LOGIQ, INC. - Annual Report: 2017 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 or [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to ____ to ______ |
Commission File Number: 000-51815
WEYLAND TECH INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
46-5057897 |
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85 Broad Street, 16-079 New York, NY 10004 | |
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(808) 829-1057 | |
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Securities registered under Section 12 (b) of the Exchange Act: None
Securities registered under Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act: Common stock, $0.0001 par value (the Common Stock).
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
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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.
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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 (§ 229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 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 Act).
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As of June 30, 2017 (the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter), the aggregate market value of the shares of the registrants common stock held by non-affiliates (based upon the closing sale price of such shares as reported on the OTCQB Market) was approximately $42 million. Shares of the registrants common stock held by each executive officer and director and each person who owns 10% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from the calculation in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the registrant. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
There were a total of 26,795,006 shares of the registrants common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2018.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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Table of Contents
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Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K and other reports that we file with the SEC contain statements that are considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give the Companys current expectations, plans, objectives, assumptions or forecasts of future events. All statements other than statements of current or historical fact contained in this annual report, including statements regarding the Companys future financial position, business strategy, budgets, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as anticipate, estimate, plans, potential, projects, ongoing, expects, management believes, we believe, we intend, and similar expressions. These statements are based on the Companys current plans and are subject to risks and uncertainties, and as such the Companys actual future activities and results of operations may be materially different from those set forth in the forward looking statements. Any or all of the forward-looking statements in this annual report may turn out to be inaccurate and as such, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. The forward-looking statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions due to a number of factors, including:
dependence on key personnel;
competitive factors;
continued growth of mobile app markets;
the operation of our business; and
general economic conditions in the ASEAN, Asia-Pacific Region and in the United States.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and except to the extent required by federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this annual report.
USE OF TERMS
Except as otherwise indicated by the context, all references in this report to:
Weyland Tech, Company, we, or our, unless the context otherwise requires, are to Weyland Tech Inc.
SEC are to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
Securities Act are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Exchange Act are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
U.S. dollar, USD, US$ and $ are to the legal currency of the United States.
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Available Information
The Companys website is www.weyland-tech.com, where information about the Company may be reviewed and obtained. In addition, the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be accessed at the internet address of the SEC, which is http://www.sec.gov. Also, the public may read and copy any materials that the Company files with at the SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580 Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Overview
Weyland Techs CreateApp platform, offered as a Platform as a Service (PaaS), enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT. At present, the Company does not charge for use of the PaaS platform. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.
We believe that SMB can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.
Our corporate headquarters are located at 85 Broad Street, 16-079 New York, NY 10004. Although we maintain a website at www.weyland-tech.com, we do not intend the information available on our website be incorporated into this filing.
Our Strategy
Although Weyland Tech's CreateApp platform originally focused on the Pan-Asia marketsthe platform is provided in twelve, predominantly Asian, languageswe have partners that work with us to develop the EU and North American markets.
The CreateApp platform enables SMB to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT.
We believe that through our app, SMB can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable price and in a cost-effective manner.
Weyland Tech currently offers the CreateApp platform directly, as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) in the following key markets:
Singapore: www.createappsingapore.com
India (Jaipur): www.aapkiapp.in
US/Canada: www.createappamericas.com
Weyland Tech currently offers a DIY App builder through a 'white label' platform, also under a PaaS model, with the apps developed generating revenue in the following markets, primarily via cooperation agreements that were structured in late 2015, 2016 and 2017:
EU, via a Strategic Cooperation with Augicom S.A. (www.augicom.ch)
Malaysia, via a Cooperation Agreement with Silver Ridge Tangerine Sdn Bhd (www.silverridge.com.my)
Hong Kong and South China via a Cooperation Agreement with Info Zone Development Ltd.
Indonesia, via a Cooperation Agreement with DPEX Worldwide (www.dpex.com)
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North America, via a Cooperation Agreement with Aurum Digital Inc. (www.createappamericas.com)
Thailand via a Cooperation Agreement with BGT Corporation Public Company Limited (http://www.bgtech.co.th/)
The Philippines via a Cooperation Agreement with MocaApp (www.mocaapp.com)
France via a Cooperation Agreement with Orange Pro (https://pro.orange.fr/)
For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform.
SMB
The Company believes that these agreements will create a large enough addressable market opportunity to generate sales and profits in a scalable manner, grow the Company's business and enhance shareholder value.
Given the nature of DIY mobile apps ("apps"), and the primary target market of SMB, a typical go-to-market strategy would have a direct sales force or resellers approach SMB directly to drive our revenue.
Over the past two years, the Company has evolved our Platform as a service model with three distinct market paths to drive recurring revenue business model.
A) Cooperation agreements in countries/regions where our partners are responsible for targeting SMB either through an installed base of customers or groups of Direct Sellers with a sales force encompassing SMB as end customers.
B) Enterprise Solutions where large retailers (hypermarket chains, mall owners, brand owners with company-owned and franchise stores) adopt a 'Master App' on a white-label basis, hosted at a 3rd party regional Hosting or Data Center facility.
C) Digital Wallet or e-Wallet: a digital financial services business, a distinguishing characteristic of Greater South East Asia (GSEA) compared to the United States is the substantially lower percentage of the population with bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. This creates the need for alternative payment methods, specifically e-wallets. GSEA is poised for its own payments transformation in much the same way that China has shifted to online payments, according to IDC. Online payments in GSEA is divided into four broad payment modes: e-wallets, such as our AtoZPay platform, credit cards, debit cards and online banking. Of these, the e-wallet mode is expected to grow the fastest over the next five years, according to IDC. Drivers for GSEAs e-wallet industry include the mismatch between internet penetration and banking penetration, which creates a structural opportunity for e-wallets; the increasing integration of e-wallets with use cases such as online games and e-commerce; and the opportunity to offer broader digital financial services using e-wallets as a foundation.
With the above strategy, we believe that the Company has been able to maintain a lower capital expenditure base due to the 'level-two' customer support vs. 'level-one' customer support, smaller sales and marketing teams, and the need to provide hosting services.
The Companys CreateApp Platform operates as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) allowing users to develop their own applications supplying the infrastructure and IT services, which users can access
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anywhere via a web or desktop browser. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.
We do not compensate resellers and distributors, instead the end user pays the reseller/distributor directly as well as paying for our services, for which we or our reseller/distributor in licensed territories bill the end user separately.
Growth of the Mobile Apps Industry
We believe that there are a number of factors that are contributing to the continued growth of the mobile apps industry: (i) smartphone adoption continues to increase globally; (ii) lower purchase prices of smartphones for consumers; (iii) smartphone users are becoming increasingly comfortable with the process of searching for and conducting business on their phones; (iv) SMB are placing more emphasis on implementing a mobile app versus a mobile website to enable customers to gain a higher level of interaction and functionality; and (v) internet users in emerging markets use smartphones as their primary internet access device, having bypassed the desktop PC entirely. We believe that the Company will be able to participate in the growth of the mobile apps industry by offering an affordable, easy to build and use platform.
Competition
Our business is rapidly evolving and highly competitive. Our current and potential competitors include:
Each of the online game, e-commerce and e-wallet industries in GSEA is highly fragmented. We face competition in each of our lines of business in each market where we operate. Some of our competitors, particularly those based outside of GSEA, may have greater access to capital markets, more financial and other resources, and a longer operating history than we do.
Online Games
We compete on the basis of a number of factors, including user base, game portfolio, quality of user experience, brand awareness and reputation, relationships with game developers and access to distribution and payment channels. Our competitors primarily include companies with a presence in just one or a few markets in the region.
E-commerce
We face competition principally from regional players that operate across several markets in the region. We also face competition from single-market players in the region. We compete to attract, engage and retain buyers based on the variety and value of products and services listed on our marketplaces, overall user experience and convenience, online communication tools, integration with mobile and networking applications and tools, quality of mobile applications, and availability of payment settlement and logistics services. We also compete to attract and retain sellers based on the number and engagement of buyers, the effectiveness and value of the marketing services we offer, commission rates and the usefulness of the services we provide including data and analytics for potential buyer targeting, cloud computing services and the availability of support services including payment settlement and logistics services.
E-wallet Platforms
AtoZPay competes primarily with credit card and debit card service providers, banks with payment processing offerings, other offline payment options and other electronic payment system operators. AtoZPay competes with these companies primarily on the basis of transaction processing speed, convenience, network size, accessibility, reliability and price. We believe the combination of
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AtoZPays numerous physical service counters and the AtoZPay App is a significant competitive advantage because of the strong demand in GSEA for convenient forms of payment processing.
Our business is rapidly evolving and highly competitive. Our current and potential competitors include: (1) Advertising companies, Web design firms and more recently, mobile app makers; (2) other DIY mobile app companies; (3) a number of indirect competitors, including media companies, web portals, comparison shopping websites, and web search engines, either directly or in collaboration with SMB; (4) companies that provide e-commerce services, including website/app development.; (5) companies that provide infrastructure web and mobile services. We believe that the principal competitive factors in our mobile apps business include ease of use, affordability and broad range of functionality. Many of our current and potential competitors have greater resources, slightly longer histories, more customers, and greater brand recognition. They may adopt more aggressive pricing and devote more resources to technology, functionality and ease of use and marketing. Other companies also may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions.
Employees
The Company currently has seventeen full-time contracted personnel in Singapore, Myanmar, Hong Kong and Jaipur, India. Our software development partner in Jaipur has 200 developers on staff to assist with technical, customer support, integration and engineering tasks.
