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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

31. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On January 26, 2023, Future FinTech Group Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Florida Secretary of State’s office Articles of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to amend its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (“Articles of Incorporation”). As a result of the Amendment, the Company has authorized and approved a 1-for-5 reverse stock split   of the Company’s authorized shares of common stock from 300,000,000 shares to 60,000,000 shares, accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The common stock will continue to be $0.001 par value. The Company rounds up to the next full share of the Company’s shares of common stock any fractional shares that result from the Reverse Stock Split and no fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split and no cash or other consideration will be paid in connection with any fractional shares that would otherwise have resulted from the Reverse Stock Split. No changes are being made to the number of preferred shares of the Company which remain as 10,000,000 preferred shares as authorized but not issued. The amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company takes effect at 1:00am Eastern Time on February 1, 2023.

 

On February 27, 2023, Future FinTech (Hong Kong) Limited (“Buyer”), a company incorporated in Hong Kong and a wholly owned subsidiary of Future FinTech Group Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Share Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Alpha Financial Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Seller”) and sole owner and shareholder of Alpha International Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (“Alpha HK”) and Alpha Information Service (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a company incorporated in China (“Alpha SZ”). Pursuant to Agreement, the Buyer agreed to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Alpha HK and Alpha SZ (the “Alpha Shares”) from the Seller in cash for a total of HK$15,659,949 (approximately $2,007,686). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the parties agreed: (i) the purchase price of all issued and outstanding shares of Alpha HK (the “HK Shares”) shall be HK$ 14,010,421 (approximately $1,796,208 and the “HK Purchase Price”); (ii) the purchase price of all issued and outstanding shares of Alpha SZ (the “SZ Shares”) shall be HK$1,649,528 (approximately $211,478, the “SZ Purchase Price”, together with HK Purchase Price as the “Total Purchase Price”); (iii) 50% of the Total Purchase Price shall be paid to the Seller within 5 working days after the formal signing of the Agreement; (iv) the remaining 50% shall be paid within 5 working days after Buyer receives the approval notice from Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“HKSFC”) for the transfer of HK Shares prior to December 31, 2023 (or such later date as the parties may mutually agree in writing); (v) if the HKSFC fails to give such approval within 365 days of this Agreement, Seller shall refund the amount paid by the Buyer under this Agreement within 3 working days after the earlier of receiving the notice of failure or the expiration of 365 days unless Buyer and Seller mutually have agreed to extend such deadline; and (vi) if the failure to obtain the approval from HKSFC is attributable to a material breach of the Agreement by the Buyer or fraud or willful malfeasance on the part of the Buyer, the amount of the Total Purchase Price theretofore paid will not be refunded.

 

Ms. Ying Li, a director of the Board of Directors and vice president of the Company is a minority shareholder of the parent company of Alpha International Financial Holdings Limited (“Alpha International”), which is the sole shareholder of the Seller. Ms. Li has served as a director of Alpha International since February 5, 2020, and as a director of Alpha HK since September 9, 2020.