UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2022
GBT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | | 000-54530 | | 27-0603137 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | Commission File Number | | (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
2450 Colorado Ave., Suite 100E, Santa Monica, CA 90404
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 888-685-7336
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Not Applicable. | | |
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 22, 2022, GBT Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Intellectual Property License and Royalty Agreement with Touchpoint Group Holdings, Inc. (“Touchpoint” or “TGHI”) pursuant to which the Company granted TGHI a worldwide license for its technologies for a term of five years in the domains of Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence enabled mobile technologies pertaining to the Company’s digital currency technology (the “Technology”). GBT will charge TGHI earned royalties based on actual uses by TGHI of the Technology resulting from revenue attributable to the use, performance or other exploitation of the Technology, to the extent applicable, after deducting any taxes that the Company may be required to collect, and deducting any international sales, goods and services, value added taxes or similar taxes which the Company is required to pay, if any, excluding deductions for taxes on the Company net income. TGHI agreed to issue the Company 10,000,000 shares of common stock of TGHI in consideration of the Company entering this Intellectual Property License and Royalty Agreement.
On January 28, 2022, the Company acquired 10,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Touchpoint Preferred”) in consideration of $125,000, where the Touchpoint Preferred is convertible into 10,000,000 shares of common stock of Touchpoint and cannot be diluted regardless of any future corporate action by Touchpoint. Accordingly, the Touchpoint Preferred will always convertible into 10,000,000 shares of common stock of Touchpoint as if no corporate action has occurred. Touchpoint converted the Touchpoint Preferred into 10,000,000 shares of common stock of Touchpoint on February 23,2022 resulting in the Company owning 20,000,000 shares of common stock of Touchpoint at this time.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following documents are filed as Exhibits:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | GBT TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
| | | |
| | By: | /s/ Mansour Khatib |
| | | Name: Mansour Khatib |
| | | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
| Date: February 25, 2022 | | |
