conjunction with the terms in the Company’s arrangements with both suppliers and customers.
In general, revenue is recognized on a gross basis
when the Company controls the products as it has the obligation to (i) fulfill the products delivery and custom clearance (ii) bear any
inventory risk as legal owners. In addition, when establishing the selling prices for delivery of the resale products, the Company has
control to set its selling price to ensure it would generate profit for the products delivery arrangements. If the Company is not responsible
for provision of product and does not bear inventory risk, the Company recorded revenue on a net basis.
For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company
recognized the sale of cryptocurrency mining equipment based on net basis as the manufacturer of the products are responsible for shipping
and custom clearing for the products.
Contract balances
The Company records receivables related to revenue
when the Company has an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment.
Deferred revenue consists primarily of customer billings made in advance
of performance obligations being satisfied and revenue being recognized. Contract balance amounted to $ 6,955,577 and $ 471,516 for the
year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Refund payable amounted to $ 13,000,000 and nil for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021,
respectively as a result of termination of the contract with customer (See Note 21 for details).
The Company’s disaggregated revenue streams
are described as follows:
For the Years Ended
June 30 ,
June 30,
2022
2021
Sale of crypto mining machines
$
157,800
$
-
Shipping agency and management services
-
206,845
Freight logistics services
3,830,615
4,944,187
Total
$
3,988,415
$
5,151,032
Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic
locations are as follows:
For the Years Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
PRC
$
2,982,691
$
4,921,022
U.S.
1,005,724
230,010
Total revenues
$
3,988,415
$
5,151,032
(l) Leases
The Company adopted FASB ASU
2016-02, “Leases” (Topic 842) for the year ended June 30, 2020, and elected the practical expedients that does not require
us to reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are, or contain, leases, (2) lease classification for any expired or existing
leases and (3) initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases. For lease terms of twelve months or fewer, a lessee is permitted
to make an accounting policy election not to recognize lease assets and liabilities. The Company also adopted the practical expedient
that allows lessees to treat the lease and non-lease components of a lease as a single lease component. Upon adoption, the Company recognized
right of use (“ROU”) assets and same amount of lease liabilities based on the present value of the future minimum rental payments
of leases, using an incremental borrowing rate of 7 % based on the duration of lease terms.
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Operating lease ROU assets
and lease liabilities are recognized at the adoption date or the commencement date, whichever is earlier, based on the present value of
lease payments over the lease term. Since the implicit rate for the Company’s leases is not readily determinable, the Company use
its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount
equal to the lease payments, in a similar economic environment and over a similar term.
Lease terms used to calculate
the present value of lease payments generally do not include any options to extend, renew, or terminate the lease, as the Company does
not have reasonable certainty at lease inception that these options will be exercised. The Company generally considers the economic life
of its operating lease ROU assets to be comparable to the useful life of similar owned assets. The Company has elected the short-term
lease exception, therefore operating lease ROU assets and liabilities do not include leases with a lease term of twelve months or less.
Its leases generally do not provide a residual guarantee. The operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. Lease expense
is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company reviews the impairment
of its ROU assets consistent with the approach applied for its other long-lived assets. The Company reviews the recoverability of its
long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable.
The assessment of possible impairment is based on its ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected undiscounted
future pre-tax cash flows of the related operations. The Company has elected to include the carrying amount of operating lease liabilities
in any tested asset group and include the associated operating lease payments in the undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows.
(m) Taxation
Because the Company and its subsidiaries and Sino-China
were incorporated in different jurisdictions, they file separate income tax returns. The Company uses the asset and liability method of
accounting for income taxes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Deferred taxes, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary
differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements. A valuation
allowance is provided against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the asset will not be utilized in the future.
The Company recognizes the tax benefit from an
uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities,
based on the technical merits of the position. The Company recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits
as income tax expense. The Company had no uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Income tax returns for the years prior to 2018
are no longer subject to examination by U.S. tax authorities.
PRC Enterprise Income Tax
PRC enterprise income tax is calculated based
on taxable income determined under the PRC Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“PRC GAAP”) at 25 %. Sino-China and Trans
Pacific Beijing were incorporated in the PRC and are subject to the Enterprise Income Tax Laws of the PRC.
PRC Value Added Taxes and Surcharges
The Company is subject to value added tax (“VAT”).
Revenue from services provided by the Company’s PRC subsidiaries, including Trans Pacific, and the VIE, and Sino-China, are subject
to VAT at rates ranging from 9 % to 13 %. Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are allowed to offset qualified VAT paid to suppliers
against their VAT liability. Net VAT liability is recorded in taxes payable on the consolidated balance sheets.
In addition, under the PRC regulations, the Company’s
PRC subsidiaries and VIE are required to pay city construction tax ( 7 %) and education surcharges ( 3 %) based on the net VAT payments.
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(n) Earnings (loss) per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by
dividing net income (loss) attributable to holders of common stock of the Company by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
of the Company outstanding during the applicable period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur
if securities or other contracts to issue common stock of the Company were exercised or converted into common stock of the Company. Common
stock equivalents are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share if their effects would be anti-dilutive.
For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, there
was no dilutive effect of potential shares of common stock of the Company because the Company generated net loss.
(o) Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The Company reports comprehensive income (loss)
in accordance with the authoritative guidance issued by Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) which establishes
standards for reporting comprehensive income (loss) and its component in financial statements. Other comprehensive income (loss) refers
to revenue, expenses, gains and losses that under US GAAP are recorded as an element of stockholders’ equity but are excluded from
net income. Other comprehensive income (loss) consists of a foreign currency translation adjustment resulting from the Company not using
the U.S. dollar as its functional currencies.
(p) Stock-based Compensation
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation
awards to employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”, which requires that
stock-based payment transactions with employees be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the equity instrument issued and recognized
as compensation expense over the requisite service period. The Company records stock-based compensation expense at fair value on the grant
date and recognizes the expense over the employee’s requisite service period.
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation
awards to non-employees in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 amended by ASU 2018-07. Under FASB ASC Topic 718, stock compensation granted
to non-employees has been determined as the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of equity instrument issued, whichever
is more reliably measured and is recognized as an expense as the goods or services are received.
Valuations of stock-based compensation are based
upon highly subjective assumptions about the future, including stock price volatility and exercise patterns. The fair value of share-based
payment awards was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility
of the Company’s stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee terminations. The expected term
of options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The risk-free rate for periods within
the expected life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.
