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Share Based Compensation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Share Based Compensation [Abstract]  
SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

19. SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

 

On February 1, 2023, 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.

 

Statutory reserve

 

During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company collectively attributed nil of retained earnings for their statutory reserves, respectively.

Restricted net assets

 

PRC laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC are required to annually appropriate 10% of their net income to the statutory reserve prior to payment of any dividends, unless the reserve has reached 50% of their respective registered capital. Furthermore, registered share capital and capital reserve accounts are also restricted from distribution. As a result of the restrictions described above and elsewhere under PRC laws and regulations, the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the PRC are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company in the form of dividends. The restriction amounted to $24,733,624 (RMB176,144,932) as of December 31, 2024. Except for the above or disclosed elsewhere, there is no other restriction on the use of proceeds generated by the Company’s subsidiaries to satisfy any obligations of the Company.

 

Payments-omnibus equity plan

 

On July 12, 2022 (the “Grant Date”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company granted 3,047,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 (the “Shares”), pursuant to the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Equity Plan, to certain officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Grantees”), including: 800,000 shares to Shanchun Huang, Chief Executive Officer of the Company; 800,000 shares to Yongke Xue, President of the Company; 100,000 shares to Ming Yi, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, 547,000 shares to Peng Lei, general manager of a subsidiary of the Company, 300,000 shares to Pang Dong, general manager of a subsidiary the Company, and 500,000 shares to Kai Xu, Deputy General Manager of a subsidiary of the Company and vice president of blockchain division of the Company (collectively, the “Grants”). The Grants vested immediately on the Grant Date and each of the Grantees also entered into an Unrestricted Stock Award Agreement with the Company on July 12, 2022. As the closing price of the Company stock was $0.42 on July 12, 2022, the Company recorded an expense of $1.28 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. As of the date of this report, the Shares have been issued to the Grantees. The share numbers in this Note 22 are pre-reverse stock split effected on February 1, 2023.

 

On October 12, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company granted 2,890,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001, pursuant to the Company’s 2023 Omnibus Equity Plan, to certain officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Grantees”). As the closing price of the Company stock was $1.20 on December 23, 2023, the Company recorded an expense of $3.47 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. As of the date of this report, the Shares have been issued to the Grantees.

 

On October 4, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company granted 2,110,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001, pursuant to the Company’s 2023 Omnibus Equity Plan, to certain officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Grantees”). As the closing price of the Company stock was $0.318 on October 9, 2023, the Company recorded an expense of $0.67 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024. As of the date of this report, the Shares have been issued to the Grantees.