Transfer Agent
We have engaged Nevada Agency and Trust Company as our stock transfer agent. Nevada Agency and Trust Company is located at 50 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501. Phone: (775) 332-0626.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
We operate in a highly competitive environment in which there are numerous factors which can influence our business, financial position or results of operations and which can also cause the market value of our common stock to decline. Many of these factors are beyond our control and therefore, are difficult to predict. The following section sets forth what we believe to be the principal risks that could affect us, our business or our industry, and which could result in a material adverse impact on our financial results or cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate or decline.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
We are subject to risks associated with changing technologies in the mobile apps industry, which could place us at a competitive disadvantage.
The successful implementation of our business strategy requires us to continuously evolve our existing solutions and introduce new solutions to meet customers needs. We believe that our customers rigorously evaluate our solution and service offerings on the basis of a number of factors, including, but not limited to: quality; price competitiveness; technical expertise and development capability; innovation; reliability and timeliness of delivery; operational flexibility; customer service; and overall management.
Our success depends on our ability to continue to meet our customers changing requirements and specifications with respect to these and other criteria. There can be no assurance that we will be able to address technological advances or introduce new offerings that may be necessary to remain competitive within the mobile apps industry.
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Systems failures could cause interruptions in our services or decreases in the responsiveness of our services which could harm our business.
If our systems fail to perform, we could experience disruptions in operations, slower response times or decreased customer satisfaction. Our ability to host mobile apps successfully and provide high quality customer service depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our hosting company's computer and communications hardware and software systems. Although unlikely, our hosting company's systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, natural disasters, power loss, telecommunication failures, break-ins, sabotage, computer viruses, intentional acts of vandalism and similar events. Any systems failure that causes an interruption in our services or decreases the responsiveness of our services could impair our reputation, damage our brand name and materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.
Our cost structure is partially fixed. If our revenues decline and we are unable to reduce our costs, our profitability will be adversely affected.
Our cost structure is partially fixed. We base our cost structure on historical and expected levels of demand for our services, as well as our fixed operating infrastructure, such as computer hardware and software, and staffing levels. If demand for our services declines and, as a result, our revenues decline, we may not be able to adjust our cost structure on a timely basis and our profitability may be materially adversely affected.
Attrition of customers and failure to attract new customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.
Although we offer mobile apps designed to support and retain our customers, our efforts to attract new customers or prevent attrition of our existing customers may not be successful. If we are unable to retain our existing customers or acquire new customers in a cost-effective manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows would likely be adversely affected. Although we have spent significant resources on business development and related expenses and plan to continue to do so, these efforts may not be cost-effective at attracting new customers.
Any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses, integration and consolidation risks and risks associated with entering new markets, and we may be unable to profitably operate our consolidated company.
The Company intends to selectively pursue acquisitions and new businesses. Any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses and present new risks associated with entering additional markets or offering new products and services, and integrating the acquired companies. We may not have sufficient management, financial and other resources to integrate companies we acquire or to successfully operate new businesses and we may be unable to profitably operate our expanded company. Additionally, any new businesses that we may acquire, once integrated with our existing operations, may not produce expected or intended results.
We may be unable to respond to customers' demands for new mobile app solutions and service offerings and our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.
Our customers may demand new mobile app solutions and service offerings. If we fail to identify these demands from customers or update our offerings accordingly, new offerings provided by our competitors may render our existing solutions and services less competitive. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to respond to customers' demands for new offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis and to adapt to address the increasingly sophisticated requirements and varied needs of our customers and prospective customers. We may not be successful in developing,
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introducing or marketing new offerings. In addition, our new offerings may not achieve market acceptance. Any failure on our part to anticipate or respond adequately to customer requirements, or any significant delays in the development, introduction or availability of new offerings or enhancements of our current offerings could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows.
We may be unable to respond to the evolving industry practices and technology solutions, and our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected.
To remain competitive as a mobile app provider, we must continue to invest in research and development of new technology solutions in order to keep up with the ever-evolving industry practices and enhancements to our existing solutions. The process of developing new technologies, products and services is complex and expensive. The introduction of new solutions by our competitors, the market acceptance of competitive solutions based on new or alternative technologies or the emergence of new industry practices could render our solutions less competitive.
We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations, agreements with third parties and make sales in Asia, which may experience corruption. Our activities in Asia create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of the employees, consultants or agents of our company, because these parties are not always subject to our control. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. Also, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and the employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the government may seek to hold our Company liable for successor liability FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.
RISKS RELATED TO THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK
The market price of our common stock can become volatile, leading to the possibility of its value being depressed at a time when you may want to sell your holdings.
The market price of our common stock can become volatile. Numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly. These factors include:
our earnings releases, actual or anticipated changes in our earnings, fluctuations in our operating results or our failure to meet the expectations of financial market analysts and investors;
changes in financial estimates by us or by any securities analysts who might cover our stock;
speculation about our business in the press or the investment community;
significant developments relating to our relationships with our customers or suppliers;
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stock market price and volume fluctuations of other publicly traded companies and, in particular, those that are in our industry;
customer demand for our business solutions;
investor perceptions of our industry in general and our Company in particular;
the operating and stock performance of comparable companies;
general economic conditions and trends;
announcements by us or our competitors of new products, significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or divestitures;
changes in accounting standards, policies, guidance, interpretation or principles;
loss of external funding sources;
sales of our common stock, including sales by our directors, officers or significant stockholders; and
addition or departure of key personnel.
Securities class action litigation is often instituted against companies following periods of volatility in their stock price. Should this type of litigation be instituted against us, it could result in substantial costs to us and divert our managements attention and resources.
Moreover, securities markets may from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations for reasons unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our common stock and other interests in our Company at a time when you want to sell your interest in our common stock.
Our common stock is quoted on the over-the-counter electronic quotation system maintained by the OTC Markets which may have an unfavorable impact on our stock price and liquidity.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQX, an over-the-counter electronic quotation system maintained by the OTC Markets. The OTCQX is more limited than a trading market such as the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. The OTCQX is a less visible market for the trading of our common stock by existing and potential stockholders, and so trading of our common stock on the OTCQX could depress the trading price of our common stock and could have a long-term adverse impact on our ability to raise capital in the future. We plan to list our common stock as soon as practicable. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such listing.
We may be subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define so-called penny stocks to be an equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. If our common stock becomes a penny stock, we may become subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the Penny Stock Rule. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally, individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual incomes exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouses). For transactions covered by the Penny Stock Rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchasers written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market.
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For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required to be made about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.
There can be no assurance that our common stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our common stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock, if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.
We may be required to raise additional financing by issuing new securities with terms or rights superior to those of our shares of common stock, which could adversely affect the market price of our shares of common stock.
We may require additional financing to fund future operations, develop and exploit existing and new products and to expand into new markets. We may not be able to obtain financing on favorable terms, if at all. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, the percentage ownership of our current shareholders will be reduced, and the holders of the new equity securities may have rights superior to those of the holders of shares of common stock, which could adversely affect the market price and the voting power of shares of our common stock. If we raise additional funds by issuing debt securities, the holders of these debt securities would similarly have some rights senior to those of the holders of shares of common stock, and the terms of these debt securities could impose restrictions on operations and create a significant interest expense for us.
We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
For the foreseeable future, we intend to retain any earnings to finance the development and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock. Accordingly, investors must be prepared to rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation to earn an investment return, which may never occur. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, contractual restrictions, restrictions imposed by applicable law and other factors our board deems relevant.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Companys current executive offices are located at, 85 Broad Street, 16-079, New York, NY 10004. The Companys lease is currently $820 per month.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.
The Company is currently undergoing civil litigation in Singapore where a dispute has arisen between a shareholder and the Company in relation to the ownership of approximately 3,500,000 shares of the Companys common stock. Currently, the Company is pursuing alternative means of dispute resolution which if successful is expected to be able to resolve the aforementioned litigation proceedings by the second quarter of 2018. Given that the matter is still in discussion and negotiation stages, no assurances can be given about the outcome of these proceedings. In the meanwhile, the Company believes that there are unlikely to be any negative repercussions to the other shareholders.
Additionally, the Company has settled a suit against another shareholder in Singapore, in a confidential settlement that is favorable and non-dilutive to the Company.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Common Stock
We are authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of Common Stock, at a par value $0.0001 per share. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors then up for election.
The holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefore. In the event we have liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining which are available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities and after provision has been made for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the Common Stock. Holders of shares of Common Stock, as such, have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption provisions applicable to the Common Stock.
Market Information
The Companys Common Stock currently only trades on the OTCQX operated by OTC Markets Inc. under the symbol WEYL. The Companys Common Stock commenced trading under this symbol on September 1, 2015, and previously traded under the symbol STOA from June 7, 2011 on the OTC Pink Sheets Market.
The following historical quotations obtained online at www.yahoo.com reflects the high and low bids for our Common Stock based on inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions:
Quarter Ended |
High ($) |
Low ($) |
December 31, 2017 |
5.10 |
3.20 |
September 30, 2017 |
4.44 |
2.95 |
June 30, 2017 |
4.50 |
3.55 |
March 31, 2017 |
6.90 |
3.85 |
December 31, 2016 |
5.10 |
3.00 |
September 30, 2016 |
4.65 |
1.51 |
As of March 31, 2018, the Companys Common Stock closed at a price of $4.20.
Shareholders
As of March 31, 2018, there are 26,795,006 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding held by 343 shareholders of record.
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Dividend Policy
We have never paid any cash dividends and have no plans to do so in the foreseeable future. Our future dividend policy will be determined by our Board of Directors and will depend upon a number of factors, including our financial condition and performance, our cash needs and expansion plans, income tax consequences and the restrictions that applicable laws and other arrangements then impose.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
There are currently 3.5 million shares authorized for issuance under the Equity Compensation Plan of which no shares have been issued as of March 31, 2018.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
The following is a summary of transactions since our previous disclosure on our Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2017 involving sales of our securities that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Each offer and sale was exempt from registration under either Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or Rule 506 under Regulation D of the Securities Act because (i) the securities were offered and sold only to accredited investors; (ii) there was no general solicitation or general advertising related to the offerings; (iii) each investor was given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms of and conditions of the offering and to obtain additional information; (iv) the investors represented that they were acquiring the securities for their own account and for investment; and (v) the securities were issued with restrictive legends.
