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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 11– RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

License Agreement with ECrent Capital Holdings Limited

 

On June 11, 2017, the Company entered into an Exclusivity Agreement (the "Exclusivity Agreement") with ECrent Capital Holdings Limited ("ECrent") the terms of which became effective on the same day. Pursuant to the Exclusivity Agreement, the Company and ECrent agreed to engage in exclusive discussions regarding a potential acquisition by the Company of ECrent and/or any of its subsidiaries or otherwise all or part of ECrent's business and potential business cooperation between the two companies (collectively, the "Potential Transactions") for a period of three months commencing from the date of the Exclusivity Agreement (the "Exclusive Period"). Ms. Deborah Yuen, an former affiliate of Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited (formerly known as YSK 1860 Co., Limited), which is a major shareholder of the Company, controlled ECrent. ECrent agreed that, during the Exclusive Period, neither ECrent nor its agents, representatives or advisors will contact, solicit, discuss or negotiate with any third party with respect to any transaction relating to a transfer or pledge of securities of ECrent and/or its subsidiaries, a sale of ECrent's business, a business cooperation or any other matters that may adversely affect the Potential Transactions or the parties' discussion related thereto. The exclusivity period has been further extended to a period of 18 months commencing from June 20, 2018 pursuant to three amendment agreements dated September 11, 2017, January 23, 2018 and June 20, 2018. On January 25, 2019, Sharing Economy International, Inc. terminated the Exclusivity Agreement entered into with ECrent Capital Holdings Limited on June 11, 2017, as amended.

  

On May 8, 2018, amended on May 24, 2018 and amended on August 30, 2018, Sharing Economy entered into a License Agreement (the "Agreement") with ECrent. In accordance with the terms of the Amendment, ECrent shall grant the Company an exclusive license to utilize certain software and trademarks in order to develop, launch, operate, commercialize, and maintain an online website platform in Taiwan, Thailand, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, and Korea until December 31, 2019. In consideration for the license, the Company granted ECrent 250,000 shares of common stock (the "Consideration Shares"), at an issue price of $1,040,000, or $4.16 per share, (based on the quoted market price of the Company's common stock on the amended Agreement date of May 24, 2018). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, ECrent shall provide a guarantee on revenue and profit of $13,000,000 and $2,522,000, respectively. The Consideration Shares shall be reduced on a pro rata basis if there is a shortfall in the guaranteed revenue and/or profit. In connection with this agreement, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded license fee expense of $165,958 and $497,872, respectively, which is included in cost of sales, and as of September 30, 2019, recorded a prepaid license fee – related party of $165,957 which will be amortized over the remaining license period.

 

Due to related parties

 

Mr. Chan Tin Chi owns 99% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited (formerly known as YSK 1860 Co., Limited). From time to time, during 2018 and 2019, the Company receive advances from Mr. Chan Tin Chi and Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited, who is the major shareholder of the Company, for working capital purposes. These advances are non-interest bearing and are payable on demand. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company received advances from Mr. Chan Tin Chi and Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited for working capital totaled $519,543 and $580,046, respectively, and repaid to Mr. Chan Tin Chi and Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited a total of $31,604  and $0, respectively. At September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, amounts due to Mr. Chan Tin Chi and Chan Tin Chi Family Company Limited amounted to $1,745,444 and $1,257,505, respectively.

 

Bank loans guaranteed by related parties

 

The Company obtains two bank loans from Bank of China, due on November 20, 2019 and November 25, 2019, respectively. These loans are guaranteed by Jianhua Wu, CEO, and Wuxi Angyida Machinery Co., Ltd, a company whose corporate representative is a brother of the Company's CEO (see Note 9).