UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019

 

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

 

Commission file number: 001-36055

 

China Commercial Credit,Bat Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 45-4077653

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

No.1 Zhongying Commercial Plaza,

Zhong Ying Road,

Wujiang, Suzhou,

Jiangsu Province, China

(Address of principal executive offices)

Room 104, No. 33 Section D,

No. 6 Middle Xierqi Road,

Haidian District, Beijing, China

100085
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

+86-512 6396-002286 (010) 59441080

 (Registrant’s(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001GLGNasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
  Emerging growth company

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

 

As of November 10, 2017, 19,030,915May 14, 2019, 7,206,992 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, were issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

  

PART I.1. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

  September 30,   
  

2017

(Unaudited)

  December 31, 2016 
       
ASSETS        
Cash and cash equivalent $3,030,468  $768,501 
Restricted cash  9,596   9,163 
Notes receivable  279,493   107,995 
Loans receivable, net of allowance for loan losses of $54,821,187 and $51,708,062 for September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  3,445,533   6,814,919 
Investment in direct financing lease, net of allowance for direct financing lease losses of $2,615,635 and $2,441,663 for September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  450,795   871,159 
Interest receivable  77,329   11,408 
Due from a related party     469,418 
Property and equipment, net  15,727   19,969 
Guarantee paid on behalf of guarantee service customers, net of allowance for repayment on behalf of guarantee service customers losses of $12,089,724 and $11,543,868 for September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  54   98,887 
Guarantee paid on behalf of a related party, net of allowance for repayment on behalf of a related party losses of $102,270 and $98,000 for September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  102,270   98,000 
Other assets  302,748   301,324 
Total Assets $7,714,013  $9,570,743 
         
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) /EQUITY        
Liabilities        
Deposits payable $781,379  $748,765 
Unearned income from financial guarantee services and finance lease services  1,878   20,819 
Accrual for financial guarantee services  7,058,187   6,005,608 
Other current liabilities  324,180   273,447 
Income tax payable  240,739   169,226 
Deferred tax liability  81,901   139,947 
Total Liabilities  8,488,264   7,357,812 
         
Shareholders' (Deficit)/ Equity        
Series A Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively; nil and nil shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively) $  $ 
Series B Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively; nil and nil shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively)      
Common stock (par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 19,030,915 and 16,637,679 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively)  19,030   16,638 
Subscription receivable  (1,062)  (1,062)
Additional paid-in capital  68,664,627   63,124,040 
Statutory reserve  5,442,150   5,442,150 
Due from a non-controlling shareholder  (1,051,857)  (1,007,953)
Accumulated deficit  (78,764,900)  (70,234,656)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  4,917,761   4,873,774 
Total Shareholders’ (Deficit)/ Equity  (774,251)  2,212,931 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ (Deficit)/Equity $7,714,013  $9,570,743 
    March 31,  December 31, 
  Note 2019  2018 
    (unaudited)    
ASSETS        
Cash   $340,695  $1,484,116 
Other current assets 7  656,569   87,922 
Total current assets    997,264   1,572,038 
           
Property and equipment, net    5,106   5,524 
Operating lease assets, net 8  1,939,377   1,634,018 
Total Assets   $2,941,747  $3,211,580 
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Unearned income   $29,669  $6,208 
Other current liabilities 9  178,290   185,049 
Other payable 10  819,440   218,100 
Total Liabilities    1,027,399   409,357 
           
Shareholders’ Equity          
Series A Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively; nil shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)   $-  $- 
Series B Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; nil shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)    -   - 
Common stock (par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 5,526,297 and 5,023,906 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)* 12  5,526   5,024 
Additional paid-in capital    29,649,052   28,765,346 
Accumulated deficit    (27,286,916)  (25,457,090)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss    (453,314)  (511,057)
Total Shareholders’ Equity    1,914,348   2,802,223 
           
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity   $2,941,747  $3,211,580 

 

*On January 11, 2019, the Company amended the certificate of incorporation to effect a one-for-five reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the VIEs’ assets can be usedaccompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to settle obligationsreflect such issuance of their primary beneficiary. Liabilities recognizedshares on a retrospective basis. As such, the 25,119,532 shares issued and outstanding as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on the Company’s general assets (Note 1).December 31, 2018 decreased to 5,023,906 shares.

 

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 

    

For the Three Months Ended
March 31,

 
  Note 2019  2018 
    (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
         
Income from operating lease   $399,999  $- 
Cost of operating lease    (237,651)  - 
Gross profit    162,348   - 
           
Operating expenses          
Salaries and employee surcharge    (1,059,551)  (121,653)
Rental expenses    (16,624)  (12,139)
Business taxes and surcharge    (1,368)  - 
Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities    -   (147,540)
Other operating expenses 11  (925,094)  (281,095)
Total operating expenses    (2,002,637)  (562,427)
           
Interest expenses    10,463   - 
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes    (1,829,826)  (562,427)
           
Income tax expense 15  -   - 
Net loss from continuing operations   $(1,829,826) $(562,427)
           
Net income from discontinued operations 6  -   176,529 
Net loss   $(1,829,826) $(385,898)
           
Other comprehensive income (loss)          
Foreign currency translation adjustment    57,743   - 
Reclassified to net income from discontinued operations    -   (125,220)
     57,743   (125,220)
Comprehensive loss   $(1,772,083) $(511,118)
           
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted* 13  5,169,041   3,966,933 
           
Loss per share- basic and diluted 13 $(0.354) $(0.097)
Net loss per share from continuing operations – basic and diluted 13 $(0.354) $(0.142)
Net income per share from discontinued operations – basic and diluted 13 $-  $0.045 

  

For the Three Months

Ended

September 30,

 

For the Nine Months

Ended

September 30,

  

2017

(Unaudited)

 

2016

(Unaudited)

 

2017

(Unaudited)

 

2016

(Unaudited)

Interest income                
Interests and fees on loans and direct financing lease $128,460  $722,117  $290,566  $1,203,663 
Interests on deposits with banks  4,042   263   4,728   3,526 
Total interest and fee income  132,502   722,380   295,294   1,207,189 
                 
Interest expense                
Interest expense on short-term bank loans  -   -   -   (30,057)
Net interest income  132,502   722,380   295,294   1,177,132 
                 
Reversal of provision/(Provision) for loan losses  452,786   226,694   (2,420,698)  133,177 
(Provision)/Reversal of provision for direct financing lease losses  (18,616)  242,180   (66,113)  242,180 
Net interest income/(loss) after provision for loan losses and financing lease losses  566,672   1,191,254   (2,191,517)  1,552,489 
                 
Commissions and fees on financial guarantee services  -   9,117   2,843   26,308 
 (Provision)/Reversal of provision for financial guarantee services  (1,142,807)  (599,808)  (830,140)  385,352 
Commission and fee (loss)/income on guarantee services, net  (1,142,807)  (590,691)  (827,297)  411,660 
                 
Net (Loss)/Revenue  (576,135)  600,563   (3,018,814)  1,964,149 
                 
Non-interest income                
Other non-interest income  -   -   -   48,945 
Total  non-interest income  -   -   -   48,945 
                 
Non-interest expense                
Salaries and employee surcharge  (180,461)  (120,130)  (707,012)  (548,978)
Rental expenses  (13,975)  (28,132)  (41,242)  (64,850)
Business taxes and surcharge  (1,376)  9,617   (3,221)  (21,798)
Transaction costs relating to acquisition  (1,356,285)  -   (2,136,285)  - 
Litigation and settlement cost for the shareholders’ lawsuit  -   -   (1,838,500)  (690,000)
Other operating expenses  (387,003)  (1,086,092)  (784,815)  (1,893,027)
Total non-interest expense  (1,939,100)  (1,224,737)  (5,511,075)  (3,218,653)
                 
Foreign exchange loss  (57)  (271)  (355)  (557)
                 
Loss Before Income Taxes  (2,515,292)  (624,445)  (8,530,244)  (1,206,116)
Income tax expense  -   -   -   - 
Net Loss $(2,515,292) $(624,445) $(8,530,244) $(1,206,116)
                 
Loss per Share- Basic and Diluted  (0.139)  (0.039)  (0.491)  (0.086)
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted  18,092,369   15,889,853   17,371,183   14,026,815 
                 
Net Loss  (2,515,292)  (624,445)  (8,530,244)  (1,206,116)
Other comprehensive income                
Foreign currency translation adjustment  14,699   260,803   43,987   205,546 
Comprehensive Loss $(2,500,593) $(363,642) $(8,486,257) $(1,000,570)
*On January 11, 2019, the Company amended the certificate of incorporation to effect a one-for-five reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect such issuance of shares on a retrospective basis. As such, the weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted of 19,834,665 shares issued and outstanding as for the three months ended March 31, 2018 decreased to 3,966,933 shares.

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements 


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  

For the Three Months Ended

March 31,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:        
Net loss $(1,829,826) $(385,898)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation of operating lease assets  46,858   - 
Depreciation of property and equipment  551   - 
Impairment loss on one operating lease asset  96,318   - 
Restricted shares issued to employees  884,208   - 
Gain on disposal of discontinued operations  -   (176,529)
Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities  -   147,540 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Other current assets  29,320   - 
Unearned income  23,180     
Other current liabilities  (9,242)  - 
Net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operations  -   (193,759)
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (758,633)  (608,646)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Cash in connection with discontinued operations  -   (181,838)
Purchases of operating lease assets  (406,757)  - 
Loan disbursed to third parties  (592,724)  - 
Net cash provided by investing activities from discontinued operations  -   332,966 
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities  (999,481)  151,128 
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Borrowings from third parties  592,724   - 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  592,724   - 
         
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash  21,969   42,631 
         
Net Decrease in Cash  (1,143,421)  (414,887)
Cash at Beginning of Period  1,484,116   1,359,630 
Cash at End of Period $340,695  $944,743 

  

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  

For The Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  

2017

(Unaudited)

  

2016

(Unaudited)

 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net loss $(8,530,244) $(1,206,116)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  4,999   46,455 
Provision/(Reversal of provision) for loan losses  2,420,698   (133,177)
Provision/(Reversal of provision) for direct financing lease losses  66,113   (242,180)
Provision/(Reversal of provision) of provision for financial guarantee services  830,140   (385,352)
Deferred tax credit  -   (40,364)
Income from disposal of property and equipment  -   (48,945)
Shares issued to executive officers and professional services  2,159,480   1,354,424 
Provision for settlement expenses against legal proceedings  1,843,500   465,000 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Restricted cash  (34)  - 
Interest receivable  (63,967)  - 
Other assets  11,439   8,060 
Unearned income from guarantee services and finance lease services  (19,406)  (23,572)
Other current liabilities  28,653  118,255 
Income tax payable  -   39,641 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (1,248,629)  (47,871)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Loans collection from third parties  1,155,055   2,147,593 
Payment of loans on behalf of guarantees  -   (127,886)
Collection from guarantees for loan paid on behalf of customers  44,075   1,825,730 
Collection of principal of finance lease, in installments  227,723   484,361 
Deposit released from banks for financial guarantee services  -   801,530 
Deposit paid to banks for financial guarantee services  -   (694,403)
Purchases of property and equipment and intangible asset  -   (48,342)
Disposal of property and equipment  -   56,557 
Short-term loan paid to a related party  -   (1,945,224)
Short-term loan collected from a related party  478,954   - 
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities  1,905,807   2,499,916 
         
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:        
Cash raised in private placement  1,560,000   1,000,000 
Repayment of short-term bank borrowings  -   (2,600,832)
Net Cash Provided by/ (Used in) Financing Activities  1,560,000   (1,600,832)
         
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents  44,789   9,747 
         
Net Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents  2,261,967   860,960 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period  768,501   306,401 
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period $3,030,468  $1,167,361 
         
Supplemental Cash Flow Information        
Cash paid for interest expense $-  $30,057 
Cash paid for income tax $-  $- 

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

1.1.ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTITIVIESACTIVITIES

 

China Bat Group, Inc., (formerly known as China Commercial Credit, Inc. ) (“CCC”GLG” or “the Company”) is a holding company that was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on December 19, 2011.

VIE AGREEMENTS WITH WUJIANG LUXIANG On January 11, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware to effect a name change to China Bat Group, Inc. (the “Name Change”) and a 1 for 5 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.001. (collectively, the “Charter Amendment”). The Charter Amendment became effective on January 17, 2019. As a result of the Name Change, the Company’s CUSIP number changed to 16955B106. As a result of the Reverse Split, all references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect such issuance of shares on a retrospective basis. As such, the 25,119,532 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 decreased to 5,023,906 shares. On March 8, 2019, the Company issued 502,391 restricted shares to its employees. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had 5,526,297 shares and 5,023,906 shares issued and outstanding, respectively.

 

On September 26, 2012,March 22, 2018, the Company formed HC High Summit Holding Limited (“HC High BVI”), a wholly owned subsidiary, in British Virgin Island (“BVI”). HC High BVI is authorized to issue a maximum of 50,000 shares of one class, at par value of $1.00 per share.

On April 16, 2018, HC High BVI formed a wholly owned subsidiary, HC High Summit Limited (“HC High HK”) in Hong Kong. On April 17, 2018, the Company, through its indirectly wholly owned subsidiary, Wujiang Luxiang InformationHC High HK, established Hao Limo Technology Consulting(Beijing) Co. Ltd.  (“WFOE”Hao Limo”),.

On May 17, 2018, Hao Limo entered into a series of agreements (the “Tianxing VIE Agreements”) with Beijing Tianxing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Tianxing”) and Shun Li and Jialin Cui, the shareholders of Beijing Tianxing. The Tianxing VIE Agreements are designed to provide Hao Limo with Wujiang Luxiangthe power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of Beijing Tianxing, including absolute control rights and the Wujiang Luxiang Shareholders.rights to the management, operations, assets, property and revenue of Beijing Tianxing. The purpose of the VIE Agreements is solely to give WFOEHao Limo the exclusive control over Wujiang Luxiang’sBeijing Tianxing’s management and operations. Beijing Tianxing has the requisite license to carry out used luxurious car leasing business in China.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, Beijing Tianxing has acquired five subsidiaries, each with a license to hold a car in Beijing or Zhejiang. On acquisition date, the asset, liability and net asset of the five companies are comprised of followings:

Name of the CompanyAcquisition dateTotal assetsTotal liabilitiesCash consideration
Beijing Tianrenshijia Apparel Co., Ltd.2018/5/16---
Beijing Tongxingyi  Feed Co., Ltd.2018/5/22---
Beijing Eignty Weili Technology Co., Ltd.2018/5/23---
Beijing Saikesheng Garments Co., Ltd.2018/7/25---
Beijing Yimingzhu Restaurant Management Co., Ltd.2018/7/24---

VIE AGREEMENTS WITH BEIJING YOUJIAO AND TERMINATION OF VIE AGREEMENTS WITH BEIJING YOUJIAO

On June 19, 2018, Hao Limo entered into a series of agreements (the “Youjiao VIE Agreements”) with Beijing Youjiao and Aizhen Li. The significantYoujiao VIE Agreements were designed to provide Hao Limo with the power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of Beijing Youjiao, including absolute control rights and the rights to the management, operations, assets, property and revenue of Beijing Youjiao. On November 8, 2018, Hao Limo entered into certain termination agreement with Beijing Youjiao and Aizhen Li to terminate the Youjiao VIE Agreements entered in June 19, 2018 (the “Termination Agreement”). The Termination Agreement became effective immediately upon its execution.

DESPOSITION OF GLG BVI

On June 19, 2018, the Company, HK Xu Ding Co, Limited, a private limited company duly organized under the laws of Hong Kong (the “Purchaser”) and CCCR International Investment Ltd., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability which was previously 100% owned by the Company (“GLG BVI”) entered into certain Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser agreed to purchase GLG BVI in exchange of cash purchase price of $500,000.

GLG BVI is the sole shareholder of GLG International Investment Ltd. (“GLG HK”), a company incorporated under the laws of the Hong Kong S.A.R. of the PRC, which is the sole shareholder of WFOE. WFOE, via a series of contractual arrangements, controls Wujiang Luxiang. GLG HK is the sole shareholder of PFL.

Upon closing of the disposition on June 21, 2018, the Purchaser became the sole shareholder of GLG BVI and as a result, assume all assets and obligations of all the subsidiaries and VIE entities owned or controlled by GLG BVI, including but not limited to Wujiang Luxiang and PFL.


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

1.ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

VIE AGREEMENTS WITH BEIJING TIANXING

Material terms of each of the Tianxing VIE Agreements are summarizeddescribed below:

 

Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement

 

Pursuant to the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement between Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing and WFOE, WFOEHao Limo, Hao Limo provides Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing with technical support, consulting services and other management services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management, on an exclusive basis, utilizing its advantages in technology, human resources, and information. Additionally, Wujiang Luxiang grantsBeijing Tianxing granted an irrevocable and exclusive option to WFOEHao Limo to purchase from Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing, any or all of itsBeijing Tianxing’s assets at the lowest purchase price permitted under the PRC laws. Should Hao Limo exercise such option, the parties shall enter into a separate asset transfer or similar agreement. For services rendered to Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing by WFOEHao Limo under the Agreement, thethis agreement, Hao Limo is entitled to collect a service fee Wujiang Luxiang is obligated to pay shall be calculated based on the time of services rendered multiplied by the corresponding rate, plus amount of the services fees or ratio decided by the board of directors of Hao Limo based on the value of services rendered by Hao Limo and the actual income of Beijing Tianxing from time to time, which is approximatelysubstantially equal to all of the net income of Wujiang Luxiang.Beijing Tianxing.

 

The Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement shall remain in effect for ten years unless it is terminated by WFOEHao Limo with 30-day prior written notice. Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing does not have the right to terminate the agreement unilaterally. WFOEHao Limo may unilaterally extend the term of this agreement with prior written notice.

 

Share Pledge Agreement

 

Under the Share Pledge Agreement betweenamong Beijing Tianxing, the Wujiang Luxiang Shareholdersshareholders of Beijing Tianxing, and WFOE,Hao Limo, the 12 Wujiang Luxiang Shareholdersshareholders of Beijing Tianxing pledged all of theirher equity interests in Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing to WFOEHao Limo to guarantee the performance of Wujiang Luxiang’sBeijing Tianxing’s obligations under the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, in any event of default, as set forth in the eventShare Pledge Agreement, including that Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing or itsthe shareholders of Beijing Tianxing breach their respective contractual obligations under the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, WFOE,Hao Limo, as pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including, but not limited to, the right to collect dividends generated by the pledged equity interests. The Wujiang Luxiang Shareholders also agreed that upon occurrence of any event of default, as set forth in the Share Pledge Agreement, WFOE is entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interest in accordance with applicable PRC laws. Hao Limo shall have the right to collect any and all dividends declared or generated in connection with the equity interest during the term of pledge.

The Wujiang Luxiang Shareholders further agree not to disposeShare Pledge Agreement shall be effective until all payments due under the Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement have been paid by Beijing Tianxing. Hao Limo shall cancel or terminate the Share Pledge Agreement upon Beijing Tianxing’s full payment of fees payable under the pledged equity interests or take any actions that would prejudice WFOE’s interest.Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement.


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

1.ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

 

Exclusive Option Agreement

 

Under the Exclusive Option Agreement, the Wujiang Luxiang Shareholdersshareholders of Beijing Tianxing irrevocably granted WFOEHao Limo (or its designee) an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, once or at multiple times, at any time, part or all of their equity interests in Wujiang Luxiang.Beijing Tianxing. The option price is equal to the capital paid in by the Wujiang Luxiang Shareholdersshareholders of Beijing Tianxing subject to any appraisal or restrictions required by applicable PRC laws and regulations.

 

The agreement remains effective for a term of ten years and may be renewed at Hao Limo’s election.

Power of Attorney

 

Under the Power of Attorney, the Wujiang Luxiang Shareholders authorize WFOEshareholders of Beijing Tianxing authorized Hao Limo to act on theirher behalf as theirher exclusive agent and attorney with respect to all rights as shareholders,shareholder, including but not limited to: (a) attending shareholders’ meetings; (b) exercising all the shareholder’s rights, including voting, that shareholders are entitled to under the laws of China and the Articles of Association of Beijing Tianxing, including but not limited to the sale or transfer or pledge or disposition of shares held by the shareholders of Beijing Tianxing in part or in whole; and (c) designating and appointing on behalf of the shareholders of Beijing Tianxing the legal representative, the executive director, supervisor, the chief executive officer and other senior management members of Wujiang Luxiang. TheBeijing Tianxing.

Although it is not explicitly stipulated in the Power of Attorney, the term of the Power of Attorney shall be the same as the term of that of the Exclusive Option Agreement.

This Power of Attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and continuously valid from the date of execution of this Power of Attorney, so long as the Wujiang Shareholdershareholders of Beijing Tianxing is a shareholder of the Company.Beijing Tianxing.

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT, INC.

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1.ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTITIVIES (CONTINUED)

Timely Reporting Agreement

 

To ensure Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing promptly provides all of the information that WFOEHao Limo and the Company need to file various reports with the SEC, a Timely Reporting Agreement was entered between Wujiang LuxiangBeijing Tianxing and the Company.