The securities granted or sold under these agreements are unregistered and may only be resold or transferred if they later become registered or fall under an exemption to the Securities Act or applicable state laws. Our typical investor or grantee generally relies upon Rule 144 of the Securities Act, which, in addition to requiring several other conditions before resale may occur, requires that the securities issued be held for a minimum of six months.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company received proceeds of $1,771,028 for the private placement of the company's common shares to professional investors, individuals and the Companys CEO at prices ranging from $1.25 - $6.00. These shares were issued pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are exempt from registration by reason of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and bear an appropriate restrictive legend. The primary purpose of the share issuances was to increase the shareholder base in order to meet NASDAQ Capital Market minimum entry requirements and provide working capital to the Company. Several of the share purchasers are professional investment managers at well-known Registered Fund Management Companies and the Company believes their participation increases company credibility in the investment community.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The Company, as a smaller reporting company (as defined by §229.10(f) (1)), is not required to provide the information required by this Item.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
You should read the following plan of operation together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this annual report. This plan of operation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. The actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors.
Overview
Weyland Techs CreateApp platform is provided in fourteen languages and enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB") to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.
We believe that SMB can reach additional customers, promote their products and services and increase sales, via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable and cost-effective manner.
On April 8, 2017, the Company entered into that certain Amended and Restated Software License Agreement by and between the Company and Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limited (the Amended License Agreement) and that certain Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Eddie Foong Wai Keong, Zhao Yongxin and Brent Suen (the Amended Purchase Agreement). The Amended Licensing Agreement continues and amends and restates Weyland Techs exclusive use of the CreateApp Platform together with any instances or variations to it and all current and future revenues and income that are a result of sales, licensing and sub-licensing agreements for an initial ten-year term, which is extendable at the Companys option for two consecutive five year periods, for a total of twenty years. The Amended Purchase Agreement provides for the purchase of a controlling interest in Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limited by the Company. The Amended License Agreement and Amended Purchase Agreement amends and restates the rights of the parties with respect to the (i) that certain MOU dated May 2015, and the subsequent Sale and Purchase Agreement (the Original Purchase Agreement), and (ii) the global license agreement relating to the CreateApp Platform (the Global License Agreement).
In September 2015, we completed the acquisition of rights to Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limiteds CreateApp Platform through the Original Licensing Agreement. Our exclusive license through the Original License Agreement has been described in our prior filings, including most recently our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2017, as our Global Exclusive Licensing Agreement. The Amended License Agreement clarifies certain terms of our original agreement and extends the term of the license.
The original Sales and Purchase Agreement, dated May 28, 2015, was subsequently rescinded and pursuant to that rescission certain shares originally issued were canceled. The Amended Purchase Agreement reduces the amount of ownership of Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limited acquired to 55%, rather than 100% in order to reduce the risks related to certain operating liabilities of Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limited discovered during due diligence. At December 31, 2017, this Sales and Purchase Agreement has not been completed.
The above descriptions of the Amended Sale and Purchase Agreement and Amended Licensing Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the forms of such documents attached as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On April 27, 2017 the Company announced that initial subscriptions and revenues from its South East Asian cooperation partner, MOCAAPP. Marketing and development of additional applications -- http://www.mocaapp.com/ -- continues in the Philippines through the Company's white label channel distribution.
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According to the Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines is home to nearly 90,000 Small and Medium businesses ("SMB") and ~900,000 MSMBs (Micro-Small-Medium-sized-Business) overall.
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Weyland believes that a substantial number of these businesses will ultimately choose to expand their reach through mobile commerce (m-commerce), which has been the case in the US, Europe, and North Asia.
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Concurrently, MOCAAPP indicated initial marketing and trade show efforts have begun in Vietnam. The Company believes the expansion of m-commerce in South East Asia is in the early stages and is working with their channel distributors to become the mobile on-ramp for e-commerce in the region.
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On May 1, 2017, the Company signed a definitive Share Purchase Agreement with Escape Pixel, a provider of Web Development, Mobile Development, & Digital Customized Solutions, based in Singapore and Yangon Myanmar. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Following the closing of the transaction, Escape Pixel will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. At December 31, 2017, this Share Purchase Agreement has not been completed.
On May 1, 2017, the Company signed a software development agreement with Faith United Technology LTD, a Hong Kong based software developer. Weyland Tech and Faith United are collaborating on Online-to-Offline (O2O) applications initially targeting the food service industry. Weyland Tech believes O2O solutions allow merchants to reach online buyers that are not directly served by Third Party Logistics providers (3PL) but can reach more centralized physical locations for pick-up.
On July 20, 2017, the Company entered into an advisory agreement with TMC Prime Pte. Ltd (TMC) for the sourcing of strategic investments into the company by Southeast Asian technology companies and high net worth individuals with experience investing in technology companies TMC will commit to fund up to $10 million USD over a period of one year via direct investments.
The principals of TMC are former founders and executives of regionally based systems integrators, cloud services and mobile telephony companies.
On Jul 24, 2017 the Company announced that the Company's distribution partner in Indonesia, OAP ("OAP"), has signed an agreement to provide a stored-value 'top-up' application aimed at the 120 million adults living without access to traditional banking facilities. The application is designed to be offered via major telecommunications providers in Indonesia.
OAP has initiated a pilot program to 20 communities in Indonesia. Upon success of the pilot, OAP will offer the community application to the other 500,000 communities throughout Indonesia.
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In Indonesia, the unbanked population, or people who do not have bank accounts, is still very large. The Financial Inclusion Index (Global FIndex) for 2014 shows that only 36 percent of adults in Indonesia have bank accounts, which means there are approximately 120 million adults categorized as unbanked. A Top-Up application enables unbanked smartphone users to purchase goods and services via their phones (e-commerce/m-commerce).
Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world, has seen explosive mobile phone growth alongside a burgeoning e-commerce industry segment. A smartphone boom has been fueling Indonesia's e-commerce growth. The e-commerce industry in Indonesia has grown from $12 billion in 2014 to $18 billion last year and is forecasted to touch $130 billion by 2020 as per Indonesian tech ministry spokesman, Ismail Cawidu.
On August 11, 2017, the Company applied for uplisting to the OTC Markets Groups OTCQX Marketplace which is a higher tier market for publicly traded companies.
On Aug 29, 2017 the Company announced that its exclusive eurozone partner, Augicom S.A., has entered into a partnership with Orange Pro. As part of this agreement, Weyland Tech's CreateApp will be made available to Orange Pro clients via "la Carte Pro" program or 'Pro Card' in English.
The "Pro Card" program of Orange is a loyalty program for independent professionals and SMBs. It is believed that initial sales will begin the fourth quarter of 2017 or first quarter of 2018. Orange Pro operates under the business umbrella of Orange S.A., formerly France Télécom S.A., is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 256 million customers worldwide and employs 95,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, the group had revenues of EUR 40 billion.
Additionally, the Company has begun exploratory discussions with an eSports video aggregation operator regarding a potential partnership and the building of an online betting app for the eSports industry. Due to the high growth of the eSports sector, we anticipate that the app would be marketed worldwide and find exposure through JV's with entities such as casinos and other gambling avenues.
On April 2, 2013, the SEC issued a Report of Investigation in which it announced that the Commission had determined not to pursue an enforcement action against Netflix, Inc. for alleged violations of Regulation Fair Disclosure, Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act and Rules 13a-11 and 13a-15 thereunder, relating to the disclosure of material information selectively over social media. This report makes clear that companies can use social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD), so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information. Weyland Tech, Inc (Weyland Tech) is filing this 8k pursuant to that report to provide such information.
The SECs Report of Investigation provided guidance to issuers such as Weyland Tech regarding the use of social media to disclose material non-public information. In this regard, investors and others should note that we announce material financial information to our investors using our investor relations website ( http://www.weyland-tech.com/ ), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. We use these channels as well as social media to communicate with our subscribers and the public about our company, our services and other issues. It is possible that the information we post on social media could be deemed to be material information. Therefore, in light of the SECs guidance, we encourage investors, the media, and others interested in our company to review the information we post on the U.S. social media channels listed below. This list may be updated from time to time on Weyland Techs investor relations website.
Weyland Tech Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/weylandtech)
Weyland Tech Twitter Feed (https://twitter.com/weylandtechinc)
Weyland Tech LinkedIn Page (https://linkedin.com/company/weylandtech)
Brent Suen, CEO Public Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/BrentSuenWEYL)
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Brent Suen, CEO Public Twitter Feed (https://www.twitter.com/BrentSuenWEYL
On Sept. 12, 2017 OTC Markets Group Inc., operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, announced the Company had qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. The Company began trading September 12, 2017 on OTCQX under the symbol "WEYL." U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com. The Company was sponsored for OTCQX by Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, a qualified third-party firm responsible for providing guidance on OTCQX requirements and recommending membership.
On Sep 26, 2017 announced that it has named Mr. Ghassan R. Saade as a strategic advisor for Weyland's expansion into the Middle East & Africa ("MEA").
On Oct 17, 2017 the Company announced that its food services pilot program has launched. In the pilot, announced in May, the Company is collaborating on developing Online-to-Offline ("O2O") applications initially targeting the food service industry.
With this pilot program and the platform developed with Faith United, the Company will begin to address one of the O2O opportunities in the region. The trial will involve ordering and fulfillment of frozen foods to food distributors in Hong Kong. Following the trial, Weyland plans to extend the platform to B2C by approaching restaurants, factory kitchens and foodstuff manufacturers to expand their reach to individual and business consumers.
On Oct 19, 2017 the Company announced the addition of Mr. John Lee to its board of strategic advisors.
