Datasea Inc. (OTCMKTS:DTSS) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 9.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 18, 2018, Datasea Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with ViewTrade Securities Inc. (the “Representative”), as representative of the several underwriters named on Annex A thereto. The Underwriting Agreement provides for the offer and sale by the Company of 1,450,000 shares of common stock (the “Offering”). The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 217,500 shares of the common stock on the same terms. The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, agreements and obligations, conditions to closing and termination provisions.
On December 20, 2018, the Company and the Representative amended the Underwriting Agreement for the sole purpose of increasing the amount of Offering expenses of the Representative for which the Company is responsible from $150,000 to $175,000.
In connection with the Offering, and as a condition to the closing of the Offering, on December 18, 2018, Ms. Zhixin Liu, the Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company, and Mr. Fu Liu, a director of the Company, entered into a share escrow agreement (the “Share Escrow Agreement”) with the Company, the Representative and West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. (the “Share Escrow Agent”), which serves as the escrow agent for these purposes and is also the registrar and transfer agent for the Company’s common stock. to the Share Escrow Agreement, Ms. Liu and Mr. Liu agreed toplace a total of 14,250,000 shares of Company common stock into escrow with the Share Escrow Agent to be released back to them upon the Company satisfaction of certain milestones set forth in the Share Escrow Agreement.
In addition, and as a further condition to the closing of the Offering, on December 18, 2018, the Company entered into an indemnification escrow agreement (the “Indemnification Escrow Agreement”) with the Representative and Pearlman Law Group LLP (the “Indemnification Escrow Agent”) which serves as the escrow agent for these purposes. to the Indemnification Escrow Agreement, the Company agreed to establish an escrow account in the United States and to fund such account with $600,000 from the Offering that may be utilized by the underwriters to fund any bona fide indemnification claims of the underwriters arising during an 18-month period following the offering, or longer if there is evidence that may reasonably result in us having to indemnify the underwriters, but in no event shall the funds be held in escrow for longer than two years following the offering. The escrow account will not be interest bearing, and we will be free to invest the assets in securities. All funds that are not subject to an indemnification claim will be returned to us after the applicable period expires.
On December 20, 2018, the Company, the Representative and the Indemnification Escrow Agent amended the Indemnification Escrow Agreement to provide that an additional $400,000 of the net Offering proceeds shall be deposited at the closing of the Offering with the Indemnification Escrow Agent, which funds shall be disbursed, upon joint written instruction from the Company and the Representative, to the Company, to an account designed in writing by the Company, within five business days after the Representative has confirmed receipt of a written legal opinion of DeHeng Law Offices, Chinese counsel to the Representative, addressed to the Representative, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, provided that if such legal opinion is substantially similar in all material respects to the written legal opinion provided to the Company by the Company’s Chinese counsel to Section 5(g) of the Underwriting Agreement, the legal opinion shall be deemed reasonably satisfactory to the Representative. The remaining escrowed funds shall continue to be held and disbursed in accordance with the Indemnification Escrow Agreement.
The Offering was made to a prospectus dated December 18, 2018. The common stock sold in the Offering is registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to a registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-221906), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission at 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time on December 18, 2018. The Offering closed on December 21, 2018.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement (as amended), Share Escrow Agreement and Indemnification Escrow Agreement (as amended) do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement (as amended), Share Escrow Agreement and Indemnification Escrow Agreement (as amended), copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 1.1, 1.2, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 19, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. On December 21, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. The information furnished in Item 9.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2018, by and between the Company and ViewTrade Securities, Inc. |
| 1.2 | Amendment to Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2018, by and between the Company and ViewTrade Securities, Inc. |
| 10.1 | Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2018, by and among Zhixin Liu, Fu Liu, the Company, ViewTrade Securities, Inc. and West Coast Stock Transfer, Inc. |
| 10.2 | Indemnification Escrow Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2018, by and among the Company, ViewTrade Securities, Inc. and Pearlman Law Group LLP. |
| 10.3 | Amendment to Indemnification Escrow Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2018, by and among the Company, ViewTrade Securities, Inc. and Pearlman Law Group LLP. |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated December 19, 2018. |
| 99.2 | Press Release, dated December 21, 2018. |
DATASEA INC. Exhibit
EX-1.1 2 s114888_ex1-1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1 Exhibit 1.1 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT December 18,…
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About Datasea Inc. (OTCMKTS:DTSS)
Datasea Inc. is an early-stage company, which is engaged in the business of providing Internet security products, new media advertising, micro-marketing and data analysis services in the People’s Republic of China. Through its end-consumer marketing platform, the Company seeks to offer marketing solutions to businesses. The Company’s products and services can be delineated into five categories: Internet Security Equipment, New Media Advertising Service, Micro Marketing Service, Internet Service Provider (ISP) Connecting Service and Big Data Processing Service. The Company offers Internet security equipment. The Company has developed over three types of indoor equipment designed for facilities of different sizes and one type of outdoor equipment primarily for use by local branches of the Ministry of Public Security of People’s Republic of China. The Company has developed an electronic platform, Xin Platform. The Company had not generated any revenue.
