KANDI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:KNDI) Files An 8-K Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of AssetsITEM 2.01
As previously reported under our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2017 (the “Prior Form 8-K”), on December 12, 2017, Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles Co., Ltd. (“Kandi Vehicles”), a company organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), entered into (i) a Share Transfer Agreement (the “Share Transfer Agreement”) with Mr. Wang Xinhuo, sole shareholder of Jinhua An Kao, as defined below (the “Transferor”) and (ii) a Supplementary Agreement (the “Supplementary Agreement”) with the Transferor, to which Kandi Vehicles agreed to purchase all the equity interests of Jinhua An Kao Power Technology Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the PRC (“Jinhua An Kao”). The consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Share Transfer Agreement and Supplementary Agreement took place on January 3, 2018. The acquisition is for the purpose of growing the Company’s business through vertical integration.
to the terms of the Share Transfer Agreement, Kandi Vehicles acquired all the equity interests of Jinhua An Kao for a purchase price of approximately RMB25.93 million (approximately $3.9 million) in cash to the Transferor. In addition, to the Supplementary Agreement, the Company issued 2,959,837 shares of restrictive stock or 6.2% of the Company’s total outstanding shares of the common stock, on a pre-transaction basis, to the Transferor and his designees at the closing. The other aggregate of 2,959,837 shares of the restrictive stock are make good shares for the undertaking of Jinhua An Kao to achieve no less than a total of RMB120,000,000 (approximately $18.1 million) net income over the course of the following three years.
The Transferor has no relationship to the Company other than in connection with this transaction.
About KANDI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ:KNDI)
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (Kandi) is focused on the development of pure electric vehicle (EV) products and manufacturing electric vehicle’s parts. The Company’s business operations are the design, development, manufacturing and commercialization of electric vehicles, electric vehicle parts and off-road vehicles, which are distributed in China and global markets. Its products include EV parts, EV products and off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles, utility vehicles, go-karts and others. The Company conducts its business operations through its subsidiary, Zhejiang Kandi Vehicles Co., Ltd. (Kandi Vehicles), and the partial subsidiaries of Kandi Vehicles. The Company focuses on fuel efficient, pure EV parts manufacturing. Its subsidiary, Jinhua Kandi New Energy Vehicles Co., Ltd., holds battery packing production rights, and supplies the battery pack to the joint venture company.
