Equity

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

EQUITY

Note 14. EQUITY

After the close of the stock market on July 7, 2020, the Company effected a l-for-5 reverse stock split of its common stock in order to satisfy continued listing requirements of its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market. The reverse stock split was approved by the Company’s board of directors and stockholders and was intended to allow the Company to meet the minimum share price requirement of $1.00 per share for continued listing on the NASDAQ Capital Market. As a result all common stock share amounts included in this filing have been retroactively reduced by a factor of five, and all common stock per share amounts have been increased by a factor of five. Amounts affected include common stock outstanding, including those that have resulted from the stock options, and warrants that convert to common stock.

Stock issuance:

On September 17, 2020, the Company entered into certain securities purchase agreement with certain “non-U.S. Persons” as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 720,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 720,000 Shares at a per share purchase price of $1.46. The net proceeds to the Company from such offering were approximately $1.05 million. The warrants will be exercisable on March 16, 2021 at an exercise price of $1.825 for cash. The warrants may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after March 16, 2021, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant shares. The warrants will expire on March 16, 2026. The warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise the warrants if the Company’s common stock trades at or above $4.38 for 20 consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the are registered or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date.

On November 2 and November 3, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 860,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), each convertible into one share of common stock, no par value, of Company, upon the terms and subject to the limitations and considerations set forth in the Certificate of Designation of the Series A Preferred Stock, and warrants to purchase up to 1,032,000 shares of common stock. The purchase price for each share of Series A Preferred Stock and accompanying warrants is $1.66. The net proceeds to the Company from this offering was approximately $1.43 million, not including any proceeds that may be received upon cash exercise of the warrants. The warrants will be exercisable six (6) months following the date of issuance at an exercise price of $1.99 for cash. The warrants may also be exercised cashlessly if at any time after the six-month anniversary of the issuance date, there is no effective registration statement registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the warrant Shares. The warrants will expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The warrants are subject to anti-dilution provisions to reflect stock dividends and splits or other similar transactions. The warrants contain a mandatory exercise right for the Company to force exercise of the warrants if the closing price of the common stock equals or exceeds $5.97 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days, provided, among other things, that the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are registered or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 and the daily trading volume exceeds 60,000 shares of common stock per trading day on each trading day in a period of 20 consecutive trading days prior to the applicable date. In February 2021, the shareholders approved the preferred shareholders’ right to convert 860,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock into 860,000 shares of common stock in the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders. As of June 30, 2021, the Series A Preferred Stock have been fully converted to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

On December 8, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,560,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, at a purchase price of $3.10 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $4,836,000. The Company also sold to the investors warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,170,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.10 per share. The warrants are initially exercisable beginning on December 11, 2020 and will expire three and a half (3.5) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.

On January 27, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the non-U.S. investors thereto pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, an aggregate of 1,086,956 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 5,434,780 shares. The net proceeds to the Company from such Offering were approximately $4.0 million. The purchase price for each share of common stock and five warrants is $3.68, and the exercise price per warrant is $5.00. The Warrants will be exercisable at any time during the period beginning on or after July 27, 2021 and ending on or prior on January 27, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total number of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the Common Stock shall equal or exceed $0.3 billion for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.

On February 6, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, at a purchase price of $6.805 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $12.4 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,998,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.805 per share. The warrants shall be initially exercisable upon issuance and expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.

On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with the investors pursuant to which the Company sold to the investors, and the investors purchased from the Company, in a registered direct offering, an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of the common stock of the Company, no par value per share, at a purchase price of $7.80 per share. Net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the shares and the warrants, after deducting estimated offering expenses and placement agent fees, were approximately $26.1 million. The Company also sold to the investors warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,655,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.80 per share. The warrants shall be initially exercisable upon issuance and expire five and a half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The exercise price and the number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits or dividends, or other similar transactions, but not as a result of future securities offerings at lower prices.

On December 14, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with non-U.S. investors and accredited investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Investors, and the Investors agreed to purchase from the Company, an aggregate of 3,228,807 shares of common stock, no par value, and warrants to purchase 4,843,210 shares. The purchase price for each share of common stock and one and a half warrants is $3.26, and the exercise price per Warrant is $4.00.

The Warrants will be exercisable at any time during the Exercise Window. The “Exercise Window” means the period beginning on or after June 14, 2022 and ending on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on December 13, 2026 but not thereafter; provided, however, that the total number of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, multiplied by the NASDAQ official closing bid price of the Common Stock shall equal or exceed $150,000,000 for a three consecutive month period prior to an exercise.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company received net proceeds of $4,563,908 and issued 1,400,000 shares, remaining proceeds of $5,961,911 was received on January 4, 2022 and the Company issued the remaining 1,828,807 shares on January 18, 2022.

The Company’s outstanding warrants are classified as equity since they qualify for exception from derivative accounting as they are considered to be indexed to the Company’s own stock and require net share settlement. The fair value of the warrants were recorded as additional paid-in capital from common stock.  

Following is a summary of the status of warrants outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2021: 

	Warrants		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Warrants outstanding, as of June 30, 2021		12,618,614	$	5.30
Issued		4,843,210		4.00
Exercised		-		-
Expired		-		-
Warrants outstanding, as of December 31, 2021		17,461,824	$	4.94
Warrants exercisable, as of December 31, 2021		12,618,614	$	5.30

Warrants Outstanding	Warrants Exercisable		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Average Remaining Contractual Life
2018 Series A, 400,000		363,334	$	8.75	1.70 years
2020 warrants, 2,922,000		1,447,000	$	2.15	3.66 years
2021 warrants, 11,088,280		10,808,280	$	6.23	4.43 years

Stock based compensation:

By action taken as of August 13, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. (the “Company”) and the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) approved a one-time award of a total of 1,020,000 shares of common stock from the shares reserved under the Company’s 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as follows: (i) Chief Executive Officer, Lei Cao, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 600,000 shares, (ii) acting Chief Financial Officer, Tuo Pan, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 200,000 shares, (iii) Board member, Zhikang Huang, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 160,000 shares, (iv) Board member, Jing Wang, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares, (v) Board member, Xiaohuan Huang, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares, and (vi) Board member, Tieliang Liu, is entitled to a one-time stock award grant of 20,000 shares. The shares were valued at $2,927,400 based on grant date fair value.

On November 18, 2021, Mr. Jing Wang retired from his position as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee, a member of Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee. In connection with Mr. Wang’s retirement, the Registrant granted Mr. Wang 100,000 shares of common stock under the Company’s stock incentive plans, the shares were valued at $377,000 based on grant date fair value.

During the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, $377,000 and nil were recorded as stock-based compensation expense, respectively based on grant date fair value. During the six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, $3,304,400 and nil were recorded as stock-based compensation expense, respectively. 

Stock Options: 

A summary of the outstanding options is presented in the table below:

	Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price
Options outstanding, as of June 30, 2021		17,000		$	6.05
Granted		-			-
Exercised		-			-
Cancelled, forfeited or expired		(15,000	)		(5.50	)
Options outstanding, as of December 31, 2021		2,000		$	10.05
Options exercisable, as of December 31, 2021		2,000		$	10.05

Following is a summary of the status of options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2021:

Outstanding Options					Exercisable Options
Exercise Price		Number		Average Remaining Contractual Life	Average Exercise Price		Number		Average Remaining Contractual Life
$	10.05		2,000	1.59 years	$	10.05		2,000	1.08 years