Future Fintech Group Inc. Announces the Closing of $8 Million Registered Direct Offering

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Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT) announced the closing of a registered direct offering on December 29, 2020, comprising 4,210,530 units at $1.90 each, raising gross proceeds of $8,000,007. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase an additional share at an exercise price of $2.15 for five years. The net proceeds will support growth capital and general working capital needs. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners served as the placement agent for this offering.

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• Raised $8,000,007 in gross proceeds from the offering.
• Funds will be allocated for growth capital and working capital purposes.

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• Potential dilution of shares due to the issuance of new stock in the offering.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Future FinTech Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FTFT) ("Future FinTech", "FTFT" or "the Company"), a leading blockchain based e-commerce company and a service provider for financial technology, today announced that it closed the registered direct offering of 4,210,530 units, each consisting of one share of its common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of its Common Stock, at a purchase price of $1.90 per unit on December 29, 2020. The gross proceeds of this offering are $8,000,007. The Company issued a total of 4,210,530 shares of its Common Stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,210,530 shares of its Common Stock (the "Investors Warrants") to the investors in the offering.  The Investors Warrants have an exercise price of $2.15 per share and a term of five years and are exercisable by the holder at any time after the date of issuance. The net proceeds from this offering will be used for growth capital and general working capital purposes.

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as the sole placement agent for the offering.

All offers were made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement pursuant to the Company's effective shelf registration statement and base prospectus contained therein. The shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224686) relating to the offering was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective on December 11, 2020. A prospectus supplement related to the offering was filed with the SEC on December 28, 2020 and is available at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, and these securities cannot be sold in any state in which this offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. 

For further details of this transaction, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 28, 2020 which may be viewed at www.sec.gov.

About Future FinTech Group Inc.

Future FinTech Group Inc. ("Future FinTech", "FTFT" or the "Company") is a leading blockchain e-commerce company and a service provider for financial technology incorporated in Florida. The Company's operations include a blockchain-based online shopping mall platform, Chain Cloud Mall ("CCM"), a cross-border e-commerce platform (NONOGIRL), an incubator for blockchain based application projects. The Company is also engaged in the development of blockchain based technology and services as well as financial technology services. For more information, please visit http://www.ftftex.com/.   

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain of the statements made in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning and protections of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, assumptions, estimates, intentions, and future performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may be beyond our control, and which may cause the actual results, performance, capital, ownership or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be forward-looking statements. You can identify these forward-looking statements through our use of words such as "may," "will," "anticipate," "assume," "should," "indicate," "would," "believe," "contemplate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "plan," "point to," "project," "could," "intend," "target" and other similar words and expressions of the future.

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FAQ

What is the offering size and price for FTFT's recent registered direct offering?

The recent registered direct offering for FTFT consisted of 4,210,530 units at a purchase price of $1.90 each.

How much gross proceeds did Future FinTech raise from the offering?

Future FinTech raised gross proceeds of $8,000,007 from the offering.

What will the net proceeds from FTFT's offering be used for?

The net proceeds from the offering will be used for growth capital and general working capital needs.

What are the terms of the warrants issued in FTFT's offering?

The warrants allow the purchase of one share of common stock at an exercise price of $2.15 per share for a term of five years.

Who acted as the placement agent for FTFT's offering?

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as the sole placement agent for the offering.