UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): January 15, 2010
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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000-53018
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26-1357819
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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of
Incorporation)
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No. 29 & 31, Huanzhen
Road, Shuikou Town, Huizhou, Guangdong, China 516500
(Address,
including zip code, of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: +86
0752 –
3138511
SRKP
22, INC.
4737 North Ocean Drive, Suite 207, Lauderdale by the
Sea, FL 33308
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement.
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See Item
2.01, below, regarding the discussion of the Subscription Agreement relating to
the private placement of shares of our common stock.
See Item
2.01, below, regarding the discussion of the Share Exchange Agreement dated
October 20, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 to the Share
Exchange Agreement dated November 25, 2009 and January 15, 2010, respectively,
which was entered into by SRKP 22, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SRKP 22"),
China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, a British Virgin Islands
corporation (“China Intelligent BVI”), and the sold shareholder of China
Intelligent BVI, as reported in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2009 and December 2, 2009.
Copies of the Share Exchange Agreement, Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 are
each attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 2.1(a), and
Exhibit 2.1(b),
respectively.
Item 2.01
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Completion of Acquisition or
Disposition of Assets.
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OVERVIEW
As used
in this Current Report, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “we”, “Company”
and “China Intelligent” refer to China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as SRKP 22, Inc. (“SRKP 22”), its
wholly-owned subsidiary, China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, a
British Virgin Islands corporation (“China Intelligent BVI”), and its 100% owned
subsidiary, Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd., a company organized
under the laws of the PRC (“Hyundai Light”). “China” or “PRC”
refers to the People’s Republic of China. “RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the
legal currency of China and “$” or “U.S. Dollars” refers to the legal currency
of the United States.
The
corporate structure of our company, after taking into account the Share
Exchange, is as follows:
SRKP 22
was incorporated in the State of Delaware on October 11, 2007. SRKP
22 was originally organized as a “blank check” shell company to investigate and
acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a
publicly held corporation.
On
January 15, 2010, SRKP 22 (i) closed a share exchange transaction,
described below, pursuant to which SRKP 22 became the 100% parent of China
Intelligent BVI, (ii) assumed the operations of China Intelligent BVI and its
subsidiaries, and (iii) changed its name from SRKP 22, Inc. to China Intelligent
Lighting and Electronics, Inc. China Intelligent BVI is primarily a holding
company.
China
Intelligent provides a full range of lighting solutions, including the design,
manufacture, sales and marketing of high-quality LED and other lighting products
for the household, commercial and outdoor lighting industries in China and
internationally. China Intelligent currently offers over 1,000
products that include LEDs, long life fluorescent lights, ceiling lights, metal
halide lights, super electric transformers, grille spot lights, down lights, and
recessed and framed lighting.
Our
principal executive offices and our manufacturing and product development
facilities are located in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Our corporate
offices are located at No. 29 & 31, Huanzhen Road, Shuikou Town, Huizhou,
Guangdong, China 516500.
THE
SHARE EXCHANGE
On
October 20, 2009, SRKP 22 entered into a share exchange agreement with China
Intelligent BVI and the sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI. Pursuant to
the share exchange agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated November 25,
2009 and Amendment No. 2 dated January 15, 2010 (collectively, the “Exchange
Agreement”), SRKP 22 agreed to issue an aggregate of 14,195,496 shares of its
common stock in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding share capital of
China Intelligent BVI (the “Share Exchange”). The Share Exchange closed on
January 15, 2010.
Upon the
closing of the Share Exchange, SRKP 22 issued an aggregate of 14,195,496 shares
of its common stock to China Intelligent BVI’s sole shareholder and her
designees in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
China Intelligent BVI. Prior to the closing of the Share Exchange and the
closing of the Private Placement, as described below, shareholders of SRKP 22
canceled an aggregate of 4,260,390 shares held by them such that there were
2,836,000 shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Share
Exchange. SRKP 22 shareholders also canceled an aggregate of 5,515,682 warrants
such that the shareholders held an aggregate of 1,580,708 warrants immediately
after the Share Exchange. Immediately after the closing of the Share Exchange
and closing of the Private Placement, we had 19,787,388 outstanding shares of
common stock, no outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, no outstanding options,
and outstanding warrants to purchase 1,580,708 shares of common
stock.
We paid a
total of $600,000 in connection with the Share Exchange to acquire the SRKP 22,
Inc. shell corporation, where such fee consisted of $350,000 paid to WestPark
Capital, Inc., which is the placement agent in the Private Placement (described
below), and $250,000 paid to a third party unaffiliated with China Intelligent
BVI, Hyundai Light, or WestPark Capital. In addition, we paid a
$140,000 success fee to WestPark Capital for services provided in connection
with the Share Exchange, including coordinating the share exchange transaction
process, interacting with the principals of the shell corporation and
negotiating the definitive purchase agreement for the shell, conducting a
financial analysis of China Intelligent BVI, conducting due diligence on China
Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries and managing the
interrelationship of legal and accounting activities. We also
reimbursed Westpark Capital $80,000 for expenses related to its due
diligence.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Share Exchange, we agreed to register 2,836,000 shares of
common stock held by SRKP 22 shareholders and 1,580,708 shares of common stock
underlying the warrants held by SRKP 22 shareholders, all of which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Share Exchange. The shares will
be included in a registration statement that we are required to file within 10
days after the end of the six-month period that immediately follows the date on
which we file the registration statement to register the shares issued in the
Private Placement.
Immediately
after the closing of the Share Exchange, on January 15, 2010, SRKP 22 changed
its corporate name from “SRKP 22, Inc.” to “China Intelligent Lighting and
Electronics, Inc.” Our shares of common stock are not currently listed or quoted
for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. We
intend to apply for the listing of our common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market
and/or NYSE Amex.
The
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, as amended, were intended
to be a “tax-free” reorganization pursuant to the provisions of Sections
351 and/or 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
The
execution of the Exchange Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the Exchange
Agreement was reported in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2009 and December 2, 2009,
respectively, and the execution of Amendment No. 2 is reported under Item 1.01,
above, of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Copies of the Exchange Agreement,
Amendment No. 1, and Amendment No. 2 have been filed as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 2.1(a), and
Exhibit 2.1(b),
respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
THE
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
On
January 15, 2010, concurrently with the close of the Share Exchange,
we closed a private placement of shares of common stock (the “Private
Placement”). The purpose of the Private Placement was to increase our
working capital and the net proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for
working capital. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into
with the investors, we sold an aggregate of 2,755,892 shares of common stock at
$1.27 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million.
We agreed
to file a registration statement covering the common stock sold in the private
placement within 30 days of the closing of the Private Placement pursuant to the
subscription agreement entered into with each investor and to cause such
registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than 150
days from the date of filing or 180 days from the date of filing if the
registration statement is subject to a full review by the SEC. The investors in
the Private Placement also entered into a lock-up agreement pursuant to which
they agreed that (i) if the proposed public offering that we hope to conduct is
for $10 million or more, then the investors would not be able to sell or
transfer their shares until at least six months after the public offering’s
completion, and (ii) if the offering is for less than $10 million, then
one-tenth of the investors’ shares would be released from the lock-up
restrictions ninety days after the offering and there would be a pro rata
release of the shares thereafter every 30 days over the following nine
months. WestPark Capital, Inc., in its discretion, may also release
some or all the shares from the lock-up restrictions earlier.
