Benzinga | Apr 19, 2021 07:31AM EDT

Future FinTech Announces the Closing of the Acquisition of Sichuan Ticode Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.

Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FTFT) ("hereinafter referred to as Future FinTech", "FTFT" or "the Company"), a leading blockchain e-commerce company and a service provider for financial technology, today announced that on April 16, 2021, the Company closed its acquisition of a 60% equity interest in Sichuan Ticode Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. ("Ticode") from Sichuan Longma Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. ("Longma"). As previously announced in the Company's press release on March 1, 2021, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Future Supply Chain Co., Ltd., entered into a definitive share exchange agreement (the "Agreement") with Longma and Ticode to acquire a 60% equity interest in Ticode from Longma.

The 60% equity interest in Ticode was valued at approximately $66.45 million and was paid in 7,789,882 shares of FTFT common stock priced at $8.53 per share. The Agreement also stipulates that an additional 5% of equity interest in Ticode shall be transferred to the Company at no cost should Ticode not achieve Earnings Before Interest and Taxes ("EBIT") of at least RMB 50.0 million (approximately $7.69 million) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and an additional 5% equity interest in Ticode shall be transferred to the Company at no cost should Ticode not achieve EBIT of at least RMB 57.5 million (approximately $8.85 million) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.