 

Under the Timely Reporting Agreement, Wujiang Luxiang agreesBeijing Tianxing agreed that it is obligated to make its officers and directors available to the Company and promptly provide all information required by the Company so that the Company can file all necessary SEC and other regulatory reports as required.

 

INCORPORATION OF PFL

On September 5, 2013, our wholly owned subsidiary, CCC International Investment Holding Ltd. (“CCC HK”), established Pride Financial Leasing (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (“PFL”) in Jiangsu Province, China. PFL was expected to offer financial leasing of machinery and equipment, transportation vehicles, and medical devices to municipal government agencies, hospitals and SMEs in Jiangsu Province and beyond. As of September 30, 2017, PFL had one finance lease transaction.

2.GOING CONCERN

The unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilitiesAlthough it is not explicitly stipulated in the normal course of business. The realization of assets andTimely Reporting Agreement, the satisfaction of liabilities inparties agreed its term shall be the normal course of business are dependent on, among other things, the Company’s ability to operate profitably, to generate cash flows from operations, and to pursue financing arrangements to support its working capital requirements. The conditions described below raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continuesame as a going concern within one year from the date of this filing.

1)Limited funds necessary to maintain operations

The Company had an accumulated deficit of US$78,764,900 as of September 30, 2017. In addition, the Company had a negative net asset of US$774,251 as of September 30, 2017.  As of September 30, 2017, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of US$3,030,468, and total short-term borrowings of nil. Caused by the limited funds, the management assessed that the Company was not able to keep the size of lending business within one year from the filing of Form 10-Q.

The Company is actively seeking other strategic investors with experience in lending business. If necessary, the shareholders of Wujiang Luxiang will contribute more capital into Wujiang Luxiang.

2)Recurring operating loss

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred operating loss of US$8,530,244. Affected by the reduction of lending business and guarantee business and increased loss loans, the management was in the opinion that recurring operating losses would be made within one year from the issuance of the filing.

Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement. The Company continues to use its best effort to improve collection of loan receivable and interest receivable. Management engaged two PRC law firms to represent the Company in the legal proceedings against the borrowers andTianxing VIE Agreements became effective immediately upon their counter guarantors.

3)Negative operating cash flow

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred negative operating cash flow of US$1,248,629. Affected by significant balance of charged-off interest receivable, the management assessed the Company would continue to have negative operating cash flow within one year from the issuance of the filing.

The Company continues to reduce the redundant headcount and entered into a new office lease with lower rent commitment since January 1, 2017 to improve operating cash flow.

execution.

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

1.ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)

Below is the Company’s structure chart after the completion of the Termination Agreement with Youjiao and Purchase Agreement with HK Xu Ding Co., Ltd.


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

2.GOING CONCERN (CONTINUED)SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

4)Downward industry

Most loan customers are from textile industry which has been facing downward pressure. Additionally adversely affected by emergence of internet finance entities, the Company was facing fierce competition. Considering the high risks from both customers and competitors, management assessed the Company would further reduced the loan business without strong financial support.

Considering the above factors, the Company, on August 9, 2017, entered into Certain Share Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with the parent company of Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”). Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, CCCR will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Sorghum through issuance of 152,587,000 of its common shares. This transaction will be accounted for as a “reverse acquisition” since, immediately following completion of the transaction, the shareholders of Sorghum immediately prior to the transaction will effectuate control of the Company, through its 87.9% ownership interest in the post-merger entity.

While management believes that the measures in the liquidity plan will be adequate to satisfy its liquidity and cash flow requirements for the twelve months after the financial statements are available to be issued, there is no assurance that the liquidity plan will be successfully implemented. Failure to successfully implement the liquidity plan will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial position, and may materially adversely affect its ability to continue as a going concern.

3.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)Basis of presentation and principle of consolidation

 

The interim unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

The unaudited condensed interim financial information as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 20162018 have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)SEC and pursuant to Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures, which are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, have been omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has one VIE –Beijing Tianxing, and Beijing Tianxing has five subsidiaries (See Note 1 for subsidiary information), each of which is entitled to a license to hold a car in Beijing. The unaudited condensed interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto, included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20162018, which was filed with the SEC on April 6, 2017.5, 2019.

 

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include(including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present a fair statement of the Company’s unaudited condensed financial position as of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019, its unaudited condensed results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30March 31, 2019 and 2016,2018, and its unaudited condensed cash flows for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 2016,2018, as applicable, have been made. The unaudited interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods.

 

(b)Recently announced accounting standards

All significant inter-company accounts

In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU2018-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities. ASU 2018-17 expands the accounting alternative that allows private companies the election not to apply the variable interest entity guidance to qualifying common control leasing arrangements. ASU 2018-17 broadens the scope of the private company alternative to include all common control arrangements that meet specific criteria (not just leasing arrangements). ASU 2018-17 also eliminates the requirement that entities consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control in their entirety when assessing whether a decision-making fee is a variable interest. Instead, the reporting entity will consider such indirect interests on a proportionate basis. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the timing and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.impact of adopting the updated provisions to its consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement - Disclosure Framework (Topic 820). The updated guidance improves the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The updated guidance if effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for any removed or modified disclosures. The Company is currently assessing the timing and impact of adopting the updated provisions to its consolidated financial statements.

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The Company does not believe other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards would have a material effect would have a material effect on the consolidated financial position, statements of operations and cash flows.

 


CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

3.2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

(c)Recently adopted accounting standards

 

In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220). The new guidance permits, but does not require, companies to reclassify the stranded tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) on items within accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2019 and did not elect to reclassify the stranded tax effects of the Act on items within accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. The Company uses the portfolio method for releasing the stranded tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income.

(b)Interest receivable

 

InterestIn February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard update (ASC Topic 842) that amends the accounting guidance on loans receivable is accruedleases. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record an ROU asset and credited toa lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income as earned.statement. The Company determines a loan past due status by the number of days that have elapsed since a borrower has failed to make a contractual loan payment. Accrual of interest is generally discontinued when either (i) reasonable doubt exists asFASB also subsequently issued amendments to the full, timely collection of interest or principal or (ii) when a loan becomes past due by more than 90 days. Additionally, any previously accrued but uncollected interest is reversed. Subsequent recognition of income occurs onlystandard, including providing an additional and optional transition method to adopt the extent payment is received, subjectnew standard, described below, as well as certain practical expedients related to management’s assessment of the collectability of the remaining interestland easements and principal. Loans are generally restored to an accrual status when it is no longer delinquent and collectability of interest and principal is no longer in doubt and past due interest is recognized at that time.lessor accounting.

 

The interest reversed dueaccounting standard update originally required the use of a modified retrospective approach reflecting the application of the standard to leases existing at, or entered into after, the above reason was US$2,604,172 and US$2,604,172 asbeginning of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

(c)Reclassifications

Certain itemsthe earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements with the option to elect certain practical expedients. A subsequent amendment to the standard provides an additional and optional transition method that allows entities to initially apply the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. Consequently, an entity’s reporting for the comparative period have been reclassified to conform toperiods presented in the financial statements in which it adopts the new leases standard will continue to be in accordance with current GAAP (ASC Topic 840) if the optional transition method is elected. The new accounting standard is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2018. We adopted this accounting standard effective January 1, 2019, using the optional transition method with no restatement of comparative periods. Therefore, the comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under ASC Topic 840. Our adoption of the new standard did not result in a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings.

We elected certain practical expedients available under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allowed us to carry forward the historical lease classification of our existing leases. We did not elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements; the latter not being applicable to us. The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. We elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. As a result, for those leases that qualify, we will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities, and we did not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of those assets in transition. We also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components of leases for the current period.majority of our classes of underlying assets. Consequently, on adoption and as of March 31, 2019, we did not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities as we did not enter into new lease agreements with lease term over 12 months for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (Note 16).

(d)Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews these estimates using the currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may cause the Company to revise its estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the financial statements include: (i) useful lives and residual value of long-lived assets; (ii) the impairment of long-lived assets; (iii) the valuation allowance of deferred tax assets; and (iv) contingencies and litigation.


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

(e)Foreign currency translation

 

The reporting currency of the Company is United States Dollars (“US$”), which is also the Company’s functional currency. The PRC subsidiaries and VIEs maintain their books and records in its local currency, the Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”), which is their functional currencies as being the primary currency of the economic environment in which these entities operate.

 

For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the CompanyPRC subsidiaries and VIEs prepared using RMB, are translated into the Company’s reporting currency, United States Dollars,US$, at the exchange rates quoted by www.oanda.com. Assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate at each balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated using average rates prevailing during each reporting period, and shareholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates.rates, except for the change in accumulated deficit during the year which is the result of the income statement translation process. Adjustments resulting from the translation are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.

 

  September 30,
2017
  December 31,
2016
 
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts  6.6549   6.9448 
  March 31,
2019
  December 31,
2018
 
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts  6.7119   6.8776 

 

  For the nine months ended
September 30,
 
  2017  2016 
Items in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and statements of cash flows  6.8065   6.5802 
  For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2018  2017 
Items in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and statements of cash flows  6.7485   6.3582 

 

Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into prevailing functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. The resulting exchange differences are included in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.

Pursuant to ASC 830-30-40-1, upon sale or upon complete or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity, the amount attributable to that entity and accumulated in the translation adjustment component of equity shall be both:

 

7a.Removed from the separate component of equity

 

b.Reported as part of the gain or loss on sale or liquidation of the investment for the period during which the sale or liquidation occurs.

 


CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

3.2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

(e)(f)Financial guarantee service contractFair value measurement

Financial guarantee service contracts provides guarantee which protects the holder of a debt obligation against default. Pursuant to such guarantee, the Company makes payments if the obligor responsible for making payments fails to do so as scheduled.

The contract amounts reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in the guarantee transaction and also represent the Company’s maximum exposure to credit loss in its guarantee business.

 

The Company ishas adopted ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure, which defines fair value, establishes a partyframework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. It does not require any new fair value measurements, but provides guidance on how to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk inmeasure fair value by providing a fair value hierarchy used to classify the normal coursesource of businessthe information. It establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy of valuation techniques based on observable and unobservable inputs, which may be used to meetmeasure fair value and include the financing needs of its customers. Financial instruments representing credit risk are as follows:following:

 

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
Guarantee $11,367,564  $10,893,089 
Level 1Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

A provision for possible lossClassification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to be absorbed bythe fair value measurement. The carrying value of financial items of the Company forincluding cash and cash equivalents approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature and are classified within Level 1 of the financial guarantee it provides is recorded as an accrued liability when the guarantees are made and recorded as “Accrual for financial guarantee services” on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. This liability represents probable losses and is increased or decreased by accruing a “(Provision)/ Reversal of provision for financial guarantee services” against the income of commissions and fees on guarantee services.fair value hierarchy.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company recorded $147,540 in “Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities”. This is done throughoutrelated to distribution of the Settlement Shares to the class plaintiffs approved by the Court in December 2017. On January 19, 2018 and April 10, 2018, the Company issued 712,500 and 237,500 class settlement shares, at the market share price of $1.68 and $1.18 per share, respectively. The Company recorded expenses of $147,540 for the year ended December 31, 2018 under the account of “Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities”. As the Company is a public entity with quoted market price, the fair value of other noncurrent liabilities were classified as level 1. The expenses were accrued by reference to the quoted market share price per share on each reporting date.

(g)Operating lease asset, net

Operating lease asset, net, represents the automobiles that are underlying our automotive lease contracts and is reported at cost, less accumulated depreciation and net of impairment charges and origination fees or costs. Depreciation of vehicles is recorded on a straight-line basis to an estimated residual value over the useful life of nine years. We periodically evaluate our depreciation rate for leased vehicles based on expected residual values and adjust depreciation expense over the remaining life of the lease if deemed necessary.

We have significant investments in the residual values of the assets in our operating lease portfolio. The residual values represent an estimate of the values of the assets at the end of the lease contracts. At contract inception, we determine pricing based on the projected residual value of the lease vehicle. This evaluation is primarily based on a proprietary model, which includes variables such as age, expected mileage, seasonality, segment factors, vehicle type, economic indicators, production cycle, automotive manufacturer incentives, and shifts in used vehicle supply. This internally-generated data is compared against third-party, independent data for reasonableness. Realization of the residual values is dependent on our future ability to market the vehicles under the prevailing market conditions. Over the life of the guarantee, aslease, we evaluate the adequacy of our estimate of the residual value and make adjustments to the depreciation rates to the extent the expected value of the vehicle at lease termination changes. In addition to estimating the residual value at lease termination, we also evaluate the current value of the operating lease asset and test for impairment to the extent necessary when additional relevant information becomes available. The methodology usedthere is an indication of impairment based on market considerations and portfolio characteristics. Impairment is determined to estimate the liability for possible guarantee loss considers the guarantee contract amount and a variety of factors, which include, depending on the counterparty, latest financial position and performanceexist if fair value of the borrowers, actual defaults, estimated future defaults, historical loss experience, estimatedleased asset is less than carrying value and it is determined that the net carrying value is not recoverable. The net carrying value of collaterals or guaranteesa leased asset is not recoverable if it exceeds the customers or third parties offered,sum of the undiscounted expected future cash flows expected to result from the lease payments and other economic conditions suchthe estimated residual value upon eventual disposition. If our operating lease assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment is measured as the economy trendamount by which the carrying amount of the area andassets exceeds the country. The estimates are based upon currently available information.

Based on the past experience and expected customer default status of financial guarantee services, the Company estimates the probable loss for immature financial guarantee services to be approximately 62% and 55% of contract amountfair value as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, for possible credit risk of its guarantees. In addition, the Company accrued specific provisions for repayment on behalf of guarantee customers who defaulted on their loans. The Company reviews the provision on a quarterly basis. The allowance are detailed in following table:

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
Allowance for immature financial guarantee services $7,058,187  $6,005,608 
         
Allowance for repayment on behalf of guarantee service customers losses  12,089,724   11,543,868 
Allowance for repayment on behalf of a related party losses  102,270   98,000 
Total allowance for repayment on behalf of guarantee customers losses $12,191,994  $11,641,868 

The Company recorded a provision of US$1,142,807 and US$599,808 forestimated by discounted cash flows. For the three months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019, we accrued impairment of $96,318 for one operating lease asset. We accrue rental income on our operating leases when collection is reasonably assured.

When a lease vehicle is returned to us, either at the end of the lease term or through repossession, the asset is reclassified from operating lease assets to property and 2016, respectively,equipment, net and recorded at the lower-of-cost or estimated fair value, less costs to sell. Any losses recognized at this time are recorded as depreciation expense. Subsequent decline in value and any gain or loss recognized at the time of sale is recognized presented as a provisioncomponent of US$830,140depreciation expense and reversed a provision of US$385,352 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. As the Company collected from guarantee customers for payments on behalf of in the amount of US$44,075 and US$1,825,730, for the nine month ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Among the collection, US$44,075 and US$1,825,730 were accrued of 100% allowance as of pervious year end.

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the management charged off specific provision for three and two customers in the amount of US$164,220 and US$142,966, considering remote collectability from the customers.

remarketing gain or loss.

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

3.2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

(f)(h)Non-interest expensesIncome from operating lease

 

Non-interest expenses primarily consistIncome from operating lease represents lease origination fees and rental fee, netting off lease origination costs. In accordance with ASC 842, Leases, the Company recognized the income from operating lease on a straight-line basis over the scheduled lease term. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company generated income from operating lease of salary and benefits for employees, traveling cost, entertainment expenses, depreciation of equipment, office rental expenses, professional service fee, office supplies, etc.$399,999.

 

(g)(i)Income taxtaxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the U.S. GAAP for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method as required by this accounting standard, the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes.

The charge for taxation is based on the results for the year as adjusted for items which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax basis. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable income to be utilized with prior net operating loss carried forward. Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current income tax expensestaxes are provided for in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities. As part

An uncertain tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the process of preparing financial statements, the Company is required to estimate its income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which it operates.period incurred. The Company accountsdid not have unrecognized uncertain tax positions or any unrecognized liabilities, interest or penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefit as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2019, income tax returns for income taxes using the liability approach. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements at each year-end andyears ended December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2018 remain open for statutory examination by PRC tax loss carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates applicable for the differences that are expected to affect taxable income.authorities.

 

(h)(j)Loss per share

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share due to the lack of dilutive items in the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The number of warrants is omitted excluded from the computation as the anti-dilutive effect.

(k)Comprehensive loss

 

Comprehensive loss includes net loss and other comprehensive foreign currency adjustments.adjustments income. Comprehensive loss is reported in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, as presented on the balance sheets are the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.


CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

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2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

(i)(l)Commitments and contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to loss contingencies, such as legal proceedings and claims arising out of its business, that cover a wide range of matters, including, among others, government investigations and tax matters. In accordance with ASC No. 450 Sub topic 20, “Loss Contingencies”, the Company records accruals for such loss contingencies when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated.

(m)Share-based awards

 

Share-based awards granted to the Company’s employees are measured at fair value on grant date and share-based compensation expense is recognized (i) immediately at the grant date if no vesting conditions are required, or (ii) using the accelerated attribution method, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period. The fair value of restricted shares is determined with reference to the fair value of the underlying shares.

 

At each date of measurement, the Company reviews internal and external sources of information to assist in the estimation of various attributes to determine the fair value of the share-based awards granted by the Company, including but not limited to the fair value of the underlying shares, expected life, expected volatility and expected forfeiture rates. The Company is required to consider many factors and make certain assumptions during this assessment. If any of the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the share-based awards changes significantly, share-based compensation expense may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current reporting period.

 

(j)(n)Operating leasesWarrants

 

The Company leases its principal office under a lease agreement that qualifieshad warrants to four individuals in private placements, through which the Company issued both common shares and warrants as an operating lease.separable units, and neither instrument is registered when issued. Warrants requiring share settlement are classified as equity.

The capital raised from the private placement is allocated between the fair value of the common stocks and warrants. The Company recordsdetermined the rental underfair value of warrants by application of the lease agreement in the operating expense when incurred.Black-Scholes-Merton formula.

 

(k)(o)Commitments and contingenciesDiscontinued operation

 

In accordance with ASU No. 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported as discontinued operations if the normal coursedisposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the components of business,an entity meets the Company is subjectcriteria in paragraph 205-20-45-1E to loss contingencies, suchbe classified as legal proceedingsheld for sale. When all of the criteria to be classified as held for sale are met, including management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the entity, the major current assets, other assets, current liabilities, and claims arising outnoncurrent liabilities shall be reported as components of its business, that cover a wide rangetotal assets and liabilities separate from those balances of matters, including, among others, government investigations and tax matters. Inthe continuing operations. At the same time, the results of all discontinued operations, less applicable income taxes (benefit), shall be reported as components of net income (loss) separate from the net income (loss) of continuing operations in accordance with ASC No. 450 Sub topic 20, “Loss Contingencies”,205-20-45.

The Company disposed of its microcredit service segment in June 2018, which met all the conditions required in order to be classified as a discontinued operation (Note 1). Accordingly, the operating results of microcredit service segment are reported as an income from discontinued operations in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2018. For additional information, see Note 6, “Disposition of GLG BVI”.

In addition, the Company records accruals for such loss contingencies whendisposed of Beijing Youjiao in November 2018 which was a VIE of the Company since May 2018 (Note 1). Though Beijing Youjiao met all the conditions required in order to be classified as a discontinued operation, it is probable that a liability has been incurredhad no financial impact on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the amountcondensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss can be reasonably estimated.for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

   

4.3.LIQUIDITY

In assessing the Company’s liquidity and its ability to continue as a going concern, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working capital requirements and operating expenses obligations.

Since the Company disposed its microcredit business and launched luxurious car leasing business in May 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had cash balance of $340,695 and a negative working capital of $30,135. In April 2019, the Company raised a gross proceed of $3.7 million through a public placement. The management estimated the operating expenses obligation for the next twelve months after issuance of the financial statements to be $500,000. Therefore, the management believes that the Company will continue as a going concern in the following 12 months.

4.VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND OTHER CONSOLIDATION MATTERS

 

As a result of September 30, 2017,Termination Agreements into which Hao Limo and Beijing Youjiao entered on November 8, 2018, the Company had Beijing Tianxing as its only one VIE as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

On June 19, 2018, Hao Limo entered into VIE Agreements with Beijing Tianxing. The key terms of these VIE Agreements are summarized in “Note 1 - Organization and Nature of Operation” above.