Mr. Lee is joining Weyland as a strategic advisor on eSports initiatives. Mr. Lee currently serves as CEO and Co-founder of kek eSports, an Asia based company with backing from globally recognized game investors including Initial Capital and Bitkraft Ventures. In addition to his role at kek eSports, he currently serves as Strategic Advisor and Honorary Chairman in Asia for ESL, the world's largest eSports league. Mr. Lee previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer at GigaMedia, which was an early leader in the competitive gaming and eSports Asia market with select Asia market rights for titles such as Counter Strike Online, FIFA Online, Freestyle Basketball and Starcraft II. Earlier in his career, he was a senior associate at Softbank Venture Capital and an associate consultant at McKinsey & Company.
On Oct 31, 2017 the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") with partner iAXCESS ("iAXCESS").
iAXCESS intends to utilize the Weyland Tech CreateApp platform for iAXCESS's m-Commerce app and will also provide the CreateApp platform on a white-label basis, as a branded app, to other industries in the MENA Region. This MOU lays the groundwork for the relationship by establishing the preliminary structural terms of the venture. The Company will provide additional details to fully memorialize an agreement.
On Nov 2, 2017 the Company announced that it is targeting the digital payments marketplace with a mobile wallet platform.
The Company's mobile wallet will be called AtozPay, which means "complete" pay in local languages and will be branded as AtoZ Pay in the Company's other markets as deployed. The Company is bringing on a team experienced in mobile wallet development to build the platform.
On Nov 7, 2017 the Company announced updates on the progress of its mobile wallet initiative first discussed on November 2, 2017.
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The Company has secured the services of a complete team in Jakarta that includes developers, marketing and sales, sales support and a general manager with 22 years of experience in tech project management to build the AtozPay team. Before agreeing to build AtozPay, the group based out of Jakarta, developed a complete mobile payments solution over the course of 14 months and ultimately advanced to $100 million in top line revenue.
On Nov 9, 2017 the Company announced that its joint venture discussions with FuntaseSports Entertainment ("Funtase"), a leading provider of eSports content and fantasy sports games in South Korea, are making significant progress and the companies have reached terms for cooperation.
The Company and Funtase are also exploring near term opportunities for deploying Funtase's platform to the Company's CreateApp users as a 'white-label' app that enables daily fantasy sports for a new, younger eSports audience on a gamified platform that will differ radically from the current draft fantasy sport market offerings.
Funtase provides gamified daily fantasy draft games for the mobile and PC platforms in the Asia market based around several of the world's leading eSports titles. Funtase and Weyland are also in discussions to provide their offerings for the non-Asia international markets.
On Nov 28, 2017 the Company announced that it has signed a new reseller agreement with HandsOn Systems.
On Dec. 12, 2017 the Company announced that its upcoming mobile wallet AtozPay has entered beta testing stage.
While the AtozPay team has focused on app development, management has been working diligently to lay the corporate infrastructure to begin formal operations.
On Dec. 22, 2017 the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with DDBill Payment Co., LTD, the operators of Chinas fourth largest payments gateway Dinpay (www.dinpay.com, English: us.dinpay.com).
Under the terms of the MOU, DDBill will assist Weyland in scaling its digital payments and wallet platforms and provide access to DDBills Dinpay China payments gateway.
On December 28, 2017 the Company announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with TKS Ventures (dba Tokes Platform) to bring blockchain technology to Weylands platforms.
Under the terms of the memorandum, TKS and Weylands final agreement will support the purposes of:
(1) Applying and utilizing blockchain technology for payment and banking layer solutions in the unbanked demographic prevalent in Weyland's SE Asia markets;
(2) Jointly developing logistics and fulfillment solutions via the blockchain that allows for more secure tracking, compliance of transactions along the supply chain in various industries;
(3) Combining WEYL's current mobile marketplace solutions which include e-wallet and other fiat currency-based payment services with TKSs Merchant Gateway services facilitating a two-way conversion of paper currency in jurisdictions where that is allowed; and
(4) Expanding the use of the TKS cryptocurrency into various non-cannabis industry applications by virtue of Weyland's other payment solutions.
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Plan of Operations
In addition to Weyland Techs focus on the ASEAN and pan-Asia markets, we have business cooperation partners with whom we develop the EU and North American markets. The CreateApp platform is offered in fourteen languages and enables SMB to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment and background in IT. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.
SMB can increase sales, reach more customers and promote their products and services via a simple easy to build mobile app at an affordable and cost-effective manner.
The Company believes that the strategic Cooperation agreements that were structured in late 2015, 2016 and early 2017, represent a significantly large addressable market opportunity allowing the company to generate sales and profits in a scalable manner, grow the Company's business and enhance shareholder value.
Given the nature of DIY mobile apps ("apps"), and the primary target market of SMB, a typical go-to-market strategy would have direct sales force or resellers approach SMB directly to drive revenue.
Over the past two years, the Company has evolved this model with three distinct market paths to drive recurring revenue sales. We currently do not sell software licenses and instead generate revenue through our Platform as a Service model:
A) Strategic Cooperation agreements in countries/regions where our partners are responsible for targeting SMB either through an installed base of customers or groups of Direct Sellers with a sales force encompassing SMB as end customers.
B) Enterprise Solutions where large retailers (hypermarket chains, mall owners, brand owners with company-owned and franchise stores) adopt a 'Master App' on a white-label basis, hosted at a 3rd party regional Hosting or Data Center facility.
C) Digital Wallet or e-Wallet a digital financial services business, a distinguishing characteristic of GSEA compared to the United States is the substantially lower percentage of the population with bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards. This creates the need for alternative payment methods, specifically e-wallets. GSEA is poised for its own payments transformation in much the same way that China has shifted to online payments, according to IDC. Online payments in GSEA is divided into four broad payment modes: e-wallets, such as our AtoZPay platform, credit cards, debit cards and online banking. Of these, the e-wallet mode is expected to grow the fastest over the next five years, according to IDC. Drivers for GSEAs e-wallet industry include the mismatch between internet penetration and banking penetration, which creates a structural opportunity for e-wallets; the increasing integration of e-wallets with use cases such as online games and e-commerce; and the opportunity to offer broader digital financial services using e-wallets as a foundation.
With the above strategy, we believe that the Company has been able to maintain a lower capital expenditure base due to the 'level-two' customer support vs. 'level-one' customer support, smaller sales and marketing teams, and the need to provide hosting services.
We note that level- one is where our partner/reseller supports the end customers and level-two is where we support the partner/reseller on training and technical support. The number of customer support people that the partner/resellers has is significantly higher and more costly to maintain. We have a small team of customer support to train/provide technical guidance to the partner/resellers team leaders which they then use as a baseplate to service larger end-user base. Smaller companies are unable to provide level-one support unless they bring on a major cost center and charge for it. We do not.
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The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform. For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.
Need for Additional Capital
To become profitable and competitive, and execute strategic transactions, we may have to raise additional capital. If we are unable to raise additional equity capital to develop our business and continue earning revenues, we might have to suspend or cease operations and our investors may lose their investment.
We have no assurance that future financings will be available to us on acceptable terms. If financing is not available on satisfactory terms, we may be unable to continue, develop, or expand our operations. Equity financing could result in additional dilution to existing shareholders.
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On December 31, 2017, we had working capital of $2,268,794 compared with a working capital of $1,217,947 on December 31, 2016. The increase in working capital is due to deposits paid for the development of our AtoZ digital wallet of $ 1,754,333 and the payments for software development in 2017 of $ 1,485,597. Net cash utilised from operation used ($332,071) in the twelve months ended December 31, 2017. Financing activities provided $384,546 in the twelve months ended December 31, 2017.
We expect to continue utilizing our personnel in Greater Asia, including ASEAN and India for servicing our customers. In order to accelerate the growth of the Company, we will also consider raising additional funding from investors.
We may not have enough working capital to complete our plan of operations. If it turns out that we have not raised enough capital to complete our anticipated business development, we will use our best efforts to raise additional funds from private placements or loans. There is no assurance that we will raise additional capital in the future or that future financings will be available to us on acceptable terms. If we require additional capital and are unable to raise it, we may have to suspend or cease operations.
Revenue Recognition
Weyland Techs CreateApp platform, offered as a Platform as a Service (PaaS), enables small-medium-sized businesses ("SMB) to create a mobile application ("app") without the need of technical knowledge, high investment or background in IT. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform.
For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.
On September 1, 2015, Weyland Tech acquired the exclusive proprietary rights to the CreateApp M-commerce platform from Technopreneurs Resource Centre Private Limited, a Singapore Limited company ("TRC") which was satisfied by the issuance of shares in the Company in exchange for a Global Exclusive Licensing agreement. Weyland Tech, owns the rights to the 'CreateApp mobile applications ("apps") platform and have also registered the www.createapp.com domain name.
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Results of Operation for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2017
Service Revenue
Service revenues were $ 15,578,171 and $12,942,353 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The increase is due to a push for market share for the CreateApp platform during 2017 in highly competitive emerging markets with reduced price points, as well as new subscriptions sold to existing customers and subscriptions sold directly to new customers.
Cost of Service
Cost of service was $11,267,879 and $7,817,973 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The increase reflects cost associated with an increase in our Service revenues from growth in clients served.
Other income comprise royalty fee income received from our Cooperation agreements for white label use of our CreateApp platform of $23,625 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 (2016: $181,391).
Operating Expenses
General and administrative: General and administrative expenses were $1,937,483 and $988,686 for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The increase reflects additional headcount to strengthen our management team hired during last quarter of 2016 as well as legal and professional costs in connection with our on-going shareholder dispute. Included in General and administrative expenses was Amortization of development cots capitalized of $351,933 (2016: $351,933)
Research and development written off was $1,889,304 during year 2017 (2016: $2,928,947).
