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Share Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

8. SHARE BASED COMPENSATION


On January 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Consulting Service Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Dragon Investment Holding Limited (Malta) (the “Consultant”), a company incorporated in Malta, pursuant to which Consultant will: (i) help the Company to locate new merger projects globally, develop new merger strategy and provide the Company with at least five (5) merger and acquisition targets that have synergy with the Company’s business and development plans and could clearly contribute to the Company’s strategic goals each year; (ii) help the Company to map out new growth strategies in addition to its current business; (iii) work with the Company to explore new lines of business and associated growth strategies; and (iv) conduct market research and evaluating variable projects and providing feasibility studies per Company’s request from time to time. The term of the Agreement is three years. In consideration of the services to be provided by Consultant to the Company, the Company agrees to pay the Consultant a three-year consulting fee totaling $3 million. The Company shall issue a total of 3,750,000 restricted shares of the Company Common Stock (the “Consultant Shares”) at a price of $0.794 per share, (the closing price of the Agreement date), as the payment for the above mentioned consultant fee to the Consultant. On February 23, 2020, The Company issued the Consultant Shares pursuant to the Agreement, of which 1,500,000 shares were released to the Consultant immediately, 1,125,000 and 1,125,000 shares, respectively, will be held by the Company and released to the Consultant on January 25, 2021 and January 25, 2022 if this Agreement has not been terminated and there has been no breach of the Agreement by the Consultant at such time. If the second and/or third release of the shares mentioned above does not occur, such shares shall be returned to the Company as treasury shares. The shares contemplated in the Agreement were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded stock related compensation of $1.19 million, based on the stock closing price of $0.794 on the Agreement date, for the 1,500,000 shares which were released to the Consultant immediately upon issuance. The Company will recognize stock related compensation of $1.79 million for the 2,250,000 shares in the future when they are released to the Consultant pursuant to the Agreement. 


On May 13, 2019, the Company issued 500,000 of its Common Stock to two employees granted in December 2018 by the Compensation Committee of the Board pursuant to the Company’s 2017 Omnibus Equity Plan (the “Plan”). On June 5, 2019, the Company issued 150,000 shares of its Common Stock to three employees granted in December 2018 by the Compensation Committee of the Board pursuant to the Plan.


On February 26, 2020, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2019 Omnibus Equity Plan at a Special Meeting of shareholder, which permits the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, unrestricted stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to its employees, officers and directors of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company has not issued any stock under the 2019 Omnibus Equity Plan.


On October 27, 2020, the Company’s board of directors approved the 2020 Omnibus Equity Plan, which permits the grant of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, unrestricted stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to its employees, officers and directors of up to 5,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The 2020 Omnibus Equity Plan is subject to the shareholders’ approval on the annual shareholders’ meeting, which will be held on December 18, 2020. The Company has not issued any stock under the 2020 Omnibus Equity Plan.


The Company did not grant any stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.