The
placement agent was paid a commission equal to 8% of the gross proceeds from the
financing and a 4% non-accountable expense allowance. We are also
retaining WestPark Capital for a period of six months following the closing of
the Private Placement to provide us with financial consulting services for which
we will pay WestPark Capital $6,000 per month.
Some of
the controlling stockholders and control persons of the placement agent were
also, prior to the completion of the Share Exchange, controlling stockholders
and control persons of the Company, including Richard Rappaport, who is the
Chief Executive Officer of the placement agent and was the President and a
significant stockholder of the Company prior to the Share Exchange, and Anthony
C. Pintsopoulos, who is the Chief Financial Officer of the placement agent and
was one of the Company’s controlling stockholders and an officer and director
prior to the Share Exchange. Mr. Rappaport is the sole owner of the
membership interests in the parent of the placement agent. Each of Messrs.
Rappaport and Pintsopoulos resigned from all of their executive and director
positions with the Company upon the closing of the Share Exchange.
This
current report is not an offer of securities for sale. Any securities sold in
the Private Placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to an
exemption from such registration.
CHINA
INTELLIGENT’S BUSINESS
We
provide a full range of lighting solutions, including the design, manufacture,
sales and marketing of high-quality LED and other lighting products for the
household, commercial and outdoor lighting industries in China and
internationally. The primary industry in which we conduct business is
the LED lighting industry, and the core technology of our business is based on
the all-solid-state semiconductor white light technology, in addition to general
lighting products.
Industry
The
global lighting industry is largely influenced by the development of new
lighting technologies, including LEDs, electronic ballasts, embedded controls,
and design technologies addressing sustainability, in addition to federal
and state requirements for updated energy codes. Product selection
among the varying lighting technologies is determined by a number of factors,
including overall cost, and visual and physical product features, as well as
regulatory and environmental factors. Moreover, demand for
lighting products sold are highly dependent on economic drivers such as consumer
spending and discretionary income, along with housing construction and home
improvement spending.
LEDs, or
“Light Emitting Diodes,” are semiconductor-based devices that generate light. An
LED consists of one LED electrode semiconductor, positioned on a wire rack and
sealed by epoxy resin to protect the internal core line. LEDs produce
light by passing electricity between thin layers of
semiconductors. Over the years, the luminous efficiency of the LED
has significantly increased and the range of colors available has continued to
broaden to the full spectrum. Advancements in LED technology have
enabled LEDs to become a viable alternative to traditional lighting solutions
for applications in residential, industrial and commercial markets.
LED
lights provide many benefits over traditional incandescent, halogen and
fluorescent light sources, including lower energy consumption, longer life span,
absence of hazardous materials, shock-resistance, fast response, and cold light
source, in addition to a wide range of colors, dynamics, miniaturization, and
greater design flexibility. As a result, common general uses of LED
lighting include battery-powered flashlights, security lights, indoor and
outdoor road and stair lights, as well as building and sign lights, display
screens, and landscape lighting.
Regulatory
restrictions on inefficient uses of lighting are resulting in an increase
in use of more energy efficient lighting solutions, including
LEDs. Many countries have enacted legislation requiring an increase
in the use of energy-efficient lighting. For example, as of September
2009, the European Union banned the importation of most incandescent bulbs, and
the United States is moving to enact a similar ban that is scheduled to commence
as early as 2012. In addition, the adoption of industry-wide
international standards for lighting products provide guidelines for efficiency
and performance, allowing manufacturers that meet the guidelines to promote
their energy-efficient products and consumers to better understand energy
efficiency.
Legislation
and energy efficiency standards have led to increased demand for LED lighting
products, as governments, industry organizations, and commercial and residential
consumers adopt lighting solutions that conform to efficiency standards and
present a reduced threat to the environment. As a result, we believe
that the lighting industry will experience a general transition from its
widespread use of incandescent lamps to energy-efficient light sources in the
next several years, in addition to a shift to solid-state lighting technology as
compared to the more traditional vacuum-based technologies.
With
rising energy prices and increased awareness of climate change, consumer demand
for energy-saving lighting has been growing. Consumers interested in
purchasing more efficient lighting products with lower energy consumption have
increasingly turned to LED lighting as a viable alternative to incandescent
bulbs. Consumers have become more aware of the positive impact of the
use of LED lighting. For example, more than 425 million 60-watt
incandescent light bulbs are sold each year in the United States, according to
the U.S. Department of Energy as reported in 2008, and replacing the
incandescent bulbs with LEDs could save enough electricity in one year to power
as much as 17.4 million homes and save approximately 5.6 million metric tons of
carbon emissions annually.
China
Lighting Market
China’s
market for lighting solutions has been growing, due in part to the country’s
rapid economic growth and position as one of the world’s largest consumer
markets. Economic growth in China has led to greater levels of personal
disposable income and increased spending among China’s expanding middle-class
consumer base.
Notwithstanding
China’s economic growth, with a population of approximately 1.3 billion people,
China’s economic output and consumption rates are still small on a per capita
basis compared to developed countries. As China’s economy develops, we
believe that disposable income and consumer spending levels are expected to
continue to become closer to those of developed countries like the United
States. We also believe that Shanghai’s successful bid for the 2010
World Expo will promote a new round of Shanghai urban development construction,
which may provide business opportunities for the lighting industry.
Furthermore,
the production of lighting products has moved to China in recent years and
China’s market share of the manufacturing of lighting products is expected to
increase. China has a number of benefits in the manufacturing of lighting
products that are expected to drive this growth, including:
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Low
costs. Though there have been recent changes in labor
laws, China continues to have a relatively low cost of raw materials, land
and labor, which is especially important given the labor-intensive nature
of the manufacture of our lighting
products.
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Proximity to supply
chain. Manufacturing of consumer products in general
continues to shift to China, giving China-based manufacturers a further
cost and cycle time advantage.
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Proximity to
end-markets. China has focused in recent years on
building its research, development and engineering skill base in all
aspects of higher end
manufacturing.
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Competitive
Strengths
We
believe the following strengths contribute to our competitive advantages and
differentiate us from our competitors in the lighting industry:
Core technology
The
primary industry in which we conduct business is the LED lighting industry, and
the core technology of our business is based on the all-solid-state
semiconductor white light technology. With rapid advancements
in the performance, efficiency and cost of energy-efficient lighting such as
LED-based solutions, traditional light sources such as incandescent lamps are
beginning to be replaced by advanced technologies with lower operating costs
over their useful lives. In addition, the energy efficient nature of LED
technology makes it an environmentally friendly light source and the compact
size of LEDs has created new possibilities in lighting fixture
design. As a result, we believe that the market for innovative and
efficient lighting solutions is and will continue to grow.
Established brand
awareness
Our
lighting products, marketed under the brand-name “Hyundai,” have become a
recognized brand name in China and internationally, which we expect will assist
us in growing our business over the course of the next few years, assuming we
reach an agreement with the licensor to extend the license agreement past the
July 2010 expiration date. South Korean Hyundai is one of the world’s
largest 500 companies and is involved in diverse areas of operations, including
automobile, shipbuilding, digital electronics, and heavy industrial machinery,
and Hyundai Corporation has licensed to us the right to use the trademark of
“HYUNDAI” to manufacture, sell and market wiring accessories and lighting
products within the PRC. We believe that the “Hyundai” name provides us with
high brand name recognition and visibility.
