Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of June 30, 2023, 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.
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, 2023:
● 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.
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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;
● 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, 2023 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
Ziyuan Liu
34
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board
Ying Cao
46
Chief Financial Officer
Xu Zhao
37
Director
Haotian Song
33
Director
Zhongliang Xie
52
Director
Ziyuan Liu
Mr. Ziyuan Liu has been our
Chief Executive Officer since April 2023 and a director and chairman of the Board since May 2023. Before joining the Company, Mr. Liu
served as the manager of the North American market development department in Fulongma Group Co., Ltd., a comprehensive environmental sanitation
solutions provider in China, from July 2022 to April 2023. Prior to that, he worked for Ningbo Shunxiang Group Co., Ltd., a polyester
film manufacturer in China, as the chief operating officer from July 2019 to July 2022. From July 2018 to June 2019, he served as the
project manager for Shouhang New Energy, a solar photovoltaics and energy storage solutions supplier in China. Prior to that, he worked
for Hongkun Group, a real estate developer based in China, as the general manger for the Shenzhen area from July 2015 to June 2018. Mr.
Liu graduated from Wuhan Institute of Technology with a major in project management.
Ying Cao
Mr.
Ying Cao has been our Chief Financial Officer since August 2023. He has served as the department
manager and quality control manager at Shaanxi Huaqiang Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd. since 2015. Prior to that, he served as
a project manager in Sigma Accounting Firm from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Cao obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Xi’an
University of Finance and Economics. Mr. Ying Cao is a Certified Public Accountant in China.
Xu Zhao
Mr. Xu Zhao has been a
director since September 2023. Mr. Zhao has worked as the president of Shijiazhuang Juminhui Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese trading
company since March 2023. He was the regional manager for Hebei Province of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a Chinese
pharmaceutical company from September 2009 to July 2022. Mr. Zhao received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Nankai
University Binhai College in 2009.
Haotian Song
Mr. Haotian Song has been
a director since May 2023. Mr. Song is the founder and chief executive officer of HT Processing, a cross-border payment system provider
with extensive knowledge into Chinese consumer spending habits in hospitality and retail industries, from June 2017 to April 2023. Prior
to that, he served as the chief operating officer of Calabash Brothers LLC, an Asian e-commerce logistics company, from November 2021
to April 2022. From August 2013 to August 2017, Mr. Song worked for Go To Travel, a travel agency company providing Asian tour operators
with exclusive wholesale access to top attraction tickets in the east coast, as its general manager. Mr. Song received his bachelor’s
degree in business administration from Baruch College of the City University of New York in 2013.
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Zhongliang Xie
Mr. Zhongliang Xie has been
a director since July 2023. He has served as the General Manager of Zhongxing Cai Guanghua Certified Public Accountants, Shaanxi Branch
since January 2019. He has also served as the vice president of Shanxi NEEQ Federation since January 2017, and an Internal Committee member
of Shanxi Provincial Equity Exchange Center since August 2021. From April 2008 to December 2018, he worked as the General Manager of Beijing
Xinghua Certified Public Accountants, Xi’an Branch. From May 2005 to April 2008, he was the Controller of Zhongyi Far East Import
& Export Co., Ltd. Mr. Xie graduated from Bao Ji University majoring in Enterprise Management. He is a Certified Public Accountant,
Certified Public Valuer and Registered Cost Engineer in China.
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 September 25, 2023
Total Number of Directors
5
Female
Male
Non-Binary
Did Not
Disclose
Gender
Part I: Gender Identity
Directors
1
4
Part II: Demographic Background
Asian
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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, 2023, 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:
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.
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Audit Committee
The Audit Committee consists
of Zhongliang Xie and Xu Zhao, who are each independent. Mr. Xie 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;
●
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.
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Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee is composed of three
independent directors including Zhongliang Xie and Xu Zhao. 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.
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
is composed of three independent directors including Zhongliang Xie and Xu Zhao. Xu Zhao 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 at any time, been one of our officers or employees, or, during the last two fiscal years, 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.
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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, Mr. Jing Shan, our
former Chief Operating Officer, Ziyuan Liu, our Chief Executive Officer, and Dianjiang Wang, our Chief Financial Officer for the years
ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Name
Year
Salary
Bonus
Securities- based
Compensation
All other
Compensation
Total
Lei Cao,
2022
$ 426,609 (2)
$ 800
-
-
$ 427,409
Former Chief Executive Officer (1)(6)
2023
261364
261364
Tuo Pan,
2022
$ 302,973
$ 800
-
-
$ 303,773
Former Chief Financial Officer (2)(7)
2023
66667
66667
Zhikang Huang,
2022
$ 275,000
$ 800
-
-
$ 275,800
Former Vice President and Director (3)(8)
2023
150000
666
150666
Jing Shan,
2022
$ 143,333
$ 800
-
-
$ 144,133
Chief Operating Officer (4)
2023
223185
92332
315517
Yang
Jie, (5)
2022
$ 500,000
$ 800
-
-
$ 500,800
Former Chief Executive Officer and director (9)
2023
52,536
52,536
Ziyuan Liu
2022
Chief
Executive Officer (10)
2023
$ 49,000
$ 49,000
Dianjiang Wang
2022
Chief Financial Officer (11)
2023
$ 10,000
$ 10,000
(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.
(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.
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(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.
(10)
According to the Employment Agreement dated April 18, 2023, Mr. Liu’s compensation consists of an annual base salary of $240,000 in cash and a discretionary annual bonus, effective April 18, 2023.
(11)
According to the Employment Agreement dated May 1, 2023, Mr. Wang’s compensation consists of an annual base salary of $60,00, and a discretionary annual bonus, effective May 1, 2023.
Outstanding Equity Awards of Named Executive
Officers at Fiscal Year-End
None.
Director Compensation
The table below sets forth the compensation
received by our directors in the year ended June 30, 2023.
Name (1)
Fees earned or
paid in cash
($)
Stock
awards
($)
Option
awards
($)
All other
compensation
($)
Total
($)
John Levy (3)
37,500
-
-
159,565 (2)
197,065
Heng Wang
50,000
-
-
167,029 (2)
217,029
Tieliang Liu (4)
50,000
-
-
75,000
125,000
Haotian Song
6,667
-
-
-
6,667
Ling Jiang (5)
8,333
-
-
-
8,333
Ziyuan Liu
49,000
-
-
-
49,000
(1)
This table does not include Mr. Ziyuan Liu, our Chief Executive Officer and director, 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 the period July 2022 to February 2023.
