GUAE AI : Material Definitive Agreement - Form 6-K
January 13, 2023 at 11:10 am
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 25, 2018, our operating subsidiary, Guardforce Cash Solutions Security (Thailand) Company Limited ("Guardforce TH"), entered into an agreement with Profit Raider Investment Limited ("Profit Raider") to transfer a loan in the principal amount of $13.42 million (the "Loan") between Guardforce TH and Guardforce AI Co., Limited (the "Company") to Profit Raider. As a result, the Company recorded a short-term borrowing from a third party in the Loan bearing interest at 4% from April 30, 2019 to December 31, 2019 and 3.22% prior to April 30, 2019. The Company assumed an additional liability of approximately $576,000 which has been treated as an additional expense paid in 2018. The holding companies have guaranteed the short-term borrowings from Profit Raider which amount is due on December 31, 2020. On March 13, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved the transfer of 1,666,666 ordinary shares of the Company from Guardforce AI Technology to Profit Raider. As a result of this share transfer, Profit Raider has been deemed an affiliate of the Company; therefore, this borrowing has been presented as a related party loan since March 2020. On September 29, 2022, Profit Raider entered into a deed of assignment and transfer (the "Assignment Deed") with WK Venture Success Limited ("WK Venture"), a related party, and the Loan was assigned and transferred to WK Venture. On December 30, 2022, Guardforce TH entered into two supplemental agreements (the "Agreements") with WK Venture and other parties thereto to further extend the Loan to December 31, 2024 which was conditional upon payment by Guardforce TH to WK Venture of $100,000 as part payment of the interest accrued with the same interest rate on the Loan. Such payment was made in full upon the execution of the Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2022, interest expense under the Agreements was $2,226,451.97. The Board of Directors and Audit Committee of the Company approved the Agreements on December 19, 2022.
Being that in accordance with the terms of the Agreements, the Company is required to pay the full principal amount of the Loan, along with accrued interest, on December 31, 2024 and the Company is not required to make monthly payments on this obligation; the Company has not had any impact on its liquidity and ability to meet our short-term financial obligations through December 31, 2022.
Copies of the Assignment Deed and the Agreements are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3.
This report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into (i) the prospectus contained in the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (SEC File No. 333-261881) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January 5, 2022; (ii) the prospectus dated February 9, 2022 contained in the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (SEC File No. 333-262441) declared effective by the Commission on February 9, 2022; and (iii) the prospectus contained in the Company's Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form F-1 on Form F-3 (SEC File No. 333-258054) declared effective by the Commission on June 14, 2022.
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Guardforce AI Co., Limited is a global security solutions provider. The Companyâs business segments include Secured logistics, Robotics AI solutions, and General security solutions. Secured logistics includes services, such as cash-in-transit, dedicated vehicles to banks, automated teller machine (ATM) management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, cheque center, and cash deposit machine solutions (cash deposit management and express cash service). Robotics AI solutions operate as a robots-as-a-service (RaaS) business model and purchase the robots from equipment manufacturers and integrates various value-added applications. It has built its artificial intelligence and robotics service model with three sectors: smart devices (robot), platform services, and scenario solutions. General security solutions include provision of smart retail operation management, closed circuit television and security alarm operation, security engineering and maintenance.