Market position
Since our
inception, we have focused on the research, development and manufacture of
various types of lighting products, including increasingly efficient
LEDs. Our manufacturing operations, centrally located in Huizhou,
Guangdong, utilize a modern manufacturing building with approximately 53,820
square feet and 16 advanced automated production lines with a monthly production
capability of approximately 20 million units. In addition to
manufacturing facilities, we lease separate warehouse space. We have
developed significant expertise in the key technologies and large-scale
manufacturing that enable us to improve the quality of our products, reduce
costs, and keep pace with current standards of the rapidly evolving lighting
industry. We are able to bring to the market well-differentiated
products that perform well against competitive offerings based on price,
innovation, energy efficiency, and brand recognition. Our specific
Hyundai LED technology has a growing application base in the lighting industry
and has allowed us to distinguish our products from those of our
competitors.
Design and manufacturing
capabilities
We design
and manufacture high quality and reliable lighting products with significant
performance features. To deliver cost competitive solutions, we
invest in technology advancements, capitalize on strategic relationships, and
utilize our automated manufacturing process. We employ a senior design team that
develops and tracks new technologies, concepts and ideas from a variety of
sources, including direct customer feedback, trade shows, and industry
conferences. We utilize a 53,820 square-foot factory, which includes
a large-scale production area, and more than 600 full-time employees, including
approximately 500 employees in production. Our modernized production
lines include 16 pieces of automated processing equipment and procedures that we
can rapidly modify to accommodate new customer requests, designs and
specifications. Our use of manual labor during the production process
benefits from the availability of relatively low-cost, skilled labor in China.
We have also received several accreditations, including The International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001: 2000, ISO 14000, and RoHS
certification, attesting to our quality management requirements, manufacturing
safety, controls, procedures and environmental performance.
Well-established distribution
channels
Our
products are sold at more than 2,200 distribution outlets, including over 500
second- and third-level sales outlets located in smaller cities and rural areas,
across 23 provinces and cities throughout China. Internationally, our
products are sold through numerous channels, including independent specialty
retailers, international and regional chains, mass merchants, and
distributors. We have also built strong relationships with many large
national and regional retailers, and we have well-established relationships with
independent retailers.
Experienced management
team
Our
senior management team has extensive business and industry experience, including
an understanding of changing market trends, consumer needs, lighting
technologies and our ability to capitalize on the opportunities resulting from
these market changes. Members of our senior management team also have
significant experience with respect to key aspects of our operations, including
research and development, product design, manufacturing, and sales and
marketing.
Diversified customer base and end
markets
During
the year ended December 31, 2008, our products were sold to more than 60 OEMs
and 73 distributors across a wide variety of end markets. We believe that
the different purchasing patterns among our customers in the various end markets
allow us to reduce the overall sensitivity of demand of our products due to
changes in the economy.
Strategy
Our goal
is to become a leader in the development, manufacture, and distribution of LED
and other lighting products in China and internationally. We intend
to achieve this goal by implementing the following strategies:
Expand offering of highly efficient LED
products
We seek
to introduce new LED lighting products as we believe there exists significant
opportunities to grow market share. We currently offer over 1,000 products
and we expect to expand our LED product offerings to include white light
solutions for a wide range of applications. We intend to continue to
shift from traditional technologies to energy-efficient and solid-state lighting
technologies, while expanding the applications and markets of LED products in an
attempt to penetrate new markets such as general lighting, vehicle lighting, and
LCD backlighting source products. By introducing new products and expanding
sales of existing LED products, we believe that we can significantly improve
operational efficiency by reducing our cost of materials, components and
manufacturing.
Augment marketing and promotion efforts
to increase brand awareness
During
the past several years, we have carried out a brand development strategy based
on product innovation, quality, and efficiency. We have recently
increased our marketing and promotion expenditures to further develop our brand,
“Hyundai Lights,” and utilize marketing concepts in an attempt to strengthen the
marketability of our products. We have also participated and intend
to continue to participate in various exhibitions and similar promotional events
to promote our products and brand.
Expand sales network and distribution
channels
We feel
the Chinese markets are underserved and there exist vast opportunities to expand
market presence, including possible openings of specialty stores. We
intend to expand our sales network in China and develop relationships with a
broader set of wholesalers, distributors and resellers, all in order to expand
the market availability of our products in China. We expect our
industry relationships will assist us in introducing and distributing new
products into additional markets and will allow us to diversify our customer
base and significantly increase the availability and exposure of our LED and
other lighting products.
Build partnerships with new and
existing clients
Our
strategy is to establish partnerships with our current clients whereby we
develop and manufacture new products based on client needs. We intend
to strengthen relationships with our existing clients and explore opportunities
for product expansion with new and existing customers. We also intend
to enter into arrangements with established participants in various market
segments to provide outsourced product design and engineering capabilities. We
believe that this strategy will allow us to capitalize on the strengths of the
segment participant’s brand equity and market presence to penetrate existing and
emerging markets.
Expand global presence
Nearly
one-third of our products are OEM sales that are exported to countries and areas
outside of Mainland China, primarily to Southeast Asia and Middle East countries
such as Hong Kong, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and
Singapore. We intend to further expand our international resources
outside of China to better serve our global customers and business associates
and to leverage opportunities in certain markets.
Products
We
produce a wide variety of lighting and related products used in the following
areas:
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Commercial and Industrial
— We produce lighting products for stores, hotels, offices,
schools, hospitals, and government and public buildings, in addition to
products for warehouses and manufacturing facilities. These
settings require high performance light solutions, and we believe the
largest market segment for the development of high-power white LED
lighting is general commercial and industrial lighting. Our
products in this area include metal halide lamps, grille spot lights, LED
lights, down lights, recessed lights, grille light plates, frames, and LED
wall lamps. We also provide a range of LED lights designed to
replace, or seamlessly integrate into, existing lighting systems and
fixtures, which can reduce energy consumption by as much as 80% while
providing lighting performance equal to traditional incandescent
technology.
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Outdoor – Influenced by
the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Beijing
and Shanghai and other locations have increased the pace of landscape
lighting usage. Because of its low energy consumption, LED lighting has an
advantage as compared to other high energy consuming products in the
landscape lighting industry. Our products include area and
flood lighting, decorative site lighting, landscape lighting, shed lights,
and other spot lighting
products.
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Residential — We
provide residential products that are designed to be functional,
decorative, and scene-setting. Products include our line of
ceiling lights, kitchen and bathroom lights, bedside lamps, fluorescent
lights, and other down lighting
products.
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Infrastructure — We
address the lighting requirements of highways, tunnels, airports, railway
yards, and ports with products that include street, area, high-mast,
off-set roadway, and sign lighting.
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Other Products — Other
products that we produce include our super electric transformer, which
provides anti-lightning surge protection adaptable to China’s power grid,
and lighting control systems.
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We
currently offer more than 1,000 products that we manufacture and distribute,
including appliance lights, ceiling lights, grille spot lights, grille light
plates, down lights, recessed lighting, kitchen lighting, lamps, framed
lighting, and metal halide lights. Our notable products include the
Hyundai LED, long life-span T4/T5 frame, ceiling light, metal halide light, and
super electric transformer.
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Hyundai LEDs – Hyundai
LEDs are products that provide high efficiency, long life span, low energy
loss, vibration-resistance, and quick response. Hyundai LEDs
include a semiconductor chip unit that is approximately 3 to 5 square
millimeters, permitting it to be used in a variety of
environments. Hyundai LEDs, which have a life of up to 10,000
hours, consume substantially less energy than traditional incandescent
lamps and are suitable for public area uses because they use low
voltage. Hyundai LEDs do not contain toxic material, as
compared to, for example, incandescent lamps that contain
mercury.