(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 July 3, 2023, Mr. Tieliang Liu resigned as a director.
(5)
On September 28, 2023, Ms. Ling Jiang resigned as a director.
Employment Agreements
The Company has an employment
agreement with Mr. Ziyuan Liu, our Chief Executive Officer. The employment agreement began on April 18, 2022, with a term of one year.
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, Mr. Liu will receive an annual base
salary of $240,000 in cash, and a discretionary annual bonus.
The Company has an employment
agreement with Mr. Dianjiang Wang, our Chief Financial Officer. The employment agreement began on May 1, 2022, with a term of one year.
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, Mr. Liu will receive an annual base
salary of $60,000 in cash, and a discretionary annual bonus.
The Company had an employment
agreement with Jing Shan, our former Chief Operating Officer. The employment agreement began on February 8, 2022 and was scheduled to
end on August 4, 2024. Under the terms of the employment agreement, Ms. Shan received a base salary of $200,000 per year. Her performance
and salary were subject to review at any time, and any increases in her salary that our Board may determine, were to 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 she was paid a cash bonus of $50,000 upon conclusion of the Special Committee investigation. On July 10,
2023, Company terminated the employment of Ms. Shan for cause.
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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 September 25, 2023, for (i) each named executive officer
and director, and (ii) all executive officers and directors as a group. As of September 25, 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 17,515,526 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of September 25, 2023.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of
Common
Stock
Ziyuan Liu
-
Ying Cao
-
-
Ling Jiang
-
Haotian Song
-
Zhongliang Xie
-
Xu Zhao
-
All directors and executive officers as a group (Six individuals)
-
- %
(1)
The individual’s address is c/o Singularity Future Technology, Ltd., 98 Cutter Mill Road, Suite 311, Great Neck, New York 11021.
Securities Authorized for Issuance to Our Officers,
Directors, Employees and Consultants under Equity Compensation Plans
The below table reflects,
as of September 25, 2023, 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 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. 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 9,800,000 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, have been canceled.
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Item 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, 2023 and 2022.
Advance to Related Party Suppliers
The Company’s advances to related party suppliers
are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
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 and Sales Agreement (“PSA”) with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made total prepayment of $35,406,649 for the order and no prepayment as of June 30, 2023.
Due to production issues from HighSharp,
Thor Miner was not able to timely deliver the full quantity of cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY under the PSA and was sued by SOSNY
for breach of contract on December 9, 2022.
The Company entered into a settlement
agreement with 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 Miner has paid
to HighSharp.
As of December 22, 2022, the balance
of advances to HighSharp and deposits 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, 2022. Thor Miner wrote off the balance of the deposit it received
from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulted in net bad debt expenses of $367,014.
Due from Related Party
As of June 30, 2023 and June
30, 2022, the outstanding amounts due from related parties consist of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (1)
458,607
415,412
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (2)
1,068,014
1,306,004
LSM Trading Ltd (3)
570,000
570,000
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (4)
103,424
103,424
Cao Lei (5)
13,166
54,860
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
(2,138,276 )
(2,449,700 )
Total
$ 74,935
$ -
(1)
As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company advanced $458,607 and $415,412 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. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $383,672 and $415,412 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, and the allowance changes as a result of changes in exchange rates.
(2)
As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company advanced approximately $1.1 million and $1.3 million to Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. which is 30% owned by Qinggang Wang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided full credit losses for the balance of the receivable.
(3)
As of June 30, 2023, the
Company advanced $570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40% owned by the Company. The advance is non-interest bearing and due
on demand. The Company provided full credit losses for the balance of the receivable. The Company is taking actions in order to pursue
all available legal remedies including lawsuits to recover these funds.
(4)
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 operated by Rich Trading and the Company would be entitled to 90% of profits generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $3,303,424 for this project, of which $3,200,000 has been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $103,424 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
(5)
The amount represents business advances to Mr. Lei Cao, the former Chairman of the Board. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, Lei Cao repaid approximately $54,000, of which approximately $13,000 additional payment was recognized as non-operating income. The Company provided full credit losses for the remaining balance of the receivable.
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Loan Receivable- Related Parties
As of June 30, 2023 and June
30, 2022, the outstanding loan receivable from related parties consists of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
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 was non-interest bearing for a loan amount of up to $630,805 (RMB 4 million). In February 2022, Wang Qinggang,
borrowed and repaid $232,340 of the loan amount. In June 2022, an additional $552,285 (RMB 3,700,000) was loaned to Wang Qinggang with
a due date of June 7, 2024. The outstanding loan was fully repaid in December 2022 .
Accounts payable- related parties
As of June 30, 2023 and June
30, 2022, the Company had accounts payable to Rich Trading Co. Ltd of $63,434.
Due to Related Party
As of June 30, 2023, the Company
owed Qinggang Wang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai, of $104,962. These payments were made on behalf of the
Company for the daily operational activities.
Revenue - Related Party
For the year ended June 30,
2023, the company had no revenue from a related party. For the year ended June 30, 2022, revenue from related party, Zhejiang Jinbang,
to which the Company provided logistics services including coal transportation, amounted to $222,963.
Director Independence
Our Board has determined that each of Zhongliang
Xie and Xu Zhao is an “independent director” as defined by the applicable SEC rules and Nasdaq Listing Rules.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
Set forth below are the aggregate
fees billed by Audit Alliance LLP, our independent registered accounting firm, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022
for services rendered by them as our independent registered accounting firm for such years.
Fiscal 2023
Fiscal 2022
Audit fees
$ 390,100
$ 115,000
Audit-related fees
-
-
Total Audit & Audit-related fees
$ 390,100
$ 115,000
Tax fees
-
-
All other fees
-
-
Total fees
$ 390,100
$ 115,000
Audit fees consist of
fees billed for services rendered for the audit of our financial statements and review of our financial statements included in our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and services provided in connection with other statutory or regulatory filings.