VIE is an entity that have either a total equity investment that is insufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or whose equity investors lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest, such as through voting rights, right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity or obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity. The variable interest holder, if any, that has a controlling financial interest in a VIE is deemed to be the primary beneficiary and must consolidate the VIE. Hao Limo is deemed to have a controlling financial interest and be the primary beneficiary of Beijing Tianxing, because it has both of the following characteristics:

1.power to direct activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and

2.obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE or right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

Pursuant to the VIE Agreements, Beijing Tianxing pays service fees equal to all of its net income to Hao Limo. At the same time, Hao Limo is entitled to receive all of expected residual returns. The VIE Agreements are designed so that Beijing Tianxing operates for the benefit of the Company. Accordingly, the accounts of Beijing Tianxing are consolidated in the accompanying financial statements pursuant to ASC 810-10, Consolidation. In addition, their financial positions and results of operations are included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

In addition, as all of these VIE agreements are governed by PRC law and provide for the resolution of disputes through arbitration in the PRC, they would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. The legal environment in the PRC is not as developed as in other jurisdictions, such as the United States. As a result, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could further limit the Company’s ability to enforce these VIE agreements. Furthermore, these contracts may not be enforceable in China if PRC government authorities or courts take a view that such contracts contravene PRC laws and regulations or are otherwise not enforceable for public policy reasons. In the event the Company is unable to enforce these VIE agreements, it may not be able to exert effective control over Beijing Tianxing and its ability to conduct its business may be materially and adversely affected.

All of the Company’s main current operations are conducted through Beijing Tianxing and its subsidiaries since June 2018. Current regulations in China permit Beijing Tianxing to pay dividends to the Company only out of its accumulated distributable profits, if any, determined in accordance with their articles of association and PRC accounting standards and regulations. The ability of Beijing Tianxing to make dividends and other payments to the Company may be restricted by factors including changes in applicable foreign exchange and other laws and regulations.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

4.VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND OTHER CONSOLIDATION MATTERS (CONTINUED)

 

The following financial statement balances and amounts only reflect the financial position and balancesfinancial performances of the VIEBeijing Tianxing, which were included in the unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, 2017 and 2016:2018:

 

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
Total assets $4,332,304  $7,968,077 
Total liabilities $7,725,585  $8,012,892 

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
Cash $262,683  $991,385 
Other current assets  656,569   87,922 
Operating lease assets, net  1,939,377   1,634,018 
Property and equipment, net  5,106   5,524 
Total Assets $2,863,735  $2,718,849 
         
Unearned income $29,669  $6,209 
Other current liabilities  915,231   320,649 
Due to CCC  2,919,911   2,937,927 
Total Liabilities $3,864,811  $3,264,785 

 

  For the three months
ended
September 30,
  For the nine months
ended
September 30,
 
  2017
(Unaudited)
  2016
(Unaudited)
  2017
(Unaudited)
  2016
(Unaudited)
 
Revenue $120,030  $672,646  $239,202  $1,151,308 
Net (loss)/income $(641,053) $2,807  $(3,271,977) $910,203 

  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Revenue $399,999  $     - 
Net loss $529,230  $- 

 

5.RISKS

 

(a)Credit risk

 

CreditAssets that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents. The maximum exposure of such assets to credit risk is onetheir carrying amount as at the balance sheet dates. As of March 31, 2019, approximately $55,907 was deposited with a bank in the most significant risks for the Company’s business. Credit risk exposures arise principally in lending activities, finance lease and financial guarantee activitiesUnited States which is an off-balance sheet financial instrument.

Credit risk is controlledwas insured by the applicationgovernment up to $250,000. As of credit approvals, limitsMarch 31, 2019 and monitoring procedures. The Company managesDecember 31, 2018, approximately $284,788 and $1,067,657, respectively, were primarily deposited in financial institutions located in Mainland China, which were uninsured by the government authority. To limit exposure to credit risk through in-house research and analysis of the Chinese economy and the underlying obligors and transaction structures. To minimize credit risk,relating to deposits, the Company requires collateralprimarily place cash deposits with large financial institutions in the formChina which management believes are of rights to cash, securities or property and equipment.high credit quality.

 

The Company identifies credit risk collectively based on industry, geographyCompany’s operations are carried out in Mainland China. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and customer type. This information is monitored regularly by management.

1.1 Lending activities

In measuring the credit riskresults of lending loans to corporate customers, the Company mainly reflects the “probability of default”operations may be influenced by the customer on its contractual obligationspolitical, economic and considerslegal environments in the current financial positionPRC as well as by the general state of the customer and the exposures to the customer and its likely future development. For individual customers, the Company uses standard approval procedures to manage credit risk for personal loans.

PRC’s economy. In addition, the Company calculates the provision amount as below:

1.General Reserve - is based on total loan receivable balance and to be used to cover unidentified probable loan loss. According to management assessment, the General Reserve is required to be no less than 1% of total loan receivable balance.

2.Special Reserve - is fund set aside covering losses due to risks related to a particular country, region, industry, company or type of loans. The reserve rate could be decided based on management estimate of loan collectability. The Loan portfolio did not include any loans outside of the PRC.

3.Specific Reserve – is based on a loan by loan basis covering losses due to risks related to the ability and intension of repayment of each customer. The reserve rate was individually assessed based on management estimate of loan collectability

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5.RISKS (CONTINUED)

1.2 Guarantee activities

The off-balance sheet commitments arising from guarantee activities carry similar credit riskCompany’s business may be influenced by changes in governmental policies with respect to loanslaws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, rates and methods of taxation, and the Company takes a similar approach on risk management.

Off-balance sheet commitments with credit exposures are also assessed and categorized with reference to the Guideline and include additional amounts on a specific basis.extraction of mining resources, among other factors.

 

(b)Liquidity risk

 

The Company is also exposed to liquidity risk which is risk that it is unable to provide sufficient capital resources and liquidity to meet its commitments and business needs. Liquidity risk is controlled by the application of financial position analysis and monitoring procedures. When necessary, the Company will turn to other financial institutions and the owners to obtain short-term funding to meet the liquidity shortage.

 

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CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

5.RISKS (CONTINUED)

(c)Foreign currency risk

 

A majoritySubstantially all of the Company’s operating activities and a significant portion of the Company’s major assets and liabilities are denominated in RMB, except for the cash deposit of approximately$55,907 which was in U.S. dollars as of March 31, 2019, which is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. All foreign exchange transactions take place either through the Peoples’ Bank of China (“PBOC”) or other authorized financial institutions at exchange rates quoted by PBOC. Approval of foreign currency payments by the PBOC or other regulatory institutions requires submitting a payment application form together with suppliers’ invoices and signed contracts. The value of RMB is subject to changes in central government policies and to international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the China Foreign Exchange Trading System market. Where there is a significant change in value of RMB, the gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements of a foreign subsidiary will be significant affected.

 

(d)ConcentrationVIE risk

 

As of September 30, 2017It is possible that the VIE Agreements among Beijing Tianxing, Hao Limo, and December 31, 2016,the Beijing Tianxing Shareholders would not be enforceable in China if PRC government authorities or courts were to find that such contracts contravene PRC laws and regulations or are otherwise not enforceable for public policy reasons. In the event that the Company held cash and cash equivalent of US$3,030,468 and US$768,501, respectively, that is uninsured by the government authority.

To limit exposurewere unable to credit risk relating to deposits,enforce these contractual arrangements, the Company primarily places cash deposits only with large financial institutionswould not be able to exert effective control over the VIE. Consequently, the VIE’s results of operations, assets and liabilities would not be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. If such were the case, the Company’s cash flows, financial position, and operating performance would be materially adversely affected. The Company’s contractual arrangements with Beijing Tianxing, Hao Limo, and the Beijing Tianxing Shareholders are approved and in place. Management believes that such contracts are enforceable, and considers the possibility remote that PRC regulatory authorities with acceptable credit ratings.jurisdiction over the Company’s operations and contractual relationships would find the contracts to be unenforceable.

 

The Company’s operations and businesses rely on the operations and businesses of Beijing Tianxing, the VIE of the Company, which holds certain recognized revenue-producing assets including the luxury used cars. The VIE also has an assembled workforce, focused primarily on promotion and marketing, whose costs are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, theexpensed as incurred. The Company’s business, financial conditionoperations and results of operationsbusinesses may be influencedadversely impacted if the Company loses the ability to use and enjoy assets held by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC as well as by the general state of the PRC’s economy. The business may be influenced by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

No customer accounted for more than 10% of total loan balance as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.its VIE.

  

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

   

6.LOANS RECEIVABLE, NETDESPOSITION OF GLG BVI

 

On June 19, 2018, the Company, HK Xu Ding Co., Limited, a private limited company duly organized under the laws of Hong Kong (the “Purchaser”) and CCCR International Investment Ltd., a business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability (“GLG BVI”) entered into certain Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser agreed to purchase GLG BVI in exchange of cash purchase price of $500,000. The interest rates on loan issued ranged between 9.6%~ 19.44% and 9.6%~ 19.44% % for the nine months ended Septemberconsideration was paid as of June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.2018.

 

6.1 Loans receivable consistGLG BVI is the sole shareholder of GLG International Investment Ltd. (“GLG HK”), a company incorporated under the laws of the following:

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
       
Business loans $36,783,453  $37,786,657 
Personal loans  21,483,267   20,736,324 
Total Loans receivable  58,266,720   58,522,981 
Allowance for loan losses        
Collectively assessed  (19,835)  (50,481,240)
Individually assessed  (54,801,352)  (1,226,822)
Allowance for loan losses  (54,821,187)  (51,708,062)
Loans receivable, net $3,445,533  $6,814,919 

The Company originates loans to customers located primarily inHong Kong S.A.R. of the PRC, which is the sole shareholder of WFOE. WFOE, via a series of contractual arrangements, controls Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province. This geographic concentrationLuxiang. GLG HK is the sole shareholder of credit exposes the Company to a higher degree of risk associated with this economic region.PFL.

 

All loans are short-term loans thatOn July 10, 2018, the parties completed all the share transfer registration procedure as required by the laws of British Virgin Islands and all the other closing conditions have been satisfied, as a result, the Disposition contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is completed. Upon completion of the Disposition, the Purchaser became the sole shareholder of GLG BVI and as a result, assumed all assets and obligations of all the subsidiaries and VIE entities owned or controlled by GLG BVI. Upon the closing of the transaction, the Company has madedoes not bear any contractual commitment or obligation to eitherthe microcredit business or individual customers. the employees of GLG BVI and its subsidiaries and VIEs, nor to the Purchaser.

On June 17, 2018, management was authorized to approve and commit to a plan to sell GLG BVI, therefore the major assets and liabilities relevant to the disposal are reported as components of total assets and liabilities separate from those balances of the continuing operations. At the same time, the results of all discontinued operations, less applicable income taxes, are reported as components of net income (loss) separate from the net loss of continuing operations in accordance with ASC 205-20-45. The assets relevant to the sale of GLG BVI with a carrying value of $6.2 million were classified as assets held for sale as of June 19, 2018. The liabilities relevant to the sale of GLG BVI with a carrying value of $10.5 million were classified as liabilities held for sale as of June 19, 2018. A net gain of $9.7 million was recognized as the net gain from disposal of discontinued operation in 2018.

In accordance with ASU No. 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported as discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the components of an entity meets the criteria in paragraph 205-20-45-1E to be classified as held for sale. When all of the criteria to be classified as held for sale are met, including management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the entity, the major current assets, other assets, current liabilities, and noncurrent liabilities shall be reported as components of total assets and liabilities separate from those balances of the continuing operations. At the same time, the results of all discontinued operations, less applicable income taxes (benefit), shall be reported as components of net income (loss) separate from the net income (loss) of continuing operations in accordance with ASC 205-20-45.

As the transaction was closed on June 17, 2018, the Company had no assets and liabilities held for sale in the in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016, the Company had 67 and 70 business loan customers, and 40 and 41 personal loan customers, respectively. Most loans are either guaranteed by a third party whose financial strength is assessed by the Company to be sufficient or secured by collateral. Allowance on loan losses are estimated loan by loan on a quarterly basis based on an assessment of specific evidence indicating doubtful collection, historical experience, loan balance aging and prevailing economic conditions.

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, a reversal of provision of US$452,786 and US$226,694 were charged to the condensed consolidated statements of operation, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, a provision of US$2,420,698 and a reversal of provision of US$133,177 were charged to the condensed consolidated statements of operation, respectively. Write-offs of $1,579,009 against allowances have occurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017. No write-offs against allowances have occurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.

The following table presents nonaccrual loans with aging over 90 days by classes of loan portfolio as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively:

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
       
Business loans $34,799,952  $35,885,947 
Personal loans  21,483,267   20,693,126 
  $56,283,219  $56,579,073 

2018.

 

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CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

   

6.LOANS RECEIVABLE, NET6.DESPOSITION OF GLG BVI (CONTINUED)

The following table represents the aging of loans as of September 30, 2017 by type of loan:

  1-89 Days
Past Due
  90 - 179 Days Past Due  180 - 365 Days Past Due  Over 1 year Past Due  Total Past Due  Current  Total Loans 
                      
Business loans $    -  $    -  $11,437,290  $23,362,662  $34,799,952  $1,983,501  $36,783,453 
Personal loans  -   -   6,544,051   14,939,216   21,483,267   -   21,483,267 
  $-  $-  $17,981,341  $38,301,878  $56,283,219  $1,983,501  $58,266,720 

 

The following table representsis a reconciliation of the agingamounts of major classes of income from operations classified as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:

  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Discontinued Operations      
Total interest and fees income $     -  $100,772 
Reversal of provision for loan losses and financing lease losses  -   330,282 
Provision for financial guarantee services  -   (104,391)
Non-interest expenses  -   (150,134)
Net gain from discontinued operations  -   - 
Net income from discontinued operations $-  $176,529 

Total operating cash flows used in discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were $nil and $193,759, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the operating cash flows provided by discontinued operations was mainly caused by net income generated by discontinued operations of $176,520 against a reversal of provision for loan losses of $330,282.

Total investing cash flows provided discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were $nil and $332,996. The cash provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was net effects of disbursement of loans asto third parties of December 31, 2016 by type$1,635,683 against collection of loan:$1,402,912 from third party customers of direct loan services, collection from guarantees for loan paid on behalf of customers of $172,544, and collection of short-term investments of $393,193 from financial institutions.

 

  1-89 Days
Past Due
  90 - 179 Days Past Due  180 - 365 Days Past Due  Over 1 year Past Due  Total Past Due  Current  Total Loans 
                      
Business loans $-  $10,992,518  $5,585,728  $19,307,701  $35,885,947  $1,900,710  $37,786,657 
Personal loans  43,198   6,234,908   428,956   14,029,262   20,736,324   -   20,736,324 
  $43,198  $17,227,426  $6,014,684  $33,336,963  $56,622,271  $1,900,710  $58,522,981 
7.OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
Loan to a third parties $595,956  $- 
Deferred rental expenses  31,787   43,233 
Interest receivable  12,429   - 
Deposits  10,385   6,877 
Petty cash  2,338   37,812 
Others  3,674   - 
  $656,569  $87,922 

 

Loan to third parties and interest receivable

In January 2019, the Company entered into loan agreements with two third parties, pursuant to which the Company disbursed loans aggregating $592,724 to the third parties, both with a loan period matured on September 30, 2019. The Company charged both third parties an interest rate of 10% per annum. Principal and interest are repaid on maturity of the loan. As of March 31, 2019, the Company recorded a balance of interest receivable of $12,429.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

   

6.LOANS RECEIVABLE,8.OPERATING LEASE ASSETS, NET (CONTINUED)

 

6.2 Analysis of loans by credit quality indicatorThe Company started its used luxurious car leasing business in China since May 2018.

 

The following table summarizesAs of December 31, 2018, the Company’s loan portfolio by credit quality indicator asCompany had investments in six used luxurious cars. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company purchased two used luxurious cars. As of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019, the Company had investments in eight used luxurious cars.

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016, respectively:2018, the Company, by reference to the market price, determined the fair value of two and one used luxurious cars was below the original carrying amount of the leased asset and had accumulated impairment of $278,859 and $177,630, respectively. As a result, the Company accrued impairment of $96,318 for the additional one operating lease asset for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Five Categories September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
  %  December 31, 2016  % 
             
Pass $1,983,501   3.4% $1,900,710   3.2%
Special mention  -   -   -   - 
Substandard  -   -   -   - 
Doubtful  2,750,359   4.7%  9,866,430   16.9%
Loss  53,532,860   91.9%  46,755,841   79.9%
Total $58,266,720   100% $58,522,981   100%

As of the March 31, 2019, the balance of the used luxurious cars is comprised of the following:

6.3 Analysis

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
Used luxurious cars $2,362,202  $1,906,168 
Less: accumulated depreciation  (143,966)  (94,520)
         accumulated impairment  (278,859)  (177,630)
  $1,939,377  $1,634,018 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company charged depreciation expenses of loans by collateral

$46,858 and impairment losses of $96,318 on used luxurious cars. The following table summarizes the Company’s loan portfolio by collateral asdepreciation expenses of September 30, 2017:$23,588 and $23,270 were charged to accounts of “net depreciation expense on operating lease assets” and “other operating expenses”, respectively.

 

  September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
    
  Business Loans  Personal Loans  Total 
Guarantee backed loans $34,682,867  $20,650,801  $55,333,668 
Collateral backed loans  2,100,586   832,466   2,933,052 
  $36,783,453  $21,483,267  $58,266,720 

As of March 31, 2019, one of the eight used luxurious cars was pledged for borrowings from third parties. The pledge of the car will be released in May 2019.

 

9.OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

The following table summarizes the Company’s loan portfolio by collateral as of December 31, 2016:

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
Deposit payable $42,937  $35,565 
Accrued litigation fees  82,500   82,500 
Accrued interest expenses  6,906   722 
Accrued payroll  21,940   17,983 
Other tax payable  12,840   7,817 
Others  11,167   40,462 
  $178,290  $185,049 

10.OTHER PAYABLE

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
Borrowings from third parties $819,440  $218,100 

 

  December 31, 2016    
  Business Loans  Personal Loans  Total 
Guarantee backed loans $35,557,758  $19,904,043  $55,461,801 
Collateral backed loans  2,228,899   832,281   3,061,180 
  $37,786,657  $20,736,324  $58,522,981 

Guarantee Backed Loans

A guaranteed loan is a loan guaranteed by a third party who is usually a corporation or high net worth individual. As of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016, guaranteed loans make up 95.0%2018, the Company had borrowings of $819,440 and 94.8%$218,100 from seven and two third parties. The interest rate charged on the borrowings ranged between 7% and 10.5%. For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company charged interest expenses of our direct loan portfolio,$6,869 and $nil on the borrowings, respectively.

 

Collateral Backed Loans19

A collateral backed loan is a loan in which the borrower puts up an asset under their ownership, possession or control, as collateral for the loan. An asset usually is land use rights, inventory, equipment or buildings. The loan is secured against the collateral and we do not take physical possession of the collateral at the time the loan is made. We will verify ownership of the collateral and then register the collateral with the appropriate government agencies to complete the secured transaction. In the event that the borrower defaults, we can then take possession of the collateral asset and sell it to recover the outstanding balance owed. If the sale proceed of the collateral asset is not sufficient to pay off the debt, we will file a lawsuit against the borrower and seek payment for the remaining balance.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

7.ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES

The following tables present the activity in the allowance for loan losses and related recorded investment in loans receivable by classes of the loans individually and collectively evaluated for impairment as of and for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

  Business Loans
(Unaudited)
  Personal Loans
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2017         
Beginning balance $35,315,516  $20,584,442  $55,899,958 
Charged off  (1,579,009)  -   (1,579,009)
Recoveries  (367,925)  (113,862)  (481,787)
Provisions  -   -   - 
Foreign exchange loss  605,711   376,314   982,025 
Ending balance  33,974,293   20,846,894   54,821,187 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment  33,954,458   20,846,894   54,801,352 
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $19,835  $-  $19,835 

  Business Loans
(Unaudited)
  Personal Loans
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2016            
Beginning balance $34,326,727  $20,161,476  $54,488,203 
Recoveries  (50,612)  (121,435)  (172,047)
Provisions  (360)  -     (360)
Foreign exchange gain  (133,237)  (78,256)  (211,493)
Ending balance  34,142,518   19,961,785   54,104,303 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment  -     -     -   
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $34,142,518  $19,961,785  $54,104,303 

The following tables present the activity in the allowance for loan losses and related recorded investment in loans receivable by classes of the loans individually and collectively evaluated for impairment as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

  Business Loans
(Unaudited)
  Personal Loans
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2017         
Beginning balance $32,356,953  $19,351,109  $51,708,062 
Charged off  (1,579,009)  -   (1,579,009)
Recoveries  (634,227)  (149,122)  (783,349)
Provisions  2,416,558   787,479   3,204,037 
Foreign exchange loss  1,414,018   857,428   2,271,446 
Ending balance  33,974,293   20,846,894   54,821,187 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment  33,954,458   20,846,894   54,801,352 
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $19,835  $-  $19,835 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSTHREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

   

7.11.ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (CONTINUED)OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

 

  Business Loans
(Unaudited)
  Personal Loans
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016         
Beginning balance $35,083,738  $20,511,915  $55,595,653 
Recoveries  (127,977)  (1,155)  (129,132)
Provisions  125,729   -   125,729 
Foreign exchange gain  (938,972)  (548,975)  (1,487,947)
Ending balance  34,142,518   19,961,785   54,104,303 
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment  -   -   - 
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment $34,142,518  $19,961,785  $54,104,303 

The following table presents the classes of the loan portfolio summarized by the aggregate pass rating and the classified ratings of special mention, substandard, doubtful and loss within the Company’s internal risk rating system as of September 30, 2017:

  Pass
(Unaudited)
  Special Mention
(Unaudited)
  Substandard
(Unaudited)
  Doubtful
(Unaudited)
  Loss
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
                   
Business loans $1,983,501  $      -  $     -  $1,669,953  $33,129,999  $36,783,453 
Personal loans  -   -   -   1,080,406   20,402,861   21,483,267 
  $1,983,501  $-  $-  $2,750,359  $53,532,860  $58,266,720 

The following table presents the classes of the loan portfolio summarized by the aggregate pass rating and the classified ratings of special mention, substandard, doubtful and loss within the Company’s internal risk rating system as of December 31, 2016:

  Pass
(Unaudited)
  Special Mention
(Unaudited)
  Substandard
(Unaudited)
  Doubtful
(Unaudited)
  Loss
(Unaudited)
  Total
(Unaudited)
 
                   
Business loans $1,900,710  $    -  $    -  $7,096,000  $28,789,947  $37,786,657 
Personal loans  -   -   -   2,770,430   17,965,894   20,736,324 
  $1,900,710  $-  $-  $9,866,430  $46,755,841  $58,522,981 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Legal and consulting expenses $524,746  $203,560 
Car expenses  46,394   - 
Impairment losses on one operating lease asset  96,318   - 
Travel expenses  4,069   31,375 
Audit-related expense  51,863   20,600 
Promotion expenses  43,121   - 
Depreciation and amortization  23,820   - 
Entertainment expenses  3,106   - 
Bank charges  3,812   435 
Other expenses  127,845   25,125 
  $925,094  $281,095 

 

8.12.GUARANTEE PAID ON BEHALF OF GUARANTEE CUSTOMERS, NET

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
Guarantee paid on behalf of guarantee service customers $12,089,778  $11,642,755 
Allowance for repayment on behalf of guarantee service customers losses  (12,089,724)  (11,543,868)
Guarantee paid on behalf of guarantee service customers, net $54  $98,887 
Guarantee paid on behalf of a related party  204,540   196,000 
Allowance for repayment on behalf of a related party losses  (102,270)  (98,000)
Total $102,270  $98,000 

As of September 30, 2017, 2017 and December 31, 2016, guarantee paid on behalf of guarantee service customers represents payment made by the Company to banks on behalf of thirty-two of its third-party guarantee service customers who defaulted on their loan repayments to the banks. Guarantee paid on behalf of a related party represents payment made by the Company to banks on behalf of one and one of its related party customers. Management performs an evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance. The allowance is based on the Company’s past loan loss history, known and inherent risks in the portfolio, adverse situations that may affect the borrower’s ability to repay, the estimated value of any underlying collateral, composition of the loan portfolio, current economic conditions and other relevant factors.

