Blueprint
Confidential
Draft Submission No. 1 submitted to the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 13, 2018. This draft registration statement
has not been publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and all information herein remains strictly
confidential.
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
Confidential
Draft Submission No. 1
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HF ENTERPRISES
INC.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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6799
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83-1079861
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
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(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification
Code Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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HF Enterprises
Inc.
4800 Montgomery
Lane, Suite 210
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
(301)
971-3940
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Chan Heng
Fai
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
HF Enterprises
Inc.
4800 Montgomery
Lane, Suite 210
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
(301)
971-3940
(Name, address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Spencer G.
Feldman, Esq.
Olshan Frome
Wolosky LLP
1325 Avenue of
the Americas, 15th
Floor
New York, New
York 10019
Tel.: (212)
451-2300
Fax: (212)
451-2222
Email:
sfeldman@olshanlaw.com
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Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being
registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, check the following box.
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If this Form is filed to register
additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.
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If this Form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective
amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting
company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large Accelerated Filer ☐
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Accelerated Filer ☐
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Non-Accelerated Filer ☐
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
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Smaller Reporting Company ☒
Emerging Growth
Company ☒
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If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has
elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities
Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
class of
securities to be
registered
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Proposed maximum
offering priceper share
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Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price(1)(2)
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Amount of
registration
fee
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per
share (“Common Stock”)
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1,150,000
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$11.00
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$12,650,000
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$1,533.18(3)
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Representative’s
Warrant
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$1.00
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(3)
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$183.99
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Common Stock underlying
Representative’s Warrant
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$13.20
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$1,518,000
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$1,717.17
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of
computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(0) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(2) Includes shares the underwriter has
the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if
any.
(3) No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g)
under the Securities Act.
The registrant
hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as
may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant
shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this
registration statement shall hereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or
until the registration statement shall become effective on such
date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.
The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and
may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an
offer to sell nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in
any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
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Subject to Completion, dated November 13, 2018
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
1,000,000 Shares
HF
ENTERPRISES INC.
Common Stock
This is
the initial public offering of shares of common stock of HF
Enterprises Inc. Prior to this offering, no public market has
existed for our common stock. We are offering 1,000,000 shares. We
currently estimate that the initial public offering price will be
between $9.00 and $11.00 per share. We intend to list our shares of
common stock for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the
symbol HFEN.
Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk
Factors” beginning on page 10.
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Initial public
offering price
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$
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$
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Underwriting
discounts and commissions (1)
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$
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$
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Proceeds to us,
before expenses
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$
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$
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(1)
Please see the
section of this prospectus entitled “Underwriting” for
additional information regarding underwriter
compensation.
We have
granted the underwriter the right to purchase up to 150,000
additional shares of common stock from us at the initial public
offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions to cover
over-allotments, if any. The underwriter can exercise this option
within 60 days after the date of this prospectus.
We are
an “emerging growth company” as defined under U.S.
federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with
certain reduced public company reporting requirements after this
offering.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory
body has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if
this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The
underwriter expects to deliver the shares of our common stock to
purchasers on or about _______, 2019.
The
date of this prospectus is ,
2019
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PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
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1
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RISK
FACTORS
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10
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CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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USE OF
PROCEEDS
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DIVIDEND
POLICY
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CAPITALIZATION
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DILUTION
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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BUSINESS
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MANAGEMENT
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EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
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CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
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PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
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DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
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SHARES
ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
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UNDERWRITING
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64
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INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
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LEGAL
MATTERS
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EXPERTS
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WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
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About this Prospectus
Neither
we nor the underwriter has authorized anyone to provide you with
information that is different from that contained in this
prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be
delivered or made available to you. We take no responsibility for,
and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other
information that others may give you. We and the underwriter are
offering to sell shares of common stock and seeking offers to buy
shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales
are permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is
accurate only as of the date on the front of this prospectus,
regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale
of shares of our common stock. Our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects may have changed since that
date.
For
investors outside the United States: Neither we nor the underwriter
has done anything that would permit this offering, or possession or
distribution of this prospectus, in any jurisdiction where action
for that purpose is required, other than in the United States.
Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this
prospectus must inform themselves about, and observe any
restrictions relating to, the offering of the shares of common
stock and the distribution of this prospectus outside of the United
States. See “Underwriting.”
Unless
otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus concerning
economic conditions, our industry, our markets and our competitive
position is based on a variety of sources, including information
from third-party industry analysts and publications and our own
estimates and research. Some of the industry and market data
contained in this prospectus are based on third-party industry
publications. This information involves a number of assumptions,
estimates and limitations.
The
industry publications, surveys and forecasts and other public
information generally indicate or suggest that their information
has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. None of the
third-party industry publications used in this prospectus were
prepared on our behalf. The industry in which we operate is subject
to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of
factors, including those described in “Risk Factors.”
These and other factors could cause results to differ materially
from those expressed in these publications.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained in this prospectus
and does not contain all of the information that you should
consider in making your investment decision. Before investing in
our common stock, you should carefully read this entire prospectus,
including our consolidated financial statements and the related
notes thereto and the information set forth under the sections
“Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and
related notes thereto, in each case included in this prospectus.
Some of the statements in this prospectus constitute
forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements.”
Unless the context requires otherwise, the words “we,”
“us,” “our,” “our company” and
“our business” refer to HF Enterprises Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Our Company
HF
Enterprises Inc. is a diversified holding company principally
engaged through its subsidiaries in property development, digital
transformation technology and biohealth activities with operations
in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. We manage
our three principal businesses primarily through our majority-owned
subsidiary, Singapore eDevelopment Ltd., a public company traded on
the Singapore Stock Exchange. Through this subsidiary (and
indirectly, through other public and private U.S. and Asian
subsidiaries), we are actively developing two significant real
estate projects near Houston, Texas and in Frederick, Maryland in
our property development segment. We have designed applications for
enterprise messaging and e-commerce software platforms in the
United States and Asia in our digital transformation technology
business unit. Our recent foray into the biohealth segment includes
research to treat neurological and immune-related diseases,
nutritional chemistry to create a natural sugar alternative,
research regarding innovative products to slow the spread of
disease, and natural foods and supplements. We opportunistically
identify global businesses for investment, incubation and corporate
advisory services primarily related to our operating business
segments. We also have investments outside of Singapore
eDevelopment, including a 19.8% equity interest in Holista CollTech
Limited, a public Australian company that produces natural food
ingredients, and a 14.2% equity interest in Vivacitas Oncology
Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company. Under the guidance of
Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
who is also our single largest stockholder, we have positioned
ourselves as a participant in these key markets through a series of
strategic transactions. Our growth strategy is both to pursue
opportunities that we can leverage on our global network using our
capital resources and to accelerate the expansion of our organic
businesses.
We make
equity investments in innovative and promising businesses that are
expected to appreciate in value over time. Our emphasis is on
building businesses in industries where our management team has
in-depth knowledge and experience, or where our management can
provide value by advising on new markets and expansion. We have at
times provided a range of global capital and management services to
these companies in order to gain access to Asian markets. We have
historically favored businesses that improve an individual’s
quality of life or that improve the efficiency of businesses
through technology in various industries. We believe our capital
and management services provide us with a competitive advantage in
the selection of strategic acquisitions and investments, which
creates and adds value for us, our investments and our
stockholders.
Our Current Operations
Mr.
Chan has led our Singapore eDevelopment subsidiary since 2014. In
March 2018, Mr. Chan formed our company and subsequently assigned
his equity interests in several companies, including Singapore
eDevelopment and its subsidiaries, to us for further expansion in
the United States. Mr. Chan has more than 40 years of experience
serving as a chief executive officer, director and private equity
investor in more than 35 private and publicly-held early-stage and
growth companies in the United States, Singapore and other
countries. We currently have approximately 19 employees across five
countries. We are a global company with our corporate headquarters
located in Bethesda, Maryland and additional offices in Singapore,
Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong. Below is a description of our three
principal businesses.
Property Development
Business. We initially began our real estate business in
2014, when our majority-owned subsidiary Singapore eDevelopment
Limited started developing property projects and investing in
third-party property development projects. SeD Intelligent Home
Inc., a subsidiary of Singapore eDevelopment, conducts real estate
development projects through land subdivision developments.
Development activities are generally contracted out, including
planning, design and construction, as well as other work with
engineers, surveyors and architects. The developed lots are then
sold to builders for the construction of new homes. SeD Intelligent
Home’s main assets are two subdivision development projects,
one near Houston, Texas, known as Black Oak, consisting of 162
acres and currently projected to have approximately 512 units, and
one in Frederick, Maryland, known as Ballenger Run, consisting of
197 acres with 853 units. We consider projects in diverse regions
across the United States, and maintain longstanding relationships
with local owners, brokers, managers and lenders to source
projects. SeD Intelligent Home will continue to focus on off-market
deals and raise appropriate financing for development activities.
We intend to embark on residential construction activities in
partnership with U.S. homebuilders and have commenced discussions
to acquire smaller U.S. residential construction projects. These
projects may be within both the for-sale and for-rent markets. We
believe these initiatives will provide a set of solutions to smooth
out the long term revenue associated with property development in
the United States and create new development opportunities and
revenue from this business.
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Digital Transformation
Technology Business. Our digital transformation technology
business unit is committed to enabling enterprises to engage in a
digital transformation by providing consulting, implementation and
development services with various technologies, including instant
messaging, blockchain, e-commerce, social media and payment
solutions. Our digital transformation technology business is
involved in mobile application product development and other
businesses, providing information technology services to end-users,
service providers and other commercial users through multiple
platforms. Our technology platform consists of instant messaging
systems, social media, e-commerce and payment systems, direct
marketing platforms, e-real estate, brand protection and
counterfeit and fraud detection. HotApp Blockchain focuses on
business-to-business solutions such as enterprise messaging and
workflow. Through HotApp Blockchain, we have successfully
implemented several strategic platform developments for clients,
including a mobile front-end solution for network marketing, a
hotel e-commerce platform for Asia and a real estate agent
management platform in China. We have also enhanced our
technological capability from mobile application development to
include blockchain architectural design, allowing mobile-friendly
front-end solutions to integrate with blockchain
platforms.
Biohealth Business.
Our biohealth business is committed to both funding research and
developing and selling products that promote a healthy lifestyle.
Since Singapore eDevelopment became involved in the biomedical and
healthcare market through its biohealth division – Global
BioMedical Pte. Ltd. – we have successfully formed new
ventures with biomedical companies and made headway with our
research. A subsidiary of Global BioMedical Pte. Ltd. is presently
one of three shareholders in an operating entity named Global
BioLife Inc. The other shareholders of Global BioLife include
Holista CollTech Limited (we indirectly own 19.8% of Holista
CollTech) and an entity owned by the chief scientist overseeing
Global BioLife’s projects. Global BioLife is a company
devoted to research in three main areas, including (i) the
“Linebacker” project, which aims to develop a universal
therapeutic drug platform, (ii) a new sugar substitute called
“Laetose,” which Global BioLife’s Sweet Sense
Inc. subsidiary is attempting to license, and (iii) a multi-use
fragrance called “3F” (Functional Fragrance
Formulation). Global BioLife has established a joint venture with
Quality Candy Company, LLC for the development, manufacture and
global distribution of Laetose. Global BioLife has formed a working
collaboration with Chemia Corporation, a specialty manufacturer
specializing in high quality, cost effective fragrances to
manufacture personal care, household, industrial and institutional
products. Together with Chemia, we are attempting to license 3F. We
have engaged Destum Partners, Inc., an independent advisory and
consulting firm in the biopharmaceutical and life sciences
industry, to assist in our goal of licensing each of Linebacker,
Laetose and 3F.
Through
our 19.8%-owned subsidiary Holista CollTech Limited, we have
biotech operations in Australia and Malaysia, operating in three
segments – healthy food ingredients, dietary supplements and
collagen. Holista Colltech researches, develops, markets and
distributes health-oriented products to address the growing need
for natural medicine. It offers a suite of food ingredients
including low-glycemic index baked goods, low sodium salt, low-fat
fried foods and low-calorie and low-GI sugars. Holista CollTech
produces cosmetic-grade sheep (ovine) collagen using patented
extraction methods from Australia. We also own 53% of iGalen
International Inc., a distributor of supplements and other health
products. The remaining equity interests in iGalen are owned by
Holista CollTech.
We are
focused on identifying and developing potentially profitable
businesses by investing in them through equity, convertible
securities, commodities and other derivatives and financial
products, such as Holista CollTech and Vivacitas
Oncology.
Other Businesses.
While we have identified certain main areas of focus, we will not
be limited to these three main businesses. Along with our
investments that have taken the form of pre-initial public offering
investments, incubation and angel investments, and acquisition and
trade sale financings, we provide corporate strategy and business
development advisory services. We also provide asset management
services and corporate restructuring and leveraged buy-out
expertise. These financial service offerings build relationships
with promising companies for potential future collaboration,
investment or acquisition. We intend at all times to operate our
business in a manner as to not be subject to the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
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Our Market Opportunity
In each
of our businesses, we intend to focus on solid, growing markets and
capitalize on positive demographic and market trends. In our
property development business, we intend to develop residential
real estate properties in strategic markets where we will be able
to subdivide lots for development to meet expanding needs for
housing. In addition, we are exploring the potential to expand our
set of solutions for property development in the United States, and
we may engage in financing, home management, realtor services,
insurance and home title validation. We also intend to embark on
homebuilding activities in partnership with U.S. homebuilders, and
have commenced discussions to acquire smaller U.S. homebuilding
projects (although no such agreements are currently in place). We
believe these initiatives have the opportunity to provide us with
further revenue streams. In our digital transformation technology
business, in response to the growth of internet technologies, we
are being increasingly called upon to provide software and services
to manage large amounts of personal data, prevent the unauthorized
access of such data and maintain and improve easily accessible and
navigable IT systems for firms and individuals. In the field of
biohealth, advances in neuroscience and molecular biology are
resulting in new generations of pharmaceutical products to treat
neurological and inflammatory-derived diseases. Through our
interests in Global Biomedical Pte. Ltd. and Holista CollTech, we
intend to leverage our biomedical research.
Our Growth Strategy and Competitive Advantages
Our
goal is to be modelled on a similar business philosophy which made
Berkshire Hathaway a success by acquiring and investing in
well-managed and undervalued companies that generate recurring
income, capital appreciation and possess high-growth potential, and
by providing those companies with capital markets and management
services that extend into China and other Asian markets. We believe
that we can build a brand that is synonymous with integrity, strong
corporate governance and transparency with an emphasis on social
responsibility. Key elements of our growth strategy and competitive
advantages include:
Complete accretive
acquisitions and foster strategic relationships at each level of
our company which expand our client and geographical
footprint. We intend to continue to pursue selected
acquisitions in the United States and internationally that
consolidate market share, expand our geographical footprint and
further our position as a participant in each of our three
principal businesses. In addition, we regularly engage in
negotiations with potential clients seeking business incubation and
investment services. We seek to identify and partner with companies
with complementary technology and where our management’s
access to business extension opportunities in Asia could be
commercially beneficial to them.
Diverse and competitive
positioning of our companies. Our three principal businesses
operate in diverse markets which we believe balance the risk
profile of our company. We have positioned ourselves over the past
five years as a participant in these markets through a series of
strategic acquisitions, following a business philosophy implemented
by Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and single largest stockholder. Our business has historically
focused on property development and digital transformation
technology. We have more recently entered into the biohealth
business, a space which we believe has significant growth
potential. We believe the diverse and competitive positioning in
these markets of our companies serves as a competitive
strength.
Operations strategically
located in key markets. By maintaining multiple offices in
Singapore, Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong, together with our
Bethesda, Maryland principal executive office, we are not dependent
on a single economic climate to ensure our business continues to
grow. We have the financial and organizational resources to support
opportunistic business development on a global scale, and we are
highly experienced in expanding into new geographical regions and
markets. Additionally, we maintain strategic alliances within each
of our businesses affording us additional scalability. We
continually evaluate opportunities to expand our businesses in key
markets.
Aided by an international
distribution network. The strength of our global network
provides us with the unique opportunity to target multiple client
sectors simultaneously, rather than remain constrained to isolated
regional markets. Our management team has extensive global
experience and deep relationships in each of our operating markets,
particularly in Asia. By leveraging the reach of our international
distribution network across each of our three principal businesses,
our products and services reach a broad client base.
Central capital and
management support for all companies. Our
“hands-on” management team provides centralized capital
and management oversight across our three principal businesses. We
believe we can improve the margins by controlling costs at our
businesses as we centralize business practices in functional areas
including financing, accounting, human resources, back-office
administration, information technology and risk management. These
margin improvements can be accomplished through leveraging our
central capital and management capabilities to allow our businesses
to better focus their efforts on revenue generation and
enhancement. In addition, we seek to increase revenue for each of
our subsidiaries by cross-selling the complementary technical
services and distribution network of each company, particularly
utilizing the resources of our digital transformation technology
business unit. Also, capital and management oversight connects our
businesses under a uniform company culture of fairness, integrity,
adaptability and results orientation.
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Strong alignment of
interests through founder’s ownership. We believe a
strong alignment of interests with stockholders and investors
exists through the ownership of a significant percentage of our
outstanding shares by Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chan has led Singapore eDevelopment
Ltd. since 2014 and has led our company since its inception. By
providing structural and economic alignment with the performance of
our company, Mr. Chan’s continuing controlling interest is
directly aligned with those of our investors. We believe the
combination of these characteristics has promoted long-term
planning, an enhanced culture among all of our group of companies,
strategic partners and employees, and ultimately the creation of
value for our investors and shareholders.
Selected Risks Associated with Our Business
Our
business and prospects may be limited by a number of risks and
uncertainties that we currently face, including the
following:
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We operate in the
intensely competitive property development, digital transformation
technology and biohealth markets against a number of large,
well-known companies in each of those markets.
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We and our
subsidiaries have a limited operating history and we cannot ensure
the long-term successful operation of all of our
businesses.
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We had consolidated
net losses of $5,141,312, $2,014,457 and $5,751,261 for the six
months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31, 2017
and 2016, respectively. There can be no assurance we will have net
income in future periods.
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We are a holding
company and derive all of our operating income from, and hold
substantially all of our assets through, our U.S. and foreign
subsidiaries. The effect of this structure is that we will depend
on the earnings of our subsidiaries, and the payment or other
distributions to us of these earnings, to meet our obligations and
make investments.
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There is no
assurance that we will be able to identify appropriate acquisition
or investment targets, successfully acquire or invest in identified
targets or successfully develop and integrate the businesses to
realize their full benefits.
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Our business
depends on the availability to us of Chan Heng Fai, our Founder,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who has developed and
implemented our business philosophy and who would be extremely
difficult to replace, and our business would be materially and
adversely affected if his services were to become unavailable to
us.
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We are vulnerable
to adverse changes in the economic environment in the United
States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia, particularly with
respect to increases in wages for professionals, fluctuation in the
value of foreign currencies and governmental trade policies between
nations.
In
addition, we face other risks and uncertainties that may materially
affect our business prospects, financial condition and results of
operations. You should consider the risks discussed in “Risk
Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus before investing in
our common stock.
Implications of Our Being an “Emerging Growth
Company”
As a
company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last
completed fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth
company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of
2012, or the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may take
advantage of specified reduced reporting requirements that are
otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular,
as an emerging growth company, we:
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are not required to
obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our
management’s assessment of our internal control over
financial reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act;
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are not required to
provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation
principles, objectives and elements and analyzing how those
elements fit with our principles and objectives (commonly referred
to as “compensation discussion and
analysis”);
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are not required to
obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our stockholders on
executive compensation or golden parachute arrangements (commonly
referred to as the “say-on-pay,”
“say-on-frequency” and
“say-on-golden-parachute” votes);
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are exempt from
certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a
pay-for-performance graph and CEO pay ratio
disclosure;
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may present only
two years of audited financial statements and only two years of
related Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A; and
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are eligible to
claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised
financial accounting standards under §107 of the JOBS
Act.
We
intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting
requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods
for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards
under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in
periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements
to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth
companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under
§107 of the JOBS Act. Please see “Risk Factors,”
on page 16 (“We are an
‘emerging growth company’. . .
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Certain
of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions were already
available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a
“smaller reporting company” under SEC rules. For
instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an
auditor attestation and report regarding internal control over
financial reporting, are not required to provide a compensation
discussion and analysis, are not required to provide a
pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure, and may
present only two years of audited financial statements and related
MD&A disclosure.
Under
the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced
reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after
our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration
statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, or
such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an
emerging growth company. The JOBS Act provides that we would cease
to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than
$1.07 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700 million in
market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue
more than $1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible
debt over a three-year period. Further, under current SEC rules, we
will continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting
company” for so long as we have a public float (i.e., the
market value of common equity held by non-affiliates) of less than
$250 million as of the last business day of our most recently
completed second fiscal quarter.
Status
as a Controlled Company
Upon
the completion of this offering, we expect to be considered a
“controlled company” within the meaning of the listing
standards of Nasdaq. Under these rules, a “controlled
company” may elect not to comply with certain corporate
governance requirements, including the requirement to have a board
that is composed of a majority of independent directors. We intend
to take advantage of these exemptions following the completion of
this offering. These exemptions do not modify the independence
requirements for our audit committee, and we intend to comply with
the applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rules
with respect to our audit committee within the applicable time
frame. For more information, please see “Management –
Status as a Controlled Company.”
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Organizational
Background and Corporate Information
HF Enterprises Inc.
was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 7, 2018. The
following chart illustrates the current corporate structure of our
key operating entities:
This prospectus
gives effect to the following internal restructuring transactions,
completed on October 1, 2018, by which we issued a total of
10,000,000 shares of our common stock to HFE Holdings
Limited:
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100% of the
ownership interest in Hengfai International Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai (an officer and director of our
company) to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8,500,000 shares of
our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings Limited. Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore limited company, is the sole
stockholder of Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd., which is the
owner of 761,185,294 ordinary shares of Singapore eDevelopment
Limited and warrants to purchase 359,834,471 ordinary shares of
Singapore eDevelopment Limited.
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100% of the
ownership interest in Global eHealth Limited was transferred from
Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 1,000,000
shares of our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings Limited.
Global eHealth Limited, a Hong Kong company, is the owner of
46,226,673 ordinary shares of Holista Colltech
Limited.
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100% of the
ownership interest in Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange
for 500,000 shares of our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings
Limited. Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a Singapore limited
company, owns 2,480,000 shares of common stock of Vivacitas
Oncology Inc.
In
addition to the named companies referenced in the chart above, we
own a number of subsidiaries that serve only to hold other entities
or which are intended to hold businesses that we intend to develop
at a later date.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 4800 Montgomery Lane,
Suite 210, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, telephone (301) 971-3940. We
also maintain offices in Singapore, Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong.
We maintain a corporate website at http://www.hfenterp.com.
Information on our website, and any downloadable files found there,
is not part of this prospectus and should not be relied upon with
respect to this offering.
Any
information that we consider to be material to an evaluation of our
company will be included in filings on the SEC website,
http://www.sec.gov, and may also be disseminated using our investor
relations website, http://www.hfenterp.com, and press
releases.
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THE OFFERING
The
summary below describes the principal terms of this offering. The
“Description of Capital Stock” section of this
prospectus contains a more detailed description of our common
stock.
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Common
stock offered by us
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1,000,000
shares
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Underwriter’s over-allotment
option
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We have
granted the underwriter a 60-day option to purchase up to an
additional 150,000 shares of our common stock from us at the
initial public offering price less underwriting discounts and
commissions, to cover over-allotments, if any.
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Common stock to be outstanding
after this offering
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11,001,000
shares.(1)
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Use of
proceeds after expenses
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We
estimate that the net proceeds of the sale of our common stock in
this offering will be approximately $8,135,000 (or approximately
$9,440,000 if the underwriter exercises its option in full to
purchase additional shares of our common stock), based on an
assumed initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and
commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by
us.
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We
intend to use the net proceeds of this offering (i) to fund acquisitions of new entities
and properties, (ii) to fund expansion of our existing property
development projects, digital transformation technology-related
business and biohealth business, (iii) to provide investment to
selected companies, including Holista CollTech, that fit within our
industry focus, (iv) to support scientific research at Vivacitas
Oncology Inc., and (v) for working capital and general corporate
purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” for more
information.
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Dividend
policy
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We have
never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We
anticipate that we will retain any earnings to support operations
and to finance the growth and development of our business.
Accordingly, we do not expect to pay cash dividends on our common
stock in the foreseeable future.
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Controlled
company
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Chan
Heng Fai and HFE Holdings Limited control a majority of the
combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock. As a
result, we qualify as a “controlled company” within the
meaning of the listing standards of Nasdaq. Under these rules, a
“controlled company” may elect not to comply with
certain corporate governance requirements, including the
requirement to have a board that is composed of a majority of
independent directors. We have elected to take advantage of these
exemptions.
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Risk
factors
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Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk
Factors” and other information included in this prospectus
for a discussion of factors you should carefully consider before
deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.
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Proposed Nasdaq
Capital Market symbol
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HFEN
(2)
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(1)
In this prospectus,
except as otherwise indicated, the number of shares of our common
stock that will be outstanding immediately after this offering and
the other information based thereon:
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assumes an initial
public offering price of $10.00 per share of common stock, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus;
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excludes an
additional 500,000 shares of our common stock reserved for future
issuance under our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan;
and
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no exercise of the
underwriter’s option to purchase up to 150,000 additional
shares from us in this offering to cover over-allotments, if
any.
(2)
We have reserved
the trading symbol HFEN in connection with our application to have
our common stock listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital
Market.
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
We
derived the summary consolidated statements of operations data for
the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017 from our audited
consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this
prospectus. The summary consolidated statements of operations for
the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and the summary
consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2018 are derived
from our unaudited consolidated financial statements on the same
basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and have
included, in our opinion, all adjustments consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments that we consider necessary for a fair
statement of the financial information set forth in those
statements. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative
of the results that may be expected in the future. This summary of
historical financial data should be read together with the
financial statements and the related notes, as well as
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” appearing elsewhere in
this prospectus.
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Six Months ended
June 30,
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations Data:
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Revenues
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$7,744,038
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$4,451,383
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$10,918,980
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$1,233,061
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Operating
expenses
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10,366,559
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7,316,418
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16,103,272
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5,691,078
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Loss from
operations
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(2,622,521)
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(2,865,035)
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(5,184,292)
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(4,458,017)
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Net comprehensive
loss attributable to common shareholders
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(2,760,658)
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(3,260,150)
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(2,823,383)
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(3,466,260)
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Net comprehensive
loss per share – basic and diluted
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(0.28)
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(0.33)
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(0.28)
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(0.35)
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Weighted average
common shares outstanding – basic and diluted
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10,001,000
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10,001,000
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10,001,000
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10,001,000
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The following table
summarizes our consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2018,
on an actual basis and on an as adjusted basis to give effect to
the net proceeds from the sale of 1,000,000 shares of our common
stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price
of $10.00 per share, which is the midpoint of the range set forth
on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting the estimated
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses payable by us and excluding the exercise of the
over-allotment option held by the underwriter with respect to this
offering, as if the offering had occurred on June 30,
2018.
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Consolidated
Balance Sheet Data:
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Actual
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Cash and restricted
cash
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$3,402,406
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$11,537,406
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Working capital
(deficit)
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(6,946,318)
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1,188,682
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Total
assets
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55,921,446
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64,056,446
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Total
indebtedness
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16,218,917
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16,218,917
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Total
liabilities
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26,739,988
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26,739,988
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Total
stockholders’ equity
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29,181,458
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37,316,458
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.
In addition to the other information contained in this prospectus,
prospective investors should carefully consider the following risks
before investing in our common stock. If any of the following risks
actually occur, as well as other risks not currently known to us or
that we currently consider immaterial, our business, operating
results and financial condition could be materially adversely
affected. As a result, the trading price of our common stock could
decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment in our
common stock. The risks discussed below also include
forward-looking statements, and our actual results may differ
substantially from those discussed in these forward-looking
statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking
Statements” in this prospectus. In assessing the risks below,
you should also refer to the other information contained in this
prospectus, including the financial statements and the related
notes, before deciding to purchase any shares of our common
stock.
Risks Relating to Our Business
We have a history of annual net losses which may continue and which
may negatively impact our ability to achieve our business
objectives.
Our
main real estate businesses were started in 2015 and our main
Biohealth businesses were started in 2017. Our limited operating
history makes it difficult to evaluate our current business and
future prospects and may increase the risk of your investment. For
the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years ended December 31,
2017 and 2016, we had revenue of $7,744,038, $10,918,980 and
$1,233,061, and a net loss of $5,141,312, $2,014,457 and
$5,751,261, respectively. There can be no assurance that our future
operations will result in net income. Our failure to increase our
revenues or improve our gross margins will harm our business. We
may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly
or annual basis in the future. If our revenues grow more slowly
than we anticipate, our gross margins fail to improve or our
operating expenses exceed our expectations, our operating results
will suffer. The prices we charge for our products and services may
decrease, which would reduce our revenues and harm our business. If
we are unable to sell our products and services at acceptable
prices relative to our costs, or if we fail to develop and
introduce on a timely basis new products or services from which we
can derive additional revenues, our financial results will
suffer.
We and our subsidiaries have limited operating histories and
therefore we cannot ensure the long-term successful operation of
our business or the execution of our growth strategy.
Our
prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and
difficulties frequently encountered by growing companies in new and
rapidly evolving markets. We must meet many challenges
including:
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establishing and
maintaining broad market acceptance of our products and services
and converting that acceptance into direct and indirect sources of
revenue,
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establishing and
maintaining adoption of our technology on a wide variety of
platforms and devices,
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timely and
successfully developing new products and services and increasing
the features of existing products and services,
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developing products
and services that result in high degrees of customer satisfaction
and high levels of customer usage,
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successfully
responding to competition, including competition from emerging
technologies and solutions,
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developing and
maintaining strategic relationships to enhance the distribution,
features, content and utility of our products and services,
and
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identifying,
attracting and retaining talented technical and sales services
staff at reasonable market compensation rates in the markets in
which we operate.
Our
growth strategy may be unsuccessful and we may be unable to address
the risks we face in a cost-effective manner, if at all. If we are
unable to successfully address these risks our business will be
harmed.
We have a holding company ownership structure and will depend on
distributions from our operating subsidiaries to meet our
obligations. Contractual or legal restrictions applicable to our
subsidiaries and controlled companies could limit payments or
distributions from them.
We are
a holding company and derive all of our operating income from, and
hold substantially all of our assets through, our U.S. and foreign
subsidiaries, some of which are publicly held and traded. The
effect of this structure is that we will depend on the earnings of
our subsidiaries, and the payment or other distributions to us of
these earnings, to meet our obligations and make capital
investments. Provisions of U.S. and foreign corporate and tax law,
like those requiring that dividends be paid only out of surplus,
and provisions of any future indebtedness, may limit the ability of
our subsidiaries to make payments or other distributions to us.
Certain of our subsidiaries are minority owned and the assets of
these companies are not included in our consolidated balance
sheets. Additionally, in the event of the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of any of our subsidiaries, creditors of that
subsidiary (including trade creditors) will generally be entitled
to payment from the assets of that subsidiary before those assets
can be distributed to us.
Our significant investments in public companies listed on limited
public trading markets subjects to risks relating to the sale of
their shares and the fluctuations in their stock
prices.
We own
indirect interests in four publicly traded companies –
Singapore eDevelopment Ltd., whose shares are listed on the
Singapore Stock Exchange, Holista CollTech Limited, whose shares
are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and SeD Intelligent
Home Inc. and HotApp Blockchain Inc., whose shares are listed on
the OTC Markets Group’s Pink market. Although the publicly
traded shares of each of these companies are listed on a stock
market and are currently quoted at prices in excess of our cost for
such shares, the average trading volume of the public shares is
limited in each case. In view of the limited public trading markets
for these shares, there can be assurance that we would succeed in
obtaining a price for these shares equal to the price quoted for
such shares in their respective trading markets at the time of sale
or that we would not incur a loss on our investment should we
determine to dispose of our investment in any of these companies in
the future. Additionally, on an ongoing basis, fluctuations in the
stock prices of these companies are likely to be reflected in the
market price of our common stock. Given the limited public trading
markets of these public companies, stock price fluctuations in our
price may be significant.
General political, social and economic conditions can adversely
affect our business.
Demand
for our products and services depends to a significant degree on
general political, social and economic conditions in our markets.
Worsening economic and market conditions, downside shocks, or a
return to recessionary economic conditions could serve to reduce
demand for our products and services and adversely affect our
operating results. In addition, an economic downturn could impact
the valuation and collectability of certain long-term receivables
held by us. We could also be adversely affected by such factors as
changes in foreign currency rates and weak economic and political
conditions in each of the countries in which we
operate.
We have made and expect to continue to make acquisitions as a
primary component of our growth strategy. We may not be able to
identify suitable acquisition candidates or consummate acquisitions
on acceptable terms, which could disrupt our operations and
adversely impact our business and operating results.
A
primary component of our growth strategy has been to acquire
complementary businesses to grow our company. We intend to continue
to pursue acquisitions of complementary technologies, products and
businesses as a primary component of our growth strategy to expand
our operations and customer base and provide access to new markets
and increase benefits of scale. Acquisitions involve certain known
and unknown risks that could cause our actual growth or operating
results to differ from our expectations. For example:
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we may not be able
to identify suitable acquisition candidates or to consummate
acquisitions on acceptable terms;
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we may pursue
international acquisitions, which inherently pose more risks than
domestic acquisitions;
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we compete with
others to acquire complementary products, technologies and
businesses, which may result in decreased availability of, or
increased price for, suitable acquisition candidates;
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we may not be able
to obtain the necessary financing, on favorable terms or at all, to
finance any or all of our potential acquisitions; and
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we may ultimately
fail to consummate an acquisition even if we announce that we plan
to acquire a technology, product or business.
We may be unable to successfully integrate acquisitions, which may
adversely impact our operations.
Acquired
technologies, products or businesses may not perform as we expect
and we may fail to realize anticipated revenue and profits. In
addition, our acquisition strategy may divert management’s
attention away from our existing business, resulting in the loss of
key customers or employees, and expose us to unanticipated problems
or legal liabilities, including responsibility as a successor for
undisclosed or contingent liabilities of acquired businesses or
assets.
If we
fail to conduct due diligence on our potential targets effectively,
we may, for example, not identify problems at target companies or
fail to recognize incompatibilities or other obstacles to
successful integration. Our inability to successfully integrate
future acquisitions could impede us from realizing all of the
benefits of those acquisitions and could severely weaken our
business operations. The integration process may disrupt our
business and, if new technologies, products or businesses are not
implemented effectively, may preclude the realization of the full
benefits expected by us and could harm our results of operations.
In addition, the overall integration of new technologies, products
or businesses may result in unanticipated problems, expenses,
liabilities and competitive responses. The difficulties integrating
an acquisition include, among other things:
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issues in
integrating the target company’s technologies, products or
businesses with ours;
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incompatibility of
marketing and administration methods;
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maintaining
employee morale and retaining key employees;
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integrating the
cultures of our companies;
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preserving
important strategic customer relationships;
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consolidating
corporate and administrative infrastructures and eliminating
duplicative operations; and
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coordinating and
integrating geographically separate organizations.
In
addition, even if the operations of an acquisition are integrated
successfully, we may not realize the full benefits of the
acquisition, including the synergies, cost savings or growth
opportunities that we expect. These benefits may not be achieved
within the anticipated time frame, or at all.
Acquisitions which we complete may have adverse impact on our
results of operations.
Acquisitions may
cause us to:
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issue common stock
that would dilute our current stockholders’ ownership
percentage;
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use a substantial
portion of our cash resources;
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increase our
interest expense, leverage and debt service requirements if we
incur additional debt to pay for an acquisition;
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assume liabilities
for which we do not have indemnification from the former owners;
further, indemnification obligations may be subject to dispute or
concerns regarding the creditworthiness of the former
owners;
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record goodwill and
non-amortizable intangible assets that are subject to impairment
testing and potential impairment charges;
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experience
volatility in earnings due to changes in contingent consideration
related to acquisition earn-out liability estimates;
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incur amortization
expenses related to certain intangible assets;
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lose existing or
potential contracts as a result of conflict of interest
issues;
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become subject to
adverse tax consequences or deferred compensation
charges;
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incur large and
immediate write-offs; or
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become subject to
litigation.
Our resources may not be sufficient to manage our expected growth;
failure to properly manage our potential growth would be
detrimental to our business.
We may
fail to adequately manage our anticipated future growth. Any growth
in our operations will place a significant strain on our
administrative, financial and operational resources and increase
demands on our management and on our operational and administrative
systems, controls and other resources. We cannot assure you that
our existing personnel, systems, procedures or controls will be
adequate to support our operations in the future or that we will be
able to successfully implement appropriate measures consistent with
our growth strategy. As part of this growth, we may have to
implement new operational and financial systems, procedures and
controls to expand, train and manage our employee base, and
maintain close coordination among our technical, accounting,
finance, marketing and sales. We cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so, or that if we are able to do so, we will be able to
effectively integrate them into our existing staff and systems.
There may be greater strain on our systems as we acquire new
businesses, requiring us to devote significant management time and
expense to the ongoing integration and alignment of management,
systems, controls and marketing. If we are unable to manage growth
effectively, such as if our sales and marketing efforts exceed our
capacity to design and produce our products and services or if new
employees are unable to achieve performance levels, our business,
operating results and financial condition could be materially and
adversely affected.
Our international operations are subject to increased risks which
could harm our business, operating results and financial
condition.
In
addition to uncertainty about our ability to expand our
international market position, there are risks inherent in doing
business internationally, including:
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trade
barriers and changes in trade regulations,
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difficulties in
developing, staffing and simultaneously managing a large number of
varying foreignoperations as a result of distance, language and
cultural differences,
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the need to comply
with varied local laws and regulations,
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possible credit
risk and higher levels of payment fraud,
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profit repatriation
restrictions and foreign currency exchange
restrictions,
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political or social
unrest, economic instability or human rights issues,
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geopolitical
events, including acts of war and terrorism,
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import or export
regulations,
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compliance with
U.S. laws (such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), and local
laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government
officials,
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laws and business
practices that favor local competitors or prohibit foreign
ownership of certain businesses, and
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different and more
stringent data protection, privacy and other laws.
Our
failure to manage any of these risks successfully could harm our
international operations and our overall business, and results of
our operations.
If we are unable to retain the services of Chan Heng Fai or if we
are unable to successfully recruit qualified personnel, we may not
be able to continue operations.
Our
success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service
of Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer. The loss of the services of Mr. Chan could have a material
adverse effect on our growth, revenues and prospective business. If
Mr. Chan were to resign or we are unable to retain his services,
the loss could result in loss of sales, delays in new product
development and diversion of management resources. We could face
high costs and substantial difficulty in hiring a qualified
successor and could experience a loss in productivity while any
such successor obtains the necessary training and
experience. Mr. Chan has
committed that the majority of his time will be devoted to managing
the affairs of our company; however, Mr. Chan may engage in other
business ventures, including other technology-related
businesses.
In
order to successfully implement and manage our businesses, we are
also dependent upon successfully recruiting qualified personnel. In
particular, we must hire and retain experienced management
personnel to help us continue to grow and manage each business, and
skilled engineering, product development, marketing and sales
personnel to further our research and product development efforts.
Competition for qualified personnel is intense. If we do not
succeed in attracting new personnel or in retaining and motivating
our current personnel, our business could be harmed.
If we do not successfully develop new products and services, our
business may be harmed.
Our
business and operating results may be harmed if we fail to expand
our various product and service offerings (either through internal
product or capability development initiatives or through
partnerships and acquisitions) in such a way that achieves
widespread market acceptance or that generates significant revenue
and gross profits to offset our operating and other costs. We may
not successfully identify, develop and market new product and
service offerings in a timely manner. If we introduce new products
and services, they may not attain broad market acceptance or
contribute meaningfully to our revenue or profitability.
Competitive or technological developments may require us to make
substantial, unanticipated investments in new products and
technologies or in new strategic partnerships, and we may not have
sufficient resources to make these investments. Because the markets
for many of our products and services are subject to rapid change,
we may need to expand and/or evolve our product and service
offerings quickly. Delays and cost overruns could affect our
ability to respond to technological changes, evolving industry
standards, competitive developments or customer requirements and
harm our business and operating results.
If we were deemed to be an “investment company” under
the Investment Company Act, applicable restrictions could make it
impractical for us to continue our businesses as conducted and
could have a material adverse effect on our
businesses.
The
Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder contain detailed
parameters for the organization and operation of investment
companies. Among other things, the Investment Company Act and the
rules thereunder limit or prohibit transactions with affiliates,
impose limitations on the issuance of debt and equity securities,
generally prohibit the issuance of options and impose certain
governance requirements. We intend to conduct our operations so
that we will not be deemed to be an investment company under the
Investment Company Act. If anything were to happen that would cause
us to be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment
Company Act, requirements imposed by the Investment Company Act,
including limitations on capital structure, the ability to transact
business with affiliates and the ability to compensate senior
employees, could make it impractical for us to continue our
businesses as currently conducted and have a material adverse
effect on our businesses, financial condition and results of
operations. In addition, we may be required to limit the amount of
investments that we make as a principal or otherwise conduct our
businesses in a manner that does not subject us to the registration
and other requirements of the Investment Company Act.
If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property rights,
we may experience a loss of revenue and our operations may be
materially harmed.
We rely
on and expect to continue to rely on a combination of
confidentiality and license agreements with our employees,
consultants and third parties with whom we have relationships, as
well as patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret protection
laws, to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights.