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Long Life-Span T4/T5 Framed
Fluorescent Lamps – Our T4/T5 framed fluorescent lamps
are straight double-fluorescent lamps with diameters of 13 mm and 16
mm. These lamps are widely used at home and in public areas,
and have higher efficiency rates and longer life spans than many other
straight fluorescent lamps.
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Ceiling Lights – Our
ceiling lights consist of a lamp holder, lamp shade, light source, and a
base concealed inside the ceiling. Common light source options
for ceiling lights are round energy-saving fluorescent lamps, 2D
energy-saving fluorescent lamps, straight fluorescent lamps, and
incandescent lamps. Our ceiling light products come in a wide
variety of shapes, sizes, and materials, in addition to a variety of shade
types that include glass and plexi-glass. Our ceiling lights
have an extended life span, low-maintenance, low-power consumption, high
brightness, over-heating protection, low-voltage circuitry, and are UV-,
infrared-, and flicker-free.
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Metal Halide Lights –
Our metal halide lights are high-power lighting options with the benefits
of a long lifespan and smaller amounts of mercury, approximately 1/10th
that of incandescent lights. We install microcomputer
electronic ballasts in our metal halide lights that are designed to
suppress sound, facilitate preheating to extend lamp lifespan, protect the
main circuit’s functionality, and absorb and control unexpected
high-voltage pulses from China’s power grids. Our research and
development has resulted in improvements in light structure, filling
material, light technology, and electronic ballast aspects, and we
currently focus our development efforts on halide lights on the ends of
the power spectrums, specifically high output (1KW – 2KW) and low output
(35W – 75W) products.
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Super Electric Transformers
– Our super electric transformer products provide anti-lightning
surge protection adaptable to China’s power grid while providing a
sufficient power output to maintain our lighting products and comply with
local standards.
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A
majority of our products sold are household lighting products, which include
energy-saving lights, ceiling lights, kitchen lights, projection lights,
fixtures and other lighting products. Net sales for each of our
product categories as a percentage of net sales are set forth
below:
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Nine Months Ended
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Year Ended December 31,
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September 30, 2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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Household
lighting products
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81.5
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Lighting
holders
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|
|
2.4
|
% |
|
|
2.2
|
% |
|
|
3.8
|
% |
|
|
19.0
|
% |
Illuminant
devices
|
|
|
1.0
|
% |
|
|
0.7
|
% |
|
|
0.4
|
% |
|
|
0
|
% |
Power
distribution transformer
|
|
|
5.1
|
% |
|
|
6.3
|
% |
|
|
12.1
|
% |
|
|
1.4
|
% |
Ballast
resistor
|
|
|
2.0
|
% |
|
|
2.0
|
% |
|
|
1.0
|
% |
|
|
0
|
% |
Lighting
control boards
|
|
|
0
|
% |
|
|
0
|
% |
|
|
34.7
|
% |
|
|
0
|
% |
Other
misc. lighting products or materials
|
|
|
8.0
|
% |
|
|
9.4
|
% |
|
|
3.1
|
% |
|
|
0
|
% |
Total
|
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
Supply
of Raw Materials
We
believe that our location in China provides us with comparative regional
advantages in purchasing raw materials. China’s LED manufacturing
industry can be divided into four primary regions:
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South-Eastern
region, and
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|
·
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Beijing
/ Dalian Northern area.
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Each
region has a relatively complete industrial supply and demand chain, with a
higher level of industrialization in the Southern area and a stronger research
and development focus in the Northern area due to its proximity to numerous
universities and research institutions. A higher concentration of
LED-related businesses is located in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River
Delta, including LED manufacturers and distributors, in addition to LED-related
equipment and raw material suppliers.
Our
production facilities are located in Huizhou, Guangdong, which is located in the
Pearl River Delta, and adjacent to Shenzhen and Hong Kong, is one of the major
electronic manufacturing bases in China. As a result, we believe that
we benefit from a well-developed network of LED-related businesses that
facilitate our acquisition of raw materials and production and sale of LED
products.
Nevertheless,
pricing and availability of raw materials can be volatile, attributable to
numerous factors beyond our control, including general economic conditions,
currency exchange rates, industry cycles, production levels or a supplier’s
limited supply. To the extent that we experience cost increases we may seek to
pass such cost increases on to our customers but cannot provide any assurance
that we will be able to do so successfully or that our business, results of
operations and financial condition would not be adversely affected by increased
volatility of the cost and availability of raw materials.
We
generally have supply agreements that are no longer than one
year. Our primary suppliers of raw materials are located in Huizhou,
Zhongshan and Shenzhen. Our top three suppliers accounted for a total
of approximately 23.5%, 51.4%, and 61.4% of our raw material purchases during
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2007, respectively. Our largest supplier accounted for
approximately 11.0%, 26.5%, and 31.0% of our raw material purchases during the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively. Other than these suppliers, no other supplier
accounted for more than 10% of our total purchases in these
periods.
Presently,
our relationships with our suppliers are good and we expect that our suppliers
will be able to meet the anticipated demand for our products in the
future. However, due to our dependence on a small number of suppliers
for certain raw materials, we could experience delays in development and/or the
ability to meet our customer demand for new products.
Manufacturing
We
utilize both internal and outsourced manufacturing processes and capabilities in
order to fulfill our customers’ needs in the most cost-effective manner. We
internally produce at our facilities household lighting products, power
distribution transformers, ballast resistors and illuminant devices, while
components such as ceiling lighting, street lighting and flat lighting products
are purchased primarily from outside vendors.
We have
selected suppliers based on their ability to consistently produce these products
per our specifications. We believe that the integration of local suppliers’
factories and warehouses also provides us an opportunity to lower our component
inventory while maintaining high service levels through frequent and rapid
deliveries. Because we have our own factory and capabilities to
produce a large number of the important components needed for our products, as
such, we believe that we have a solid foundation for our overall
competition.
LED and
other lighting products that we manufacture require coordinated use of machinery
and raw materials at various stages of manufacturing. Our
manufacturing operations are conducted in Huizhou, Guangdong, where we utilize a
modern manufacturing building with approximately 215,000 square feet and 16
advanced automated production lines with a monthly production capability of
approximately 20 million units. Six of the production lines are
primarily dedicated to the production of specialized LED
products. Our production facilities include product and semi-product
assembly, office, showroom, and warehouse functions.
We
implement a computerized automated quality monitoring system that is designed to
track and verify the quality of our raw materials, product components, products,
and processes from the stages of supply, research and development, production,
and sales. Our production facilities utilize modern machinery such as
molding injectors, mounting machinery, magnetic component separators, electronic
ballast performance analysis systems, soldering modules, tin stoves,
computerized aging (life span testers), intelligent AC power testers,
oscilloscopes, and other assembly machinery.
We
structure our design and manufacturing systems to rapidly design, produce, and
deliver our products in an attempt to secure business from customers that
require immediate design and delivery of lighting products. We strive
to deliver our general products in approximately two business days, engineer and
deliver our standard products in approximately seven business days, and engineer
and deliver customized products in approximately 10 to 15 business
days. We intend to further streamline our production process and
continue investing in our manufacturing infrastructure to further increase our
manufacturing capacity, helping us to control the per unit cost of our
products.