9.NET INVESTMENT IN DIRECT FINANCING LEASE

On September 25, 2014, PFL entered into a finance lease agreement for the leasing of manufacturing equipment with a total lease receivable of US$2.73 million, with a lease term of 2 years. The lease bears an interest rate of 10.36% per annum. As of September 30, 2017, the fiancé lease agreement expired with an outstanding investment in finance lease of $976,724. The Company recorded an allowance of $751,326 on the outstanding investment.

On October 13, 2014, PFL entered into another finance lease agreement for the leasing of manufacturing equipment with a total lease receivable of US$2.88 million, with a lease term of 3 years. The lease bears an interest rate of 11.11% per annum. On October 13, 2017, the fiancé lease agreement expired with an outstanding investment in finance lease of $2,089,706. The Company recorded an allowance of $1,864,309 on the outstanding investment.

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9.NET INVESTMENT IN DIRECT FINANCING LEASE (CONTINUED)

Following is a summary of the components of the Company’s net investment in direct financing leases as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

  September 30,
2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
       
Total minimum lease payments to be received $3,365,941  $3,599,831 
Less: Amounts representing estimated executory costs  -   - 
Minimum lease payments receivable  3,365,941   3,599,831 
Less Allowance for uncollectible  (2,615,635)  (2,441,663)
Net minimum lease payments receivable  750,306   1,158,168 
Estimated residual value of leased property      - 
Less: Unearned income  (299,511)  (287,009)
Net investment in direct financing lease $450,795  $871,159 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

10.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The Company’s property and equipment used to conduct day-to-day business are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expenses are calculated using straight-line method over the estimated useful life with 5% salvage value below:

Property and equipment consist of the following:

  Useful Life
(years)
 September 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
  December 31, 2016 
Furniture and fixtures 5 $21,715  $20,808 
Electronic equipment 3  137,033   131,314 
Leasehold improvement 3  166,617   159,662 
Less: accumulated depreciation    (309,638)  (291,815)
Property and equipment, net   $15,727  $19,969 

Depreciation expense totaled US$1,700 and US$11,053 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Depreciation expense totaled US$4,999 and US$43,062 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

11.OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Other current liabilities as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 consisted of:

  

September 30,

2017
(Unaudited)

  

December 31,

2016

 
Accrued payroll $40,470  $37,575 
Accrued office rental expenses  28,550   34,558 
Other tax recoverable  (43,353)  (44,007)
Accrued provision for cash settlement against legal proceedings  245,000   225,000 
Other payable  53,513   20,321 
  $324,180  $273,447 

On November 22, 2016, we filed a stipulation and agreement of settlement (“Stipulation”) with all persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired CCCR shares between August 14, 2013 and July 25, 2014 (collectively “Led Defendants”). On June 1, 2017, following a final fairness hearing on May 30, 2017 regarding the proposed settlement, the Court entered a final judgment and order that: (i) dismisses with prejudice the claims asserted in the Securities Class Action against all named defendants in connection with the Securities Class Action, including the Company, and releases any claims that were or could have been asserted that arise from or relate to the facts alleged in the Securities Class Action, such that every member of the settlement class will be barred from asserting such claims in the future; and (ii) approves the payment of $220,000 in cash and the issuance of 950,000 shares of its common stock (the “Settlement Shares”) to members of the settlement class. In addition, the Company would incur a payment of $25,000 in cash to class administrator.

The Company accounted for the cash payment aggregating $245,000 as an accrued liability and the share settlement of 950,000 shares in the amount of US$2,308,500 (at market value of $2.43 per share on June 1, 2017) as an additional paid-in capital. Accordingly the Company recorded expenses of $1,838,500 and $690,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, under the account of “Litigation and settlement cost for the shareholders’ lawsuit”. The $245,000 cash portion of the settlement has been paid in October subsequently.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12.OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

Other operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 consisted of:

  For the three months ended
September 30,
  For the nine months ended
September 30,
 
  2017
(Unaudited)
  2016
(Unaudited)
  2017
(Unaudited)
  2016
(Unaudited)
 
Depreciation and amortization $1,700  $12,168  $4,999  $46,455 
Travel expenses  14,633   9,647   29,617   13,134 
Entertainment expenses  6,148   42   10,623   11,970 
Legal and consulting expenses  220,291   1,002,804   380,003   1,642,316 
Car expenses  2,878   3,726   11,489   21,541 
Bank charges  707   540   2,313   2,256 
Audit-related expense  78,458   31,382   175,944   100,955 
Other expenses  62,188   25,783   169,827   54,400 
Total $387,003  $1,086,092  $784,815  $1,893,027 

13.CAPITAL TRANSACTION

 

Common Stock

 

The Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock.

 

On March 2, 2017, the Company issued 92,875 and 92,875 unrestricted shares to Long Yi, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Yang Jie, the Company’s VPAs of Finance, respectively. The sharesDecember 31, 2018, there were issued at a market value of US$1.04 per share, in the total amount of US$193,180, for the services provided.

On April 20, 2017, the Company issued 500,000 unregistered shares to four individuals, all of whom are citizens of P.R.C, for their services in seeking financial support for the Company. The Company compensates each of the individuals with 125,00025,119,532 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. On January 11, 2019, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment of the Company as incentive. The transaction was at arm’s length. The shares were issued atCertificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware to effect a market value of US$1.44 per share, in the total amount of US$720,000,1 for the services provided.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

13.CAPITAL TRANSACTION (CONTINUED)

On May 11, 2017 and June 21, 2017, the Company closed two private placements to two third party individual investors to issue 60,000 and 625,000 common shares, respectively, at a per share price of US$1.0 and US$0.8, in the total amount of US$60,000 and US$500,000, respectively. These transactions were at arm’s length. The shares shall be authorized for listing on the NASDAQ capital market before closing, and the net proceeds of the sale5 reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of the shares shall be used byof the Company for working capitalCompany’s issued and general corporate purpose.outstanding common stock, par value $0.001. As a result of the Reverse Split, all references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect such issuance of shares on a retrospective basis. As such, the 25,119,532 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 decreased to 5,023,906 shares.

 

On September 29, 2017, the Company closed two private placements to two individual investors to issue 452,486 and 100,000 common shares, respectively, at a per share price of US$1.81, in the total amount of US$1,000,000. Among the two individuals, one of them is the Vice President of Finance of the Company (Note 16(2)). These transactions were at arm’s length. The net proceeds of the sale of the shares shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purpose, payment of the transactional expenses related to the acquisition of all the outstanding issued shares of Sorghum Investment Holding Limited (“Sorghum”) from certain shareholders of Sorghum, and payments related to the securities class action and derivative action disclosed in Note 17(3).

During the three months ended September 30, 2017,March 8, 2019, the Company issued an aggregation of 470,000 unregistered502,391 restricted shares to eight professional service providers for legal and consulting services provided to the Company. The common shares were issuedits employees as compensationscompensation for the services provided toover the Company.past one year. The transaction was at arm’s length.restricted shares are exercisable on September 5, 2019. The fair value of the services provided was in in the total amount of US$1,226,300,884,208, at a per share price at the market price of the issuance dates.date. A summary of RSU activity for the year ended March 31, 2019 is as follows:

  Number of Shares  Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value 
Balance of RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2018  -               - 
Grants of RSUs  502,391   1.76 
Vested RSUs  (502,391)  1.76 
Forfeited RSUs  -   - 
Balance of unvested RSUs at March 31, 2019  -  $- 

 

As of September 30, 2017, there were 19,030,915March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had 5,526,297 shares of Common Stockand 5,023,906 shares issued and outstanding.outstanding, respectively.

 

Warrants

 

As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016,2018, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 1,123,400 shares.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the outstanding warrants to purchase 1,123,400273,370 shares expired.

On September 29, 2017, the Company issued warrants to purchase 158,370 and 35,000 shares to two investors, respectively, as part of the private placements mentioned above. The warrant has an exercise price of $2.26 per share and is exercisable on the date of issuance and expire five years from the date of issuance. Thewith fair value of the warrants aggregated $186,268, estimated by using the Black-Scholes valuation model.$280,830.

  March 31, 2019  December 31, 2018 
  Number of warrants  Fair value of warrants  Number of warrants  Fair value of warrants 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited)       
Yang Jie  218,370  $222,453   218,370  $222,453 
Long Yi  55,000   58,377   55,000   58,377 
Total  273,370  $280,830   273,370  $280,830 

 

As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding warrants to purchase 193,370 shares.251,609 restricted shares which were authorized but unissued. As of March 31, 2109 and 2018, the Company had no authorized but unissued warrants. 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

14.13.LOSS PER COMMON SHARE

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earningsloss per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 2016,2018, respectively:

 

  For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Net Loss $(1,829,826) $(385,898)
         
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted  5,169,041   3,966,933 
Loss per share- basic and diluted $(0.354) $(0.097)
Net loss per share from continuing operations – basic and diluted $(0.354) $(0.142)
Net income per share from discontinued operations – basic and diluted $-  $0.045 

  For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  2017
(Unaudited)
 2016
(Unaudited)
 2017
(Unaudited)
 2016
(Unaudited)
         
 Net loss attributable to the common shareholders $(2,515,292) $(624,445) $(8,530,244) $(1,206,116)
                 
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding  18,092,369   15,889,853   17,371,183   14,026,815 
Effect of dilutive securities  -   -   -   - 
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding  18,092,369   15,889,853   17,371,183   14,026,815 
                 
Loss per share:                
Basic $(0.139) $(0.039) $(0.491) $(0.086)
Diluted $(0.139) $(0.039) $(0.491) $(0.086)

On January 11, 2019, the Company amended the certificate of incorporation to effect a one-for-five reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect such issuance of shares on a retrospective basis. As such, the weighted average shares outstanding – basic and diluted of 19,834,665 shares issued and outstanding as for the three months ended March 31, 2018 decreased to 3,966,933 shares.

 

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share due to the lack of dilutive items in the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 2016.2018. The number of warrants is omittedexcluded from the computation as the anti-dilutive effect.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

15.14.INCOME TAXES

 

Effective January 1, 2008, the New Taxation Law of PRC stipulates that domestically owneddomestic enterprises and foreign invested enterprises (the “FIEs”) are subject to a uniform tax rate of 25%. WhileUnder the New Tax Law equalizes thePRC tax law, companies are required to make quarterly estimate payments based on 25% tax rate; companies that received preferential tax rates for FIEs and domestically owned enterprises, preferential tax treatment may continueare also required to be given to companies in certain encouraged sectors and to entities classified as high-technology companies, regardless of whether these are domestically-owned enterprises or FIEs. In November 2009, the Jiangsu Province Government issued Su Zheng Ban Fa [2009] No. 132 which stipulates that micro-credit companies in Jiangsu Province is subject to preferentialuse a 25% tax rate of 12.5%. As a result, the Company is subject to the preferentialfor their installment tax rate of 12.5% for its loan business for the periods presented.payments. The taxation practice implemented by the tax authority governing the Company is that the Company pays enterprise income taxes at rate of 25% on a quarterly basis, and upon annual tax settlement done by the Company and the tax authority in five (5) months after December 31 the tax authority will refund the Company the excess enterprise income taxes it paid beyond the rate of 12.5%. However since 2015, the excess enterprise income taxes paidoverpayment, however, will not be refunded butand can only be used to offset the future income tax payable arising from taxable income.liabilities.

 

The Company evaluates the level of authority for each uncertain tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and measures the unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 2016,2018, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made net tax operating loss from its PRC subsidiaries and its consolidated VIE of US$3,073,360. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has carry-forward tax operating losses from its PRC subsidiaries and its condensed consolidated VIE of US$64,500,641, which will expire from the year ending December 31, 2019Due to 2022. The Company recognized deferred income tax assets of US$12,099,165 as of September 30, 2017. However,uncertainties surrounding future utilization, the Company estimates there will not be no sufficient netfuture income before income tax from years ending December 31, 2017 to 2022 to realize the deferred income tax assets. The Company providedmaintains a full valuation allowance foron its net deferred income tax assets of US$12,099,165 as of September 30, 2017. As such, the effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are 0% and 0%, respectively.March 31, 2019.

 

The Company does not anticipate any significant increase to its liability for unrecognized tax benefit within the next 12 months. The Company will classify interest and penalties related to income tax matters, if any, in income tax expense.

 

DeferredThe Company does not have any current and deferred tax liability arises from government incentiveexpenses for the purposethree months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes using a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of covering the Company’s actual loan losses and ruledavailable evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the income taxposition will be imposedsustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step is to measure the subsidytax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are recognized and recorded as necessary in the provision for income taxes. The Company is subject to income taxes in the PRC. According to the PRC Tax Administration and Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the purposeunderpayment of taxes is not fulfilled within 5due to computational errors made by the taxpayer or the withholding agent. The statute of limitations is extended to five years afterunder special circumstances, where the Company receivesunderpayment of taxes is more than RMB 100,000. In the subsidy. Ascase of September 30, 2017transfer pricing issues, the statute of limitation is ten years. There is no statute of limitation in the case of tax evasion. There were no uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016, subsidy of US$1,715,510 and US$1,353,810 did not fulfill the purpose within due date2018 and the related deferredCompany does not believe that its unrecognized tax liability was transferred to income tax payable. benefits will change over the next twelve months.

15.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

As of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016,2018, the deferred tax liability amountedCompany had no balances due from or due to US$81,901 and US$139,947, respectively.related parties.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 3018, the Company did not incur significant related party transactions.

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16.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

1)Nature of relationships with related parties

NameRelationship with the Company
Wujiang Chunjia Textile Trading Co., Ltd (“Chunjia Textile”)Controlled by Huichun Qin
Suzhou Rongshengda Investment Holding Co., Ltd.Controlled by shareholders of Wujiang Luxiang
Yang JieVice President of Finance
Huichun QinNon-controlling shareholder and former CEO and chairman of board of directors

2)Related party transactions

During the year ended DecemberFOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2016, the Company made a loan of US$1,945,224 to Suzhou Rongshengda Investment Holding Co., Ltd., a company controlled by shareholders of Wujiang Luxiang. Due to the short-term borrowing, the Company did not charge any interest or fees. By September 30, 2017, the balance was collected. 

On September 29, 2017, the Company closed a private placements to Mr. Yang Jie to issue 452,486 common shares, respectively, at a per share price of US$1.81, in the total amount of US$819,000. These transactions were at arm’s length. The net proceeds of the sale of the shares shall be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purpose, payment of the transactional expenses related to the acquisition of all the outstanding issued shares of Sorghum Investment Holding Limited (“Sorghum”) from certain shareholders of Sorghum, and payments related to the securities class action and derivative action disclosed in Note 17(3).

3)Related party balances

Amount due from related parties were as follows:

  

September 30,

2017

(Unaudited)

  

December 31,

2016

 
       
Suzhou Rongshengda Investment Holding Co., Ltd. $-  $469,418 
Chunjia Textile  204,540   196,001 
Huichun Qin $1,051,857  $1,007,953 

As of September 30, 2017, the Company provided financial guarantee service for Chunjia Textile to guarantee loans of US$204,540. The Company accrued provision of US$102,270 on the outstanding balance as of September 30, 2017.

Huichun Qin transferred $1,098,197(equivalent of RMB 7 million) to his personal account without proper authorization on July 2, 2014. As of September 30, 2017, Huichun Qin has not repaid the balance. The amount was recorded as a deduction of the Company’s equity as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS2019 AND 2018

 

17.16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

1)Lease Commitments

 

We leased certain office space in New York, NY where we paid a monthly rent of US$3,600 for the three months ended March 31, 2019. During the yearthree months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2016,2019, we entered into two additional lease contracts, both of which with a lease term of 12 months. As of March 31, 2019, we had one rental free office lease agreement with a third party and three office lease agreements with fixed monthly rental fee with third parties which expires through September 2020. None of these lease agreements provided either the Company leasedor the lessor with an option to extend or terminate the lease agreements, nor agreed any residual value guarantee or restrictions or covenants.

As permitted by ASC 842, leases with expected durations of less than 12 months from inception (i.e. short-term leases) were excluded from the Company’s calculation of its new office underlease liability and right-of-use asset. Furthermore, as permitted by ASC 842, the Company elected to apply the package of practical expedients, which allows companies not to reassess: (a) whether its expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (b) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (c) initial direct costs for any existing leases. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had one lease agreement with a lease agreementterm of 24 months from January 1, 2017its inception. Consequently, ROU and lease liabilities shall be recognized on adoption of ASC 842. However since the lease liability is expected to December 31, 2019. As a result,be due in January 2017, the Company terminatedOctober 2019 according to the lease agreement, for its former principal office which agreement was to expirewe did not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities because it had insignificant financial impact on May 31, 2021. No default penalty was paid for the earlier termination. unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and it had no financial impact on the revenues, net income and retained earnings.

The following table sets forth the Company’s contractual obligations as of September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 in future periods:

 

  

Rental payments

(Unaudited)

 
    
Year ending September 30, 2018  30,643 
Year ending September 30, 2019  25,202 
Year ending September 30, 2020  6,392 
Total $62,237 

2)Guarantee Commitments
  Rental payments 
    
Year ending March 31, 2020 $35,186 
Year ending March 31, 2021  30,518 
Total $65,704 

  

The guarantees will terminate upon payment and/or cancellation ofRent expense for the obligation; however, payments by the Company would be triggered by failure of the guaranteed party to fulfill its obligation covered by the guarantee. Generally, the average guarantee expiration terms ranged within 12 to 24three months ended March 31, 2019 and the average percentage of the guarantee amount as security deposit is 10% ~ 20%. As of September 30, 20172018 was $16,624 and December 31, 2016, the loan amount guaranteed by the Company was US$11,367,564 and US$10,893,089, respectively, for its financial guarantee service customers.$12,139, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

17.16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

 

3)2)Contingencies

 

The Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was involved in 109 lawsuits, among which 76 were related to its loan business and 32 were related to guarantee business and 1 was related to financial lease. The Company initiated legal proceedings to collect delinquent balances from borrowers and guarantees. 84 of these cases with an aggregated claim of US$41.16 million have been adjudicated by the Court in favor of the Company and these cases are settled or in the process of enforcement. The remaining 25 cases with an aggregated claim of US$18.17 million have not been adjudicated by the Court as of September 30, 2017.

a)2014 Class Action litigation

 

On August 6, 2014, a purported shareholder Andrew Dennison filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court District of New Jersey (the “N.J. district court”) relating to a July 25, 2014 press release about the Company’s progress in recovering a significant portion of the $5.4 million the Company paid in the first quarter of 2014 on behalf of loan guarantee customers. The action, Andrew Dennison v. China Commercial Credit,Bat Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:2014-cv-04956, alleges that the Company and its current and former officers and directors Huichun Qin, Long Yi, Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling, Xiangdong Xiao, and John F. Levy violated the federal securities laws by misrepresenting in prior public filings certain material facts about the risks associated with its loan guarantee business. On October 2, 2014, purported shareholders Zhang Yun and Sanjiv Mehrotra (the “Yun Group”) asserted substantially similar claims against the same defendants in a putative class action captioned Zhang Yun v. China Commercial Credit,Bat Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-06136 (D. N.J.). Neither complaint states the amount of damages sought.

