Code Chain New Continent Limited filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported on the current report on Form 8-K by GD Culture Group Limited (the “Company”) on October 27, 2023, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement (the “Original Agreement”) with Entertainment Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Highlight”), an indirect subsidiary of the Company, and Beijing Hehe Property Management Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Hehe”) on October 27, 2023. Prior to the Original Agreement, Shanghai Highligh owns 60% of the total equity interest in the Xianzhui Technology Co., Ltd. (the “Joint Venture”) and Beijing Hehe owns 20% of the total equity interest in the Joint Venture. Pursuant to the Original Agreement. Shanghai Highlight agreed to purchase the 20% equity interest in the Joint Venture from Beijing Hehe and the Company agreed to issue 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company, valued at $2.7820 per share, the average closing bid price of the common stock of GDC as of the five trading days immediately preceding the date of the Original Agreement (the “Per Share Price”), to Beijing Hehe or its assigns.
On November 10, 2023, the Company entered into an amended and restated equity purchase agreement (the “Amended and Restated Agreement”) that amended and replaced the Original Agreement. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement, Shanghai Highlight agreed to purchase the 13.3333% equity interest in the Joint Venture from Beijing Hehe and the Company agreed to issue 400,000 shares of common stock of the Company, valued at the Per Share Price, to Beijing Hehe or its assigns.
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Agreement, the closing of the transaction shall take place within thirty (30) days from the execution of the Amended and Restated Agreement. The Amended and Restated Agreement is effective for thirty (30) days from the date of the Amended and Restated Agreement, which can be extended for additional thirty (30) days upon all parties’ written agreement. The Company or Shanghai Highlight may terminate the Amended and Restated Agreement at any time with a three (3) day advance written notice to Beijing Hehe.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 10.1 | Amended and Restated Equity Purchase Agreement, dated November 10, 2023 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: November 13, 2023 | GD Culture Group Limited | |
| By: | /s/ Xiao Jian Wang | |
| Name: | Xiao Jian Wang | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board | |
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