(q) Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s business, financial position
and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic, health and legal environments in the PRC, as well as by the general
state of the PRC economy. The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically
associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic,
health and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political,
regulatory and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies or interpretations with respect to laws and regulations,
anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared
the COVID-19 as a pandemic. Given the rapidly expanding nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because substantially all of the Company’s
business operations and the workforce are concentrated in China and United States, the Company’s business, results of operations,
and financial condition have been adversely affected for the year ended June 30, 2022. The situation remains highly uncertain for any
further outbreak or resurgence of the COVID-19. It is therefore difficult for the Company to estimate the impact on the business or operating
results that might be adversely affected by any further outbreak or resurgence of COVID-19.
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(r) Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-05, which
is an update to ASU Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial
Instruments, which introduced the expected credit losses methodology for the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured
at amortized cost basis, replacing the previous incurred loss methodology. The amendments in Update 2016-13 added Topic 326, Financial
Instruments—Credit Losses, and made several consequential amendments to the Codification. Update 2016-13 also modified the accounting
for available-for-sale debt securities, which must be individually assessed for credit losses when fair value is less than the amortized
cost basis, in accordance with Subtopic 326-30, Financial Instruments— Credit Losses—Available-for-Sale Debt Securities. The
amendments in this ASU address those stakeholders’ concerns by providing an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option for
certain financial assets previously measured at amortized cost basis. For those entities, the targeted transition relief will increase
comparability of financial statement information by providing an option to align measurement methodologies for similar financial assets.
Furthermore, the targeted transition relief also may reduce the costs for some entities to comply with the amendments in Update 2016-13
while still providing financial statement users with decision-useful information. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, which
to update the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13 for private companies, not-for-profit organizations and certain smaller reporting companies
applying for credit losses standard. The new effective date for these preparers is for fiscal years beginning after July 1, 2023, including
interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has not early adopted this update and it will become effective on July 1, 2023
assuming the Company will remain eligible to be smaller reporting company. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new
standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt—Debt
with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic
815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity”. The amendments in this Update to
address issues identified as a result of the complexity associated with applying generally accepted accounting principles for certain
financial instruments with characteristics of liabilities and equity. ASU 2020-06 is effective for the Company for annual and interim
reporting periods beginning July 1, 2022. The Company adopted this new standard on July 1, 2021 on its accounting for the convertible
notes issued in December 2021.
In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-08,
“Codification Improvements to Subtopic 310-20, Receivables—Non-refundable Fees and Other Costs”. The amendments in this
Update represent changes to clarify the Codification. The amendments make the Codification easier to understand and easier to apply by
eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. ASU 2020-08 is effective for the Company for annual and interim reporting periods
beginning July 1, 2021. All entities should apply the amendments in this Update on a prospective basis as of the beginning of the period
of adoption for existing or newly purchased callable debt securities. These amendments do not change the effective dates for Update 2017-08.
The adoption of this new standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related
disclosures.
In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10,
“Codification Improvements”. The amendments in this Update represent changes to clarify the Codification or correct unintended
application of guidance that are not expected to have a significant effect on current accounting practice or create a significant administrative
cost to most entities. The amendments in this Update affect a wide variety of Topics in the Codification and apply to all reporting entities
within the scope of the affected accounting guidance. ASU 2020-10 is effective for annual periods beginning after July 1, 2021 for public
business entities. The amendments in this Update should be applied retrospectively. The adoption of this new standard did not have a material
impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
The Company does not believe other recently issued
but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
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Note 3. DISPOSAL OF VIE AND SUBSIDIAIRIES
On December 31, 2021, the Company entered into
a series of agreements to terminate its variable interest entity (“VIE”) structure and deconsolidated its formerly controlled
entity Sino-Global Shipping Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”). The Company controlled Sino-China through its wholly owned subsidiary
Trans Pacific Shipping Limited (“Trans Pacific Beijing”). The Company made the decision to dissolve the VIE structure and
Sino-China because Sino-China has no active operations and the Company wanted to remove any potential risks associated with any VIE structures.
In addition, the Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping LA, Inc. On March 14, 2022, the company discontinued its subsidiary
Sino-Global Shipping Canada, Inc., no gain or loss was recognized in the deconsolidation.
Since the disposal did not represent any strategic
change of the Company’s operation, the disposal was not presented as discontinued operations.
Net assets of the entities disposed and loss on
disposal was as follows:
For the Year Ended
June 30, 2021
VIE
Subsidiaries
Total
Total current assets
$ 83,573
$ 20.898
$ 104.471
Total other assets
8,723
-
8,723
Total assets
92,296
20,898
113.194
Total current liabilities
41,608
1,100
42.708
Total net assets
50,688
19,798
70,486
Noncontrolling interests
5,919,050
-
5,919,050
Exchange rate effect
142,080
-
142,080
Total loss on disposal
$ 6,111,818
$ 19,798
$ 6,131,616
Note 4. CRYPTOCURRENCIES
The following table presents additional information
about cryptocurrencies:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Beginning balance
$ 261,338
$ -
Receipt of cryptocurrencies from mining services
-
261,338
Impairment loss
( 170,880 )
-
Ending balance
$ 90,458
$ 261,338
Impairment loss amounted to $ 170,880 for the year
ended June 30, 2022. There is no impairment loss for the year ended June 30, 2021.
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Note 5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
The Company’s net accounts receivable are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Trade accounts receivable
$ 3,521,491
$ 3,589,011
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 3,413,110 )
( 3,475,769 )
Accounts receivable, net
$ 108,381
$ 113,242
Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Beginning balance
$ 3,475,769
$ 2,297,491
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery
257
1,030,895
Exchange rate effect
( 62,916 )
147,383
Ending balance
$ 3,413,110
$ 3,475,769
For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the
provision for doubtful accounts was $ 257 and $ 1,033,407 , respectively. The Company recovered nil and $ 2,512 of accounts receivable for
the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Note 6. OTHER RECEIVABLES, NET
The Company’s other receivables are as follows:
June 30,
2022
June 30,
2021
(Restated)
Advances to customers*
$ 3,943,547
$ 6,022,680
Employee business advances
23,768
4,144
Total
3,967,315
6,026,824
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 3,942,258 )
( 6,024,266 )
Other receivables, net
$ 25,057
$ 2,558
* In fiscal year 2019 and 2020, the Company entered into contracts with
several customers where the Company’s services included both freight charge and cost of commodities to be shipped to customers’
designated locations. The terms of the contracts required the Company to prepay the commodities. The Company prepaid for the commodities
and reclassified the payment as other receivables as the payments were paid on behalf of the customers. These payments will be repaid
to the Company when either the contract is executed or the contracts are terminated by either party. The customers were negatively impacted
by the pandemic and required additional time to execute the contracts, due to significant uncertainty on whether the delayed contracts
will be executed timely, the Company had provided an allowance due to contract delay and recorded allowances of approximately $ 6.0 million
as of June 30, 2021. For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recovered $ 1,934,619 and nil of these payment, respectively.
Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Beginning balance
$ 6,024,266
$ 5,787,421
Recovery for doubtful accounts
( 1,934,619 )
-
Exchange rate effect
( 147,389 )
236,845
Ending balance
$ 3,942,258
$ 6,024,266
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Note 7. ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS
The Company’s advances to suppliers – third parties are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Freight fees (1)
$ 336,540
$ 880,000
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 300,000 )
-
Advances to suppliers-third parties, net
$ 36,540
$ 880,000
(1) The advanced freight fee is the Company’s prepayment made for various shipping costs for shipments from July 2021 to December 31, 2022. The Company provided allowance of $ 300,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
Note 8. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT
ASSETS
The Company’s prepaid expenses and other assets are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Prepaid income taxes
$ 11,929
$ 11,929
Other (including prepaid professional fees, rent, listing fees)
353,984
330,063
Total
$ 365,913
$ 341,992
Note 9. OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS – DEPOSITS,
NET
The Company’s other long-term assets –
deposits are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Rental and utilities deposits
$ 246,581
$ 111,352
Freight logistics deposits (1)
-
3,181,746
Total other long-term assets - deposits
$ 246,581
$ 3,293,098
Less: allowances for deposits
( 8,832 )
( 3,177,127 )
Other long-term assets- deposits, net
$ 237,749
$ 115,971
(1) On March 8, 2018, the Company entered into contract with BaoSteel Resources
Co., Ltd (“BaoSteel”) to provide supply chain services for BaoSteel. The contract required the Company to pay BaoSteel approximately
$ 3.1 million (RMB 20 million) of deposit. This refundable deposit is to cover any possible loss of merchandise, as well as any non-performance
on the part of the Company and its vendors. The restricted deposit is expected be repaid to the Company when either the contract term
expires by March 2023 or the contract is terminated by either party. Due to impact of COVID-19 and recent rising freight costs, the Company
has not been able to fulfill the contract to BaoSteel and expect it may not be able to collect the full deposit, as such the Company
provided full allowance for the $ 3.1 million deposit with BaoSteel in fiscal year 2021. During fiscal year 2022, the Company wrote off
the $ 3.1 million deposit.
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Movements of allowance for deposits are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Beginning balance
$ 3,177,127
$ -
Allowance for deposits
-
3,098,852
Less: Write-off
( 3,173,408 )
-
Exchange rate effect
5,113
78,275
Ending balance
$ 8,832
$ 3,177,127
Note 10. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The Company’s net property and equipment are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Motor vehicles
715,571
332,124
Computer equipment
117,397
86,831
Office equipment
67,139
34,747
Furniture and fixtures
390,093
205,303
System software
111,562
115,722
Leasehold improvements
829,687
860,626
Mining equipment
922,438
922,438
Total
3,153,887
2,557,791
Less: Impairment reserve
( 1,236,282 )
( 825,731 )
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
( 1,368,649 )
( 974,803 )
Property and equipment, net
$ 548,956
$ 757,257
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the years ended June 30,
2022 and 2021 were $ 533,638 and $ 432,941 , respectively. Impairment loss amounted to $ 410,552 and $ 825,731 for the years ended June 30,
2022 and 2021, respectively.
Note 11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT
LIABILITIES
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Salary and reimbursement payable
$ 305,423
$ 407,118
Professional fees and other expense payable
305,264
83,575
Interest payable
136,379
-
Others
9,206
39,084
Total
$ 756,272
$ 529,777
Note 12. LOANS PAYABLE
On May 11, 2020, the Company received loan proceeds
in the amount of approximately $ 124,570 under the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”).
The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), provides for loans
to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and
accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks (or an extended 24-week covered period) as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds
for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The loan forgiveness amount
will be reduced for any Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) advance that the Company receives. The amount of loan forgiveness
will be further reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period. On February 24, 2021, the
full amount of PPP loan was forgiven and no principle or interest need to be repaid, so the Company recorded such as a gain for the year
ended June 30, 2021. As of June 30, 2021, none of the PPP loan payable remained outstanding.
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On May 26, 2020, the Company received an advance
in the amount of $ 155,900 under the SBA EIDL program administered by the SBA pursuant to the CARES Act. Such advance amount will reduce
the Company’s PPP loan forgiveness amount described above. In accordance with the requirements of the CARES Act, the Company will
use proceeds from the SBA loans primarily for working capital to alleviate economic injury caused by disaster occurring in the month of
January 31, 2020 and continuing thereafter. The SBA loans are scheduled to mature on May 22, 2050 and have a 3.75% interest rate and are
subject to the terms and conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under the CARES Act. The monthly payable of $731, including
principal and interest, commenced on May 22, 2021. The balance of principal and interest will be payable 30 years from the date of May
22, 2020. $5,900 of the loan will be forgiven. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has paid off the balance of the EIDL loan. Interest
expense for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 for this loan was $ 2,404 and $ 5,839 , respectively.
Note 13. CONVERTIBLE NOTES
On December 19, 2021,
the Company issued two Senior Convertible Notes (the “Convertible Notes”) to two non-U.S. investors for an aggregate purchase
price of $ 10,000,000 .
The Convertible Notes
bear an interest at 5 % annually and may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share at a conversion
price of $ 3.76 per share, the closing price of the common stock on December 17, 2021. The Convertible Notes are unsecured senior obligations
of the Company, and the maturity date of the Convertible Notes is December 18, 2023. The Company may repay any portion of the outstanding
principal, accrued and unpaid interest, without penalty for early repayment. The Company may make any repayment of principal and interest
in (a) cash, (b) common stock at the conversion price or (c) a combination of cash or common stock at the conversion price.
The investors may convert
any conversion amount into common stock on any date beginning on June 19, 2022.
The Company evaluated the convertible notes agreement
under ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”) amended by ASU 2020-06. ASC 815 generally requires the analysis embedded
terms and features that have characteristics of derivatives to be evaluated for bifurcation and separate accounting in instances where
their economic risks and characteristics are not clearly and closely related to the risks of the host contract. Based on terms of the
convertible notes agreements, the Company’s notes are convertible for a fixed number of shares and do not require the Company to
net settle. None of the embedded terms required bifurcation and liability classification.
On March 8, 2022, the
Company issued amended and restated the terms of the notes and issued the Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Notes (the “Amended
and Restated Convertible Notes”) to the investors to change the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to an aggregate principal
amount of $ 5,000,000 . There other terms of the notes remained unchanged.
The terms of the Amended
and Restated Convertible Notes are the same as that of the original Convertible Notes, except for the reduced principal amount and the
waiver of interest for the $5,000,000 payment made on March 8, 2022.