Stock-based compensation
Stock-based compensation expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 was $ 388,650. (2016: Nil)
Net Income
The Company had a net loss of $74,282 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 as compared to a net profit $566,948 for the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease in the net income is due to increase in legal and professional costs in connection with our on-going shareholder dispute, a lower margin being achieved as a result of targeting market share from second quarter in highly competitive emerging markets with reduced price points and recognition of Stock-based compensation expenses of $388,650 and a reversal of deferred tax benefits of $ 229,479.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As a smaller reporting company (as defined by §229.10(f)(1)), the Company is not required to provide the information required by this Item.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Weyland Tech Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Weyland Tech Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Centurion ZD CPA Ltd.
Centurion ZD CPA Ltd.
Hong Kong
April 6, 2018
We have served as the Companys auditor since 2012
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|
2017 |
|
2016 | ||||
Non-current assets |
|
|
| ||||||
Investment in joint venture |
|
$ |
- |
$ |
- | ||||
Intangible assets, net |
982,131 |
|
1,334,064 | ||||||
Total non-current assets |
|
|
982,131 |
|
1,334,064 | ||||
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Accounts receivables |
|
|
- |
|
- | ||||
Prepayment, deposit and other receivables |
|
3,258,931 |
|
828,411 | |||||
Deferred tax assets |
|
- |
|
229,479 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
1,056,399 |
|
1,003,924 | |||||
Total current assets |
|
4,315,330 |
|
2,061,814 | |||||
Total assets |
$ |
5,297,461 |
$ |
3,395,878 | |||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Accounts payable |
|
|
18,000 |
|
652,330 | ||||
Accruals and other payables |
|
|
257,508 |
|
191,537 | ||||
Stock subscription payables |
|
|
1,771,028 |
|
- | ||||
Total current liabilities |
|
|
2,046,536 |
|
843,867 | ||||
Total liabilities |
|
|
2,046,536 |
|
843,867 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, |
|
|
|
|
| ||||
250,000,000 shares authorized, |
|
| |||||||
23,460,628 and 20,778,128 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively |
2,346 |
|
2,078 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
|
40,221,873 |
|
39,448,945 | |||||
Accumulated deficit brought forward |
|
(36,973,294) |
|
(36,899,012) | |||||
Total stockholders equity |
|
3,250,925 |
|
2,552,011 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
$ |
5,297,461 |
$ |
3,395,878 | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
F-2
WEYLAND TECH INC. | |||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For The Years Ended December 31, | ||
|
|
|
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
Service Revenue |
|
$ |
15,578,171 |
$ |
12,942,353 | ||
Cost of Service |
|
|
11,267,879 |
|
7,817,973 | ||
Gross Profit |
|
|
4,310,292 |
|
5,124,380 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income |
|
|
23,625 |
|
181,391 | ||
Gross Income |
|
|
4,333,917 |
|
5,305,771 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
351,933 |
|
351,933 | |
|
Bad debt provision |
|
|
- |
|
698,736 | |
|
Research and development |
|
|
1,889,304 |
|
2,928,947 | |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
1,937,483 |
|
988,686 | |
Total Operating Expenses |
|
|
4,178,720 |
|
4,968,302 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from Operations |
|
|
155,197 |
|
337,469 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax (expense)/ benefits |
|
|
(229,479) |
|
229,479 | ||
Net (Loss)/Profit |
|
$ |
(74,282) |
$ |
566,948 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) profit per common share - basic and fully diluted: |
|
|
(0.003) |
|
0.031 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of basic and fully diluted common shares outstanding |
|
|
22,072,569 |
|
18,510,393 | ||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
F-3
WEYLAND TECH INC. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31 | |||
|
|
|
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 | |
Cash flows from operations: |
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
Profit/(Loss) from continuing operations |
|
$ |
(74,282) |
$ |
566,948 | ||
|
Adjustment to reconcile net profit to net cash used in operating activities: | |||||||
|
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
351,933 |
|
351,933 | |
|
|
Issuance of common stock for service received |
|
|
388,650 |
|
- | |
|
|
Bad debt provision |
|
|
- |
|
698,736 | |
|
|
Deferred tax benefits |
|
|
393,701 |
|
(229,479) | |
|
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(164,222) |
|
- | |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
| ||
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
- |
|
- | |
|
|
Deposits and other receivables |
|
|
(1,759,254) |
|
(14,081) | |
|
|
Prepayment |
|
|
(671,266) |
|
(814,330) | |
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
(634,330) |
|
(566,290) | |
|
|
Accruals and other payables |
|
|
65,971 |
|
(110,138) | |
|
|
Stock subscription payables |
|
|
1,771,028 |
|
(147,456) | |
Net cash (used in)/provided by operations |
|
|
(332,071) |
|
(264,157) | |||
Investment activities: |
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
Investments in Indian operations |
|
|
- |
|
20,230 | ||
|
Purchase of intangible assets |
|
|
- |
|
(1,019,330) | ||
Net cash (used in) investment activities |
|
|
- |
|
(999,100) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
Proceeds from stock issuance |
|
|
384,546 |
|
1,434,963 | ||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
384,546 |
|
1,434,963 | |||
Net increased in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
52,475 |
|
171,706 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year |
|
|
1,003,924 |
|
832,218 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year |
|
$ |
1,056,399 |
$ |
1,003,924 | |||
Supplemental cash flow disclosure: |
|
|
|
|
| |||
Cash paid for interest expenses |
|
$ |
- |
$ |
- | |||
Cash paid for income taxes |
|
$ |
- |
$ |
- | |||
Non-cash transactions |
|
|
|
|
| |||
|
Issuance of shares for services received |
|
$ |
388,650 |
$ |
- | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
F-4
WEYLAND TECH, INC | ||||||
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity | ||||||
|
Common Stock * |
Amount |
Additional paid-in capital |
Subscriptions received |
Accumulated (Deficit) |
Stockholders' (Deficit)/Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance December 31, 2014 |
46,256,568 |
$ 463 |
$ 36,219,595 |
$ 1,765,855 |
$ (38,199,681) |
$ (213,768) |
Effect of reverse split from 1,000 shares to 1 share |
(625,697,147) |
(58,407) |
58,407 |
- |
- |
- |
Shares issued for services |
1,163,600 |
116 |
23,146 |
- |
- |
23,262 |
Issuance of Shares |
590,905,667 |
59,091 |
(52,206) |
- |
- |
6,885 |
Net profit for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
733,721 |
733,721 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance December 31, 2015 |
12,628,688 |
$ 1,263 |
$ 36,248,942 |
$ 1,765,855 |
(37,465,960) |
$ 550,100 |
Issuance of Shares |
9,747,440 |
975 |
3,200,003 |
(1,765,855) |
- |
1,435,123 |
Cancelation of shares |
(1,598,000) |
(160) |
|
|
|
(160) |
Net profit for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
566,948 |
566,948 |
Balance December 31, 2016 |
20,778,128 |
$ 2,078 |
$ 39,448,945 |
$ - |
$ (36,899,012) |
$ 2,552,011 |
Issuance of Shares |
1,370,500 |
137 |
384,409 |
- |
- |
384,546 |
Cancelation of shares |
(100,000) |
(10) |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
Shares issued for services |
1,412,000 |
141 |
388,509 |
- |
-- |
388,650 |
Net loss for the year |
- |
- |
- |
- |
(74,282) |
(74,282) |
Balance December 31, 2017 |
23,460,628 |
$ 2,346 |
$ 40,221,873 |
$ - |
$ (36,973,294) |
$ 3,250,925 |
*The number of shares of common stock has been retroactively restated to reflect the 1 for 1,000 reverse stock split on September 1, 2015 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. |
F-5
Weyland Tech Inc.
DECEMBER 31, 2017 AND 2016
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
Weyland Tech, specializes in providing e-commerce solutions and services that facilitate multi-channel B2C (business-to-consumer) and B2B (business-to-business) transactions. Its solutions and services enabled e-commerce transactions with speed and efficiency, and allowed an interactive and engaging customer experience as well as targeted marketing and advertising.
The Company expects to continue development of its platform through a Cooperation agreement in Jaipur, India where costs are competitively lower than more developed countries.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis to reflect the financial position and results of operations of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAP).
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of the Companys financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes its best estimate of the ultimate outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Company relies on cloud based hosting through a global accredited hosting provider. Management believes that alternate sources are available; however, disruption or termination of this relationship could adversely affect our operating results in the near-term.
SEGMENT REPORTING
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by our chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance.
The Company specializes in providing e-commerce solutions and services that facilitate multi-channel B2C (business-to-consumer) and B2B (business-to-business) transactions. We identify our reportable segments as those customer groups that represent more than 10% of our combined revenue or gross profit or loss of all reported operating segments. We manage our business on the basis of the one reportable segment e-commerce solutions and service provider. The accounting policies for segment reporting are the same as for the Company as a whole. We do not segregate assets by segments since our chief operating decision maker, or decision making group, does not use assets as a basis to evaluate a segments performance.
F-6
IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Identifiable intangible assets are recorded at cost and are amortized over 3-10 years. Similar to tangible property and equipment, the Company periodically evaluates identifiable intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company classifies its long-lived assets into: (i) computer and office equipment; (ii) furniture and fixtures, (iii) leasehold improvements, and (iv) finite lived intangible assets.
Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology, economy or other industry changes. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, relief from royalty income approach, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.
The Company makes various assumptions and estimates regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors in determining the fair values of the respective assets. The assumptions and estimates used to determine future values and remaining useful lives of long-lived assets are complex and subjective. They can be affected by various factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as the Companys business strategy and its forecasts for specific market expansion.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND CONCENTRATION OF RISK
Accounts receivable, net is stated at the amount the Company expects to collect, or the net realizable value. The Company provides a provision for allowances that includes returns, allowances and doubtful accounts equal to the estimated uncollectible amounts. The Company estimates its provision for allowances based on historical collection experience and a review of the current status of trade accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that the Companys estimate of the provision for allowances will change.