Quality
Control
We
consider quality control an important element of our business practices. We have
stringent quality control systems that are implemented by approximately 45
company-trained staff members to ensure quality control over each phase of the
production process, from the purchase of raw materials through each step in the
manufacturing process. Supported by advanced equipment, we utilize a scientific
management system and precision inspection measurements, capable of ensuring our
products are of high quality.
Our
quality control department executes the following functions:
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setting
internal controls and regulations for semi-finished and finished
products;
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|
·
|
testing
samples of raw materials from
suppliers;
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|
·
|
implementing
sampling systems and sample files;
|
|
·
|
maintaining
quality of equipment and instruments;
and
|
|
·
|
articulating
the responsibilities of quality control
staff.
|
We have
obtained certifications and accreditations that we believe exhibit our ability
to efficiently manufacture quality products. We first obtained ISO9001:2000
quality system accreditation in May 2006 and ISO14000 environmental management
system accreditation in September 2006. The International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines the ISO 9000 quality management
system as one of international references for quality management requirements in
business-to-business dealings. ISO 14000 is an environmental
management system in which the organization being accredited has to (i) minimize
harmful effects on the environment caused by its activities, and (ii) achieve
continual improvement of its environmental performance.
In
September 2006, we obtained certification for compliance with the Directive on
the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and
Electronic Equipment, which is commonly referred to as the Restriction of
Hazardous Substances Directive, or RoHS. RoHS restricts the use of
various hazardous materials in the manufacture of electronic and electrical
equipment.
Sales
and Marketing
Our
lighting products are sold primarily throughout China and Hong Kong, but also
internationally in other countries such as the United States, the United Arab
Emirates, and Malaysia, using a combination of regional sales managers,
independent sales representatives and distributors. Headquartered in Huizhou, we
have a comprehensive sales network in China that includes six regional sales
centers located in Southern China, North China, Eastern China, Southwest China,
Northwest China and Northeast China. We have approximately 40 branches and 60
specialty stores across over 30 provinces, cities and autonomous
regions.
We have
established a standard of sales procedures covering before-sales consultation,
preliminary design, final design, sample confirmation, production, product
testing, sales, and after-sales services and technical
support. Through these procedures, our products are sold at more than
2,200 distribution outlets, including major home improvement retailers and home
building material distributors, including over 500 second- and third-level sales
outlets located in smaller cities and rural areas, across 23 provinces and
cities throughout China, including Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang,
Hubei, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and
Jilin. Moreover, we have also been engaged by numerous companies to
fully design and install the lighting solutions for their retail chain store
locations, providing full design service for the chain stores to display and
sell our lighting products.
Most of
our revenues are derived from sales to OEMs, or Original Equipment
Manufacturers, followed by sales of Hyundai brand and other
products. OEMs contract with us to build their products or to obtain
services related to product development and prototyping, volume manufacturing or
aftermarket support. Our services include engineering, design,
materials, management, assembly, testing, distribution, and after-market
services. We believe that we are able to provide quality OEM services
that meet unique requirements for customer timeframes, unique styling, product
simplicity, price targets, and consistent quality with low defect
rates. Most of our revenues are derived from sales to OEMs followed
by sales of Hyundai brand and other products.
The table
below shows our revenue categorized by geographic locations, which is based on
the geographic areas in which our customers are located.
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
China
and Hong Kong
|
|
|
90.7
|
% |
|
|
82.5
|
% |
|
|
99.1
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
Other
Asian countries
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
5.8 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
North
America
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Australia
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Europe
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
|
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Others
|
|
|
3.4 |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
|
|
100
|
% |
A small
number of customers account for a very significant percentage of our
revenue. The table below illustrates the number of customers that
accounted for 5% or more of our sales for the periods presented.
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Number
of customers accounting for 5% or more
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Percentage
of largest customer
|
|
|
5.57
|
% |
|
|
16.77
|
% |
|
|
16.1
|
% |
|
|
8.82
|
% |
Total
percentage of sales attributable to customers with 5% or
more
|
|
|
5.57
|
% |
|
|
26.71
|
% |
|
|
50.13
|
% |
|
|
20.32
|
% |
The loss
of any of these customers could have a material adverse effect upon our revenue
and net income.
We market
our products to a variety of end users through a broad spectrum of marketing and
promotional methods, such as direct customer contact, trade shows, print
advertising, product brochures, and other literature, as well as the Internet
and other electronic media. In addition, we have received numerous
honors and awards that include the titles of the best lighting company in
Shanghai 2007 Exhibition, Hyundai Group’s best strategic partner in 2007, and
one of the top 50 lighting companies in Guangzhou province. We have
also received various governmental awards with respect to our
brand.
Research
and Development
Our
research and development is focused on enhancing our lighting technology by
improving the performance of our current products and developing new products,
in addition to developing related and alternative technologies.
We have
made investments in capital and time to develop intellectual property and
industry expertise in LED and other lighting technologies that we believe
provide us with a competitive advantage in the markets where we compete. We
intend to increase our research and development expenditures to advance, among
other things, our LED technology and trial production for partial patented
projects. We expect to advance our LED lighting products to surpass
the brightness of traditional lighting systems while being offered at reasonable
prices, increasing energy efficiency, and providing a higher performance-to-cost
ratio. For example, we have invested significant amounts in the study
and development of LED, electronic halide light, solar light, and nanometer
luminous materials in an attempt to improve and expand upon our product
portfolio.
We also
take an innovative approach to creating new and exciting products that are
designed to appeal to a certain demographic. For example, in 2006, we
developed three series of new lighting products that were designed to provide a
healthy and environmentally-friendly lighting function for
users. These products were designed to appeal to those potential
customers that were environmentally and health conscious.
We
conduct substantially all of our research and development with an in-house
staff. We have approximately 40 engineers that work in our research
and development department. A majority of our research and
development staff hold a bachelor degree or higher, in addition to a majority
having more than five years of research and development
experience. We have also established a cooperative relationship with
a number of academic institutions, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and
the Hong Kong Semiconductor Lighting Laboratory.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 and years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and
2006, we expended approximately $627,000, $742,000, $322,000, and $71,000,
respectively, in research and development.
In an
attempt to avoid product obsolescence, we will continue to monitor technological
changes, as well as users' demands for new technologies. Failure to keep pace
with future technological changes in the lighting industry could adversely
affect our revenues and operating results in the future. Although we
have attempted to determine the specific needs of the various segments of the
lighting market in which we compete, there can be no assurance that the markets
will, in fact, materialize or that our existing and future products designed for
these markets will gain market acceptance.
Backlog
We have
historically shipped the majority of our products within one month of the time
that the order confirmation occurs. Due to the short-cycle nature of our
business, we do not sustain significant backlogs and had no backlog of unfilled
orders as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Warranties
and Return Policy
We do not
generally provide a warranty for the products sold to customers since the
majority of our customers are wholesalers and distributors. However, if the
products that we deliver do not meet the agreed upon quality specifications or
require reworking, we are responsible for the work and the related expenses. If
the customers decide to rework the products themselves, we will compensate our
customers for the expenses incurred.
Product
Liability and Insurance
We do not
have product liability insurance. Because of the nature of the
lighting products sold by us, we may be periodically subject to product
liability claims resulting from personal injuries, including the risk of our
lighting products causing fire or burns. As a result, we may become involved in
various lawsuits incidental to our business. To date, we have not
been subject to products liability litigation. Product liability
insurance is expensive, restrictive and difficult to obtain. Accordingly, there
can be no assurance that we will have capital sufficient to cover any successful
product liability claims made against us in the future, which could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of
operations.