For the year ended June
30, 2022, interest expenses related to the aforementioned convertible notes amounted to $ 132,977 , respectively.
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Note 14. LEASES
The Company determines if a contract contains
a lease at inception which is the date on which the terms of the contract are agreed to and the agreement creates enforceable rights and
obligations. US GAAP requires that the Company’s leases be evaluated and classified as operating or finance leases for financial
reporting purposes. The classification evaluation begins at the commencement date and the lease term used in the evaluation includes the
non-cancellable period for which the Company has the right to use the underlying asset, together with renewal option periods when the
exercise of the renewal option is reasonably certain and failure to exercise such option which result in an economic penalty. All of the
Company’s leases are classified as operating leases.
The Company has several lease agreements with
lease terms ranging from two to five years . As of June 30, 2022, ROU assets and lease liabilities amounted to $ 732,744 and $ 1,318,847
(including $ 471,976 from lease liabilities current portion and $ 846,871 from lease liabilities non-current portion), respectively and
weighted average discount rate was approximately 10.89 %.
The Company’s lease agreements do not contain
any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The leases generally do not contain options to extend at the
time of expiration and the weighted average remaining lease terms are 3.94 years.
For the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, rent
expense amounted to approximately $ 779,841 and $ 310,000 , respectively.
Impairment loss amounted to $ 595,753 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
No impairment loss was recognized for the year ended June 30, 2021.
The five-year maturity of the Company’s
lease obligations is presented below:
Twelve Months Ending June 30,
Operating
Lease
Amount
2023
$ 599,256
2024
569,861
2025
203,975
2026
159,750
2027
9,567
Thereafter
-
Total lease payments
1,542,409
Less: Interest
223,562
Present value of lease liabilities
$ 1,318,847
Note 15. EQUITY
After the close of the stock market on July 7,
2020, the Company effected a l-for-5 reverse stock split of its common stock in order to satisfy continued listing requirements of its
common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The reverse stock split was approved by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders
and was intended to allow the Company to meet the minimum share price requirement of $ 1.00 per share for continued listing on the NASDAQ
Capital Market. As a result, all common stock share amounts included in this filing have been retroactively reduced by a factor of five,
and all common stock per share amounts have been increased by a factor of five. Amounts affected include common stock outstanding, including
those that have resulted from the stock options, and warrants exercisable for common stock.
Stock issuances:
On September 17, 2020, the Company entered into
certain securities purchase agreement with certain “non-U.S. Persons” as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 720,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value,
and warrants to purchase 720,000 shares at a per share purchase price of $ 1.46 . The net proceeds to the Company from such offering were
approximately $ 1.05 million. The warrants became exercisable on March 16, 2021 at an exercise price of $ 1.825 per share. The warrants
may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after March 16, 2021, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no
current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant shares. The warrants will expire on March 16, 2026. The warrants are subject
to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise
right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the Company’s common stock trades at or above $4.38 for 20 consecutive
trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or may be sold pursuant
to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive
trading days prior to the applicable date.
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On November 2 and November 3, 2020, the Company
issued an aggregate of 860,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), each convertible
into one share of common stock, no par value, of Company, upon the terms and subject to the limitations and considerations set forth in
the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase up to 1,032,000 shares of common stock. The purchase
price for each share of Series A Preferred Stock and accompanying warrants is $ 1.66 . The net proceeds to the Company from this offering
was approximately $ 1.43 million, not including any proceeds that may be received upon cash exercise of the warrants. The warrants became
exercisable six (6) months following the date of issuance at an exercise price of $ 1.99 per share. The warrants may also be exercised
cashlessly if at any time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance date, there is no effective registration statement registering,
or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant Shares. The warrants will expire five and a half ( 5.5 ) years from the
date of issuance. The warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions.
The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the closing price of the common stock
equals or exceeds $ 5.97 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise
of the warrants are registered or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock
per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date. In February 2021, the shareholders
approved the preferred shareholders’ right to convert 860,000 shares of Series A Preferred
Stock into 860,000 shares of common stock in the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. As of June 30, 2021, the Series
A Preferred Stock have been fully converted to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
On December 8, 2020, the Company entered into
a securities purchase agreement with certain investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors
purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,560,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par
value per share, at a purchase price of $ 3.10 per share, and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,170,000 shares of common stock
of the Company at an exercise price of $ 3.10 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $ 4,836,000 . The warrants are initially
exercisable beginning on December 11, 2020 and will expire three and a half ( 3.5 ) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price
and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits
or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.
On January 27, 2021, the Company entered into
a securities purchase agreement with certain non-U.S. investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors
purchased from the Company, an aggregate of 1,086,956 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 5,434,780 shares.
The net proceeds to the Company from this offering were approximately $ 4.0 million. The purchase price for each share of common stock
and five warrants is $ 3.68 , and the exercise price per warrant is $ 5.00 . The warrants became exercisable at any time during the period
beginning on or after July 27, 2021 and ending on or prior on January 27, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total number
of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the common
stock shall equal or exceed $ 0.3 billion for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.
On February 6, 2021, the Company entered into
a securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased
from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per
share, at a purchase price of $ 6.805 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting
estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $ 12.4 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants
to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ 6.805 per share. The warrants are exercisable
upon issuance and expire five and a half ( 5.5 ) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common
stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions,
but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.
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On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into
a securities purchase agreement with certain investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased
from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per
share, at a purchase price of $ 7.80 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting
estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $ 26.1 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants
to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $ 7.80 per share. The warrants are exercisable
upon issuance and expire five and a half ( 5.5 ) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common
stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions,
but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.
On December 14, 2021,
the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with non-U.S. investors and accredited
investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors agreed to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of
3,228,807 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 4,843,210 shares. The purchase price for each share of common
stock and one and a half warrants is $ 3.26 , and the exercise price per warrant is $ 4.00 . The Company received net proceed of $ 10,525,819
and issued 3,228,807 shares and 4,843,210 warrants. In connection with the issuance, the Company issued 500,000 shares to a consultant
in assisting the Company in finding potential investors.
The warrants will be
exercisable at any time during the Exercise Window. The “Exercise Window” means the period beginning on or after June 14,
2022 and ending on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 13, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total
number of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the
common stock shall equal or exceed $ 150,000,000 for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.
