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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 19 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Legal Contingencies

 

On May 16, 2017, Mrs. Guiqin Li (the “Plaintiff”) commenced a lawsuit against the Company in the People’s Court of Chongqing Pilot Free Trade Zone of China. Plaintiff alleged that due to the misguidance given by the Company’s security trading department, the Plaintiff did not manage to complete the sales of the Company’s common stock on the day of the Company’s initial public offering in the United States. As the price of the Company’s common stock continued falling after the initial public offering, the Plaintiff incurred losses and hence seek money damages against the Company. Based on the judgment of the first trial, the Company was required to pay the Plaintiff a settlement payment, including the money compensation, interests and other legal fees. In January 2023, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Agreement”) with the Plaintiff, pursuant to which the Company paid the Plaintiff a total sum of approximately US$0.7 million (approximately RMB 4.8 million) as settlement payment, and upon acceptance of the settlement payment from the Company, the Plaintiff waived, released, and forever discharged the Company from all past and future claims. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has made the payments in full to the Plaintiff according to the Agreement.

 

On November 26, 2021, the Company filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County against Lei Zhang and Yan Li, as defendants, and Transhare Corporation, as a nominal defendant, asserting that defendants had not paid for restricted shares of the Company stock pursuant to stock purchase agreements they executed with the Company. The Company sought money damages of $9,088,125.00 plus interest, punitive damages, and reimbursement of all costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees. In December, defendants filed an answer and counterclaims against the Company, which they amended on January 27, 2022 after the Company moved to dismiss their counterclaims. They claimed that the Company made false and materially misleading statements, specifically regarding the sale of the shares and the removal of their restrictive legends. Defendants seek a declaratory judgment, indemnification, and monetary damages of at least $9 million, punitive damages of $10 million, plus interest, costs, and fees. In April 2022, the Court granted the Company’s motion for a preliminary injunction to restrain the Company’s transfer agent from removing the restrictive legends on the shares, provided that the Company posts a bond in the amount of US$1.5 million by May 20, 2022, which the Company declined to do. On June 13, 2022, the restrictions imposed on the shares were lifted.

 

 

The Company moved to dismiss the counterclaims, and its motion was fully submitted in April 2022. On September 9, 2022, the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss defendants’ counterclaims on all but three counterclaims. Defendants’ outstanding counterclaims are for breach of contract, conversion, and wrongful refusal to remove restrictions pursuant to 6 Del. C. § 8-401.

 

Nominal defendant Transhare Corporation moved to dismiss the defendants’ counterclaim against it for wrongful refusal to remove restrictions pursuant to 6 Del. C. § 8-401, and its motion was fully submitted in April 2022. On September 9, 2022, the Court granted Transhare Corporation’s motion to dismiss defendants’ counterclaim for wrongful refusal to remove restrictions. Defendants have appealed the Court’s September 9, 2022 order dismissing defendants’ counterclaim for wrongful refusal to remove restrictions. On October 3, 2022 the parties submitted a stipulation dismissing defendants’ outstanding counterclaim against Transhare Corporation seeking declaratory judgment.

 

A date for trial will be set at a status conference on September 27, 2023. The outcome of this legal proceeding is uncertain at this point. The Company intends to recover on its claims, and vigorously defend itself in this litigation. As of March 31, 2023, the total unpaid shares issued to Lei Zhang and Yan Li by the Company was 982,500 shares, and the subscription receivable was US$3,024,000 which was recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.