INFORMATION STATEMENT
(Dated November __, 2017)
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU FOR A PROXY AND YOU
ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND US A PROXY. BY WRITTEN CONSENT IN LIEU OF A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS, STOCKHOLDERS OWNING A MAJORITY OF
OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK HAVE APPROVED THE ISSUANCE OF ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK
TO MARK WHITE AS AN INDUCEMENT TO HIS EMPLOYMENT AS OUR PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THIRTEEN MILLION SHARES OF OUR COMMON
STOCK TO THE HOLDER OF $3,500,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF OUR 8% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (THE “DEBENTURES”) UPON CONVERSION
OF $3,000,000 OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE DEBENTURES, TOGETHER WITH ACCRUED BUT UNPAID INTEREST ON THE DEBENTURES, AND THE ISSUANCE
OF FOUR MILLION SHARES OF OUR COMMON STOCK TO THE HOLDER OF 555,555 SHARES OF OUR SERIES A-1 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK IN EXCHANGE
FOR SUCH SHARES AND ACCRUED BUT UNPAID DIVIDENDS THEREON, WHICH ISSUANCES REQUIRE STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL UNDER THE RULES OF THE NASDAQ
CAPITAL MARKET SINCE EACH OF SUCH ISSUANCES INVOLVE MORE THAN 20% OF OUR OUTSTANDING SHARES. A VOTE OF THE REMAINING STOCKHOLDERS
IS NOT NECESSARY.
Introduction
This Information Statement
is being furnished on or about the date first set forth above to holders of record as of the close of business on October 24, 2017
(the “Record Date”) of the common stock of One Horizon Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“we,” “our”
or the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock to Mark White as an inducement
to his employment as our President and Chief Executive Officer (the “Inducement Grant”), 13,000,000 shares of our common
stock to the holder of $3,500,000 principal amount of our Debentures upon conversion of $3,000,000 principal amount of the Debentures,
together with accrued interest on the Debentures (the “Debenture Exchange”), and the issuance of 4,000,000 shares of
our common stock to Mark White, the holder of 555,555 shares of our Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred
Shares”) in exchange for the Preferred Shares and accrued but unpaid dividends thereon (the “Preferred Exchange,”
and together with the Preferred Exchange, the “Exchange Transactions”), each of which under applicable rules of the
NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”), the exchange upon which our shares of common stock are listed, requires stockholder
approval since it involves in excess of 20% of our outstanding shares of common stock. A description of each of the transactions
resulting in the share issuances is set forth below.
On October 3, 2017,
we distributed an Information Statement to our stockholders as of September 20, 2017 noting that the Exchange Transactions were
approved by written consent of the holders of a majority of our outstanding shares. However, the staff of NASDAQ questioned whether
under NASDAQ’s corporate governance rules the Inducement Grant of 1,600,000 shares to Mr. White should be combined with the
Preferred Exchange and thus those shares could only be issued after stockholder approval. If that is the case, the 1,600,000 shares
could not be voted until the combined transaction is so approved and those shares should not have been included in the stockholder
consent which approved the Exchange Transactions. Rather than dispute the issue raised by the Staff of NASDAQ, we have obtained
the written consent of a majority of our stockholders, without giving effect to the 1,600,000 inducement shares to be issued to
Mark White, and such new consent forms the basis for the actions described in this Information Statement.
Inducement Grant to Mark White
We have entered into
an employment agreement with Mark White pursuant to which he will serve as our President and a director of our company, which grants
him 1,600,000 shares of our company as an inducement to his employment. Mr. White, who served as our Chief Executive Officer from
November 30, 2012 to July 24, 2014, will lead our new strategy directed at growth opportunities for online and Software-as-a-Service
businesses, primarily centered on the security, education and gaming markets.
The Exchange Transactions
We have outstanding
$3,500,000 principal amount of our 8% Series A Convertible Debentures and 555,555 shares of our Series A-1 Convertible Preferred
Stock. As part of our efforts to reduce our outstanding debt and eliminate our outstanding shares of preferred stock so that we
might continue our business, and to regain compliance with NASDAQ’s criteria for continued listing which requires that we
maintain a minimum stockholders’ equity of $2,500,000, we have entered into agreements with the holder of the Debentures
and the holder of the Preferred Shares pursuant to which we have agreed to issue to the holder of the Debentures upon conversion
of $3,000,000 principal amount of the Debentures, 13,000,000 shares of our common stock, together with our promissory note bearing
interest at the rate of 7% per annum payable August 31, 2019 (the “7% Note”) in the principal amount of $500,000, on
the terms and subject to the conditions described below, and we have agreed to issue to the holder of the Preferred Shares, in
exchange for the Preferred Shares, and the accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, 4,000,000 shares of our common stock, together
with a 7% Note in the principal amount of $500,000.