The Company’s outstanding warrants are classified
as equity since they qualify for exception from derivative accounting as they are considered to be indexed to the Company’s own
stock and require net share settlement. The fair value of the warrants was recorded as additional paid-in capital from common stock
On January 6, 2022, the
Company entered into Warrant Purchase Agreements with certain warrant holders (the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the Company
agreed to buy back an aggregate of 3,870,800 warrants (the “Warrants”) from the Sellers, and the Sellers agreed to sell the
Warrants back to the Company. These Warrants were sold to these Sellers in three previous transactions that closed on February 11, 2021,
February 10, 2021, and March 14, 2018. The purchase price for each Warrant is $ 2.00 . Following announcement of the Warrant Purchase Agreements
on January 6, 2022, the Company agreed to repurchase an additional 103,200 warrants from other Sellers on the same terms as the previously
announced Warrant Purchase Agreements. The aggregate number of warrants repurchased under the Warrant Purchase Agreements was 3,974,000 .
On January 7, 2022, the Company wired the purchase
price to each Seller. Each Seller has agreed to deliver the Warrant to the Company for cancellation as soon as practicable following the
closing date, but in no event later than January 13, 2022. The Warrants are deemed cancelled upon the receipt by the Sellers of the purchase
price.
Following is a summary of the status of warrants
outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2022:
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2021
12,618,614
$ 5.30
Issued
4,843,210
4.00
Exercised
( 1,296,000 )
2.30
Repurchased
( 3,974,000 )
7.56
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2022
12,191,824
$ 4.37
Warrants exercisable, as of June 30, 2022
12,191,824
$ 4.37
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Warrants Outstanding
Warrants
Exercisable
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
2018 Series A, 400,000
103,334
$ 8.75
1.21 years
2020 warrants, 2,922,000
181,000
$ 1.83
3.17 years
2021 warrants, 11,088,280
11,907,490
$ 4.94
4.06 years
Stock-based compensation:
By action taken as of August 13, 2021, the Board
of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company and the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) approved
a one-time award of a total of 1,020,000 shares of the common stock under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
to, including (i) a one-time stock award grant of 600,000 shares to Chief Executive Officer, Lei Cao, (ii) a one-time stock award grant
of 200,000 shares to acting Chief Financial Officer, Tuo Pan, (iii) a one-time stock award grant of 160,000 shares to Board member, Zhikang
Huang, (iv) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares to Board member, Jing Wang, (v) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares
to Board member, Xiaohuan Huang, and (vi) a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares to Board member, Tieliang Liu. The shares were
valued at an aggregate of $ 2,927,400 based on the grant date fair value of such shares.
On November 18, 2021, Mr. Jing Wang retired from
his position as a member of the Board, the Chairperson of the Committee, a member of Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, and a
member of the Audit Committee. In connection with Mr. Wang’s retirement, the Company granted Mr. Wang 100,000 shares of common stock
under the Company’s 2021 stock incentive plan, which shares were valued at $ 377,000 based on the grant date fair value.
On February 4, 2022, the Company approved a one-time
award of a total of 500,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to certain executive
officers of the Company, including Chief Executive Officer, Yang Jie (300,000 shares), Chief Operating Officer, Jing Shan (100,000 shares),
and Chief Technology Officer, Shi Qiu (100,000 shares). The total fair value of the grants amounts to $2,740,000 based on the grant
date share price of $5.48.
On February 16, 2022, the Company’s Board
approved a consulting agreement pursuant to which the Company will pay the consultant a monthly fee of $ 10,000 and 100,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock. The shares were valued at $ 7.42 at grant date with a grant date fair value of $ 742,000 to be amortized through
October 31, 2022. Stock compensation expenses for this contract were $ 412,222 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
In connection with the purchase order between
SOSNY and Thor Miner (see note 2), the Company issued 800,000 restricted shares to Future Tech Business Consulting (“Future Tech”)
pursuant to an Advisory Agreement under which Future Tech was to assist to the Company to find suitable buyers for cryptocurrency mining
machines sold by Thor Miner. The shares were valued at approximately $ 3.6 million and the Company recorded the full amount as stock compensation
expense for the year ended June 30, 2022.
During the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021,
$ 10,064,622 and nil were recorded as stock-based compensation expense, respectively.
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Stock Options:
A summary of the outstanding options is presented
in the table below:
Options
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2021
17,000
$ 6.05
Granted
-
-
Exercised
-
-
Cancelled, forfeited or expired
( 15,000 )
( 5.50 )
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2022
2,000
$ 10.05
Options exercisable, as of June 30, 2022
2,000
$ 10.05
Following is a summary of the status of options
outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2022:
Outstanding Options
Exercisable Options
Exercise Price
Number
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
Average
Exercise Price
Number
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
$ 10.05
2,000
0.59 years
$ 10.05
2,000
0.59 years
Note 16. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
The Company’s non-controlling interest consists
of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Sino-China:
Original paid-in capital
$ -
$ 356,400
Additional paid-in capital
-
1,043
Accumulated other comprehensive income
-
14,790
Accumulated deficit
-
( 6,266,336 )
-
( 5,894,103 )
Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Ltd.
( 1,521,645 )
( 1,494,303 )
Thor
( 486,942 )
-
Brilliant Warehouse Service, Inc.
( 132,303 )
( 27,225 )
Total
$ ( 2,140,890 )
$ ( 7,415,631 )
Note 17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
From time to time, the Company may be subject
to certain legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcomes of these legal
proceedings cannot be predicted, the Company does not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on
its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.
SOS Information Technology
New York, Inc. (“SOSNY”), a company incorporated under the laws of state of New York and a wholly owned subsidiary of SOS
Ltd., filed a December 9, 2022 lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court against Thor Miner, Inc., which is Singularity’s joint
venture (“Thor Miner”), Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (“Singularity” or the “Company,” and, together
with Thor Miner, referred to as the “Corporate Defendants”), Lei Cao, Yang Jie, John F. Levy, Tieliang Liu, Tuo Pan, Shi Qiu,
Jing Shan, and Heng Wang (jointly referred to as the “Individual Defendants”) (collectively, the Individual Defendants and
the Corporate Defendants are the “Defendants”). SOSNY and Thor Miner entered into a January 10, 2022 Purchase and Sale Agreement
(the “PSA”) for the purchase of $200,000,000 in crypto mining rigs, which SOSNY claims was breached by the Defendants. The
first purchase order under the PSA was for $80,000,000 of crypto mining rigs.
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SOSNY and Defendants
entered into a certain settlement agreement and general mutual release with an Effective Date of December 28, 2022 (“Settlement
Agreement”). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to pay a sum of thirteen million in U.S. dollars ($ 13,000,000 )
(the “Settlement Payment”) to SOSNY in exchange for SOSNY dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice as to the settling Defendants
and without prejudice as to all others. The full Settlement Payment was received by SOSNY on December 28, 2022. SOSNY dismissed the lawsuit
with prejudice against Singularity (and other Defendants) on December 28, 2022.