The Companys CreateApp business effective 1 September 2015 is based on a nil accounts receivable balance as subscriptions are collected through a US based payment gateway on a usage basis.
As of December 31, 2017, sales included a concentration from a major customer although accounts receivable had a nil balance.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents represent cash on hand, demand deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments placed with banks, which have original maturities of three months or less and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash.
F-7
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (loss) earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period while the effects of potential common shares outstanding during the period are included in diluted earnings per share.
FASB Accounting Standard Codification Topic 260 (ASC 260), Earnings Per Share, requires that employee equity share options, non-vested shares and similar equity instruments granted to employees be treated as potential common shares in computing diluted earnings per share. Diluted earnings per share should be based on the actual number of options or shares granted and not yet forfeited, unless doing so would be anti-dilutive. The Company uses the treasury stock method for equity instruments granted in share-based payment transactions provided in ASC 260 to determine diluted earnings per share. Antidilutive securities represent potentially dilutive securities which are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings or loss per share as their impact was antidilutive.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Companys CreateApp Platform operates as a Platform as a Service (PaaS) by providing the infrastructure allowing users to develop their own applications and IT services, which users can access anywhere via a web or desktop browser. The Company recognizes revenue on a pay to use subscription basis when our customers use our platform. For the territories licensed to our distributors and on a white label basis, we derive royalty income from the end user use of our platform on a white label basis.
The Company maintains the CreateApp software platform at its own cost. Any enhancements and minor customization for our resellers/distributors are not separately billed. Major new proprietary features are billed to the customer separately as Development income while re-usable features are added to the features available to all customers on subsequent releases of our platform.
COST OF SERVICE
Cost of service results from 1) sales commissions to resellers 2) sourcing technical and engineering personnel in Asia on an hourly or project basis in order to customize multi-site SMB mobile apps and medium to large scale customized apps. 3) cloud based hosting services.
INCOME TAXES
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 740, Income Taxes (ASC 740). Under this method, income tax expense is recognized as the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year and (ii) future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if based on the weight of available evidence it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
F-8
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In January 2017, the FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-01, Financial Instruments Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The new guidance is intended to improve the recognition and measurement of financial instruments. The new guidance makes targeted improvements to existing U.S. GAAP by: (1) requiring equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. Requiring public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes; (2) Requiring separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables) on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes to the financial statements; (3) Eliminating the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet; and. (4) Requiring a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk (also referred to as own credit) when the organization has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. The new guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the existing guidance for lease accounting, Leases (Topic 840). ASU 2017-02 requires lessees to recognize leases on their balance sheets, and leaves lessor accounting largely unchanged. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all entities. ASU 2017-02 requires a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to elect to use certain transition relief. he Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2017, the FASB released ASU 2017-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The ASU includes multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments. While aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of the accounting for share-based payments, the amendments are expected to significantly impact net income, EPS, and the statement of cash flows. Implementation and administration may present challenges for companies with significant share-based payment activities. The ASU is effective for public companies in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In April 2017, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing. The amendments clarify the following two aspects of Topic 606: (a) identifying performance obligations; and (b) the licensing implementation guidance. The amendments do not change the core principle of the guidance in Topic 606. The effective date and transition requirements for the amendments are the same as the effective date and transition requirements in Topic 606. Public entities should apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity). Early application for public entities is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
F-9
In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11 Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815); Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates 2014-09 and 2014-16 Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the March 3, 2017 EITF Meeting, which is rescinding certain SEC Staff Observer comments that are codified in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and Topic 932, Extractive ActivitiesOil and Gas, effective upon adoption of Topic 606. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In May 2017, FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606); Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which is intended to not change the core principle of the guidance in Topic 606, but rather affect only the narrow aspects of Topic 606 by reducing the potential for diversity in practice at initial application and by reducing the cost and complexity of applying Topic 606 both at transition and on an ongoing basis. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to provide guidance on the presentation and classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments on the statement of cash flows. The guidance specifically addresses cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the diversity in practice. The guidance will be effective for the Company in fiscal year 2018, but early adoption is permitted. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In October 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interest Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control, to provide guidance on the evaluation of whether a reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE by amending how a reporting entity, that is a single decision maker of a VIE, treats indirect interests in that entity held through related parties that are under common control. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
In November 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-18, "Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash". The amendments address diversity in practice that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The amendment is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
The Company has considered all new accounting pronouncements and has concluded that there are no new pronouncements that may have a material impact on results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows, based on current information.
NOTE 3 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the company has the following amounts related to intangible assets:
F-10
|
|
As of December 31, | ||
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 |
Software acquired |
$ |
1,764,330 |
$ |
1,764,330 |
Other intangible assets |
|
5,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
|
1,769,330 |
|
1,769,330 |
Less: accumulated amortization |
|
(787,199) |
|
(435,266) |
Net intangible assets |
$ |
982,131 |
$ |
1,334,064 |
No significant residual value is estimated for these intangible assets. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 totaled $351,933 and $351,933, respectively.
The remaining amortization period of the Companys amortizable intangible assets is approximately 2.67 years as of December 31, 2017. The estimated future amortization of the intangible assets is as follows:
For the years ending December 31, |
Estimated Amortization Expenses |
2018 |
$268,600 |
2019 |
101,933 |
2020 |
101,933 |
2021 |
101,933 |
Thereafter |
407,732 |
Total |
982,131 |
NOTE 4 - THE JOINT VENTURE
On November 26, 2015, the Company and Ranosys Technologies Pvt. Ltd (Ranosys) agreed to enter into the Joint Venture through CreateApp India Pvt Ltd. (CreateApp), an India limited liability company of which the Company and Ranosys are 50% members. The results of operations of CreateApp from November 26, 2015 were not material. The Joint Venture was claimed to be not successful subsequently and changed into strategic software development cooperation.
NOTE 5 ACCRUALS AND OTHER PAYABLE
Accruals and other payable consisted of the following:
|
|
As of December 31, | |||
|
|
2017 |
|
2016 | |
Accruals |
$ |
247,449 |
$ |
177,949 | |
Other payables |
|
10,059 |
|
13,588 | |
|
$ |
257,508 |
$ |
191,537 |
F-11
NOTE 6 - STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
Common Shares
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, authorized common shares of the Company consists of 250,000,000 shares with par value of $0.0001 each.
Issuance of Common Stock
During the period from January 1, 2015 to June 8, 2015, 580,067,155 shares with par value of $0.0001 per share were issued to various stockholders.
During the period from September 2, 2015 to December 31, 2015, 1,163,600 shares with par value of $ 0.0001 per share were issued for legal and professional services, and 10,838,764 shares with par value of $ 0.0001 per share were issued to various stockholders.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, 9,747,440 shares with par value of $ 0.0001 per share were issued to various stockholders.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, 1,412,000 shares with par value of $ 0.0001 per share were issued for consultancy services received and 1,370,500 shares with par value of $0.0001 per share were issued to various stockholders.
Cancellation of Common Stock
During the year ended December 31, 2016, 1,598,000 shares with par value of $0.0001 per share were cancelled by various stockholders.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, 100,000 shares with par value of $0.0001 per share were cancelled by various stockholders.
Employee Stock Option Plan
The Company has a stock option and incentive plan, the Stock Option Plan. The exercise price for all equity awards issued under the Stock Option Plan is based on the fair market value of the common share price which is the closing price quoted on the Pink Sheets on the last trading day before the date of grant. The stock options generally vest on a monthly basis over a two-year to three-year period, and have a five year life.
Stock-Based Compensation
A summary of the Companys stock option activity during the year ended December 31, 2017 is presented below:
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|
|
Number of options |
Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Weighted Average Grant-date Fair Value |
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) |
Aggregate Intrinsic Value |
Options Outstanding , December 31, 2014 |
|
250,000 |
0.6 |
2.8 |
0.67 |
$0 |
Less: Option expired |
|
(250,000) |
0.6 |
2.8 |
|
|
Options Outstanding , December 31, 2015 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Options Outstanding , December 31, 2016 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Options Outstanding , December 31, 2017 |
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
All options outstanding are fully expired as of December 31, 2017. No new options were granted in the fiscal year 2017 or 2016.
NOTE 7 (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively:
|
|
|
For the Years Ended December 31, 31, |
| |||
|
|
|
2017 |
|
|
2016 |
|
Numerator - basic and diluted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss)/profit |
|
$ |
(74,282) |
|
$ |
566,948 |
|
Denominator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding basic and diluted |
|
|
22,072,569 |
|
|
18,510,393 |
|
(Loss) Profit per common share basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(0.003) |
|
$ |
0.031 |
|
NOTE 8 - INCOME TAXES
The Company and its subsidiaries file separate income tax returns.
The United States of America
Weyland Tech, Inc. is incorporated in the State of Delaware in the U.S., and is subject to a gradual U.S. federal corporate income tax of 21%. The Company generated taxable income for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and which is subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax rate of 21% and 34%, respectively.
Hong Kong
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Weyland Tech Limited is incorporated in Hong Kong and Hong Kongs profits tax rate is 16.5%. Weyland Tech Limited did not earn any income that was derived in Hong Kong for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, and therefore, Weyland Tech Limited was not subject to Hong Kong profits tax.
The Companys effective income tax rates were 21% and 34% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Income tax mainly consists of foreign income tax at statutory rates and the effects of permanent and temporary differences.