Audit-related fees consist
of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial
statements and not reported under Audit fees. No such fees were billed in fiscal 2023 or 2022.
Tax fees consist of fees billed
for professional services related to the preparation of our U.S. federal and state income tax returns and tax advice. No such fees were
billed by Audit Alliance LLP in fiscal 2023 or 2022. The Audit Committee pre-approved all Audit-related fees. After considering the provision
of services encompassed within the above disclosures about fees, the Audit Committee has determined that the provision of such services
is compatible with maintaining Audit Alliance’s independence.
The Audit Committee’s
policy is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided
for up to one year, and any pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to
a specific budget.. The independent registered public accounting firm and management are required to periodically report to the full Audit
Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in accordance with this pre-approval
and the fees for the services performed to date.
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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
Employment Agreement by and between Mr. Ziyuan Liu and the Company, dated April 18, 2022 (11)
10.3
Employment Agreement by and between Mr. Dianjiang Wang and the Company, dated May 1, 2022 (12)
10.4
The Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (13)
10.5
Strategic Alliance Agreement by and between Shenzhen HighSharp Electronic Ltd. And the Company, dated October 3, 2021 (14)
10.6
Offer Letter by and between Mr. Heng Wang and the Company, dated as of November 1, 2021 (15)
10.7
Form of Warrant, dated as of December 2021 (16)
10.8
Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 2021 (17)
10.9
Form of Senior Convertible Note, dated as of December 2021 (18)
10.10
Form of Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 2022 (19)
10.11
Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Thor Miner, Inc. and the Company, dated January 10, 2022 (20)
10.12
Employment Agreement by and between Ms. Jing Shan and the Company, dated February 8, 2022 (21)
10.13
Form of Amended and Restated Senior Convertible Note, dated as of March 2022 (22)
10.14
Joint Venture Agreement by and between Golden Mainland Inc. and the Company, dated April 10, 2022 (23)
10.15
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 (24)
10.16
Separation Agreement by and between the Company and Lei Cao, dated as of January 9, 2023 (25)
10.17
Placement Agreement by and between Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. and Maxim Group LLC, dated as of February 5, 2021 (26)
10.18
Form of Services Agreement by and between the Company and Chongqing Iron & Steel Ltd
14.1
Code of Ethics of the Company (27)
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.
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(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.
(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 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 19, 2021.
(12)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2021.
(13)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Form S-8 filed on August 27, 2021.
(14)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 4, 2021.
(15)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2021.
(16)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(17)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2021.
(18)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2021.
(19)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2022.
(20)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2022.
(21)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2022.
(22)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2022.
(23)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2022.
(24)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2023.
(25)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 13, 2023.
(26)
Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 8, 2021.
(27)
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.
September 28, 2023
By:
/s/ Ziyuan
Liu
Ziyuan Liu
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Ziyuan Liu
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
September 28, 2023
Ziyuan Liu
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Haotian Song
Director
September 28, 2023
Haotian Song
/s/ Zhongliang Xie
Director
September 28, 2023
Zhongliang Xie
/s/ Xu Zhao
Director
September 28, 2023
Xu Zhao
/s/ Ying Cao
Chief Financial Officer
September 28, 2023
Ying Cao
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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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, 2023 and 2022
F-3
Consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
F-4
Consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity
F-5
Consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
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.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of June 30, 2023
and 2022, 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 positions of the Company as of June 30, 2023
and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“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.
/s/ Audit Alliance LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor
since October 28, 2020
AUDIT ALLIANCE LLP ( 3487 )
Singapore
September 28, 2023
F- 2
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY,
LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Assets
Current assets
Cash
$ 17,390,156
$ 55,833,282
Cryptocurrencies
72,179
90,458
Accounts receivable, net
198,553
108,381
Other receivables, net
76,814
25,057
Advances to suppliers - third parties
128,032
36,540
Advances to suppliers - related party
-
6,153,546
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
252,047
365,913
Due from related party
74,935
-
Loan receivable-related parties, net
-
552,285
Total Current Assets
18,192,716
63,165,462
Property and equipment, net
426,343
548,956
Right-of-use assets
381,982
732,744
Other long-term assets - deposits
236,766
237,749
Investment in unconsolidated entity
-
162,829
Total Assets
$ 19,237,807
$ 64,847,740
Current Liabilities
Deferred revenue
$ 66,531
$ 6,955,577
Refund payable
-
13,000,000
Accounts payable
494,329
508,523
Accounts payable – related party
63,434
63,434
Lease liabilities - current
330,861
471,976
Taxes payable
3,334,958
3,457,177
Due to related party
104,962
-
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
636,694
756,272
Total current liabilities
5,031,769
25,212,959
Lease liabilities - noncurrent
245,171
846,871
Convertible notes
5,000,000
5,000,000
Total liabilities
10,276,940
31,059,830
Commitments and Contingencies
Equity
Preferred stock, 2,000,000 shares authorized, no par value, no shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, respectively
-
-
Common stock, 50,000,000 shares authorized, no par value; 17,715,526 and 22,244,333 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and June 30,2022, respectively
94,332,048
96,127,691
Additional paid-in capital
2,334,962
2,334,962
Accumulated deficit
( 85,576,438 )
( 62,579,592 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
90,236
45,739
Total Stockholders’ Equity attributable to controlling
shareholders of the Company
11,180,808
35,928,800
Non-controlling Interest
( 2,219,941 )
( 2,140,890 )
Total Equity
8,960,867
33,787,910
Total Liabilities and Equity
$ 19,237,807
$ 64,847,740
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,
2023
2022
Net revenues
$ 4,538,723
$ 3,988,415
Cost of revenues
( 3,990,654 )
( 4,136,474 )
Gross profit
548,069
( 148,059 )
Selling expenses
( 232,569 )
( 385,890 )
General and administrative expenses
( 11,572,888 )
( 9,301,784 )
Impairment loss of investment
( 128,369 )
-
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies
( 18,279 )
( 170,880 )
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible assets
( 33,469 )
( 1,006,305 )
Provision for doubtful accounts, net
( 2,827,511 )
( 1,613,504 )
Stock-based compensation
( 329,778 )
( 10,064,622 )
Total operating expenses
( 15,142,863 )
( 22,542,985 )
Operating loss
( 14,594,794 )
( 22,691,044 )
Loss from disposal of subsidiary and VIE
( 42,191 )
( 6,131,616 )
Lawsuit settlement expenses
( 8,400,491 )
-
Other income (expenses), net
74,989
( 105,709 )
Net loss before provision for income taxes
( 22,962,487 )
( 28,928,369 )
Income tax expense
( 135,855 )
-
Net loss
( 23,098,342 )
( 28,928,369 )
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
( 101,496 )
( 670,539 )
Net loss attributable to controlling shareholders of the Company.