Singularity and Thor
Miner further covenanted and agreed that if they receive additional funds from HighSharp (Shenzhen Gaorui) Electronic Technology Co.,
Ltd. (“HighSharp”) related to the PSA, they will promptly transfer such funds to SOSNY in an amount not to exceed forty million,
five hundred sixty thousand, five hundred sixty-nine dollars ($ 40,560,569.00 ) (which is the total amount paid by SOSNY pursuant to the
PSA less the price of the machines actually received by SOSNY pursuant to the PSA). The Settlement Payment and any payments subsequently
received by SOSNY from HighSharp shall be deducted from the total amount of forty million, five hundred sixty thousand, five hundred sixty-nine
dollars ($ 40,560,569.00 ) previously paid by, and now due and owing to SOSNY. In further consideration of the Settlement Agreement, Thor
Miner agreed to execute and provide to SOSNY, within seven (7) business days after SOSNY’s receipt of the Settlement Payment, an
assignment of all claims it may have against HighSharp or otherwise to the proceeds of the PSA. See Note 21 for further details.
Lawsuits in connection with the Securities
Purchase Agreement
On September 23, 2022,
Hexin Global Limited and Viner Total Investments Fund filed a lawsuit against the Company and other defendants in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Hexin lawsuit”). On December 5, 2022, St. Hudson Group LLC, Imperii Strategies
LLC, Isyled Technology Limited, and Hsqynm Family Inc. filed a lawsuit against the Company and other defendants in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York (the “St. Hudson lawsuit,” and together with the Hexin lawsuit, the “Investor
Actions”). The plaintiffs in the Investor Actions are investors that entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Securities
Purchase Agreement”) with the Company in late 2021. Each of these plaintiffs asserts causes of action for, among other things, violations
of federal securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent inducement, breach of contract, conversion, and unjust enrichment, and
seeks monetary damages and specific performance to remove legends from certain securities sold pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
The Hexin lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $ 6 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees.
The St. Hudson lawsuit claims monetary damages of “at least $ 4.4 million,” plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’
fees.
Lawsuit in connection with the Financial
Advisory Agreement
On October 6, 2022, Jinhe
Capital Limited (“Jinhe”) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York, asserting causes of actions for, among other things, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing,
conversion, quantum meruit, and unjust enrichment, in connection with a financial advisory agreement entered into by and between Jinhe
and the Company on November 10, 2021. Jinhe claims monetary damages of “at least $ 575,000 ” and “potentially exceeding
$ 1.8 million,” plus interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees.
On January 10, 2023, St. Hudson lawsuit was consolidated with this lawsuit and Hexin lawsuit; on February 24, 2023, all three consolidated
actions were dismissed without prejudice by the court, in furtherance of the parties having reached an agreement in principle to settle
their disputes.
Putative Class Action
On December 9, 2022,
Piero Crivellaro, purportedly on behalf of the persons or entities who purchased or acquired publicly traded securities of the Company
between February 2021 and November 2022, filed a putative class action against the Company and other defendants in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleging violations of federal securities laws related to alleged false or misleading disclosures
made by the Company in its public filings. The plaintiff seeks unspecified damages, plus interest, costs, fees, and attorneys’ fees.
As this action is still in the early stage, the Company cannot predict the outcome.
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In addition to the above litigations, the
Company is also subject to additional contractual litigations as to which it is unable to estimate the outcome.
Government Investigations
Following a publication
issued by Hindenburg Research dated May 5, 2022, the Company received subpoenas from the United States Attorney’s Office for the
Southern District of New York and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is cooperating with the government
regarding these matters. At this early stage, the Company is not able to estimate the outcome or duration of the government investigations.
Employee Agreement
For the year ended June 30, 2022, the Company had employment agreements
with each of Mr. Lei Cao, Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie. Employment agreement of Mr. Lei Cao provided for a ten-year term that extended
automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. Employment
agreements of Mr. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie provided for five-year terms that extended automatically in the absence of termination notice
provided at least 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary date of the agreement. If the Company failed to provide this notice or if the
Company wished to terminate an employment agreement in the absence of cause, then the Company was obligated to provide at least 30 days’
prior notice. In such case during the initial term of the agreement, the Company would need to pay such executive (i) the remaining salary
through the date of October 31, 2026. In addition, to pay Mr. Lei Cao and Ms. Tuo Pan (ii) two times of the then applicable annual salary
if there had been no change in control, as defined in the employment agreements or three-and-half times of the then applicable annual
salary if there was a change in control. The employment agreements for Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Yang Jie were terminated in 2022, the Company
has no remaining obligation under such agreements. Mr. Cao’s employment agreement with the Company was terminated, discussed in
more detail under Note 21.
Note 18. INCOME TAXES
On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted and
signed into law and includes, among other things, refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of employer side social security payments,
net operating loss carryback periods and alternative minimum tax credit refunds. The Company does not at present expect the provisions
of the CARES Act to have a material impact on its tax provision given the amount of net operating losses currently available.
The Company’s income tax expenses for years
ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
For
the Years Ended
June 30
2022
2021
Current
U.S.
$ -
$ ( 3,450 )
PRC
-
-
Total income tax expenses
$ -
$ ( 3,450 )
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Income tax expense for the years ended June 30,
2022 and 2021 varied from the amount computed by applying the statutory income tax rate to income before taxes. Reconciliations between
the expected federal income tax rates using 21 % for the year ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 to the Company’s effective tax rate are
as follows:
June 30,
2022
June 30,
2021
%
%
US Statutory tax rate
$ 21.0
$ 21.0
Permanent difference*
( 5.3 )
0.1
Change in valuation allowance
( 14.9 )
( 20.3 )
Rate differential in foreign jurisdiction
( 0.8 )
( 0.9 )
$ -
$ ( 0.1 )
* Permanent difference includes non-deductible expenses mainly
stock compensation.
The Company’s deferred tax assets are comprised
of the following:
June 30,
2022
June 30,
2021
Allowance for doubtful accounts
U.S.
$ 617,000
$ 1,706,000
PRC
1,830,000
2,718,000
Net operating loss
U.S.
4,670,000
3,422,000
PRC
1,283,000
1,507,000
Total deferred tax assets
8,400,000
9,353,000
Valuation allowance
( 8,400,000 )
( 9,353,000 )
Deferred tax assets, net - long-term
$ -
$ -
The Company’s operations in the U.S. incurred
a cumulative U.S. federal net operation loss (“NOL”) of approximately $ 12,543,000 as of June 30, 2021, which may reduce
future federal taxable income. During the year ended June 30, 2022, approximately $9,700,000 of NOL was generated and the tax benefit
derived from such NOL was approximately 2,000,000. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s cumulative NOL amounted to approximately $22,200,000 which may reduce future federal taxable income, of which approximately $1,400,000 will expire in 2037 and the remaining balance carried
forward indefinitely.