We cannot assure you that we can adequately protect our
intellectual property or successfully prosecute potential
infringement of our intellectual property rights. Also, we cannot
assure you that others will not assert rights in, or ownership of,
trademarks and other proprietary rights of ours or that we will be
able to successfully resolve these types of conflicts to our
satisfaction. Our failure to protect our intellectual property
rights may result in a loss of revenue and could materially harm
our operations and financial condition.
New legislation, regulations or rules related to obtaining patents
or enforcing patents could significantly increase our operating
costs and decrease our revenue.
We
spend a significant amount of resources to enforce our patent
assets. If new legislation, regulations or rules are implemented
either by Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the
“USPTO”), any state or the courts that impact the
patent application process, the patent enforcement process or the
rights of patent holders, these changes could negatively affect our
expenses and revenue and any reductions in the funding of the USPTO
could negatively impact the value of our assets.
A
number of states have adopted or are considering legislation to
make the patent enforcement process more difficult for
non-practicing entities, such as allowing such entities to be sued
in state court and setting higher standards of proof for
infringement claims. We cannot predict what, if any, impact these
state initiatives will have on the operation of our enforcement
business. However, such legislation could increase the
uncertainties and costs surrounding the enforcement of our patented
technologies, which could have a material adverse effect on our
business and financial condition.
In
addition, the U.S. Department of Justice has conducted reviews of
the patent system to evaluate the impact of patent assertion
entities on industries in which those patents relate. It is
possible that the findings and recommendations of the DOJ could
impact the ability to effectively license and enforce
standards-essential patents and could increase the uncertainties
and costs surrounding the enforcement of any such patented
technologies.
Finally, new rules
regarding the burden of proof in patent enforcement actions could
significantly increase the cost of our enforcement actions, and new
standards or limitations on liability for patent infringement could
negatively impact any revenue we might derive from such enforcement
actions.
Recently enacted tax legislation in the United States may impact
our business.
We are
subject to taxation in the United States, as well as in a number of
foreign jurisdictions. The recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
(the “Tax Act”) provided for significant and
wide-ranging changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. The
implications most relevant to our company include (a) a reduction
in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, with
various “base erosion” rules that may effectively limit
the tax deductibility of certain payments made by U.S. entities to
non-U.S. affiliates and additional limitations on deductions
attributable to interest expense, and (b) adopting elements of a
territorial tax system. To transition into the territorial tax
system, the Tax Act includes a one-time tax on cumulative retained
earnings of U.S.-owned foreign subsidiaries, at a rate of 15.5% for
earnings represented by cash or cash equivalents and 8.0% for the
balance of such earnings. Taxpayers may make an election to pay
this tax over eight years. These tax reforms will give rise to
significant consequences, both immediately in terms of one-off
impacts relating to the transition tax and the measurement of
deferred tax assets and liabilities and going forward in terms of
the company’s taxation expense. An initial review and
estimate has been undertaken by us. The Tax Act could be subject to
potential amendments and technical corrections, any of which could
lessen or increase adverse impacts of the law. The final
transitional impact of the Tax Act may differ from the estimates
provided in this Annual Report, due to, among other things, changes
in interpretations of the Tax Act, any legislative action to
address questions that arise because of the Tax Act, any changes in
accounting standards for income taxes or related interpretations in
response to the Tax Act, or any updates or changes to estimates we
utilized to calculate the transitional impacts, including impacts
related to changes to current year earnings estimates and the
amount of the repatriation tax. Given the unpredictability of these
and other tax laws and related regulations, and their potential
interdependency, it is difficult to currently assess the overall
effect of such changes. Nonetheless, any material negative effect
of such changes to our earnings and cash flow could adversely
impact our financial results.
For our property development business, the market for real estate
is subject to fluctuations that may impact the value of the land or
housing inventory that we hold, which may impact the price of our
common stock.
Investors should be aware that the value of any real estate
we own may fluctuate from time to time in connection with broader
market conditions and regulatory issues, which we cannot predict or
control, including interest rates, the availability of credit, the
tax benefits of homeownership and wage growth, unemployment and
demographic trends in the regions in which we may conduct business.
Should the price of real estate decline in the areas in which we
have purchased land, the price at which we will be able to sell
lots to home builders, or if we build houses, the price at which we
can sell such houses to buyers, will decline.
Zoning and land use regulations impacting the land development and
homebuilding industries may limit our activities and increase our
expenses, which would adversely affect our financial
results.
We must comply with zoning and land use regulations
impacting the land development and home building industries. We
will need to obtain the approval of various government agencies to
expand our operations as currently into new areas and to commence
the building of homes. Our ability to gain the necessary approvals
is not certain, and the expense and timing of approval processes
may increase in ways that adversely impact our
profits.
Health and safety incidents that occur in connection with our
potential expansion into the homebuilding business could be costly
with uninsured losses.
If we commence operations in the homebuilding
business, we will be exposed to the danger of health and safety
risks to our employees and contractors. Health and safety incidents
could result in the loss of the services of valued employees and
contractors and expose us to significant litigation and fines.
Insurance may not cover, or may be insufficient to cover, such
losses, and premiums may rise.
Adverse weather conditions, natural disasters and man-made
disasters may delay our real estate development projects or cause
additional expenses.
The
land development operations which we currently conduct and the
construction projects which we may become involved in at a later
date may be adversely impacted by unexpected weather and natural
disasters, including storms, hurricanes, tornados, floods,
blizzards, fires, earthquakes. Man-made disasters including
terrorist attacks, electrical outages and cyber-security incidents
may also impact the costs and timing of the completion of our
projects. Cyber-security incidents, including those that result in
the loss of financial or other personal data, could expose us to
litigation and reputational damage. If insurance is unavailable to
us on acceptable terms, or if our insurance is not adequate to
cover business interruptions and losses from the conditions
described above and similar incidents, our results of operations
will be adversely affected. In addition, damage to new homes caused
by these conditions may cause our insurance costs to
increase.
We have a concentration of revenue and credit risk with one
customer.
In our
property development segment, we have been highly dependent on
sales of residential lots to NVR Inc. (“NVR”), a NYSE
publicly-listed U.S. homebuilding and mortgage company. NVR is the
only purchaser of 443 residential lots at our Ballenger project.
During 2017, we received $5.7 million in revenue from lot sales to
NVR. On December 31, 2017, $513,005 of trade receivables are also
from NVR. Therefore, at present, a significant portion of our
business depends largely on NVR’s continued relationship with
us. A decision by NVR to discontinue or limit its relationship with
us could have a material adverse impact on our property development
business and our entire company overall.
We may face liability for information displayed on or accessible
via our website, and for other content and commerce-related
activities, which could reduce our net worth and working capital
and increase our operating losses.
We
could face claims for errors, defamation, negligence or copyright
or trademark infringement based on the nature and content of
information displayed on or accessible via our website, which could
adversely affect our financial condition. Even to the extent that
claims made against us do not result in liability, we may incur
substantial costs in investigating and defending such
claims.
Our
insurance, if any, may not cover all potential claims to which we
are exposed or may not be adequate to indemnify us for all
liabilities that may be exposed. Any imposition of liability that
is not covered by insurance or is in excess of insurance coverage
would reduce our net worth and working capital and increase our
operating losses.
Any failure of our network could lead to significant disruptions in
our businesses, which could damage our reputation, reduce our
revenues or otherwise harm our businesses.
All of
our businesses and, in particular, our digital transformation
technology business unit, are dependent upon providing our
customers with fast, efficient and reliable services. A reduction
in the performance, reliability or availability of our network
infrastructure may harm our ability to distribute our products and
services to our customers, as well as our reputation and ability to
attract and retain customers and content providers. Our systems and
operations are susceptible to, and could be damaged or interrupted
by outages caused by fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications
failure, Internet or mobile network breakdown, earthquake and
similar events. Our systems are also subject to human error,
security breaches, power losses, computer viruses, break-ins,
“denial of service” attacks, sabotage, intentional acts
of vandalism and tampering designed to disrupt our computer systems
and network communications, and our systems could be subject to
greater vulnerability in periods of high employee turnover. A
sudden and significant increase in traffic on our customers’
websites or demand from mobile users could strain the capacity of
the software, hardware and telecommunications systems that we
deploy or use. This could lead to slower response times or system
failures. Our failure to protect our network against damage from
any of these events could harm our business.
Public scrutiny of internet privacy and security issues may result
in increased regulation and different industry standards, which
could deter or prevent us from providing our current products and
solutions to our members and customers, thereby harming our
business.
The
regulatory framework for privacy and security issues worldwide is
evolving and is likely to remain in flux for the foreseeable
future. Practices regarding the collection, use, storage, display,
processing, transmission and security of personal information by
companies offering online services have recently come under
increased public scrutiny. The U.S. government, including the White
House, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Commerce and
many state governments, are reviewing the need for greater
regulation of the collection, use and storage of information
concerning consumer behavior with respect to online services,
including regulation aimed at restricting certain targeted
advertising practices and collection and use of data from mobile
devices. The FTC in particular has approved consent decrees
resolving complaints and their resulting investigations into the
privacy and security practices of a number of online, social media
companies. Similar actions may also impact us
directly.
Our
business, including our ability to operate and expand
internationally or on new technology platforms, could be adversely
affected if legislation or regulations are adopted, interpreted, or
implemented in a manner that is inconsistent with our current
business practices that may require changes to these practices, the
design of our websites, mobile applications, products, features or
our privacy policy. In particular, the success of our business is
expected to be driven by our ability to responsibly use the data
that our members share with us. Therefore, our business could be
harmed by any significant change to applicable laws, regulations or
industry standards or practices regarding the storage, use or
disclosure of data our members choose to share with us, or
regarding the manner in which the express or implied consent of
consumers for such use and disclosure is obtained. Such changes may
require us to modify our products and features, possibly in a
material manner, and may limit our ability to develop new products
and features that make use of the data that we collect about our
members.
Particularly with regard to our biohealth business, product
reliability, safety and effectiveness concerns can have significant
negative impacts on sales and results of operations, lead to
litigation and cause reputational damage.
Concerns about
product safety, whether raised internally or by litigants,
regulators or consumer advocates, and whether or not based on
scientific evidence, can result in safety alerts, product recalls,
governmental investigations, regulatory action on the part of the
FDA (or its counterpart in other countries), private claims and
lawsuits, payment of fines and settlements, declining sales and
reputational damage. These circumstances can also result in damage
to brand image, brand equity and consumer trust in our products.
Product recalls could in the future prompt government
investigations and inspections, the shutdown of manufacturing
facilities, continued product shortages and related sales declines,
significant remediation costs, reputational damage, possible civil
penalties and criminal prosecution.
Significant challenges or delays in our innovation and development
of new products, technologies and indications could have an adverse
impact on our long-term success.
Our
continued growth and success depends on our ability to innovate and
develop new and differentiated products and services that address
the evolving health care needs of patients, providers and
consumers. Development of successful products and technologies is
also necessary to offset revenue losses when our existing products
lose market share due to various factors such as competition and
loss of patent exclusivity. We cannot be certain when or whether we
will be able to develop, license or otherwise acquire companies,
products and technologies, whether particular product candidates
will be granted regulatory approval, and, if approved, whether the
products will be commercially successful.
We
pursue product development through internal research and
development as well as through collaborations, acquisitions, joint
ventures and licensing or other arrangements with third parties. In
all of these contexts, developing new products, particularly
biotechnology products, requires significant investment of
resources over many years. Only a very few biopharmaceutical
research and development programs result in commercially viable
products. The process depends on many factors, including the
ability to discern patients’ and healthcare providers’
future needs; develop new compounds, strategies and technologies;
achieve successful clinical trial results; secure effective
intellectual property protection; obtain regulatory approvals on a
timely basis; and, if and when they reach the market, successfully
differentiate our products from competing products and approaches
to treatment. New products or enhancements to existing products may
not be accepted quickly or significantly in the marketplace for
healthcare providers, and there may be uncertainty over third-party
reimbursement. Even following initial regulatory approval, the
success of a product can be adversely impacted by safety and
efficacy findings in larger real world patient populations, as well
as market entry of competitive products.
Our competitors may have greater financial and other resources than
we do and those advantages could make it difficult for us to
compete with them.
Our
three principal businesses, property development, digital
transformation technology and biohealth activities, are each highly
competitive and constantly changing. We expect that competition
will continue to intensify. Increased competition may result in
price reductions, reduced margins, loss of customers, and changes
in our business and marketing strategies, any of which could harm
our business. Current and potential competitors may have longer
operating histories, greater name recognition, more employees and
significantly greater financial, technical, marketing, public
relations and distribution resources than we do. In addition, new
competitors with potentially unique or more desirable products or
services may enter the market at any time. The competitive
environment may require us to make changes in our products,
pricing, licensing, services or marketing to maintain and extend
our current brand and technology. Price concessions or the
emergence of other pricing, licensing and distribution strategies
or technology solutions of competitors may reduce our revenue,
margins or market share, any of which will harm our business. Other
changes we have to make in response to competition could cause us
to expend significant financial and other resources, disrupt our
operations, strain relationships with partners, or release products
and enhancements before they are thoroughly tested, any of which
could harm our operating results and stock price.
Since some members of our board of directors are not residents of
the United States and certain of our assets are located outside of
the United States, you may not be able to enforce a U.S. judgment
for claims you may bring against such directors or
assets.
Several
members of our senior management team, including Chan Heng Fai,
have their primary residences and business offices in Asia, and a
material portion of our assets and a substantial portion of the
assets of these directors are located outside the United States. As
a result, it may be more difficult for you to enforce a lawsuit
within the United States against these non-U.S. residents than if
they were residents of the United States. Also, it may be more
difficult for you to enforce any judgment obtained in the United
States against our assets or the assets of our non-U.S. resident
management located outside the United States than if these assets
were located within the United States. We cannot assure you that
foreign courts would enforce liabilities predicated on U.S. federal
securities laws in original actions commenced in such foreign
jurisdiction, or judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions based
upon the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal securities
laws.
We may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if
our goodwill or amortizable intangible assets become
impaired.
We are
required under generally accepted accounting principles to test
goodwill for impairment at least annually and to review our
amortizable intangible assets for impairment when events or changes
in circumstance indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable.
Factors that could lead to impairment of goodwill and amortizable
intangible assets include significant adverse changes in the
business climate and declines in the financial condition of our
business. We have recorded and may be required in the future to
record additional charges to earnings if a portion of our goodwill
or amortizable intangible assets becomes impaired. Any such charge
would adversely impact our results.
Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates affect our
operating results in U.S. dollar terms.
A
portion of our revenues arises from international operations.
Revenues generated and expenses incurred by our international
subsidiaries are often denominated in the currencies of the local
countries. As a result, our consolidated U.S. dollar financial
statements are subject to fluctuations due to changes in exchange
rates as the financial results of our international subsidiaries
are translated from local currencies into U.S. dollars. In
addition, our financial results are subject to changes in exchange
rates that impact the settlement of transactions in non-local
currencies.
Violations of complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations that
apply to our international operations could result in fines,
criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees,
prohibitions on the conduct of our business and damage to our
reputation.
Although we have
implemented policies and procedures designed to promote compliance
with these laws, there can be no assurance that our employees,
contractors or agents will not violate our policies. These risks
are inherent in our international operations and expansion increase
our costs of doing business internationally and could result in
harm to our business, operating results and financial
condition.
We are an “emerging growth company” and our election to
delay adoption of new or revised accounting standards applicable to
public companies may result in our consolidated financial
statements not being comparable to those of some other public
companies. As a result of this and other reduced disclosure
requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our shares
may be less attractive to investors.
As a
company with less than $1.07 billion in revenue during our last
completed fiscal year, we qualify as an “emerging growth
company” under the JOBS Act. An emerging growth company may
take advantage of specified reduced reporting requirements that are
otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In
particular, as an emerging growth company, we:
●
are not required to
obtain an attestation and report from our auditors on our
management’s assessment of ourinternal control over financial
reporting pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
●
are not required to
provide a detailed narrative disclosure discussing our compensation
principles, objectivesand elements and analyzing how those elements
fit with our principles and objectives (commonly referred to
as“compensation discussion and analysis”);
●
are not required to
obtain a non-binding advisory vote from our stockholders on
executive compensation orgolden parachute arrangements (commonly
referred to as the “say-on-pay,”
“say-on-frequency” and
“say-on-golden-parachute” votes);
●
are exempt from
certain executive compensation disclosure provisions requiring a
pay-for-performance graphand CEO pay ratio disclosure;
●
may present only
two years of audited financial statements and only two years of
related Management’sDiscussion & Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A;
and
●
are eligible to
claim longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised
financial accounting standardsunder §107 of the JOBS
Act.
We
intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting
requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods
for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards
under §107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the
phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our consolidated
financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and
other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in
periods under §107 of the JOBS Act.
Certain
of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions were already
available to us due to the fact that we also qualify as a
“smaller reporting company” under SEC rules. For
instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an
auditor attestation and report regarding management’s
assessment of internal control over financial reporting, are not
required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis, are not
required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio
disclosure, and may present only two years of audited financial
statements and related MD&A disclosure.
Under
the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced
reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after
our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration
statement declared effective under the Securities Act, or such
earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging
growth company. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we
would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we
have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue, have more than $700
million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates,
or issue more than $1.0 billion in principal amount of
non-convertible debt over a three-year period. Under current
SEC rules, however, we will continue to qualify as a “smaller
reporting company” for so long as we have a public float
(i.e., the market value of common equity held by non-affiliates) of
less than $250 million as of the last business day of our most
recently completed second fiscal quarter.
We
cannot predict if investors will find our shares less attractive
due to our reliance on these exemptions. If investors were to
find our shares less attractive as a result of our election, we may
have difficulty raising all of the proceeds we seek in this
offering.
We will incur increased costs as a result of being a U.S. public
company, and our management expects to devote substantial time to
public company compliance programs.
As a
public company, we will incur significant legal, insurance,
accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private
company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform
and Consumer Protection Act, Nasdaq Capital Market listing
requirements and other applicable securities rules and regulations
impose various requirements on public companies. Our management and
administrative staff will need to devote a substantial amount of
time to comply with these requirements. For example, in
anticipation of becoming a public company, we will need to adopt
additional internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures
and bear all of the internal and external costs of preparing
periodic and current public reports in compliance with our
obligations under the securities laws. We intend to invest
resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards,
and this investment will result in increased general and
administrative expenses and may divert management’s time and
attention away from product development activities. If for any
reason our efforts to comply with new laws, regulations and
standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or
governing bodies, regulatory authorities may initiate legal
proceedings against us and our business may be harmed.
Additionally, in
order to comply with the requirements of being a public company, we
may need to undertake various actions, including implementing new
internal controls and procedures and hiring new accounting or
internal audit staff. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we
maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal
control over financial reporting. We are continuing to develop and
refine our disclosure controls and other procedures that are
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us
in the reports that we file with the SEC is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms, and that information required to be
disclosed in reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), is accumulated and
communicated to our principal executive and financial officers. Any
failure to develop or maintain effective controls could adversely
affect the results of our periodic management evaluations. In the
event that we are not able to demonstrate compliance with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, that our internal control over financial
reporting is perceived as inadequate, or that we are unable to
produce timely or accurate consolidated financial statements,
investors may lose confidence in our operating results and the
price of our common stock could decline. In addition, if we are
unable to continue to meet these requirements, we could be subject
to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other
regulatory authorities, and we may not be able to remain listed on
the Nasdaq Capital Market.
We are
not currently required to comply with the SEC’s rules that
implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and are therefore
not yet required to make a formal assessment of the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting for that purpose.
Upon becoming a public company, we will be required to comply with
certain of these rules, which will require management to certify
financial and other information in our quarterly and annual reports
and provide an annual management report on the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting commencing with our
second annual report. This assessment will need to include the
disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal control over
financial reporting identified by our management or our independent
registered public accounting firm. To achieve compliance with
Section 404 within the prescribed period, we will be engaged in a
costly and challenging process to document and evaluate our
internal control over financial reporting. In this regard, we will
need to continue to dedicate internal resources, potentially engage
outside consultants and adopt a detailed work plan to assess and
document the adequacy of our internal control over financial
reporting. We will also need to continue to improve our control
processes as appropriate, validate through testing that our
controls are functioning as documented and implement a continuous
reporting and improvement process for our internal control over
financial reporting. Despite our efforts, there is a risk that we
will not be able to conclude, within the prescribed timeframe or at
all, that our internal control over financial reporting is
effective as required by Section 404.
Our business is subject to reporting requirements that continue to
evolve and change, which could continue to require significant
compliance effort and resources.
Because
our common stock will be publicly traded, we will be subject to
certain rules and regulations of federal, state and financial
market exchange entities charged with the protection of investors
and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly
traded. These entities, including the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (PCAOB), the SEC and the Nasdaq Capital Market
(assuming our common stock has been approved for listing),
periodically issue new requirements and regulations and legislative
bodies also review and revise applicable laws. As interpretation
and implementation of these laws and rules and promulgation of new
regulations continues, we will continue to be required to commit
significant financial and managerial resources and incur additional
expenses to address such laws, rules and regulations, which could
in turn reduce our financial flexibility and create distractions
for management.
Any of
these events, in combination or individually, could disrupt our
business and adversely affect our business, financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock and this
Offering
Our stock price may be volatile and your investment could decline
in value.
The
market price of our common stock following this offering may
fluctuate substantially as a result of many factors, some of which
are beyond our control. These fluctuations could cause you to lose
all or part of the value of your investment in our common stock.
Factors that could cause fluctuations in the market price of our
common stock include the following:
●
quarterly
variations in our results of operations;
●
results of
operations that vary from the expectations of securities analysts
and investors;
●
results of
operations that vary from those of our competitors;
●
changes in
expectations as to our future financial performance, including
financial estimates by securitiesanalysts;
●
publication of
research reports about us or the industries in which we
participate;
●
announcements by us
or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions or
capital commitments;
●
announcements by
third parties of significant legal claims or proceedings against
us;
●
changes affecting
the availability of financing for smaller publicly traded companies
like us;
●
regulatory
developments in the property development, digital transformation
technology or biohealth businesses;
●
significant future
sales of our common stock, and additions or departures of key
personnel;
●
the realization of
any of the other risk factors presented in this prospectus;
and
●
general economic,
market and currency factors and conditions unrelated to our
performance.
In
addition, the stock market in general has experienced significant
price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or
disproportionate to operating performance of individual companies.
These broad market factors may seriously harm the market price of
our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. In the
past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a
company’s securities, securities class action litigation has
often been instituted. A class action suit against us could result
in significant liabilities and, regardless of the outcome, could
result in substantial costs and the diversion of our
management’s attention and resources.
Our common stock has no prior market and our stock price may
decline after the offering.
Before
this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our
common stock. Although we have applied to have our common stock
listed for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market, an active trading
market for our common stock may not develop or, if it develops, may
not be sustained after this offering. Our company and the
underwriters will negotiate to determine the initial public
offering price. The initial public offering price may be higher
than the market price of our common stock after the offering and
you may not be able to sell your shares of our common stock at or
above the price you paid in the offering. As a result, you could
lose all or part of your investment.
Investors purchasing common stock in this offering will experience
immediate dilution.
The
initial public offering price of shares of our common stock is
higher than the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per
outstanding share of our common stock. You will incur immediate
dilution of $3.39 per share in the pro forma as adjusted net
tangible book value of shares of our common stock, based on an
assumed initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus. To the extent outstanding options are ultimately
exercised, there will be further dilution of the common stock sold
in this offering.
Future sales, or the perception of future sales, of a substantial
amount of our shares of common stock could depress the trading
price of our common stock.
If we
or our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our shares of
common stock in the public market following this offering or if the
market perceives that these sales could occur, the market price of
shares of our common stock could decline. These sales may make it
more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities
in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate, or to
use equity as consideration for future acquisitions.
Immediately upon
completion of this offering, based on the number of shares
outstanding as of November 13, 2018, we will have 20,000,000 shares
of common stock authorized and 11,001,000 shares of common stock
outstanding. Of these shares, the 1,000,000 shares to be sold in
this offering (assuming the underwriter does not exercise its
option to purchase additional shares in this offering to cover
over-allotments, if any) will be freely tradable. We, our executive
officers and directors, and our stockholder have entered into
agreements with the underwriter not to sell or otherwise dispose of
shares of our common stock for a period of six months following the
effectiveness of this prospectus, with certain exceptions.
Immediately upon the expiration of this lock-up period, 10,001,000
shares will be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, subject to the volume, manner of sale, holding
period and other limitations of Rule 144.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease
publishing research or reports about us, our business or our
market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our stock
adversely, or if our actual results differ significantly from our
guidance, our stock price and trading volume could
decline.
The
trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the
research and reports that industry or securities analysts may
publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If
any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation
regarding our stock adversely, or provide more favorable relative
recommendations about our competitors, our stock price would likely
decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of
our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could
lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause
our stock price or trading volume to decline.
In
addition, from time to time, we may release earnings guidance or
other forward-looking statements in our earnings releases, earnings
conference calls or otherwise regarding our future performance that
represent our management’s estimates as of the date of
release. Some or all of the assumptions of any future guidance that
we furnish may not materialize or may vary significantly from
actual future results. Any failure to meet guidance or
analysts’ expectations could have a material adverse effect
on the trading price or volume of our stock.
Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents could discourage,
delay or prevent a change in control of our company and may affect
the trading price of our common stock.
Our
corporate documents, to be effective upon completion of this
offering, and the Delaware General Corporation Law contain
provisions that may enable our board of directors to resist a
change in control of our company even if a change in control were
to be considered favorable by you and other stockholders. These
provisions include:
●
authorize the
issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that could be
issued by our board of directors to help defend against a takeover
attempt;
●
establish advance
notice requirements for nominating directors and proposing matters
to be voted on by stockholders at stockholder
meetings;
●
provide that
stockholders are only entitled to call a special meeting upon
written request by 33.3% of the outstanding common stock;
and
●
require
supermajority stockholder voting to effect certain amendments to
our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
In
addition, Delaware law prohibits large stockholders, in particular
those owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from
merging or consolidating with us except under certain
circumstances. These provisions and other provisions under Delaware
law could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a
change in control of our company. These provisions could also
discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and
other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and cause us
to take other corporate actions you desire.
Concentration of ownership of our common stock by our principal
stockholder will limit new investors from influencing significant
corporate decisions.
Upon
completion of this offering, our principal stockholder Chan Heng
Fai will own approximately 90% of our outstanding shares of common
stock. He will be able to influence all matters requiring
stockholder approval, including the election and removal of
directors and any merger or other significant corporate
transactions. The interests of Mr. Chan may not coincide with our
interests or the interests of other stockholders.
We expect to be a “controlled company” within the
meaning of the listing standards of Nasdaq and, as a result, we
will qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance
requirements. You will not have the same protections afforded to
stockholders of companies that are subject to such
requirements.
Chan
Heng Fai and HFE Holdings Limited control a majority of the
combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock. As a
result, we qualify as a “controlled company” within the
meaning of the listing standards of Nasdaq, and we have elected not
to comply with certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.
Under these rules, a “controlled company” may elect not
to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including
the requirement that we have a majority of independent directors on
our board of directors. Accordingly, our stockholders may not have
the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are
subject to all of the Nasdaq’s corporate governance
requirements.
We do not expect to pay any dividends on our common stock for the
foreseeable future.
We
currently expect to retain all future earnings, if any, for future
operation, expansion and debt repayment and have no current plans
to pay any cash dividends to holders of our common stock for the
foreseeable future. Any decision to declare and pay dividends in
the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors
and will depend on, among other things, our operating results,
financial condition, cash requirements, contractual restrictions
and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. In
addition, we must comply with the covenants in our credit
agreements in order to be able to pay cash dividends, and our
ability to pay dividends generally may be further limited by
covenants of any existing and future outstanding indebtedness we or
our subsidiaries incur. As a result, you may not receive any return
on an investment in our common stock unless you sell our common
stock for a price greater than that which you paid for
it.
We have 5,000,000 authorized unissued shares of preferred stock,
and our board has the ability to designate the rights and
preferences of this preferred stock without your vote.
Our
certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to
issue “blank check” preferred stock and to fix the
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting
rights, of these shares, without further stockholder approval. The
rights of the holders of common stock will be subject to and may be
adversely affected by the rights of holders of any preferred stock
that may be issued in the future. As indicated in the preceding
risk factor, the ability to issue preferred stock without
stockholder approval could have the effect of making it more
difficult for a third party to acquire a majority of the voting
stock of our company thereby discouraging, delaying or preventing a
change in control of our company. We currently have no outstanding
shares of preferred stock, or plans to issue any such shares in the
future.
We may invest or spend the proceeds of this offering in ways with
which you may not agree or in ways that may not yield a
return.
Our
management will have considerable discretion in the application of
the net proceeds of this offering, and you will not have the
opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether
the proceeds are being used appropriately. The net proceeds may be
invested with a view towards long-term benefits for our
stockholders and this may not increase our operating results or
market value. Until the net proceeds are used, they may be placed
in investments that do not produce significant income or that may
lose value.
Our Bylaws have an exclusive forum for adjudication of disputes
provision which limits the forum to the Delaware Court of Chancery
for certain actions against the Company.
Our
certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in
writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if no Court of Chancery
located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the Federal
District Court for the District of Delaware) will be the sole and
exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought
on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a
fiduciary duty owed by our directors, officers, or other employees
to us or to our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim
against us or any director, officer or other employee arising
pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
our certificate of incorporation or bylaws or (iv) any action
asserting a claim against us or any director, officer or other
employee that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. It is
possible that a court could rule that this provision is not
applicable or is unenforceable. Any person or entity purchasing or
otherwise acquiring shares of our capital stock will be deemed to
have notice of and consented to this provision of our certificate
of incorporation.
While
management believes limiting the forum is a benefit, some
stockholders could be inconvenienced by not being able to bring an
action in another forum they find favorable.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements
are contained principally in the sections entitled
“Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,”
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and
“Business,” but are also contained in this prospectus.
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the
words “may,” “might,” “will,”
“could,” “would,” “should,”
“expect,” “intend,” “plan,”
“aim,” “objective,”
“anticipate,” “believe,”
“estimate,” “predict,”
“project,” “potential,”
“continue,” “ongoing,”
“target,” “seek” or the negative of these
terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify
statements about the future. Forward-looking statements contained
in this prospectus include, but are not limited to, statements
about:
●
our future
financial performance, including our revenue, costs of revenue,
operating expenses and profitability;
●
the sufficiency of
our cash and cash equivalents to meet our liquidity
needs;
●
our predictions
about the property development, digital transformation technology
and biohealth businesses and their respective market
trends;
●
our ability to
attract and retain customers in all our business segments to
purchase our products and services;
●
the availability of
financing for smaller publicly traded companies like
us;
●
our ability to
successfully expand in our three principal business markets and
into new markets and industry verticals; and
●
our ability to
effectively manage our growth and future expenses.
We
caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the
forward-looking statements made in this prospectus.
These
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from the
information expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for
each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus, we
caution you that these statements are based on a combination of
facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the
future, about which we cannot be certain.
You
should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this
prospectus for a discussion of important factors that may cause our
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
by our forward-looking statements. As a result, of these factors,
we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this
prospectus will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our
forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy
may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these
forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements
as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we
will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame,
or at all. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by federal
securities law.
You
should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in
this prospectus and have filed as exhibits to the registration
statement, of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with
the understanding that our actual future results may be materially
different from what we expect. We qualify all of our
forward-looking statements by these cautionary
statements.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We
estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock in
this offering will be approximately $8,135,000 (or approximately
$9,440,000 if the underwriter exercises its option in full to
purchase additional shares of our common stock), based upon an
assumed initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and
commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by
us.
We
intend to use the net proceeds approximately as
follows:
Application of
Proceeds
|
Approximate
Dollar Amount
|
Approximate
Percentage of Net Proceeds
|
Fund acquisitions
of new entities and properties (1)
|
$3,500,000
|
43.0%
|
Fund expansion of
our existing property development projects, digital transformation
technology-related business and biohealth business
|
3,008,000
|
37.0%
|
Provide investment
to selected companies, including Holista CollTech Limited
(2)
|
406,750
|
5.0%
|
Support scientific
research at Vivacitas Oncology Inc. (3)
|
406,750
|
5.0%
|
Working capital and
general corporate purposes
|
813,500
|
10.0%
|
Total
|
$8,135,000
|
100.0%
|
______________
(1)
We have no such
acquisition agreements or understandings in place at this
time.
(2)
We own 19.8% of
Holista CollTech Limited.
(3)
We own 14.2% of
Vivacitas Oncology Inc.
A
significant portion of the net proceeds of this offering will be
used to acquire new companies in the fields in which we operate, or
may operate in the future, and to acquire additional properties. We
have no such acquisition agreements or understandings in place at
this time. We also plan to use a significant portion of the net
proceeds of this offering to fund expansion of our property
development projects. We intend to fund our digital transformation
technology-related business and biohealth business. Additional net
proceeds will be used to provide investment to selected companies,
including Holista CollTech Limited, and support scientific research
at Vivacitas Oncology Inc.
We will
use the remainder of the net proceeds from this offering for
working capital and general corporate purposes, including investing
in our sales and marketing and product enhancement efforts
throughout our company. We may allocate funds from other sources to
fund some or all of these activities.
Where
we utilize net proceeds of this offering to support our existing
subsidiaries, we may invest such funds through the purchase of
additional equity in such entities or through long or short-term
interest-bearing loans. All such transactions would be
intended to be on terms no less favorable to our subsidiaries than
could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
The
expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our
intention based upon our present plans and business conditions. We
cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the
proceeds of this offering or the amounts that we will actually
spend on the uses set forth above. Accordingly, our management will
have significant flexibility in applying the net proceeds of this
offering. The timing and amount of our actual expenditures will be
based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the
anticipated growth of our business. Pending their use, we intend to
invest the net proceeds of this offering in a variety of
capital-preservation investments, including short- and
intermediate-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade
securities.
Our
board of directors will determine our future dividend policy based
on our result of operations, financial condition, capital
requirements and other circumstances. We have not previously
declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We
anticipate that we will retain earnings to support operations and
finance the growth of our business, as described in this
prospectus. Accordingly, it is not anticipated that any cash
dividends will be paid on our common stock in the foreseeable
future.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and
capitalization as of June 30, 2018:
●
on an actual basis;
and
●
on an as adjusted
basis reflecting the receipt by us of the net proceeds from the
sale of 1,000,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an
assumed initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts
and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and
excluding the exercise of the over-allotment option held by the
underwriter with respect to this offering, as if the offering had
occurred on June 30, 2018.
The
following information is illustrative only of our cash and cash
equivalents and capitalization following the completion of this
offering and will change based on the actual initial public
offering price and other terms of this offering determined at
pricing. You should read this table together with
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated
financial statements and the related notes appearing in this
prospectus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and restricted
cash
|
$3,402,406
|
$11,537,406
|
Debt, current
portion
|
$7,037,866
|
$7,037,866
|
Long-term debt, net
of current portion
|
9,181,051
|
9,181,051
|
Stockholders’
equity
|
19,333,318
|
19,333,318
|
|
|
|
Common stock,
$0.001 par value
|
10,001
|
10,001
|
Additional paid-in
capital
|
52,262,196
|
60,397,196
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
(32,938,880)
|
(32,938,880)
|
Stockholders’
equity
|
19,333,318
|
27,468,318
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
9,848,140
|
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
$29,181,458
|
$37,316,458
|
Total
capitalization
|
$38,362,509
|
$46,497,509
|
DILUTION
If you
invest in our common stock in this offering, your ownership
interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the
difference between the initial public offering price per share and
the pro forma, as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our
common stock immediately after this offering. Net tangible book
value per share is determined by dividing our total tangible assets
less total liabilities by the number of outstanding shares of
common stock.
As of
June 30, 2018, we had a net tangible book value of $29,181,458, or
$2.92 per share of common stock. Our pro forma net tangible book
value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets
reduced by the amount of our total liabilities and divided by the
total number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of June
30, 2018.
Investors
participating in this offering will incur immediate and substantial
dilution. After giving effect to the issuance and sale of 1,000,000
shares of our common stock in this offering at an assumed initial
public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is the midpoint of
the range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after
deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and
estimated offering expenses payable by us, our as adjusted net
tangible book value as of June 30, 2018, would have been
approximately $37,316,458, or $3.39 per share of common stock. This
represents an immediate increase in the pro forma net tangible book
value of $0.47 per share to existing stockholders and an immediate
dilution of $6.61 per share to investors purchasing shares of our
common stock in this offering. The following table illustrates this
per share dilution on a per share basis:
|
|
Assumed initial
public offering price
|
$10.00
|
Pro forma net
tangible book value (deficit) before offering
|
29,181,458
|
Increase in pro
forma net tangible book value attributable to new
investors
|
8,135,000
|
Pro forma as
adjusted net tangible book value after offering
|
$37,316,458
|
Dilution in pro
forma net tangible book value to new investors
|
$3.39
|
Each
$1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering
price of $10.00 per share would increase (decrease) the pro forma
as adjusted dilution to new investors to $0.08 per share, assuming
that the number of shares offered, as set forth on the cover page
of this prospectus, remains the same, after deducting estimated
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses. Similarly, each increase of 1,000,000 shares in the
number of shares of common stock offered would increase the as
further adjusted net tangible book value, as adjusted to give
effect to this offering, to approximately $0.47 per share and
decrease the dilution to new investors to $6.14 per share, assuming
the assumed initial public offering price remains the same and
after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions
and estimated offering expenses. Each decrease of 1,000,000 shares
in the number of shares of common stock offered would decrease the
as adjusted net tangible book value, as adjusted to give effect to
this offering, to approximately $0.47 per share and increase the
dilution to new investors to $7.08 per share, assuming the assumed
initial public offering price remains the same and after deducting
estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses. If the underwriter exercises its over-allotment
option in full to purchase 150,000 additional shares of common
stock from us in this offering to cover over-allotments, if any,
the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after
the offering would be $3.46 per share, the increase in the pro
forma net tangible book value per share to existing stockholders
would be $0.54 per share and the dilution per share to new
investors purchasing common stock in this offering would be $6.54
per share.
The
following table illustrates, an as adjusted basis as of June 30,
2018, the differences between the number of shares of common stock
purchased from us, the total consideration paid, and the average
price per share paid by existing stockholders and new investors
purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering based on an
assumed initial public offering price of $10.00 per share, which is
the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
and estimated offering expenses.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Existing
stockholders
|
10,001,000
|
90.9%
|
|
%
|
|
New
investors
|
1,000,000
|
9.1%
|
$10,000,000
|
%
|
$10.00
|
Total
|
11,001,000
|
100.0%
|
|
100.0%
|
|
The
number of shares of common stock shown above to be outstanding
after this offering is based on 10,001,000 shares of our common
stock outstanding as of June 30, 2018, and excludes an additional
500,000 shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance
under our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.
In
addition, if the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option to
purchase additional shares in full, the number of shares held by
new investors would increase to 1,150,000, or 10.3% of the total
number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this
offering.
To the
extent that stock options are exercised, new options are issued
under our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan or we issue additional
shares of common stock in the future, there will be further
dilution to investors participating in this offering. In addition,
we may choose to raise additional capital because of market
conditions or strategic considerations, even if we believe that we
have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. If
we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or
convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could
result in further dilution to our stockholders.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
AND ANALYSIS
OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and the
information contained in other sections of this prospectus,
particularly under the headings “Risk Factors” and
“Business.” It contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, and is based on the beliefs of our
management, as well as assumptions made by, and information
currently available to, our management. Our actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated by our management in these
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors,
including those discussed below and in this prospectus,
particularly under the heading “Risk
Factors.”
Business Overview
HF
Enterprises Inc. is a diversified holding company principally
engaged through its subsidiaries in property development, digital
transformation technology and biohealth activities with operations
in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. We manage
our three principal businesses primarily through our majority-owned
subsidiary, Singapore eDevelopment Ltd., a public company traded on
the Singapore Stock Exchange. Through this subsidiary (and
indirectly, through other public and private U.S. and Asian
subsidiaries), we are actively developing two significant real
estate projects near Houston, Texas and in Frederick, Maryland in
our property development segment. We have designed applications for
enterprise messaging and e-commerce software platforms in the
United States and Asia in our digital transformation technology
business unit. Our recent foray into the biohealth segment includes
research to treat neurological and immune-related diseases,
nutritional chemistry to create a natural sugar alternative,
research regarding innovative products to slow the spread of
disease, and natural foods and supplements. We opportunistically
identify global businesses for investment, incubation and corporate
advisory services primarily related to our operating business
segments. We also have investments outside of Singapore
eDevelopment, including a 19.8% equity interest in Holista CollTech
Limited, a public Australian company that produces natural food
ingredients, and a 14.2% equity interest in Vivacitas Oncology
Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company. Under the guidance of
Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
who is also our single largest stockholder, we have positioned
ourselves as a participant in these key markets through a series of
strategic transactions. Our growth strategy is both to pursue
opportunities that we can leverage on our global network using our
capital resources and to accelerate the expansion of our organic
businesses.
We make
equity investments in innovative and promising businesses that are
expected to appreciate in value over time. Our emphasis is on
building businesses in industries where our management team has
in-depth knowledge and experience, or where our management can
provide value by advising on new markets and expansion. We have at
times provided a range of global capital and management services to
these companies in order to gain access to Asian markets. We have
historically favored businesses that improve an individual’s
quality of life or that improve the efficiency of businesses
through technology in various industries. We believe our capital
and management services provide us with a competitive advantage in
the selection of strategic acquisitions and investments, which
creates and adds value for us, our investments and our
stockholders.
Our Revenue Model
Our
total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years
ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $7,744,038, $10,918,980 and
$1,233,061 and our net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2018
and the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $5,141,312,
$2,014,457 and $5,751,261, respectively.