$ ( 22,996,846 )
$ ( 28,257,830 )
Comprehensive loss
Net loss
$ ( 23,098,342 )
$ ( 28,928,369 )
Other comprehensive income - foreign currency
66,942
801,065
Comprehensive loss
( 23,031,400 )
( 28,127,304 )
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interest
( 79,051 )
( 644,309 )
Comprehensive loss attributable to controlling shareholders
of the Company.
$ ( 22,952,349 )
$ ( 27,482,995 )
Loss per share
Basic and diluted
$ ( 1.09 )
$ ( 1.58 )
Weighted average number of common shares used in computation
Basic and diluted
21,123,252
17,924,098
The accompanying notes
are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statements.
F- 4
SINGULARITY FUTURE TECHNOLOGY,
LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Preferred
Stock
Common
Stock
Additional paid-in
Shares
to be
Accumulated
Accumulated other
comprehensive
Noncontrolling
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
capital
cancelled
deficit
loss
interest
Total
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
Stock based compensation
to consultants
-
-
-
329,777
-
-
-
-
-
329,777
Cancellation of stock compensation
-
-
( 1,000,000 )
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cancellation of shares due
to settlement
-
-
( 3,528,807 )
( 2,125,420 )
-
( 200,000 )
-
-
-
( 2,125,420 )
Foreign currency translation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
44,497
22,445
66,942
Net loss
-
-
-
-
-
-
( 22,996,846 )
-
( 101,496 )
( 23,098,342 )
BALANCE, June 30, 2023
-
-
17,715,526
94,332,048
2,334,962
( 200,000 )
( 85,576,438 )
90,236
( 2,219,941 )
8,960,867
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,
2023
2022
Operating Activities
Net loss
$ ( 23,098,342 )
$ ( 28,928,369 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation
329,778
10,064,622
Depreciation and amortization
164,348
533,638
Non-cash lease expense
351,005
611,022
Provision for doubtful accounts, net
2,827,511
1,613,504
Impairment loss of fixed assets and intangible asset
33,469
1,006,305
Gain on disposal of ROU
( 177,970 )
-
(Gain) loss on disposal of fixed assets
( 12,926 )
147,154
Loss on disposal of subsidiaries
42,191
6,131,616
Impairment loss of investment
128,369
-
Impairment loss of cryptocurrencies
18,279
170,880
Investment loss from unconsolidated subsidiary
34,459
47,181
Changes in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
28,362
( 39,669 )
Other receivables
228,593
1,418,393
Advances to suppliers – third parties
( 96,941 )
543,321
Advances to suppliers – related party
6,153,546
( 34,081,129 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
113,866
( 24,463 )
Other long-term assets – deposits
418
( 123,869 )
Deferred revenue
( 6,888,971 )
34,047,696
Refund payable
( 13,000,000 )
13,000,000
Accounts payable
( 10,948 )
24,967
Taxes payable
( 114,845 )
94,393
Lease liabilities
( 564,813 )
( 633,376 )
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
( 131,843 )
294,253
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
( 33,643,405 )
5,918,070
Investing Activities
Acquisition of property and equipment
( 35,588 )
( 874,518 )
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
90,956
-
Loan receivable – related parties
510,087
( 573,252 )
Investment in unconsolidated entity
-
( 210,010 )
Advance to related parties
( 74,934 )
( 1,923,896 )
Repayment from related parties
283,771
-
Amount paid to Goalowen
( 3,000,000 )
-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
( 2,225,708 )
( 3,581,676 )
Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock
-
-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
-
10,525,819
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 )
Payment of legal settlement to cancel shares
( 2,125,420 )
-
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
( 2,125,420 )
8,351,964
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash
( 448,593 )
307,607
Net (decrease) increase in cash
( 38,443,126 )
10,995,965
Cash at beginning of year
55,833,282
44,837,317
Cash at end of year
$ 17,390,156
$ 55,833,282
Supplemental information
Income taxes paid
$ -
$ -
Interest paid
$ -
$ 2,404
Non-cash transactions of operating and investing activities
Initial recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities
$ -
$ 1,523,433
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 incorporated in the United States in 2001. On September 18, 2007, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation
and Bylaws to merge into a new corporation, Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. in Virginia. The Company primarily focuses on providing
logistics and support to businesses in the Peoples’ Republic of China (“PRC”) and the 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.
For the twelve months ended June 30, 2023, the Company operated in two segments: (1) freight logistics services, which were operated
by its subsidiaries in both the United States and PRC, and (2) the sale of crypto-mining machines, which were operated by its subsidiaries
in the United States. On Feb 27, 2023, Ningbo Saimeinuo Supply Chain Management Ltd. changed its name to Ningbo Saimeinuo Web Technology
Ltd. On March 30, 2023, the board of directors of the Company authorized the Company to conduct an e-commerce business in China.
The
outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) starting in late January 2020 in the PRC spread rapidly to many parts of the world. In March
2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 as a pandemic and 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 substantially all of the Company’s business operations and its workforce are concentrated in China and the U.S., the
Company’s business, results of operations, and financial condition have been adversely affected. In early December 2022, Chinese
government eased the strict control measures for COVID-19, which led to a surge in increased infections and disruption in our business
operations. Any future impact of COVID-19 on our operating results in China 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, 2023, 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 HK Ltd. (“SGS HK”)
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A Hong Kong Corporation
Incorporated on September 22, 2008
No material operations
100% owned by the Company
Thor Miner Inc. (“Thor Miner”)
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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”)
●
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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”)
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A PRC limited liability company
Incorporated on May 31, 2009
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
90% owned by Trans Pacific Beijing
Ningbo Saimeinuo Web Technology Ltd. (“SGS Ningbo”)
●
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A PRC limited liability company
Incorporated on September 11,2017
Primarily engaged in freight logistics services
100% owned by SGS NY
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”)
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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”)
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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
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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-Global Shipping
Agency Ltd. (“Sino-China”) was considered a Variable Interest Entity (“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/loss from operations was 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. 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.
