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3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
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NOTE 8  EQUITY

Preferred Stock

The Company has 500,000 authorized shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share, and with none issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019. The preferred stock can be issued by the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings in one or more classes or one or more series within any class, and such classes or series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time.

Common Stock

The Company has 30,000,000 authorized shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Statutory Reserve

In accordance with the Corporate Law in Jordan, Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount and Victory Apparel are required to make appropriations to certain reserve funds, based on net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of Jordan. Appropriations to the statutory reserve are required to be 10% of net income until the reserve is equal to 100% of the entity’s share capital. This reserve is not available for dividend distribution. As of both June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, the consolidated balance of the statutory reserve was $212,739.

Dividends

On May 17, 2019, the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2019. The dividend, equal to $566,250 in the aggregate, was paid on June 5, 2019.

On February 7, 2019 and November 1, 2018, the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings also declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, respectively. The cash dividends of $566,250 and $566,250 were paid in full on February 27, 2019 and November 27, 2018, respectively.

Initial Public Offering

The registration statement on Form S‑1 (File No. 333‑222596) for the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) was declared effective on March 14, 2018. On May 2, 2018 the Company issued 1,430,000 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share and received gross proceeds of $10,010,000. The Company incurred underwriting commissions of $477,341, underwriter offering expenses of $250,200 and additional underwriting expenses of $352,159, yielding net proceeds from the IPO of $8,930,300.