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For the year ended December 31, | ||||||||||
|
|
2017 |
|
|
2016 |
| |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
U.S. statutory tax rate |
|
|
21.0% |
|
|
|
34.0% |
| |||
Hong Kong profit tax rate |
|
|
16.5% |
|
|
|
16.5% |
| |||
Foreign income not registered in the Hong Kong |
|
|
(16.5%) |
|
|
|
(16.5%) |
| |||
Others |
|
|
0.0% |
|
|
|
0.0% |
| |||
Effective tax rate |
|
|
21.0% |
|
|
|
34.0% |
|
As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company has a deferred tax asset of nil and $229,479, resulting from certain net operating losses in U.S., respectively. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those net operating losses are available. The Company considers projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making its assessment. At present, the Company concludes that it is more-likely-than-not that the Company will be able to realize all of its tax benefits in the near future and therefore a valuation allowance has been provided for the full value of the deferred tax asset. A valuation allowance will be maintained until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of any portion or all of the valuation allowance. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the valuation allowance was $550,741 and $714,964, respectively. Change of -$164,223 and $714,964 in the valuation allowance for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 respectively.
|
|
|
As of December 31, |
| ||||
|
|
|
2017 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
Deferred tax asset from operating losses carry-forwards |
|
$ |
550,741 |
|
|
$ |
944,443 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(550,741) |
|
|
|
(714,964) |
|
Deferred tax asset, net |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
229,479 |
|
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NOTE 9 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating lease
Other than the lease of the Companys current executive offices are located at, 85 Broad Street, 16-079, New York, NY 10004. at $820 per month, the Company did not have any operating lease as of December 31, 2017.
Legal proceedings
Other than as disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of the Companys 10-K above, as of December 31, 2017, the Company is not aware of any material outstanding claim and litigation against them.
NOTE 10 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On March 14, 2018 The Company confirmed that it has received a non-binding acquisition proposal from its recently announced strategic partner, Chinas DDBill Payment Co., Ltd (DDBill) which operates Chinas fourth largest payments gateway Dinpay (www.dinpay.com, English: us.dinpay.com) and Dinpay Technology Group Ltd. (DTG).
The two companies, having spent the past three months working with Weyland on joint collaboration on expanding DDBill and DTGs product and service offering beyond Chinas borders and evaluating the Indonesia e-Wallet market, have concluded that an acquisition of the Company would benefit all groups, including Weyland Shareholders.
DDBill and DTGs Core business coverage is third-party payment technology / solution provider for :
1. Cross border WeChat business / solution provider
2. Cross border Alipay business / solution provider
3. VISA / master card products & solutions
4. Online payment gateway solutions
The Board of Directors will carefully evaluate this proposal and other potential alternatives, including continued operations as an independent organization, in alignment with its longstanding commitment to maximize shareholder value. The Company cautions its shareholders and others considering trading in its securities that there can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made by DDBill and DTG, if made, at what price or other terms, that any agreement will be executed or that a transaction in response to these proposals or that any other transaction will be approved or consummated. The Company does not undertake any obligation to provide any updates with respect to these proposals or any other proposal, except as required under applicable law.
On March 28, 2018 the Company announced the launch of the ENable mobile commerce and logistics platform with its Strategic Partner, DPEX Worldwide (DPEX). The result of the strategic partnership announced in December 2016, the official launch of ENable is the culmination of over a year of integration of Weylands CreateApp technologies with DPEXs logistics and shipping platform.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
None
ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, management performed, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and no evaluation of controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2017.
Annual Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the companys principal executive officers and effected by the companys board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and includes those policies and procedures that:
1.
Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
2.
Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and
3.
Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of
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compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Because of the inherent limitations of internal control, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
Management has conducted, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, an assessment, including testing of the effectiveness, of our internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(f) under the Exchange Act as of December 31, 2017. Managements assessment of internal control over financial reporting was conducted using the criteria in the 2013 Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that assessment, management has concluded that the Companys internal control over financial reporting is effective.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2017 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
As a smaller reporting company, the Company is not required to include in this Annual Report a report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting by the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the members of our Board of Directors, executive officers and our significant employees as of March 31, 2017:
Name |
Age |
Positions and Offices Held |
Brent Suen |
51 |
President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Secretary |
Lionel Choong |
56 |
Acting Chief Financial Officer and Director |
Eddie Foong |
45 |
Chief Operating Officer and Director |
Thet Twe Aung |
32 |
Chief Technology Officer |
Matthew Burlage |
55 |
Independent Non-Executive Board Member |
Ross O'Brien |
50 |
Independent Non-Executive Board Member |
Brett Lay |
56 |
Independent Non-Executive Board Member |
Jon Najarian |
54 |
Independent Non-Executive Board Member |
Brent Suen (age 51) has been President & Chief Executive and Financial Officer of the Company since November 19, 2014, and a director of the Company since November 19, 2014. Mr. Suen has 27 years of experience in the investment banking industry. He attended Westminster receiving his BA in Finance. He began his career in merger arbitrage at Bear Stearns in 1988, at the age of 20, as the firms youngest hire. In 1993, he founded Axis Trading Corp., one of the first online platforms for stock trading and subsequently sold it to a division of Softbank in 1996. In 1997, he co-founded Elevation Capital which invested in and advised Silicon Valley based companies on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and fund raising. In 2003 Brent moved to Hong Kong and China where he established Bay2Peak S.A. Bay2Peak has invested in and advised over fifty companies which include Internet, software, renewable energy and life science companies. From 2006 to 2008 he also advised IRG TMT Asia Fund on private and public investments. In 2012 Brent served as advisor to McLarty Group and Citibank Venture Capital on a sale/leaseback program valued at $160 million leading to the eventual sale of the company for $630 million. For the past six years, Brent led the start-up and management of Empirica S.A., a security/intelligence and frontier markets focused advisory firm operating in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.
Lionel Choong (age 56) has been acting Chief Financial Officer since July 17, 2015. In addition, Mr. Choong was the Vice Chairman of the Board and a director of Emerson Radio Corp. (NYSE: MSN) from November 2013 to June 2017. Mr. Choong was acting Chief Financial Officer of Global Regency Ltd., between April 2009 and June 2015 and remains as a consultant thereafter. Mr. Choong is a consultant for Zenith Professionals Ltd., a position he has held since August 2004 and Board Advisor to Really Sports Co., Ltd., a position he has held since June 2013. Mr. Choong has a wide range of experience in a variety of senior financial positions with companies in China, Hong Kong SAR, and London, UK. His experience encompasses building businesses, restructuring insolvency, corporate finance, and initial public offerings in a number of vertical markets, including branded apparel, consumer and lifestyle, consumer products, pharmaceuticals, and logistics. From June 2008
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to May 2011, Mr. Choong was acting Chief Financial Officer of Sinobiomed, Inc. (now Weyland Technology, Inc.). Mr. Choong is a fellow member and holds a corporate finance diploma from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a CPA and practicing member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Mr. Choong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from London Guildhall University, UK, and a Master of Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Based on Mr. Choongs background in accounting, business and corporate finance, the Board believes that he is well qualified to serve as a director and acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Eddie Foong (age 45), Chief Operating Officer, is the founder and creator of CreateApp, and has over 17 years of experience in IT, sales and marketing and operations. He was involved in a RFID technology company that developed and changed Singapore National Library Books borrowing system islandwide. He previously headed the sales and marketing department of Info. Technology within MNCs and government agencies. He graduated with a Class 1 BEng Honours Degree and IBM Award holder from University of Strathclyde, U.K.
Thet Twe Aung (age 32), is the Chief Technology Officer of the Company. Spending 10 years in software development industries, Thet has in-depth knowledge in various development methodologies, software design patterns, data modeling and hands-on experience with mobile/web programming, socket programming, frameworks, SDKs and APIs. In 2015, he founded and served as a CEO of Escape Pixel, a digital startup in Singapore that provides customized digital solutions to enterprises and businesses. With vision to shape the future of its community, he is also an active contributor/developer of many open source software projects which advance linguistic evolution, localization, and cognition. Thet holds a Bachelor of Science with honors degree in Business Computing and Information Technology from the University of Wales, Prifysgol Cymru.
Matthew Burlage (age 55) Independent, non-executive Board Member, has spent the last three decades involved in financing and advising Asias leading corporations, government enterprises and financial institutions and has been involved in some of the most ground-breaking transactions in Asia, particularly in the telecom, media and technology (TMT) sectors.
In 2000, Matt co-founded IRG, a boutique financial advisory and investment firm focused on the core growth sectors in Asia. He advises Asian and global corporates, private equity funds, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds on a range of transactions including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, and debt capital and equity capital financings. He is also responsible for the firms investment strategy and management of its proprietary capital.
Before co-founding IRG, Matt was a Managing Director and Head of Industry Groups at Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong where he created the first and largest dedicated TMT industry group at an investment bank in Asia in the early 1990s. He has been an adviser on capital raisings, equity/debt financings and merger and acquisition strategy to Asias leading companies in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as to global telecommunications operators in Europe and the US.
Matt was ranked Number One in ex-Japan Corporate Asia, and Number Two in Corporate Asia, by Institutional Investor, and is a member of Institutional Investors Top 20 Global E-Finance Elite for Asia and Europe.
He has a MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, and attended the Japanese Language Institute of Sophia University.
Ross O'Brien (age 50), Independent, non-executive Board Member, is an analyst, writer, presenter, and consultant focused on the economies and business environments of the Asia-Pacific, with over 25
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years of experience in the region. His analysis surrounds Asias Innovation Economythe intersection of information technology and the regions broader society and economy. For nine years he was Director of the Economist Corporate Network, a membership-based business advisory programme for senior executives of multinationals in Asia.
Based in Hong Kong for over 19 years, Ross has an AB in Asian Studies and Anthropology from Dartmouth College (1989), and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeleys Haas School (1996). He is conversant and literate in Mandarin and Indonesian.