The
Company dissolved its subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd. and canceled its registration with the State Administration
for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China on November 9, 2022. and
recorded the disposal loss of $ 0.04 million for the year ended June 30, 2023.
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(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,
2023 and 2022 are as follows:
June 30,
2023
June 30,
2022
June 30
Foreign currency
Balance
Sheet
Balance
Sheet
2023
Profits/Loss
2022
Profits/Loss
1USD: RMB
7.2537
6.6994
6.9501
6.4544
1USD: AUD
1.5012
1.4484
1.4861
1.3788
1USD: HKD
7.8366
7.8474
7.8379
7.8045
(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, 2023 and June 30, 2022, cash balances of $ 183,510 and $ 143,044 , respectively, were maintained at
financial institutions in the PRC. $ 74,533 and $ nil 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, 2023 and
June 30, 2022, cash balances of $ 919,990 and $ 55,636,636 , respectively, were maintained at U.S. financial institutions. $ 450,636 and
$ 53,869,575 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, 2023 and June
30, 2022, cash balances of $ 16,285,067 and $ 51,701 , respectively, were maintained at financial institutions in Hong Kong, and $ 16,216,393
and $ nil of these balances are not covered by insurance. As of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, cash balances of $ nil and $ 192 , 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, 2023 and June 30, 2022, amount of deposits the Company had covered by insurance amounted to
$ 647,004 and $ 1,961,997 , 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, 2022. No other income
was generated for the year ended June 30, 2023. 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. The Company inquired with the car dealer and obtained the following market
value for similar vehicles and provide impairments to carrying value of fixed assets of $ 33,469 . And no impairments were recorded for
the years ended June 30, 2022.
(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, 2023, the Company
invested $ 210,000 and recorded $ 81,640 investment loss in LSM. The joint venture has not started its operations due to COVID-19.As we
could not get the financial information of the investee, we determined to provide full impairment of our equity investment. The Company
recorded $ 128,360 impairment loss for the year ended June 30, 2023.
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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, 2023, 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.
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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, 2023, 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 $ 66,531
and $ 6,955,577 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Refund payable amounted to $ nil and $ 13,000,000 for the
year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, 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,
2023
2022
Sale of crypto mining machines
$ 732,565
$ 157,800
Shipping agency and management services
-
-
Freight logistics services
3,806,158
3,830,615
Total
$ 4,538,723
$ 3,988,415
Disaggregated information of revenues by geographic
locations are as follows:
For the Years Ended
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
PRC
$ 2,529,449
$ 2,982,691
U.S.
2,009,274
1,005,724
Total revenues
$ 4,538,723
$ 3,988,415
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(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.
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, 2023 and 2022.
Income tax returns for the years prior to 2018
are no longer subject to examination by U.S. tax authorities.
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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.
(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, 2023 and 2022, 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.
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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.
(r) Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company continually assesses any new accounting
pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s
financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its condensed consolidated financial
statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s condensed consolidated financial
statements properly reflect the change.
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.
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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.
On March 28, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-01, Leases (Topic 842): Common Control
Arrangements . The amendments in ASU 2023-01 improve current GAAP by clarifying the accounting for leasehold improvements associated
with common control leases, thereby reducing diversity in practice. Additionally, the amendments provide investors and other allocators
of capital with financial information that better reflects the economics of those transactions. The new standard is effective for the
Company for its fiscal year beginning January 1, 2024, with early adoption permitted.
On June 30, 2022, FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03, Fair
Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a contractual sale
restriction prohibiting the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security and is
not included in the equity security’s unit of account. The new standard is effective for the Company for its fiscal year beginning
January 1, 2024, with early adoption permitted.
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. In November 2022, the Company dissolved its
subsidiary Sino-Global Shipping Australia Pty Ltd., and recorded the disposal loss of $ 0.04 million for the year ended June 30, 2023.
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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, 2023
VIE
Subsidiaries
Total
Total current assets
$ -
$ 376
$ 376
Total other assets
-
5,392
5,392
Total assets
-
5,768
5,769
Total current liabilities
-
-
-
Total net assets
-
5,768
5,769
Exchange rate effect
-
36,423
36,422
Total loss on disposal
$ -
$ 42,191
$ 42,191
For the Year Ended
June 30, 2022
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
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Note 4. CRYPTOCURRENCIES
The following table presents additional information
about cryptocurrencies:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$ 90,458
$ 261,338
Receipt of cryptocurrencies from mining services
-
-
Impairment loss
( 18,279 )
( 170,880 )
Ending balance
$ 72,179
$ 90,458
Impairment loss amounted to $ 18,279 and $ 170,880
for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
Note 5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
The Company’s net accounts receivable are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Trade accounts receivable
$ 3,487,293
$ 3,521,491
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 3,288,740 )
( 3,413,110 )
Accounts receivable, net
$ 198,553
$ 108,381
Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$ 3,413,110
$ 3,475,769
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery
-
257
Write-off/recovery
-
-
Exchange rate effect
( 124,370 )
( 62,916 )
Ending balance
$ 3,288,740
$ 3,413,110
For the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the
provision for doubtful accounts was $ nil and $ 257 , respectively.
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Note 6. OTHER RECEIVABLES, NET
The Company’s other receivables are as
follows:
June 30,
2023
June 30,
2022
Advances to customers*
$ 7,060,456
$ 3,943,547
Employee business advances
10,570
23,768
Total
7,071,026
3,967,315
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 6,994,212 )
( 3,942,258 )
Other receivables, net
$ 76,814
$ 25,057
* 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 full allowance due to contract delay during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. The Company subsequently recovered and $ 1,934,619 in fiscal year 2022.