We
currently recognize revenue from the sale of our subdivision
development properties, the sale of our biohealth products and the
rendering of digital transformation technology services through
consulting fees. Sales of real properties accounted for
approximately 80%, sales of biohealth products accounted for
approximately 18% and digital transformation technology consulting
fees accounted for approximately 1% of our total revenue in the
first six months of 2018, sales of properties accounted for
approximately 66%, sales of biohealth products accounted for
approximately 27% and digital transformation technology consulting
fees accounted for approximately 1% of our total revenue in 2017.
Sales of real properties and digital transformation technology
consulting fees accounted for approximately 65% and 12% of our
total revenue in 2016, respectively.
From a
geographical perspective, we recognized 98%, 90% and 84% of our
total revenue in the first six months of 2018 and the years 2017
and 2016 in the United States, respectively, followed by 2%, 1% and
12% of our total revenue in the first six months of 2018 and the
years 2017 and 2016 in the People’s Republic of China (which
includes Hong Kong). Revenue in Australia and Singapore accounted
for the remainder of our 2017 and 2016 total revenue, at 9% and 4%,
respectively.
We
believe that, on an ongoing basis, revenue generated from our
property development business will decline as a percentage of our
total revenue as we expect to experience greater revenue
contribution from our digital transformation technology and
biohealth businesses in the future.
Matters that May or Are Currently Affecting Our
Business
The
primary challenges and trends that could affect or are affecting
our financial results include:
●
Our ability to
improve our revenue through cross-selling and revenue-sharing
arrangements among our diverse group of companies;
●
Our ability to
identify complementary business for acquisition, obtain additional
financing for these acquisitions, if and when needed, and
profitably integrate them into our existing operation;
●
Our ability to
attract competent, skilled technical and sales personnel for each
of our businesses at acceptable prices to manage our overhead;
and
●
Our ability to
control our operating expenses as we expand each of our businesses
and product and service offerings.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We have
established various accounting policies under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Some of these policies
involve judgments, assumptions and estimates by management. We base
these estimates on historical experience, available current market
information and various other assumptions that management believes
are reasonable under the circumstances. Additionally, we evaluate
the results of these estimates on an on-going basis. We are subject
to uncertainties such as the impact of future events, economic,
environmental and political factors and changes in our business
environment; therefore, actual results could differ from these
estimates. The accounting policies that we deem most critical are
as follows:
Principles
of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements comprise our financial statements
and those of our subsidiaries as of the end of the respective
reporting period. The financial statements of the subsidiaries used
in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements are
prepared for the same reporting date as our company. Consistent
accounting policies are applied to like transactions and events in
similar circumstances.
All
intercompany balances, income and expenses and unrealized gains and
losses resulting from intra-group transactions and dividends are
eliminated in full.
On
October 1, 2018, 100% of the ownership interest in Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai International”) was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai, a director of HF Enterprises Inc.,
to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8,500,000 shares of our
common stock. Hengfai International holds 100% of Hengfai Business
Development Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai Business Development”),
which holds 761,185,294 shares of Singapore eDevelopment Limited
common stock and 359,834,471 warrants. Both Hengfai International
and Hengfai Business Development are holding companies without any
business operations. The determination of the accounting acquirer
in this transaction was based on a review of the pertinent facts
and circumstances. The identification of the acquiring entity in
this instance is subjective and was based on a number of factors
outlined in Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification
(“ASC”) 805-10-55-12 and ASC 805-10-55-13. After
considering all the factors and information we could collected, we
conclude that Singapore eDevelopment Limited is the accounting
acquirer.
Since
Singapore eDevelopment Limited is the acquiring entity for
accounting purposes, the financial statements for all periods up to
and including the October 1, 2018 merger date are the financial
statements of the entity that is now our subsidiary, Singapore
eDevelopment Limited.
Revenue Recognition and Cost of Sales
The
following represents a disaggregation of our revenue recognition
policies by segment:
Property
Development
We
leased units to customers in 2017. We enter into a lease agreement
with our customers with set pricing and length. The lease is
usually for a one year term, and rental price is set based on local
market price. Our obligation is to provide the property for lease
during the term. Revenue is recognized over the life of the
lease.
Our
main business is land development. We purchase land and develop it
into residential communities. The developed lots are then sold to
builders (or customers) for the construction of new homes. The
builders enter into sales contract with us which set forth the
prices and timeline. The builders conduct the property inspections
to ensure all conditions and requirements in contracts are met
before purchasing the lots. We recognize revenue when ownership of
the lot is transferred to the builders (HUDs are executed). Sale
price is calculated based on the expected sales values of all lots
in the project, adjusted pro rata for each lot based on the size of
the lot relative to the total size of all lots within the
project.
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Cost of Sales of
Properties
Costs
of property sales, including land acquisition costs, are allocated
pro rata to each lot based on the size of the lot relative to the
total size of all lots within the project. Development costs and
capitalized interest calculated based on the total expected
development and interest costs of the completed
project.
Biohealth
Current
revenues from our biohealth business are through direct sales of
biohealth products. Revenue on product sales is recognized upon
shipment to the customer when risk of loss and title transfer to
the customer and all other conditions required by GAAP, as
promulgated by the ASC 605, “Revenue Recognition,” have
been satisfied.
Digital
Transformation Technology
●
Software Development
Income
Revenue
is recognized under contract accounting, taking into account the
significant software production required. We use the
percentage-of-completion method in accordance with ASC 605-35,
based on inputs measured directly from cost incurred and management
reviews of progress-to-completion.
Real Estate Assets
Real
estate assets are recorded at cost, except when real estate assets
are acquired that meet the definition of a business combination in
accordance with ASC 805, “Business Combinations,” which
acquired assets are recorded at fair value. Interest, property
taxes, insurance and other incremental costs (including salaries)
directly related to a project are capitalized during the
construction period of major facilities and land improvements. The
capitalization period begins when activities to develop the parcel
commence and ends when the asset constructed is completed. The
capitalized costs are recorded as part of the asset to which they
relate and are reduced when lots are sold.
We
capitalized interest from the third-party borrowings of $1,008,220
and $911,764 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016,
respectively.
As of
December 31, 2016, land held for development was equal to $25.5
million ($9.3 million for Black Oak and $16.2 million for Ballenger
Run); capitalized development costs were $20.2 million ($10.7
million for Black Oak and $9.5 million for Ballenger Run); property
held for sale was $1.3 million; and capitalized finance costs were
$5.8 million from SeD Home.
At
December 31, 2016, we recognized $29,281 of impairment related to
the D Street Home Remodeling Project and $435,182 on the Perth,
Australia project. There was no impairment for the Black Oak or
Ballenger Run Projects.
At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there was
no impairment recognized for any of the
projects.
Results of Operations
Summary
of Statements of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
and 2017
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Revenue
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$7,744,038
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$4,451,383
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Operating
Expenses
|
$10,366,559
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$7,316,418
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Loss
From Operations
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$(2,622,521)
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$(2,865,035)
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Revenue
Segment revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and
2017:
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Property
Development
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$6,220,022
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$2,651,794
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Digital
Transformation Technology
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$109,905
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$34,090
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Biohealth
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$1,399,017
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$1,765,499
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Others
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$15,094
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$-
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Total:
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$7,744,038
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$4,451,383
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Revenue
was $7,744,038 for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared to
$4,451,383 for the six months ended June 30, 2017. This increase in
revenue is primarily attributable to an increase in property sales
from the Ballenger Project. We anticipate a higher level of revenue
from sales in 2018. Builders are required to purchase a minimum
number of lots based on their applicable sales agreement. We
collect revenue only from the sale of lots to builders. We are not
involved in construction at the present time.
Revenues
from biohealth segment come from the direct sales of iGalen USA LLC
(“iGalen USA”), which is 100% owned by iGalen
International Inc., our 53%-owned subsidiary. During the six-month
periods ended on June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the revenues from
iGalen USA were $1,399,017 and $1,765,499.
Operating
Expenses
Operating expenses
increased to $10,366,559 for the six months ended June 30, 2018
from $7,316,418 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, primarily
due to an increase in the cost of sales from $3,791,633 in the six
months ended June 30, 2017 to $6,837,691 in the six months ended
June 30, 2018, as a result of the increase in sales in Ballenger
Run project. Accrued construction expenses are allocated to sales.
We anticipate the total cost of sales will increase as revenue
increases.
Loss
from Operations
Our
loss from operations decreased from $2,865,035 for the six-month
period ended June 30, 2017 to $2,622,521 for the six-month period
ended June 30, 2018, primarily due to the increased property sales
with operation income. In the rest of 2018, we anticipate further
decline in losses relating to our current operations, however, the
addition of new operations may cause new expenses that delay any
profitability.
Results
of Operations for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to the
Year Ended December 31, 2016
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Revenue
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$10,918,980
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$1,233,061
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Operating
Expenses
|
$16,103,272
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$5,691,078
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Loss
from Operations
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$(5,184,292)
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$(4,458,017)
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Revenue
Revenue
was $10,918,980 for the year ended December 31, 2017, compared to
$1,233,061 for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase in
revenue is primarily attributable to our Ballenger Run project
commencing sales in May 2017. Property sales were $7,191,507 in the
year ended December 31, 2017 and $800,000 in the year ended
December 31, 2016. At the same time, the revenue from biohealth
products was approximately $3.0 million in 2017, compared to $0 in
2016.
Operating
Expenses
Operating expenses
increased to $16,103,272 for the year ended December 31, 2017 from
$5,691,078 for the year ended December 31, 2016. This change was
largely caused by the increase of costs of sales, which increased
from $1,024,241 in the year ended December 31, 2016 to $9,033,589
in the year ended December 31, 2017, primarily due to the increase
in sales from the Ballenger Run project. Capitalized construction
expenses, land costs and financing expenses were allocated to the
sales. At the same time, the increase of biohealth product sales
also increased costs of sales and administrative expenses. During
year 2017, cost of sales were $6,724,326 from property sales and
$2,227,591 from biohealth product sales.
Loss
from Operations
Our
loss from operations increased from $4,458,017 in the year ended
December 31, 2016 to $5,184,292 in the year ended December 31,
2017, in large part because of the approximately $1 million loss
from biohealth direct sales, business commencement in the beginning
of 2017 and increased research and development expense on biohealth
projects in the amount of $717,480. At the same time, loss from
property development decreased from $1,148,449 to $305,472 because
of increased sales from Ballenger project. Net loss decreased from
$5,751,261 in the year ended December 31, 2016 to $2,014,457 in the
year ended December 31, 2017 due to the unrealized gain on equity
security investments and the reverse of previous income tax
withholding.
Summary of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and
2017
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Six Months Ended
June 30,
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Net
cash Provided by (Used In) Operating Activities
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$167,730
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$(4,413,631)
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Net
Cash Provided by (Used In) Investing Activities
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$-
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$(252,866)
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Net
Cash Used in (Provided by) Financing activities
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$(932,465)
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$5,327,857
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities
In the first six months of 2018, cash provided by
operating activities was $167,730, compared to cash used in
operating activities of $4,413,631 in the same period of 2017. This
increase was primarily due to the increased sales of Ballenger Run
lots. Ballenger Run development costs were essentially flat for the
six months of 2018 compared to the same period in
2017. With the partial
completion of phase one of the Black Oak project, development speed
was adjusted with the market need and development costs decreased
as well. Cash received from and spent for biohealth and other
businesses were similar in both periods.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Cash
flows used in our investing activities primarily include
investments in construction projects, overhead and equipment and
furniture.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Through issuing, sharing, and borrowing funds from
third party financial institutions and related parties, we receive
funds to finance our projects and operations. In the first half of
2017, most funds were from stock issuances and the Union Bank
Revolving Loan. In the first half of 2018, we borrowed $1.8 million
from a related party and at the same time, repaid $2.7 million on
the Union Bank Revolving Loan.
Summary of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and
2016
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Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities
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$(6,131,025)
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$(17,749,182)
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Net
Cash Used in (Provided by) Investing Activities
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$(395,355)
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$243,791
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Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
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$7,338,098
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$14,612,335
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Cash
Flows from Operating Activities
Net
cash used in operating activities was $6.1 million in 2017, as
compared to $17.7 million in 2016. We invested approximately $11
million in into the Ballenger Run and Black Oak projects, which
capitalized on constructions but did not result in sales in during
that time. We received approximately $7.2 million from sales in the
Ballenger Run project in 2017 and invested approximately $8.5
million in land development projects of both Ballenger Run and
Black Oak in 2017.
Cash
Flows from Investing Activities
Cash
flows used in investing activities primarily include investments in
a small real estate company in Hong Kong, overhead and equipment and furniture. In
2016, we increased investment by $287,000 with a total return of
$604,000 (received later in 2016 in connection with the investment
in the real estate company). In 2017, we invested $50,000 in a
convertible note from a company engaged in the direct marketing of
travel services and consumer products and $316,740 on a
fund.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
Net
cash provided by financing activities were $7.4 million and $14.6
million for 2017 and 2016. In 2016, we issued $9 million stock and
borrowed $11 million from third party financial institutions mostly
for the land development projects of Ballenger Run and Black Oak.
In 2017, we issued $4.7 million stock and borrowed $1 million from
Union Bank. At the same time, we borrowed $8 million in loans from
a related party and used $6.3 million of this $8 million to pay off
the Revere Note.
Real Property Financing Arrangements
Black
Oak
Black
Oak is a 162-acre land infrastructure development and sub-division
project situated in Magnolia, Texas, north of Houston owned by 150
CCM Black Oak Ltd. and in which SeD Development USA, Inc. owns a
100% limited partnership interest.
On July
20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079 in reimbursement for
previous construction costs incurred in the land development. Of
this amount, $1,650,000 will remain on deposit in the District's
Capital Projects Fund for the benefit of Black Oak LP and will be
released upon receipt of the evidence of the (a) execution of a
purchase agreement between Black Oak LP and a home builder with
respect to the Black Oak development and (b) of the completion,
finishing and making ready for home construction of at least 105
unfinished lots in the Black Oak development.
Ballenger
Run
In
November 2015, we completed the $15.65 million acquisition of
Ballenger Run, a 197-acre land sub-division development located in
Frederick County, Maryland. Previously, on May 28, 2014, the RBG
Family, LLC entered into the Assignable Real Estate Sales Contract
with NVR, Inc. (“NVR”) by which RBG Family, LLC would
sell the 197 acres for $15 million to NVR. On December 10, 2014,
NVR assigned this contract to SeD Maryland Development, LLC in the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement and entered into a series of
Lot Purchase Agreements by which NVR would purchase subdivided lots
from SeD Maryland Development, LLC (the “Lot Purchase
Agreements”).
On
November 23, 2015, SeD Maryland Development, LLC and Union Bank
(formerly known as Xenith Bank, f/k/a The Bank of Hampton Roads)
entered into a Construction Loan Agreement, as amended by that
certain Loan Modification Commitment Letter, as further amended by
that certain Loan Modification Commitment Letter, dated as of
August 30, 2017 and as further amended by that certain Third Loan
Modification Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017 (the
“The Union Bank Revolving Loan”). The Union Bank
Revolving Loan closed simultaneous with the settlement on the land
on November 23, 2015, and provides (i) for a maximum of $11 million
outstanding; (ii) maturity on December 31, 2019; and (iii) an
$800,000 letter of credit facility, with an annual rate of 15% on
all issued letters of credit. On December 31, 2017 and 2016, the
principal balance was $8,272,297 and $7,219,947, respectively. As
part of the transaction, we incurred loan origination fees and
closing fees, totaling $480,947, which were recorded as debt
discount and are amortized over the life of the loan. The
unamortized debt discounts were $140,277 and $300,592 at December
31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
The
entire unpaid principal and interest sum is due and payable on
November 22, 2018, with the option of one twelve-month extension
period. The loan is secured by a deed of trust on the property,
$2,600,000 of collateral cash, and a Limited Guaranty Agreement
with SeD Ballenger. In September 2017, Maryland Development LLC and
the Union Bank modified the related Revolving Credit Note, which
increased the original principal amount from $8,000,000 to
$11,000,000 and extended the maturity date of the loan and letter
of credit to December 31, 2019.
The
Union Bank Revolving Loan is intended to fund the development of
the first 276 lots, the multi-family parcel and senior living
parcel, the amenities associated with these phases, and certain
road improvements.
Equity Security Investments
On
October 18, 2016, our wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, BMI
Capital Partners International Limited (“BMI”) received
an interest-free convertible promissory note with a principal
amount of $500,000 (the “Amarantus Note”) from
Amarantus Bioscience Holdings Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“Amarantus”), as consideration for consulting services
provided to Amarantus. During the year 2017, the Amarantus Note was
converted into 2 million shares of Amarantus common stock at a
conversion price of $0.025 per share. Following to the conversion,
the investment was recorded as held for trading securities at fair
value through profit or loss.
On
December 29, 2016, BMI entered into a Common Stock Purchase Warrant
agreement with Document Security System, Inc., a New York
corporation (“DSS”), to purchase 200,000 warrants to
purchase up to 200,000 shares of DSS common stock at an exercise
price of $0.75 per common stock. During the financial year ended
2017, BMI exercised its rights under the agreement and acquired
200,000 shares of DSS common stocks for $150,000. We also purchased
300,000 shares outright and hold 500,000 shares in
total.
On
June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the fair value (calculated by
market trading prices on the ended dates of the periods) of total
hold equity stocks of Amarantus and DSS were $1,460,000 and
$3,720,000, respectively. Based on current accounting standards
(ASU 2016-01 and ASU 2018-03), the change of the fair value is
recognized in the income statement. This recognition method may
lead to volatility of the profit and loss in our Consolidated
Statement of Operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our
real estate assets have decreased to $49,654,741 as of June 30,
2018 from $52,355,884 as of December 31, 2017. This decrease
primarily reflects a higher increase in the cost of sales than in
the capitalized costs related to the construction in progress. Our
cash has decreased from $1,221,074 as of December 31, 2017 to
$697,458 as of June 30, 2018. Our liabilities declined from
$27,776,710 at December 31, 2017 to $26,739,988 at June 30, 2018.
Our total assets have decreased to $55,921,446 as of June 30, 2018
from $61,866,553 as of December 31, 2017.
Our
real estate assets have increased from $51,196,090 as of December
31, 2016 to $52,355,884 as of December 31, 2017. Our total assets
increased from $57,758,142 as of December 31, 2016 to $61,866,553
as of December 31, 2017, although our cash dropped from $2,651,318
as of December 31, 2016 to $1,221,074 as of December 31, 2017. Our
total liabilities declined from $36,238,832 as of December 31, 2016
to $27,776,710 as of December 31, 2017.
The
Union Bank Revolving Loan has a balance of approximately $5.5
million and the credit limit is $11 million as of June 30, 2018. At
December 31, 2017, the Union Bank Revolving Loan balance was
approximate $8.2 million and credit limit is $11 million. The
interest of intercompany loans is accruing and the due date of
these intercompany loans could be extended. As a condition of the
Union Bank Revolving Loan, we are required to maintain a minimum of
$2,600,000 in an interest-bearing account maintained by the lender
as additional security for the loans. The funds will remain as
collateral for the loans until they are paid off in full. On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, cash and cash equivalents of $30,000
and $80,000, respectively, held in the People’s Republic of
China were subject to local exchange control regulations. These
regulations place restrictions on the amount of currency being
exported other than through dividends
Based
on the sales projection of Ballenger Run by sales contract with NVR
and Orchard Development Corporation, the 2018 revenue is expected
to be approximately $20 million. The majority of the Union Bank
Revolving Loan will be repaid and the balance closes to less than
$1 million at end of 2018. At the same time, we expect that the
restricted cash in the amount of $2.6 million will be released to
us around March 2019 upon the satisfaction of the terms of the loan
agreement.
Currently the Black
Oak project does not have any financing from third parties. On July
20, 2018, the Black Oak LP was reimbursed $4,592,079.59 from the
Harris County Improvement District 17 (“HC17”) for
previous expenses incurred by Black Oak LP in the development and
installation of infrastructure within the Black Oak project. The
future development timeline of Black Oak is based on multiple
limiting conditions, such as the amount of the funds raised from
capital market, the loans from third party financial institutions,
and the government reimbursements. The development will be step by
step and expenses will be contingent on the amount of funding we
will receive.
On
November 29, 2016 SeD Home Ltd entered into three $500,000 bonds
for a total of $1.5 million that are to incur annual interest at
eight percent and the principal shall be paid in full on November
29, 2019. SeD Home agreed to guarantee the payment obligations of
these bonds. Further, at the maturity date, the bondholders have
the right to propose to acquire a property built by SeD Home, and
SeD will facilitate that transaction. The proposed acquisition
purchase price would be at SeD Home's cost. If the cost price is
more than $1.5 million, the proposed acquirers would pay the
difference, and if the cost price is below $1.5 million, the SeD
Home Ltd would pay the difference in cash.
During
the six-month periods ended on June 30, 2018 and 2017, a director
of the Company lent non-interest loans $1,796,834 and $0 for the
general operations of the Company. The loans are interest free, not
tradable, unsecured, and repayable on demand and by cash. The loan
balance were $9,181,051and 7,384,217 on June 30, 2018 and December
31, 2017, respectively.
On
August 24, 2015, Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd.
(“HBD”), a substantial shareholder of the SeD Ltd and a
wholly-owned company by Mr. Chan Heng Fai, CEO, executive director
and a controlling shareholder of the Company, provided a loan with
$15 million credit limit to the Company. On September 30, 2015,
$10.5 million was drawn and used to finance the land purchase by a
subsidiary. The loan was unsecured, repayable upon demand and
interest-free. In 2016, this loan was assigned from a wholly owned
subsidiary of SeD Ltd to SeD Ltd with its maturity date extended to
December 31, 2017. On April 5, 2017, the entire HBD loan of $10.5
million was converted into 372,855,000 ordinary shares of SeD Ltd
at an issue price of approximately $0.03 per share and SeD Ltd also
issued 1,864,275,000 free detachable warrant at an exercise price
Singapore approximately $0.036 to HBD.
In
2016, SeD Ltd issued 269,566,000 shares through private placement
and the exercise of 2016 warrants, received cash $8,816,678, after
paid the issuance expenses. In 2017, SeD Ltd issued 158,739,000
shares through the exercise of 2016 warrants, received cash
$4,656,300, after paid the issuance expenses.
Contractual Obligations
Operating leases
We have
entered into six operating leases in the United States, Singapore
and Hong Kong, relating to the rental of office premises. These
leases have tenures of between one and three years with a renewal
option. We are restricted from subleasing the office premises to
third parties without prior written consent of the landlord. The
rents are paid on a monthly basis and the rates escalate
approximately 3% annually. Future minimum lease payments under our
primary operating lease at the end of the reporting period are as
follows:
For
the Years Ended December 31:
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2018
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283,432
|
2019
|
137,080
|
2020
|
96,924
|
|
0
|
Total
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$517,436
|
The
rents recognized as expenses in profit or loss for the financial
years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $272,716 and $303,923,
respectively
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do
not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably
likely to have a current or future effect on our financial
condition, revenues, results of operations, liquidity or capital
expenditures.
Impact of Inflation
We
believe that inflation has not had a material impact on our results
of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2018 or the years
ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. We cannot assure you that future
inflation will not have an adverse impact on our operating results
and financial condition.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In
November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows
(Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which requires that restricted cash
and cash equivalents be included as components of total cash and
cash equivalents as presented on the statement of cash flows. ASU
2016-18 was effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within
those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and a retrospective
transition method is required. This guidance did not impact
financial results, but resulted in a change in the presentation of
restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents within the
statement of cash flows. We adopted this guidance in the 2017 and
2016 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
On
February 25, 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic
842). The new leasing standard presents dramatic changes
to the balance sheets of lessees. Lessor
accounting is updated to align with certain changes in the
lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard. We are
currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
In
January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 that amended
existing guidance to address certain aspects of recognition,
measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments.
The new guidance requires equity investments (except those
accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that
result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair
value with changes in fair value recognized in results of
operations. Additionally, certain disclosure requirements and other
aspects of accounting for financial instruments changed as a result
of the new guidance. In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU
2018-03 that included technical corrections and improvements to ASU
2016-01. We adopted the guidance in recognizing and presenting the
changes of fair value of the financial instruments. The change in
the fair value of our equity investments is recognized in the
condensed consolidated statements of income rather than the
condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive
income.
In May
2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from
Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The standard’s
core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it
transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that
reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be
entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so,
companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates
than under previous guidance. This may include identifying
performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of
variable consideration to include in the transaction price and
allocating the transaction price to each separate performance
obligation. In July 2015, the FASB approved the proposal to defer
the effective date of ASU 2014-09 standard by one year. Early
adoption was permitted after December 15, 2016, and the standard
became effective for public entities for annual reporting periods
beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods therein. In
2016, the FASB issued final amendments to clarify the
implementation guidance for principal versus agent considerations
(ASU No. 2016-08), accounting for licenses of intellectual property
and identifying performance obligations (ASU No. 2016-10),
narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients (ASU No.
2016-12) and technical corrections and improvements to ASU 2014-09
(ASU No. 2016-20) in its new revenue standard. We have performed a
review of the requirements of the new revenue standard and are
monitoring the activity of the FASB and the transition resource
group as it relates to specific interpretive guidance. We reviewed
customer contracts, applied the five-step model of the new standard
to our contracts, and compared the results to our current
accounting practices. The adoption of this standard required
increased disclosures related to the disaggregation of
revenue.
Emerging Growth Company Status
We are
an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS
Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various
reporting requirements that are applicable to other public
companies that are not “emerging growth companies.”
Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging
growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition
period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act
for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other
words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the
adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards
would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take
advantage of these exemptions until we are no longer an emerging
growth company or until we affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of
this exemption.
Controls and Procedures
We are
not currently required to maintain an effective system of internal
controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Only
in the event that we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or
an accelerated filer would we be required to comply with the
independent registered public accounting firm attestation
requirement. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth
company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to take advantage of
certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are
applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth
companies including, but not limited to, not being required to
comply with the independent registered public accounting firm
attestation requirement.
Management is
responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the
financial statements included in this prospectus. The financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America and
reflect management’s judgment and estimates concerning
effects of events and transactions that are accounted for or
disclosed.
Management is also
responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting. Our internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that
pertain to our ability to record, process, summarize and report
reliable data. Management recognizes that there are inherent
limitations in the effectiveness of any internal control over
financial reporting, including the possibility of human error and
the circumvention or overriding of internal control. Accordingly,
even effective internal control over financial reporting can
provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial
statement presentation. Further, because of changes in conditions,
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting may
vary over time.
In
order to ensure that our internal control over financial reporting
is effective, management regularly assesses controls and did so
most recently for its financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.
This assessment was based on criteria for effective internal
control over financial reporting described in the Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission. In connection with
management’s evaluation of the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2017, management determined that our company did not
maintain effective controls over financial reporting due to limited
staff with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experience. Management
determined that the ineffective controls over financial reporting
constitute a material weakness. To remediate such weaknesses, we
plan to appoint additional qualified personnel to the audit
committee with financial accounting, GAAP and SEC
experience.
This
prospectus does not include an attestation report of our registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial
reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation
by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary
rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s
report in this prospectus.
BUSINESS
Our Company
HF
Enterprises Inc. is a diversified holding company principally
engaged through its subsidiaries in property development, digital
transformation technology and biohealth activities with operations
in the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. We manage
our three principal businesses primarily through our majority-owned
subsidiary, Singapore eDevelopment Ltd., a public company traded on
the Singapore Stock Exchange. Through this subsidiary (and
indirectly, through other public and private U.S. and Asian
subsidiaries), we are actively developing two significant real
estate projects near Houston, Texas and in Frederick, Maryland in
our property development segment. We have designed applications for
enterprise messaging and e-commerce software platforms in the
United States and Asia in our digital transformation technology
business unit. Our recent foray into the biohealth segment includes
research to treat neurological and immune-related diseases,
nutritional chemistry to create a natural sugar alternative,
research regarding innovative products to slow the spread of
disease, and natural foods and supplements. We opportunistically
identify global businesses for investment, incubation and corporate
advisory services primarily related to our operating business
segments. We also have investments outside of Singapore
eDevelopment, including a 19.8% equity interest in Holista CollTech
Limited, a public Australian company that produces natural food
ingredients, and a 14.2% equity interest in Vivacitas Oncology
Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company. Under the guidance of
Chan Heng Fai, our Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
who is also our single largest stockholder, we have positioned
ourselves as a participant in these key markets through a series of
strategic transactions. Our growth strategy is both to pursue
opportunities that we can leverage on our global network using our
capital resources and to accelerate the expansion of our organic
businesses.
We make
equity investments in innovative and promising businesses that are
expected to appreciate in value over time. Our emphasis is on
building businesses in industries where our management team has
in-depth knowledge and experience, or where our management can
provide value by advising on new markets and expansion. We have at
times provided a range of global capital and management services to
these companies in order to gain access to Asian markets. We have
historically favored businesses that improve an individual’s
quality of life or that improve the efficiency of businesses
through technology in various industries. We believe our capital
and management services provide us with a competitive advantage in
the selection of strategic acquisitions and investments, which
creates and adds value for us, our investments and our
stockholders.
Mr.
Chan has led our Singapore eDevelopment subsidiary since 2014. In
March 2018, Mr. Chan formed our company and subsequently assigned
his equity interests in several companies, including Singapore
eDevelopment and its subsidiaries, to us for further expansion in
the United States. Mr. Chan has more than 40 years of experience
serving as a chief executive officer, director and private equity
investor in more than 35 private and publicly-held early-stage and
growth companies in the United States, Singapore and other
countries. We currently have approximately 19 employees across five
countries. We are a global company with our corporate headquarters
located in Bethesda, Maryland and additional offices in Singapore,
Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong.
Our Operations
Property
Development Business
Our
real estate business is primarily conducted through our indirect
subsidiary, SeD Home International Inc., a subsidiary of Singapore
eDevelopment, which conducts real estate development projects
through land subdivision developments and invests in third-party
property development projects. We generally contract out all real
estate development activities, working with engineers, surveyors
and architects through each phase, including planning, design and
construction. Once the contractors complete the land development,
we then sell the developed lots to builders for the construction of
new homes; where possible, we attempt to pre-sell these lots before
they are fully developed. SeD Home International’s main
assets are two such subdivision development projects, one near
Houston, Texas (known as Black Oak), and one in Frederick, Maryland
(known as Ballenger Run).
Houston, Texas
Property. Black Oak is a land infrastructure development and
subdivision development project consisting of 162 acres, currently
projected to have approximately 512 units, as we are presently
attempting to revise the site plan at Black Oak to allow for such
number of residential lots. Through a partnership with 150 CCM
Black Oak, Ltd., we had contracts to purchase seven contiguous
parcels of land. Our initial equity investment in 150 CCM Black
Oak, Ltd. was $4.3 million for 60% ownership in the partnership.
Since then we have increased our ownership to 100%. We are
presently in negotiations with multiple builders, and we anticipate
that our involvement in this project will take approximately three
to five additional years to complete. We project that the selling
of lots and the construction of homes will begin in the first
quarter of 2019.
The
site plan at Black Oak is being revised to allow for approximately
420-500 residential lots of varying sizes. We anticipate that our
involvement in the land development aspects of this project will
take approximately three to five additional years to complete.
Since February 2015, we have completed several important phases of
the project, including property clearing, road pavement and
compliance with the local improvement district to ensure
reimbursement of these costs. We are presently in negotiations with
multiple builders for lot takedowns or, in some cases, entire
phases of the project.
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak Ltd. entered into a Purchase and Sale
Agreement with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124 lots within the
Black Oak project (the “Black Oak Purchase Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Black Oak Purchase Agreement, the 124 lots will be
sold for a range of prices based on the lot type. In addition,
Houston LD, LLC has agreed to pay a "community enhancement fee" for
each lot, which will be applied exclusively towards funding an
amenity package on the property.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Black Oak Purchase Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000, and Houston LD, LLC
delivered an additional $100,000 deposit, bringing the aggregate
earnest money deposit to $250,000. Under the Amended and Restated
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the purchase of these
lots shall occur within ten days following the earlier of 60 days
or the completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing
remains subject to certain closing conditions.
The
Black Oak project is applying for reimbursement of certain
construction of roads, sewer, water etc. While we may be entitled
to reimbursements from a local improvement district, the amount and
timing of such payments is uncertain. The timing of such potential
reimbursements will be impacted by certain bond sales by the Harris
County Improvement District #17.
On July
20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079 in reimbursement for
previous construction costs incurred in the land development. Of
this amount, $1,650,000 will remain on deposit in the District's
Capital Projects Fund for the benefit of Black Oak LP and will be
released upon receipt of the evidence of the (a) execution of a
purchase agreement between Black Oak LP and a home builder with
respect to the Black Oak development and (b) of the completion,
finishing and making ready for home construction of at least 105
unfinished lots in the Black Oak development.
In
August 2017, we entered into a listing agreement for the Black Oak
project with a nationally recognized land broker in Houston, Texas.
Should we receive an acceptable offer for all or part of this
project, we would consider selling the project. There can be no
guarantee that we will receive an offer at an acceptable amount. We
continue to move forward with our development plans. If we are able
to sell this project, we anticipate utilizing the net proceeds from
such sale for the development of new projects and our expansion
into new areas of business.
Frederick,
Maryland Property. In November
2015, we acquired Ballenger Run, a land sub-division
development consisting of 197 acres, with 853 units,
for $15.65 million. This property is
zoned for 443 entitled residential lots, 210 entitled
multifamily units and 200 entitled continuing care retirement
community units. We anticipate that our involvement in this project
will take approximately five years. We expect to generate
approximately $68 million (prior to costs) in revenue from
Ballenger Run through the sale of the developed lots based on
current real estate values. Revenues may be lower, however, if we
fail to attain certain goals and meet certain conditions or if
market prices for this development unexpectedly begin to
drop.
Previously,
on May 28, 2014, the RBG Family, LLC entered into the Assignable
Real Estate Sales Contract with NVR, Inc. (“NVR”) by
which RBG Family, LLC would sell the 197 acres for $15 million to
NVR. On December 10, 2014, NVR assigned this contract to SeD
Maryland Development, LLC in the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement and entered into a series of Lot Purchase Agreements by
which NVR would purchase subdivided lots from SeD Maryland
Development, LLC (the “Lot Purchase
Agreements”).
SeD
Maryland Development’s acquisition of the 197 acres was
funded in part from a $5.6 million deposit from NVR. The balance of
$10.05 million was derived from a total equity contribution of
$15.2 million by SeD Ballenger, LLC (“SeD Ballenger”)
and CNQC Maryland Development LLC (a unit of Qingjian International
Group Co, Ltd, China, “CNQC”). The project is owned by
SeD Maryland Development, LLC (“SeD Maryland”). SeD
Maryland is 83.55% owned by SeD Ballenger and 16.45% by
CNQC.
Our
subsidiary SeD Development Management, LLC is the manager of
Ballenger Run pursuant to a Management Agreement dated as of July
15, 2015, by and between SeD Maryland Development, LLC and SeD
Development Management, LLC (the “Management
Agreement”). Under the Management Agreement, SeD Development
Management, LLC shall manage, operate and administer SeD
Maryland’s day-to-day operations, business and affairs,
subject to the supervision of SeD Maryland, and shall have only
such functions and authority as SeD Maryland may delegate to it.
For performing these services, SeD Development Management, LLC is
entitled to a base management fee of five percent of the gross
revenue (including reimbursements) of Ballenger Run. The base
management fee is earned and paid in monthly installments of
$38,650, subject to adjustment after gross revenue is determined.
SeD Development Management, LLC may also earn incentive
compensation of twenty percent of any profit distributions to SeD
Maryland above a 30% pre-tax internal rate of return.
SeD
Maryland entered into a Project Development and Management
Agreement for Ballenger Run with MacKenzie Development Company, LLC
and Cavalier Development Group, LLC on February 25, 2015 (the
“Project Development and Management Agreement”).
Pursuant to that agreement, MacKenzie Development Company, LLC
assigned its rights and obligations to this agreement to Adams
Aumiller Properties, LLC on September 9, 2017. Pursuant to the
Project Development and Management Agreement, Adams Aumiller, LLC
and Cavalier Development Group, LLC coordinate and manage the
construction, financing, and development of Ballenger Run. SeD
Maryland compensates Adams Aumiller LLC and Cavalier Development
Group, LLC with a monthly aggregate fee of $14,667 until all single
family and townhome lots have been sold. The monthly aggregate fee
will then adjust to $11,000, which will continue for approximately
eight months to allow all close out items to be finished, including
the release of guarantees and securities as required by the
government authorities. The Project Development and Management
Agreement for Ballenger Run also requires SeD Maryland to pay a fee
of $1,200 and $500 for each single-family and townhome,
respectively, sold to a third party. Finally, SeD Maryland will
also pay a fee of $50,000 upon the sale of certain portions of the
parcel.
This
property is zoned for 443 entitled residential lots, 210 entitled
multi-family units and 200 entitled Continuing Care Retirement
Community (“CCRC”) units approved for 20 years from the
date of a Developers Rights & Responsibilities Agreement, dated
as of October 8, 2014, as amended on September 6, 2016. We
anticipate that the completion of our involvement in this project
will take approximately five years from the date of this
prospectus.
Revenue
from Ballenger Run is anticipated to come from four main
sources:
●
sale
of 443 entitled and constructed residential lots to
NVR;
●
sale
of the lot for the 210 entitled multi-family units;
●
sale
of the lot for the 200 entitled CCRC units; and
●
sale
of 443 front foot benefit assessments.
The
total project revenue is estimated to be approximately $68 million
(prior to costs). Revenues may be lower, however, if we fail to
attain certain goals and meet certain conditions.
On
November 23, 2015, SeD Maryland Development, LLC and Union Bank
(formerly known as Xenith Bank, f/k/a The Bank of Hampton Roads)
entered into a Construction Loan Agreement, as amended by that
certain Loan Modification Commitment Letter, as further amended by
that certain Loan Modification Commitment Letter, dated as of
August 30, 2017 and as further amended by that certain Third Loan
Modification Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017 (the
“The Union Bank Revolving Loan”). The Union Bank
Revolving Loan closed simultaneous with the settlement on the land
on November 23, 2015, and provides (i) for a maximum of $11 million
outstanding; (ii) maturity on December 31, 2019; and (iii) an
$800,000 letter of credit facility, with an annual rate of 15% on
all issued letters of credit. On December 31, 2017 and 2016, the
principal balance was $8,272,297 and $7,219,947, respectively. As
part of the transaction, we incurred loan origination fees and
closing fees, totaling $480,947, which were recorded as debt
discount and are amortized over the life of the loan. The
unamortized debt discounts were $140,277 and $300,592 at December
31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
The
entire unpaid principal and interest sum is due and payable on
November 22, 2018, with the option of one twelve-month extension
period. The loan is secured by a deed of trust on the property,
$2,600,000 of collateral cash, and a Limited Guaranty Agreement
with SeD Ballenger. In September 2017, Maryland Development LLC and
the Union Bank modified the related Revolving Credit Note, which
increased the original principal amount from $8,000,000 to
$11,000,000 and extended the maturity date of the loan and letter
of credit to December 31, 2019.
The
Union Bank Revolving Loan is intended to fund the development of
the first 276 lots, the multi-family parcel and senior living
parcel, the amenities associated with these phases, and certain
road improvements.
Expenses
from Ballenger Run include, but are not limited to costs associated
with land prices, closing costs, hard development costs, cost in
lieu of construction, soft development costs and interest costs. We
presently estimate these costs to be between $58 and $60 million.
We may also encounter expenses which we have not anticipated, or
which are higher than presently anticipated.
We
are currently in the second of four phases for completion of this
project.
Sale of Residential Lots to NVR
The
443 residential lots were contracted for sale under the Lot
Purchase Agreements to NVR. NVR is a home builder engaged in the
construction and sale of single-family detached homes, townhouses
and condominium buildings. It also operates a mortgage banking and
title services business. Under the Lot Purchase Agreements, NVR
provided SeD Home with an upfront deposit of $5.6 million and has
agreed to purchase the lots at a range of prices. The total
estimated revenue to be received pursuant to these Lot Purchase
Agreements, if all lots are sold, is approximately $59 million
based on our projection that the lot selling prices will increase
3% per annum on a quarterly basis after June 1, 2018. The lot types
and quantities to be sold to NVR under the Lot Purchase Agreements
include the following:
Lot Type
|
|
Single
Family Detached Large
|
85
|
Single
Family Detached Small
|
89
|
Single
Family Detached Neo Traditional
|
33
|
Single
Family Attached 28’ Villa
|
85
|
Single
Family Attached 20’ End Unit
|
46
|
Single
Family Attached 16’ Internal Unit
|
105
|
Total
|
443
|
There
are five different types of Lot Purchase Agreements, which have
generally the same terms except for the price and unit details for
each type of lot. Under the Lot Purchase Agreements, NVR shall
purchase 30 available lots per quarter. The Lot Purchase Agreements
provide several conditions related to preparation of the lots which
must be met so that a lot can be made available for sale to NVR.
SeD Maryland is to provide customary lot preparation including but
not limited to survey, grading, utilities installation, paving, and
other infrastructure and engineering. The sale of 13 model lots to
NVR began in May 2017. NVR has begun marketing lots and has
commenced sales. In the event NVR does not purchase the lots under
the Lot Purchase Agreements, SeD Maryland would be entitled to keep
the NVR deposit and terminate the Lot Purchase Agreements. Should
SeD Maryland breaches Lot Purchase Agreement, it would have to
return the remainder of the NVR deposit that has not already been
credited to NVR for any sales of lots under the Lot Purchase
Agreements, and NVR would be able to seek specific performance of
the Lot Purchase Agreements, as well as any other rights available
at law or in equity. 92 lots were sold in the first six months of
2018, compared to 42 lots sold in the year ending December 31,
2017.