Competition
The
lighting equipment industry is highly competitive, with the largest suppliers
serving many of the same markets and competing for the same customers.
Competition is based on numerous factors, including brand name recognition,
price, product quality, product design, energy efficiency, customer
relationships, and service capabilities. We face competition from many other
lighting manufacturers, most of which have significantly greater name
recognition and financial, technical, manufacturing, personnel, marketing, and
other resources than we have. Our domestic competitors include Leishi
Lighting, Guangdong Opple Lighting, and Philips (China) Lighting, while our
international competitors include Nichia Chemical and Lumileds
Lighting. We compete primarily on the basis of quality, price, brand
recognition, product diversity, design, reliability, customization, and quality
service and support to our customers.
Market
and competition volatility is also affected by a number of general business and
economic factors, such as gross domestic product growth, employment, credit
availability and commodity costs. Construction spending on infrastructure
projects such as highways, streets, and urban developments also has a material
impact on the demand for infrastructure-focused products. The market is also
subject to rapid technology changes, highly fragmented, and
cyclical. The industry is characterized by the short life cycle of
products, requiring continuous design and development efforts, which
necessitates large capital and time investments. Our competitors may be able to
respond more rapidly than we can to new or emerging technologies or changes in
customer requirements.
Intellectual
Property
We rely
on a combination of patent, trade secret, and licensing rights to protect our
intellectual property rights and to maintain and enhance our competitiveness in
the lighting industry. We intend to make strategic investments in
intellectual property through engineering expenditures, partnerships, and
licensing arrangements. These initiatives are designed to enhance our
technology, improve existing products, rapidly introduce new products to fill
identified needs, and address new applications and markets. We believe our
ability to successfully develop and produce new products will allow us to open
market opportunities and enhance our market position.
We are
able to use our brand name, “Hyundai”, pursuant to licensing rights that we have
obtained from Hyundai Corporation. We entered into a Trademark License Agreement
dated July 31, 2005 with Hyundai Corporation pursuant to which Hyundai
Corporation agreed to license the trademark of “HYUNDAI” on wiring accessories
and lighting products that we manufacture. The agreement had
provisions that provided for expiration of our rights on July 31,
2015.
The July
31, 2005 Trademark License Agreement was superseded by a new trademark license
agreement dated September 10, 2008 entered into by us and Hyundai
Corporation. Pursuant to the new Trademark Agreement, Hyundai
Corporation granted us a license to use its trademark in connection with
manufacturing, selling, and marketing wiring accessories and lighting products
(the “Licensed Products”) within the People’s Republic of China. The Trademark
Agreement contains two terms, with one term from August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009
and the other term from August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010. Any additional term or
renewal of the Trademark Agreement is contingent upon further written agreement
of the parties.
Pursuant
to the Trademark Agreement, during each term, we are required to pay Hyundai
Corporation minimum royalty, and we are also not permitted to sell or distribute
any product similar to or in competition with the Licensed Products. The
Trademark Agreement also sets forth minimum sales amounts for the Licensed
Products for each term, in addition to providing for a percentage royalty rate
such that, if our aggregate sales during a term exceeds the minimum sales
amount, we will pay the royalty to Hyundai Corporation equal to the amount of
aggregate sales in excess of the minimum sales amount, multiplied by the royalty
rate. The Trademark Agreement also requires us to provide Hyundai Corporation
with sales and marketing reports for the Licensed Products for certain periods
and contains other customary general provisions, including provisions related to
a prohibition of assignment or sub-licensing, confidentiality, indemnification,
and the scope of our use of Hyundai Corporation’s trademark. Under the Trademark
Agreement, Hyundai Corporation may terminate the Trademark Agreement for, among
other reasons, failure to pay the royalties or failure to rectify any injury to
the brand image of Hyundai Corporation’s trademark within 30 days of receipt of
written notification of such injury.
We
currently utilize five patents that were transferred to us from a third party,
Tianfu Li, our founder and a former owner, officer, and director. The
patent transfer certificates related to the patents have been filed and
registered with the Bureau of Intellectual Property in the PRC. Mr. Li did not
receive any consideration for the transfer and assignment of the intellectual
property rights to Hyundai HZ.
We also
rely on unpatented technologies to protect the proprietary nature of our product
and manufacturing processes. We require that our management team and key
employees enter into confidentiality agreements that require the employees to
assign the rights to any inventions developed by them during the course of their
employment with us. All of the confidentiality agreements include
non-competition and non-solicitation provisions that remain effective during the
course of employment and for periods following termination of employment, which
vary depending on position and location of the employee.
Our
success will depend in part on our ability to obtain patents and preserve other
intellectual property rights covering the design and operation of our products.
We intend to continue to seek patents on our inventions when we deem it
commercially appropriate. The process of seeking patent protection can be
lengthy and expensive, and there can be no assurance that patents will be issued
for currently pending or future applications or that our existing patents or any
new patents issued will be of sufficient scope or strength or provide meaningful
protection or any commercial advantage to us. We may be subject to, or may
initiate, litigation or patent office interference proceedings, which may
require significant financial and management resources. The failure to obtain
necessary licenses or other rights or the advent of litigation arising out of
any such intellectual property claims could have a material adverse effect on
our operations.
Seasonality
Our
business exhibits some seasonality, with net sales being affected by the impact
of weather and seasonal demand on construction and installation programs, such
as a slow down in projects in Northeast China during the winter and nationally
during Chinese Spring Festival, after which we traditionally experience
relatively higher sales during the second half of the fiscal
year.
Employees
As of
September 30, 2009, we had approximately 645 full-time employees, including
approximately 511 employees in production, approximately 35 employees in
research and development and approximately 75 employees in sales and marketing.
All of our employees are based inside China. Our employees are not
represented by any labor union and are not organized under a collective
bargaining agreement, and we have never experienced a work stoppage. We believe
that our relationships with our employees are generally good.
We also
provide housing facilities for our employees. At present, approximately 80% of
our employees live in company-provided housing facilities. We have
employees based in Huizhou, China, and, as may be required under applicable
regulations, we expect to commence contributions to a housing assistance fund
for these employees in 2011. As a result, we expect to incur
increased operation costs and expenses, which will have a negative effect on our
results of operations.
PRC
Government Regulations
Business
license
Any
company that conducts business in the PRC must have a business license that
covers a particular type of work. Our business license covers our present
business to design, develop, produce and sell lighting and electric products and
accessories, with 30% of products sold overseas and 70% sold
domestically. Prior to expanding our business beyond that of our
business license, we are required to apply and receive approval from the PRC
government.
Employment
laws
We are
subject to laws and regulations governing our relationship with our employees,
including: wage and hour requirements, working and safety conditions,
citizenship requirements, work permits and travel restrictions. These include
local labor laws and regulations, which may require substantial resources for
compliance. China’s National Labor Law, which became effective
on January 1, 1995, and China’s National Labor Contract Law, which became
effective on January 1, 2008, permit workers in both state and private
enterprises in China to bargain collectively. The National Labor Law
and the National Labor Contract Law provide for collective contracts to be
developed through collaboration between the labor union (or worker
representatives in the absence of a union) and management that specify such
matters as working conditions, wage scales, and hours of work. The
laws also permit workers and employers in all types of enterprises to sign
individual contracts, which are to be drawn up in accordance with the collective
contract.