 

On or about October 6, 2014, Dennison, the Yun Group and another purported shareholder, Jason Stark, filed motions to consolidate the cases, be appointed as lead plaintiff and to have their respective counsel appointed as lead counsel.

On October 31, 2014, the N.J. district court entered an order consolidating the cases under the caption In“In re China Commercial Credit Inc. Securities LitigationLitigation” and appointing the Yun Group as lead plaintiff (“Class Plaintiff”) and the Yun Group’s counsel as lead counsel.

On November 18, 2014, the Yun Group and the Company, which at that point was the only defendant served, entered into a stipulation to transfer of the case to the Southern District of New York. On December 18, 2014, Mr. Levy, who had by then been served, joined in the stipulation.

On December 29, 2014, the N.J. district court entered an order transferring the action. The transfer was effected on January 22, 2015, and assigned docket number 1:15-cv-00557-ALC (S.D.N.Y.). (the “Securities Class Action”)

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

17.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

. Under the schedule stipulated by the parties, the Yun Group was to file an amended complaint within 60 days of the date that the transfer was effected, and the defendants’ date to answer or move was within 60 days of that filing.

On April 7, 2015, the Class Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Class Action Complaint (the “CAC”). The CAC also asserts securities law claims against defendants Axiom Capital Management, Inc., Burnham Securities Inc. and ViewTrade Securities, Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriter Defendants”). The CAC alleges that the Company engaged in a fraudulent scheme by engaging in undisclosed and improper lending practices and made misleading representations regarding its underwriting policies, the loan portfolio quality, the loan loss allowance, compliance with U.S. GAAP and its internal control systems.

In accordance with the Court’s procedures, the Company and Mr. Levy and the Underwriter Defendants requested a Pre-Motion Conference in anticipation of filing a motion to dismiss the CAC, which was held on June 25, 2015. At the conference, the Court adjourned the date to answer or move in order to provide the Class Plaintiff with time to serve certain overseas defendants. After the conference, the Class Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling and Xiangdong Xiao from the action, and Long Yi agreed to waive service, which left Huichun Qin as the sole remaining defendant to serve.

 

On November 22, 2016, the Company entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the “Stipulation”) to settle the Securities Class Action. The Stipulation resolvesresolved the claims asserted against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors in the Securities Class Action without any admission or concession of wrongdoing or liability by the Company or the other defendants. On June 1, 2017, followingThe Stipulation also provides, among other things, a final fairness hearing on May 30, 2017 regarding the proposed settlement the Court entered a final judgment and order that (i) dismisses with prejudice the claims asserted in the Securities Class Action against all named defendants in connection with the Securities Class Action, includingpayment by the Company and releases any claims that were or could have been asserted that arise from or relate to the facts alleged in the Securities Class Action, such that every member of the settlement class will be barred from asserting such claims in the future; and (ii) approves the payment of $220,000$245,000 in cash and the issuance of 950,000 shares of its common stock (the “Settlement Shares”) to membersthe plaintiff’s counsel and class members.The terms of the settlement class. In addition, the Company would incur a payment of $25,000 in cashStipulation were subject to class administrator. At present, the Company is waiting forapproval by the Court following notice to approve the disbursementall class members. The issuance of the Settlement Shares. Plaintiff is filingShares are exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A fairness hearing was held on May 30, 2017, and the Court approved the settlement.

On December 22, 2017, the Court entered a motiondistribution order approving the distribution of the Settlement Stock to obtain such approval.the class plaintiffs. The $245,000 cash portion of the settlement has been paid in full. The 712,500 Class Settlement Shares were issued on or about January 19, 2018. The settlement has been finalized, and that thereafter there are no remaining claims outstanding as against the Company accrued settlement cost aggregating US$1,863,500 and US$690,000 duringwith respect to this litigation. On April 10, 2018, the nine months ended September, 2017 and 2016, respectively.237,500 of plaintiff attorney fee shares were issued to plaintiff’s attorney’s broker account.

 

On July 28, 2017, the Court entered a clarifying order to specify the allocation of attorneys’ fees in accordance with the Stipulation.24

The Settlement Shares are exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The settlement does not constitute any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Company or any of the individual defendants.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

 

17.16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

 

3)2)Contingencies (continued)

a)2014 Class Action litigation (continued)

 

Two of the Underwriter Defendants, Axiom Capital Management, Inc., and ViewTrade Securities, Inc., have asserted their respective rights to indemnification under the Underwriting Agreements entered into in connection with the Company’s initial public offering and secondary offering. On or about March 16, 2016, CCCR entered into an Advance Funding and Escrow Agreement (“Advance Funding Agreement”), under which the CCCR agreed to deposit shares into escrow to fund the advancement obligation, with the initial deposit to be 637,592 shares which was valued at Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), based upon 80% of the 30 day volume weighted average Trading Price (“VWAP”)trading price for each of the 30 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the Agreement.agreement. As of the completion of the settlement, an aggregate of 527,078 shares are unused in the escrow account and the Underwriter Defendants acknowledged there is no additional payment of fees and expenses owed to the Underwriter Defendants and the Advance Funding Agreement shall be terminated. The Company has instructed the transfer agent to cancel the 527,078 shares and return them to authorized shares. As of the date of this Form 10-Q, the Company is working with its counsel and the escrow agent to complete such cancelation.

b)2015 Derivative action

 

On February 3, 2015, a purported shareholder KiramKodaliKiran Kodali filed a putative shareholder derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned KiranKodaliKiran Kodali v. Huichun Qin, et al., Case No. 15-cv-806. The action alleges that the Company and its current and former officers and directors Huichun Qin, Long Yi, Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling, Chunfang Shen, John F. Levy, Xiaofang Shen and Chunjiang Yu violated their fiduciary duties, grossly mismanaged the Company and were unjustly enriched based upon the transfer that was the subject of the Internal Review and other grounds substantially similar to those asserted in the class action complaints. Kodali did not serve a demand upon the Company and alleges that demand is excused. The Company and Mr. Levy are the only defendants who have been served. An amended derivative complaint was filed on April 20, 2015.

On May 29, 2015, the Court “so ordered” a stipulation among Kodali, the Company, and Mr. Levy staying all proceedings in the derivative case, except for service of process on individual defendants, until the earlier of thirty days of termination of the stipulation, dismissal of the class action with prejudice or the date any of the defendants in the class action file an answer to the CAC.

The Company believes that this lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend against it. At this stage of the proceedings, the Company is not able to estimate the probability of success or loss. The Court ordered GLG to answer or otherwise move with respect to this action on or before November 13, 2017. Thereafter, GLG and Mr. Levy submitted a pre-motion letter to the Court requesting permission to move to dismiss the derivative complaint; submission of this letter stayed the proceedings pending the Court’s review thereof. The Court held a hearing on this pre-motion letter on January 22, 2018, denying permission to file a motion to dismiss the complaint without prejudice and setting forth a schedule under which Kodali must serve the remaining defendants in the derivative litigation. On or about August 22, 2018, our new litigation counsel noticed their appearance in the Action. The parties filed a Joint Status Report on August 22, 2018, advising the Court that the parties continued to have discussions regarding a potential resolution of the matter. The parties have come to a potential agreement regarding a monetary settlement. However, the parties continued to discuss the non-monetary aspects of a potential resolution. On January 18, 2019, the parties to the derivative action entered into a Stipulation of Settlement and Plaintiff filed an Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Derivative Settlement (“Motion”). On April 4, 2019, the Court preliminarily approved the Stipulation and settlement set forth therein, including the terms and conditions for settlement and dismissal with prejudice of the Derivative Action, subject to further consideration at the Settlement Hearing to be held on July 11, 2019 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

On May 18, 2015, WFOEApril 12, 2019, the Company filed a civil complaint against Huichun QinCurrent Report on Form 8-K, properly providing the notice of settlement to the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Wujiang Region Suzhou City People’s Court claiming Mr. Qin’s misappropriationStipulation of RMB 7 million in July 2014. The complaint was rejected due to a procedural issue. The Company has since learned that Mr. Qin has been convicted and sentenced to a term of incarceration of approximately five years. In view of this information, the Company is evaluating its strategic options. Settlement.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

2)Contingencies (continued)

c)2017 Class action

 

The Company and its directors were partiesparty to a lawsuit filed on September 1, 2017, by Juan C. Rojas (“Plaintiff”),certain a stockholder of the Company on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated stockholders of China Commercial Credit, Inc.,the Company GLG in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Chancery Court”) (Case No. 2017-0633-JTL) (the “Action”), Plaintiff stockholders which sought injunctive relief, costs, and attorney’s fees. Plaintiff’s Verified Class Action Complaint (“Complaint”) alleged that the Company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders by failing to disclose all necessary material information relating to the Company’s entry into an the Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”) on August 9, 2017, and preventing the Company’s stockholders from casting a fully informed vote on the Company’s acquisition of Sorghum, and other proposals contained in the Company’s preliminary proxy statement, dated August 14, 2017 (“Preliminary Proxy Statement). Plaintiff filed a Motion to Expedite the Proceeding (“Motion to Expedite”) seeking to expedited consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, which was filed simultaneously with Plaintiff’s Complaint. The Company opposed the Motion to Expedite on September 20, 2017, and the Delaware Chancery Court held a hearing on the Motion to Expedite on September 22, 2017, wherein it denied Plaintiff’s Motion to Expedite without prejudice. On September 28, 2017, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (“Motion to Dismiss”). Plaintiff has not responded to the Company’s Motion to Dismiss.

 

On October 10, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to its Preliminary Proxy Statement (the “Amended Preliminary Proxy”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in response to the Commission’s September 8, 2017 comment letter (“Comment Letter”). After reviewing the Amended Preliminary Proxy, Plaintiff determined that the Company’s Amended Preliminary Proxy rendered the claims asserted in Plaintiff’s Complaint moot and/or otherwise unsuitable for further pursuit. On October 19, 2017, the Company and Plaintiff entered into a stipulation (“Stipulation”) wherein Plaintiff agreed to voluntarily dismiss his claims against the Company, and its directors, with prejudice. The Delaware Chancery Court granted the Stipulation on October 20, 2017, and entered an Order dismissing the Action with prejudice. In accordance with the Order, the Company will advise the Delaware Chancery Court within fifteen (15) days of the earlier of (a) the stockholder vote on the Exchange Agreement relating to the proposals, or (b) the termination of the Exchange Agreement, and whether the parties to the Action have reached an agreement with respect to Plaintiff’s anticipated request for fees and expenses. Currently, no compensation in any form has passed from the Company, or its directors, to Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorneys in the Action, and the Company has not made a promise to give any such compensation. On or about November 6, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 2 to its Preliminary Proxy Statement with the Commission in further response to commentsthe Comment Letter. On December 29, 2017, the Company received notice from Sorghum notifying the CommissionCompany that the Exchange Agreement is terminated. The Company advised Plaintiff of the termination of the Exchange Agreement on January 9, 2018.

 

18.d)SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT2017 Arbitration with Sorghum

 

On August 9,December 21, 2017, China Commercial Credit, Inc.the Company delivered notice (“Notice”) to Sorghum notifying Sorghum that certain recent actions of Sorghum constituted breaches of Sorghum’s covenants under the Company” or “CCCR”), has entered into Certain ShareExchange Agreement. Specifically, we believe that Sorghum is in breach of Section 6.9 (a) and Section 6.11 (b) of the Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”)which required Sorghum to use commercially reasonable efforts and to cooperate fully with the parent company of Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”). Pursuantother parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and to make its directors, officers and employees available in connection with responding in a timely manner to SEC comments. According to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, CCCR will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Sorghum through issuance of 152,587 of its common shares. This transaction will be accounted for as a “reverse acquisition” since, immediately following completion of the transaction, the shareholders of Sorghum immediately prior to the transaction will effectuate control of the Company through its 87.9% ownership interest inis entitled to terminate the post-merger entity. For accounting purpose, Sorghum will be deemedExchange Agreement if the breach is not cured within twenty (20) days after the Notice is provided to be the accounting acquirer and CCCR will be deemed to be the accounting acquiree in the transaction. As of the date of this filing, the transaction is still in progress.Sorghum.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND ANALYSIS OFFINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS2018

 

16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)

Overview

2)Contingencies (continued)

d)2017 Arbitration with Sorghum (continued)

On January 25, 2018, the Company filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) against Sorghum in connection with Sorghum’s breach of the Exchange Agreement. The AAA has forwarded the Company’s Arbitration Demand to Sorghum, and Sorghum’s response to the Arbitration Demand was due on or before February 14, 2018. Sorghum did not provide a written response to the Company’s Arbitration Demand by the deadline. However, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA (“Rules”), Sorghum’s failure to respond is deemed as a general denial of the Company’s claims. On April 10, 2018, the AAA initially appointed Barbara Mentz, Esq. (“Arbitrator Mentz”) as arbitrator in accordance with the arbitration clause contained in the Exchange Agreement . On March 28, 2018, the AAA conducted an initial telephonic conference with Arbitrator Barbara Mentz, but neither Sorghum nor its counsel appeared for the call. On March 28, 2018, after the Company’s counsel appeared for the initial telephonic conference, Sorghum and its counsel contacted the AAA claiming that it was not in receipt of the AAA’s correspondence although the AAA forwarded its correspondence to Sorghum’s Chief Executive Officer’s active email. In response, the AAA scheduled another telephonic conference for April 9, 2018. All parties appeared at the April 9, 2018 conference, and approved Arbitrator Mentz’s appointment. On April 11, 2018, pursuant to the Rules, Sorghum filed its answer and counterclaim. The Company filed a written denial to Sorghum’s counterclaim on April 26, 2018. On May 2, 2018, the parties jointly requested an extension of time to file their respective proposals for resolution with the AAA, and Arbitrator Mentz granted the extension. On May 17, 2018, Sorghum requested another extension and Arbitrator Mentz granted the extension. In accordance with Arbitrator Mentz’s Order, the parties’ proposals was due May 31, 2018. On May 30, 2018, due to a delay in receiving additional evidence from a relevant third party, the Company requested an extension of time to file its proposal for resolution, which Arbitrator Mentz granted extending the deadline to June 7, 2018. To provide additional time to allow certain relevant documents to be translated due to the unavailability of the parties’ mutually accepted translator, the Company requested a final extension of time to June 14, 2018, to submit the parties’ proposal for resolution. Arbitrator Mentz granted the Company’s request. On June 14, 2018, the Company submitted its proposal for resolution to the AAA. On July 30, 2018, Arbitrator Mentz entered a reasoned award, accepting the Company’s proposal for resolution, awarding the Company damages of $1,436,521.50 against Sorghum and denying Sorghum’s Counterclaim against the Company in its entirety with prejudice. Sorghum has sought to vacate the arbitration award by filing a petition to vacate the arbitration award in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. The Company intends to vigorously oppose and move to confirm the arbitration award. The Court has scheduled a hearing for May 1, 2019.

 

e)2018 Court Matter with Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd.

We are

On August 2, 2018, the Company became party to an action filed by Shanghai Nonbank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County (“NY Supreme Court”) (Index No. 653834/2018) (the “Action”). Plaintiff’s Complaint seeks to recover approximately $3.5 million of Plaintiff’s funds that were allegedly required to be held in escrow in New York pursuant to an agreement by and between Plaintiff, Yang Jie and Yi Lin. Plaintiff alleges that the funds were required to be held in escrow in a financial services firm operating in China. Our current operations are mainly conducted through Wujiang Luxiang,New York attorney trust account pending the alleged consummation of a fully licensed microcreditmerger between Plaintiff’s parent company which we control through our subsidiaries and certain contractual arrangements,the Company. The Complaint alleges two causes of action against the Company for fraud/fraudulent inducement and consist of providing short-term direct loans and loan guaranteesconversion. On August 30, 2018, the Company filed a motion to small and medium enterprises (“SME”s) located in Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province of China. As of September 30, 2017, we have built a US$58.3 million portfolio of direct loans to 107 borrowers and a total of US$11.4 million in loan guarantees for 14 borrowers. We were established under the 2008 Guidancedismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint. The Court has scheduled oral arguments on the Small Loan Company Pilot of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the People's Bank of China (“PBOC”) (No.23) (“Circular No. 23”)Company’s motion to extend short term loans and loan guarantees to SMEs, a class of borrowers that we believe have been underserved in the Chinese lending market. The loans that we provide bridge the gap between Chinese-state run banks that have not traditionally served the capital needs of SMEs and high interest rate “underground” lenders, and our loans provide capital at more favorable terms and sustainable interest rates.dismiss for May 1, 2019.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

17.NASDAQ NOTIFICATION ON REGAIN OF COMPLIANCE

On February 7, 2019, the rate of fees and commissions generatedCompany received a written notification from the guarantee business has been decreasing,NASDAQ Stock Market Listing Qualifications Staff (the “Nasdaq Staff”) indicating that the Company has decided thatregained compliance with the revenue does not justifyperiodic filing requirement for continued listing on the default risks involved, and therefore expectsNASDAQ Capital Market pursuant to further reduceNASDAQ Listing Rule 5500(a)(2) (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”) based on the traditional guaranteeclosing bid price of the Company’s common stock being at $1.00 per share or greater for ten consecutive business and hold off on pursuing the guarantee business to be provided via the Kaixindai Financing Services Jiangsu Co. Ltd (“Kaixindai”) platform as previously planned. Management may actively resume the guarantee business if economic conditions improve in the future.days, from January 17 through February 6, 2019.

18.PARENT-ONLY FINANCIALS

CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

 

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

  March 31,  December 31, 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)    
ASSETS      
Cash $55,907  $416,459 
Due from VIE  3,492,778   3,537,214 
Total current assets  3,548,685   3,953,673 
         
Investment in subsidiaries  -   - 
Total Assets $3,548,685  $3,953,673 
         
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
Other current liabilities $82,500  $82,500 
Total Liabilities  82,500   82,500 
         
Shareholders’ Equity        
Series A Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively; nil shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively) $-  $- 
Series B Preferred Stock (par value $0.001 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively; nil shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)  -   - 
Common stock (par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 5,526,297 and 5,023,906 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)*  5,526   5,024 
Additional paid-in capital  31,200,889   29,834,296 
Accumulated deficit  (27,286,916)  (25,457,090)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (453,314)  (511,057)
Total Shareholders’ Equity  3,466,185   3,871,173 
         
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $3,548,685  $3,953,673 

*On January 11, 2019, the Company amended the certificate of incorporation to effect a one-for-five reverse stock split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All references to numbers of common shares and per-share data in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been adjusted to reflect such issuance of shares on a retrospective basis. As such, the 25,119,532 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 decreased to 5,023,906 shares.

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

  For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
       
Salaries and employee surcharge $(982,221) $(121,653)
Rental expenses  -   (12,139)
Other operating expenses  (306,975)  (281,095)
Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities  -   (147,540)
Total operating expenses  (1,289,196)  (562,427)
         
Net loss before income taxes  (1,289,196)  (562,427)
Income tax expense  -   - 
Equity of (loss) income in subsidiaries  (540,630)  176,529 
         
Net loss $(1,829,826) $(385,898)
         
Other comprehensive loss        
Foreign currency translation adjustment  57,743   (125,220)
         
Comprehensive loss $(1,772,083) $(511,118)

CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

  For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
  (unaudited)  (unaudited) 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net loss $(1,829,826) $(385,898)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:        
Equity loss (income) of subsidiaries  540,630   (176,529)
Restricted shares issued to employees  884,208   - 
Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities  -   147,540 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Due from VIE  44,436   - 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities  (360,552)  (414,887)
         
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities  -   - 
         
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  -   - 
         
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash  -   - 
         
Net Increase in Cash  (360,552)  (414,887)
Cash at Beginning of Period  416,459   1,359,630 
Cash at End of Period $55,907  $944,743 

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CHINA BAT GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019 AND 2018

19.SUBSEQUENT EVENT

1) On September 5, 2013, our wholly owned subsidiary, CCC International Investment Holding Ltd. (“CCC HK”April 11, 2019, the Company and certain institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), established Pride Financial Leasing (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (“PFL”pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to such investors an aggregate of 1,680,000 shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”) in Jiangsu Province, China. PFL was expecteda registered direct offering and warrants to offer financial leasingpurchase up to approximately 1,680,000 shares of machinery and equipment, transportation vehicles, and medical devices to municipal government agencies, hospitals and SMEsthe Company’s Common Stock in Jiangsu Province and beyond. During the period from its inception toa concurrent private placement, for gross proceeds of approximately $3.7 million (the “Financing”). The warrants will be exercisable immediately following the date of this quarterly report, PFL entered into two financial leasing agreements forissuance and have an aggregate lease receivableexercise price of US$5.61 million. We do not currently have further funds to deploy in$2.20. The warrants will expire 5 years from the financial leasing business. Asearlier of the date on which the shares of this quarterly report, bothCommon Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or may be exercised on a cashless basis and be immediately sold pursuant to Rule 144. The purchase price for each share of Common Stock and the corresponding warrant is $2.20. Each warrant is subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the Company’s common stock trades at or above $6.60 for 20 consecutive trading days provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or could be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 200,000 shares per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date.