Sale of Lots for the Multi-Family Units
In
June 2016, SeD Maryland Development, LLC (“Maryland”)
entered into a lot purchase agreement with Orchard Development
Corporation (“Orchard”) relating to the sale of 210
multifamily units in the Ballenger Run Project for a total purchase
price of $5,250,000, which closed on August 7, 2018.
CCRC Parcel
On
February 19, 2018, SeD Maryland Development, LLC entered into a
contract to sell the 5.9 acre CCRC parcel to Orchard Development
Corporation for a purchase price of $2,900,000.00 with a $50,000
deposit. It was also agreed that Orchard Development Corporation
would have the right to terminate the transaction during the
feasibility study period, which would last through May 30, 2018,
and receive a refund of its deposit. On April 13, 2018, Orchard
Development Corporation indicated that it would not be proceeding
with the purchase of the CCRC parcel. We are actively seeking
alternative purchasers for the CCRC parcel.
Sale of the Front Foot Benefit Assessments
We
have established a front foot benefit assessment on all of the NVR
lots. This is a 30-year annual assessment allowed in Frederick
County which requires homeowners to reimburse the developer for the
costs of installing public water and sewer to the lots. These
assessments will become effective as homes are settled, at which
time we can sell the collection rights to investors who will pay an
upfront lump sum, enabling us to more quickly realize the revenue.
Overall, we project that these front foot benefits will result in
additional profits of approximately $900,000. Front foot benefit
assessments are subject to amendment by regulatory agencies,
legislative bodies, and court rulings, and any changes to front
foot benefit assessments could cause us to reassess these
projections.
Wetland Impact Permit
The
Ballenger Run project will require a joint wetland impact permit,
which requires the review of several state and federal agencies,
including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The permit is primarily
required for Phase 3 of construction, which will not start until
2019 or later, but it also affects a pedestrian trail at the
Ballenger Run project and the multi-family sewer connection. The
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers allowed us to proceed with
construction on Phase 1 but required archeological testing. As of
November 2018, the archeological testing has been completed with no
further recommendations on Phase 1 of the project. Required
architectural studies on the final phase of development will likely
result in the loss of only one lot, however, we cannot be certain
of future reviews and their impact on the project.
K-6 Grade School Site
In
connection with getting the necessary approvals for the Ballenger
Project, we agreed to transfer thirty acres of land that abuts the
development for the construction of a local K-6 grade school. We
will not be involved in the construction of such
school.
In addition to these two main projects, we are
embarking on residential construction activities in partnership
with U.S. homebuilders, and have commenced discussions to acquire
smaller U.S. residential construction projects. These projects may
be within both the for-sale and for-rent markets. We
consider projects in diverse regions across the United States, and
maintain longstanding relationships with local owners, brokers,
managers and lenders to source projects. We will continue to focus
on off-market deals and raise appropriate financing for appealing
development activities. We believe these initiatives will provide a
set of solutions to smooth out the long term revenue associated
with property development in the United States and create new
development opportunities and revenue from this
business.
Our
property development business is headquartered in Bethesda,
Maryland. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the years
ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, our property development business
accounted for 80%, 66% and 65% of our total revenues,
respectively.
Lot Sales Agreement
On May
28, 2014, the RBG Family, LLC entered into the Assignable Real
Estate Sales Contract with NVR by which RBG Family, LLC would sell
the 197 acres of the Ballenger Run project for $15,000,000 to NVR.
On December 10, 2014, NVR assigned this contract to SeD Maryland
Development, LLC in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and
entered the Lot Purchase Agreements. Through August 31, 2018, NVR
has purchased 110 lots.
On
February 19, 2018, SeD Maryland Development, LLC entered into a
contract to sell the 5.9 acre CCRC parcel to Orchard Development
Corporation for a purchase price of $2,900,000.00 with a $50,000
deposit. It was also agreed that Orchard Development Corporation
would have the right to terminate the transaction during the
feasibility study period, which would last through May 30, 2018,
and receive a refund of its deposit. On April 13, 2018, Orchard
Development Corporation indicated that it would not be proceeding
with the purchase of the CCRC parcel. We are actively seeking
alternative purchasers for the CCRC parcel.
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak Ltd. entered into a Purchase and Sale
Agreement with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124 lots within the
Black Oak project (the “Black Oak Purchase Agreement”).
Pursuant to the Black Oak Purchase Agreement, the 124 lots will be
sold for a range of prices based on the lot type. In addition,
Houston LD, LLC has agreed to pay a "community enhancement fee" for
each lot, which will be applied exclusively towards funding an
amenity package on the property.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale
Agreement was subject to Houston LD, LLC completing due diligence
to its satisfaction. Houston LD, LLC was entitled to cancel or
terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement at any time during a
forty-five (45) day inspection period. By the mutual agreement of
the parties, such inspection period was extended. Houston LD, LLC
delivered a $50,000 deposit, followed by a second, $100,000
deposit.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Black Oak Purchase Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000, and Houston LD, LLC
delivered an additional $100,000 deposit, bringing the aggregate
earnest money deposit to $250,000. Under the Amended and Restated
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the purchase of these
lots shall occur within ten days following the earlier of 60 days
or the completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing
remains subject to certain closing conditions.
Digital
Transformation Technology
Our
digital transformation technology business unit is committed to
enabling enterprises to engage in a digital transformation by
providing consulting, implementation and development services with
various technologies including blockchain, e-commerce, social media
and payment solutions. We commenced our technology business in 2015
through HotApp Blockchain, our indirect subsidiary. Its technology
platform focuses on business-to-business, or B2B, solutions, such
as communications and workflow, through instant messaging,
international calling, social media, e-commerce and payment systems
and direct marketing. Using its platform, consumers can discover
and build their own communities based on interests, location or
their existing networks. The HotApp platform tools empower these
communities to share their ideas and information across the
multiple channels. As these communities grow, they provide the
critical mass that attracts enterprises. The system is designed to
ultimately help enterprises and community users to transform their
business models in a more effective manner.
HotApp Blockchain
Subsidiary. Through HotApp Blockchain, we have successfully
implemented several strategic platform developments for clients,
including a mobile front-end solution for network marketing, a
hotel e-commerce platform for Asia and a real estate agent
management platform in China. We have also enhanced our
technological capability from mobile application development to
include blockchain architectural design, allowing mobile-friendly
front-end solutions to integrate with blockchain platforms. In
February 2017, HotApp entered into a revenue-sharing agreement with
iGalen. Under the agreement, HotApp customized a secure app for
iGalen’s communication and management system. The app enables
mobile friendly backend access for iGalen members, among other
functions. The platform is fully integrated with iGalen’s
existing infrastructure, underscoring the uniqueness and
flexibility of HotApp’s enterprise offerings.
HotApp
Blockchain also recently launched a new enterprise and intends to
expand its activities to include the development and
commercialization of blockchain-related technologies, including
initial coin offering (“ICO”) and security token
offering (“STO”) technology consulting. Such initial
services would include ICO and STO white paper development,
blockchain design, web development and technology consulting
services.
Biohealth
Business
With
populations aging and a growing focus on healthcare issues,
biohealth science has become increasingly vital. We recently
entered the biomedical and healthcare market by forming our
biohealth division, which is engaged in developing, researching,
testing, manufacturing, licensing and distributing (through retail,
direct selling, network marketing and e-commerce) biohealth
products and services. We strive to leverage our scientific
know-how and intellectual property rights to provide solutions to
pending healthcare issues. By tapping into the scientific expertise
of our subsidiaries and collaborating partners, we pledge to
undertake a concerted effort in the research and development, drug
discovery and development for the prevention, inhibition and
treatment of neurological, oncology and immune-related
diseases.
Global BioLife Inc.
Our majority-owned subsidiary Global BioLife Inc. has biomedical
intellectual property which was assigned to it by one of the other
shareholders in Global BioLife (such other shareholder is owned by
the chief scientist for the project). Most significantly, this
intellectual property portfolio includes patents for our universal
therapeutic drug platform, “Linebacker,” which has
demonstrated promising results in treating a range of diseases
including neurological, anti-microbial, anti-viral and oncology
diseases. Unlike the traditional approach to treat individual
diseases with specific drugs, the Linebacker platform seeks to
offer a breakthrough therapeutic option for multiple diseases.
Linebacker is designed to work by inhibiting a cascade of
inflammatory responses responsible for many diseases. Its design is
in direct contrast to the traditional approach of targeting
individual diseases with specific drugs. Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc., which provides services to help pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, government agencies and leading
academic institutions around the globe, has performed the studies
needed for our Linebacker research and drug development
efforts.
Through
our majority-owned indirect subsidiary, Global BioLife Inc., we
have established a collaboration with U.S.-based Chemia Corporation
to develop specialized fragrances to counter mosquito-borne
diseases such as Zika and Dengue, among other medical applications.
The 3F mosquito fragrance product, which is made from specialized
oils sourced from botanicals that mosquitos avoid, has shown
promising results in repelling mosquitos in laboratory testing. In
addition to the 3F mosquito fragrance, Global BioLife is working
with Chemia to develop additional 3F functional fragrances for
other applications.
We are
also developing a low-calorie, low glycemic level, natural modified
sugar through Global BioLife, in a joint venture with U.S. candy
manufacturer Quality Candy Company, LLC. The product,
“Laetose,” is a functional sugar with from 30% to 50%
lower calorie count than regular sugar, possesses low glycemic
properties, and also mitigates inflammation. We are presently
seeking to license Laetose.
Holista CollTech
Limited. In line with our expansion into biohealth
activities, we acquired a 53% ownership stake in iGalen
International Inc. and a 19.8% ownership of Holista CollTech, both
of which companies source and distribute patented dietary
supplements and other health products. Holista CollTech focuses on
providing customers with scientifically enhanced, engineered and
tested natural health supplements and consumer products. With
business primarily in Australia and Malaysia, Holista CollTech
operates in three consumer segments – healthy food
ingredients, dietary supplements and collagen. We research,
develop, market and distribute health-oriented products to address
the growing needs of natural medicine. We offer a suite of food
ingredients including low-glycemic index baked goods, low sodium
salt, low-fat fried foods and low-calorie and low-GI sugars.
Holista CollTech produces cosmetic-grade sheep (ovine) collagen
using patented extraction methods from Australia. In addition,
iGalen has a long-standing agreement with Holista CollTech to
source all of its products exclusively from Holista CollTech.
iGalen’s primary product, Emulin+, is a natural carbohydrate
manager that is intended to remove excess carbohydrates, thereby
improving blood sugar regulation and achieving better blood lipid
profiles and sustained weight loss.
Holista
CollTech also recently launched its new low-glycemic index (GI)
bread and noodle products. The product’s main ingredients are
locally sourced and blended according to halal and kosher
standards. The noodle product is supported by Diabetes Canada, with
a GI of 38, well below the usual 60 to 65 for noodles. The product
stems from our support of fighting diabetes and obesity,
particularly within Asia.
Vivacitas Oncology
Inc. Vivacitas Oncology Inc. focuses on redeveloping
medications for cancer patients. We have a close partnership with
Vivacitas and its management, an experienced research team and a
distinguished medical advisory board. Vivacitas seeks to bring more
effective and less toxic chemotherapies to the market for treatment
of the most aggressive and intractable cancers.
Other Business Activities
In
addition to our three main business activities, we have several
small business activities at the present time which we believe are
complementary to our three main businesses:
Global Systematic
Multi-Strategy Fund. Global Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund
(the “GSMS Fund”), a fund managed by one of our
indirect subsidiaries, Hengfai Asset Management Pte. Ltd.
(“HFAM”) achieved a net return of approximately 20% for
the year ended December 31, 2017. Launched in June 2016, the GSMS
Fund adopts an “all-weather” strategy that seeks to
product consistent risk-adjusted returns regardless of market
volatility. It employs a systematic approach focusing on liquid
exchange traded securities that are diversified across asset
classes, geographical regions and time frames. HFAM is a registered
fund management company regulated by the Monetary Authority of
Singapore.
BMI Capital
Partners. In addition, our wholly-owned Hong Kong
subsidiary, BMI Capital Partners International Limited is a
boutique consultancy with a special focus on grooming clients to
become eligible to seek a stock exchange listing and offers debt
restructuring services. We have also been in negotiations with
various potential clients seeking business incubation, including
capital market opportunities in China. Recently, for example, we
have secured projects which include a feasibility study for a Hong
Kong firm to explore capital market options such as a potential
public listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a consultancy
contract to restructure a U.S. OTC-listed medical
company.
Sales and Marketing
We
focus our corporate marketing efforts on increasing brand
awareness, communicating the advantages of our various platforms
and generating qualified leads for our sales team. Our corporate
marketing plan is designed to continually elevate awareness of our
brand and generate demand for our offerings. We rely on a number of
channels in this area, including digital advertising, email
marketing, social media, affiliate marketing and broad-based media,
as well as through various strategic partnerships. We maintain our
website at http://www.hfenterp.com, and our various operating
subsidiaries maintain individual websites, many of which are
accessible through our main website.
Each of
our businesses has developed a field sales force in their
geographic markets. These sales force teams are responsible for
identifying and managing individual sales opportunities in their
respective regions.
NVR
Inc. (“NVR”), a NYSE publicly-listed U.S. homebuilding
and mortgage company, is the only purchaser of 443 residential lots
at the Ballenger project. During 2017, we received $5.7 million in
revenue from lot sales to NVR. On December 31, 2017, $513,005 of
trade receivables were from NVR.
Competition
The
businesses in which we participate, property development, digital
transformation technology and biohealth activities, are each highly
competitive. Competition is based upon several factors, including
price, reputation, quality and brand recognition. Existing and
future competitors may introduce products and services in the same
markets we serve, and competing products or services may have
better performance, lower prices, better functionality and broader
acceptance than our products. Our competitors may also add features
to their products or services similar to features that presently
differentiate our product and service offerings from theirs. This
competition could result in increased sales and marketing expenses,
thereby materially reducing our operating margins, and could harm
our ability to increase, or cause us to lose, market share. Some of
our competitors and potential competitors supply a wide variety of
products and services, and have well-established relationships with
our current and prospective customers.
Most,
if not all, of our current and potential competitors may have
significantly greater resources or better competitive positions in
certain product segments, geographic regions or user demographics
than we do. These factors may allow our competitors to respond more
effectively than us to new or emerging technologies and changes in
market conditions. Our competitors may develop products, features
or services that are similar to ours or that achieve greater
acceptance, may undertake more far-reaching and successful product
development efforts or marketing campaigns, or may adopt more
aggressive pricing policies. Certain competitors could use strong
or dominant positions in one or more markets to gain competitive
advantage against us in our target market or markets. As a result,
our competitors may acquire and engage customers or generate
revenue at the expense of our own efforts.
Protection of Proprietary Technology
We rely
on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret
laws in the United States and other jurisdictions, as well as
confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions, to protect
our proprietary information, technology and brands.
We
protect our proprietary information and technology, in part, by
generally requiring our employees to enter into agreements
providing for the maintenance of confidentiality and the assignment
of rights to inventions made by them while employed by us. We also
may enter into non-disclosure and invention assignment agreements
with certain of our technical consultants to protect our
confidential and proprietary information and technology. We cannot
assure you that our confidentiality agreements with our employees
and consultants will not be breached, that we will be able to
effectively enforce these agreements, that we will have adequate
remedies for any breach of these agreements, or that our trade
secrets and other proprietary information and technology will not
be disclosed or will otherwise be protected.
We also
rely on contractual and license agreements with third parties in
connection with their use of our technology and services. There is
no guarantee that such parties will abide by the terms of such
agreements or that we will be able to adequately enforce our
rights. Protection of confidential information, trade secrets and
other intellectual property rights in the markets in which we
operate and compete is highly uncertain and may involve complex
legal questions. We cannot completely prevent the unauthorized use
or infringement of our confidential information or intellectual
property rights as such prevention is inherently difficult. Costly
and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and
determine the scope of our confidential information and
intellectual property protection.
Government Regulation
Like
many similarly diversified companies, our operations are subject to
routine regulation by governmental agencies. Much of this
regulation will affect us indirectly, inasmuch as, and to the
extent that, it affects our customers more directly. A summary of
the laws and regulations that might affect our customers is set
forth below.
Property Development
Business. The development of
our real estate projects will require us to comply with federal,
state and local environmental regulations. In connection
with this compliance, our real estate acquisition and development
projects will require environmental studies. To date, we have spent
approximately $42,356 on environmental studies and compliance.
Such costs are reflected in
construction progress costs in our financial
statements.
The cost of complying with governmental
regulations is significant and will
increase if we add additional real estate projects and become
involved in homebuilding in the future.
At
the present time, we believe that we have all of the material
government approvals that we need to conduct our business as
currently conducted. We are subject to periodic local permitting
that must be addressed, but we do not anticipate that such
requirements for government approval will have a material impact on
our business as presently conducted. We are required to comply with
government regulations and to make filings from time to time with
various government entities. Such work is typically handled by
outside contractors we retain.
Digital Transformation
Technology Business. Companies conducting business on the
internet are subject to a number of foreign and domestic laws and
regulations. In addition, laws and regulations relating to user
privacy, freedom of expression, content, advertising, information
security and intellectual property rights are being debated and
considered for adoption by many countries throughout the world.
Online businesses face risks from some of the proposed legislation
that could be passed in the future.
The
adoption of any laws or regulations that adversely affect the
growth, popularity or use of the internet, including laws impacting
internet neutrality, could decrease the demand for our services and
increase our cost of doing business. As we expand internationally,
government regulation concerning the internet, and in particular,
network neutrality, may be nascent or non-existent. Within such a
regulatory environment, coupled with potentially significant
political and economic power of local network operators, we could
experience discriminatory or anti-competitive practices that could
impede our growth, cause us to incur additional expense or
otherwise negatively affect our business.
In the
United States, laws relating to the liability of providers of
online services for activities of their users and other third
parties are currently being tested by a number of claims, which
include actions for libel, slander, invasion of privacy and other
tort claims, unlawful activity, copyright and trademark
infringement, and other theories based on the nature and content of
the materials searched, the ads posted, or the content generated by
users. Certain foreign jurisdictions are also testing the
liability of providers of online services for activities of their
users and other third parties. Any court ruling that imposes
liability on providers of online services for activities of their
users and other third parties could harm our licensees’
businesses, and thus, indirectly, our business.
Biohealth Business.
Our businesses are subject to varying degrees of governmental
regulation in the countries in which operations are conducted, and
the general trend is toward increasingly stringent regulation. In
the U.S., the drug, device and cosmetic industries have long been
subject to regulation by various federal and state agencies,
primarily as to product safety, efficacy, manufacturing,
advertising, labeling and safety reporting. The exercise of broad
regulatory powers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,
continues to result in increases in the amounts of testing and
documentation required for FDA approval of new drugs and devices
and a corresponding increase in the expense of product
introduction. Similar trends are also evident in major markets
outside of the United States. The new medical device regulatory
framework and the new privacy regulations in Europe are examples of
such increased regulation.
The
costs of human health care have been and continue to be a subject
of study, investigation and regulation by governmental agencies and
legislative bodies around the world. In the United States,
attention has been focused on drug prices and profits and programs
that encourage doctors to write prescriptions for particular drugs,
or to recommend, use or purchase particular medical devices. Payers
have become a more potent force in the market place and increased
attention is being paid to drug and medical device pricing,
appropriate drug and medical device utilization and the quality and
costs of health care generally. The regulatory agencies under whose
purview we operate have administrative powers that may subject it
to actions such as product withdrawals, recalls, seizure of
products and other civil and criminal sanctions. In some cases, our
subsidiaries may deem it advisable to initiate product
recalls.
In
addition, business practices in the health care industry have come
under increased scrutiny, particularly in the United States, by
government agencies and state attorneys general, and resulting
investigations and prosecutions carry the risk of significant civil
and criminal penalties.
Further, we rely on
global supply chains, and production and distribution processes,
that are complex, are subject to increasing regulatory
requirements, and may be faced with unexpected changes that may
affect sourcing, supply and pricing of materials used in our
products. These processes also are subject to lengthy regulatory
approvals.
As
described above, certain of our businesses are subject to
compliance with laws and regulations of U.S. federal and state
governments, non-U.S. governments, their respective agencies and/or
various self-regulatory organizations or exchanges relating to,
among other things, disclosure and the privacy of client
information, and any failure to comply with these regulations could
expose us to liability and/or damage our reputation. Our businesses
have operated for many years within a legal framework that requires
us to monitor and comply with a broad range of legal and regulatory
developments that affect our activities. However, additional
legislation, changes in rules promulgated by self-regulatory
organizations or changes in the interpretation or enforcement of
existing laws and rules, either in the United States or elsewhere,
may directly affect our mode of operation and
profitability.
Rigorous legal and
compliance analysis of our businesses and investments is endemic to
our culture and risk management. Management of each of our
businesses supervise our compliance personnel, who are responsible
for addressing all regulatory and compliance matters that affect
our activities. We strive to maintain a culture of compliance
through the use of policies and procedures, including a code of
ethics, electronic compliance systems, testing and monitoring,
communication of compliance guidance and employee education and
training. Our compliance policies and procedures address a variety
of regulatory and compliance matters such as the handling of
material non-public information, personal securities trading,
marketing practices, gifts and entertainment, valuation of
investments on a fund-specific basis, recordkeeping, potential
conflicts of interest, the allocation of investment opportunities,
collection of fees and expense allocation.
We also
monitor the information barriers that we maintain between the
public and private sides of our businesses. We believe that our
various businesses’ access to the intellectual knowledge and
contacts and relationships that reside throughout our firm benefits
all of our businesses. To maximize that access without compromising
compliance with our legal and contractual obligations, our
compliance group oversees and monitors the communications between
groups that are on the private side of our information barrier and
groups that are on the public side, as well as between different
public side groups. Our compliance group also monitors contractual
obligations that may be impacted and potential conflicts that may
arise in connection with these inter-group
discussions.
Facilities
We
manage our worldwide business from our principal executive offices
located in Bethesda, Maryland, in a leased space of approximately
2,059 square feet, under a lease expiring in December 2020. We also
maintain offices in Singapore, Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong
through leased spaces aggregating approximately 6,529 square feet,
under leases expiring on various dates from May, 2019 to October,
2020. The leases have rental rates ranging from $8,460 to $2,409
per month. Our total rent expense under these office leases was
approximately $272,716 and $303,923 in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
We expect total rent expense to be approximately $283,432 under
office leases in 2018. We believe our present office space and
locations are adequate for our current operations and for near-term
planned expansion.
Employees
As of
November 13, 2018, we had a total of 19 full-time employees. Our
principal executive offices are in Bethesda, Maryland, and we
maintain offices in Singapore, Magnolia, Texas, and Hong Kong. In
addition to our full-time employees, we occasionally hire part-time
employees and independent contractors to assist us in various
operations, including property development, product research,
development and production areas.
Our
future success will depend in part on our ability to attract,
retain and motivate highly qualified technical and sales personnel
for whom competition is intense. Our employees are not represented
by any collective bargaining unit. We believe our relations with
employees and contractors are good.
Legal Proceedings
From
time to time, during the normal course of our businesses, we may be
subject to various litigation claims and legal disputes most
significantly in the areas of intellectual property (e.g.,
trademarks, copyrights and patents). Our intellectual property
rights extend to our technology, business processes and the content
on our website. We use the intellectual property of third parties
in marketing and providing our services through contractual and
other rights. Despite our efforts, from time to time, third parties
may allege that we have violated their intellectual property
rights.
Although the results of claims, lawsuits and
proceedings in which we may be involved cannot be predicted with
certainty, we do not currently believe that the final outcome of
the matters discussed above will have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
However, defending and prosecuting any such claims is costly and
may impose a significant burden on our management and employees. In
addition, we may receive unfavorable preliminary or interim rulings
in the course of litigation, and there can be no assurances that
favorable final outcomes will be obtained. If we are unable to
obtain an outcome which sufficiently protects our rights,
successfully defends our use, or allows us time to develop
non-infringing technology and content or to otherwise alter our
business practices on a timely basis in response to the claims
against us, our business, prospects and competitive position may be
adversely affected.
MANAGEMENT
Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees
The
following table sets forth the names and ages of our executive
officers, directors, director nominees and key employees, and their
positions with us, as of November 13, 2018:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position(s)
|
Chan
Heng Fai
|
|
73
|
|
Founder, Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
|
Lui Wai
Leung Alan
|
|
48
|
|
Co-Chief Financial
Officer
|
Rongguo
Wei
|
|
46
|
|
Co-Chief Financial
Officer
|
Ang Hay
Kim Aileen
|
|
58
|
|
Executive
Director
|
Wong
Tat Keung
|
|
47
|
|
Director
Nominee
|
Michael
Gershon
|
|
46
|
|
Chief
Legal Officer
|
Wong
Tat Keung will assume his position upon the closing of this
offering.
The
principal occupations for the past five years of each of our
executive officers, directors, director nominees and key employees
are as follows:
Executive Officers and Directors
Chan Heng Fai founded HF Enterprises
Inc. and has served as our Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer since inception. Mr. Chan is an expert in banking
and finance, with 45 years of experience in these industries. He
has restructured numerous companies in various industries and
countries during the past 40 years. Mr. Chan has served as the
Chief Executive Officer of our subsidiary Singapore eDevelopment
Ltd. since April 2014. From 1992 to 2015, Mr. Chan served as
Managing Chairman of Hong Kong-listed ZH International Holdings,
Ltd. (“ZH Holdings,” formerly known as Heng Fai
Enterprises Limited), an investment holding company. Mr. Chan was
formerly the Managing Director of SingHaiyi Group Ltd., a public
Singapore property development, investment and management company
(“SingHaiyi”), from March 2003 to September 2013, and
the Executive Chairman of China Gas Holdings Limited, an investor
and operator of the city gas pipeline infrastructure in China from
1997 to 2002.
Mr.
Chan was elected as a non-executive director of Singapore
eDevelopment, Ltd. in May 2013. He has served as a non-executive
director of Document Security Systems, Inc. since January 2017. He
has also served as a non-executive director of our indirect
subsidiary SeD Intelligent Home Inc. since January 2017. Mr. Chan
has also served as a non-executive director of our 19.8%-owned
subsidiary Holista CollTech Ltd., since July 2013. Additionally,
Mr. Chan currently serves as a non-executive director of our
99.98%-owned subsidiary HotApp Blockchain Inc. since October 2014,
and of RSI International Systems, Inc., the developer of
RoomKeyPMS, a web-based property management system, since June
2014. Mr. Chan has also served as director of Heng Fai Enterprises
Limited since September 1992.
Mr.
Chan was formerly a director of Global Medical REIT Inc., a
healthcare facility real estate company, from December 2013 to July
2015. He also served as a director of Skywest Ltd., a public
Australian airline company from 2005 to 2006. Additionally, from
November 2003 to September 2013, he was a Director of
SingHaiyi.
Mr.
Chan has committed that the majority of his time will be devoted to
managing the affairs of our company; however, Mr. Chan may engage
in other business ventures, including other technology-related
businesses.
As the
founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and our largest single
stockholder, Mr. Chan leads the board and guides our company. Mr.
Chan brings extensive property development and digital
transformation technology knowledge to our company and a deep
background in growth companies, emerging markets, mergers and
acquisitions, and capital market activities. His service as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officers creates a critical link
between management and the board.
Lui Wai Leung Alan has been our Co-Chief
Financial Officer since March 2018. Mr. Lui has been the Chief
Financial Officer of Singapore eDevelopment Limited since November
2016 and served as its Acting Chief Financial Officer since June
2016. Mr. Lui has served as a director of BMI Capital Partners
International Ltd, a Hong Kong investment consulting company, since
October 2016. He has also served as a director of Hengfai Asset
Management Pte Limited, a Singapore fund management company, since
April 2018. Both companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of
Singapore eDevelopment. Mr. Lui has served as the Co-Chief
Financial Officer of SeD Intelligent Home Inc. since December 2017
and has served as the Co-Chief Financial Officer of SeD Home Inc.
since October 2017. Mr. Lui has served as Chief Financial Officer
of HotApp Blockchain Inc. since May 2016 and has served as a
director of one of HotApp’s subsidiaries since July 2016.
From June 1997 through March 2016, Mr. Lui served in various
executive roles at ZH International Holdings Ltd., a Hong
Kong-listed company, including as Financial Controller. Mr. Lui
oversaw the financial and management reporting and focusing on its
financing operations, treasury investment and management. He has
extensive experience in financial reporting, taxation and financial
consultancy and management. Mr. Lui is a certified practicing
accountant in Australia and received a Bachelor’s degree in
Business Administration from the Hong Kong Baptist
University.
Rongguo Wei has been our Co-Chief
Financial Officer since March 2018. Mr. Wei has served as the Chief
Financial Officer of SeD Intelligent Home Inc. since March 2017.
Mr. Wei is a finance professional with more than 15 years of
experience working in public and private corporations in the United
States. As the Chief Financial Officer of SeD Development
Management LLC, Mr. Wei is responsible for oversight of all
finance, accounting, reporting and taxation activities for that
company. Prior to joining SeD Development Management LLC in August
2016, Mr. Wei worked for several different U.S. multinational and
private companies including serving as Controller at American Silk
Mill, LLC, a textile manufacturing and distribution company, from
August 2014 to July 2016, serving as a Senior Financial Analyst at
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., a manufacturing company, from
January 2013 to June 2014, and serving as a Financial/Accounting
Analyst at First Quality Enterprise, Inc., a personal products
company, from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Wei served as a member of the Board
Directors of Amarantus Bioscience Holdings, Inc., a biotech
company, from February to May 2017, and has served as Chief
Financial Officer of that company from February 2017 until November
2017. Before Mr. Wei came to the United States, he worked as an
equity analyst at Hong Yuan Securities, an investment bank in
Beijing, China, concentrating on industrial and public company
research and analysis. Mr. Wei is a certified public accountant and
received his Master of Business Administration from the University
of Maryland and a Master of Business Taxation from the University
of Minnesota. Mr. Wei also holds a Master in Business degree from
Tsinghua University and a Bachelor’s degree from Beihang
University.
Ang Hay Kim Aileen has been our
Executive Director since March 2018. Ms. Ang has more than 20 years
of experience in finance and treasury, legal, human resources and
office administration. She is the General Manger, Corporate
Services of Singapore eDevelopment, a position she has held since
2013 and director of various indirect subsidiaries of our company.
She also holds a Cert-in-CEHA (Singapore real estate industry
certificate) and operates her own real estate business, Ideal
Realty Pte Ltd., since 2015. Ms. Ang was General Manager, Corporate
Services of Singapore Exchange listed Singxpress Ltd. (now known as
SingHaiyi Group Ltd.) from 2002 to 2013. She was Senior Sales
Director, Resale Division with DTZ Property Network Pte. Ltd., a
Singapore real estate company, from 2005 to 2011.
Ms.
Ang’s day-to-day operational leadership of our various
businesses and her knowledge of property development and the real
estate business make her well-qualified as a member of the
Board.
Wong Tat Keung has agreed to join the
Board of Directors of our company upon the closing of this
offering. Since 2010, Mr. Wong has served as the director of Aston
Wong CPA Limited. He has been an independent non-executive director
of Singapore eDevelopment Ltd. since January 2017. Mr. Wong has
been an independent non-executive director of Roma Group Limited, a
valuation and technical advisory firm, since March 2016.
Previously, he served as the director and sole proprietor of Aston
Wong & Co., a registered certified public accounting firm, from
January 2006 to February 2010. From January 2005 to December 2005,
he was a Partner at Aston Wong, Chan & Co., Certified Public
Accountants. From April 2003 to December 2004, he served at Gary
Cheng & Co., Certified Public Accountants as Audit Senior. He
served as an Audit Junior to Supervisor of Hui Sik Wing & Co.,
certified public accountants from April 1993 to December 1999. He
served as an independent non-executive director of SingHaiyi from
July 2009 to July 2013 and ZH Holdings from December 2009 to July
2015. Mr. Wong is a Certified Public Accountant admitted to
practice in Hong Kong. He is a Fellow Member of Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants and an Associate Member of the Hong
Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a Master
in Business Administration degree (financial services) from the
University of Greenwich, London, England.
Mr.
Wong demonstrates extensive knowledge of complex, cross-border
financial, accounting and tax matters highly relevant to our
business, as well as working experience in internal corporate
controls, making him well-qualified as a member of the
Board.
Key Employees
Michael Gershon has been our Chief Legal
Officer since October 2018. Mr. Gershon has served as Associate
Corporate Counsel of our subsidiary SeD Development Management LLC
since February 2017. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Gershon
served as an attorney adviser with the Division of Corporation
Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from
November 2015 until November 2016 and served as an associate at the
law firm of Wuersch & Gering LLP from August 2004 until January
2015. Mr. Gershon received a B.A. degree in economics from Boston
College and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law
Center.
Status
as a Controlled Company
Chan
Heng Fai and HFE Holdings Limited control a majority of the
combined voting power of all classes of our voting stock. As a
result, we qualify as a “controlled company” within the
meaning of the listing standards of Nasdaq, and we have elected not
to comply with certain Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.
Therefore, we do not have a majority of independent directors
serving on our board and have individuals serving on our
compensation committee and nomination and corporate governance
committee that do not qualify as independent according to Nasdaq
listing standards and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Following this offering, we intend to utilize certain of these
exemptions. As a result, we will not have a majority of independent
directors on our board of directors. These independence
requirements will not apply to us as long as we remain a controlled
company.
Our
board of directors has determined that Wong Tat Keung is independent within the
meaning of Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2).
We are
in the process of identifying other qualified independant
directors.
Board of Directors and Corporate Governance
When
considering whether directors have the experience, qualifications,
attributes and skills to enable the Board of Directors to satisfy
its oversight responsibilities effectively in light of our business
and structure, the Board of Directors focuses primarily on the
information discussed in each of the directors’ individual
biographies as set forth above.
The
Board of Directors periodically reviews relationships that
directors have with our company to determine whether the directors
are independent. Directors are considered
“independent” as long as they do not accept any
consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee (other than director
fees) from us, are not an affiliated person of our company or our
subsidiaries (e.g., an officer or a greater than 10% stockholder)
and are independent within the meaning of applicable United States
laws, regulations and the Nasdaq Capital Market listing rules. In
this latter regard, the Board of Directors uses the Nasdaq
Marketplace Rules (specifically, Section 5605(a)(2) of such rules)
as a benchmark for determining which, if any, of our directors are
independent, solely in order to comply with applicable SEC
disclosure rules.
The
Board of Directors has determined that, of our director nominees,
only Wong Tat Keung is independent within the meaning of the Nasdaq
Marketplace Rule cited above. In the cases of Chan Heng Fai and Ang
Hay Kim Aileen, their positions as executive officers of our
company, together with Mr. Chan’s beneficial ownership of
more than 10% of our outstanding common stock, preclude them from
being considered independent within the meaning of the Nasdaq
Listing Rule.
Board Committees
Upon
the closing of this offering, our Board of Directors will have an
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nomination and
Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee will be
composed of Wong Tat Keung (Chairman), _____ and _____. The
Compensation Committee will be composed of _____ (Chairman) and
_____. The Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee will be
composed of _____ (Chairman) and _____.
Our
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nomination and
Corporate Governance Committee each comply with the listing
requirements of the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. At least one member
of the Audit Committee will be an “audit committee financial
expert,” as that term is defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of
Regulation S-K, and each member will be “independent”
as that term is defined in Rule 5605(a) of the Nasdaq Marketplace
Rules. Our Board of Directors has determined that Wong Tat
Keung will meet those requirements.
Code of Ethics
We have
adopted a written code of ethics that applies to all of our
directors, officers and employees in accordance with the rules of
the Nasdaq Capital Market and the SEC. Prior to the closing of this
offering, we will post a copy of our code of ethics, and intend to
post amendments to this code, or any waivers of its requirements,
on our company website.
Conflicts of Interest
We
comply with applicable state law with respect to transactions
(including business opportunities) involving potential
conflicts. Applicable state corporate law requires that all
transactions involving our company and any director or
executive officer (or other entities with which they are
affiliated) are subject to full disclosure and approval of the
majority of the disinterested independent members of our Board of
Directors, approval of the majority of our stockholders or the
determination that the contract or transaction is intrinsically
fair to us. More particularly, our policy is to have any related
party transactions (i.e.,
transactions involving a director, an officer or an affiliate of
our company) be approved solely by a majority of the disinterested
independent directors serving on the Board of Directors. Upon the
closing of this offering, we will have _____ independent directors
serving on the Board of Directors, and intend to maintain a Board
of Directors consisting of a majority of independent directors.
Indemnification of Directors and Executive Officers
Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law provides for, under certain
circumstances, the indemnification of our officers, directors,
employees and agents against liabilities that they may incur in
such capacities. Below is a summary of the circumstances in which
such indemnification is provided.
In
general, the statute provides that any director, officer, employee
or agent of a corporation may be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in a
proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative proceeding) to which the individual was a party by
reason of such status. Such indemnity may be provided if the
indemnified person’s actions resulting in the liabilities:
(i) were taken in good faith; (ii) were reasonably
believed to have been in or not opposed to our best interests; and
(iii) with respect to any criminal action, such person had no
reasonable cause to believe the actions were unlawful. Unless
ordered by a court, indemnification generally may be awarded only
after a determination of independent members of the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof, by independent legal counsel or
by vote of the stockholders that the applicable standard of conduct
was met by the individual to be indemnified.
The
statutory provisions further provide that to the extent a director,
officer, employee or agent is wholly successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any proceeding to which he or she was a
party, he or she is entitled to receive indemnification against
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the proceeding.
Indemnification in
connection with a proceeding by us or in our right in which the
director, officer, employee or agent is successful is permitted
only with respect to expenses, including attorneys’ fees
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense. In such actions, the person to be indemnified must
have acted in good faith, in a manner believed to have been in our
best interests and must not have been adjudged liable to us, unless
and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability, in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper. Indemnification is otherwise prohibited in connection
with a proceeding brought on our behalf in which a director is
adjudged liable to us, or in connection with any proceeding
charging improper personal benefit to the director in which the
director is adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal
benefit.
Delaware law
authorizes us to reimburse or pay reasonable expenses incurred by a
director, officer, employee or agent in connection with a
proceeding in advance of a final disposition of the matter. Such
advances of expenses are permitted if the person furnishes to us a
written agreement to repay such advances if it is determined that
he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
The
statutory section cited above further specifies that any provisions
for indemnification of or advances for expenses does not exclude
other rights under our certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
resolutions of our stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise. These indemnification provisions continue for a person
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such persons.
The
statutory provision cited above also grants us the power to
purchase and maintain insurance policies that protect any director,
officer, employee or agent against any liability asserted against
or incurred by him or her in such capacity arising out of his or
her status as such. Such policies may provide for indemnification
whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to
provide for it.
At present, we do not maintain directors’
and officers’ liability insurance in order to limit the
exposure to liability for indemnification of directors and
officers, including liabilities under the Securities Act; however,
we are in the process of obtaining such
insurance.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth the cash and non-cash compensation
awarded to or earned by: (i) each individual who served as the
principal executive officer and principal financial officer of our
company during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016; and
(ii) each other individual that served as an executive officer
of our company at the conclusion of the years ended December 31,
2017 and 2016 and who received more than $100,000 in the form of
salary and bonus during such year. While our company was not
incorporated until March 7, 2018, we have included the information
for certain individuals who were employed and compensated by our
majority-owned subsidiary Singapore eDevelopment. Such compensation
was paid solely for services rendered to such subsidiary. For
purposes of this prospectus, these individuals are collectively the
“named executive officers” of the company.
Name and
Position
|
|
Years
|
|
|
|
|
Non-equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
|
Non-qualified
Deferred Compensation Earnings
|
|
|
Chan Heng
Fai
|
|
2017
|
309,521
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
309,521
|
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
2016
|
308,117
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
308,117
|
Lui Wai Leung
Alan
|
|
2017
|
104,899
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
104,899
|
Co-Chief Financial
Officer
|
|
2016
|
73, 857
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
73, 857
|
Rongguo
Wei
|
|
2017
|
112,800
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
112,800
|
Co-Chief Financial
Officer
|
|
2016
|
41,924
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
41,924
|
_____________
Employment and Consulting Agreements
We have
not entered into any written employment or consulting agreements
with any officer, director, employee or consultant, but expect to
do so prior to the closing of this offering.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
No
stock options or other equity awards were granted to any of our
named executive officers during the year ended December 31,
2017.
2018 Incentive Compensation Plan
Under
our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”),
adopted by our board of directors and holders of a majority of our
outstanding shares of common stock in September 2018, 500,000
shares of common stock (subject to certain adjustments) are
reserved for issuance upon exercise of stock options and grants of
other equity awards. The Plan is designed to serve as an incentive
for attracting and retaining qualified and motivated employees,
officers, directors, consultants and other persons who provide
services to us. The compensation committee of our board of
directors administers and interprets the Plan and is authorized to
grant stock options and other equity awards thereunder to all
eligible employees of our company, including non-employee
consultants to our company and directors.
The
Plan provides for the granting of “incentive stock
options” (as defined in Section 422 of the Code),
nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock, dividend
equivalents, bonus stock and awards in lieu of cash compensation,
other stock-based awards and performance awards. Options may be
granted under the Plan on such terms and at such prices as
determined by the compensation committee of the board, except that
the per share exercise price of the stock options cannot be less
than the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the
grant. Each option will be exercisable after the period or periods
specified in the stock option agreement, but all stock options must
be exercised within ten years from the date of grant. Options
granted under the Plan are not transferable other than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. The compensation committee
of the board has the authority to amend or terminate the Plan,
provided that no amendment shall be made without stockholder
approval if such stockholder approval is necessary to comply with
any tax or regulatory requirement. Unless terminated sooner, the
Plan will terminate ten years from its effective date. The Plan
also provides that no participant may receive stock options or
other awards under the Plan that in the aggregate equal more than
30% of all options or awards issued over the life of the Plan. To
date, we have not issued any stock options to officers, directors
or employees. The compensation committee intends to grant stock
options to other key employees and non-executive directors of our
company.