On March 23, 2023, SG Shipping & Risk
Solution Inc. an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of SGLY entered into an operating income right transfer contract with Goalowen Inc.
pursuant to which Goalowen agreed to transfer its rights to receive income from operating a certain tuna fishing vessel to SG Shipping
for $ 3 million. Such contract was signed by the former COO Jing Shan without the Board’s authorization. On May 5, 2023, Ms. Shan
made a wire transfer of $ 3 million to Goalowen without the Board’s authorization,. It was recorded as an Advance to customers.
As of June 30, 2023, the Company evaluated the collection possibility, and decided to provide a 100 % allowance provision in the amount
of $ 3 million.
Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts are
as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$
3,942,258
$
6,024,266
Increase
3,000,000
Recovery for doubtful accounts
-
( 1,934,619
)
Less: write-off
Exchange rate effect
51,954
( 147,389
)
Ending balance
$
6,994,212
$
3,942,258
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Note 7. ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS
The Company’s advances to suppliers –
third parties are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Freight fees (1)
$ 428,032
$ 336,540
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts
( 300,000 )
( 300,000 )
Advances to suppliers-third parties, net
$ 128,032
$ 36,540
(1) The advanced freight fee is the Company’s prepayment made for various shipping costs for shipments from July 2022 to June 2023. The Company provided allowance of $ 300,000 for the year ended June 30, 2022, and there was no change in the fiscal year 2023.
Note 8. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT
ASSETS
The Company’s prepaid expenses and other assets are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Prepaid income taxes
$ 11,929
$ 11,929
Other (including prepaid professional fees, rent, listing fees)
240,118
353,984
Total
$ 252,047
$ 365,913
Note 9. OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS – DEPOSITS,
NET
The Company’s other long-term assets –
deposits are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Rental and utilities deposits
$ 244,923
$ 246,581
Freight logistics deposits (1)
-
-
Total other long-term assets - deposits
$ 244,923
$ 246,581
Less: allowances for deposits
( 8,157 )
( 8,832 )
Other long-term assets- deposits, net
$ 236,766
$ 237,749
(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,
2023
2022
Beginning balance
$ 8,832
$ 3,177,127
Allowance for deposits
-
-
Less: Write-off
-
( 3,173,408 )
Exchange rate effect
( 675 )
5,113
Ending balance
$ 8,157
$ 8,832
Note 10. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The Company’s net property and equipment
are as follows:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Motor vehicles
542,904
715,571
Computer equipment
113,097
117,397
Office equipment
67,699
67,139
Furniture and fixtures
533,634
390,093
System software
103,038
111,562
Leasehold improvements
766,294
829,687
Mining equipment
922,438
922,438
Total
3,049,104
3,153,887
Less: Impairment reserve
( 1,233,521 )
( 1,236,282 )
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization
( 1,389,240 )
( 1,368,649 )
Property and equipment, net
$ 426,343
$ 548,956
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the
years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were $ 164,348 and $ 533,638 , respectively. Impairment loss amounted to $ 33,470 and $ 410,552 for the
years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Note 11. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT
LIABILITIES
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Salary and reimbursement payable
$
117,648
$
305,423
Professional fees and other expense payable
97,563
305,264
Interest payable
386,378
136,379
Others
35,105
9,206
Total
$
636,694
$
756,272
Note 12. 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, 2023 and 2022, interest expenses related to the aforementioned convertible notes amounted to $ 250,000 and $ 132,977 , respectively.
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Note 13. 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, 2023, ROU assets and lease liabilities amounted to $ 381,982 and $ 576,032 (including
$ 330,861 from lease liabilities current portion and $ 245,171 from lease liabilities non-current portion), respectively and weighted average
discount rate was approximately 10.61 %.
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 2.15 years.
For the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, rent
expense amounted to approximately $ 549,842 and $ 779,841 , respectively.
Impairment loss amounted to $ 371,606 and $ 595,753 for the years ended
June 30, 2023 and 2022.
The Company terminated several lease agreements and resulting in a
gain on disposal of ROU assets of $ 177,970 for the years ended June 30, 2023.
The five-year maturity of the Company’s
lease obligations is presented below:
Twelve Months Ending June 30,
Operating
Lease
Amount
2024
$ 382,291
2025
147,149
2026
114,523
2027
9,567
Total lease payments
653,530
Less: Interest
77,498
Present value of lease liabilities
$ 576,032
Note 14. 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.
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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 on a cashless basis 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.
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 on a cashless basis 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, 2022, 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.
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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.
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 was $ 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
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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, 2023
Warrants
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2022
12,191,824
$ 4.37
Issued
Exercised
Repurchased
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2023
12,191,824
$ 4.37
Warrants exercisable, as of June 30, 2023
12,191,824
$ 4.37
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.
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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, 2023.
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, 2023.
During
the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, $ 329,778 and $ 10,064,622 were recorded as stock-based compensation expense, respectively.
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, 2022
2,000
$ 10.05
Granted
Exercised
Cancelled, forfeited or expired
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2023
2,000
$ 10.05
Options exercisable, as of June 30, 2023
2,000
$ 10.05
Following is a summary of the status of options
outstanding and exercisable as of June 30, 2023:
Outstanding Options
Exercisable
Options
Exercise Price
Number
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
Average
Exercise Price
Number
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
$
years
$
years
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Note 15. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
The Company’s non-controlling interest
consists of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Trans Pacific Logistics Shanghai Ltd.
( 1,522,971 )
( 1,521,645 )
Thor
( 814,005 )
( 486,942 )
Brilliant Warehouse Service, Inc.
117,035
( 132,303 )
Total
$ ( 2,219,941 )
$ ( 2,140,890 )
Note 16. 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 lawsuit in the New York State
Supreme Court on December 9, 2022 against Thor Miner, Inc., which is Singularity’s joint venture (“Thor Miner”), 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.
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 the Company
(and other Defendants) on December 28, 2022.
The Company 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 19 for further details.
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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 and 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. The Company, Yang Jie, Jing Shan, and the plaintiffs of the above three actions entered into a certain settlement agreement
and general mutual release with an effective date of March 10, 2023, pursuant to which the Company agreed to pay the sum of $ 10,525,910.82 .