Environmental
regulations
We are
subject to various federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and
regulations, including those governing the use, discharge and disposal of
hazardous substances in the ordinary course of our manufacturing process. The
major environmental regulations applicable to us include the PRC Environmental
Protection Law, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution and
its Implementation Rules, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Air
Pollution and its Implementation Rules, the PRC Law on the Prevention and
Control of Solid Waste Pollution, and the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control
of Noise Pollution.
In
addition, we have complied with European Union Directives on Restrictions on
certain Hazardous Substances on electrical and electronic equipment
(“RoHS”). We believe that our current manufacturing operations comply
in all material respects with applicable environmental laws and regulations.
Although we believe that our current manufacturing operations comply in all
material respects with applicable environmental laws and regulations, it is
possible that future environmental legislation may be enacted or current
environmental legislation may be interpreted to create environmental liability
with respect to our other facilities, operations, or products.
The
manufacturing facilities in which we operate are subject to the PRC’s
environmental laws and requirements. Our landlord, Huizhou NIVS Audio &
Video Technology Company Limited, that leases the factory to us is required to
and has obtained a Guangdong Province Pollution Discharge Certificate issued by
Huizhou Environment Protection Bureau and is responsible for the disposal of the
waste in accordance with applicable environmental regulations. If our landlord
fails to comply with the provisions of the permit and environmental laws, our
landlord could be subject to sanctions by regulators, including the suspension
or termination of its Certificate, which would result in the suspension or
termination of our manufacturing operations.
Patent
protection in China
The PRC’s
intellectual property protection regime is consistent with those of other modern
industrialized countries. The PRC has domestic laws for the protection of rights
in copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets.
The PRC
is also a signatory to most of the world’s major intellectual property
conventions, including:
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—
|
Convention
establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO
Convention) (June 4, 1980);
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|
—
|
Paris
Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (March 19,
1985);
|
|
—
|
Patent
Cooperation Treaty (January 1, 1994);
and
|
|
—
|
The
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)
(November 11, 2001).
|
Patents
in the PRC are governed by the China Patent Law and its Implementing
Regulations, each of which went into effect in 1985. Amended versions of the
China Patent Law and its Implementing Regulations came into effect in 2001 and
2003, respectively.
The PRC
is a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, in accordance with which any person who has duly filed an application
for a patent in one signatory country shall enjoy, for the purposes of filing in
the other countries, a right of priority during the period fixed in the
convention (12 months for inventions and utility models, and 6 months for
industrial designs).
The
Patent Law covers three kinds of patents – patents for inventions, utility
models and designs. The Chinese patent system adopts the principle of first to
file; therefore, where more than one person files a patent application for the
same invention, a patent can only be granted to the person who first filed the
application. Consistent with international practice, the PRC only allows the
patenting of inventions or utility models that possess the characteristics of
novelty, inventiveness and practical applicability. For a design to be
patentable, it cannot be identical with or similar to any design which, before
the date of filing, has been publicly disclosed in publications in the country
or abroad or has been publicly used in the country, and should not be in
conflict with any prior right of another.
PRC law
provides that anyone wishing to exploit the patent of another must conclude a
written licensing contract with the patent holder and pay the patent holder a
fee. One broad exception to this rule, however, is that, where a party possesses
the means to exploit a patent but cannot obtain a license from the patent holder
on reasonable terms and in a reasonable period of time, the PRC State
Intellectual Property Office, or SIPO, is authorized to grant a compulsory
license. A compulsory license can also be granted where a national emergency or
any extraordinary state of affairs occurs or where the public interest so
requires. SIPO, however, has not granted any compulsory license to date. The
patent holder may appeal such decision within three months from receiving
notification by filing a suit in a people’s court.
PRC law
defines patent infringement as the exploitation of a patent without the
authorization of the patent holder. Patent holders who believe their patent is
being infringed may file a civil suit or file a complaint with a PRC local
Intellectual Property Administrative Authority, which may order the infringer to
stop the infringing acts. A preliminary injunction may be issued by the People’s
Court upon the patentee’s or the interested parties’ request before instituting
any legal proceedings or during the proceedings. Damages in the case of patent
infringement is calculated as either the loss suffered by the patent holder
arising from the infringement or the benefit gained by the infringer from the
infringement. If it is difficult to ascertain damages in this manner, damages
may be reasonably determined in an amount ranging from one or more times the
license fee under a contractual license. The infringing party may be also fined
by the Administration of Patent Management in an amount of up to three times the
unlawful income earned by such infringing party. If there is no unlawful income
so earned, the infringing party may be fined in an amount of up to RMB500,000,
or approximately $73,200.
Value
added tax
Pursuant
to the Provisional Regulation of China on Value Added Tax and their implementing
rules, all entities and individuals that are engaged in the sale of goods, the
provision of repairs and replacement services and the importation of goods in
China are generally required to pay VAT at a rate of 17.0% of the gross sales
proceeds received, less any deductible VAT already paid or borne by the
taxpayer. Further, when exporting goods, the exporter is entitled to a portion
or all of the refund of VAT that it has already paid or borne. Our imported raw
materials that are used for manufacturing export products and are deposited in
bonded warehouses are exempt from import VAT.
In 2007,
through our subsidiary Hyundai Light, we received an approval from the local
agent of the national taxation authority, the State Taxation Bureau of Huicheng
District, Huizhou, Guangdong (the "Huicheng Taxation Bureau"), to pay a 4%
simplified VAT for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for sales in the PRC of our
products manufactured through outsourcing. As a result of this
approval, our total tax savings for fiscal 2008 and 2009 was more than
approximately $7.0 million; there will be additional tax savings in fiscal 2010.
If a tax audit is conducted by a higher tax authority and it was determined that
such local approval was improper or unauthorized and that we should in fact have
been paying VAT at the rate of 17% on all sales in the PRC, we may be required
to make up all of the underpaid taxes. See “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Value Added Tax”
in Item 2.02 for additional information.
Foreign
currency exchange
Under the
PRC foreign currency exchange regulations applicable to us, the Renminbi is
convertible for current account items, including the distribution of dividends,
interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions.
Conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, such as direct investment,
loan, security investment and repatriation of investment, however, is still
subject to the approval of the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or
SAFE. Foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign
currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after
providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item
transactions, obtaining approval from the SAFE. Capital investments by
foreign-invested enterprises outside of China are also subject to limitations,
which include approvals by the Ministry of Commerce, the SAFE and the State
Reform and Development Commission. We currently do not hedge our
exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
Mandatory
statutory reserve and dividend distributions
Under
applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay
dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in
accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a
foreign-invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10.0% of
its after-tax profit based on PRC accounting standards each year for its general
reserves until the cumulative amount of such reserves reaches 50.0% of its
registered capital. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The
board of directors of a foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to
allocate a portion of its after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds,
which may not be distributed to equity owners except in the event of
liquidation.
Properties
We do not
own any real property. We lease our manufacturing facilities, which
consist of our factory space and dormitories of approximately 5,000 square
meters, pursuant to a written lease agreement entered between us and
NIVS. The lease agreement, which has a term that commenced on July 1,
2008 and ends on July 1, 2010, provides that we pay a monthly fee of RMB 25,000,
or $3,700, to the lessor, Huizhou NIVS Audio & Video Technology Company
Limited.
In
addition, we leased factory space of approximately 1,200 square meters under a
lease agreement dated March 30, 2007. Pursuant to the lease agreement
that we entered into with Zhongshan Guzhen Shunkand Store, the monthly rent was
set at RMB 8,640, or $1,300, per month. The term of the lease was
from April 15, 2007 to April 14, 2009. On April 8, 2009, we entered
into an agreement to extend the lease term until April 2010 on the same
terms.