Director Compensation
Following the
closing of this offering, we intend to compensate each non-employee
director through annual stock option grants and by paying a
quarterly cash fee. Currently, our directors do not receive
salaries or fees for serving on our board of directors, nor do they
receive any compensation for serving on committees. Mr. Chan and
Ms. Ang have been compensated by our majority-owned subsidiary,
Singapore eDevelopment, for their services as directors of that
company. Our board of directors will review director compensation
annually and adjust it according to then current market conditions
and good business practices.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Policies and Procedures for Transactions with Related
Persons
Our
board of directors intends to adopt a written related person
transaction policy to set forth the policies and procedures for the
review and approval or ratification of related person transactions.
Related persons include any executive officer, director or a holder
of more than 5% of our common stock, including any of their
immediate family members and any entity owned or controlled by such
persons. Related person transactions refers to any transaction,
arrangement or relationship, or any series of similar transactions,
arrangements or relationships in which (i) we were or are to
be a participant, (ii) the amount involved exceeds $120,000,
and (iii) a related person had or will have a direct or
indirect material interest. Related person transactions include,
without limitation, purchases of goods or services by or from the
related person or entities in which the related person has a
material interest, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness, and
employment by us of a related person, in each case subject to
certain exceptions set forth in Item 404 of
Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
We
expect that the policy will provide that in any related person
transaction, our audit committee and board of directors will
consider all of the available material facts and circumstances of
the transaction, including: the direct and indirect interests of
the related persons; in the event the related person is a director
(or immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a
director is affiliated), the impact that the transaction will have
on a director’s independence; the risks, costs and benefits
of the transaction to us; and whether any alternative transactions
or sources for comparable services or products are available. After
considering all such facts and circumstances, our audit committee
and board of directors will determine whether approval or
ratification of the related person transaction is in our best
interests. For example, if our audit committee determines that the
proposed terms of a related person transaction are reasonable and
at least as favorable as could have been obtained from unrelated
third parties, it will recommend to our board of directors that
such transaction be approved or ratified. In addition, once we
become a public company, if a related person transaction will
compromise the independence of one of our directors, our audit
committee may recommend that our board of directors reject the
transaction if it could affect our ability to comply with
securities laws and regulations or Nasdaq listing
requirements.
Each
transaction described in “Certain Relationships and Related
Party Transactions” was entered into prior to the adoption of
our audit committee charter and the foregoing policy
proposal.
Transactions and Relationships with Directors, Officers and 5%
Stockholders
Recent Internal Restructuring. 100% of
the ownership interest in Hengfai International Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai (an officer and director of our
company) to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8,500,000 shares of
our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings Limited. Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore limited company, is the sole
stockholder of Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd., which is the
owner of 761,185,294 ordinary shares of Singapore eDevelopment
Limited and warrants to purchase 359,834,471 ordinary shares of
Singapore eDevelopment Limited.
100% of
the ownership interest in Global eHealth Limited was transferred
from Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 1,000,000
shares of our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings Limited.
Global eHealth Limited, a Hong Kong company, is the owner of
46,226,673 ordinary shares of Holista Colltech
Limited.
100% of
the ownership interest in Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange
for 500,000 shares of our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings
Limited. Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a Singapore limited
company, owns 2,480,000 shares of common stock of Vivacitas
Oncology Inc.
During
2017, in addition to the related party information disclosed
elsewhere in the financial statements, we had the following
transactions with related parties, on terms agreed to between the
respective parties:
Personal Guarantees by Directors. On
December 31, 2017, certain directors of Singapore eDevelopment have
provided personal guarantees amounting to approximately $5,500,000
to secure external loans and borrowings from financial institutions
for Singapore eDevelopment.
Compensation of Key Management Personnel -
Directors’ Interests in Employee Share Option Plan.
During 2017, 1,326,667 (in 2016: 796,000) share options were
forfeited due to the resignation of two directors. At the end of
2017, the total number of outstanding share options granted by
Singapore eDevelopment to the directors amounted to 1,592,000 (in
2016: 2,918,667).
Amount Due to a Director (Non-trade).
During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, a director of
Singapore eDevelopment made non-interest loans of $7,384,217 and
$10,518,745, respectively, for the general operations of Singapore
eDevelopment. The loans are interest free, not tradable, unsecured,
and repayable on demand and by cash.
Purchase of Subsidiary from a Director.
SeD Capital Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Singapore eDevelopment,
entered into a sale and purchase agreement on May 9, 2017 to
purchase all shares of Hengfai Asset Management Pte. Ltd.
(“HFAM”). The consideration for the acquisition of HFAM
was approximately $441,780.
On
December 22, 2016, Singapore eDevelopment Limited acquired
74,015,730 shares, representing 99.96% of the outstanding shares of
SeD Intelligent Home Inc. from Cloudbiz International Pte. Ltd.
(“Cloudbiz”) for a cash consideration of approximately
$68,000. Chan Heng Fai, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
is the ultimate beneficial owner of Cloudbiz.
Convertible Notes. On February 21,
2014, our subsidiary, Singapore Construction & Development Pte.
Ltd. (“SCD”), issued 20 convertible notes (the
“Convertible Notes”) in the amount of $175,000 each,
totalling $3.5 million. These convertible notes carry an interest
rate of 18% per annum which is payable to the note holders upon the
first anniversary of the applicable note.
Unless
converted into Singapore eDevelopment Limited’s ordinary
shares or converted into SCD’s ordinary shares at the
holder’s option at the rate of $0.04 per share, subject to
anti-dilution and adjustment provisions, the holder of each
Convertible Noted had the right to require SCD to redeem the
convertible note on February 2, 2017 at 106% of the principal
amount. The Convertible Notes are callable at the option of SCD at
the first or second anniversary of the issue date, at 102% and 104%
of the principal amount, respectively.
On May
19, 2016 (the “Redemption Date”), SCD early exercised
its option to redeem the Convertible Notes at 104% of the principal
amount, and entered into an agreement with the note holders to
fully redeem the Convertible Notes. Approximately $3 million
principal of Convertible Notes held by two of directors (one of
whom resigned in 2016), were fully redeemed. SCD paid an early
redemption premium of $117,000 and interest of
$651,000.
The
fair value of the derivative liability component on the Redemption
Date was $413,280. Accordingly, a net fair value gain $336,559 on
derivative liability was recognized as Other Income and a loss
$283,631 on early redemption of exchangeable notes was recognized
as Other Expenses in the Statement of Operations and Other
Comprehensive Income on the Redemption Date.
Notes Payable. On August 24, 2015,
Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd. (“HBD”), a
substantial shareholder of Singapore eDevelopment and a company
wholly-owned by Chan Heng Fai, provided a loan with a $15 million
credit limit to us (the “HBD Loan”). On September 30,
2015, $10.5 million was drawn and used to finance the land purchase
by a subsidiary. The loan was unsecured, repayable upon demand and
interest-free. In 2016, this loan was assigned from a wholly owned
subsidiary of Singapore eDevelopment to Singapore eDevelopment,
extending its Convertible Notes to December 31, 2017. On April 5,
2017, the entire HBD Loan of $10.5 million was converted into
372,855,000 ordinary shares of Singapore eDevelopment at an issue
price of approximately $0.03 per share, and Singapore eDevelopment
also issued 1,864,275,000 free detachable warrant at an exercise
price of approximately $0.036 to HBD.
Management Fees
Black
Oak LP is obligated under the Limited Partnership Agreement (as
amended) to pay a $6,500 per month management fee to Arete Real
Estate and Development Company (Arete), a related party through
common ownership and $2,000 per month to American Real Estate
Investments LLC (AREI), a related party through common ownership.
Arete is also entitled to a developer fee of 3% of all development
costs excluding certain costs. The fees are to be accrued until
$1,000,000 is received in revenue and/or builder deposits relating
to the Black Oak Project.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $314,630 and $103,700
owed to Arete in accounts payable and accrued
expenses.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $48,000 and $24,000
owed to AREI in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
On
April 26, 2018, SeD Development USA, Arete and AREI reached an
agreement to terminate the terms related to management fees and
developer fees in the Limited Partnership Agreement. Per the terms
of the termination agreement, Black Oak LP owes Arete $300,000 and
AREI $30,000, which will remain outstanding until Black Oak LP has
obtained $4,000,000 from district reimbursement revenue. The
reduction of the accruals was offset against Real Estate on the
balance sheet. On July 20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079
district reimbursement and these fees were paid.
SeD
Maryland Development LLC was obligated under the terms of a Project
Development and Management Agreement with MacKenzie Development
Company LLC ("MacKenzie") and Cavalier Development Group LLC
("Cavalier") (together, the Developers) to provide various services
for the development, construction and sale of the Project.
Mackenzie is partially owned by a family member of a Directorof a
subsidiary of the Company. The developers were entitled to certain
fees based on time and performance related milestones. The Company
incurred fees with MacKenzie of $176,000 and $176,000 for the years
ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company
incurred fees with MacKenzie of $0 and $48,000 for the six months
ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. These fees were
capitalized as part of Real Estate on the balance sheet. There were
no amounts owed to this related party at June 30, 2018 or December
31, 2017. On September 15, 2017, MacKenzie assigned its rights and
obligations under the Project Development and Management Agreement
to Adams-Aumiller Properties, LLC.
MacKenzie Equity
Partners, owned by a Charlie MacKenzie, a Director of the Company,
has a consulting agreement with the Company since 2015. Per the
current terms of the agreement, as amended on January 1, 2018, the
Company pays a monthly fee of $15,000 with an additional $5,000 per
month to be paid when the property development cashflow milestones
have been met. The Company incurred expenses of $222,930 and
$186,095 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016,
respectively, and $90,000 and $102,930 for the six months ended
June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which were capitalized as
part of Real Estate on the balance sheet as the services relate to
property and project management. There were no amounts owed to this
related party at June 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017 or
2016.
Consulting Services
A law
firm, owned by Conn Flanigan, a Director of the Company, performs
consulting services for the Company. The Company incurred expenses
of $110,334 and $96,000 for the years ended 2017 and 2016,
respectively, and $64,030 and $51,200 for the six months ended June
30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. On June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017, the Company owed this related party $8,000 and $17,730,
respectively.
Indemnification Agreements
We
intend to enter into an indemnification agreement with each of our
directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements
and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws require us to
indemnify our directors and executive officers to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. See “Management –
Indemnification of Directors and Executive
Officers.”
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The
following table and accompanying footnotes set forth certain
information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common
stock as of November 13, 2018, referred to in the table below as
the “Beneficial Ownership Date,” and as adjusted to
reflect the sale of shares of our common stock offered by this
prospectus, by:
●
each person who is
known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding
shares of our common stock;
●
each member of our
board of directors, director nominees and each of our named
executive officers individually; and
●
all of our
directors, director nominees and executive officers as a
group.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. In
computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and
the percentage ownership of that person, shares of common stock
subject to stock options or warrants held by that person that are
currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the
Beneficial Ownership Date and shares of restricted stock subject to
vesting until the occurrence of certain events, including the
closing of this offering, are deemed outstanding, but are not
deemed outstanding for computing the percentage ownership of any
other person. Percentage of beneficial ownership is based on
10,001,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of the Beneficial
Ownership Date and 11,001,000 shares of common stock outstanding
immediately after this offering, assuming that the underwriter will
not exercise its option to purchase up to 150,000 additional shares
of our common stock from us in full.
To our
knowledge, except as set forth in the footnotes to this table and
subject to applicable community property laws, each person named in
the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the
shares set forth opposite such person’s name. Except as
otherwise indicated, the address of each of the persons in this
table is c/o HF Enterprises Inc., 4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 210,
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
|
Shares of Common
Stock Beneficially Owned Immediately Before this
Offering
|
Shares of Common
Stock Beneficially Owned Immediately After this
Offering
|
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors
and Executive Officers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chan Heng Fai
(1)
|
10,001,000
|
100%
|
10,001,000
|
90.9%
|
Lui Wai Leung
Alan
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
Rongguo
Wei
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
Ang Hay Kim
Aileen
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
Wong Tat
Keung
|
0
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
All directors and
executive officers as a group (5 persons)
|
10,001,000
|
100%
|
10,001,000
|
90.9%
|
______________
(1)
Represents shares
of common stock owned of record by HFE Holdings Limited, of which
Mr. Chan has sole voting and investment power with respect to such
shares.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
The following description summarizes important terms of our capital
stock. For a complete description, you should refer to our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws, forms of which are
incorporated by reference to the exhibits to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part, as well as the
relevant portions of the Delaware law. References to our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws are to our certificate of
incorporation and our bylaws, respectively, each of which will
become effective upon completion of this offering.
General
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 20,000,000 shares of common
stock with a $0.001 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares
of preferred stock with a $0.001 par value per share, all of
which shares of preferred stock will be undesignated. Our board of
directors may establish the rights and preferences of the preferred
stock from time to time. As of November 13, 2018, there were
10,001,000 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, held of
record by one stockholder, HFE Holdings Limited (an entity
beneficially owned by Chan Heng Fai) and no shares of preferred
stock were issued or outstanding.
Common Stock
Each
holder of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share
on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders and there are
no cumulative rights. Subject to any preferential rights of any
outstanding preferred stock, holders of our common stock are
entitled to receive ratably the dividends, if any, as may be
declared from time to time by the board of directors out of legally
available funds. If there is a liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of our company, holders of our common stock would be entitled to
share in our assets remaining after the payment of liabilities and
any preferential rights of any outstanding preferred
stock.
Holders
of our common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or
other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking
fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding
shares of our common stock will be fully paid and non-assessable.
The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common
stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights
of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock which we
may designate and issue in the future.
Preferred Stock
Under
the terms of our certificate of incorporation, our board of
directors is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock in one
or more series without stockholder approval. Our board of directors
has the discretion to determine the rights, preferences, privileges
and restrictions, including voting rights, dividend rights,
conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation
preferences, of each series of preferred stock.
The
purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred
stock and determine its rights and preferences is to eliminate
delays associated with a stockholder vote on specific issuances.
The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in
connection with possible future acquisitions and other corporate
purposes, will affect, and may adversely affect, the rights of
holders of common stock. It is not possible to state the actual
effect of the issuance of any shares of preferred stock on the
rights of holders of common stock until the board of directors
determines the specific rights attached to that preferred stock.
The effects of issuing preferred stock could include one or more of
the following:
●
restricting
dividends on the common stock;
●
diluting the voting
power of the common stock;
●
impairing the
liquidation rights of the common stock; or
●
delaying or
preventing changes in control or management of our
company.
We have
no present plans to issue any shares of preferred
stock.
Effect of Certain Provisions of our Charter and Bylaws and the
Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute
Certain
provisions of Delaware law, our certificate of incorporation and
our bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of
delaying, deferring or discouraging another party from acquiring
control of us. These provisions, which are summarized below, may
have the effect of discouraging coercive takeover practices and
inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed, in
part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to
first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the
benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to
negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the
disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us because
negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of
their terms.
No cumulative voting
The
Delaware General Corporation Law provides that stockholders are not
entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of
directors unless our certificate of incorporation provides
otherwise. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws prohibit
cumulative voting in the election of directors.
Undesignated preferred stock
The
ability to authorize undesignated preferred stock makes it possible
for our board of directors to issue one or more series of preferred
stock with voting or other rights or preferences that could impede
the success of any attempt to change control. These and other
provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or
delaying changes in control or management of our
company.
Calling of special meetings of stockholders and action by written
consent
Our
charter documents provide that a special meeting of stockholders
may be called only by resolution adopted by our board of directors,
chairman of the board of directors or chief executive officer or
upon the written request of stockholders owning at least 33.3% of
the outstanding common stock. Stockholders owning less than such
required amount may not call a special meeting, which may delay the
ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or
for holders controlling a majority of our capital stock to take any
action, including the removal of directors.
Our
charter documents provide that any action required or permitted to
be taken by the stockholders of the company must be effected at a
duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not
be effected by any consent in writing by the
stockholders.
Requirements for advance notification of stockholder nominations
and proposals
Our
bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to
stockholder proposals and the nomination of candidates for election
as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of
the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors.
However, our bylaws may have the effect of precluding the conduct
of certain business at a meeting if the proper procedures are not
followed. These provisions may also discourage or deter a potential
acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the
acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to
obtain control of our company.
Amendment of certificate of incorporation and bylaws
The
amendment of certain provisions (including the above provisions) of
our certificate of incorporation and bylaws requires approval by
holders of at least two-thirds of our outstanding capital stock
entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors.
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law
Upon
completion of this offering, we will be subject to the provisions
of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In general,
Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from
engaging in a “business combination” with an
“interested stockholder” for a three-year period
following the time that this stockholder becomes an interested
stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a
prescribed manner. Under Section 203, a business combination
between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited
unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:
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before the
stockholder became interested, our board of directors approved
either the business combination or the transaction which resulted
in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
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upon consummation
of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least
85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time
the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining
the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are
directors and also officers, and employee stock plans, in some
instances, but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the
interested stockholder; or
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At or after the
time the stockholder became interested, the business combination
was approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual
or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of
at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not
owned by the interested stockholder.
Section 203
defines a business combination to include:
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any merger or
consolidation involving the corporation and the interested
stockholder;
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any sale, transfer,
lease, pledge or other disposition involving the interested
stockholder of 10% or more of the assets of the
corporation;
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subject to
exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or
transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the
interested stockholder;
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subject to
exceptions, any transaction involving the corporation that has the
effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any
class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the
interested stockholder; and
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the receipt by the
interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances,
guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or
through the corporation.
In
general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as any
entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding
voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated
with or controlling or controlled by the entity or
person.
Choice of Forum
Our
certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in
writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware (or if no Court of Chancery
located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the Federal
District Court for the District of Delaware) will be the sole and
exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding
brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach
of a fiduciary duty owed by our directors, officers, or other
employees to us or to our stockholders, (iii) any action
asserting a claim against us or any director, officer or other
employee arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or bylaws or (iv)
any action asserting a claim against us or any director, officer or
other employee that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
It is possible that a court could rule that this provision is not
applicable or is unenforceable. Any person or entity purchasing or
otherwise acquiring shares of our capital stock will be deemed to
have notice of and consented to this provision of our certificate
of incorporation.
Limitations of Liability and Indemnification
See
“Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions -
Indemnification Agreements.”
Exchange Listing
We
intend to list our common stock for trading on the Nasdaq Capital
Market under the symbol HFEN.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Upon the completion of this offering, the
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock will be Direct
Transfer, Morrisville, North Carolina.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Prior
to this offering, there has not been a public market for shares of
our common stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of shares of
our common stock, including shares issued upon the exercise of
outstanding options, in the public market after our initial public
offering, or the possibility of these sales occurring, could cause
the prevailing market price for our common stock to fall or impair
our ability to raise equity capital in the future.
We will
have 11,001,000 shares of common stock outstanding immediately
after the completion of this offering based on the number of shares
outstanding on November 13, 2018 and assuming no exercise of
outstanding options after such date (or 11,151,000 shares if the
underwriter exercises its over-allotment option to purchase
additional shares in full). Of those shares, the 1,000,000 shares
of common stock sold in the offering (or 1,150,000 shares if the
underwriter exercises its over-allotment option to purchase
additional shares in full) will be freely transferable without
restriction, unless purchased by persons deemed to be our
“affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144
under the Securities Act. Any shares purchased by an affiliate may
not be resold except pursuant to an effective registration
statement or an applicable exemption from registration, including
an exemption under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act. The remaining 10,001,000 shares of common stock to be
outstanding immediately following the completion of this offering
are “restricted,” which means they were originally sold
in offerings that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Restricted shares may be sold through registration under the
Securities Act or under an available exemption from registration,
such as provided through Rule 144, which rules are summarized
below. Taking into account the lock-up agreements described below,
and assuming the underwriter does not release any stockholders from
the lock-up agreements, the restricted shares of our common stock
will be available for sale in the public market as
follows:
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1,000,000 shares
will be eligible for sale immediately upon completion of this
offering; and
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10,001,000 shares
will become eligible for sale, subject to the provisions of
Rule 144 or Rule 701, upon the expiration of lock-up
agreements not to sell such shares entered into between the
underwriter and such stockholders beginning six months after the
effectiveness of this prospectus.
Rule 144
In
general, under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as in effect on
the date of this prospectus, a person (or persons whose shares are
aggregated) who has beneficially owned restricted stock for at
least six months, will be entitled to sell in any three-month
period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater
of:
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1% of the number of
shares of common stock then outstanding (110,010 shares immediately
after this offering or 111,510 shares if the underwriter’s
over-allotment option to purchase additional shares is exercised in
full); or
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the average weekly
trading volume of our common stock on Nasdaq during the four
calendar weeks immediately preceding the date on which the notice
of sale is filed with the SEC.
Subject
to the lock-up agreements described above, our affiliates who have
beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six
months, including the holding period of any prior owner other than
one of our affiliates, will be entitled to sell within any
three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the
greater of:
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1% of the number of
shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal
approximately 100,100 shares immediately after this offering;
and
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the average weekly
trading volume in our common stock on Nasdaq during the four
calendar weeks preceding the date of filing of a Notice of Proposed
Sale of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144 with respect to the
sale.
Sales
pursuant to Rule 144 are subject to requirements relating to
manner of sale, notice and availability of current public
information about us. A person (or persons whose shares are
aggregated) who is not deemed to be an affiliate of ours for
90 days preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned
restricted stock for at least one year is entitled to sell such
shares without complying with the manner of sale, public
information, volume limitation or notice provisions of
Rule 144. Rule 144 will not be available to any
stockholders until we have been subject to the reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act for 90 days.
Rule 701
Rule
701 under the Securities Act, as in effect on the date of this
prospectus, permits resale of shares in reliance upon Rule 144 but
without compliance with certain restrictions of Rule 144, including
the holding period requirement. Most of our employees, executive
officers, directors or consultants who purchased shares under a
written compensatory plan or contract may be entitled to rely on
the resale provisions of Rule 701, but all holders of Rule 701
shares are required to wait until 90 days after the date of this
prospectus before selling their shares. However, substantially all
Rule 701 shares are subject to lock up agreements as described
below and under the section “Underwriting” included in
this prospectus and will become eligible for sale upon the
expiration of the restrictions set forth in those
agreements.
Lock-Up Agreements
Our
directors, executive officers and holders of 5% or more of our
outstanding shares following this offering will enter into lock-up
agreements with the representative prior to the commencement of
this offering pursuant to which each of these persons or entities
will agree not to sell or otherwise dispose of any common stock or
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
shares of common stock for a period of six months after the
effectiveness of this prospectus, subject to certain exceptions.
See “Underwriting” for a description of these lock-up
provisions.
UNDERWRITING
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement
between us and the underwriters named below, for whom _________ is
acting as the representative (the “Representative”), we
have agreed to sell to the underwriters, and each underwriter has
severally agreed to purchase, the number of shares of our common
stock listed next to its name in the following table:
Underwriter
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Under
the terms of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters are
committed to purchase all of the shares offered by this prospectus
(other than the shares subject to the underwriters’ option to
purchase additional shares), if the underwriters buy any of such
shares. The underwriters’ obligation to purchase the shares
is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among
others, the continued accuracy of representations and warranties
made by us in the underwriting agreement, delivery of legal
opinions and the absence of any material changes in our assets,
business or prospects after the date of this
prospectus.
The
underwriters initially propose to offer the common stock directly
to the public at the public offering price set forth on the front
cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at such
offering price less a concession not to exceed $____ per share.
After the initial public offering of the shares of our common
stock, the offering price and other selling terms may be changed by
the underwriters.
Over-Allotment Option
We have
granted to the underwriters an option to purchase up to 150,000
additional shares of our common stock at the same price per share
as they are paying for the shares shown in the table above. The
underwriters may exercise this option in whole or in part at any
time within 60 days after the date of the underwriting agreement.
To the extent the underwriters exercise this option, each
underwriter will be committed, so long as the conditions of the
underwriting agreement are satisfied, to purchase a number of
additional shares proportionate to that underwriters’ initial
commitment as indicated in the table at the beginning of this
section plus, in the event that any underwriter defaults in its
obligation to purchase shares under the underwriting agreement,
certain additional shares.
Underwriting Commissions and Discounts and Expenses
The
following table shows the per share and total underwriting
discounts and commissions we will pay to the underwriters. These
amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of
the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our
common stock.
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expenses, to us
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We
estimate that the total expenses of the offering payable by us,
excluding underwriting discounts and commissions, will be
approximately $_____. We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters
for certain of their expenses, including fees of counsel in
connection with filing with FINRA, in an amount not to exceed
$_____.
As
additional compensation to the underwriter, upon consummation of
this offering, we will issue to the underwriter or its designees
warrants to purchase an aggregate number of shares of our common
stock equal to 10% of the number of shares of common stock issued
in this offering, at an exercise price per share equal to 120% of
the initial public offering price (the “Underwriter
Warrants”). The Underwriter Warrants and the underlying
shares of common stock will not be exercised, sold, transferred,
assigned, or hypothecated or be the subject of any hedging, short
sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the
effective economic disposition of the Underwriter Warrants by any
person for a period of 180 days from the effective date of the
registration statement for this offering in accordance with FINRA
Rule 5110. The Underwriter Warrants will expire on the fifth
anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement for
this offering.
Right of First Refusal
In
connection with this offering, we granted the Representative a
right of first refusal, subject to completion of this offering,
until _____, 2021 to act as (1) financial advisor in connection
with any review of strategic alternatives, including any merger and
acquisition advisory work, (2) a significant book runner in
connection with any public offering of debt or equity or
equity-linked securities and (3) initial purchaser and/or placement
agent in any private offering of equity or equity-linked securities
or other capital markets financing.
Stabilization
In
accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act, the
underwriters may engage in activities that stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the price of our common stock, including short
sales and purchases to cover positions created by short positions,
stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions, penalty
bids and passive market making.
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positions involve sales by the underwriters of shares in excess of
the number of shares the underwriters are obligated to purchase,
which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be
either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a
covered short position, the number of shares involved in the sales
made by the underwriters in excess of the number of shares they are
obligated to purchase is not greater than the number of shares that
they may purchase by exercising their option to purchase additional
shares. In a naked short position, the number of shares involved is
greater than the number of shares in their option to purchase
additional shares. The underwriters may close out any short
position by either exercising their option to purchase additional
shares or purchasing shares in the open market.
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transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security as
long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specific maximum
price.
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Syndicate
covering transactions involve purchases of our common stock in the
open market after the distribution has been completed to cover
syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares to
close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among
other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the
open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase
shares through the underwriters’ option to purchase
additional shares. If the underwriters sell more shares than could
be covered by the underwriters’ option to purchase additional
shares, thereby creating a naked short position, the position can
only be closed out by buying shares in the open market. A naked
short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are
concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the
shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect
investors who purchase in the offering.
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Penalty
bids permit the representative to reclaim a selling concession from
a syndicate member when the common stock originally sold by the
syndicate member is purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate
covering transaction to cover syndicate short
positions.
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passive market making, market makers in our common stock who are
underwriters or prospective underwriters may, subject to
limitations, make bids for or purchase shares of our common stock
until the time, if any, at which a stabilizing bid is
made.
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These
activities may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market
price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in
the market price of our common stock. As a result of these
activities, the price of our common stock may be higher than the
price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These
transactions may be effected on Nasdaq or otherwise and, if
commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
Neither
we nor any of the underwriters make any representation or
prediction as to the direction or magnitude of any effect that the
transactions described above may have on the price of our common
stock. In addition, neither we nor any of the underwriters make any
representation that the Representative will engage in these
stabilizing transactions or that any transaction, once commenced,
will not be discontinued without notice.
Indemnification
We have
agreed to indemnify the underwriter against all losses, claims,
damages, expenses and liabilities, as the same are incurred
(including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), relating
to or arising out of the offering, undertaken in good
faith.
Discretionary Accounts
The
underwriters have informed us that they do not expect to make sales
to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority in
excess of 5% of the shares of our common stock being offered in
this offering.
IPO Pricing
Prior
to the completion of this offering, there has been no public market
for our common stock. The initial public offering price has been
negotiated between us and the Representative. Among the factors
considered in these negotiations are: the history of, and prospects
for, us and the industry in which we compete; our past and present
financial performance; an assessment of our management; the present
state of our development; the prospects for our future earnings;
the prevailing conditions of the applicable United States
securities market at the time of this offering; previous trading
prices for our common stock in the private market and market
valuations of publicly traded companies that we and the
Representative believe to be comparable to us.
Lock-Up Agreements
We have
agreed that for a period of six months after the date of the
effectiveness of this prospectus, we will not, without the prior
written consent of the Representative, which may be withheld or
delayed in its sole discretion:
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offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, contract to purchase, or purchase
any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant
for the sale of, lend or otherwise dispose of or transfer, directly
or indirectly, any of our common stock or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common
stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act
with respect to any of the foregoing; or
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into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of any of our common stock,
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whether
any such transaction described above is to be settled by delivery
of shares of our common stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. The prior sentence will not apply to (i) the shares to
be sold pursuant to the underwriting agreement, (ii) any shares of
our common stock issued by us upon the exercise of an option or
other security outstanding on the date hereof, (iii) such issuances
of options or grants of restricted stock or other equity-based
awards under our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan and the issuance
of shares issuable upon exercise of any such equity-based awards,
and (iv) the filing by us of registration statements on Form
S-8.
Each of
our stockholders, directors and our executive officers has agreed
that for a period ending six months after the date of the effective
of this prospectus, none of them will, without the prior written
consent of the Representative which may be withheld or delayed in
the Representative’s sole discretion:
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pledge, sell, contract to sell, contract to purchase, or purchase
any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant
for the sale of, lend or otherwise dispose of or transfer, directly
or indirectly, any shares of our common stock, or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common
stock owned directly by such director or executive officer or with
respect to which such director or executive officer has beneficial
ownership; or
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into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic
consequences of ownership of our common stock, whether any such
transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of our
common stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise.
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Notwithstanding the
prior sentence, subject to applicable securities laws and the
restrictions contained in our charter, our directors and executive
officers may transfer our securities: (i) pursuant to the exercise
or conversion of our securities, including, without limitation,
options and warrants; (ii) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided
that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by
the restrictions set forth above; (iii) to any trust for the direct
or indirect benefit of such director or executive officer or the
immediate family of such director or executive officer, provided
that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the
restrictions set forth above; (iv) pursuant to any transfer
required under any benefit plans or our charter or bylaws; (v) as
required by participants in our 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan
stock incentive plan in order to reimburse or pay federal income
tax and withholding obligations in connection with vesting of
restricted stock grants or the exercise of stock options or
warrants; or (vi) in or in connection with any merger,
consolidation, combination or sale of all or substantially all of
our assets or in connection with any tender offer or other offer to
purchase at least 50% of our common stock.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing shall prevent our directors or executive
officers from, or restrict their ability to, (i) purchase our
securities in a public or private transaction, or (ii) exercise or
convert any options, warrants or other convertible securities
issued to or held by such director or executive officer, including
those granted under our 2018 Incentive Compensation
Plan.
Other Relationships
The
Representative may in the future provide us and our affiliates with
investment banking and financial advisory services for which the
Representative may in the future receive customary fees. The
Representative may release, or authorize us to release, as the case
may be, the common stock and other securities subject to the
lock-up agreements described above in whole or in part at any time
with or without notice.
Electronic Distribution
A
prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the
websites maintained by one or more of the underwriters or selling
group members, if any, participating in the offering. The
Representative may allocate a number of shares to the underwriters
and selling group members, if any, for sale to their online
brokerage account holders. Any such allocations for online
distributions will be made by the representative on the same basis
as other allocations.
Listing
In
connection with this offering, we intend to apply to have our
common stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol
HFEN. There is no assurance, however, that our common stock will be
listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other national
securities exchange.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Direct
Transfer, Morrisville, North Carolina.
INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, authorizes us to
indemnify any director or officer under certain prescribed
circumstances and subject to certain limitations against certain
costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, to which a person is a party by reason of being one
of our directors or officers if it is determined that such person
acted in accordance with the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in such statutory provisions. Our certificate of
incorporation contains provisions relating to the indemnification
of director and officers and our by-laws extend such indemnities to
the full extent permitted by Delaware law. We may also
purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any director or
officer, which may cover claims for which we could not indemnify
such persons.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been
advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.
Olshan
Frome Wolosky LLP, New York, New York, as our counsel, will pass
upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of our common stock
being offered by this prospectus. __________ is acting as counsel
for the underwriter in connection with this offering.
The
consolidated financial statements of HF Enterprises Inc. as of
December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for each of the two years in the
period ended December 31, 2017 included in this prospectus and in
this registration statement have been so included in reliance on
the report of Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A., an independent
registered public accounting firm, appearing elsewhere herein and
in this registration statement, given on the authority of said firm
as experts in auditing and accounting.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have
filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 (including
the exhibits, schedules and amendments to the registration
statement) under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of
our common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus
does not contain all the information set forth in the registration
statement. For further information with respect to us and the
shares of our common stock to be sold in this offering, we refer
you to the registration statement. Statements contained in
this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or
other documents to which we make reference are not necessarily
complete. In each instance, we refer you to the copy of such
contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the
registration statement.
Following this
offering, we will be subject to the reporting and information
requirements of the Exchange Act and, as a result, we will file
annual, quarterly and current reports, and other information with
the SEC. You may read and copy this information at the Public
Reference Room of the SEC located at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for
further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room.
Copies of all or any part of the registration statement may be
obtained from the SEC’s offices upon payment of fees
prescribed by the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet site that
contains periodic and current reports, information statements and
other information regarding issuers that file electronically with
the SEC. The address of the SEC’s website is
http://www.sec.gov.
We will
provide a copy of our annual report to stockholders, including our
audited consolidated financial statements, at no charge upon
written request sent to HF Enterprises Inc., 4800 Montgomery Lane,
Suite 210, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Our corporate website is
located at http://www.hfenterp.com. The information on, or
that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by
reference into this prospectus and should not be considered to be a
part of this prospectus.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Table of Contents
For Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
|
F-5
|
|
|
|
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
F-6-22
|
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
Cash
|
697,458
|
1,221,074
|
Restricted
Cash
|
2,704,948
|
2,695,705
|
Trade
Receivables
|
654,088
|
1,161,158
|
Prepaid
Expenses
|
109,787
|
127,288
|
Inventory
|
163,303
|
63,853
|
Investment
Securities
|
1,475,699
|
3,736,016
|
Other
Investments
|
340,885
|
366,740
|
Deposits
|
23,603
|
23,603
|
Total
Current Assets
|
6,169,771
|
9,395,437
|
Real
Estate
|
|
|
Properties
under Development
|
$49,518,493
|
$52,219,636
|
Real
Estate Held For Sale
|
136,248
|
136,248
|
Total
Real Estate
|
49,654,741
|
52,355,884
|
Fixed
Assets, Net
|
96,933
|
115,231
|
Total
Assets
|
$55,921,446
|
$61,866,553
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity:
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
$6,076,998
|
$5,317,233
|
Tenant
Security Deposits
|
1,225
|
2,625
|
Notes
Payable, Net of Debt Discount of of $105,208 and
$140,277
|
|
|
on
June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively
|
7,037,866
|
9,715,917
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
13,116,089
|
15,035,775
|
Long-Term
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Builder
Deposits
|
4,442,848
|
5,356,718
|
Notes
Payable - Related Parties
|
9,181,051
|
7,384,217
|
Total
Liabilities
|
26,739,988
|
27,776,710
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, non
issued
|
-
|
-
|
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized;
10,001,000
|
|
|
shares
issued and outstanding
|
10,001
|
10,001
|
Additional
Paid In Capital
|
52,262,196
|
52,275,731
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
(32,742,903)
|
(29,384,481)
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss
|
(195,977)
|
(370,488)
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
19,333,318
|
22,530,763
|
Non-controlling
Interests
|
9,848,140
|
11,559,079
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
29,181,458
|
34,089,843
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$55,921,446
|
$61,866,553
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
Property
|
$6,220,022
|
$2,651,794
|
Biomedical
|
1,399,017
|
1,765,499
|
Others
|
124,999
|
34,090
|
|
7,744,038
|
4,451,383
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|
|
Cost
of Sales
|
6,837,691
|
3,791,633
|
Marketing
|
101,331
|
114,551
|
General
and Administrative
|
2,997,494
|
3,076,060
|
Research
and Development
|
430,043
|
334,174
|
|
10,366,559
|
7,316,418
|
|
|
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(2,622,521)
|
(2,865,035)
|
|
|
|
Other
Incomes (Expenses)
|
|
|
Interest
Incomes
|
12,170
|
13,584
|
Interest
Expenses
|
(59,463)
|
(57,524)
|
Unrealized
(Loss) Gain on Securities Investment
|
(2,253,590)
|
41,689
|
Accrued
Tax Expense
|
(251,942)
|
(448,483)
|
Foreign
Exchange Transation Loss
|
(54,321)
|
(130,241)
|
Other
Income
|
88,355
|
53,356
|
Other
Expense
|
|
(49,930)
|
|
(2,518,791)
|
(577,549)
|
|
|
|
Loss
Before Income Taxes
|
(5,141,312)
|
(3,442,584)
|
|
|
|
Income
Tax
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
(5,141,312)
|
(3,442,584)
|
|
|
|
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
|
|
|
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
864,946
|
(1,581,083)
|
Comprehensive
Loss
|
(4,276,366)
|
(5,023,667)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Attributable to Non-controlling Interests
|
(1,515,708)
|
(1,763,517)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
|
$(2,760,658)
|
$(3,260,150)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted
|
$(0.28)
|
$(0.33)
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Common Shares Oustanding - Basic and Diluted
|
10,001,000
|
10,001,000
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Paid in Capital
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
|
|
Non-controlling Interests
|
Total Stockholders Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2017
|
|
|
10,001,000
|
$10,001
|
$52,275,731
|
$(370,488)
|
$(29,384,481)
|
$11,559,079
|
$34,089,843
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Merger
Reserve
|
|
|
|
|
(13,535)
|
|
|
(6,050)
|
(19,585)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
Currency Translations
|
|
|
|
|
|
174,511
|
|
78,001
|
252,511
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,358,422)
|
(1,782,890)
|
(5,141,312)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at June 30,2018
|
|
|
10,001,000
|
$10,001
|
$52,262,196
|
$(195,977)
|
$(32,742,903)
|
$9,848,140
|
$29,181,458
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
(5,141,312)
|
(3,442,584)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities:
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
18,298
|
49,280
|
Amortization
of Debt Discount
|
25,056
|
25,207
|
Unrealized
Loss (Gain) on Investment Securities
|
2,253,590
|
(41,689)
|
Loss
Reserve for Investment
|
25,855
|
-
|
Merger
Reserve Adj
|
(19,585)
|
-
|
Changes
in Operating Assets and Liabilities
|
|
|
Real
Estate
|
2,736,212
|
(1,058,967)
|
Trade
Receivables
|
507,070
|
(739,676)
|
Prepaid
Expenses
|
17,501
|
(702)
|
Inventory
|
(99,450)
|
(107,192)
|
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
453,502
|
469,673
|
Tenant
Security Deposits
|
(1,400)
|
-
|
Accrued
Tax Expense
|
251,942
|
448,483
|
Foreign
Exchange Transaction Loss
|
54,321
|
130,241
|
Builder
Deposits
|
(913,870)
|
(145,705)
|
Net
Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
|
167,730
|
(4,413,631)
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|
|
Purchase
of Fixed Assets
|
-
|
(45,590)
|
Other
Investment
|
-
|
(207,276)
|
Net
Cash Used In Investing Activities
|
-
|
(252,866)
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|
|
Proceeds
from Issuance of Ordinary Shares
|
-
|
4,749,800
|
Share
Issuing Expenses
|
-
|
(93,500)
|
Proceeds
from Notes Payable
|
-
|
781,557
|
Repayments
to Note Payable
|
(2,729,299)
|
-
|
Financing
Fees Paid
|
-
|
(110,000)
|
Net
Proceeds from Notes Payable - Related Parties
|
1,796,834
|
-
|
Net
Cash (Used In) Provided By Financing Activities
|
(932,465)
|
5,327,857
|
|
|
|
Net
(Decrease) Increase in Cash and Restricted Cash
|
(764,735)
|
661,360
|
Effects
of Foreign Currency Translation on Cash
|
250,362
|
(240,481)
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash - Beginning of Years
|
3,916,779
|
5,319,113
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash - End of Periods
|
$3,402,406
|
$5,739,992
|
|
|
|
Supplementary
Cash Flow Information
|
|
|
Cash
Paid For Interest
|
$211,075
|
$571,670
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing
Activities
|
|
|
Convert
Related Party Loan to Common Stock
|
$-
|
$11,156,003
|
Amortization
of Debt Discount Capitalized
|
$35,069
|
$189,800
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1.
NATURE
OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Nature of Operations
HF
Enterprises Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in
the State of Delaware on March 7, 2018. HF Enterprises Inc. is a
diversified holding company principally engaged in property
development, digital transformation technology, biohealth and other
related business activities with operations in the United States,
Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Australia. The Company manages its
four principal businesses primarily through our 69.11% owned
subsidiary, Singapore eDevelopment Ltd. (“SeD Ltd”), a
public Singapore Stock Exchange traded company.
For
management purposes, the Company is organized into business units
based on their products and services, and has three operating
segments as follows:
(a)
Property
Development Business, which includes actively acting as a developer
for property projects and investing in property development
projects;
(b)
Digital
Transformation Technology which is committed to transforming old
businesses to reflect the new economics of business through
technologies in communications, data protection, blockchain,
ecommerce and digital solutions;
(c)
Biohealth business,
which is committed to both funding research and developing and
selling healthy products.