The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the Financing for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Financing is closed on April 15, 2019, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Company entered into a letter agreement dated February 25, 2019 (the “Letter Agreement’) with Maxim Group LLC, as exclusive placement agent (the “Placement Agent”), pursuant to which the Placement Agent agreed to act as the sole lead/exclusive placement agent in connection with the Financing.  The Company agreed to pay the Placement Agent an aggregate fee equal to 7% of the gross proceeds raised in the Financing. The Company also agreed to reimburse the Placement Agent for certain expenses, including for fees and expenses related to legal expenses limited to $90,000.

2) On May 6, 2019, Mr. Teck Chuan Yeo resigned from his position as director of the Company, effective immediately. His resignation was not a result of any disagreement with the Company relating to its operations, policies or practices. Effective May 6, 2019, the Company’s board of directors appointed Ms. Siyuan Zhu as a new member of the Board and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. Teck Chuan Yeo. 


Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company discontinued one business line which was the direct loans, loan guarantees and financial leasing agreements expired.services to small-to-medium sized businesses, farmers and individuals in the city of Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had one business line, which is the used luxurious car leasing business which was started in May 2018.

 

Key Factors Affecting Our Results of Operation

The car rental and car service industry in China is competitive and fragmented. We expect competition in China’s car rental and car service industry to persist and intensify.

We have a limited operating history. We just launched the car leasing business in May 2018. We believe our future success depends on our ability to significantly increase revenues as well as maintain profitability from our operations. Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our business and future prospects. You should consider our future prospects in light of the risks and challenges encountered by a company with a limited operating history in an emerging and rapidly evolving industry. These risks and challenges include, among other things,

our ability to continue our growth as well as maintain profitability;

preservation of our competitive position in the luxurious car leasing and car service industry in China;

our ability to implement our strategies and make timely and effectively respond to competition and changes in customer preferences;

recruitment, training and retaining of qualified managerial and other personnel

 

Our business requires a significant amount of capital in large part because we are prompted to continue to grow our fleet and operating results are affected by China’s overall economic growth, local, economic condition, market interest rateexpand our business in existing markets and to additional markets where we currently do not have operations.

The significant increase in the number of vehicles in China, primarily in major cities, and the borrowers’ repayment ability. Unfavorable changes could affecttraffic and pollution resulting from this increase have drawn the demand forattention of both the services that we providegovernment and could materially and adversely affect our results of operations. Our results of operations are also affected by the regulations and industrypublic. To address this issue, local governments in China have promulgated various policies related to limit the microcredit industryincrease in the PRC.number of vehicles.


Results of Operations

 

Our results of operations are also affected by the provision for loan losses and provision for financial guarantee loss which are noncash items and represent an assessment of the risk of future loan losses. Increases in the allowance for loan losses are achieved through provision for loan losses that are charged against net interest income.

Although we have generally benefited from China’s economic growth and the policies to encourage lending to farmers and SMEs, we are also affected by the complexity, uncertainties and changes in the PRC regulations governing the micro lending industry. Due to PRC legal restrictions on foreign equity ownership of and investment in the micro lending sector in China, we rely on contractual arrangements with Wujiang Luxiang, and its shareholders to conduct most of our current business in China. We face risks associated with our control over our variable interest entity, as our control is based upon contractual arrangements rather than equity ownership.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 as Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2016March 31, 2018

 

  

For the Three Months Ended

March 31,

  Change 
  2019  2018  Amount  % 
             
Income from operating lease $399,999  $-  $399,999   >100%
Cost of operating lease  (237,651)  -   (237,651)  >100%
Gross profit  162,348   -   162,348   >100%
                 
Operating expenses                
Salaries and employee surcharge  (1,059,551)  (121,653)  (937,898)  771%
Rental expenses  (16,624)  (12,139)  (4,485)  37%
Business taxes and surcharge  (1,368)  -   (1,368)  >100%
Changes in fair value of noncurrent liabilities  -   (147,540)  147,540   -100%
Other operating expenses  (925,094)  (281,095)  (643,999)  229%
Total operating expenses  (2,002,637)  (562,427)  (1,440,210)  256%
                 
Interest expenses  10,463   -   10,463   >100%
                 
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes  (1,829,826)  (562,427)  (1,267,399)  225%
Income tax expense  -   -   -   >100%
                 
Net loss from continuing operations  (1,829,826)  (562,427)  (1,267,399)  225%
                 
Net income from discontinued operations  -   176,529   (176,529)  -100%
                 
Net loss $(1,829,826) $(385,898)  (1,443,928)  374%

Income from operating lease

  

For the Three Months Ended

September 30,

 Change
  2017 2016 Amount %
Interest income                
Interests and fees on loans and direct financing lease $128,460  $722,117  $(593,657)  -82%
Interests on deposits with banks  4,042   263   3,779   1437%
Total interest and fee income  132,502   722,380   (589,878)  -82%
                 
Net interest income  132,502   722,380   (589,878)  -82%
                 
Reversal of provision for loan losses  452,786   226,694   226,092   100%
(Provision)/Reversal of provision for direct financing lease losses  (18,616)  242,180   (260,796)  -108%
Net interest income after provision for loan losses and financing lease losses  566,672   1,191,254   (624,582)  -52%
                 
Commissions and fees on financial guarantee services  -   9,117   (9,117)  -100%
Provision for financial guarantee services  (1,142,807)  (599,808)  (542,999)  91%
Commission and fee loss on guarantee services, net  (1,142,807)  (590,691)  (552,116)  93%
                 
Net (Loss)/Revenue  (576,135)  600,563   (1,176,698)  -196%
                 
Non-interest expense                
Salaries and employee surcharge  (180,461)  (120,130)  (60,331)  50%
Rental expenses  (13,975)  (28,132)  14,157   -50%
Business taxes and surcharge  (1,376)  9,617   (10,993)  -114%
Transaction costs relating to acquisition  (1,356,285)  -   (1,356,285)  >100%
Other operating expenses  (387,003)  (1,086,092)  699,089   -181%
Total non-interest expense  (1,939,100)  (1,224,737)  (714,363)  58%
                 
Foreign exchange loss  (57)  (271)  214   -79%
                 
Loss Before Income Taxes  (2,515,292)  (624,445)  (1,890,847)  303%
Income tax expense  -   -   -   0%
Net Loss  (2,515,292) $(624,445)  (1,890,847)  303%
                 
Loss per Share- Basic and Diluted  (0.139)  (0.039)  (0.100)  256%
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted  18,092,369   15,889,853   2,202,516   14%
                 
Net Loss  (2,515,292)  (624,445)  (1,890,847)  303%
Other comprehensive income                
Foreign currency translation adjustment  14,699   260,803   (246,104)  -94%
Comprehensive Loss $(2,500,593) $(363,642) $(2,136,951)  588%

 

The Company’s net lossCompany commenced its new business of lease services of used luxurious cars in May 2018. From the inception of business through March 31, 2019, the Company purchased nine used luxurious cars for the purpose of operating lease and disposed one of the used luxurious cars. The lease term is generally within one month. The operating lease income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the scheduled lease term. The Company generated operating lease income of US$399,999 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was US$2,515,292, representing an increaseMarch 31, 2019.

Because we just launched its new business of US$1,890,847,or 303%, from net losslease services of US$624,445used luxury cars in May 2018 and we did not generate any revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2016. March 31, 2018.

Cost of operating lease assets

The change incost of operating lease assets was comprised of the depreciation expenses of used luxurious cars which were under operating lease and other car related expenses. The Company charged depreciation expenses of idle used luxurious cars into other operating expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company charged depreciation expenses of $23,588 and $23,270 to “cost of operating lease assets” and “other operating expenses”, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, net lossdepreciation expense on operating lease assets was nil.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses increased from $562,427 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was the net effect of the changes in the following components:

a decrease in net interest income of US$589,878;
an increase in reversal of provision for loan losses of US$226,092;
an increase in provision for financial guarantee services of US$542,999; and

an increase in total non-interest expense of US$714,363

The following paragraphs discuss changes in the components of net loss in greater details during the three months ended September 30, 2017, as comparedMarch 31, 2018 to the three months ended September 30, 2016.

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Net Interest Income

Net interest income is equal to interest income we generated less interest expenses on short-term bank loans. During the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company did not record any interest expenses on short-term bank loans. As a result, the Company’s net interest income and the interests and fees on loans, direct financing leases and deposits with banks decreased by US$589,878, or 82% to US$132,502 during the three months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to net interest income of US$722,380 during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease is the combined effect of: (2) the decrease in the amount of monthly interest received from long-aged loans resulting from the existing customers’ deteriorating loan quality; and (2) No new loans or renewal of loans during the three months ended September 30, 2017, leading to a significant decrease in interest income. 

As a traditional industry, the textile industry, which is the pillar industry in Wujiang area, as well as other industries, has been facing downward pressure. Additionally, the bank lenders usually require an old loan be paid in full upon maturity before they approve a new loan to the same borrower. Some SMEs have to borrow from so-called “underground” lenders, or shadow banks to repay the loans due to the banks. Additionally, the banks denied to extend new loans to some SMEs even after they made the full repayment for the loans due and satisfied other conditions. Management is concerned that the borrowers may use the proceeds from the loans we grant to them as a means of repayment to the other banks or even to the underground lenders, instead of using them in operations. Therefore, management decided to grant new loans in a more cautious manner. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we did not grant new loans or renew existing loans. As of September 30, 2017, we had 107 loans with an average loan size of US$544,549. The loan balance of $54,821,187 was accrued of an allowance for uncollectibilty which was equal to the loan balance.

Due to the long-term nature of our restricted deposits with third party banks, we utilized these deposits as term deposits which in turn generated interest income on deposits with banks of US$4,042 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to US$263 during the three months ended September 30, 2016. Caused by the contraction of our traditional guarantee business with banks, we have closed several restricted deposit accounts with banks through which we provided guarantee services to our customers. As a result, the interest income on deposits with bank was insignificant during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Provision for Loan Losses

The Company reversed provision for loan losses of US$452,786 and US$226,694$2,002,637 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The provision for loan losses was determined by comparing the beginning and ending balance of allowance for loan losses for business and personal loans. If the ending balance of the allowance of loan losses after any charge offs (net of recoveries) is less than the beginning balance, it will be recorded as a “reversal”; if it is larger, it will be recorded as a “provision” in the allowance for loan loss. The netting amount of “reversal” and “provision” is presented in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and the components of the provision for loan losses were disclosed in Note 6 of financial statements.

Reversal of provision for loan losses increased by $226,092 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to the same period last year. This is mainly due that less “doubtful” loans rolled to “loss” loans during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to that during the three months ended September 30, 2016. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the “loss” loans accounted for 91.9% and 79.9% of total loan amount, respectively. The fact leads to more reversal of provision on loan losses during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016.

From October 1, 2017 to the date of the report, the Company assessed the charged-off loan balances recorded as of September 30, 2017 and was of the opinion that these balances were uncollectible.

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Net Commission and Fees on Guarantee Business

The Company also generated net income by charging fees for financial guarantee services provided to our customers to help them obtain loans from other banks. We generally charge a one-time fee of 1.8% - 3.6% multiplied by the amount of loans being guaranteed, based on the nature of the guarantee and whether the customer is new or existing.

As of September 30, 2017, the off-balance-sheet financial guarantee amounted to US$11.4 million. The commissions and fees generated from our financial guarantee services decreased from US$9,117 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to US$nil for the three months ended September 30, 2017. The reduction was due to the fact that the Company did not increase any financial guarantee business since March 31, 2016 as management reduced the guarantee portfolio to control the default risk.

As of September 30, 2017, we have provided guarantees for a total of US$11.4 million underlying loans to approximately 14 financial guarantee service customers, as compared to a total of US$10.9 million as of December 31, 2016.

Provision on Financial Guarantee Services

The Company provided a provision for financial guarantee services of US$1,142,807 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to US$599,808 for the three months ended September 30, 2017, representing a change of $542,999. The increase was mainly attributable to the increased allowance on guarantee paid on behalf of financial guarantee customers who were classified as “loss customers” as of September 30, 2017.

The methodology the Company used to estimate the liability for probable guarantee loss considers the guarantee contract amount and a variety of factors, which include, dependence on the counterparty, latest financial position and performance of the customers, actual defaults, estimated future defaults, historical loss experience, estimated value of collaterals or guarantees the costumers or third parties offered, and other economic conditions such as the economic trend of the area and the country. The estimates are based upon currently available information. Based on the recent lawsuit results and repayment status by defaulted customers, the Company estimated approximately 50% of off-balance-sheet financial guarantee services may be subject to default and their repayment may be “not likely”. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company accrued approximately 62% and 55% of contract amount, respectively.

This is done throughout the life of the guarantee, as necessary when additional relevant information becomes available. The methodology used to estimate the liability for possible guarantee loss considers the guarantee contract amount and a variety of factors, which include, depending on the counterparty, latest financial position and performance of the borrowers, actual defaults, estimated future defaults, historical loss experience, estimated value of collaterals or guarantees the customers or third parties offered, and other economic conditions such as the economy trend of the area and the country. The estimates are based upon currently available information.

Since the beginning of 2016, People’s Bank of China injected a significant amount of liquidity to the market to encourage the development of emerging industries such as online-game, filming and virtual reality, which has made it easier than previous two years for entities in such emerging industries to gain access to capital. However, the bank lenders are still cautious with SMEs in traditional industries. The bank lenders usually require an old loan be paid in full upon maturity before they approve a new loan to the same borrower. Since the end of the year ended December 31, 2014, the banks denied to extend new loans to many SMEs even after they made the full repayment for the loans due and satisfied other conditions. As a result, some of the SME borrowers for which we provided the guarantees decided to default on the bank loans. Therefore the amount of repayment we made to the bank lenders substantially increased since the year ended December 31, 2014. We have brought collection actions against both the borrowers and their counter-guarantors. However, management was advised by counsel in the collection action that the chance of collection is remote given the large scale bad debt prevalent in Wujiang region. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the management charged off specific provision for three and two customers in the amount of US$164,220 and US$142,966, respectively.

Non-interest Expenses

Non-interest expenses increased from US$1,224,737 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to US$1,939,100 for the three months ended September 30, 2017,2019, representing an increase of US$714,363$1,440,210, or 58%256%. Non-interestOperating expenses primarily consisted of salary and employee surcharge, office rental expense, business tax and surcharge, depreciationchanges in fair value of equipment, travel expenses, entertainment expenses,other noncurrent liabilities, professional service fees, and other office supplies. The increase was mainly attributable to netcombined effects of anthe increase of salariessalary and employee surcharge by US$60,331 or 50% and an increase in transaction cost relating to acquisitionsurcharges as a result of $1,356,285 netting off against a decrease of other operating expenses by US$699,089, or 181%. The increase of salaries and employee surcharge was mainly caused by increased salary compensations made to management for the efforts in the acquisition of Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”). The increase of transaction cost relating to acquisition is primarily attributable to issuance of unregistered502,391 restricted shares as compensations to the professional service providers for their services in the acquisitionemployees, increase of Sorghum. The decrease of other operating expenses is mainly due to a decrease of US$782,513 in legal and consulting expenses as duringof $321,186, provision of impairment loss on one operating lease asset of $96,318, and increase of other expenses of $102,720.

Net income from discontinued operations

During the three months ended September 30, 2016,March 31, 2018, the Company issued 300,000 restricted shares atnet income from discontinued operations represented a fair valuenet income of $771,000,$176,529 from discontinued operations of microcredit service. For details of discontinued operations, please refer to Note 6 of our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Form 10-Q.

Net loss

As a financial service provider whoresult of the foregoing, net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was involved to assist$1,829,826 representing an increase of $1,443,928 from net loss of $385,898 for the Company to find out a new business model and increase profitability.three months ended March 31, 2018.

 

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Results of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 as Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

  

For the Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 Change
  2017 2016 Amount % 
Interest income                
Interests and fees on loans and direct financing lease $290,566  $1,203,663  $(913,097)  -76%
Interests on deposits with banks  4,728   3,526   1,202   34%
Total interest and fee income  295,294   1,207,189   (911,895)  -76%
                 
Interest expense                
Interest expense on short-term bank loans  -   (30,057)  30,057   -100%
Net interest income  295,294   1,177,132   (881,838)  -75%
                 
(Provision)/Reversal of provision for loan losses  (2,420,698)  133,177   (2,553,875)  -1918%
(Provision)/Reversal of provision for direct financing lease losses  (66,113)  242,180   (308,293)  -127%
Net interest (loss)/income after provision for loan losses and financing lease losses  (2,191,517)  1,552,489   (3,744,006)  -241%
                 
Commissions and fees on financial guarantee services  2,843   26,308   (23,465)  -89%
(Provision)/Reversal of provision for financial guarantee services  (830,140)  385,352   (1,215,492)  -315%
Commission and fee (loss)/income on guarantee services, net  (827,297)  411,660   (1,238,957)  -301%
                 
Net (Loss)/Revenue  (3,018,814)  1,964,149   (4,982,963)  -254%
                 
Non-interest income                
Other non-interest income  -   48,945   (48,945)  -100%
Total  non-interest income  -   48,945   (48,945)  -100%
                 
Non-interest expense                
Salaries and employee surcharge  (707,012)  (548,978)  (158,034)  29%
Rental expenses  (41,242)  (64,850)  23,608   -36%
Business taxes and surcharge  (3,221)  (21,798)  18,577   -85%
Transaction costs relating to acquisition  (2,136,285)  -   (2,136,285)  >100%
Litigation and settlement cost for the shareholders’ lawsuit  (1,838,500)  (690,000)  (1,148,500)  166%
Other operating expenses  (784,815)  (1,893,027)  1,108,212   -58%
Total non-interest expense  (5,511,075)  (3,218,653)  (2,292,422)  71%
                 
Foreign exchange loss  (355)  (557)  202   -36%
                 
Loss Before Income Taxes  (8,530,244)  (1,206,116)  (7,324,128)  607%
Income tax expense  -   -   -   0%
Net Loss  (8,530,244)  (1,206,116)  (7,324,128)  607%
                 
Loss per Share-Basic and Diluted  (0.491)  (0.086)  (0.405)  471%
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding-Basic and Diluted  17,371,183   14,026,815   3,344,368   24%
                 
Net Loss  (8,530,244)  (1,206,116)  (7,324,128)  607%
Other comprehensive income                
Foreign currency translation adjustment  43,987   205,546   (161,559)  -79%
Comprehensive Loss $(8,486,257) $(1,000,570) $(7,455,702)  748%

The Company’s net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was US$8,530,244, representing an increase of US$7,324,128, or 607%, from net loss of US$1,206,116 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The change in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was the net effect of the changes in the following components:

a decrease in net interest income of US$881,838;
an change of US$2,553,875 from a reversal of provision of loan losses to a provision for loan losses;
an change of US$1,215,492 from a reversal of provision for financial guarantee services to a provision for financial guarantee services; and

an increase in total non-interest expense of US$2,292,422.

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The following paragraphs discuss changes in the components of net loss in greater details during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the nine months ended September 30. 2016.

Net Interest Income

Net interest income is equal to interest income we generated less interest expenses on short-term bank loans. The Company’s net interest income decreased by US$881,838 or 75% to US$295,294 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to net interest income of US$1,177,132 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

The interests and fees on loans, direct financing leases and deposits with banks decreased by US$911,895, or 76% to US$295,294 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to net interest income of US$1,207,189 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The decrease is the combined effect of: (1) the decrease in the amount of monthly interest received from long-aged loans resulting from the existing customers’ deteriorating loan quality; and (2) No new loans or renewal of loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, leading to a significant decrease in interest income.

As a traditional industry, the textile industry, which is the pillar industry in Wujiang area, as well as other industries, has been facing downward pressure. Additionally, the bank lenders usually require an old loan be paid in full upon maturity before they approve a new loan to the same borrower. Some SMEs have to borrow from so-called “underground” lenders, or shadow banks to repay the loans due to the banks. Additionally, the banks denied to extend new loans to some SMEs even after they made the full repayment for the loans due and satisfied other conditions. Management is concerned that the borrowers may use the proceeds from the loans we grant to them as a means of repayment to the other banks or even to the underground lenders, instead of using them in operations. Therefore, management decided to grant new loans in a more cautious manner. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we did not grant new loans or renew existing loans. As of September 30, 2017, we had 107 loans with an average loan size of US$544,549. The loan balance of $54,821,187 was accrued of an allowance for uncollectibilty which was equal to the loan balance.