The Debentures
The principal amount
of the Debentures, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon, is due and payable on December 22, 2017. As of September
30, 2017, accrued but unpaid interest on the Debentures was approximately $350,000. The Debentures were initially convertible into
shares of our common stock at the option of the holder at $2.25 per share, and as a result of anti-dilution adjustments the conversion
price is now approximately $0.2568 per share. We have entered into an agreement with Zhanming Wu, the owner of the Debentures,
pursuant to which Mr. Wu has agreed that he will not demand payment of the Debentures on or prior to October 1, 2017, in consideration
for the right to convert $3,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures, together with all accrued but unpaid
interest on the entire principal amount of the Debentures, into 13,000,000 shares of our common stock at any time on or before
January 31, 2018. Mr. Wu has agreed that we are not be obligated to effect any request for conversion of the Debentures prior to
November 1, 2017. The parties agreed that upon conversion of that portion of the Debentures, the remaining balance of the Debentures
will be deemed cancelled and we will issue to Mr. Wu our 7% Note in the principal amount of $500,000. In addition, we granted Mr.
Wu the right to designate four individuals to serve as directors of our company as long as he owns at least 30% of the outstanding
shares of our common stock in which case we could increase the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors to
seven members.
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock
We have outstanding
555,555 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to
dividends until February 1, 2018 (the “Maturity Date”) at the rate of 10% per annum payable quarterly in cash, shares
of common stock based upon the closing bid price on the dividend payment date, or a combination of both at the option of the holder.
Holders of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock currently have the right to convert their shares into an equal number of
shares of common stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. The outstanding shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred
Stock automatically convert into shares of common stock at the then conversion rate on the Maturity Date. Shares of the Series
A-1 Preferred Stock have no voting rights, except for certain class voting rights as to matters specified in the certificate of
designation authorizing the issuance of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock and as required by applicable law.
We have entered into
an agreement with Mark White, the owner of 555,555 shares of our Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock, pursuant to which we have
agreed to issue to Mr. White 4,000,000 shares of our common stock, together with our 7% Note in the principal amount of $500,000,
in exchange for the Preferred Shares and the accrued but unpaid dividends thereon.
NASDAQ Requirement of Stockholder Approval
As of the Record Date,
we had outstanding 9,118,177 shares of common stock, our only class of voting stock entitled to vote upon the issuance to Mr. Wu
of 13,000,000 shares of our common stock upon conversion of $3,000,000 principal amount of the Debentures and the issuance to Mr.
White of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock as an inducement to his employment and the issuance of 4,000,000 shares of our common
stock in exchange for the Preferred Shares. Applicable NASDAQ rules require stockholder approval for the issuance to Mr. Wu of
13,000,000 shares of our common stock upon conversion of the Debentures and, if the issuance to Mr. White of the 1,600,000 shares
of our common stock as an inducement to his employment is combined with the issuance of the 4,000,000 shares of our common stock
in exchange for the Preferred Shares, the issuances to Mr. White, since in each case the number of shares to be issued would represent
in excess of 20% of the shares of our common stock then outstanding. If we were to issue such shares in the absence of stockholder
approval, it could result in our shares no longer being eligible for trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
Stockholder Approval
The issuance to Mr.
Wu of 13,000,000 shares of our common stock upon conversion of $3,000,000 principal amount of the Debentures, the issuance to Mr.
White of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock as an inducement to his employment and 4,000,000 shares of our common stock in exchange
for the Preferred Shares were approved by our Board of Directors at meetings held in August 2017, prior to the date Mr. White became
a director of our company, and by written consent of our stockholders owning in the aggregate 4,606,232 shares of common stock,
representing approximately 50.52% of our outstanding voting shares, as of the Record Date (the “Stockholder Consent”).
The Stockholder Consent was signed by the following record owners of our common stock:
Name of Stockholder
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Shares Owned
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Percent of Outstanding
Shares
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Century River Limited
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392,943
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4.31
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%
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Martin Ward
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1,369,738
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15.02
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%
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Martin Ward as proxy for Brian Collins
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1,041,180
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11.42
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%
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Edwin Lun
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1,400,000
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15.35
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%
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Li Qingsong
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Room 507, Unit 4, Building 20
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Ciupingwan Huayuancheng
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No 129 Jiangjun Ave
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Nanjing, China
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78,593
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0.86
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%
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Adam Christie Thompson
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547A Wellington Road
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Crisfield, MD 21817
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323,778
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3.55
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%
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Approval of the issuance
to Mr. Wu of 13,000,000 shares of our common stock upon conversion of $3,000,000 principal amount of the Debentures and the issuance
to Mr. White of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock as an inducement to his employment and 4,000,000 shares of our common stock
in exchange for the Preferred Shares by a written consent in lieu of a meeting of stockholders signed by the holders of a majority
of our outstanding shares of common stock is sufficient under Section 228(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).
Accordingly, no proxy of our stockholders will be solicited for a vote on such share issuances to Messrs. Wu and White and this
Information Statement is being furnished to stockholders solely to provide them with certain information concerning such share
issuances to Messrs. Wu and White in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including particularly Regulation 14C, and Section 228(e) of the DGCL.
The issuance to Mr. Wu of the 13,000,000 shares of common stock upon conversion of the Debentures and the issuance to Mr. White
of 1,600,000 shares of our common stock as an inducement to his employment and 4,000,000 shares of common stock in exchange for
the Preferred Shares cannot be effected until the 21
st
day following the mailing of this Information Statement to stockholders.