Note 13. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Contractual Obligations: The Company entered into a contract to upgrade its ERP system on December 27, 2017. The total contract costs amounted to RMB 4,000,000, or approximately $560,000, of which the Company made a deposit of $437,357 during the year ended June 30, 2018. The remaining balance will be settled upon the completion of services during fiscal year 2021. On June 22, 2018, the Company entered into a contract to improve its IT infrastructure. The total contract price for the services is $1.2 million and the Company paid a deposit of $1.0 million during the year ended June 30, 2018. The remaining $0.2 million will be paid upon completion of services during fiscal year 2020. Amount Twelve Months Ending December 31, 2020 $ 200,000 2021 132,643 Total $ 332,643 Contingencies The Labor Contract Law of the PRC requires employers to insure the liability of the severance payments for terminated employees that have worked for the employers for at least two years prior to January 1, 2008. The employers will be liable for one month for severance pay for each year of the service provided by the employees. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, the Company has estimated its severance payments of approximately $96,000 and $94,000, respectively, which have not been reflected in its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, because management cannot predict what the actual payment, if any, will be in the future. Sino-Global has employment agreements with each of Mr. Lei Cao, Ms. Tuo Pan and Mr. Zhikang Huang. These employment agreements provide for five-year terms that extend automatically in the absence of termination notice provided at least 60 days prior to the anniversary date of the agreement. If the Company fails to provide this notice or if the Company wishes to terminate an employment agreement in the absence of cause, then the Company is obligated to provide at least 30 days' prior notice. In such case during the initial term of the agreement, the Company would need to pay such executive (i) the remaining salary through the date of December 31, 2023, (ii) two times of the then applicable annual salary if there has been no Change in Control, as defined in the employment agreements or three-and-half times of the then applicable annual salary if there is a Change in Control. From time to time, the Company is involved in routine litigation that arises in the ordinary course of business. The Company was named as a defendant in a breach of service contract lawsuit in the amount of $225,000 filed with the California Superior Court on January 19, 2018. The Company filed a motion with the court to force the plaintiff into arbitration rather than to litigate the dispute in court based on the arbitration provision in the contract. The California Superior Court approved its motion to stay the case pending the resolution of the arbitration. In Indianapolis, this matter was settled in exchange for 40,000 restrictive shares of common stock of the Company to the plaintiff, by the execution of a settlement agreement by both parties on August 23, 2019 and the issuance of 40,000 restricted shares on August 26, 2019. As a result, the arbitration in Indianapolis and the litigation in California has been dismissed respectively. On January 21, 2020, the Company received a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications department stating that Company has not regained compliance with Nasdaq Continued Listing Rule, which requires the Company's listed securities to maintain a minimum bid price of $1.00 per share for a second 180-day grace period. Accordingly, the Company's securities will be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company made the request to appeal Nasdaq's determination by requesting a hearing before the Hearing Panel to seek continued listing. The hearing will be held on February 27, 2020. Accordingly, the delisting action has been stayed, pending a final written decision by the Hearing Panel.