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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 18 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Lease commitments

 

The Group leases offices for operation under operating leases. Future minimum lease payments of US$330,725 under non-cancellable operating leases with initial terms in excess of one year were included in Note 10.

 

Legal Contingencies

 

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 (“Transhare”), as a nominal defendant, asserting that defendants had not paid for certain restricted shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to stock purchase agreements they executed with the Company. In December, defendants filed an answer and counterclaim against the Company, which they amended on January 27, 2022 after the Company moved to dismiss their counterclaims. They brought claims for, among others, breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and fraud, asserting that the Company made false and materially misleading statements, specifically regarding the sale of such shares to Lei Zhang and Yan Li and the removal of their restrictive legends. Defendants are seeking money damages of at least US$9 million, punitive damages of US$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, which the Company declined to do. On June 13, 2022, the restriction imposed on the shares were lifted.

 

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.

 

 

The Company participated in a formal mediation with the defendants Lei Zhang and Yan Li on September 18, 2023. As a result of the mediation, the parties were able to reach a settlement agreement in December 2023. The parties executed a Settlement Agreement on December 21, 2023, and the claims by each side were formally dismissed by the court on December 22, 2023. The subscription receivable amounted to US$3,024,000 was waived by the Company during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, and the Company will not retrieve the shares that were issued to the defendants.