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP) and
following the requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") for interim reporting. As permitted under those
rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are
normally required by US GAAP can be condensed or omitted. These
interim financial statements have been prepared on the same basis
as the Company's annual financial statements and, in the opinion of
management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal
recurring adjustments, which are necessary for a fair statement of
the Company's financial information. These interim results are not
necessarily indicative of the results of be expected for the year
ending December 31, 2018 or any other interim period or for any
other future year. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited
consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the
year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the SEC.
The balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 has been derived from
audited financial statements at that date but does not include all
of the information required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial
statements.
The consolidated financial statements include all accounts of the
Company and its majority owned and controlled subsidiaries. The
Company consolidates entities in which it owns more than 50% of the
voting common stock and controls operations. All intercompany
transactions and balances among consolidated subsidiaries have been
eliminated.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of Hengfai International Pte. Ltd.
(“Hengfai International”) was transferred from Heng Fai
Chan, a director of the Company, to the Company by exchanging 8.5
million shares of the Company, a transaction (the
“Merger”) that only includes stock exchanges and does
not involve any other considerations. Hengfai International holds
100% of Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd. (Hengfai Business
Development”), which holds 761,185,294 shares of SeD Ltd and
359,834,471 warrants. Both Hengfai International and Hengfai
Business Development are holding companies without business
operations.
Both SeD Ltd and the Company are directly or indirectly controlled
by Fai Chan.
The determination of the accounting acquirer in this Merger was
based on a review of the pertinent facts and circumstances. The
identification of the acquiring entity in this instance is
subjective and was based on a number of factors outlined in ASC
805-10-55-12 and ASC 805-10-55-13, which are as
follows:
● the relative voting rights in the combined entity after the
business combination;
● the existence of a large minority voting interest in the
combined entity if no other owner or organized group of owners has
a significant voting interest;
● the composition of the governing board of directors of the
combined entity;
● the composition of the senior management of the combined
entity;
● the terms of the exchange of equity interests;
● the relative size of each entity;
● which party initiated the transaction; and
● other qualitative factors.
After consideration of the factors outlined above, it was
determined that SeD Ltd was the accounting acquirer in this
transaction based on the following:
● Until the Closing, the Company had no business operations.
The relative size of the entities (e.g. revenues, assets, debts and
equities) indicated that SeD Ltd was more significant, leading to
the conclusion that this criterion favored SeD Ltd as the
accounting acquirer.
● Immediately following the Merger, the Chairman of SeD
Ltd’s board, Fai Chan, is still the chairman of the
Company’s board, leading to the conclusion that this
criterion favored SeD Ltd as the accounting
acquirer.
● Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, SeD
Ltd management team members comprised all of the senior management
positions of the combined company.
Since SeD Ltd is the acquiring entity for accounting purposes, the
financial statements for all periods up to and including the
October 1, 2018 Merger date are the financial statements of the
entity that is now our subsidiary, SeD Ltd. The financial
statements for all periods subsequent to the October 1, 2018 Merger
date are the consolidated financial statements of the Company and
SeD Home.
Principles of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements
of the Company and its subsidiaries at the end of the reporting
period. The financial statements of the subsidiaries used in the
preparation of the consolidated financial statements are prepared
for the same reporting date as the Company. Consistent accounting
policies are applied to like transactions and events in similar
circumstances.
All
intercompany balances, income and expenses and unrealized gains and
losses resulting from intra-group transactions and dividends are
eliminated in full.
Non-controlling interests
Non-controlling
interests represents the equity in subsidiary not attributable,
directly or indirectly, to owners of the Company, and are presented
separately in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income, and within equity in the consolidated balance
sheets, separately from equity attributable to owners of the
Company.
On June
30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate non-controlling
interests in the Company were $9,848,140 and $11,559,079,
respectively, which is separately disclosed on the Consolidated
Balance Sheets.
Investments
Equity method investments - We use the equity method to account for
investments in companies over which we have the ability to exercise
significant influence, but not control, over operating and
financial policies of the investee. Under the equity
method of accounting, the investment is initially recorded at cost,
then the Company’s proportional share of investee’s
underlying net income or loss is recorded as a component of
“other income” with a corresponding increase or
decrease to the carrying value of the investment. Distributions
received from the investee reduce the Company’s carrying
value of the investment. These investments are evaluated for
impairment if events or circumstances arise that indicate that the
carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. No
impairment was recognized for the Company’s equity method
investment during the years presented. Judgment regarding the level
of influence over each equity method investment includes
considering key factors such as our ownership interest,
representation on the board of directors, participation in
policy-making decisions and material intercompany
transactions.
Cost method investments – We use cost method to account for
investments which the Company has little or no influence over the
investee. Our cost method investments are reported at cost and are
included in other assets. Dividend income received, if any, is
reported in other income. Our cost method investments are assessed
for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate
that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.
Fair value Method investments – We use fair value method to
account for investment in marketable equity, usually holding less
than 20% common shares of the investee, if the investment has
little or no influence over the investee. These investments are
free of trading restrictions as “available-for-sale”
and carried at fair value based on quoted market prices or other
readily available market information. Bothe realized and unrealized
gains or losses are recognized as other income or expense in
consolidated statements of operations.
Use of Estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial
statements. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Financial Instruments
The
Company adopted ASU 2016-01 and ASU 2018-03 to address the
recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial
instruments. As a result of the adoption of this guidance the
change in the fair value of the Company’s equity investments
is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations rather
than the consolidated statements of comprehensive
income.
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the
instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between
willing parties, other than in a forced sale or liquidation. The
carrying amount of the Company’s short-term financial
instruments approximates fair value due to the relatively short
period to maturity for these instruments.
If
the market for a financial instrument is not active, the Company
establishes fair value by using valuation techniques. These include
the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to
other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash
flow analysis, and option pricing models, making maximum use of
market inputs. Where fair value of unquoted instruments cannot be
measured reliably, fair value is determined by the transaction
price.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of
three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash
equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and at
bank and short-term deposits with financial institutions that are
readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an
insignificant risk of changes in values.
Restricted Cash
As a
condition to the loan agreement with The Union Bank, the Company is
required to maintain a minimum of $2,600,000 in an interest-bearing
account maintained by the lender as additional security for the
loans. The funds will remain as collateral for the loans until the
loans are paid off in full.
On June
30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, cash and cash equivalents
approximately $15,000 and $30,000 held in People’s Republic
of China were subject to local exchange control regulations. These
regulations place restriction on the amount of currency being
exported other than through dividends.
Trade and Other Receivables, Net
Trade
and other receivables include all receivables from buyers,
contractors and all third parties. The allowance for doubtful
accounts represents an estimate of the losses expected to be
incurred. Different segments in the Company have different
accounting policy to decide their allowance. Generally, the amount
of allowance is primarily decided by management’s historical
experiences, the delinquency trends, the resolution rates, the
aging of receivables, the credit quality indicators and financial
health of specific customers. We consider all available information
in our monthly assessments of the adequacy of the allowance for
doubtful accounts.
Property, Equipment and Depreciation
Property
and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and
accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is recognized
from the date that the property, plant and equipment are installed
and are ready to use.
Depreciation
is computed utilizing the straight-line method over their estimated
useful lives as follows:
Office
and computer equipment
|
3 - 5
years
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
3 - 5
years
|
Vehicles
|
10
years
|
The
cost of property and equipment includes expenditures that are
directly attributable to the acquisition of the items.
Dismantlement, removal or restoration costs are included as part of
the cost of property, plant and equipment if the obligation for
dismantlement, removal or restoration is incurred as a consequence
of acquiring or using the asset.
Subsequent
expenditure relating to property and equipment that have been
recognized is added to the carrying amount of the asset when it is
probable that future economic benefits, in excess of the standard
of performance of the asset before the expenditure was made, will
flow to the Company and the cost can be reliably measured. Other
subsequent expenditures are recognized as expense during the
financial year in which they are incurred.
Depreciation
methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed, and
adjusted as appropriate, at end of each reporting period as a
change in estimates.
Upon
disposal, the difference between the proceeds and its carrying
amount is recognized in profit or loss.
Real Estate Assets
Real
estate assets are recorded at cost, except when real estate assets
are acquired that meet the definition of a business combination in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) ASC 805, “Business Combinations,”
which acquired assets are recorded at fair value. Interest,
property taxes, insurance and other incremental costs (including
salaries) directly related to a project are capitalized during the
construction period of major facilities and land improvements. The
capitalization period begins when activities to develop the parcel
commence and ends when the asset constructed is completed. The
capitalized costs are recorded as part of the asset to which they
relate and are reduced when lots are sold.
Properties held for sale
Properties
for sale are acquired with the intention for sale in the ordinary
course of business and are stated at the lower of cost or net
realizable value. Related acquisition expense, interest and other
related expenditure are capitalized as part of the cost of
properties for sale. Net realizable value represents the estimated
selling price less costs to be incurred in selling the
property.
A
property is classified as “held for sale” when all of
the following criteria for a plan of sale have been
met:
(1)
management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to
a plan to sell the property. (2) the property is available for
immediate sale in its present condition, subject only to terms that
are usual and customary. (3) an active program to locate a buyer
and other actions required to complete the plan to sell, have been
initiated. (4) the sale of the property is probable and is expected
to be completed within one year or the property is under a contract
to be sold. (5) the property is being actively marketed for sale at
a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value.
and (6) actions necessary to complete the plan of sale indicate
that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be
made or that the plan will be withdrawn. When all of these criteria
have been met, the property is classified as “held for
sale”. “Real estate held for sale” includes El
Tesoro project $136,248 on both June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017.
It is
the Company’s policy to obtain an independent third-party
valuation at year end for each project to test for impairment. In
addition to our annual assessment of potential triggering events in
accordance with ASC 360, the Company applies a fair value based
impairment test to the net book value assets on an annual basis and
on an interim basis if certain events or circumstances indicate
that an impairment loss may have occurred.
During
the six-months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, there is no
impairment recognized.
Properties
under development
Properties
under development are properties being constructed for sale in the
ordinary course of business, rather than to be held for the
Company’s own use, rental or capital
appreciation.
The
costs of properties under development recognized in profit or loss
on disposal are determined with reference to the specific costs
incurred on the property sold and an allocation of any non-specific
costs based on the relative size of the property sold.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is
determined using the first-in, first-out method and includes all
costs in bringing the inventories to their present location and
condition. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in
the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs necessary
to make the sale.
Earnings per share
The
Company presents basic and diluted earnings per share data for its
ordinary shares. Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing
the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of the
Company by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the year, adjusted for treasury shares held by
the Company. The Company has 20,000,000 shares common stock and
5,000,000 shares preferred stock authorized, both with a par value
of $0.001 per share.
Diluted
earnings per share is determined by adjusting the profit or loss
attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted-average
number of ordinary shares outstanding, adjusted for own shares
held, for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares,
which comprise convertible securities, such as stock options,
convertible bonds and warrants. Due to the limited operations of
the Company, there are on potentially dilutive securities
outstanding on June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
Trade and other payables
Trade
and other payables are non-interest bearing and are normally
settled on 30-day terms. Based on the short term nature of these
liabilities, the carrying value of trade payables and other
payables approximates their fair value on June 30, 2018 and
December 31, 2017.
Leases
Where
the Company is the lessee, operating leases are office
premises’ leases where a significant portion of the risks and
rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor. Payments made
under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a
straight-line basis over the term of the leases. Lease incentives,
if any, are recognized as an integral part of the net consideration
agreed for the use of the leased asset.
Employee benefits
Short-term employee
benefits
Short-term employee
benefit obligations are measured on an undiscounted basis and are
expensed as the related service is provided. A liability is
recognized for the amount expected to be paid under short-term cash
bonus if the company has a present legal or constructive obligation
to pay this amount as a result of past service provided by the
employee, and the obligation can be estimated
reliably.
Employee and
director share option plans
Certain
employees and directors of the Company receive compensation in the
form of share options as consideration for services rendered. The
cost of these equity-settled share-based payment transactions with
employees is measured by reference to the fair value of the options
at the date on which the options are granted which considers market
conditions and non-vesting conditions. This cost is recognized in
profit or loss, with a corresponding increase in the employee share
option reserve, over the vesting period. The employee share option
reserve is transferred to retained earnings upon expiry or
forfeiture of the share option.
The
cumulative expense recognized at each reporting date until the
vesting date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has
expired and the Company’s best estimate of the number of
options that will ultimately vest. The charge or credit to profit
or loss for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense
recognized as at the beginning and end of that period and is
recognized in general and administrative expense on June 30, 2018
and December 31, 2017.
Foreign currency
Functional
and presentation currency
Items
included in the financial statements of each entity in the Company
are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment
in which the entity operates (“functional currency”).
The financial statements of the Company are presented in US dollar,
which is also the functional currency of the Company.
Conversion
of foreign currencies
In
preparing the financial statements of the individual entities,
transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional
currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of
exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.
At the
end of the reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign
currencies are retranslated at the exchange rates prevailing at
that date.
Currency
translation differences resulting from the settlement of such
transactions and from the translation of monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the closing
exchange rates at the balance sheet date are recognized in other
comprehensive income. Currency translation differences that arise
from borrowings in foreign currencies and other currency
instruments designated and qualifying as net investment hedges and
net investment in foreign operations are recognized in other
comprehensive income and accumulated in the foreign currency
translation reserve in the consolidated financial statements and
transferred to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on
disposal of the foreign operation.
Non-monetary
items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign
currencies are retranslated at the exchange rates prevailing at the
date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that
are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are
not retranslated.
Translation of consolidated entities’ financial
statements
The
results and financial position of all the entities (none of which
has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a
functional currency different from the presentation currency are
translated into the presentation currency as follows:
●
Assets and
liabilities are translated at the closing exchange rates at the end
of the reporting period;
●
Income and expenses
for each statement presenting profit and loss and other
comprehensive income (i.e. including comparatives) shall be
translated at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions;
and
●
All resulting
exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income
and accumulated in the foreign currency translation
reserve.
Revenue Recognition and Cost of Sales
Accounting
Standards Codification ("ASC") 606, Revenue from Contracts with
Customers ("ASC 606"), establishes principles for reporting
information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of
revenue and cash flows arising from the entity's contracts to
provide goods or services to customers. The Company adopted this
new standard on January 1, 2018 under the modified retrospective
method. The adoption did not have a material effect on our
financial statements.
In
accordance with ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer
obtains control of promised goods or services. The amount of
revenue recognized reflects the consideration to which we expect to
be entitled to receive in exchange for these goods or services. The
provisions of ASC 606 include a five-step process by which we
determine revenue recognition, depicting the transfer of goods or
services to customers in amounts reflecting the payment to which we
expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASC
606 requires us to apply the following steps: (1) identify the
contract with the customer; (2) identify the performance
obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price;
(4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations
in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when, or as, we satisfy
the performance obligation.
The
following represents a disaggregation of the company’s
revenue recognition policies by Segments:
Real
Estate
Rental
Income
The
Company leased units to customers in 2017. The Company and customer
enter into a lease agreement with set pricing and length. The lease
usually is one year and rental price is set by considering local
market price. The Company's obligation is to provide the property
for lease during the term. Revenue is recognized over the life of
the lease.
Property
Sales
The
Company's main business is land development. The Company purchases
land and develops it into residential communities. The developed
lots are sold to builders (customers) for the construction of new
homes. The builders sign sales contract with the Company before
they take the lots. The prices and timeline are settled in the
contract. The builders do the inspections to make sure all
conditions/requirements in contracts are met before taking the
lots. The Company recognizes revenue when lots are transferred to
the builders (HUDs are executed) and ownerships are changed at the
time.
Cost
of Sales of properties
Land
acquisition costs are allocated to each lot based on the size of
the lot comparing to the total size of all lots in the project.
Development costs and capitalized interest are allocated to lots
sold based on the total expected development and interest costs of
the completed project and allocating a percentage of those costs
based on the selling price of the sold lot compared to the expected
sales values of all lots in the project.
Biomedical
Product
Direct Sales
The
Company’s current revenues from biomedical business are
through direct sales of biomedical products. Revenue on product
sales is recognized upon shipment to the customer when risk of loss
and title transfer to the customer and all other conditions
required by GAAP, as promulgated by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)
Section 605 Revenue Recognition, have been satisfied
Information
Technology
Software
Development Income
Revenue
is recognized under contract accounting due to the significant
software production required, and the percentage-of-completion
method was used in accordance with ASC 605-35. The Company was
recognizing the percentage-of-completion based on input measures
that measured directly from cost incurred, and management reviews
progress-to-completion.
Income Taxes
USA
Income Taxes
Income
tax expense represents the sum of the income tax currently payable
and deferred income tax.
Income
tax for current and prior periods is recognized at the amount
expected to be paid to or recovered from the tax authorities, using
the tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantially
enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred
income tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on
temporary differences at the balance sheet date between the tax
bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the
financial statements.
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for all temporary
differences, except:
-
Where the deferred
tax arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in
a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time
of the transaction affects neither the accounting profit nor
taxable profit or loss.
-
In respect of
temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries,
where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can
be controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary
differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future;
and
-
In respect of
deductible temporary differences and carry-forward of unutilized
tax losses, if it is not probable that taxable profits will be
available against which those deductible temporary differences and
carry-forward of unutilized tax losses can be
utilized.
The
carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each balance
sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable
that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or
part of the deferred tax asset to be utilized. Unrecognized
deferred tax assets are reassessed at each balance sheet date and
are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that
future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be
utilized.
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are
expected to apply to the year when the asset is realized or the
liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have
been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet
date.
Current
and deferred income tax are recognized as income or expense in the
profit or loss, except to the extent that the tax arises from a
business combination or a transaction which is recognized either in
other comprehensive income or directly in equity. Deferred tax
arising from a business combination is adjusted against goodwill on
acquisition.
Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right
to offset current tax liabilities and assets and they relate to
income taxes levied by the same tax authorities on the same taxable
entity, or on different tax entities, provided they intend to
settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or their
tax assets and liabilities will be realized
simultaneously.
Deferred
income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the
estimated future tax effects of net operating loss and credit
carry-forwards and temporary differences between the tax basis of
assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting
amounts measured at the current enacted tax rates. The differences
relate primarily to net operating loss carryforward from date of
acquisition and to the use of the cash basis of accounting for
income tax purposes. The Company records an estimated valuation
allowance on its deferred income tax assets if it is more likely
than not that these deferred income tax assets will not be
realized.
The
Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position
only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be
sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the
technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in
the consolidated financial statements from such a position are
measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50%
likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company
has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits.
The
Company’s tax returns for 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 remain
open to examination.
Income
Taxes in other countries
Significant
judgement is involved in determining the income taxes mainly in
Singapore. There are certain transactions and computations for
which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the
ordinary course of business. The company recognizes liabilities for
expected tax issue based on estimates of whether additional taxes
will be due. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is
different from the amounts that were initially recognized, such
differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions
in the period in which such determination is made.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In
November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows
(Topic 230): Restricted Cash (ASU 2016-18), which requires that
restricted cash and cash equivalents be included as components of
total cash and cash equivalents as presented on the statement of
cash flows. ASU 2016-18 was effective for fiscal years, and interim
periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and a
retrospective transition method is required. This guidance did not
impact financial results, but resulted in a change in the
presentation of restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents
within the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted this
guidance in the 2017 and 2016 Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flows.
On Feb.
25, 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released
Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic
842) (the Update). The new leasing standard presents dramatic
changes to the balance sheets of lessees. Lessor
accounting is updated to align with certain changes in the
lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
In
January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 that amended
existing guidance to address certain aspects of recognition,
measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments.
The new guidance requires equity investments (except those
accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that
result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair
value with changes in fair value recognized in results of
operations. Additionally, certain disclosure requirements and other
aspects of accounting for financial instruments changed as a result
of the new guidance. In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU
2018-03 that included technical corrections and improvements to ASU
2016-01. The Company adopted the guidance in recognizing and
presenting the changes of fair value of the financial instruments.
The change in the fair value of the Company’s equity
investments is recognized in the condensed consolidated statements
of income rather than the condensed consolidated statements of
comprehensive income.
In May
2014, the FASB issued accounting standard update
(“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). The
standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize
revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers
in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company
expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In
doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more
estimates than under previous guidance. This may include
identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the
amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction
price and allocating the transaction price to each separate
performance obligation. In July 2015, the FASB approved the
proposal to defer the effective date of ASU 2014-09 standard by one
year. Early adoption was permitted after December 15, 2016, and the
standard became effective for public entities for annual reporting
periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods
therein. In 2016, the FASB issued final amendments to clarify the
implementation guidance for principal versus agent considerations
(ASU No. 2016-08), accounting for licenses of intellectual property
and identifying performance obligations (ASU No. 2016-10),
narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients (ASU No.
2016-12) and technical corrections and improvements to ASU 2014-09
(ASU No. 2016-20) in its new revenue standard. The Company has
performed a review of the requirements of the new revenue standard
and is monitoring the activity of the FASB and the transition
resource group as it relates to specific interpretive guidance. The
Company reviewed customer contracts, applied the five-step model of
the new standard to its contracts, and compared the results to its
current accounting practices. The adoption of this standard
required increased disclosures related to the disaggregation of
revenue.
Subsequent Events
The
Company evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to June
30, 2018, the balance sheet date, through November 9, 2018, the
date the consolidated financial statements were available to be
issued.
2.
CONCENTRATION
OF CREDIT RISK
The
Company maintains cash balances at various financial institutions
in different countries. These balances are usually secured by the
central banks’ insurance companies. At times, these balances
may exceed the insurance limits. On June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017, uninsured cash balances were $2,599,591 and $2,942,020
respectively.
NVR
Inc. (“NVR”), a NYSE publicly listed US homebuilding
and mortgage company, is the only purchaser of the 443 residential
lots of Ballenger project. During the first six month in 2018, $6.2
million revenue of lot sales from NVR. On June 30, 2018, no trade
receivables from NVR.
The
company is organized into three business segments: Property
Development, Digital Transformation Technology and Biohealth
Business. The Company’s reportable segments are determined
based on the services they perform and the products they sell, not
on the geographic area in which they operate. The Company’s
chief operating decision maker evaluates segment performance based
on segment revenue. Costs excluded from segment income (loss)
before taxes and reported as “Other” consist of
corporate general and administrative activities which are not
allocable to the three reportable segments.
The
following table reflects the selected data of operations in the 6
month ended on June 30, 2018 and 2017 and data from balance sheet
on June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
|
|
Digital Business Transformation
|
|
|
|
Six Month Ended on June 30, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$6,220,022
|
$109,905
|
$1,399,017
|
$15,094
|
$7,744,038
|
Cost
of Sales
|
(5,569,521)
|
(58,163)
|
(1,210,007)
|
$-
|
(6,837,691)
|
Gross
Margin
|
650,501
|
51,742
|
189,010
|
15,094
|
906,347
|
Operating
Expenses
|
(435,845)
|
(314,669)
|
(1,552,735)
|
$(1,225,618)
|
(3,528,868)
|
Operating
Gain (Loss)
|
214,655
|
(262,927)
|
(1,363,725)
|
(1,210,524)
|
(2,622,521)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Month Ended on June 30, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$2,651,794
|
$34,090
|
$1,765,499
|
$-
|
$4,451,383
|
Cost
of Sales
|
(2,448,853)
|
(16,565)
|
(1,326,215)
|
-
|
(3,791,633)
|
Gross
Margin
|
202,941
|
17,525
|
439,284
|
-
|
659,749
|
Operating
Expenses
|
(611,929)
|
(509,031)
|
(1,223,549)
|
(1,180,275)
|
(3,524,785)
|
Operating
Loss
|
(408,989)
|
(491,506)
|
(784,266)
|
(1,180,275)
|
(2,865,035)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash
|
$2,967,396
|
$82,018
|
$57,210
|
$295,782
|
$3,402,406
|
Total
Assets
|
52,691,619
|
138,631
|
617,137
|
2,474,059
|
55,921,446
|
Notes
payable - Net of Det Discounts
|
5,603,790
|
-
|
-
|
1,434,076
|
7,037,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash
|
$3,055,188
|
$124,739
|
$213,418
|
$523,434
|
$3,916,779
|
Total
Assets
|
56,020,612
|
171,002
|
644,287
|
5,030,652
|
61,866,553
|
Notes
payable - Net of Det Discounts
|
8,306,897
|
-
|
-
|
1,409,020
|
9,715,917
|
4.
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
|
Vehicles
|
$96,492
|
$96,492
|
Computer
Equipment
|
205,984
|
204,952
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
34,408
|
34,408
|
|
336,884
|
335,852
|
Accumulated
Depreciation and impairment
|
(239,951)
|
(220,621)
|
|
$96,933
|
$115,231
|
In
November 2015, SeD Maryland Development, LLC ("Maryland") entered
into lot purchase agreements with NVR, Inc. ("NVR") relating to the
sale of single-family home and townhome lots to NVR in the
Ballenger Run Project. Based on the agreements, NVR is entitled to
purchase 443 lots for a price of approximately $56M, which
escalates 3% annually after June 1, 2018.
As part
of the agreements, NVR provided was required to give a deposit in
the amount of $5,600,000. Upon the sale of lots to NVR, 9.9% of the
purchase price is taken as repaid back of the deposit. A violation
of the agreements by NVR would cause NVR to forfeit the deposit. On
June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were $4,442,848 and
$5,056,718 outstanding, respectively.
Black
Oak LP received a deposit of $300,000 from Lexington 26 LP
(Colina), a building company located in Texas. In February 2018,
the deposit $300,000 was refunded to Colina since both sides agreed
to the changed development plan. On June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017, there were $0 and $300,000 outstanding,
respectively.
Revere Loan
On
October 7, 2015, Black Oak LP entered into a note for $6,000,000,
bearing interest at 13%, with a maturity date of October 7, 2016
with Revere High Yield Fund, LP ("Revere"). In connection with the
loan, Black Oak LP incurred origination and closing fees of
$524,233, which were recorded as debt discount and are amortized
over the life of the loan. The loan is secured by a deed of trust
on the property and a Limited Guarantee Agreement with related
parties of the Company. On October 1, 2016, the loan was extended
to April 1, 2017 for fees of $109,285. These fees were recorded as
a debt discount under debt modification accounting are amortized
over the extension period. On April 1, 2017, the loan was again
extended until October 1, 2017 for a fee of $110,000. These fees
were recorded as a debt discount under debt modification accounting
and were amortized over the extension period. As of October 1,
2017, the loan was fully repaid and there is no outstanding
principal or unamortized debt discount.
Union Bank Loan
On
November 23, 2015, SeD Maryland Development LLC entered into a
Revolving Credit Note with The Union Bank in the original principal
amount of $8,000,000. During the term of the loan, cumulative loan
advances may not exceed $26,000,000. The line of credit bears
interest at LIBOR plus 3.8% with a floor rate of 4.5%. The interest
rate at December 31, 2017 was 5.19%. On December 31, 2017 and 2016,
the principal balance was $8,272,297 and $7,219,947, respectively.
As part of the transaction, the Company incurred loan origination
fees and closing fees, totaling $480,947, which were recorded as
debt discount and are amortized over the life of the loan. The
unamortized debt discounts were $105,208 and $140,277 at June 30,
2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
Beginning
December 1, 2015, interest only payments are due on the outstanding
principal balance. The entire unpaid principal and interest sum is
due and payable on November 22, 2018, with the option of one
twelve-month extension period. The loan is secured by a deed of
trust on the property, $2,600,000 of collateral cash, and a Limited
Guaranty Agreement with SeD Ballenger. The Company also has an
$800,000 letter of credit from the Union Bank. The letter of credit
is due on November 22, 2018 and bears interest at 15%. In September
2017, Maryland Development LLC and the Union Bank modified the
Revolving Credit Note, which increased the original principal
amount from $8,000,000 to $11,000,000 and extended the maturity
date of the loan and letter of credit to December 31,
2019.
Australia Loan
SeD
Perth Pty Ltd borrowed approximate $174,877 loan for land
development, which is secured by the land under development as well
as a pledged deposit approximate $39,000. This loan is denominated
in AUD and is guaranteed by one of the directors of SeD Perth Pty
Ltd. The interest rate is based on the weighted average interest
rates applicable to each of the Business Markets Facility
Components which ranges from 5.55% to 6.06% (2016 – 5.46% to
5.90%) per annum. The loan was repayable on January 4, 2017 but was
extended until December 31, 2018.
Private Investor Loan
On
November 29, 2016 SeD Home Ltd entered into three $500,000 bonds
for a total of $1.5 million that are to incur annual interest at
eight percent and the principal shall be paid in full on November
29, 2019. SeD Home agreed to guarantee the payment obligations of
these bonds. Further, at the maturity date, the bondholders have
the right to propose to acquire a property built by SeD Home, and
SeD will facilitate that transaction. The proposed acquisition
purchase price would be at SeD Home's cost. If the cost price is
more than $1.5 million, the proposed acquirers would pay the
difference, and if the cost price is below $1.5 million, the SeD
Home Ltd would pay the difference in cash.
7.
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Personal guarantees by directors
On
December 31, 2017, certain directors of the Group have provided
personal guarantees amounting to approximately $5,500,000 to secure
external loans and borrowings from financial institutions for the
Group.
Amount due to a director
During
the six-month periods ended on June 30, 2018 and 2017, a director
of the Company lent non-interest loans $1,796,834 and $0 for the
general operations of the Company. The loans are interest free, not
tradable, unsecured, and repayable on demand and by cash. The loan
balance were $9,181,051and 7,384,217 on June 30, 2018 and December
31, 2017, respectively.
Purchase of subsidiary from a director
SeD
Capital Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a sale
and purchase agreement on May 9, 2017 to purchase entire shares in
Hengfai Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (“HFAM”) amounting
to 100% of the issued and paid-up share capital of HFAM. The
consideration for the acquisition of HFAM is approximate
$441,780.
December 22, 2016,
the SeD Ltd acquired 74,015,730 shares representing 99.96% of the
outstanding shares of SeD Intelligent Home Inc, an Over-The-Counter
(“OTC”) company from Cloudbiz International Pte. Ltd.
(“Cloudbiz”) for a cash consideration of approximate
$68,000. Mr Chan Heng Fai, an Executive Director and the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, is the ultimate beneficial owner
of Cloudbiz.
Notes Payable
On
August 24, 2015, Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd.
(“HBD”), a substantial shareholder of the SeD Ltd and a
wholly-owned company by Mr. Chan Heng Fai, CEO, executive director
and a controlling shareholder of the Company, provided a loan with
$15 million credit limit to the Company. On September 30, 2015,
$10.5 million was drawn and used to finance the land purchase by a
subsidiary. The loan was unsecured, repayable upon demand and
interest-free. In 2016, this loan was assigned from a wholly owned
subsidiary of SeD Ltd to SeD Ltd with its maturity date extended to
December 31, 2017. On April 5, 2017, the entire HBD loan of $10.5
million was converted into 372,855,000 ordinary shares of SeD Ltd
at an issue price of approximately $0.03 per share and SeD Ltd also
issued 1,864,275,000 free detachable warrant at an exercise price
Singapore approximately $0.036 to HBD.
Management Fees
Black Oak LP is obligated under the Limited Partnership Agreement
(as amended) to pay a $6,500 per month management fee to Arete Real
Estate and Development Company (Arete), a related party through
common ownership and $2,000 per month to American Real Estate
Investments LLC (AREI), a related party through common ownership.
Arete is also entitled to a developer fee of 3% of all development
costs excluding certain costs. The fees are to be accrued until
$1,000,000 is received in revenue and/or builder deposits relating
to the Black Oak Project.
On December 31, 2017, the Company had $314,630 owed to Arete and
$48,000 to AREI in accounts payable and accrued
expenses.
On April 26, 2018, SeD Development USA, Arete and AREI reached an
agreement to terminate the terms related to management fees and
developer fees in the Limited Partnership Agreement. Per the terms
of the termination agreement, Black Oak LP owes Arete $300,000 and
AREI $30,000, which will remain outstanding until Black Oak LP has
obtained $4,000,000 from district reimbursement revenue. The
reduction of the accruals was offset against Real Estate on the
balance sheet.
SeD Maryland Development LLC was obligated under the terms of a
Project Development and Management Agreement with MacKenzie
Development Company LLC ("MacKenzie") and Cavalier Development
Group LLC ("Cavalier") (together, the Developers) to provide
various services for the development, construction and sale of the
Project. Mackenzie is partially owned by a family member of a
Director of a subsidiary of the Company. The developers were
entitled to certain fees based on time and performance related
milestones. The Company incurred fees with MacKenzie of $0 and
$48,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017,
respectively. These fees were capitalized as part of Real Estate on
the balance sheet. There were no amounts owed to this related party
at June 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017. On September 15, 2017,
MacKenzie assigned its rights and obligations under the Project
Development and Management Agreement to Adams-Aumiller Properties,
LLC.
MacKenzie Equity Partners, owned by a Charlie MacKenzie, a Director
of the Company, has a consulting agreement with the Company
since 2015. Per the current terms of the agreement, as
amended on January 1, 2018, the Company pays a monthly fee
of$15,000 with an additional $5,000 per month to be paid when the
property development cashflow milestones have been met. The Company
incurred expenses of $90,000 and $102,930 for the six months ended
June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which were capitalized as
part of Real Estate on the balance sheet as the services relate to
property and project management. There were no amounts owed to this
related party at June 30, 2018 or December 31,
2017.
Consulting Services
A
law firm, owned by Conn Flanigan, a Director of the Company,
performs consulting services for the Company. The Company incurred
expenses of $64,030 and $51,200 for the six months ended June 30,
2018 and 2017, respectively. On June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017, the Company owed this related party $8,000 and $17,730,
respectively
8.
INVESTMENTS
MEASURED BY FAIR VALUE
Financial
assets and liabilities are measured at fair value and the fair
value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value
into three levels:
Level
1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level
2: Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are
observable for the asset or liability either directly or
indirectly.
Level
3: unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
Practical Expedient – Investments for which fair value is
measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent). Due to
the inherent uncertainty of these estimates, these values may
differ materially from the values that would have been used had a
ready market for these investments existed. Investments that are
included in this category generally include private fund investment
structures without quoted prices.
The
following table shows the asset investments measured by fair value
with different levels on June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017:
June 30, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Stocks ( quoted)
|
$1,475,699
|
$-
|
$-
|
$1,475,699
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Investments
|
$-
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$50,000
|
|
$1,475,699
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$1,525,699
|
December 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Stocks ( quoted)
|
$3,736,016
|
$-
|
$-
|
$3,736,016
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Investments
|
$-
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$50,000
|
|
$3,736,016
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$3,786,016
|
Level
1
The
publicly trading stocks held by the Company.
Level 3
Other investments: $50,000 investment in the convertible promissory
note of Sharing Services, Inc (“Sharing Services”), a
company listed on US OTC market. The value of the convertible note
was estimated by the management same as the investment cost on June
30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.
In addition to the assets included in the table above, the Company
also holds an investment $290,885 and $316,740 in certain Mutual
Funds on June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. These
investments were valued by using the Practical
Expedient.
9.
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Commercial leases
The
Company has entered into commercial leases relating to the rental
of office premises. These leases have tenure of between one and
three years with a renewal option. The Company is restricted from
subleasing the office premises to third parties without prior
written consent of the landlord. Future minimum lease payments
under the operating lease at the end of the reporting period are as
follows:
As
of June 30, 2018:
2018
(Remaining)
|
142,464
|
2019
|
137,080
|
2020
|
96,924
|
After
2020
|
0
|
Total
|
$376,468
|
The
rents recognized as expenses in profit or loss for the six months
ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 were $136,358 and $151,962,
respectively
Lots Sales Agreement
In
November 2015, SeD Maryland Development LLC completed the $15.7
million acquisition of Ballenger Run, a 197-acre land sub-division
development located in Frederick County, Maryland. Previously, on
May 28, 2014, the RBG Family, LLC entered into the Assignable Real
Estate Sales Contract with NVR by which RBG Family, LLC would sell
the 197 acres for $15,000,000 to NVR. On December 10, 2014, NVR
assigned this contract to SeD Maryland Development, LLC in the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement and entered into a series of
Lot Purchase Agreements by which NVR would purchase 443 subdivided
residential lots from SeD Maryland Development, LLC.
Until June 30, 2018, NVR has purchased
92 lots.
On
February 19, 2018, SeD Maryland Development, LLC entered into a
contract to sell the Continuing Care Retirement Community Assisted
Independent Living parcel to Orchard Development Corporation. It
was agreed that the purchase price for the 5.9-acre lot would be
$2,900,000 with a $50,000 deposit. It was also agreed that Orchard
Development Corporation would have the right to terminate the
transaction during the feasibility study period, which would last
through May 30, 2018, and receive a refund of its deposit. On April
13, 2018, Orchard Development Corporation indicated that it would
not be proceeding with the purchase of the CCRC parcel. The Company
is seeking to find alternative purchasers for the CCRC
parcel.
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership,
entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and
Sale Agreement”) with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124
lots located at its Black Oak project. Through certain
subsidiaries, SeD Intelligent Home Inc. (the “Company”)
owns 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale
Agreement was subject to Houston LD, LLC completing due diligence
to its satisfaction. Houston LD, LLC was entitled to cancel or
terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement at any time during a
forty-five (45) day inspection period. By the mutual agreement of
the parties, such inspection period was extended. Houston LD, LLC
delivered a $50,000 deposit, followed by a second, $100,000
deposit.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000.
Following
the execution of the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale
Agreement, Houston LD, LLC has delivered an additional $100,000
deposit, bringing the aggregate earnest money deposit to $250,000.
Such deposit is non-refundable unless 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
defaults. Under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the
purchase of these lots was contemplated to occur within thirty (30)
days of the completion of this inspection period; under the Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, such closing is now
contemplated to occur within ten (10) days of the first to occur of
the following: (i) a sixty (60) day pre-closing period, which may
be extended for an additional thirty (30) days; or (ii) the
completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing remains
subject to certain closing conditions.
The SeD
Ltd and its subsidiaries have provided the following guarantees as
at the end of the reporting period:
-
The indemnities on
performance bonds for various projects were $109,000 and $109,000
at June 30, 2018 and in December 31, 2017;
-
On June 30, 2018
and December 31, 2017, total guarantees were $10,023,000 in
relation to $1.5 million corporate bonds issued by SeD Home
Limited, a subsidiary in Hong Kong, to non-related
parties.
11.
DIRECTORS
AND EMPLOYEES’ BENEFITS
Stock Option plans HFE
The
Company reserves 500,000 Shares under the Incentive Compensation
Plan for high-quality executives and other employees, officers,
directors, consultants and other persons who provide services to
the Company or its Related Entities by enabling such persons to
acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the Company in order
to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such persons and
the Company’s shareholders, and providing such persons with
performance incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the
creation of shareholder value. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31,
2017, there have been no options granted.
Stock Option plans SeD Ltd
SeD Ltd
approved a Stock Option Scheme on November 20, 2013. Employees,
Executive Directors, and Non-Executive Directors (including the
Independent Directors) are eligible to participate in the Scheme.
The subscription price of the option may be set at a price equal to
the average of the closing market prices over a period of five
consecutive market days immediately prior to the relevant date of
grant (“Market Price”) or at a discount of up to 50% of
Market Price. Options granted at Market Price may be exercised in
whole or in part after 12 months from the relevant date of grant
and options granted at a discount may only be exercised after 24
months from the relevant date of grant. All options expire after 5
years, from the date of grant, for Non-Executive Directors
(including independent directors) and 10 years for Executive
Directors and employees. Options shall be forfeited if the option
holder ceases to be an employee or director.
On June
30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the total number of outstanding
share options granted by the SeD Ltd to the directors was1,592,000.
In the six months ended on June 30, 2018, no share options were
issued or forfeited. The weighted average exercise prices
(“WAEP”) was $0.09 at June 30, 2018 and December 30,
2017. The fair value of the share options granted under the Scheme
is estimated at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option pricing
model, considering the terms and conditions upon which the share
options were granted.
Black Oak Reimbursement from District 17
On July
20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079 reimbursement from the
Harris County Improvement District 17 (“HC17”) for
previous construction costs incurred in the land development. Of
this amount, $1,650,000 will remain on deposit in the District's
Capital Projects Fund for the benefit of Black Oak LP and will be
released upon receipt of the evidence of the: (a) execution of a
purchase agreement between Black Oak LP and a home builder with
respect to the Black Oak development and (b) of the completion,
finishing and making ready for home construction of at least 105
unfinished lots in the Black Oak development.
Purchase of Minority Interest of Black Oak LP
On July
23, 2018, SeD Development USA, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, entered into two Partnership Interest Purchase
Agreements through which it purchased an aggregate of 31% of Black
Oak LP for total $60,000. Regarding the potential future
reimbursement proceeds, if and when Black Oak LP should receive at
least $15 million in net reimbursement receivable proceeds from
HC17 and/or Aqua Texas, Inc. (net of any expenses Harris County
Improvement District 17 and/or Aqua Texas, Inc. may deduct), Black
Oak LP shall pay Fogarty Family Trust II, one of two previous
partners of Black Oak LP, an amount equal to 10% of the net
reimbursement receivable proceeds received from HC17 and/or Aqua
Texas, Inc. that exceeds $15 million; provided however, this
obligation shall only apply to reimbursement revenue received on or
before December 31, 2025. Prior to the Partnership Interest
Purchase Agreements, the Company owned and controlled Black Oak LP
through its 68.5% limited partnership interest and its ownership of
the General Partner, 150 Black Oak GP, Inc, a 0.5% owner in Black
Oak LP. As a result of the purchase, the Company, through its
subsidiaries, now owns 100% of Black Oak LP.