Due to the long-term nature of our restricted deposits with third party banks, we utilized these deposits as term deposits which in turn generated interest income on deposits with banks of US$4,728 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to US$3,526 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Caused by the contraction of our traditional guarantee business with banks, we have closed several restricted deposit accounts with banks through which we provided guarantee services to our customers. As a result, the interest income on deposits with bank was insignificant during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Provision for Loan Losses

The Company provided a provision for loan losses of US$2,420,698 and reversed a provision for loan losses of US$133,177 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The provision for loan losses was determined by comparing the beginning and ending balance of allowance for loan losses for business and personal loans. If the ending balance of the allowance of loan losses after any charge offs (net of recoveries) is less than the beginning balance, it will be recorded as a “reversal”; if it is larger, it will be recorded as a “provision” in the allowance for loan loss. The netting amount of “reversal” and “provision” is presented in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and the components of the provision for loan losses were disclosed in Note 8 of financial statements.

Provision for loan losses increased by $2,553,875 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to the same period last year. Based on the management assessment over each individual loan in terms the customers’ payment ability and payment intention, more “doubtful” loans rolled to “loss” loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to that during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The fact leads to more accrual of provision on loan losses during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016.

From October 1, 2017 to the date of the report, the Company assessed the charged-off loan balances recorded as of September 30, 2017 and was of the opinion that these balances were uncollectible.

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Net Commission and Fees on Guarantee Business

The Company also generated net income by charging fees for financial guarantee services provided to our customers to help them obtain loans from other banks. We generally charge a one-time fee of 1.8% - 3.6% multiplied by the amount of loans being guaranteed, based on the nature of the guarantee and whether the customer is new or existing.

As of September 30, 2017, the off-balance-sheet financial guarantee amounted to US$11.4 million. The commissions and fees generated from our financial guarantee services decreased from US$26,308 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to US$2,843 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The reduction was due to the fact that the Company did not increase any financial guarantee business since March 31, 2016 as management reduced the guarantee portfolio to control the default risk.

As of September 30, 2017, we have provided guarantees for a total of US$11.4 million underlying loans to approximately 14 financial guarantee service customers, as compared to a total of US$10.9 million as of December 31, 2016.

Provision on Financial Guarantee Services

The Company provided a provision for financial guarantee services of US$830,140 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to a reversal of provision of US$385,352 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, representing a change of $1,215,492. The change was mainly attributable to the decrease of repayment from several financial guarantee customers who were classified as “loss customers” as of September 30, 2017.

The methodology the Company used to estimate the liability for probable guarantee loss considers the guarantee contract amount and a variety of factors, which include, dependence on the counterparty, latest financial position and performance of the customers, actual defaults, estimated future defaults, historical loss experience, estimated value of collaterals or guarantees the costumers or third parties offered, and other economic conditions such as the economic trend of the area and the country. The estimates are based upon currently available information. Based on the recent lawsuit results and repayment status by defaulted customers, the Company estimated approximately 50% of off-balance-sheet financial guarantee services may be subject to default and their repayment may be “not likely”. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company accrued approximately 62% and 55% of contract amount, respectively.

This is done throughout the life of the guarantee, as necessary when additional relevant information becomes available. The methodology used to estimate the liability for possible guarantee loss considers the guarantee contract amount and a variety of factors, which include, depending on the counterparty, latest financial position and performance of the borrowers, actual defaults, estimated future defaults, historical loss experience, estimated value of collaterals or guarantees the customers or third parties offered, and other economic conditions such as the economy trend of the area and the country. The estimates are based upon currently available information.

Since the beginning of 2016, People’s Bank of China injected a significant amount of liquidity to the market to encourage the development of emerging industries such as online-game, filming and virtual reality, which has made it easier than previous two years for entities in such emerging industries to gain access to capital. However, the bank lenders are still cautious with SMEs in traditional industries. The bank lenders usually require an old loan be paid in full upon maturity before they approve a new loan to the same borrower. Since the end of the year ended December 31, 2014, the banks denied to extend new loans to many SMEs even after they made the full repayment for the loans due and satisfied other conditions. As a result, some of the SME borrowers for which we provided the guarantees decided to default on the bank loans. Therefore the amount of repayment we made to the bank lenders substantially increased since the year ended December 31, 2014. We have brought collection actions against both the borrowers and their counter-guarantors. However, management was advised by counsel in the collection action that the chance of collection is remote given the large scale bad debt prevalent in Wujiang region. As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the management charged off specific provision for two customers in the amount of US$164,220 and US$142,966, respectively.

In February and March 2015, the Company revisited the classification of its guarantee portfolios within its rating system to test the adequacy of the allowances calculated thereby. As a result of such testing, the Company decided to reclassify certain guarantees into different categories. The Company reviewed the profile, financial condition and other relevant information and documents of each customer in the guarantee businesses. For customers with several guarantees with different due dates, if one guaranteed loan was past due, the Company decided to reclassify all of this customer's guaranteed loans as past due (even the other loans that were not mature yet). These reclassifications affected numerous customer accounts. We engaged He-Partners Law Firm, one of the largest law firms in Suzhou City, to represent us in the legal proceedings against the borrowers and their counter guarantors, and expect to collect part of the outstanding balance in a period ranging from six twelve months to one and a half year upon adjudication by the court in favor of the Company. The timing of collection and ultimate amount of funds we can recover depend on a few factors, including the repayment ability of the borrower and their counter-guarantors, the execution time of the court, other obligations the borrowers have and priority over the claim for the Company.

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Non-interest Expenses

Non-interest expenses increased from US$3,218,653 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to US$5,511,075 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, representing an increase of US$2,292,422, or 71%. Non-interest expenses primarily consisted of salary and employee surcharge, office rental expense, business tax and surcharge, depreciation of equipment, travel expenses, entertainment expenses, professional service fees, and other office supplies. The increase was mainly attributable to net effects of an increase of salaries and employee surcharge by US$158,034, or 29%, an increase of transaction cost relating to acquisition of $2,136,285 and an increase of litigation and settlement cost for the shareholders’ lawsuit of $1,148,500, or 166% netting off against a decrease of other operating expenses by US$1,108,212, or 58%. The increase of salaries and employee surcharge was mainly caused by increased issuance of restricted shares to management for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase of transaction cost relating to acquisition is primarily attributable to issuance of unregistered shares to the professional service providers for their services in the acquisition of Sorghum. The increase of legal and settlement cost of shareholders’ lawsuit was attributable to accrual of expenses on the basis of a final fairness hearing on May 30, 2017 when the share price increased significantly as compared with initial estimation of the contingent expenses. The decrease of other operating expenses is mainly due to a decrease of US$1,262,313 in legal and consulting expenses as during the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company issued 300,000 restricted shares at a fair value of $771,000, to a financial service provider who was involved to assist the Company to find out a new business model and increase profitability.

Loan Portfolio Quality

One of our key objectives is to maintain a high level of loan portfolio quality. When a borrower fails to make a scheduled payment, we attempt to cure the deficiency by personally contacting the borrower. Initial contacts typically are made seven days after the date the payment is due, and warning letters are sent by our legal counsel approximately 90 days after the default. In most cases, deficiencies are promptly resolved. If the outstanding amount cannot be collected within 180 days after the maturity date and the parties could not reach an agreement on a specific repayment program, we will initiate legal proceedings.

We also keep the frequency of visits to our customers and observe their daily production on site from time to time to observe their operating condition and collect their financial information. Since most of our customers are in the Jiangsu area, it is also relatively easy to obtain information about our customers.

On loans where the collection of principal or interest payments is doubtful, the accrual of interest income ceases and become “non-accrual” loans. Except for loans that are sufficiently secured and in the process of collection, it is our policy to discontinue accruing additional interest and reverse any interest accrued on any loan which is 90 days or more past due.

We account for our impaired loans in accordance with U.S. GAAP. An impaired loan generally is one for which it is probable, based on current information, that the lender will not collect all the amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan. Loans that experience insignificant payment delays and payment shortfalls generally are not classified as impaired. Management determines the significance of payment delays and payment shortfalls on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration all of the circumstances surrounding the loan and the borrower, including the length of the delay, the reasons for the delay, the borrower’s prior payment history and the amount of the shortfall in relation to the principal and interest owed. Impairment is measured on a loan by loan basis for business and personal loans by either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateralized.

We allow a one-time loan extension with time duration up to the original loan term, which is usually within twelve months. In order to qualify, the borrower must be current with its interest payments. We do not grant concession to borrowers as the principal of the loan remains the same and interest rate is fixed at the current interest rate at the time of extension.

We use a comprehensive methodology to monitor credit quality and prudently manage credit concentration within our portfolio of loans. Currently our loan portfolio concentrates in the textile industry and during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, both the domestic and international demand for textile products have been decreasing. To maintain our loan portfolio quality, we have modified our loan policy to accept only textile companies with real estate as collateral or guaranteed by guarantee companies. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we assessed the loan portfolio quality and charged-off loan receivable balances recorded as of September 30, 2017 and were of the opinion that these balances were uncollectible.

In addition, we plan to minimize our risks by concentrating on smaller amount loans that are below US$451,000 (or approximately RMB 3.0 million).

Currently, the banking industry encourages SMEs to apply for loans as individuals with recourse so that when it is past due, both the SME and the responsible individual are both liable for the past due amount and the individual borrower carries personal liability. As of September 30, 2017, our loan balance did not significant change in both business loans and personal loans as compared to that as of December 31, 2016.

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The following table sets forth the classification of loans receivable as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively:

  September 30, 2017
(unaudited)
Amount
  Percent
of Total
  December 31,
2016
Amount
  Percent
of Total
 
             
Business loans $36,783,453   63.13% $37,786,657   64.57%
Personal loans  21,483,267   36.87%  20,736,324   35.43%
Total Loans receivable $58,266,720   100% $58,522,981   100%

Nonaccrual loans totaled US$56.28 million, or 96.60% of loans receivable as of September 30, 2017, as compared with US$56.58 million, or 96.68% of loans receivable, as of December 31, 2016. The allowance for loan losses was US$54.82 million, representing 94.09% of loans receivable and 97.40% of non-accrual loans as of September 30, 2017. As of December 31, 2016, the allowance for loan losses was US$51.71 million, representing 88.36% of loans receivable and 91.39% of non-accrual loans.

The following table sets forth information concerning our nonaccrual loans as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively:

  September 30, 2017
(unaudited)
  December 31,
2016
 
       
Nonaccrual loans $56,283,219  $56,579,073 
Allowance for loan losses $54,821,187  $51,708,062 
Loans receivable $58,266,720  $58,522,981 
Total assets $7,714,013  $9,570,743 
Nonaccrual loans to loans receivable  96.60%  96.68%
Nonperforming assets to total assets  729.62%  591.17%
Allowance for loan losses to loans receivable  94.09%  88.36%
Allowance for loan losses to non-accrual loans  97.40%  91.39%

As a traditional industry, the textile industry, which is the pillar industry in Wujiang area, as well as other industries, has been facing downward pressure. As the local SMEs’ profitability and repayment ability deteriorates, “special mentioned”, “substandard” and “doubtful’ bank loans drastically increased. As such, our provision for loan losses remained at a high level as of September 30, 2017.

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Cash Flows and Capital Resources

 

We have financed our operations primarily through shareholder contributions, cash flow from operations, and public offerings of securities. As a result of our total cash activities, net cash increased from US$768,501 as of December 31, 2016 to US$3,030,468 as of September 30, 2017.

 

Going ConcernLiquidity

 

The unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business are dependent on, among other things,In assessing the Company’s ability to operate profitably, to generate cash flows from operations,liquidity and to pursue financing arrangements to support its working capital requirements. The conditions described below raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, within one year from the date of this filing.Company monitors and analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working capital requirements and operating expenses obligations.

 

1)Limited funds necessary to maintain operations

The Company had an accumulated deficit of US$78,734,900 as of September 30, 2017. In addition,Since the Company had a negative net asset of US$774,251 as of September 30, 2017.disposed its microcredit business and launched luxurious car leasing business in May 2018. As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019, the Company had cash balance of $340,695 and cash equivalentsa negative working capital of US$3,030,468, and total short-term borrowings of nil. Caused by the limited funds, the management assessed that$30,135. In April 2019, the Company was not able to keepraised a gross proceed of $3.7 million through a public placement. The management estimated the size of lending business within one year fromoperating expenses obligation for the filing of Form 10-Q.

The Company is actively seeking other strategic investors with experience in lending business. If necessary, the shareholders of Wujiang Luxiang will contribute more capital into Wujiang Luxiang. 

2)Recurring operating loss

During the ninenext twelve months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred operating loss of US$8,530,244. Affected by the reduction of lending business and guarantee business and increased loss loans, the management was in the opinion that recurring operating losses with be made within one year from theafter issuance of the filing.

The Company continuesfinancial statements to use its best effort to improve collection of loan receivable and interest receivable. Management engaged two PRC law firms to representbe $500,000. Therefore, the Company in the legal proceedings against the borrowers and their counter guarantors.

3)Negative operating cash flow

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company incurred negative operating cash flow of US$1,248,629. Affected by significant balance of charged-off interest receivable, the management assessed the Company would continue to have negative operating cash flow within one year from the issuance of the filing.

The Company continues to reduce the redundant headcount and entered into a new office lease with lower rent commitment since January 1, 2017 to improve operating cash flow.

4)Downward industry

Most loan customers are from textile industry which has been facing downward pressure. Additionally adversely affected by emergence of internet finance entities, the Company was facing fierce competition. Considering the high risks from both customers and competitors, management assessed the Company would further reduced the loan business without strong financial support.

Considering the above factors, the Company, on August 9, 2017, entered into Certain Share Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with the parent company of Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”). Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, CCCR will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Sorghum through issuance of 152,587,000 of its common shares. This transaction will be accounted for as a “reverse acquisition” since, immediately following completion of the transaction, the shareholders of Sorghum immediately prior to the transaction will effectuate control of the Company, through its 87.9% ownership interest in the post-merger entity.

While management believes that the measures in the liquidity planCompany will be adequate to satisfy its liquidity and cash flow requirements for the twelve months after the financial statements are available to be issued, there is no assurance that the liquidity plan will be successfully implemented. Failure to successfully implement the liquidity plan will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial position, and may materially adversely affect its ability to continue as a going concern.concern in the following 12 months. In addition, the Company’s shareholders will continuously provide financial support to the Company when there is any business expansion plan.

 

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Statement of Cash Flows

 

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows forflows. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 and 2016,2018, respectively:

 

  For the nine months ended September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Net cash used in operating activities $(1,248,629) $(47,871)
Net cash provided by investing activities  1,905,807   2,499,916 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities  1,560,000   (1,600,832)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash  44,789   9,747 
Net cash inflow $2,261,967  $860,960 
  For the Three Months Ended 
March 31,
 
  2019  2018 
Net cash used in by operating activities $(758,633) $(608,646)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities  (999,481)  151,128 
Net cash provided by financing activities  592,724   - 
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash  21,969   42,631 
Net cash outflow $(1,143,421) $(414,887)

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

 

During the nine monthsthree ended September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019, we had a cash outflow from operating activities of US$1,248,629,758,633, an increase of US$1,200,798149,987 from a cash outflow of US$47,871608,646 for the same period last year.three months ended March 31, 2018. We generatedincurred a net loss for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 of US$8,530,244,1,829,826, an increase of US$7,324,1281,443,928 from the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016,March 31, 2018, during which we incurred a net loss of US$1,206,116.385,898. In addition to the change in profitability, the decrease in net cash used in operating activities was the result of several factors, including:

 

A gain on disposal of discontinued operations of US$176,529.

An increase of provision on loan losses of US$2,553,875. The Company provided a provision for loan losses of US$2,420,698 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to a reversal of provision of US$133,177 provided during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The increase of the loan provision is mainly due to the fact that more “doubtful” loans rolling to “loss” loans incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the same period ended September 30, 2016;

An increase of provision on financial guarantee services of US$1,215,492. The Company provided a provision for financial guarantee services of US$830,140 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to a reversal of provision of US$385,352 provided during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The change was mainly attributable to the decrease of repayment from several financial guarantee customers who were classified as “loss customers” as of September 30, 2017;
An increase in impairment losses on operating lease assets, totaling $96,318 relating to the used luxurious car leasing business launched in May 2018; and

502,391 restricted shares, at a fair value of $884,208, were issued to directors and professional service providersemployees as compensation of US$805,056. As an incentive to the efforts made by the Company’s management and professional service providers in acquisition of Sorghum, the Company issued more restricted shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.past services.

An increaseA net cash used in provision for settlement expenses against legal proceedingoperating activities from discontinued operations of US$1,378,500. As we accrued expenses for additional share settlement in the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

546,817.

 

Net Cash Provided byUsed in Investing Activities 

 

Net cash provided byused in investing activities for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2017March 31, 2019 was US$1,905,807999,481 as compared to net cash provided by investing activities of US$2,499,916151,128 for the ninethree months ended September 30, 2016.March 31, 2018. The cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was combined effects of purchase of two used luxurious cars of $406,757 and loans disbursed to two third parties of $592,724.

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was mainly caused by net cash of $332,966 provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was net effects of collection of principals of US$1,155,055 from third party customers of direct loan business, collection of principal of US$227,723 from direct financing lease customers, and collection of short-term loans from a related party of US$478,954. The cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was mainly collection of principals of $2,147,593 from third party customers of direct loan business, collection of $1,427,674 from third party customers of financial guarantee services,discontinued operation, netting off against a short-term loancash transfer out of US$1,945,224 advanced to a related party$181,838 in connection with discontinued operation.

 


Net Cash Provided/ (Used) inProvided by Financing Activities

 

NetDuring the three months ended March 31, 2019, the cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was US$1,560,000 as compared to net cash used in financing activities of US$1,600,832 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. The cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was mainly from private placement of 1,237,486 shares with four individuals. The cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was mainly attributable the repaymentto borrowings from third parties of bank borrowing.$592,724.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company did not incur any cash flows from financing activities.

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Off-balance Sheet Arrangements


We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2019.

Contractual Obligations

 

As of September 30, 2017,March 31, 2019, the annual amounts of future minimum payments under certain of our contractual obligations were:

 

 Payment due by period  Payment due by period 
 Total  Less than 
1 year
  1-2 years  2-3 years  3-5 years  5 years 
and after
  Total  Less than 
1 year
  1-2 years  2-3 years  3-5 years  5 years 
and after
 
Contractual obligations:                          
Operating lease (1) (2)  62,237   30,643   25,202   6,392   -   -  $65,704  $35,186  $30,518        -        -        - 
 $62,237  $30,643  $25,202  $6,392  $-  $-  $65,704  $35,186  $30,518  $-  $-  $- 

  

(1)Our prior leaseWe leased certain office space in New York, NY where we paid a monthly rent of US$3,600 for our office in Wujiang commenced on June 1, 2015 and would expire on Maythe three months ended March 31, 2021. In January 2017, we terminated this office lease as we leased a new office (see note 2). No penalty was paid for early termination.2019.

(2)During the yearthree months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2016,2019, we did not enter into additional lease contracts. As of March 31, 2019, we had one rental free office lease agreement with a third party and one office lease agreement with monthly rental fee of $5,506 with a third party which expires in September 2020.
(3)As permitted by ASC 842, leases with expected durations of less than 12 months from inception (i.e. short-term leases) were excluded from the Company’s calculation of its lease liability and right-of-use asset. Furthermore, as permitted by ASC 842, the Company leasedelected to apply the package of practical expedients, which allows companies not to reassess: (a) whether its new office under a lease agreement from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019. The Company has the right to extendexpired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (b) the lease before its expirationclassification for any expired or existing leases, and (c) initial direct costs for any existing leases. Consequently, on adoption and as of March 31, 2019, we did not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities as we did not enter into new lease agreements with a one-month's prior written notice.lease term over 12 months for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

These financial guarantee contracts consist of providing guarantees to banks on behalf of borrowers to help them obtain loans from banks. The contract amounts reflect the extent of involvement the Company has in the guarantee business and also represents the Company’s maximum exposure to credit loss.

The Company is party to financial instruments with off-balance-sheet risk in the normal course of business to meet the financing needs of its borrowers. Financial instruments whose contract amounts represent credit risk are as follows.

  September 30, 2017
(unaudited)
  December 31, 2016 
Guarantee  11,367,564   10,893,089 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Please refer to Note 32 of our Condensedthe Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10Q10-Q for details of our critical accounting policies.

 

Recently issued accounting standardsRecent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Please refer to Note 3(u)2(b) of ourthe Consolidated Financial Statements included in Form 10-K10-Q for details of our recently issued accounting standards.   

 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Based on an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act were not effective as of September 30, 2017 to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed byMarch 31, 2019.

Certain personnel primarily responsible for the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarizedpreparation of our financial statements require additional requisite levels of knowledge, experience and reported within the time periods specifiedtraining in the Securitiesapplication of U.S. GAAP commensurate with our financial reporting requirements. The management thought that in light of the inexperience of our accounting staff with respect to the requirements of U.S. GAAP-based reporting and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)SEC rules and forms,regulations, we did not maintain effective controls and (ii) accumulateddid not implement adequate and communicatedproper supervisory review to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.ensure that significant internal control deficiencies can be detected or prevented.  

