On December 27, 2023, China Green Agriculture, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Zhibiao Pan (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) for the purchase by the Company from Zhibiao Pan of all of the outstanding stock of Lonestar Dream, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Lonestar”). Zhibiao Pan is Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and is the sole shareholder of Lonestar.
Lonestar Dream, Inc. was formed to mine bitcoin for its own profit and to provide equipment hosting services for bitcoin mining clients. Mining bitcoin entails creating new bitcoins by using mining equipment and systems to solve complicated math problems that verify transactions in the currency in order to receive bitcoin. Equipment hosting services entails allowing clients to install their mining machines at the Company’s two mining sites, a Tarbush mining site in Pecos County, Texas (4143 N US Hwy 285 Pecos, TX 79772), and a Pyote mining site in Ward County, Texas (3072 FM 1927 Pyote, TX 79777), with a total capacity of 100MW, as well as providing electricity and equipment maintenance needed for bitcoin mining. Certain mining capacity is allocated to external clients, the rest is used by the Company to mine bitcoin for its own profit. The Company charges external clients “hosting fees”. In addition, the Company has been constructing and operating its two cryptocurrency mines under the umbrella of Lonestar Taproot, LLC.
The Stock Purchase Agreement calls for total consideration of $49,000,000, of which $2,450,000 is due at the closing, and $44,100,000 is due 90 business days thereafter, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. The balance of $2,450,000 is due within 20 days after Lonestar’s auditor issues an audited annual consolidated financial statement of Lonestar and its subsidiary, Lonestar Taproot, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for fiscal year 2023, prepared in accordance with GAAP and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
The Stock Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and covenants by each party. Both parties are obligated, subject to certain limitations, to indemnify the other under the Stock Purchase Agreement for certain customary and other specified matters, including breaches of representations and warranties, breaches of covenants and for certain liabilities and third-party claims.