Black Oak LP Paid off owed management and developer
fees
On April 26, 2018, SeD Development USA, Arete and AREI reached an
agreement to terminate the terms related to management fees and
developer fees
in the Limited Partnership Agreement. Per the terms of the
termination agreement, Black Oak LP owes Arete $300,000 and AREI
$30,000, which will
remain outstanding until Black Oak LP has obtained $4,000,000 from
district reimbursement revenue. The reduction of the accruals was
offset against
Real Estate on the balance sheet. On July 20, 2018, Black Oak LP
received $4,592,079 district reimbursement and all these accrued
fees were paid.
Ballenger multifamily lots sold
Pursuant to a lot purchase agreement dated July 20, 2016, SeD
Maryland Development, LLC (“SeD Maryland”), an entity
which SeD Intelligent Home Inc. (the “Company”)
currently owns 83.55% of through certain subsidiaries, agreed to
sell 210 multifamily units in the Company’s Ballenger Run
Project to Orchard Development Corporation (“Orchard”)
for a total purchase price of $5,250,000 with a closing date of
March 31, 2018.
Based on the agreement, Orchard was required to put $100,000 into a
third-party escrow account upon signing of the agreement and an
additional $150,000 upon completion of the feasibility study, which
occurred in November 2016.
Following certain extensions of the closing date and the payment of
additional deposits, on August 6, 2018, SeD Maryland and Orchard
closed this transaction and Orchard acquired the units described
above.
Transfer of interest in Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd to HF Enterprises Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of the ownership interest in Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai International”) was
transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of the HF Enterprises
Inc., to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8.5 million shares of
the Company. Hengfai International holds 100% of Hengfai Business
Development Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai Business Development”),
which holds 761,185,294 shares of SeD Ltd and 359,834,471 warrants.
Both Hengfai International and Hengfai Business Development are
holding companies without any business operations.
Transfer of interest in Heng Fai Enterprises
Pte. Ltd. to HF Enterprises
Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of the ownership interest in Heng Fai
Enterprises Pte. Ltd. (“Heng Fai Enterprises”) was
transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of HF Enterprises Inc.,
to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 500,000 shares of the
Company. Heng Fai Enterprises holds 2,480,000 shares (14.23%) of
Vivacitas Oncology Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company.
Heng Fai Enterprises is a holding company without any business
operations.
Transfer of interest in Global eHealth Limited to HF Enterprises
Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of Global eHealth Limited (“Global
eHealth”) was transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of
the Company, to the Company in exchange for one million shares of
the Company. There was no other consideration exchange in
conjunction with this transaction. Global eHealth holds 46,226,673
shares (20.05%) of Holista CollTech Limited, a public Australian
company that produces natural food ingredients. Global eHealth is a
holding company without any business operations.
Purchase and Sale Agreement with Houston LD, LLC
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership and
wholly owned subsidiary of SeD Intelligent Home Inc., entered into
a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and Sale
Agreement”) with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124 lots
located at its Black Oak project. Through certain subsidiaries, SeD
Intelligent Home Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HF Enterprises
Inc., owns 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
The
closing of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase and Sale
Agreement was subject to Houston LD, LLC completing due diligence
and inspection of the property to its satisfaction. Houston LD, LLC
was entitled to cancel or terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement
at any time during a forty-five (45) day inspection period. By the
mutual agreement of the parties, such inspection period was
extended. Houston LD, LLC delivered a $50,000 deposit, followed by
a second, $100,000 deposit.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000. Following the execution of
the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, Houston LD,
LLC has delivered an additional $100,000 deposit, bringing the
aggregate earnest money deposit to $250,000. Such deposit is
non-refundable unless 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. defaults. Under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the purchase of these
lots was contemplated to occur within thirty (30) days of the
completion of this inspection period; under the Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, such closing is now
contemplated to occur within ten (10) days of the first to occur of
the following: (i) a sixty (60) day pre-closing period, which may
be extended for an additional thirty (30) days; or (ii) the
completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing remains
subject to certain closing conditions.
Disposal of a subsidiary
In
October 2018, HotApps International Pte Ltd. (“HotApps
International”), a wholly owned subsidiary of HotApp
Blockchain Inc. (“HotApp Blockchain”), which is one of
the subsidiaries of the Company, entered into an Equity Purchase
Agreement with DSS Asia Limited (“DSS Asia”), a
subsidiary of DSS International Inc. (“DSS
International”), pursuant to which HotApps International
agreed to sell to all of the issued and outstanding shares of
Guangzhou HotApps Technology Ltd. (“Guangzhou
HotApps”), a subsidiary of HotApps International, to DSS Asia
for the consideration of $100,000. Such consideration shall
be paid in the form of a two-year, interest free, unsecured, demand
promissory note in the principal amount of $100,000. The
transaction is anticipated to be completed by December 31,
2018.
Mr. Fai
H. Chan, is the Acting Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the
Board of Directors of HotApp Blockchain. He is also the Chief
Executive Officer, Chairman and controlling shareholder of
Singapore eDevelopment Limited, the majority shareholder of HotApp
Blockchain. Mr. Chan is also the Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of DSS International and a significant shareholder and a
member of the Board of Document Security Systems Inc., which is the
sole owner of DSS International.
Lum Kan
Fai, a Member of Board of Directors of HotApp Blockchain, is also
an employee of DSS International.
Considering
the de minimis amount of this transaction (As of September 30,
2018, the total asset of Guangzhou HotApps was $17,690; total
revenue and loss from operation of Guangzhou HotApps in the 9
months ended on September 30, 2018 were $7,437 and $71,561.), we
did not adjust our financial statements to reflect this disposal as
discontinued operations.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Table of Contents
For Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
Independent
Auditor’s Report
|
F-24
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
F-25
|
Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive
Income
|
F-26
|
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholder’s Equity
|
F-27
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
F-28
|
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-29-48
|
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and
Stockholders
of HF Enterprises Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of HF Enterprises Inc, (the
Company) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related
statements of operations and comprehensive income,
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in
the two-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes
(collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our
opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31,
2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31,
2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the
Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a
public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required
to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with
the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
PCAOB.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to
perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding
of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our
audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of
material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those
risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
/s/ Rosenberg Rich Baker Berman, P.A.
We have
served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.
Somerset, New
Jersey
November 13,
2018
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
Current
Assets:
|
|
|
Cash
|
1,221,074
|
2,651,318
|
Restricted
Cash
|
2,695,705
|
2,667,795
|
Trade
Receivables, Net
|
1,161,158
|
193,382
|
Prepaid
Expenses
|
127,288
|
132,971
|
Inventory
|
63,853
|
-
|
Investment
Securities
|
3,736,016
|
756,890
|
Other
Investments
|
366,740
|
-
|
Deposits
|
23,603
|
23,603
|
Total
Current Assets
|
9,395,437
|
6,425,959
|
Real
Estate
|
|
|
Properties
under Development
|
$52,219,636
|
$49,813,387
|
Real
Estate Held For Sale
|
136,248
|
1,382,703
|
Total
Real Estate
|
52,355,884
|
51,196,090
|
|
|
|
Fixed
Assets, net
|
115,231
|
136,093
|
Total
Assets
|
$61,866,553
|
$57,758,142
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity:
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
$5,317,233
|
$4,575,492
|
Tenant
Security Deposits
|
2,625
|
5,175
|
Notes
Payable, Net of Debt Discount of $140,277 and $355,244
|
|
|
on
December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively
|
9,715,917
|
14,680,483
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
15,035,775
|
19,261,150
|
Long-Term
Liabilites:
|
|
|
Builder
Deposits
|
5,356,718
|
5,900,000
|
Taxation
Payable
|
-
|
558,937
|
Notes
Payable - Related Parties
|
7,384,217
|
10,518,745
|
Total
Liabilities
|
27,776,710
|
36,238,832
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, non
issued
|
-
|
-
|
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized;
10,001,000
|
|
|
shares
issued and outstanding
|
10,001
|
10,001
|
Additional
Paid In Capital
|
52,275,731
|
40,665,914
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
(29,384,481)
|
(28,543,742)
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive (Loss)Income
|
(370,488)
|
1,159,643
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
22,530,763
|
13,291,816
|
Non-controlling
Interests
|
11,559,079
|
8,227,494
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
34,089,843
|
21,519,310
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$61,866,553
|
$57,758,142
|
See accompanying notes to
consolidated financial statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive
Income
For the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
Property
Sales
|
$7,191,507
|
$800,000
|
Biohealth
Product Sales
|
2,990,514
|
-
|
Others
|
736,959
|
433,061
|
|
10,918,980
|
1,233,061
|
Operating
Expenses
|
|
|
Cost
of Sales
|
9,033,589
|
1,024,241
|
Marketing
|
456,129
|
-
|
General
and Administrative
|
6,093,239
|
4,280,021
|
Research
and Development
|
520,315
|
386,816
|
|
16,103,272
|
5,691,078
|
|
|
|
Loss
From Operations
|
(5,184,292)
|
(4,458,017)
|
|
|
|
Other
Income (Expense)
|
|
|
Interest
Income
|
25,894
|
32,836
|
Interest
Expense
|
(119,999)
|
(38,289)
|
Unrealized
Gain on Securities Investment- Related parties
|
2,838,713
|
-
|
Withholding
Tax Expenses
|
(454,441)
|
(792,008)
|
Foreign
Exchange Transaction Gainn (Loss)
|
129,060
|
(65,182)
|
Impairment
of Properties
|
-
|
(464,463)
|
Other
Income
|
277,127
|
610,389
|
Other
Expense
|
(115,178)
|
(578,308)
|
|
2,581,176
|
(1,295,025)
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss Before Income Taxes
|
(2,603,116)
|
(5,753,042)
|
|
|
|
Income
Tax Benefit (Expense)
|
588,659
|
(585,708)
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss from Continuing Operations
|
(2,014,457)
|
(6,338,750)
|
|
|
|
Income
from Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax
|
-
|
587,489
|
Net
Loss
|
(2,014,457)
|
(5,751,261)
|
|
|
|
Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net
|
|
|
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
(2,868,823)
|
594,768
|
Comprehensive
Loss
|
(4,883,280)
|
(5,156,493)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Attributable to Non-controlling Interests
|
(2,059,897)
|
(1,690,233)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Attributable to Common Stockholders
|
$(2,823,383)
|
$(3,466,260)
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted
|
|
|
Continuing
Operations
|
(0.28)
|
(0.39)
|
Discontinued
Operation
|
-
|
0.04
|
Net
Loss
|
(0.28)
|
(0.35)
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Common Shares Oustanding - Basic and Diluted
|
10,001,000
|
10,001,000
|
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For the Year December 31, 2016 through December 31,
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional Paid in Capital
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
|
|
Non-controlling Interests
|
Total Stockholders Equity
|
Balance
at December 31, 2016
|
-
|
-
|
10,001,000
|
$10,001
|
$40,665,914
|
$1,159,643
|
$(28,543,742)
|
$8,227,494
|
$21,519,310
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
3,217,969
|
|
|
1,438,331
|
4,656,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
Converted to Equity
|
|
|
|
|
7,709,914
|
|
|
3,446,089
|
11,156,003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee
Share Option Expense
|
|
|
|
|
(83,140)
|
|
|
(37,161)
|
(120,301)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Merger
Reserve
|
|
|
|
|
765,075
|
|
|
341,964
|
1,107,039
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
Currency Translations
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,530,131)
|
|
(683,920)
|
(2,214,051)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(840,739)
|
(1,173,718)
|
(2,014,457)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2017
|
|
|
10,001,000
|
$10,001
|
$52,275,731
|
$(370,488)
|
$(29,384,481)
|
$11,559,079
|
$34,089,843
|
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial
statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended December 31,2017 and 2016
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|
|
Net
Loss from Continuing Opeartions
|
$(2,014,457)
|
$(6,338,750)
|
Net
Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
|
-
|
587,489
|
Net
Loss
|
(2,014,457)
|
(5,751,261)
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
49,477
|
89,000
|
Amortization
of Debt Discount
|
50,153
|
-
|
Loss
and Impairment of PP&E
|
-
|
101,000
|
Impariment
of Properties
|
-
|
464,463
|
Adj
Bond Reserves for Claims -Discontinued Operation
|
-
|
(587,849)
|
Accrued
Tax Expense
|
454,441
|
792,008
|
Foreign
Exchange Transaction (Gian) Loss
|
(129,060)
|
65,182
|
Loss
on Early Redemption of Convertible Notes
|
-
|
283,631
|
Unrealized
(Gain) Loss on Investment Securities
|
(2,979,126)
|
10,857
|
Unrealized
Gain on Financial Asset
|
|
(27,000)
|
Gain
on Stock Sales - Related Party
|
-
|
(113,000)
|
Employee
Stock Option Expense
|
(120,301)
|
(89,335)
|
Merger
Reserves
|
1,107,039
|
|
Changes
in Operating Assets and Liabilities
|
|
|
Real
Estate
|
(834,836)
|
(10,769,478)
|
Trade
Receivables
|
(967,776)
|
44,647
|
Office
Deposit
|
-
|
(2,112)
|
Prepaid
Expense
|
5,683
|
16,286
|
Investment
Securities
|
-
|
(225,615)
|
Inventory
|
(63,853)
|
-
|
Accounts
Payable and Accrued Expenses
|
416,360
|
(2,603,568)
|
Tenant
Security Deposits
|
(2,550)
|
(5,725)
|
Accrued
Tax Expense
|
(558,937)
|
558,687
|
Builder
Deposits
|
(543,282)
|
-
|
Net
Cash Used In Continuing Operating Activities
|
(6,131,025)
|
(17,749,182)
|
Net
Cash Used In Discontinued Operating Activities
|
-
|
-
|
Net
Cash Used In Operating Activities
|
(6,131,025)
|
(17,749,182)
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|
|
Purchase
of Fixed Assets
|
(28,615)
|
(73,209)
|
Investment
in Stocks - Related Party
|
-
|
(287,000)
|
Proceeds
from Sale of Stocks - Related Party
|
-
|
604,000
|
Others
Investment
|
(366,740)
|
-
|
Net
Cash (Used in) Provided by Continuing Investing
Activities
|
(395,355)
|
243,791
|
Net
Cash (Used in) Provided by Discontinued Investing
Activities
|
-
|
-
|
Net
Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities
|
(395,355)
|
243,791
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|
|
Proceeds
from Issuance of Ordinary Shares
|
4,749,800
|
9,064,678
|
Share
Issuing Expenses
|
(93,500)
|
(248,000)
|
Proceeds
from Notes Payable
|
1,052,350
|
11,333,657
|
Repayments
of Note Payable
|
(6,282,027)
|
(5,396,000)
|
Financing
Fees Paid
|
(110,000)
|
(142,000)
|
Net
Proceeds from Notes Payable - Related Parties
|
8,021,475
|
-
|
Net
Cash Provided By Continuing Financing Activities
|
7,338,098
|
14,612,335
|
Net
Cash Provided By Discontinued Financing Activities
|
-
|
-
|
Net
Cash Provided By Financing Activities
|
7,338,098
|
14,612,335
|
|
|
|
Net
Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Restricted Cash
|
811,718
|
(2,893,056)
|
Effects
of Foreign Currency Translation on Cash
|
(2,214,051)
|
526,933
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash - Beginning of Years
|
5,319,113
|
7,685,236
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash- End of Years
|
$3,916,779
|
$5,319,113
|
|
|
|
Supplementary
Cash Flow Information
|
|
|
Cash
Paid For Interest
|
$1,113,228
|
$1,118,001
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Non-Cash Investing and Financing
Activities
|
|
|
Convert
Related Party Loan to Common Stock
|
$11,156,003
|
$-
|
Amortization
of Debt Discount Capitalized
|
$324,958
|
$608,125
|
See accompanying notes to
consolidated financial statements.
HF Enterprises Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
1.
NATURE
OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
POLICIES
Nature of Operations
HF
Enterprises Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in
the State of Delaware on March 7, 2018. HF Enterprises Inc. is a
diversified holding company principally engaged in property
development, digital transformation technology, biohealth and other
related business activities with operations in the United States,
Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Australia. The Company manages its
four principal businesses primarily through our 69.11% owned
subsidiary, Singapore eDevelopment Ltd. (“SeD Ltd”), a
public Singapore Stock Exchange traded company.
For
management purposes, the Company is organized into business units
based on their products and services, and has three operating
segments as follows:
(a)
Property
Development Business, which includes actively acting as a developer
for property projects and investing in property development
projects;
(b)
Digital
Transformation Technology which is committed to transforming old
businesses to reflect the new economics of business through
technologies in communications, data protection, blockchain,
ecommerce and digital solutions;
(c)
Biohealth business,
which is committed to both funding research and developing and
selling healthy products.
Basis of Presentation
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
The consolidated financial statements include all accounts of the
Company and its majority owned and controlled subsidiaries. The
Company consolidates entities in which it owns more than 50% of the
voting common stock and controls operations. All intercompany
transactions and balances among consolidated subsidiaries have been
eliminated.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of Hengfai International Pte. Ltd.
(“Hengfai International”) was transferred from Heng Fai
Chan, a director of the Company, to the Company by exchanging 8.5
million shares of the Company, a transaction (the
“Merger”) that only includes stock exchanges and does
not involve any other considerations. Hengfai International holds
100% of Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd. (Hengfai Business
Development”), which holds 761,185,294 shares of SeD Ltd and
359,834,471 warrants. Both Hengfai International and Hengfai
Business Development are holding companies without business
operations.
Both SeD Ltd and the Company are directly or indirectly controlled
by Fai Chan.
The determination of the accounting acquirer in this Merger was
based on a review of the pertinent facts and circumstances. The
identification of the acquiring entity in this instance is
subjective and was based on a number of factors outlined in ASC
805-10-55-12 and ASC 805-10-55-13, which are as
follows:
● the relative voting rights in the combined entity after the
business combination;
● the existence of a large minority voting interest in the
combined entity if no other owner or organized group of owners has
a significant voting interest;
● the composition of the governing board of directors of the
combined entity;
● the composition of the senior management of the combined
entity;
● the terms of the exchange of equity interests;
● the relative size of each entity;
● which party initiated the transaction; and
● other qualitative factors.
After consideration of the factors outlined above, it was
determined that SeD Ltd was the accounting acquirer in this
transaction based on the following:
● Until the Closing, the Company had no business operations.
The relative size of the entities (e.g. revenues, assets, debts and
equities) indicated that SeD Ltd was more significant, leading to
the conclusion that this criterion favored SeD Ltd as the
accounting acquirer.
● Immediately following the Merger, the Chairman of SeD
Ltd’s board, Fai Chan, is still the chairman of the
Company’s board, leading to the conclusion that this
criterion favored SeD Ltd as the accounting
acquirer.
● Immediately following the consummation of the Merger, SeD
Ltd management team members comprised all of the senior management
positions of the combined company.
Since SeD Ltd is the acquiring entity for accounting purposes, the
financial statements for all periods up to and including the
October 1, 2018 Merger date are the financial statements of the
entity that is now our subsidiary, SeD Ltd. The financial
statements for all periods subsequent to the October 1, 2018 Merger
date are the consolidated financial statements of the Company and
SeD Home.
Principles of Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements comprise the financial statements
of the Company and its subsidiaries at the end of the reporting
period. The financial statements of the subsidiaries used in the
preparation of the consolidated financial statements are prepared
for the same reporting date as the Company. Consistent accounting
policies are applied to like transactions and events in similar
circumstances.
All
intercompany balances, income and expenses and unrealized gains and
losses resulting from intra-group transactions and dividends are
eliminated in full.
Non-controlling interests
Non-controlling
interests represents the equity in subsidiary not attributable,
directly or indirectly, to owners of the Company, and are presented
separately in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income, and within equity in the consolidated balance
sheets, separately from equity attributable to owners of the
Company.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate non-controlling interests
in the Company were $11,559,079 and $8,227,494, respectively, which
is separately disclosed on the Consolidated Balance
Sheets.
Investments
Equity method investments - We use the equity method to account for
investments in companies over which we have the ability to exercise
significant influence, but not control, over operating and
financial policies of the investee. Under
the equity method of
accounting, the investment is initially recorded at cost, then the
Company’s proportional share of investee’s underlying
net income or loss is recorded as a component of “other
income” with a corresponding increase or decrease to the
carrying value of the investment. Distributions received from the
investee reduce the Company’s carrying value of the
investment. These investments are evaluated for impairment if
events or circumstances arise that indicate that the carrying
amount of such assets may not be recoverable. No impairment was
recognized for the Company’s equity method investment during
the years presented. Judgment regarding the level of influence over
each equity method investment includes considering key factors such
as our ownership interest, representation on the board of
directors, participation in policy-making decisions and material
intercompany transactions.
Cost method investments – We use cost method to account for
investments which the Company has little or no influence over the
investee. Our cost method investments are reported at cost and are
included in other assets. Dividend income received, if any, is
reported in other income. Our cost method investments are assessed
for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate
that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.
Fair value Method investments – We use fair value method to
account for investment in marketable equity, usually holding less
than 20% common shares of the investee, if the investment has
little or no influence over the investee. These investments are
free of trading restrictions as “available-for-sale”
and carried at fair value based on quoted market prices or other
readily available market information. Both realized and unrealized
gains or losses are recognized as other income or expense in the
consolidated statements of operations.
Use of Estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial
statements. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Financial Instruments
The
Company adopted ASU 2016-01 and ASU 2018-03 to address the
recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial
instruments. As a result of the adoption of this guidance the
change in the fair value of the Company’s equity investments
is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations rather
than the consolidated statements of comprehensive
income.
The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the
instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between
willing parties, other than in a forced sale or liquidation. The
carrying amount of the Company’s short-term financial
instruments approximates fair value due to the relatively short
period to maturity for these instruments.
If
the market for a financial instrument is not active, the Company
establishes fair value by using valuation techniques. These include
the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to
other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash
flow analysis, and option pricing models, making maximum use of
market inputs. Where fair value of unquoted instruments cannot be
measured reliably, fair value is determined by the transaction
price.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of
three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash
equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and at
bank and short-term deposits with financial institutions that are
readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an
insignificant risk of changes in values.
Restricted Cash
As a
condition to the loan agreement with The Union Bank, the Company is
required to maintain a minimum of $2,600,000 in an interest-bearing
account maintained by the lender as additional security for the
loans. The funds will remain as collateral for the loans until the
loans are paid off in full.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, cash and cash equivalents $30,000 and
$80,000 held in People’s Republic of China were subject to
local exchange control regulations. These regulations place
restriction on the amount of currency being exported other than
through dividends.
Trade and Other Receivables, Net
Trade
and other receivables include all receivables from buyers,
contractors and all third parties. The allowance for doubtful
accounts represents an estimate of the losses expected to be
incurred. Different segments in the Company have different
accounting policy to decide their allowance. Generally, the amount
of allowance is primarily decided by management’s historical
experiences, the delinquency trends, the resolution rates, the
aging of receivables, the credit quality indicators and financial
health of specific customers. We consider all available information
in our monthly assessments of the adequacy of the allowance for
doubtful accounts.
Property, Equipment and Depreciation
Property
and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and
accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is recognized
from the date that the property, plant and equipment are installed
and are ready to use.
Depreciation
is computed utilizing the straight-line method over their estimated
useful lives as follows:
Office
and computer equipment
|
3 - 5
years
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
3 - 5
years
|
Vehicles
|
10
years
|
The
cost of property and equipment includes expenditures that are
directly attributable to the acquisition of the items.
Dismantlement, removal or restoration costs are included as part of
the cost of property, plant and equipment if the obligation for
dismantlement, removal or restoration is incurred as a consequence
of acquiring or using the asset.
Subsequent
expenditure relating to property and equipment that have been
recognized is added to the carrying amount of the asset when it is
probable that future economic benefits, in excess of the standard
of performance of the asset before the expenditure was made, will
flow to the Company and the cost can be reliably measured. Other
subsequent expenditures are recognized as expense during the
financial year in which they are incurred.
Depreciation
methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed, and
adjusted as appropriate, at end of each reporting period as a
change in estimates.
Upon
disposal, the difference between the proceeds and its carrying
amount is recognized in profit or loss.
Real Estate Assets
Real
estate assets are recorded at cost, except when real estate assets
are acquired that meet the definition of a business combination in
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) ASC 805, “Business Combinations,”
which acquired assets are recorded at fair value. Interest,
property taxes, insurance and other incremental costs (including
salaries) directly related to a project are capitalized during the
construction period of major facilities and land improvements. The
capitalization period begins when activities to develop the parcel
commence and ends when the asset constructed is completed. The
capitalized costs are recorded as part of the asset to which they
relate and are reduced when lots are sold.
Properties held for sale
Properties
for sale are acquired with the intention for sale in the ordinary
course of business and are stated at the lower of cost or net
realizable value. Related acquisition expense, interest and other
related expenditure are capitalized as part of the cost of
properties for sale. Net realizable value represents the estimated
selling price less costs to be incurred in selling the
property.
A
property is classified as “held for sale” when all of
the following criteria for a plan of sale have been
met:
(1)
management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to
a plan to sell the property. (2) the property is available for
immediate sale in its present condition, subject only to terms that
are usual and customary. (3) an active program to locate a buyer
and other actions required to complete the plan to sell, have been
initiated. (4) the sale of the property is probable and is expected
to be completed within one year or the property is under a contract
to be sold. (5) the property is being actively marketed for sale at
a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value.
and (6) actions necessary to complete the plan of sale indicate
that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be
made or that the plan will be withdrawn. When all of these criteria
have been met, the property is classified as “held for
sale”. “Real estate held for sale” includes El
Tesoro project $136,248 on December 31, 2017 and El Tesoro project
and D street project $1,382,703 on December 31, 2016.
Through
December 31, 2017, it was the Company’s policy to obtain an
independent third-party valuation for each project to test for
impairment. In addition to our annual assessment of potential
triggering events in accordance with ASC 360, the Company applies a
fair value based impairment test to the net book value assets on an
annual basis and on an interim basis if certain events or
circumstances indicate that an impairment loss may have
occurred.
During
the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were $0 and
$494,281 impairment recognized, respectively.
Properties
under development
Properties
under development are properties being constructed for sale in the
ordinary course of business, rather than to be held for the
Company’s own use, rental or capital
appreciation.
The
costs of properties under development recognized in profit or loss
on disposal are determined with reference to the specific costs
incurred on the property sold and an allocation of any non-specific
costs based on the relative size of the property sold.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is
determined using the first-in, first-out method and includes all
costs in bringing the inventories to their present location and
condition. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in
the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs necessary
to make the sale.
Earnings per share
The
Company presents basic and diluted earnings per share data for its
ordinary shares. Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing
the profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of the
Company by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the year, adjusted for treasury shares held by
the Company. The Company has 20,000,000 shares common stock and
5,000,000 shares preferred stock authorized, both with a par value
of $0.001 per share.
Diluted
earnings per share is determined by adjusting the profit or loss
attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted-average
number of ordinary shares outstanding, adjusted for own shares
held, for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares,
which comprise convertible securities, such as stock options,
convertible bonds and warrants. Due to the limited operations of
the Company, there are on potentially dilutive securities
outstanding on December 31, 2017 and 2016.
Trade and other payables
Trade
and other payables are non-interest bearing and are normally
settled on 30-day terms. Based on the short term nature of these
liabilities, the carrying value of trade payables and other
payables approximates their fair value on December 31, 2017 and
2016.
Leases
Where
the Company is the lessee, operating leases are office
premises’ leases where a significant portion of the risks and
rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor. Payments made
under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a
straight-line basis over the term of the leases. Lease incentives,
if any, are recognized as an integral part of the net consideration
agreed for the use of the leased asset.
Employee benefits
Short-term employee
benefits
Short-term employee
benefit obligations are measured on an undiscounted basis and are
expensed as the related service is provided. A liability is
recognized for the amount expected to be paid under short-term cash
bonus if the company has a present legal or constructive obligation
to pay this amount as a result of past service provided by the
employee, and the obligation can be estimated
reliably.
Employee and
director share option plans
Certain
employees and directors of the Company receive compensation in the
form of share options as consideration for services rendered. The
cost of these equity-settled share-based payment transactions with
employees is measured by reference to the fair value of the options
at the date on which the options are granted which considers market
conditions and non-vesting conditions. This cost is recognized in
profit or loss, with a corresponding increase in the employee share
option reserve, over the vesting period. The employee share option
reserve is transferred to retained earnings upon expiry or
forfeiture of the share option.
The
cumulative expense recognized at each reporting date until the
vesting date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has
expired and the Company’s best estimate of the number of
options that will ultimately vest. The charge or credit to profit
or loss for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense
recognized as at the beginning and end of that period and is
recognized in general and administrative expense on December 31,
2017 and December 31, 2016.
Foreign currency
Functional
and presentation currency
Items
included in the financial statements of each entity in the Company
are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment
in which the entity operates (“functional currency”).
The financial statements of the Company are presented in US dollar,
which is also the functional currency of the Company.
Conversion
of foreign currencies
In
preparing the financial statements of the individual entities,
transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional
currency (foreign currencies) are recognized at the rates of
exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions.
At the
end of the reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign
currencies are retranslated at the exchange rates prevailing at
that date.
Currency
translation differences resulting from the settlement of such
transactions and from the translation of monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the closing
exchange rates at the balance sheet date are recognized in other
comprehensive income. Currency translation differences that arise
from borrowings in foreign currencies and other currency
instruments designated and qualifying as net investment hedges and
net investment in foreign operations are recognized in other
comprehensive income and accumulated in the foreign currency
translation reserve in the consolidated financial statements and
transferred to profit or loss as part of the gain or loss on
disposal of the foreign operation.
Non-monetary
items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign
currencies are retranslated at the exchange rates prevailing at the
date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that
are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are
not retranslated.
Translation of consolidated entities’ financial
statements
The
results and financial position of all the entities (none of which
has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a
functional currency different from the presentation currency are
translated into the presentation currency as follows:
●
Assets and
liabilities are translated at the closing exchange rates at the end
of the reporting period;
●
Income and expenses
for each statement presenting profit and loss and other
comprehensive income (i.e. including comparatives) shall be
translated at exchange rates at the dates of the transactions;
and
●
All resulting
exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income
and accumulated in the foreign currency translation
reserve.
Revenue Recognition and Cost of Sales
The
following represents a disaggregation of the company’s
revenue recognition policies by Segments:
Real
Estate
Rental
Income
The
Company leased units to customers in 2017. The Company and customer
enter into a lease agreement with set pricing and length. The lease
usually is one year and rental price is set by considering local
market price. The Company's obligation is to provide the property
for lease during the term. Revenue is recognized over the life of
the lease.
Property
Sales
The
Company's main business is land development. The Company purchases
land and develops it into residential communities. The developed
lots are sold to builders (customers) for the construction of new
homes. The builders sign sales contract with the Company before
they take the lots. The prices and timeline are settled in the
contract. The builders do the inspections to make sure all
conditions/requirements in contracts are met before taking the
lots. The Company recognizes revenue when lots are transferred to
the builders (HUDs are executed) and ownerships are changed at the
time.
Cost
of Sales of properties
Land
acquisition costs are allocated to each lot based on the size of
the lot comparing to the total size of all lots in the project.
Development costs and capitalized interest are allocated to lots
sold based on the total expected development and interest costs of
the completed project and allocating a percentage of those costs
based on the selling price of the sold lot compared to the expected
sales values of all lots in the project.
Biomedical
Product
Direct Sales
The
Company’s current revenues from biomedical business are
through direct sales of biomedical products. Revenue on product
sales is recognized upon shipment to the customer when risk of loss
and title transfer to the customer and all other conditions
required by GAAP, as promulgated by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)
Section 605 Revenue Recognition, have been satisfied
Information
Technology
Software
Development Income
Revenue
is recognized under contract accounting due to the significant
software production required, and the percentage-of-completion
method was used in accordance with ASC 605-35. The Company was
recognizing the percentage-of-completion based on input measures
that measured directly from cost incurred, and management reviews
progress-to-completion.
Income Taxes
USA
Income Taxes
Income
tax expense represents the sum of the income tax currently payable
and deferred income tax.
Income
tax for current and prior periods is recognized at the amount
expected to be paid to or recovered from the tax authorities, using
the tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantially
enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred
income tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on
temporary differences at the balance sheet date between the tax
bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the
financial statements.
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are recognized for all temporary
differences, except:
-
Where the deferred
tax arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in
a transaction that is not a business combination and, at the time
of the transaction affects neither the accounting profit nor
taxable profit or loss.
-
In respect of
temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries,
where the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can
be controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary
differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future;
and
-
In respect of
deductible temporary differences and carry-forward of unutilized
tax losses, if it is not probable that taxable profits will be
available against which those deductible temporary differences and
carry-forward of unutilized tax losses can be
utilized.
The
carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each balance
sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable
that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or
part of the deferred tax asset to be utilized. Unrecognized
deferred tax assets are reassessed at each balance sheet date and
are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that
future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be
utilized.
Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are
expected to apply to the year when the asset is realized or the
liability is settled, based on tax rates and tax laws that have
been enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet
date.
Current
and deferred income tax are recognized as income or expense in the
profit or loss, except to the extent that the tax arises from a
business combination or a transaction which is recognized either in
other comprehensive income or directly in equity. Deferred tax
arising from a business combination is adjusted against goodwill on
acquisition.
Deferred tax assets
and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right
to offset current tax liabilities and assets and they relate to
income taxes levied by the same tax authorities on the same taxable
entity, or on different tax entities, provided they intend to
settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or their
tax assets and liabilities will be realized
simultaneously.
Deferred
income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the
estimated future tax effects of net operating loss and credit
carry-forwards and temporary differences between the tax basis of
assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting
amounts measured at the current enacted tax rates. The differences
relate primarily to net operating loss carryforward from date of
acquisition and to the use of the cash basis of accounting for
income tax purposes. The Company records an estimated valuation
allowance on its deferred income tax assets if it is more likely
than not that these deferred income tax assets will not be
realized.
The
Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position
only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be
sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the
technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in
the consolidated financial statements from such a position are
measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50%
likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company
has not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits.
The
Company’s tax returns for 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 remain
open to examination.
Income
Taxes in other countries
Significant
judgement is involved in determining the income taxes mainly in
Singapore. There are certain transactions and computations for
which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain during the
ordinary course of business. The company recognizes liabilities for
expected tax issue based on estimates of whether additional taxes
will be due. Where the final tax outcome of these matters is
different from the amounts that were initially recognized, such
differences will impact the income tax and deferred tax provisions
in the period in which such determination is made.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In
November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows
(Topic 230): Restricted Cash (ASU 2016-18), which requires that
restricted cash and cash equivalents be included as components of
total cash and cash equivalents as presented on the statement of
cash flows. ASU 2016-18 was effective for fiscal years, and interim
periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and a
retrospective transition method is required. This guidance did not
impact financial results, but resulted in a change in the
presentation of restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents
within the statement of cash flows. The Company adopted this
guidance in the 2017 and 2016 Consolidated Statement of Cash
Flows.
On Feb.
25, 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) released
Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic
842) (the Update). The new leasing standard presents dramatic
changes to the balance sheets of lessees. Lessor
accounting is updated to align with certain changes in the
lessee model and the new revenue recognition standard. The Company
is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on the
Consolidated Financial Statements.
In
January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01 that amended
existing guidance to address certain aspects of recognition,
measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments.
The new guidance requires equity investments (except those
accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that
result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair
value with changes in fair value recognized in results of
operations. Additionally, certain disclosure requirements and other
aspects of accounting for financial instruments changed as a result
of the new guidance. In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU
2018-03 that included technical corrections and improvements to ASU
2016-01. The Company adopted the guidance in recognizing and
presenting the changes of fair value of the financial instruments.
The change in the fair value of the Company’s equity
investments is recognized in the condensed consolidated statements
of income rather than the condensed consolidated statements of
comprehensive income.
In May
2014, the FASB issued accounting standard update
(“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with
Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU 2014-09”). The
standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize
revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers
in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company
expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In
doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more
estimates than under previous guidance. This may include
identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the
amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction
price and allocating the transaction price to each separate
performance obligation. In July 2015, the FASB approved the
proposal to defer the effective date of ASU 2014-09 standard by one
year. Early adoption was permitted after December 15, 2016, and the
standard became effective for public entities for annual reporting
periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods
therein. In 2016, the FASB issued final amendments to clarify the
implementation guidance for principal versus agent considerations
(ASU No. 2016-08), accounting for licenses of intellectual property
and identifying performance obligations (ASU No. 2016-10),
narrow-scope improvements and practical expedients (ASU No.
2016-12) and technical corrections and improvements to ASU 2014-09
(ASU No. 2016-20) in its new revenue standard. The Company has
performed a review of the requirements of the new revenue standard
and is monitoring the activity of the FASB and the transition
resource group as it relates to specific interpretive guidance. The
Company reviewed customer contracts, applied the five-step model of
the new standard to its contracts, and compared the results to its
current accounting practices. Based on its analysis, the Company
concluded that the adoption of this standard had a material effect
on its financial statements.
Subsequent Events
The
Company evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to
December 31, 2017, the balance sheet date, through November 9,
2018, the date the consolidated financial statements were available
to be issued.
2.
CONCENTRATION
OF CREDIT RISK
The
Company maintains cash balances at various financial institutions
in different countries. These balances are usually secured by the
central banks’ insurance companies. At times, these balances
may exceed the insurance limits. At December 31, 2017 and 2016,
uninsured cash balances were $2,942,020 and $4,525,695
respectively.
NVR
Inc. (“NVR”), a NYSE publicly listed US homebuilding
and mortgage company, is the only purchaser of 443 residential lots
of Ballenger project. During 2017, $5.7 million revenue of lot
sales from NVR. On December 31, 2017, $523,043 of trade receivables
are from NVR.
The
company is organized into three business segments: Property
Development, Digital Transformation Technology and Biohealth
Business. The Company’s reportable segments are determined
based on the services they perform and the products they sell, not
on the geographic area in which they operate. The Company’s
chief operating decision maker evaluates segment performance based
on segment revenue. Costs excluded from segment income (loss)
before taxes and reported as “Other” consist of
corporate general and administrative activities which are not
allocable to the three reportable segments.
On May
21, 2014, after the disposal of the construction business held
under CCM Industrial Pte Ltd (“CIPL”), a former
subsidiary of the Company, the Company discontinued the
construction business in Singapore. The disposal of CIPL qualified
as a discontinued operation of the Company and accordingly, the
Company has excluded results of operations of CIPL from its
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss to present this
business in discontinued operations. During 2017 and 2016, there
are no revenue and operation expenses for discontinued business and
Gross Margin and Operation Incomes are both $0.
The
following table reflects the selected data of operations in year
2017 and 2016 and data from balance sheet on December 31, 2017 and
2016, respectively.
|
|
Digital Transformation Technology
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$7,279,945
|
$113,057
|
$2,990,514
|
$535,464
|
$10,918,980
|
Cost
of Sales
|
(6,724,326)
|
(81,516)
|
(2,227,591)
|
(156)
|
(9,033,589)
|
Gross
Margin
|
555,619
|
31,541
|
762,923
|
535,308
|
1,885,391
|
Operating
Expenses
|
(861,091)
|
(631,130)
|
(2,407,729)
|
(3,169,733)
|
(7,069,683)
|
Operating
Loss
|
(305,472)
|
(599,589)
|
(1,644,806)
|
(2,634,425)
|
(5,184,292)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
$1,030,058
|
$151,427
|
$-
|
$51,576
|
$1,233,061
|
Cost
of Sales
|
(941,116)
|
(55,202)
|
-
|
(27,923)
|
(1,024,241)
|
Gross
Margin
|
88,942
|
96,225
|
-
|
23,653
|
208,820
|
Operating
Expenses
|
(1,237,391)
|
(1,025,153)
|
|
(2,404,293)
|
(4,666,837)
|
Operating
Loss
|
(1,148,449)
|
(928,928)
|
|
(2,380,640)
|
(4,458,017)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash
|
$3,055,188
|
$124,739
|
$213,418
|
$523,434
|
$3,916,779
|
Total
Assets
|
56,020,612
|
171,002
|
644,287
|
5,030,652
|
61,866,553
|
Notes
payable - Net of Det Discounts
|
8,306,897
|
-
|
-
|
1,409,020
|
9,715,917
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Restricted Cash
|
$3,071,191
|
$102,777
|
$-
|
$2,145,145
|
$5,319,113
|
Total
Assets
|
54,446,914
|
154,919
|
-
|
3,156,309
|
57,758,142
|
Notes
payable - Net of Det Discounts
|
13,312,616
|
|
|
1,367,867
|
14,680,483
|
4.
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
|
Vehicles
|
$96,492
|
$97,389
|
Computer
Equipment
|
204,952
|
171,294
|
Furniture
and Fixtures
|
34,408
|
27,628
|
|
335,852
|
296,310
|
Accumulated
Depreciation
|
(220,621)
|
(160,218)
|
|
$115,231
|
$136,093
|
In
November 2015, SeD Maryland Development, LLC ("Maryland") entered
into lot purchase agreements with NVR relating to the sale of
single-family home and townhome lots to NVR in the Ballenger Run
Project. Based on the agreements, NVR is entitled to purchase 443
lots for a price of approximately $5.6 million, which escalates 3%
annually after June 1, 2018.
As part
of the agreements, NVR provided was required to give a deposit in
the amount of $5,600,000. Upon the sale of lots to NVR, 9.9% of the
purchase price is taken as repaid back of the deposit. A violation
of the agreements by NVR would cause NVR to forfeit the deposit. On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were $5,056,718 and $5,600,000
outstanding, respectively.
Black
Oak LP received a deposit of $300,000 from Lexington 26 LP
(Colina), a building company located in Texas. In February 2018,
the deposit $300,000 was refunded to Colina since both sides agreed
to the changed development plan.
