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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
NOTE 13 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred shares
Ordinary shares
Statutory reserve
Pingtan Guansheng, Fujian Heyue, Pingtan Fishing and Pingtan Dingxin, which operate in the PRC are required to reserve 10% of their net profits after income tax, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting rules and regulations. Appropriation to the statutory reserve by the Company is based on profit arrived at under PRC accounting standards for business enterprises for each year. The statutory reserves of the Company represent the statutory reserves of the above-mentioned companies as required under the PRC law.
The profit arrived at must be set off against any accumulated losses sustained by the Company in prior years, before allocation is made to the statutory reserve. Appropriation to the statutory reserve must be made before distribution of dividends to shareholders. The appropriation is required until the statutory reserve reaches 50% of the registered capital. This statutory reserve is not distributable in the form of cash dividends. As of December 31, 2015, the Company appropriated the required 50% of its registered capital to statutory reserve for Heyue. Accordingly, no additional statutory reserve for Heyue was required for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. The Company made appropriation to statutory reserve for Pingtan Fishing amounted to $126,462 and $2,961 by the end of year 2021 and 202, respectively.
Pingtan Guansheng, Pingtan Dingxin, Pingtan Ocean, Fuzhou Howcious Investment, Pingtan Shinsilkroad and Pingtan Yikang had sustained losses since their establishment. No appropriation to their statutory reserves was required as they incurred recurring net losses.
For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, statutory reserve activities for Pingtan Fishing and Fujian Heyue were as follows:
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