Announcement: To Beneficiaries and Members

Published on February 7, 2016 17:44

Gong Xi Fa Cai, Happy  New Year 2016 and Great News. The final membership list for the AGL Trust including GCL has been finalized and approved by Amazon Gold Limited (AGL). This allows the reservation of all Member trust positions and the for Trustee to complete required filings  begin the job of getting your shares to you.

The Trustee will announce the opening of an online system designed to provide current Trust share positions and account status to all members with valid account numbers and verified ID’s. We anticipate the system will go live shortly after Chinese New Year. Details are as follows: 

The sign-up or registration process

Under current regulations in the USA and in most other jurisdictions, no financial transaction including any share issuance can be made without the completion of an Anti Money Laundering (AML) or anti money laundering review to verify the beneficiaries’ identification.

This is the same for traded shares, which cannot be issued without the Anti Money Laundering Ordinance (AMLO) and registration process completed and verified, no shares can be distributed to any member who has not supplied the required documentation. All documentation must be certified by a Lawyer, Commissioner of Oaths or Notary Public or other Suitable Certifier, before the Trustee can accept and verify it.

Please ensure that you have supplied certified copies of your ID and Proof of Residence (not more than 3 months old) to the Trustee as part of your registration or sign-up. If you have not yet registered, your trust reservation will remain valid until April 30, 2016.

Due to the workload of completing, verifying and distributing member shares, the Trustee will not be accepting in-person registration of members nor attending events after February 26th 2016 If you have not registered before that date, the Online registration system will remain available until April 30, 2016.

Any share reservations not claimed by registration by that time, shall revert to the company on May 1, 2016. This offer shall be withdrawn at that time.

Again, the active Sign up or registration period has been extended through February 26, 2016 to allow AGL Trust  members to participate by registering with their Member IDs  directly at the Hong Kong office or in sign up events until that time. The online system will remain active throughout as an alternative option.

Share Transfer

Whether you registered through Legacy or an alternate Trustee, all share certificates must be issued by the Company’s (share) transfer agents on the instruction of the Trustee. 

If you registered through an alternate trustee, your registration with the trust shall be honoured and your payment of a set-up fee is recognized. 

Due to Anti Money Laundering requirements all members provide Certified Copies of acceptable Photo Identification and Proof of Residential address. If you have not yet done this your registration is incomplete and the Transfer agent cannot complete your distribution.

Where Certified documents have not been provided or there is other critical information missing each member will need to send certified copies of their ID and proof of residence to Marathon as well as fill out a supplemental information sheet required to complete your registration file. NO distribution can be made until this is completed. We regret any inconvenience caused.

Third Party Websites and misinformation

There has been a large volume of internet chatter, unauthorized websites and misinformation on the web and circulated by rumors. While the Trustee and AGL apologize for the inconvenience and concern, there is little we can do to manage such unauthorized  spread of misinformation.

The root of this misinformation seems to be based on the incorrect description of the AGL offer as some form of forced share swap or attempt to force Members of Maxim Traders to accept an AGL Trust position as a replacement for their holding there.

While AGL is making this offer to persons who may be or have been from other organizations,  AGL is making this offer purely to build a support base for our current and future projects.
Nothing in AGL trust’s offer is based on any swap of any other organization’s investment positions for AGL Trust position.

AGL is simply offering to allow members to participate with no cost except that of Trust set up and administration fee. Any investment position you may have with any other organization is between you and that organization.

While we have observed their apparent regulatory difficulties over the past year, AGL hopes that once the regulatory issues are resolved, there may be renewed hope for Maxim Traders.

AGL is not connected to nor associated with any other organization and we have no capacity to swap your investment position nor are we accepting any another organization positions as payment for your Trust Position.

Rumors and misinformation on this topic have been very troublesome, though not based in facts, they have caused delays and problems for your program. They have caused the regulators in various jurisdictions to assume that AGL is related or associated party and that false claims in various unrelated websites may have been made by the company.

Please ignore any and all statements about  AGL Trust that do not come from Amazon Gold Limited or the Trustees of AGL Trust. No other parties are authorized to speak on the company’s or the Trustee’s behalf.

Please do not participate in spreading or carrying on such unsupported speculations. You only further delay or potentially damage your own interests.

With everyone’s cooperation and support, we can work together to make this process smooth and successful for all involved.

Thank you.


Douglas R. E. Wilson
Legacy Fiduciary Services Limited