American Education Center, Inc. (OTCQB: AMCT) operates as an education and career enrichment provider for Chinese students studying in the United States. Shares of the education services provider are jumping 56.86%, through early trading on Monday, November 6, 2017. Over the past month, American Education Center, Inc. has seen average daily volume of 12,384 shares. However, volume of 17,534 shares or dollar volume of $13,781, has already exchanged hands on the day.
Shares of American Education Center, Inc. are jumping today, after the company announced that it has completed a $2 million private placement of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The purchaser was the China Cultural Finance Holdings Company Limited, which received 500,000 shares of the preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share and a price per share of $4.00. Here is the full press release detailing of the private placement deal:
American Education Center, Inc. Press Release:
NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — American Education Center, Inc. (“AEC” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: AMCT), an emerging growth company providing educational and career enrichment opportunities for Chinese students studying in the United States, and compliance training and advisory services to companies in China, today announced that the Company has completed a $2.0 million private placement of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Offering”) to China Cultural Finance Holdings Company Limited (“CCF”), a BVI corporation controlled by Mr. Kai Shing Fong.
Pursuant to a Share Purchase Agreement executed on October 30, 2017, the Company issued 500,000 shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) to CCF for an aggregate consideration of $2.0 million, or $4 per share. As a condition of the Offering, AEC agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the uplisting of its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market or such other national securities exchanges (the “Uplisting”) within 365 days after the Offering (the “Uplisting Deadline”). If and when the Uplisting occurs, the Shares are subject to mandatory conversion into shares of AEC common stock at a conversion price which shall be the lesser of (i) $4.00 or (ii) 90% of the offering price in any qualifying financing concurrent with the Uplisting. In the event that AEC fails to complete the Uplisting on or before the Uplisting Deadline, CCF has the option to redeem the Shares, either partially or in its entirety, at $4 per share plus interest payment at a rate of 5% per annum within 30 days following the Uplisting Deadline.
The Shares are restricted and have not been registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC’) in accordance with the exemption from registration pursuant to Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the Offering to provide additional funds for operations and for general corporate purposes.
Mr. Max P. Chen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AEC, commented, “At an offering price of $4.00 per share which is well above the current trading price of our common stock, the investment from Mr. Fong is a vote of confidence in the prospects of our business and our Uplisting. Dr. Fong is well connected and respected in the educational and training services space in China and Hong Kong. We look forward to working with Mr. Fong not only as an investor but also a strategic business partner in the future as we actively look for opportunities to grow our business.”
Mr. Fong is involved in several philanthropy initiatives centered in education. He has set up The Kai Shing Scholarship, Harrow School United Kingdom which enables gifted pupils from families of limited means to study at Harrow for five years. Mr. Fong is an integral part of the Yan Oi Tong Kai Shing Mega Progress Grant Scheme where he first established the Scheme in 2010, with the vision of assisting qualified students in need of financial assistance to achieve the education level they aspire to, and followed by donating HK $5 million to Yan Oi Tong. Mr. Fong has donated RMB 1.36 million for the construction of Nong Lan Primary School in Guangxi province, PRC. He serves as a School Council Member at Beijing Bacui Bilingual School, and is an Honorary Director at Chinese Red Cross Foundation.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About American Education Center, Inc. (OTCQB: AMCT)
Based in New York with operations in China, we are one of most experienced and recognizable total solutions education advisory services company in the United States (US). Our customized placement and career advisory services are designed to address the needs of the rising middle-class families in China for quality education and working experience in the US. We also deliver customized compliance training and advisory services to corporate clients in China in the food industry to help them meet the local regulatory and compliance requirements and standards. For more information, please visit: www.aec100.com.
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