Currently, and beginning in 2003, Ross was Managing Director of the Hong Kong operations of Intercedent Asia, a region-wide partnership of B2B market consultants, which provides research-based market entry and positioning advice in several verticals across Asia. Ross' practice focuses on market entry strategies for telecoms and IT companies, in managed services and wireless solutions. His client work involved extensive research work in over a dozen economies in Asia, including extended field research in China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
Ross was also for many years an analyst and Asian research director for Pyramid Research (once a subsidiary of the Economist Intelligence Unit, now a division of Progressive Digital Media) a telecoms advisory firm providing forecasts and analysis on infrastructure and services markets in emerging markets. Ross worked for Pyramid in the US, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Ross has also served as a Research Director of Advisory Services for Strategic Intelligence, a venture-funded economic analysis firm with an emphasis on Internet-based delivery of analysis and forecasts on new economy industries and markets in Asia. From 1996 to 1998, he was a consultant in AT&T Solutions' operational process improvement practice, serving financial services and telecoms clients in China and Indonesia, including a yearlong project overseeing customer care service process improvement for PT Telkom, based in Bandung.
Brett Lay (age 56) Independent, non-executive Board Member, is the former Chief Financial Officer of Pacnet Limited, AsiaNetcom, and Pacific Internet from February 2007 to April 2015. A seasoned successful business executive with 28 years of operating experience including 15 years as a Chief Financial Officer for both private and public companies. Acted as interim CEO during transition phases. A member of the board of directors working with private equity owners to grow and harvest their investments. Over 18 years of work experience in Asia while residing in Singapore and Hong Kong. Active member of the board of directors for joint ventures in China, India, South Korea, and Philippines. Originated and completed the successful execution of several mergers and acquisitions, including the post integration efforts.
Brett has been a company officer in diverse sized organizations including; a large corporation (NYSE $62 billion), a startup company taking it from an idea to now a component of a $14 billion NASDAQ public company, and recently completed the sale of Pacnet to Telstra for $750M. Created multiple financing programs including equity origination, senior bank facilities, high yield bond facilities, and lines of vendor credit. Created, maintained and restructured debt programs, operating environments, shareholder equity structures, vendor relationships, and bank facilities. Reviewed multiple financing structures to meet shareholder objectives including IPO, REIT spinoff, asset trust structures, and minority investments. Managed a large finance workforce over a widespread diversified region. Actively managed P&L performance and operating results. Created and implemented a corporate restructuring that included the downsizing of the workforce by nearly 30% and reducing annual SG&A expenses by $25 million. Managed shareholder relationships including large private equity groups to meet their financial objectives.
Brett has his Masters of Science Finance and Masters of Science Management, from the University of Colorado, Denver.
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Jon Najarian (age 54) Independent, non-executive Board Member Jon DRJ Najarian was linebacker for the Chicago Bears before he turned to another kind of contact sport trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
He became a member of the CBOE, NYSE, CME and CBOT and worked as a floor trader for some 25 years. In 1990 he founded Mercury Trading, a market-making firm at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), which he sold in 2004 to Citadel, one of the worlds largest hedge funds. In 2005 Jon co-founded optionMONSTER and tradeMONSTER both were acquired in 2014 by private equity firm General Atlantic Partners. Today, he is a professional investor, money manager and media analyst.
Jon developed and patented trading applications and algorithms used to identify unusual activity in stock, options, and futures markets. optionMONSTER, an options news and education site, was described by Securities Industry News as content king of the options business.
For years tradeMONSTER has been rated Best for Options Traders by Barrons and was the first online broker to deploy streaming, desktop-like trading in a web browser.
In 2016 Jon and Pete co-founded Najarian Advisors, a company advising institutional investors on options strategies.
The brothers invest in and work with start-ups via Rebellion Partners, a venture consulting firm they launched in 2015.
Jon can be seen weekly on CNBC, where he is cast member of the Halftime Report and the Fast Money show. He is also the feature of the DRJ Report on CBOE-TV, the exchanges popular webcast.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any of the Companys directors or executive officers.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
We are not aware of any material legal proceedings that have occurred within the past five years concerning any director, director nominee, or control person which involved a criminal conviction, a pending criminal proceeding, a pending or concluded administrative or civil proceeding limiting ones participation in the securities or banking industries, or a finding of securities or commodities law violations.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Under U.S. securities laws, directors, certain executive officers and persons holding more than 10% of our common stock must report their initial ownership of the common stock, and any changes in that ownership, to the SEC. The SEC has designated specific due dates for these reports.
Code of Ethics
At the present time, the Company has not adopted a code of ethics. The Company intends to adopt a code of ethics in the near future.
Audit Committee
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The Companys audit committee consists of the three independent non-executive directors Messrs. Matt Burlage, Ross OBrien and Brett Lay. Mr. Burlage is the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
The Company adopted an Audit Committee Charter and Audit Committee Procedures for Whistleblowers on May 22, 2007, which were filed as exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to the Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC via EDGAR on August 14, 2007, and are incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named persons for services rendered in all capacities during the noted periods. No other executive officer received total annual salary and bonus compensation in excess of $100,000:
Name and Principal Position |
Year |
Salary ($) |
Bonus ($) |
Stock awards ($) |
Option awards ($) |
All other Compensation ($) |
Total ($) |
Brent Suen President, CEO & Director |
2015
2016 2017 |
$9,000
$60,000 $60,000 |
- - - |
$5,120 - - |
- - - |
- - - |
$14,120
$60,000 $60,000 |
Lionel Choong |
2015 2016 2017 |
$27,167 $60,000 $60,000 |
- - - |
$$3,840 - - |
- - - |
- - - |
$31,007 $60,000 $60,000 |
Eddie Foong |
2015 2016 2017 |
$- $60,000 - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
$- $60,000 - |
Thet Twe Aung |
2015 2016 2017 |
$- $60,000 $60,000 |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
- - - |
$- $60,000 $60,000 |
Narrative Disclosure to the Summary Compensation Table
See Note 5 to the financial statements as of December 31, 2017 for description of the terms of Stock Option grants and the methods and assumptions used to determine fair value of Option Awards.
Retirement Benefits and Change of Control
Not Applicable.
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Director Compensation
The following table discloses the compensation of the directors of the Company for the Companys fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (unless already disclosed above):
Name |
Fees earned or paid in cash ($) |
Stock awards ($) |
Option awards ($) |
Deferred Compensation earnings ($) |
All other Compensation ($) |
Total ($) |
Matthew Burlage |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Ross O'Brien |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Brett Lay |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Jon Najarian |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Summary of Director Agreements
In December 2015 the Company entered into Director Agreements with Messrs. OBrien, Burlage and Lay, pursuant to which, as serving in the capacity of independent, non-executive Board Directors, they would receive shares of common stock in the Company in the amount of 100,000 shares per year. The Director Agreements have not been finalized and as such, Director Compensation is excluded from the Companys financial statements.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth information as of March 31, 2018 (the Determination Date), with respect to the Companys directors, Named Executive Officers, and each person who is known by the Company to own beneficially, more than five percent (5%) of the Companys Common Stock, and with respect to shares owned beneficially by all of the Companys directors and executive officers as a group. Common Stock not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of an individual to acquire shares within 60 days is treated as outstanding only when determining the amount and percentage of Common Stock owned by such individual. Except as noted, each person or entity has sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares shown. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of Weyland Tech Inc., 85 Broad Street, 16-079, New York, NY 10004
As of the Determination Date, there are 26,795,006 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding.
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Name of Beneficial Owner |
Position |
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership
|
Percent of Common Stock (1) |
Brent Suen |
Chief Executive Officer |
712,000 |
|
Lionel Choong |
Acting Chief Financial Officer |
394,000 |
|
Eddie Foong |
Chief Operating Officer |
2,000,000 |
|
Directors and Officers as a group (3 persons) |
|
2,806,000 |
|
Notes: (1) Beneficial ownership of Common Stock has been determined for this purpose in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, under which a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of securities if such person has or shares voting power or investment power with respect to such securities, has the right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days or acquires such securities with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the Company.
|
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
See Item 5. Market For Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities - Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans above.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Transactions with Related Persons
None of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates (other than compensation described under Item 11, Executive Compensation) since the beginning of our 2017 fiscal year which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Director Independence
According to their respective Directors and Officers annual questionnaire, Messrs. Matthew Burlage, Ross O'Brien and Brett Lay, are considered independent, non-executive board directors.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following table discloses the fees billed by our auditor in connection with the audit of the Companys annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
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Financial Statements for Year Ended December 31 |
Audit Fees (1) |
Audit Related Fees(2) |
Tax Fees (3) |
All Other Fees (4) |
2016 |
$30,000 |
- |
- |
- |
2017 |
$35,000 |
- |
- |
- |
Notes: (1) The aggregate fees billed for the fiscal year for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Companys annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in the Companys Form 10-Qs or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory engagements for that fiscal years. (2) The aggregate fees billed in the fiscal year for assurance and related services by the principal accountants that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Companys financial statements and are not reported in Note 1. (3) The aggregate fees billed in the fiscal year for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. (4) The aggregate fees billed in the fiscal year for the products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in Notes (1), (2) and (3). |
Audit Committees Pre-Approval Practice
Our audit committee pre-approves all audit services to be performed by our independent registered public auditor.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial Statements
The financial statements are set forth under Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K. Financial statement schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information is otherwise included.
Exhibits
Exhibit No. |
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Description of Exhibit |
3.1 |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Schedule 14C Information of the Company filed on September 1, 2015) |
31.1* |
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Certificate pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) |
31.2* |
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Certificate pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) |
32.1* |
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Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 |
32.2* |
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Certificate pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 |
Notes: |
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Filed herewith |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on this 17th day of April 2018.
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Weyland Tech, Inc. (Registrant) |
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By: /s/ Brent Y. Suen |
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Brent Y. Suen President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ Brent Y. Suen Brent Y. Suen |
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
April 17, 2018 |
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