 

Inherent Limitations Over Internal ControlsManagement’s assessment of the control deficiency over accounting and finance personnel as of March 31, 2019 included:

the number of adjustments proposed by our independent auditors during our annual audit processes;

how adequately we complied with U.S. GAAP on transactions; and

how accurately we prepared supporting information to provide to our independent auditors on annual basis.

Based on the above factors, management concluded that the control deficiency over accounting and finance personnel was the material weaknesses as of March 31, 2019, as our accounting staff continues to lack sufficient U.S. GAAP experience and requires further substantial training.

 

The Company’sManagement Plan to Remediate Material Weaknesses

We expect to implement the following measures in 2019 to continue to remediate the material weaknesses identified:

To continue providing applicable training for our financial and accounting staff to enhance their understanding of U.S. GAAP and internal control over financial reporting.

To expand involvement of qualified external consultants to supervise and review our financial reporting process.

To strengthen the purchasing and payment approval standard in large purchases of vehicles by increasing the number of employees delegated to the process.

To establish a rental fees and deposit monitoring system and employ an operation assistant to maintain the system.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls.  Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingwill necessarily prevent all fraud and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S GAAP. The Company’smaterial error.  An internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

i)pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the Company’s assets;

ii)provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that the Company’s receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and

iii)provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that the Company’s internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designedconceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Also,The design of any evaluation of the effectivenesssystem of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future periods are subject to the riskevents, and there can be no assurance that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changesany control design will succeed in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

  

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes (excluding corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses) in our internal control over financial reporting during the first quarter ended September 30, 2017of 2019 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

The Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of its business.

 

a)2014 Class Action litigation

On August 6, 2014, a purported shareholder Andrew Dennison filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court District of New Jersey (the “N.J. district court”) relating to a July 25, 2014 press release about the Company’s progress in recovering a significant portion of the $5.4 million the Company paid in the first quarter of 2014 on behalf of loan guarantee customers. The action, Andrew Dennison v. China Commercial Credit,Bat Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:2014-cv-04956, alleges that the Company and its current and former officers and directors Huichun Qin, Long Yi, Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling, Xiangdong Xiao, and John F. Levy violated the federal securities laws by misrepresenting in prior public filings certain material facts about the risks associated with its loan guarantee business. On October 2, 2014, purported shareholders Zhang Yun and SanjivMehrotraSanjiv Mehrotra (the “Yun Group”) asserted substantially similar claims against the same defendants in a putative class action captioned Zhang Yun v. China Commercial Credit,Bat Group, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:14-cv-06136 (D. N.J.). Neither complaint states the amount of damages sought.

 

On or about October 6, 2014, Dennison, the Yun Group and another purported shareholder, Jason Stark, filed motions to consolidate the cases, be appointed as lead plaintiff and to have their respective counsel appointed as lead counsel.

On October 31, 2014, the N.J. district court entered an order consolidating the cases under the caption In“In re China Commercial Credit Inc. Securities LitigationLitigation” and appointing the Yun Group as lead plaintiff (“Class Plaintiff”) and the Yun Group’s counsel as lead counsel.

On November 18, 2014, the Yun Group and the Company, which at that point was the only defendant served, entered into a stipulation to transfer of the case to the Southern District of New York. On December 18, 2014, Mr. Levy, who had by then been served, joined in the stipulation.


On December 29, 2014, the N.J. district court entered an order transferring the action. The transfer was effected on January 22, 2015, and assigned docket number 1:15-cv-00557-ALC (S.D.N.Y.) (the “Securities Class Action”).

Under the schedule stipulated by the parties, the Yun Group was to file an amended complaint within 60 days of the date that the transfer was effected, and the defendants’ date to answer or move was within 60 days of that filing.

On April 7, 2015, the Class Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Class Action Complaint (the “CAC”). The CAC also asserts securities law claims against defendants Axiom Capital Management, Inc., Burnham Securities Inc. and ViewTrade Securities, Inc. (collectively, the “Underwriter Defendants”). The CAC alleges that the Company engaged in a fraudulent scheme by engaging in undisclosed and improper lending practices and made misleading representations regarding its underwriting policies, the loan portfolio quality, the loan loss allowance, compliance with U.S. GAAP and its internal control systems.

In accordance with the Court’s procedures, the Company and Mr. Levy and the Underwriter Defendants requested a Pre-Motion Conference in anticipation of filing a motion to dismiss the CAC, which was held on June 25, 2015. At the conference, the Court adjourned the date to answer or move in order to provide the Class Plaintiff with time to serve certain overseas defendants. After the conference, the Class Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling and Xiangdong Xiao from the action, and Long Yi agreed to waive service, which left Huichun Qin as the sole remaining defendant to serve.

 

On November 22, 2016, the Company entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (the “Stipulation”) to settle the Securities Class Action. The Stipulation resolvesresolved the claims asserted against the Company and certain of its current and former officers and directors in the Securities Class Action without any admission or concession of wrongdoing or liability by the Company or the other defendants. On June 1, 2017, followingThe Stipulation also provides, among other things, a final fairness hearing on May 30, 2017 regarding the proposed settlement the Court entered a final judgment and order that: (i) dismisses with prejudice the claims asserted in the Securities Class Action against all named defendants in connection with the Securities Class Action, includingpayment by the Company and releases any claims that were or could have been asserted that arise from or relate to the facts alleged in the Securities Class Action, such that every member of the settlement class will be barred from asserting such claims in the future; and (ii) approves the payment of $220,000$245,000 in cash and the issuance of 950,000 shares of its common stock (the “Settlement Shares”) to membersthe plaintiff’s counsel and class members.The terms of the settlement class. In addition, the Company would incur a payment of $25,000 in cashStipulation were subject to class administrator. At present, the Company is waiting forapproval by the Court following notice to approve the disbursementall class members. The issuance of the Settlement Shares. Plaintiff is filingShares are exempt from registration pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A fairness hearing was held on May 30, 2017, and the Court approved the settlement.

On December 22, 2017, the Court entered a motiondistribution order approving the distribution of the Settlement Stock to obtain such approval.the class plaintiffs. The $245,000 cash portion of the settlement has been paid in full. The Company accrued settlement cost aggregating US$1,863,500 and US$690,000 during the nine months ended September, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

On July 28, 2017, the Court entered a clarifying order to specify the allocation of attorneys’ fees in accordance with the Stipulation.

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The712,500 Class Settlement Shares are exempt from registration under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.were issued on or about January 19, 2018. The settlement does not constitute any admission of fault or wrongdoing byhas been finalized, and that thereafter there are no remaining claims outstanding as against the Company or anywith respect to this litigation. On April 10, 2018, the 237,500 of the individual defendants.plaintiff attorney fee shares were issued to plaintiff’s attorney’s broker account.

 

Two of the Underwriter Defendants, Axiom Capital Management, Inc., and ViewTrade Securities, Inc., have asserted their respective rights to indemnification under the Underwriting Agreements entered into in connection with the Company’s initial public offering and secondary offering. On or about March 16, 2016, CCCR entered into an Advance Funding and Escrow Agreement (“Advance Funding Agreement”), under which the CCCR agreed to deposit shares into escrow to fund the advancement obligation, with the initial deposit to be 637,592 shares which was valued at Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000), based upon 80% of the 30 day volume weighted average Trading Price (“VWAP”)trading price for each of the 30 consecutive trading days prior to the date of the Agreement.agreement. As of the completion of the settlement, an aggregate of 527,078 shares are unused in the escrow account and the Underwriter Defendants acknowledged there is no additional payment of fees and expenses owed to the Underwriter Defendants and the Advance Funding Agreement shall be terminated. The Company has instructed the transfer agent to cancel the 527,078 shares and return them to authorized shares. As of the date of this Form 10-Q, the Company is working with its counsel and the escrow agent to complete such cancelation.


b)2015 Derivative action

 

On February 3, 2015, a purported shareholder KiramKodaliKiran Kodali filed a putative shareholder derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned KiranKodaliKiran Kodali v. Huichun Qin, et al., Case No. 15-cv-806. The action alleges that the Company and its current and former officers and directors Huichun Qin, Long Yi, Jianming Yin, Jinggen Ling, Chunfang Shen, John F. Levy, Xiaofang Shen and Chunjiang Yu violated their fiduciary duties, grossly mismanaged the Company and were unjustly enriched based upon the transfer that was the subject of the Internal Review and other grounds substantially similar to those asserted in the class action complaints. Kodali did not serve a demand upon the Company and alleges that demand is excused. The Company and Mr. Levy are the only defendants who have been served. An amended derivative complaint was filed on April 20, 2015.

On May 29, 2015, the Court “so ordered” a stipulation among Kodali, the Company, and Mr. Levy staying all proceedings in the derivative case, except for service of process on individual defendants, until the earlier of thirty days of termination of the stipulation, dismissal of the class action with prejudice or the date any of the defendants in the class action file an answer to the CAC.

The Company believes that this lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend against it. At this stage of the proceedings, the Company is not able to estimate the probability of success or loss. The Court ordered GLG to answer or otherwise move with respect to this action on or before November 13, 2017. Thereafter, GLG and Mr. Levy submitted a pre-motion letter to the Court requesting permission to move to dismiss the derivative complaint; submission of this letter stayed the proceedings pending the Court’s review thereof. The Court held a hearing on this pre-motion letter on January 22, 2018, denying permission to file a motion to dismiss the complaint without prejudice and setting forth a schedule under which Kodali must serve the remaining defendants in the derivative litigation. On or about August 22, 2018, our new litigation counsel noticed their appearance in the Action. The parties filed a Joint Status Report on August 22, 2018, advising the Court that the parties continued to have discussions regarding a potential resolution of the matter. The parties have come to a potential agreement regarding a monetary settlement. However, the parties continued to discuss the non-monetary aspects of a potential resolution. On January 18, 2019, the parties to the derivative action entered into a Stipulation of Settlement and Plaintiff filed an Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Proposed Derivative Settlement (“Motion”). On April 4, 2019, the Court preliminarily approved the Stipulation and settlement set forth therein, including the terms and conditions for settlement and dismissal with prejudice of the Derivative Action, subject to further consideration at the Settlement Hearing to be held on July 11, 2019 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

On May 18, 2015, WFOEApril 12, 2019, the Company filed a civil complaint against Huichun QinCurrent Report on Form 8-K, properly providing the notice of settlement to the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Wujiang Region Suzhou City People’s Court claiming Mr. Qin’s misappropriationStipulation of RMB 7 million in July 2014. The complaint was rejected due to a procedural issue. The Company has since learned that Mr. Qin has been convicted and sentenced to a term of incarceration of approximately five years. In view of this information, the Company is evaluating its strategic options.Settlement.

c)2017 Class action

 

The Company and its directors were partiesparty to a lawsuit filed on September 1, 2017, by Juan C. Rojas (“Plaintiff”),certain a stockholder of the Company on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated stockholders of China Commercial Credit, Inc.,the Company GLG in the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Chancery Court”) (Case No. 2017-0633-JTL) (the “Action”), Plaintiff stockholders which sought injunctive relief, costs, and attorney’s fees. Plaintiff’s Verified Class Action Complaint (“Complaint”) alleged that the Company’s directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders by failing to disclose all necessary material information relating to the Company’s entry into an the Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) with Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited (“Sorghum”) on August 9, 2017, and preventing the Company’s stockholders from casting a fully informed vote on the Company’s acquisition of Sorghum, and other proposals contained in the Company’s preliminary proxy statement, dated August 14, 2017 (“Preliminary Proxy Statement). Plaintiff filed a Motion to Expedite the Proceeding (“Motion to Expedite”) seeking to expedited consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction, which was filed simultaneously with Plaintiff’s Complaint. The Company opposed the Motion to Expedite on September 20, 2017, and the Delaware Chancery Court held a hearing on the Motion to Expedite on September 22, 2017, wherein it denied Plaintiff’s Motion to Expedite without prejudice. On September 28, 2017, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (“Motion to Dismiss”). Plaintiff has not responded to the Company’s Motion to Dismiss.

 

On October 10, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 1 to its Preliminary Proxy Statement (the “Amended Preliminary Proxy”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in response to the Commission’s September 8, 2017 comment letter (“Comment Letter”). After reviewing the Amended Preliminary Proxy, Plaintiff determined that the Company’s Amended Preliminary Proxy rendered the claims asserted in Plaintiff’s Complaint moot and/or otherwise unsuitable for further pursuit. On October 19, 2017, the Company and Plaintiff entered into a stipulation (“Stipulation”) wherein Plaintiff agreed to voluntarily dismiss his claims against the Company, and its directors, with prejudice. The Delaware Chancery Court granted the Stipulation on October 20, 2017, and entered an Order dismissing the Action with prejudice. In accordance with the Order, the Company will advise the Delaware Chancery Court within fifteen (15) days of the earlier of (a) the stockholder vote on the Exchange Agreement relating to the proposals, or (b) the termination of the Exchange Agreement, and whether the parties to the Action have reached an agreement with respect to Plaintiff’s anticipated request for fees and expenses. Currently, no compensation in any form has passed from the Company, or its directors, to Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s attorneys in the Action, and the Company has not made a promise to give any such compensation. On or about November 6, 2017, the Company filed Amendment No. 2 to its Preliminary Proxy Statement with the Commission in further response to commentsthe Comment Letter. On December 29, 2017, the Company received notice from Sorghum notifying the Commission.Company that the Exchange Agreement is terminated. The Company advised Plaintiff of the termination of the Exchange Agreement on January 9, 2018.


d)2017 Arbitration with Sorghum

On December 21, 2017, the Company delivered notice (“Notice”) to Sorghum notifying Sorghum that certain recent actions of Sorghum constituted breaches of Sorghum’s covenants under the Exchange Agreement. Specifically, we believe that Sorghum is in breach of Section 6.9 (a) and Section 6.11 (b) of the Exchange Agreement which required Sorghum to use commercially reasonable efforts and to cooperate fully with the other parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement and to make its directors, officers and employees available in connection with responding in a timely manner to SEC comments. According to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the Company is entitled to terminate the Exchange Agreement if the breach is not cured within twenty (20) days after the Notice is provided to Sorghum.

 

On January 25, 2018, the Company filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) against Sorghum in connection with Sorghum’s breach of the Exchange Agreement. The  AAA has forwarded the Company’s Arbitration Demand to Sorghum, and Sorghum’s response to the Arbitration Demand was due on or before February 14, 2018. Sorghum did not provide a written response to the Company’s Arbitration Demand by the deadline. However, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA (“Rules”), Sorghum’s failure to respond is deemed as a general denial of the Company’s claims. On April 10, 2018, the AAA initially appointed Barbara Mentz, Esq. (“Arbitrator Mentz”) as arbitrator in accordance with the arbitration clause contained in the Exchange Agreement . On March 28, 2018, the AAA conducted an initial telephonic conference with Arbitrator Barbara Mentz, but neither Sorghum nor its counsel appeared for the call. On March 28, 2018, after the Company’s counsel appeared for the initial telephonic conference, Sorghum and its counsel contacted the AAA claiming that it was not in receipt of the AAA’s correspondence although the AAA forwarded its correspondence to Sorghum’s Chief Executive Officer’s active email. In response, the AAA scheduled another telephonic conference for April 9, 2018. All parties appeared at the April 9, 2018 conference, and approved Arbitrator Mentz’s appointment. On April 11, 2018, pursuant to the Rules, Sorghum filed its answer and counterclaim. The Company filed a written denial to Sorghum’s counterclaim on April 26, 2018. On May 2, 2018, the parties jointly requested an extension of time to file their respective proposals for resolution with the AAA, and Arbitrator Mentz granted the extension. On May 17, 2018, Sorghum requested another extension and Arbitrator Mentz granted the extension. In accordance with Arbitrator Mentz’s Order, the parties’ proposals was due May 31, 2018. On May 30, 2018, due to a delay in receiving additional evidence from a relevant third party, the Company requested an extension of time to file its proposal for resolution, which Arbitrator Mentz granted extending the deadline to June 7, 2018. To provide additional time to allow certain relevant documents to be translated due to the unavailability of the parties’ mutually accepted translator, the Company requested a final extension of time to June 14, 2018, to submit the parties’ proposal for resolution. Arbitrator Mentz granted the Company’s request. On June 14, 2018, the Company submitted its proposal for resolution to the AAA. On July 30, 2018, Arbitrator Mentz entered a reasoned award, accepting the Company’s proposal for resolution, awarding the Company damages of $1,436,521.50 against Sorghum and denying Sorghum’s Counterclaim against the Company in its entirety with prejudice. Sorghum has sought to vacate the arbitration award by filing a petition to vacate the arbitration award in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. The Company intends to vigorously oppose and move to confirm the arbitration award. The Court has scheduled a hearing for May 1, 2019.

43e)2018 Court Matter with Shanghai Nonobank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd.

 

On August 2, 2018, the Company became party to an action filed by Shanghai Nonbank Financial Information Service Co. Ltd. (“Plaintiff”) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County (“NY Supreme Court”) (Index No. 653834/2018) (the “Action”). Plaintiff’s Complaint seeks to recover approximately $3.5 million of Plaintiff’s funds that were allegedly required to be held in escrow in New York pursuant to an agreement by and between Plaintiff, Yang Jie and Yi Lin. Plaintiff alleges that the funds were required to be held in escrow in a New York attorney trust account pending the alleged consummation of a merger between Plaintiff’s parent company and the Company. The Complaint alleges two causes of action against the Company for fraud/fraudulent inducement and conversion. On August 30, 2018, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint. The Court has scheduled oral arguments on the Company’s motion to dismiss for May 1, 2019.


ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

Not applicable.As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 05, 2019.

  

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On August 10, 2017, the Company issued 4,500 and 5,500 restricted shares to Axiom Capital Management, Inc. and Michael S. Jacobs, respectively, as compensation for the issuance of a fairness opinion. All these shares are issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

 

On September 14, 2017,April 11, 2019, the Company issued 460,000 restricted shares toand certain advisors and finders as compensation for their services rendered in connection with the acquisition of Sorghum Investment Holdings Limited. All these shares are issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. 

On September 27, 2017, the Companyinstitutional investors (the “Purchasers”) entered into a securities purchase Agreementagreement (the “SPA”“Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited and sophisticated, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to such investors in connection with a private placement offering (the “Offering”)an aggregate of 552,4861,680,000 shares (“Shares”) of common stock par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, for gross proceeds to the Company of one million dollars. The purchase price per share of the Offering is $1.81. In connection with the purchase of the Shares, the Purchasers received(the “Common Stock”) in a warrant (the “Warrant”)registered direct offering and warrants to purchase up to the number ofapproximately 1,680,000 shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 193,370Common Stock in a concurrent private placement, for gross proceeds of the shares of common stock purchased by the Purchasers pursuant to the SPA.approximately $3.7 million (the “Financing”). The Warrant has an exercise price of $2.26 per share and iswarrants will be exercisable onimmediately following the date of issuance and have an exercise price of $2.20. The warrants will expire five5 years formfrom the earlier of the date on which the shares of issuance.Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or may be exercised on a cashless basis and be immediately sold pursuant to Rule 144. The Offeringpurchase price for each share of Common Stock and the corresponding warrant is $2.20. Each warrant is subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the Company’s common stock trades at or above $6.60 for 20 consecutive trading days provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or could be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 200,000 shares per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date.

The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the Financing for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Financing is closed on September 29, 2017. The Shares issued in the Offering are exempt from the registration requirementsApril 15, 2019, subject to satisfaction of the Securities Act, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder.customary closing conditions.

 

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
No.
 Description
   
31.1*3.1* Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the draft registration statement on Form DRS filed on February 14, 2013)
3.2*Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the draft registration statement on Form DRS filed on February 14, 2013)
3.3*Articles of Association of Wujiang Luxiang Rural Microcredit Co. Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the registration statement on Form S-1/A filed on June 27, 2013)
3.4*Certificate of Approval of Wujiang Luxiang Rural Microcredit Co. Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the registration statement on Form S-1 filed on June 7, 2013)
3.5*Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the registration statement on Form S-1/A filed on July 16, 2013)
3.6*Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 16, 2019)
4.1*Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2019)
10.1*Letter Agreement, dated February 25, 2019, by and between the Company and Maxim Group LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2019)
10.2*Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 11, 2019, by and among the Company and certain institutional investors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2019)
10.3*Form of Lock-up Agreement, dated April 11, 2019, by and among the Company and certain individuals (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2019)
31.1**Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2** Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1** Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2** Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS*101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith. 

*Previously filed
**Filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                 

November 14, 2017CHINA COMMERCIAL CREDIT,BAT GROUP, INC.
By:/s/ Mingjie Zhao
  Mingjie Zhao
Date: May 20, 2019By:/s/ Jiaxi Gao
 Name:Chief Executive OfficerJiaxi Gao
 Title:

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

   
 By:/s/ Long Yi
 Name:  Long Yi
 Title:

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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Exhibit
No.
Description
31.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1**Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* Filed herewith.

** Furnished herewith.

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