Taoping Inc., the British Virgin Islands-based company formerly known as China Information Technology, Inc. and focused on providing internet-based ad distribution and ad display terminal sharing systems in China, this month announced the initial closing of a non-brokered private placement of 1 mln ordinary shares at a price of US$1.5 per share, for gross proceeds of US$1.5mln.
In September 2018, Taoping entered into a securities purchase agreement with certain investors, pursuant to which they agreed to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 ordinary shares of the BVI company at a price of US$1.50 per share, for US$3mln. It was expected by the company that the remaining 1 mln ordinary shares will be purchased by JW Capital Group for US$1.5mln before the end of the year. Net proceeds of the offering will be used to support global market expansion of Taoping.