The Company’s operations in China incurred a cumulative NOL of
approximately $ 6,026,000 as of June 30, 2021 which was mainly from Sino-China which was disposed during the year ended June 30, 2022.
During the year ended June 30, 2022, additional NOL of approximately $ 4,845,000 was generated. As of June 30, 2022, the Company’s
cumulative NOL amounted to approximately 1,283,000 which may reduce future taxable income which will expire by 2026.
The Company periodically evaluates the likelihood
of the realization of deferred tax assets (“DTA”) and reduces the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by a valuation
allowance to the extent it believes a portion will not be realized. Management considers new evidence, both positive and negative, that
could affect the Company’s future realization of deferred tax assets including its recent cumulative earnings experience, expectation
of future income, the carry forward periods available for tax reporting purposes and other relevant factors. The Company determined that
it is more likely than not its deferred tax assets could not be realized due to uncertainty on future earnings as a result of the company’s
reorganization and venture into new businesses. The Company provided a 100 % allowance for its DTA as of June 30, 2022. The net decrease
in valuation for the year ended June 30, 2022 amounted to approximately $ 953,000 , based on management’s reassessment of the amount
of the Company’s deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized.
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The Company’s taxes payable consists of
the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
VAT tax payable
$ 1,098,862
$ 1,126,489
Corporate income tax payable
2,295,803
2,377,589
Others
62,512
68,341
Total
$ 3,457,177
$ 3,572,419
Note 19. CONCENTRATIONS
Major Customers
For the year ended June 30, 2022, two customers
accounted for 45.6 % and 27.9 % of the Company’s gross revenues. As of June 30, 2022, two customers accounted for 43.3 % and
10.4 % of the Company’s accounts receivable, net.
For year ended June 30, 2021, one customer accounted
for approximately 94.4 % of the Company’s revenues. As of June 30, 2021, one customer accounted for approximately 87.6 % of the
Company’s accounts receivable, net.
Major Suppliers
For the year ended June 30, 2022, two suppliers
accounted for approximately 26.3 % and 24.1 % of the total gross purchases, respectively.
For the year ended June 30, 2021, two suppliers
accounted for approximately 55.4 % and 28.6 % of the total costs of revenue, respectively.
Note 20. SEGMENT REPORTING
ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”, establishes
standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure
as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in consolidated financial statements for detailing
the Company’s business segments.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Chief Operating
Officer, who reviews the financial information of the separate operating segments when making decisions about allocating resources and
assessing the performance of the group. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had two operating segments: (1) freight logistics services and
(2) sales of crypto-mining machines. For the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company also engaged in shipping agency and management services,
which were carried out by its subsidiary in the U.S. The Company no longer operates in the shipping agency segment because it did not
receive any new orders for its services due to the uncertainty of the shipping management market which was negatively impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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The following tables present summary information
by segment for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively:
For the Year Ended June 30, 2022
Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
Freight
Logistics
Services
Sale of
Crypto-mining
Machines
Total
Net revenues
$ -
$ 3,830,615
$ 157,800
$ 3,988,415
Cost of revenues
$ -
$ 4,136,474
$ -
$ 4,136,474
Gross profit
$ -
$ ( 305,859 )
$ 157,800
$ ( 148,059 )
Depreciation and amortization
$ -
$ 512,586
$ 21,052
$ 533,638
Total capital expenditures
$ -
$ 840,319
$ 34,199
$ 874,518
Gross margin%
- %
( 8.0 )%
100.0 %
( 3.7 )%
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021
Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
Freight
Logistics
Services
Sales of
Crypto-mining
Machines
Total
Net revenues
$ 206,845
$ 4,944,187
$ -
$ 5,151,032
Cost of revenues
$ 176,968
$ 4,797,426
$ -
$ 4,974,394
Gross profit
$ 29,877
$ 146,761
$ -
$ 176,638
Depreciation and amortization
$ 299,934
$ 36,300
$ -
$ 336,234
Total capital expenditures
$ 136,076
$ 407,954
$ -
$ 544,030
Gross margin%
14.4 %
3.0 %
- %
3.4 %
Total assets as of:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
(Restated)
Shipping Agency and Management Services
$ -
$ 42,210,912
Freight Logistic Services
44,058,444
5,947,235
Sales of crypto-mining machines
20,789,296
-
Total Assets
$ 64,847,740
$ 48,158,147
The Company’s operations are primarily based
in the PRC and U.S, where the Company derives all of its revenues. Management also reviews consolidated financial results by business
locations.
Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic
locations are as follows:
For the Years Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
PRC
$ 2,982,691
$ 4,921,022
U.S.
1,005,724
230,010
Total revenues
$ 3,988,415
$ 5,151,032
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Note 21. RELATED PARTY BALANCE AND TRANSACTIONS
Advance to suppliers-related party
The Company’s advances to suppliers – related party are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Bitcoin mining hardware and other equipment (1)
$ 6,153,546
$ -
Total Advances to suppliers-related party
$ 6,153,546
$ -
(1) On January 10, 2022, the Company’s joint venture, Thor Miner, entered
into a Purchase Agreement with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment.
In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order . The Company also entered into sales contract
with SOS information Technology New York Inc (“SOSNY”) which specify the products to be delivered within 120 days from acceptance
of contract and received a total deposit from SOSNY in the amount of $ 48,930,000 .
The Company shipped cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY worth $ 1,325,520 for the year ended June 2022 and $ 6,153,546 from July to December 2022.
Due to production issues from HighSharp, Thor was not able to timely
deliver the full quantity of cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY under the PSA according to contract and was sued by SOSNY for breach
of contract on December 9, 2022.
The Company entered into settlement agreement SOSNY effective on December
28, 2022, under which the Company will repay $ 13.0 million to SOSNY and terminate the previous agreements and balance of the deposits.
The Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor has paid to HighSharp.
As of December 22, 2022, the balance of advance to HighSharp and deposit
from SOSNY amounted to $ 27,927,583 and $ 40,560,569 , respectively. Thor Minor paid $ 13.0 million on December 23, 2022 to SOSNY
and wrote off the balance of the deposit it received from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulting in net bad debt
expenses of $ 367,014 .