Plaintiffs in the actions agreed to discharge and forever release the defendants in the actions from all claims that were or could have
been raised in those actions, as well as dismissal of each of the actions with prejudice. The Company has no role or knowledge as to
how the settlement payment will be allocated between and among the plaintiffs. The Company paid the settlement payment on March 14, 2023.
In
addition, the plaintiffs agreed to irrevocably forfeit 3,728,807 shares of Common Stock they hold. The cancellation of 3,528,807 shares
has been completed, while the cancellation of the remaining 200,000 shares is still in processing for the year ended June 30,
2023. The fair value of the shares was $ 2,125,420 at March 10, 2023, the settlement amount over the fair value of the shares to
be cancelled is recorded as other expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. The cancellation of 200,000 shares
completed on July 8, 2023
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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.
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.
The Company is not able to estimate the outcome or duration of the government investigations.
Employee Agreement
For the year ended June 30, 2023, 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.
Note 17. 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, 2023 and 2022 are as follows:
For the Years Ended
June 30
2023
2022
Current
U.S.
$ ( 135,855 )
$ -
PRC
-
Total income tax expenses
$ ( 135,855 )
$ -
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Income tax expense for the years ended June 30,
2023 and 2022 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, 2023 and 2022 to the Company’s effective tax rate are
as follows:
June 30,
2023
June 30,
2022
%
%
US Statutory tax rate
$ 21.0
$ 21.0
Permanent difference*
( 42.0 )
( 5.3 )
Change in valuation allowance
20.5
( 14.9 )
Rate differential in foreign jurisdiction
( 0.1 )
( 0.8 )
$ ( 0.6 )
$ -
* Permanent difference includes non-deductible expenses mainly stock compensation.
The Company’s deferred tax assets are comprised
of the following:
June 30,
2023
June 30,
2022
Allowance for doubtful accounts
U.S.
$ 1,241,000
$ 617,000
PRC
1,655,000
1,830,000
Net operating loss
U.S.
8,775,000
4,670,000
PRC
1,425,000
1,283,000
Total deferred tax assets
13,096,000
8,400,000
Valuation allowance
( 13,096,000 )
( 8,400,000 )
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 $ 22,000,000 as of June 30, 2022, which may reduce
future federal taxable income. During the year ended June 30, 2023, approximately $ 19,700,000 of NOL was generated and the tax benefit
derived from such NOL was approximately $ 8,775,000 . As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s cumulative NOL amounted to approximately
$ 41,700,000 which may reduce future federal taxable income.
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The Company’s operations in China incurred
a cumulative NOL of approximately $ 1,333,000 as of June 30, 2022. During the year ended June 30, 2023, additional NOL of approximately
$ 370,000 was generated. As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s cumulative NOL amounted to approximately $ 1,730,000 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, 2023. The net decrease
in valuation for the year ended June 30, 2023 amounted to approximately $ 4,696,000 , based on management’s reassessment of the amount
of the Company’s deferred tax assets that are more likely than not to be realized.
The Company’s taxes payable consists of
the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
VAT tax payable
$ 1,016,529
$ 1,098,862
Corporate income tax payable
2,261,131
2,295,803
Others
57,298
62,512
Total
$ 3,334,958
$ 3,457,177
Note 18. CONCENTRATIONS
Major Customers
For the year ended June 30, 2023, two customers
accounted for 52.7 % and 16.1 % of the Company’s gross revenues. As of June 30, 2023, two customers accounted for 35.6 % and
18.1 % of the Company’s accounts receivable, net.
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.
Major Suppliers
For the year ended June 30, 2023, two suppliers
accounted for approximately 19.6 % and 19.5 % of the total gross purchases, respectively.
For the year ended June 30, 2022, two suppliers
accounted for approximately 26.3 % and 24.1 % of the total gross purchases, respectively.
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Note 19.
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, 2023, the Company had two operating segments: (1)
freight logistics services and (2) sales of crypto-mining machines. 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.
The following tables present summary information
by segment for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively:
For the Year Ended June 30, 2023
Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
Freight
Logistics
Services
Sale of
Crypto-mining
Machines
Total
Net revenues
$ -
$ 3,806,158
$ 732,565
$ 4,538,723
Cost of revenues
$ -
$ 3,990,654
$ -
$ 3,990,654
Gross profit
$ -
$ ( 184,496 )
$ 732,565
$ 548,069
Depreciation and amortization
$ -
$ 163,635
$ 713
$ 164,348
Total capital expenditures
$ -
$ ( 38,440 )
$ 2,852
$ ( 35,588 )
Gross margin%
-
%
( 4.85 )%
100 %
12.08 %
For the Year Ended June 30, 2022
Shipping
Agency and
Management
Services
Freight
Logistics
Services
Sales 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 (loss) 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 %
( 3.7 )%
Total assets as of:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Shipping Agency and Management Services
$ -
$ -
Freight Logistic Services
19,075,202
44,058,444
Sales of crypto-mining machines
162,605
20,789,296
Total Assets
19,237,807
$ 64,847,740
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,
2023
2022
PRC
$ 2,529,449
$ 2,982,691
U.S.
2,009,274
1,005,724
Total revenues
$ 4,538,723
$ 3,988,415
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Note 20. 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,
2023
2022
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 and Sales Agreement (“PSA”) with HighSharp. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Thor Miner agreed to purchase certain cryptocurrency mining equipment. In January and April 2022, Thor Miner made total prepayment of $ 35,406,649 for the order and no prepayment as of June 30, 2023.
Due to production issues from HighSharp,
Thor Miner was not able to timely deliver the full quantity of cryptocurrency mining machines to SOSNY under the PSA and was sued by
SOSNY for breach of contract on December 9, 2022.
The Company entered into a settlement
agreement with 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 Miner has paid
to HighSharp.
As of December 22, 2022, the balance
of advances to HighSharp and deposits 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, 2022. Thor Miner wrote off the balance of the deposit it received
from SOSNY and the balance of its payment to HighSharp resulted in net bad debt expenses of $ 367,014 .