Revere Loan
On
October 7, 2015, Black Oak LP entered into a note for $6,000,000,
bearing interest at 13%, with a maturity date of October 7, 2016
with Revere High Yield Fund, LP ("Revere"). In connection with the
loan, Black Oak LP incurred origination and closing fees of
$524,233, which were recorded as debt discount and are amortized
over the life of the loan. The loan is secured by a deed of trust
on the property and a Limited Guarantee Agreement with related
parties of the Company. On October 1, 2016, the loan was extended
to April 1, 2017 for fees of $109,285. These fees were recorded as
a debt discount under debt modification accounting are amortized
over the extension period. On April 1, 2017, the loan was again
extended until October 1, 2017 for a fee of $110,000. These fees
were recorded as a debt discount under debt modification accounting
and were amortized over the extension period. As of October 1,
2017, the loan was fully repaid and there is no outstanding
principal or unamortized debt discount.
Union Bank Loan
On
November 23, 2015, SeD Maryland Development LLC entered into a
Revolving Credit Note with The Union Bank in the original principal
amount of $8,000,000. During the term of the loan, cumulative loan
advances may not exceed $26,000,000. The line of credit bears
interest at LIBOR plus 3.8% with a floor rate of 4.5%. The interest
rate at December 31, 2017 was 5.19%. On December 31, 2017 and 2016,
the principal balance was $8,272,297 and $7,219,947, respectively.
As part of the transaction, the Company incurred loan origination
fees and closing fees, totaling $480,947, which were recorded as
debt discount and are amortized over the life of the loan. The
unamortized debt discounts were $140,277 and $300,592 at December
31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Beginning
December 1, 2015, interest only payments are due on the outstanding
principal balance. The entire unpaid principal and interest sum is
due and payable on November 22, 2018, with the option of one
twelve-month extension period. The loan is secured by a deed of
trust on the property, $2,600,000 of collateral cash, and a Limited
Guaranty Agreement with SeD Ballenger. The Company also has an
$800,000 letter of credit from the Union Bank. The letter of credit
is due on November 22, 2018 and bears interest at 15%. In September
2017, Maryland Development LLC and the Union Bank modified the
Revolving Credit Note, which increased the original principal
amount from $8,000,000 to $11,000,000 and extended the maturity
date of the loan and letter of credit to December 31,
2019.
Australia Loan
SeD
Perth Pty Ltd borrowed approximate $174,877 loan for land
development, which is secured by the land under development as well
as a pledged deposit approximate $39,000. This loan is denominated
in AUD and is guaranteed by one of the directors of SeD Perth Pty
Ltd. The interest rate is based on the weighted average interest
rates applicable to each of the Business Markets Facility
Components which ranges from 5.55% to 6.06% (2016 – 5.46% to
5.90%) per annum. The loan was repayable on January 4, 2017 but was
extended until December 31, 2018.
Private Investor Loan
On
November 29, 2016 SeD Home Ltd entered into three $500,000 bonds
for a total of $1.5 million that are to incur annual interest at
eight percent and the principal shall be paid in full on November
29, 2019. SeD Home agreed to guarantee the payment obligations of
these bonds. Further, at the maturity date, the bondholders have
the right to propose to acquire a property built by SeD Home, and
SeD will facilitate that transaction. The proposed acquisition
purchase price would be at SeD Home's cost. If the cost price is
more than $1.5 million, the proposed acquirers would pay the
difference, and if the cost price is below $1.5 million, the SeD
Home Ltd would pay the difference in cash.
7.
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Personal guarantees by directors
On
December 31, 2017, certain directors of the Group have provided
personal guarantees amounting to approximately $5,500,000 to secure
external loans and borrowings from financial institutions for the
Group.
Amount due to a director
During
the years ended on December 31, 2017 and 2016, a director of the
Company lent non-interest loansof $7,384,217 and $10,518,745,
respectively, for the general operations of the Company. The loans
are interest free, not tradable, unsecured, and repayable on demand
and by cash.
Purchase of subsidiary from a director
SeD
Capital Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a sale
and purchase agreement on May 9, 2017 to purchase entire shares in
Hengfai Asset Management Pte. Ltd. (“HFAM”) amounting
to 100% of the issued and paid-up share capital of HFAM. The
consideration for the acquisition of HFAM is approximate
$441,780.
December 22, 2016,
the SeD Ltd acquired 74,015,730 shares representing 99.96% of the
outstanding shares of SeD Intelligent Home Inc, an Over-The-Counter
(“OTC”) company from Cloudbiz International Pte. Ltd.
(“Cloudbiz”) for a cash consideration of approximate
$68,000. Mr Chan Heng Fai, an Executive Director and the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, is the ultimate beneficial owner
of Cloudbiz.
Convertible notes
On
February 21, 2014, a subsidiary of the Company, Singapore
Construction & Development Pte. Ltd. (“SCD”) issued
20 convertible notes $175,000 each and total $3.5 million. These
convertible notes carry an interest rate of 18% per annum which is
payable to the note holders at each anniversary date.
Unless
converted into the SeD Ltd’s ordinary shares or converted
into SCD’s ordinary shares at the holder’s option at
the rate of $0.04 per share, subject to anti-dilution and
adjustment provisions, the holder of each convertible note has the
right to require SCD to redeem the convertible note on February 2,
2017 at 106% of the principal amount. The convertible notes are
callable at the option of SCD at the first or second anniversary of
the issue date, at 102% and 104% of the principal amount
respectively.
The
convertible notes comprise a straight bond component and a
derivative liability component. The fair value of the derivative
liability component is calculated using the binomial model
incorporating market observable parameters at the date of issue and
as at the end of the reporting period.
On May
19, 2016 (Redemption date), SCD early exercised their option to
redeem the convertible notes at 104% of the principal amount, and
entered into an agreement with the note holders to fully redeem the
notes. Approximate $3 million principal of convertible notes held
by two of directors (one was resigned in 2016), were fully
redeemed. SCD paid an early redemption premium $117,000 and
interest $651,000.
The
fair value of the derivative liability component on the Redemption
date was $413,280. Accordingly, a net fair value gain $336,559 on
derivative liability was recognized as Other Income and a loss
$283,631 on early redemption of convertible notes were recognized
as Other Expenses in the Statement of Operations and Other
Comprehensive Income on the Redemption date.
See
following assumptions in calculation of the fair value of
convertible notes using binomial model.
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|
|
|
Risk-Free
Interest Rate
|
1.02%
|
Expected
Remaining Term
|
0.759 years
|
Expected
Volatility
|
110.85%
|
Dividend
Yield
|
-%
|
Notes Payable
On
August 24, 2015, Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd.
(“HBD”), a substantial shareholder of the SeD Ltd and a
wholly-owned company by Mr. Chan Heng Fai, CEO, executive director
and a controlling shareholder of the Company, provided a loan with
$15 million credit limit to the Company. On September 30, 2015,
$10.5 million was drawn and used to finance the land purchase by a
subsidiary. The loan was unsecured, repayable upon demand and
interest-free. In 2016, this loan was assigned from a wholly owned
subsidiary of SeD Ltd to SeD Ltd with its maturity date extended to
December 31, 2017. On April 5, 2017, the entire HBD loan of $10.5
million was converted into 372,855,000 ordinary shares of SeD Ltd
at an issue price of approximately $0.03 per share and SeD Ltd also
issued 1,864,275,000 free detachable warrant at an exercise price
approximately $0.036 to HBD.
Management Fees
Black
Oak LP is obligated under the Limited Partnership Agreement (as
amended) to pay a $6,500 per month management fee to Arete Real
Estate and Development Company (Arete), a related party through
common ownership and $2,000 per month to American Real Estate
Investments LLC (AREI), a related party through common ownership.
Arete is also entitled to a developer fee of 3% of all development
costs excluding certain costs. The fees are to be accrued until
$1,000,000 is received in revenue and/or builder deposits relating
to the Black Oak Project.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $314,630 and $103,700
owed to Arete in accounts payable and accrued
expenses.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had $48,000 and $24,000
owed to AREI in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
SeD
Maryland Development LLC was obligated under the terms of a Project
Development and Management Agreement with MacKenzie Development
Company LLC ("MacKenzie") and Cavalier Development Group LLC
("Cavalier") (together, the Developers) to provide various services
for the development, construction and sale of the Project.
Mackenzie is partially owned by a family member of a Director of
the Company. The developers were entitled to certain fees based on
time and performance related milestones. The Company incurred fees
of $176,000 and $176,000 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and
2016, respectively. These fees were capitalized as part of Real
Estate on the balance sheet. There were no amounts owed to this
related party at June 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017. On September
15, 2017, MacKenzie assigned its rights and obligations under the
Project Development and Management Agreement to Adams-Aumiller
Properties, LLC.
MacKenzie
Equity Partners, owned by a Charlie MacKenzie, a Director of the
Company, has a consulting agreement with the Company since 2015.
Per the current terms of the agreement, as amended on January 1,
2018, the Company pays a monthly fee of $15,000 with an additional
$5,000 per month to be paid when the property development cashflow
milestones have been met. The Company incurred expenses of $222,930
and $186,095 for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016,
respectively, which were capitalized as part of Real Estate on the
balance sheet as the services relate to property and project
management. There were no amounts owed to this related party on
December 31, 2017 or 2016.
Consulting Services
A law
firm, owned by Conn Flanigan, a Director of SeD Intelligent Home,
performs consulting services for the SeD Intelligent Home and its
subsidiaries. The SeD Intelligent Home incurred expenses of
$110,334 and $96,000 for the years ended 2017 and 2016,
respectively. On December 31, 2017 and 2016, SeD Intelligent Home
and subsidiaries owed this related party $17,730 and $8,000,
respectively.
The
Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 common shares and
5,000,000 preferred shares, both at a par value $0.001 per share.
These shares have full voting rights. At December 31, 2017, there
were 10,001,000 common shares were issued and outstanding. None of
preferred shares were issued.
In
2017, SeD Ltd issued 158,739,000 shares through the exercise of
2016 warrants, received cash $4,656,300, after paid the issuance
expenses.
On
April 5, 2017, the entire HBD loan of $11,156,003 was converted
into 372,855,000 ordinary shares of SeD Ltd at an issue price of
Singapore Dollar $0.04 (USD $0.03) per share.
In
2017, Employee share option reserves from SeD Ltd reduced $120,301
after 1,326,667 shares were forfeited.
In
2017, a merger reserve $1,107,039 was booked as equity. This
represents the difference between the consideration paid by the SeD
Ltd and the share capital of the investment in Heng Fai Asset
Management Pte Ltd under a common control arrangement.
The
Company has not paid any dividends to its
shareholders.
9.
INVESTMENTS
MEASURED BY FAIR VALUE
Financial
assets and liabilities are measured at fair value and the fair
value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value
into three levels:
Level
1: Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level
2: Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are
observable for the asset or liability either directly or
indirectly.
Level
3: unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
Practical
Expedient – Investments for which fair value is measured at
net asset value per share (or its equivalent). Due to the inherent
uncertainty of these estimates, these values may differ materially
from the values that would have been used had a ready market for
these investments existed. Investments that are included in this
category generally include private fund investment structures
without quoted prices.
The
following table shows the asset investments measured by fair value
with different levels on December 31, 2017 and 2016:
December 31, 2017
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|
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|
|
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Investment Stocks ( quoted)
|
$3,736,016
|
$-
|
$-
|
$3,736,016
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Investments
|
$-
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$50,000
|
|
$3,736,016
|
$-
|
$50,000
|
$3,786,016
|
December 31, 2016
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Stocks ( quoted)
|
$214,890
|
$-
|
$-
|
$214,890
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible Promissory Note
|
$-
|
$527,000
|
$-
|
$527,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants
|
$-
|
$15,000
|
$-
|
$15,000
|
|
$214,890
|
$542,000
|
$-
|
$756,890
|
Level
1
The
publicly trading stocks held by the Company.
Level
2
Convertible
promissory note
On October 18, 2016, the Company’s wholly-owned Hong Kong
subsidiary, BMI Capital Partners International Limited
(“BMI”) received an interest-free convertible
promissory note with a principal amount of $500,000 from Amarantus
Bioscience Holdings Inc. (“Amarantus”), a company
listed on the USA OTC market (OTCQX), as consideration for
consulting services provided to Amarantus. The fair value of the
note on December 31, 2016 was $527,000, calculated using the
binomial model incorporating market observable parameters at the
date of valuation. The net fair value gain was $27,000 recognized
as Other Income in the Statement of Operations. During the year
2017, the note was converted into common stock in Amarantus at a
conversion price of US$0.025 per share. Subsequent to the
conversion, the investment was recorded as held for trading
securities at fair value through profit or loss.
The select major parameters used in the assumptions of binomial
model:
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Risk-Free
Interest Rate
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0.64%
|
0.81%
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Expected
Remaining Term
|
1 year
|
0.80 year
|
Expected
Volatility
|
197%
|
127%
|
Dividend
Yield
|
-%
|
-%
|
Warrants
On December 29, 2016, BMI entered into a Common Stock Purchase
Warrant agreement with Document Security System, Inc.
(“DSS”), a company listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, to purchase 200,000 warrants for $15,000. The warrants
shall entitle BMI to subscribe for and purchase up to 200,000
shares of DSS common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per common
stock, at any time on or after December 29, 2016 (“Initial
Exercise Date”) up till the third-year anniversary of the
Initial Exercise Date. On December 31, 2016, the fair value of the
warrants is $15,000, calculated by using the Black-Scholes model
incorporating market observable parameters. During the financial
year ended 2017, BMI exercised its rights under the agreement and
acquired 200,000 shares of DSS common stocks for
$150,000.
Level 3
Other investments: $50,000 investment in the convertible promissory
note of Sharing Services, Inc (“Sharing Services”), a
company listed on US OTC market. The value of the convertible note
was estimated by the management same as the investment
cost.
In addition to the assets included in the table above, the Company
also holds a $316,740 investment in certain Mutual Funds at
December 31, 2017. These investments were valued by using the Net
Asset Value (“NAV”) method.
US income taxes
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law the
“Tax Cuts and Jobs
Act” (TCJA) that significantly reformed the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended. The TCJA reduces the corporate tax rate
to 21 percent beginning with years starting January 1, 2018.
Because a change in tax law is accounted for in the period of
enactment, the deferred tax assets and liabilities have been
adjusted to the newly enacted U.S. corporate rate, and the related
impact to the tax expense has been recognized in the current
year.
Deferred tax assets and (liabilities) consist of the following at
December 31, 2017:
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|
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Interest
Income
|
(2,957,688)
|
(2,177,407)
|
Interest
Expense
|
2,974,086
|
2,786,256
|
Depreciation
and Amortization
|
(774)
|
(1,408)
|
Management
Fees
|
208,397
|
218,670
|
Others
|
185,297
|
400,191
|
Net
Operating Loss
|
849,816
|
722,461
|
|
1,259,134
|
1,948,763
|
Valuation
Allowance
|
(1,259,134)
|
(1,948,763)
|
Net
Deferred Tax Asset
|
-
|
-
|
On
December 31, 2017, the Company’s US subsidiaries have federal
net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately $4.6 million,
which will begin to expire in 2037. The Maryland net operating loss
carry-forwards of approximately $4.3 million will begin to expire
in 2037. The full utilization of the deferred tax assets in the
future is dependent upon the Company’s ability to generate
taxable income; accordingly, a valuation allowance of an equal
amount has been established. During the years ended December 31,
2017, the valuation allowance decreased by $689,629 mainly because
of the expected reduce of corporate tax rate in the
future.
Income taxes – Other Countries
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, foreign subsidiaries have tax losses
approximately $2,462,513 and $1,543,416, respectively, which are
available for offset against future taxable profits, subject to the
agreement of the tax authorities and compliance with the relevant
provisions. The deferred tax assets arising from these used tax
losses have not been recognized because it is not probable that
future taxable profits will be available to use these tax
assets.
In
2016, $559,000 was recorded as the reserves of tax expenses for
considering the impact on the debt restructuring. In 2017, after
the completion of debt restructure, no tax was required to pay and
the reserves was reversed.
11.
DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
On May
21, 2014, after the disposal of the construction business held
under CCM Industrial Pte Ltd (“CIPL”), a former
subsidiary of the Company, the Company discontinued the
construction business in Singapore. The disposal of CIPL qualified
as a discontinued operation of the Company and accordingly, the
Company has excluded results of operations of CIPL from its
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss to present this
business in discontinued operations.
The
following table shows the results of operations of CIPL for fiscal
years 2017 and 2016 which are included in the gain from
discontinued operations:
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|
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Revenue
|
$-
|
$-
|
Expenses
|
-
|
-
|
Loss
from Operations
|
-
|
-
|
Other
Income
|
-
|
587,489
|
Total
Income
|
-
|
587,489
|
|
|
|
Gain
from Discontinued Operation, Net of Tax Benefits
|
$-
|
$587,489
|
12.
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
Commercial leases
The
Company has entered into 6 commercial leases in US, Singapore, Hong
Kong and China, relating to the rental of office premises. These
leases have tenure of between one and three years with a renewal
option. The Company is restricted from subleasing the office
premises to third parties without prior written consent of the
landlord. The rents are paid on monthly basis and the rates usually
are escalating about 3% annually. Future minimum lease payments
under the operating lease at the end of the reporting period are as
follows:
For
the Years Ended December 31:
|
|
|
|
2018
|
283,432
|
2019
|
137,080
|
2020
|
96,924
|
After
2020
|
0
|
Total
|
$517,436
|
The
rents recognized as expenses in profit or loss for the financial
year ended 31 December 2017 and 2016 were $272,716 and $303,923,
respectively
Lots Sales Agreement
In
November 2015, SeD Maryland Development LLC completed the $15.7
million acquisition of Ballenger Run, a 197-acre land sub-division
development located in Frederick County, Maryland. Previously, on
May 28, 2014, the RBG Family, LLC entered into the Assignable Real
Estate Sales Contract with NVR by which RBG Family, LLC would sell
the 197 acres for $15,000,000 to NVR. On December 10, 2014, NVR
assigned this contract to SeD Maryland Development, LLC in the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement and entered into a series of
Lot Purchase Agreements by which NVR would purchase 443 subdivided
residential lots from SeD Maryland Development, LLC.
Until December 31, 2017, NVR has
purchased 42 lots.
On
February 19, 2018, SeD Maryland Development, LLC entered into a
contract to sell the Continuing Care Retirement Community Assisted
Independent Living parcel to Orchard Development Corporation. It
was agreed that the purchase price for the 5.9-acre lot would be
$2,900,000 with a $50,000 deposit. It was also agreed that Orchard
Development Corporation would have the right to terminate the
transaction during the feasibility study period, which would last
through May 30, 2018, and receive a refund of its deposit. On April
13, 2018, Orchard Development Corporation indicated that it would
not be proceeding with the purchase of the CCRC parcel. The Company
is seeking to find alternative purchasers for the CCRC
parcel.
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership,
entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and
Sale Agreement”) with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124
lots located at its Black Oak project. Through certain
subsidiaries, SeD Intelligent Home Inc. (the “Company”)
owns 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase and Sale
Agreement was subject to Houston LD, LLC completing due diligence
to its satisfaction. Houston LD, LLC was entitled to cancel or
terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement at any time during a
forty-five (45) day inspection period. By the mutual agreement of
the parties, such inspection period was extended. Houston LD, LLC
delivered a $50,000 deposit, followed by a second, $100,000
deposit.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000.
Following
the execution of the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale
Agreement, Houston LD, LLC has delivered an additional $100,000
deposit, bringing the aggregate earnest money deposit to $250,000.
Such deposit is non-refundable unless 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
defaults. Under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the
purchase of these lots was contemplated to occur within thirty (30)
days of the completion of this inspection period; under the Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, such closing is now
contemplated to occur within ten (10) days of the first to occur of
the following: (i) a sixty (60) day pre-closing period, which may
be extended for an additional thirty (30) days; or (ii) the
completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing remains
subject to certain closing conditions.
The SeD
Ltd and its subsidiaries have provided the following guarantees as
at the end of the reporting period:
-
The indemnities on
performance bonds for various projects were $109,000 and $366,000
in 2017 and 2016, respectively;
-
On December 31,
2017 and 2016, total guarantees were $10,023,000 and $10,015,000 in
relation to $1.5 million corporate bonds issued by SeD Home
Limited, a subsidiary in Hong Kong, to non-related
parties.
14.
DIRECTORS
AND EMPLOYEES’ BENEFITS
Stock Option plans HFE
The
Company reserves 500,000 Shares under the Incentive Compensation
Plan for high-quality executives and other employees, officers,
directors, consultants and other persons who provide services to
the Company or its Related Entities by enabling such persons to
acquire or increase a proprietary interest in the Company in order
to strengthen the mutuality of interests between such persons and
the Company’s shareholders, and providing such persons with
performance incentives to expend their maximum efforts in the
creation of shareholder value. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016,
there have been no options granted.
Stock Option plans SeD Ltd
SeD Ltd
approved a Stock Option Scheme on November 20, 2013. Employees,
Executive Directors, and Non-Executive Directors (including the
Independent Directors) are eligible to participate in the Scheme.
The subscription price of the option may be set at a price equal to
the average of the closing market prices over a period of five
consecutive market days immediately prior to the relevant date of
grant (“Market Price”) or at a discount of up to 50% of
Market Price. Options granted at Market Price may be exercised in
whole or in part after 12 months from the relevant date of grant
and options granted at a discount may only be exercised after 24
months from the relevant date of grant. All options expire after 5
years, from the date of grant, for Non-Executive Directors
(including independent directors) and 10 years for Executive
Directors and employees. Options shall be forfeited if the option
holder ceases to be an employee or director.
On
December 31, 2017 and 2016, the total number of outstanding share
options granted by the SeD Ltd to the directors were 1,592,000 and
2,918,667, respectively. In 2017 and 2016, 1,326,667 and 796,000
share options were forfeited due to the resignation of two
directors. The fair value of the share options granted under the
Scheme is estimated at the grant date using a Black-Scholes option
pricing model, considering the terms and conditions upon which the
share options were granted. No share options had been granted
during 2017 and 2016.
The
following table illustrates the number and weighted average
exercise prices (“WAEP”) of, and movements
in,
share options during the year:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at January 1
|
2,918,667
|
$0.09
|
3,714,667
|
$0.09
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
(1,326,667)
|
$0.09
|
(796,000)
|
$0.09
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31
|
1,592,000
|
$0.09
|
2,918,667
|
$0.09
|
The
range of exercise price for options outstanding on December 31,
2017 was $0.09 (On December 31, 2016 was $0.08 to $0.09). The
weighted average remaining contractual life for the option are 4.34
and 4.09 years in 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Black Oak Reimbursement from District 17
On July
20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079 reimbursement from the
Harris County Improvement District 17 (“HC17”) for
previous construction costs incurred in the land development. Of
this amount, $1,650,000 will remain on deposit in the District's
Capital Projects Fund for the benefit of Black Oak LP and will be
released upon receipt of the evidence of the: (a) execution of a
purchase agreement between Black Oak LP and a home builder with
respect to the Black Oak development and (b) of the completion,
finishing and making ready for home construction of at least 105
unfinished lots in the Black Oak development.
Black Oak LP Paid off owed management and developer
fees
On
April 26, 2018, SeD Development USA, Arete and AREI reached an
agreement to terminate the terms related to management fees and
developer fees in the Limited Partnership Agreement. Per the terms
of the termination agreement, Black Oak LP owes Arete $300,000 and
AREI $30,000, which will remain outstanding until Black Oak LP has
obtained $4,000,000 from district reimbursement revenue. The
reduction of the accruals was offset against Real Estate on the
balance sheet. On July 20, 2018, Black Oak LP received $4,592,079
district reimbursement and all these accrued fees were
paid.
Purchase of Minority Interest of Black Oak LP
On July
23, 2018, SeD Development USA, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, entered into two Partnership Interest Purchase
Agreements through which it purchased an aggregate of 31% of Black
Oak LP for total $60,000. Regarding the potential future
reimbursement proceeds, if and when Black Oak LP should receive at
least $15 million in net reimbursement receivable proceeds from
HC17 and/or Aqua Texas, Inc. (net of any expenses Harris County
Improvement District 17 and/or Aqua Texas, Inc. may deduct), Black
Oak LP shall pay Fogarty Family Trust II, one of two previous
partners of Black Oak LP, an amount equal to 10% of the net
reimbursement receivable proceeds received from HC17 and/or Aqua
Texas, Inc. that exceeds $15 million; provided however, this
obligation shall only apply to reimbursement revenue received on or
before December 31, 2025. Prior to the Partnership Interest
Purchase Agreements, the Company owned and controlled Black Oak LP
through its 68.5% limited partnership interest and its ownership of
the General Partner, 150 Black Oak GP, Inc, a 0.5% owner in Black
Oak LP. As a result of the purchase, the Company, through its
subsidiaries, now owns 100% of Black Oak LP.
Ballenger
multifamily lots sold
Pursuant to a lot purchase agreement dated July 20, 2016, SeD
Maryland Development, LLC (“SeD Maryland”), an entity
which SeD Intelligent Home Inc. (the “Company”)
currently owns 83.55% of through certain subsidiaries, agreed to
sell 210 multifamily units in the Company’s Ballenger Run
Project to Orchard Development Corporation (“Orchard”)
for a total purchase price of $5,250,000 with a closing date of
March 31, 2018.
Based on the agreement, Orchard was required to put $100,000 into a
third-party escrow account upon signing of the agreement and an
additional $150,000 upon completion of the feasibility study, which
occurred in November 2016.
Following certain extensions of the closing date and the payment of
additional deposits, on August 6, 2018, SeD Maryland and Orchard
closed this transaction and Orchard acquired the units described
above.
Transfer of interest in Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd to HF Enterprises Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of the ownership interest in Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai International”) was
transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of the HF Enterprises
Inc., to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8.5 million shares of
the Company. Hengfai International holds 100% of Hengfai Business
Development Pte. Ltd. (“Hengfai Business Development”),
which holds 761,185,294 shares of SeD Ltd and 359,834,471 warrants.
Both Hengfai International and Hengfai Business Development are
holding companies without any business operations.
Transfer of interest in Heng Fai
Enterprises Pte. Ltd. to HF Enterprises
Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of the ownership interest in Heng Fai
Enterprises Pte. Ltd. (“Heng Fai Enterprises”) was
transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of HF Enterprises Inc.,
to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 500,000 shares of the
Company. Heng Fai Enterprises holds 2,480,000 shares (14.23%) of
Vivacitas Oncology Inc., a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company.
Heng Fai Enterprises is a holding company without any business
operations.
Transfer of interest in Global eHealth Limited to HF Enterprises
Inc.
On October 1, 2018, 100% of Global eHealth Limited (“Global
eHealth”) was transferred from Heng Fai Chan, a director of
the Company, to the Company in exchange for one million shares of
the Company. There was no other consideration exchange in
conjunction with this transaction. Global eHealth holds 46,226,673
shares (20.05%) of Holista CollTech Limited, a public Australian
company that produces natural food ingredients. Global eHealth is a
holding company without any business operations.
Purchase and Sale Agreement with Houston LD, LLC
On July
3, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership and
wholly owned subsidiary of SeD Intelligent Home Inc., entered into
a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and Sale
Agreement”) with Houston LD, LLC for the sale of 124 lots
located at its Black Oak project. Through certain subsidiaries, SeD
Intelligent Home Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HF Enterprises
Inc., owns 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.
The
closing of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase and Sale
Agreement was subject to Houston LD, LLC completing due diligence
and inspection of the property to its satisfaction. Houston LD, LLC
was entitled to cancel or terminate the Purchase and Sale Agreement
at any time during a forty-five (45) day inspection period. By the
mutual agreement of the parties, such inspection period was
extended. Houston LD, LLC delivered a $50,000 deposit, followed by
a second, $100,000 deposit.
On
October 12, 2018, 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. entered into an Amended
and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement”) for these 124 lots.
The purchase price remains $6,175,000. Following the execution of
the Amended and Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, Houston LD,
LLC has delivered an additional $100,000 deposit, bringing the
aggregate earnest money deposit to $250,000. Such deposit is
non-refundable unless 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd. defaults. Under the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, the closing of the purchase of these
lots was contemplated to occur within thirty (30) days of the
completion of this inspection period; under the Amended and
Restated Purchase and Sale Agreement, such closing is now
contemplated to occur within ten (10) days of the first to occur of
the following: (i) a sixty (60) day pre-closing period, which may
be extended for an additional thirty (30) days; or (ii) the
completion of certain enumerated requirements. Such closing remains
subject to certain closing conditions.
Disposal of a subsidiary
In
October 2018, HotApps International Pte Ltd. (“HotApps
International”), a wholly owned subsidiary of HotApp
Blockchain Inc. (“HotApp Blockchain”), which is one of
the subsidiaries of the Company, entered into an Equity Purchase
Agreement with DSS Asia Limited (“DSS Asia”), a
subsidiary of DSS International Inc. (“DSS
International”), pursuant to which HotApps International
agreed to sell to all of the issued and outstanding shares of
Guangzhou HotApps Technology Ltd. (“Guangzhou
HotApps”), a subsidiary of HotApps International, to DSS Asia
for the consideration of $100,000. Such consideration shall
be paid in the form of a two-year, interest free, unsecured, demand
promissory note in the principal amount of $100,000. The
transaction is anticipated to be completed by December 31,
2018.
Mr. Fai
H. Chan, is the Acting Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the
Board of Directors of HotApp Blockchain. He is also the Chief
Executive Officer, Chairman and controlling shareholder of
Singapore eDevelopment Limited, the majority shareholder of HotApp
Blockchain. Mr. Chan is also the Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of DSS International and a significant shareholder and a
member of the Board of Document Security Systems Inc., which is the
sole owner of DSS International.
Lum Kan
Fai, a Member of Board of Directors of HotApp Blockchain, is also
an employee of DSS International.
Considering
the de minimis amount of this transaction (As of September 30,
2018, the total asset of Guangzhou HotApps was $17,690; total
revenue and loss from operation of Guangzhou HotApps in the 9
months ended on September 30, 2018 were $7,437 and $71,561.), we
did not adjust our financial statements to reflect this disposal as
discontinued operations.
1,000,000 Shares
HF
ENTERPRISES INC.
Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
,
2019
Until
_____, 2019 (25 days after the date of this prospectus), all
dealers that buy, sell or trade shares of our common stock, whether
or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to the
obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as
underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or
subscriptions.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and
Distribution
The
following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than
underwriting commissions, to be paid in connection with the sale of
the shares of common stock being registered, all of which we will
pay. All amounts, other than the SEC registration fee, the
Nasdaq Capital Market listing application fee and the FINRA filing
fee are estimates.
SEC registration
fee
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$1,394
|
Nasdaq Capital
Market listing application fee
|
5,000
|
Printing/EDGAR
expenses
|
20,000
|
FINRA filing
fee
|
2,225
|
Blue sky legal and
filing fees
|
-
|
Underwriter
expenses
|
200,000
|
Legal fees and
expenses
|
250,000
|
Accounting fees and
expenses
|
75,000
|
Transfer agent
fees
|
10,000
|
Miscellaneous
|
1,343
|
Total
|
$564,962
|
Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
Section 145 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”)
provides for, under certain circumstances, the indemnification of
our officers, directors, employees and agents against liabilities
that they may incur in such capacities. A summary of the
circumstances in which such indemnification provided for is
contained herein.
In
general, the statute provides that any director, officer, employee
or agent of a corporation may be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in a
proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative proceeding) to which the individual was a party by
reason of such status. Such indemnity may be provided if the
indemnified person’s actions resulting in the liabilities:
(i) were taken in good faith; (ii) were reasonably
believed to have been in or not opposed to our best interest; and
(iii) with respect to any criminal action, such person had no
reasonable cause to believe the actions were unlawful. Unless
ordered by a court, indemnification generally may be awarded only
after a determination of independent members of the Board of
Directors or a committee thereof, by independent legal counsel or
by vote of the stockholders that the applicable standard of conduct
was met by the individual to be indemnified.
The
statutory provisions further provide that to the extent a director,
officer, employee or agent is wholly successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any proceeding to which he was a party, he
is entitled to receive indemnification against expenses, including
attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
Indemnification in
connection with a proceeding by us or in our right in which the
director, officer, employee or agent is successful is permitted
only with respect to expenses, including attorneys’ fees
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense. In such actions, the person to be indemnified must
have acted in good faith, in a manner believed to have been in our
best interest and must not have been adjudged liable to us unless
and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability, in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expense which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper. Indemnification is otherwise prohibited in connection
with a proceeding brought on our behalf in which a director is
adjudged liable to us, or in connection with any proceeding
charging improper personal benefit to the director in which the
director is adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal
benefit.
Delaware law
authorizes us to reimburse or pay reasonable expenses incurred by a
director, officer, employee or agent in connection with a
proceeding in advance of a final disposition of the
matter. Such advances of expenses are permitted if the person
furnishes to us a written agreement to repay such advances if it is
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
us.
The
statutory section cited above further specifies that any provisions
for indemnification of or advances for expenses does not exclude
other rights under our certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
resolutions of our stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise. These indemnification provisions continue for a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation and inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such persons.
The
statutory provision cited above also grants us the power to
purchase and maintain insurance policies that protect any director,
officer, employee or agent against any liability asserted against
or incurred by him in such capacity arising out of his status as
such. Such policies may provide for indemnification whether or not
the corporation would otherwise have the power to provide for
it.
Our
Certificate of Incorporation provides that “[n]o director of
the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty
as a director; provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall
not apply to any liability of a director (i) for any breach of the
director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit.”
Our
By-laws provide that “[t]he Corporation shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same may be amended and
supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have
power to indemnify under said statute from and against any and all
of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or
covered by said statute, and the indemnification provided for
herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
any person may be entitled under any Bylaw, resolution of
shareholders, resolution of directors, agreement, or otherwise, as
permitted by said statute, both as to action in such person’s
official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure
to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
person.”
At
present, we do not maintain directors’ and officers’
liability insurance in order to limit the exposure to liability for
indemnification of directors and officers, including liabilities
under the Securities Act of 1933; however, we are in the process of
obtaining such insurance.
Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered
Securities
On
October 1, 2018, we issued a total of 10,000,000 shares of our
common stock as follows:
●
100% of the
ownership interest in Hengfai International Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai (an officer and director of our
company) to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 8,500,000 shares of
our common stock to be held by HFE Holdings Limited. Hengfai
International Pte. Ltd., a Singapore limited company, is the sole
stockholder of Hengfai Business Development Pte. Ltd., which is the
owner of 761,185,294 ordinary shares of Singapore eDevelopment
Limited and warrants to purchase 359,834,471 ordinary shares of
Singapore eDevelopment Limited.
●
100% of the
ownership interest in Global eHealth Limited was transferred from
Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange for 1,000,000
shares of our common stock to be held by HFE
Holdings Limited. Global eHealth Limited, a Hong Kong
company, is the owner of 46,226,673 ordinary shares of Holista
Colltech Limited.
●
100% of the
ownership interest in Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd. was
transferred from Chan Heng Fai to HF Enterprises Inc. in exchange
for 500,000 shares of our common stock to be held by HFE
Holdings Limited. Heng Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd., a
Singapore limited company, owns 2,480,000 shares of the common
stock of Vivacitas Oncology Inc.
The
shares of our common stock issued in the foregoing transactions
were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance
upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2)
thereof, which exempts transactions by an issuer not involving any
public offering.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement
Schedules
(a)
Exhibits
The
exhibits listed in the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of
this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
|
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Description
|
1.1*
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Form
of Underwriting Agreement.
|
1.2*
|
Form
of Underwriter Warrant (included in Underwriting Agreement filed as
Exhibit 1.1).
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of HF Enterprises Inc.
|
3.2
|
Bylaws
of HF Enterprises Inc.
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate.
|
5.1*
|
Opinion
of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, as to the legality of the common
stock.
|
10.1
|
HF
Enterprises Inc. 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan.
|
10.2
|
Office
Lease (Full-Service Gross), dated as of July 21, 2015, by and
between Hampden Square Corporation and SeD Home,
Inc.
|
10.3
|
Agreement of Limited Partnership of 150 CCM Black
Oak, Ltd., dated as of March 20, 2014, by and among 150 Black Oak
GP, Inc. and CCM Development USA Corporation, American Real Estate
Investments, LLC and the Fogarty Family Trust II.
|
10.4
|
Amendment
of Agreement of Limited Partnership of 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd.,
dated as of November 7, 2014, by and among 150 Black Oak GP, Inc.
and CCM Development USA Corporation, American Real Estate
Investments, LLC and the Fogarty Family Trust II.
|
10.5
|
Amendment No. 2 to
Agreement of Limited Partnership of 150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., dated
as of February 24, 2015, by and among 150 Black Oak GP, Inc. and
CCM Development USA Corporation, American Real Estate Investments,
LLC and the Fogarty Family Trust II.
|
10.6
|
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of
150 CCM Black Oak, Ltd., dated as of September 25, 2014, by and
among 150 Black Oak GP, Inc. and CCM Development USA Corporation,
American Real Estate Investments, LLC and the Fogarty Family Trust
II.
|
10.7
|
Form of Lot Purchase Agreement for Ballenger Run,
by and between SeD Maryland Development, LLC and NVR, Inc. d/b/a
Ryan Homes.
|
10.8
|
Management Agreement, entered into as of July 15,
2015, by and between SeD Maryland Development, LLC and SeD
Development Management, LLC.
|
10.9
|
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company
Agreement of SeD Maryland Development, LLC, dated as of September
16, 2015, by and between SeD Ballenger, LLC and CNQC Maryland
Development LLC.
|
10.10
|
Consulting Services Agreement, dated as of May 1,
2017, by and between SeD Development Management LLC and MacKenzie
Equity Partners LLC.
|
10.11
|
Project Development and Management Agreement,
dated as of February 25, 2015, by and among MacKenzie Development
Company, LLC, Cavalier Development Group, LLC and SeD Maryland
Development, LLC.
|
10.12
|
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of
September 15, 2017, by and between MacKenzie Development Company,
LLC and Adams-Aumiller Properties, LLC.
|
10.13
|
Acquisition
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 29, 2017, by and
among SeD Intelligent Home Inc., SeD Acquisition Corp., SeD Home,
Inc. and SeD Home International, Inc.
|
10.14
|
Intentially Omitted.
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10.15
|
Lot
Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 20, 2016, by and between SeD
Maryland Development, LLC and Orchard Development
Corporation.
|
10.16
|
Partnership
Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2018, by and
between SeD Development USA, Inc and 150 CCM Black Oak,
Ltd.
|
10.17
|
Partnership
Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2018, by and
between SeD Development USA, Inc and 150 CCM Black Oak,
Ltd.
|
10.18
|
Loan Conversion Agreement, dated as of July 13,
2015, by and between HotApp International Inc. and Singapore
eDevelopment Limited.
|
10.19
|
Agreement
for Services, dated as of January 25, 2017, by and between HotApp
International Inc. and IGalen International Inc.
|
10.20
|
Loan Conversion Agreement, dated as of March 27,
2017, by and between HotApp International Inc. and Singapore
eDevelopment Limited.
|
10.21
|
Preferred Stock Cancellation Agreement, dated as
of March 27, 2017, by and between HotApp International Inc.
and Singapore eDevelopment Limited.
|
10.22
|
Outsource
Technology Development Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2018, by and
between Document Security Systems, Inc. and HotApp International
Ltd.
|
10.23
|
Term Sheet, dated as of September 14, 2018, by and
between HotApps International Pte Ltd and The Alpha Mind Pte
Ltd.
|
10.24
|
Construction
Loan Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2015, by and between SeD
Maryland Development, LLC and The Bank of Hampton
Roads.
|
10.25
|
Loan
Modification Commitment Letter, dated as of July 27, 2017, from
Xenith Bank, f/k/a The Bank of Hampton Roads to SeD Maryland
Development, LLC.
|
10.26
|
Loan
Modification Commitment Letter, dated as of August 30, 2017, from
Xenith Bank, f/k/a The Bank of Hampton Roads to SeD Maryland
Development, LLC.
|
10.27
|
Third
Loan Modification Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017, by and
among SeD Maryland Development, LLC, SeD Ballenger, LLC, and Xenith
Bank, f/k/a The Bank of Hampton Roads.
|
10.28
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, by and between HF
Enterprises Inc. and Heng Fai Chan as the sole shareholder of
Hengfai International Pte. Ltd.
|
10.29
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, by and between HF
Enterprises Inc. and Heng Fai Chan as the sole shareholder of
Global eHealth Limited.
|
10.30
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2018, by and between HF
Enterprises Inc. and Heng Fai Chan as the sole shareholder of Heng
Fai Enterprises Pte. Ltd.
|
14.1
|
Code
of Conduct.
|
14.2
|
Code
of Ethics for the CEO and Senior Financial Officers.
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of HF Enterprises Inc.
|
23.1*
|
Consent
of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP (included in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1).
|
23.2*
|
Consent
of RRBB Accountants & Advisors.
|
24.1
|
Power
of Attorney (contained on signature page).
|
*
To be filed by
amendment.
(b) Financial
Statement Schedules
None.
Item 17. Undertakings
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the
underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement
certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as
required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each
purchaser.
Insofar
as indemnification by the Registrant for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions
described in Item 14 or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:
(1) For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(l) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities
Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of
the time it was declared effective.
(2) For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on November __,
2018.
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HF
ENTERPRISES INC.
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By:
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Chan Heng
Fai
|
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Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Chan Heng Fai and Michael
Gershon, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to
sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by
the Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing
pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection therewith and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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Chan
Heng Fai
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Chairman of the
Board and ChiefExecutive Officer (principalexecutive
officer)
|
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November
, 2018
|
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Ang Hay
Kim Aileen
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Director
|
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November
, 2018
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Lui Wai
Leung Alan
|
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Co-Chief Financial
Officer (co-principalfinancial and accounting officer)
|
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November
, 2018
|
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Rongguo
Wei
|
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Co-Chief Financial
Officer (co-principalfinancial and accounting officer)
|
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November
, 2018
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