Due from related party, net
As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the outstanding
amounts due from related parties consist of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (1)
$ -
$ 384,331
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (2)
415,412
430,902
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (3)
1,306,004
-
LSM Trading Ltd (4)
570,000
-
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (5)
103,424
-
Cao Lei (6)
54,860
-
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
( 2,449,700 )
( 384,331 )
Total
$ -
$ 430,902
(1)
In June 2013, the Company signed a five-year global logistic service agreement with Tianjin Zhiyuan Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Zhiyuan Investment Group”) and TEWOO Chemical& Light Industry Zhiyuan Trade Co., Ltd. (together with Zhiyuan Investment Group, “Zhiyuan”). Zhiyuan Investment Group is owned by Mr. Zhong Zhang, a former shareholder of the Company. In September 2013, the Company executed an inland transportation management service contract with the Zhiyuan Investment Group whereby it would provide certain advisory services and help control potential commodities loss during the transportation process. Starting in late 2020, Mr. Zhang started selling off his shares of the Company and does not own shares of the Company as of June 30, 2021 and no longer a related party. Management’s reassessed the collectability and decided to provide full allowance for doubtful accounts as of June 30, 2021. The Company wrote off the balance in the first quarter of fiscal year 2022.
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(2) During third fiscal quarter of
2021, t he Company advanced $ 477,278 to Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd
(“Zhejiang Jinbang”) which is 30 % owned by Mr. Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai and Zhejiang
Jinbang returned $ 39,356 for the year ended June 30, 2021. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. There has been no change
in the balance other than changes as a result of changes in exchange rates. The Company provided allowance of $ 415,412 for the year
ended June 30, 2022.
(3) From July to December 2021, t he
Company advanced approximately $ 1.6 million to Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. (‘Baoyin”)
which is 30 % owned by Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. Baoyin repaid
approximately $ 0.3 million in December 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $ 1,306,004
for the year ended June 30, 2022.
(4) The Company advanced $ 570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40 % owned by the Company for the year ended June 30, 2022. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $ 570,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022.
(5) On November 16, 2021, the Company entered into a project cooperation
agreement with Rich Trading Co. Ltd USA (“Rich Trading”) for the trading of computer equipment. Rich Trading’s bank
account was controlled by now-terminated members of the Company’s management and was, at the time, an undisclosed related party.
According to the agreement, the Company was to invest $ 4.5 million in the trading business operates by Rich Trading and the Company would
be entitled to 90 % of profit generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $ 3,300,000 for this project. $ 3,200,000 has
been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $ 100,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022. As of June 30, 2022, the Company
also paid for expenses of Rich Trading for $ 3,424 and provided full allowance for the advance.
(6) The amount represents advance for business expenses to Mr. Cao
Lei, former Chairman of the Board. The Company provided allowance of $ 54,860 for the year ended June 30, 2022. Business expenses incurred
by Cao Lei amounted to $ 66,842 and $ 120,934 for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Loan receivable- related parties (restated)
As of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021, the outstanding
loan receivable from related parties consists of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2022
2021
Wang, Qinggang (1)
$ 552,285
$ -
(1) On June 10, 2021, the Company
entered into a loan agreement with Wang Qinggang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The loan is non-interest
bearing for loan amount up to $ 630,805 (RMB 4 million). In February 2022, Wang Qinggang, borrowed and repaid $ 232,340 of
the loan amount. In June 2022, additional $ 552,285 (RMB 3,700,000 ) was loaned to Wang Qinggang with due date of June 7, 2024. The
full amount was returned in September and December 2022.
Other payable - related party
As of June
30, 2021, the Company had payable to former Chief Executive Officer of $ 11,303 and to the acting Chief Financial Officer of $ 2,516 which
were included in other current liabilities. These payments were made on behalf of the Company for the daily business operational
activities.
Revenue - related party
For the year ended June 30, 2022, revenue from
related party Zhejiang Jinbang amounted to $ 222,963 . There was no related party revenue for the year ended June 30, 2021.
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Note
22 . SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On December 23, 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement
with SOSNY in which the Company will repay $ 13.0 million to SOSNY and terminate the previous agreements and balance of the deposits. The
Company also assigned to SOSNY the right for the deposit that Thor has paid to HighSharp. The Company paid SOSNY on December 23, 2022
and the settlement agreement became effective on December 28, 2022.
On January 9, 2023, the
Company, entered into an Executive Separation Agreement and General Release (the “Separation Agreement”), with Lei Cao, an
employee of the Company and a member of the Board, setting forth the terms and conditions related to (1) the termination of Mr. Cao’s
employment with the Company and the termination of the employment agreement dated as of November 1, 2021 as well as cancellation and/or
termination of certain other agreements relating to Mr. Cao’s employment with the Company; and (2) Mr. Cao’s resignation from
the Board, effective as of January 9, 2023.
Pursuant to the Separation
Agreement, Mr. Cao submitted a letter of resignation from the Board on January 9, 2023. In addition, he agreed to forfeit and return to
the Company the 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company granted to him on August 13, 2021 under the terms of the 2014 Equity Incentive
Plan of the Company (the “2021 Shares”). Mr. Cao also agreed to cooperate with the Company regarding certain investigations
and proceedings set forth in the Separation Agreement, and/or any other matters arising out of or related to Mr. Cao’s relationship
with or service to the Company. In consideration, the Company agreed to provide the following benefits to which Mr. Cao was not otherwise
entitled: (1) payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Mr. Cao up through January 9, 2023 associated with Mr.
Cao’s personal legal representation in matters relating to Mr. Cao’s tenure with the Company, the investigations and proceedings
set forth in the Separation Agreement, and the negotiation and drafting of the Separation Agreement; (2) the release of claims in Mr.
Cao’s favor contained in the Separation Agreement; and (3) payment of Mr. Cao’s reasonable and necessary legal fees to the
extent incurred by Mr. Cao as a result of his cooperation as required by the Company under the terms of the Separation Agreement. Additionally,
the Separation Agreement contains mutual general releases and waiver of claims from Mr. Cao and the Company.
On February 4, 2022, the Company approved a one-time
award of a total of 500,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to certain executive
officers of the Company, including Chief Executive Officer, Yang Jie (300,000 shares), Chief Operating Officer, Jing Shan (100,000 shares),
and Chief Technology Officer, Shi Qiu (100,000 shares). On December 28, 2022 and January 19, 2023, Jing Shan and Yang Jie agreed
to forfeit their shares totaling 400,000. On December 27, 2022 and December 19, 2022, Jing Shan and Yang Jie each signed a cancellation
agreement to return 100,000 and 300,000 shares, respectively, to the Company for cancellation for no consideration. The cancellation agreements
and the cancellation of shares underlying thereunder were ratified and approved by the Board on January 19, 2023. As of the date of this
Report, the 300,000 shares issued to Mr. Jie were cancelled and the 100,000 shares issued to Ms. Shan were in the process of being cancelled.
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