Due from related party, net
As of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the outstanding
amounts due from related parties consist of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
Zhejiang Jinbang Fuel Energy Co., Ltd (1)
458,607
415,412
Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd (2)
1,068,014
1,306,004
LSM Trading Ltd (3)
570,000
570,000
Rich Trading Co. Ltd (4)
103,424
103,424
Cao Lei (5)
13,166
54,860
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
( 2,138,276 )
( 2,449,700 )
Total
$ 74,935
$ -
(1) As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company advanced $ 458,607 and $ 415,412 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. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided allowance of $ 383,672 and $ 415,412 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, and the allowance changes as a result of changes in exchange rates.
(2) As of June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company advanced approximately $ 1.1 million and $ 1.3 million to Shanghai Baoyin Industrial Co., Ltd. which is 30 % owned by Qinggang Wang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Logistic Shanghai Ltd. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided full credit losses for the balance of the receivable.
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(3) As of June 30, 2023, the Company advanced $ 570,000 to LSM Trading Ltd, which is 40 % owned by the Company. The advance is non-interest bearing and due on demand. The Company provided full credit losses for the balance of the receivable.
(4) 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 operated by Rich Trading and the Company would be entitled to 90 % of profits generated by the trading business. The Company advanced $ 3,303,424 for this project, of which $ 3,200,000 has been returned to the Company. The Company provided allowance of $ 103,424 for the year ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.
(5) The amount represents business advance to Mr. Lei Cao, the former Chairman of the Board. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, Lei Cao repaid approximately $ 54,000 , of which approximately $ 13,000 additional payment was recognized as non-operating income. The Company provided full credit losses for the remaining balance of the receivable.
Loan receivable- related parties
As of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the outstanding
loan receivable from related parties consists of the following:
June 30,
June 30,
2023
2022
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.
Accounts payable - related
parties
As of June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, the Company had accounts payable
to Rich Trading Co. Ltd of $ 63,434 .
Due to Related Party
As of June 30, 2023, the Company had accounts
payable to Qinggang Wang, CEO and legal representative of Trans Pacific Shanghai, of $ 104,962 . These payments were made on behalf
of the Company for the daily business operational activities.
Revenue - Related Party
For the year ended June 30, 2023, the company
had no revenue from related party. For the year ended June 30, 2022, revenue from related party, Zhejiang Jinbang, amounted to $ 222,963 .
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21. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On July 3, 2023, the Company entered into a Settlement
and Release Agreement with Mr. Jie which fully resolved his claims against the Company.On July 3, 2023, Mr. Tieliang Liu resigned as
a director of Singularity Future Technology Ltd. (the “Company”) and a member of the Compensation Committee, the Audit Committee,
and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Liu’s decision did not result from any disagreement with the Company
relating to its operations, policies, or practice.
On July 10, 2023, Company terminated the employment
of its Chief Operating Officer Jing Shan with cause. The termination was effective immediately.
On July 31, 2023, the Company elected Mr. Zhongliang
Xie as a Class II independent director to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders for the fiscal year 2023, to fill the vacancy
on the Board resulting from the resignation of Mr. Tieliang Liu. The Board appointed Mr. Xie to serve as Chair of the Audit Committee,
a member of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
On August 15, 2023, Mr. Dianjiang
Wang resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Wang’s decision did not result from any disagreement with the
Company relating to its operations, policies, or practices. On August 21, 2023, the Company entered into an employment agreement with
Mr. Ying Cao to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Ying Cao has served as the department manager and quality control
manager at Shaanxi Huaqiang Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd. since 2015. Prior to that, he served as a project manager in Sigma
Accounting Firm from 2007 to 2014. Mr. Cao obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Xi’an University of Finance
and Economics. Mr. Cao does not have any family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers.
Nasdaq Listing Deficiencies
On July 7, 2023, the Company received an Notice
of Noncompliance Letter (the “Letter”) from Nasdaq stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules
due to its failure to timely hold an annual meeting of shareholders for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, which is required to be
held within twelve months of the Company’s fiscal year end under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(a) and 5810(c)(2)(G). The Letter also
states that the Company has 45 calendar days to submit a plan to regain compliance (the “Plan”) and if Nasdaq accepts the
Plan, it can grant the Company an exception of up to 180 calendar days from the fiscal year end, or until December 27, 2023, to regain
compliance. Nasdaq requires the Plan to be submitted no later than August 21, 2023.
On July 13, 2023, the Company received a notice
from Nasdaq stating that the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq’s independent director and audit committee requirements under
Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5605 following the resignation of Tieliang Liu from the Company’s board of directors and audit committee
effective July 3, 2023. Nasdaq advised the Company that in accordance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5605(c)(4), the Company has a
cure period to regain compliance (1) until the earlier of the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting or July 3, 2024;
or (2) if the next annual shareholders’ meeting is held before January 2, 2024, then the Company must evidence compliance no later
than January 2, 2024. In response to this notice, on July 31, 2023, the Company elected Mr. Zhongliang Xie as a Class II independent
director to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders for the fiscal year 2023, to fill the vacancy on the Board resulting from
the resignation of Mr. Tieliang Liu. The Board appointed Mr. Xie to serve as Chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the Compensation
Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
On July 13, 2023, the Company received a notice
from Nasdaq stating that the Company failed to regain compliance with respect to the minimum $ 1 bid price per share requirement under
Nasdaq Listing Rules during the 180 calendar days given by Nasdaq for the Company to regain compliance, which ended on July 5, 2023.
However, Nasdaq has determined that the Company is eligible for an additional 180 calendar day period, or until January 2, 2024, to regain
compliance. Such determination is based on the Company meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares
and all other applicable requirements for initial listing on the Capital Market with the exception of the bid price requirement, and
the Company’s written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse
stock split, if necessary. The Company intends to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s bid price requirement prior to the end of the
second bid price extension.
On August 30, 2023, the Company received a formal
notification from Nasdaq confirming that the Company had regained compliance with the independent director and audit committee requirements
for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market set forth in Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2) by appointing Mr. Zhongliang
Xie to the Company’s board of directors and audit committee on July 31, 2023, and that the matter is now closed.
On August 30, 2023, the Company received a formal
notification from Nasdaq stating that it has determined to grant the Company an extension until December 27, 2023, to regain compliance
with Listing Rule 5620(a), which requires that the Company hold an annual meeting of shareholders within twelve months of the end of
the Company’s fiscal year end.
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