FGI INDUSTRIES LTD. : Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement (form 8-K)

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Item 1.02. Termination of Material Definitive Agreement. As previously disclosed, FGI Industries Ltd. (the "Company"), has been involved in arbitration with Tangshan Huida Ceramic Group Co., Ltd ("Huida"), one of the Company's largest suppliers. The arbitration, held in the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration , related to that certain Agreement for Co-operations (the "Co-Operation Agreement"), dated October 20, 2000 , by and between Huida and FGI Industries , Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary. Huida was seeking a determination that the terms of the Co-Operation Agreement were not unlimited in duration and should be amended or else terminable. On September 28, 2022 , the Company received notice that the arbitrator ruled that the Co-Operation Agreement was not unlimited in duration and is being terminated. There are no termination fees or penalties payable by the Company as a result of this termination, although the Company did pay certain arbitration fees of Huida. Under the Co-Operation Agreement, so long as the Company met certain annual product placement volume requirements, (i) the Company had an exclusive right to distribute and resell in the United States and Canadian markets any products designed and created by Huida and for which Huida retained all intellectual property rights, and (ii) Huida was not permitted to manufacture or sell any products the Company designed or created, for which we retained all intellectual property rights, without the Company's prior consent. Huida remains a supplier of the Company's sanitaryware products. The Company intends to work towards a new agreement with Huida that complies with the arbitrator's findings, primarily a more limited duration to the length of the contract. However, there is no guarantee that an agreement can be reached on mutually agreeable terms. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The use of words such as "anticipate," "expect," "could," "may," "intend," "plan", "see" and "believe," among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include the Company's potential negotiations with Huida. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available operating, financial, economic and other information, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, could cause actual future results or events to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements in this release. For a full description of the risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company's periodic filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission including those described as "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and in any quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed thereafter. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. © Edgar Online, source Glimpses

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