Our
principal corporate offices are located in the PRC at No. 29 & 31 Huanzhen
West Road, Shuikou Town, Huizhou City, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
516500.
Legal
Proceedings
We are
not involved in any material legal proceedings.
RISK
FACTORS
Any
investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Investors should
carefully consider the risks described below and all of the information
contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K before deciding whether to purchase
our common stock. Our business, financial condition or results of operations
could be materially adversely affected by these risks if any of them actually
occur. Our shares of common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading
on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. If and when
our common stock is traded, the trading price could decline due to any of these
risks, and an investor may lose all or part of his or her investment. Some of
these factors have affected our financial condition and operating results in the
past or are currently affecting us. This Current Report on Form 8-K also
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our
actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks
described below and elsewhere in this Current Report on Form 8-K.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR OPERATIONS
We
depend on a small number of customers for the vast majority of our sales. A
reduction in business from any of these customers could cause a significant
decline in our sales and profitability.
The vast
majority of our sales are generated from a small number of customers. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, we had one customer that accounted for at
least 5% of the revenues that we generated. During the years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007, we had two and four customers that generated revenues of at least
5% of our total revenues, with our largest customer accounting for 16.8% and
16.1% of our revenues for each respective period. A total of
approximately 26.7% and 50.1% of our revenues for the years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007, respectively, were attributable to customers that each
individually accounted for at least 5% of our sales. We expect that we will
continue to depend upon a small number of customers for a significant majority
of our sales for the foreseeable future, and the loss or reduction in business
from any of these customers could cause a significant decline in our sales and
profitability.
A
substantial portion of our assets has been comprised of accounts receivable
representing amounts owed by a small number of customers. If any of these
customers fails to timely pay us amounts owed, we could suffer a significant
decline in cash flow and liquidity which, in turn, could cause us to be unable
to pay our liabilities and purchase an adequate amount of inventory to sustain
or expand our sales volume.
Our
accounts receivable represented approximately 56.7%, 33.9% and 15.5% of our
total current assets as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. As of September 30, 2009, 18.8% of our accounts receivable were
owed to us by three customers, each of which represented over 5% of the total
amount of our accounts receivable. As a result of the substantial amount and
concentration of our accounts receivable, if any of our major customers fails to
timely pay us amounts owed, we could suffer a significant decline in cash flow
and liquidity which could adversely affect our ability to borrow funds to pay
our liabilities and to purchase inventory to sustain or expand our current sales
volume.
In
addition, our business is characterized by long periods for collection from our
customers and short periods for payment to our suppliers, the combination of
which may cause us to have liquidity problems. We experience an average accounts
settlement period ranging from 15 days to as high as three months from the time
we sell our products to the time we receive payment from our customers. In
contrast, we typically need to place certain deposits and advances with our
suppliers on a portion of the purchase price in advance and for some suppliers
we must maintain a deposit for future orders. Because our payment cycle is
considerably shorter than our receivable cycle, we may experience working
capital shortages. Working capital management, including prompt and diligent
billing and collection, is an important factor in our results of operations and
liquidity. We cannot assure you that system problems, industry trends or other
issues will not extend our collection period and adversely impact our working
capital.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Trademark License Agreement, our right to use the “Hyundai”
trademark is limited to the PRC and expires in July 2010, and our inability to
extend our right to use the trademark under the agreement may have an adverse
effect on our results of operations.
We
believe that the “Hyundai” name provides us with high brand name recognition and
visibility and expect that the brand name "Hyundai" will assist us in growing
our business over the course of the next few years, assuming we reach an
agreement with the licensor to extend the license agreement past the July 2010
expiration date. We, through our subsidiary Hyundai Light, have a
trademark license agreement with Hyundai Corporation, a company incorporated and
existing under the laws of Korea, pursuant to which Hyundai Corporation granted
us a license to use its trademark in connection with manufacturing, selling, and
marketing wiring accessories and lighting products within the PRC. The trademark
license agreement prohibits us from selling our Hyundai branded products outside
of the PRC, and the agreement expires in July 2010, with renewal terms subject
to further written agreement between the parties. We have no control over
Hyundai Corporation's decision whether to continue to license its trademark to
us and if such trademark license is discontinued, it is possible that we could
lose the right to use the "Hyundai" name in connection with our
business. As a result, we would not be able to sell our products
under the trademark “Hyundai,” even if we have inventory of such labeled
products in our inventory. Nonrenewal of the license
agreement, or even a loss of our exclusivity, could result in a substantial
decrease in revenue and cause significant harm to our business. In the future,
irrespective of our license with Hyundai Corporation, we may be unable to
continue to obtain needed services or licenses for needed intellectual property
on commercially reasonable terms, or at all, which would harm our ability to
continue production, our cost structure and the quality of our
products.
Our
lack of long-term purchase orders and commitments could lead to a rapid decline
in our sales and profitability.
Our
significant customers issue purchase orders solely in their own discretion,
often only one to three weeks before the requested date of shipment. Our
customers are generally able to cancel orders or delay the delivery of products
on relatively short notice. In addition, our customers may decide not to
purchase products from us for any reason. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that
any of our current customers will continue to purchase our products in the
future. As a result, our sales volume and profitability could decline rapidly
with little or no warning.
We cannot
rely on long-term purchase orders or commitments to protect us from the negative
financial effects of a decline in demand for our products. The limited certainty
of product orders can make it difficult for us to forecast our sales and
allocate our resources in a manner consistent with our actual sales. Moreover,
our expense levels are based in part on our expectations of future sales and, if
our expectations regarding future sales are inaccurate, we may be unable to
reduce costs in a timely manner to adjust for sales shortfalls. Furthermore,
because we depend on a small number of customers for the vast majority of our
sales, the magnitude of the ramifications of these risks is greater than if our
sales were less concentrated with a small number of customers. As a result of
our lack of long-term purchase orders and purchase commitments we may experience
a rapid decline in our sales and profitability.
In
November 2008, we stopped borrowing funds from affiliated third parties to fund
our business operations. We may need additional capital to implement
our current business strategy, and we will need to find new sources of
financing, which may not be available to us. Also, if we raise
additional capital, it may dilute your ownership in us.
Prior to
November 2008, our financing activities have been substantially dependent upon
loans from affiliated parties, including Li Tianfu, our founder and a former
owner, officer, and director of Hyundai Light and Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd.
(“Hyundai HZ”) and Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Intl) Holding Limited
(“Hyundai HK”), in addition to companies controlled by Mr. Li, such as NIVS
IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, we had net cash of approximately $7.4 million
provided from these financing activities from the affiliated
parties. The loans were interest free, for the purpose of temporary
funding of our business operations, and were borrowed and repaid frequently,
normally within three to six months from the date of the loan
transaction. We ceased to enter into the loan transactions in
November 2008 and do not expect to enter into similar
transactions. We have since utilized other financing sources, such as
short term bank loans and the sale of common stock.
In order
to grow revenues and sustain profitability, we will need new sources of
financing and additional capital. In 2009, we have entered into short term loan
transactions and sold equity to raise capital, and as of the date of this
filing, we intend to conduct a public offering financing. Obtaining additional
financing will be subject to a number of factors, including market conditions,
our operating performance and investor sentiment. These factors may make the
timing, amount, terms and conditions of additional financing unattractive to us.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any additional financing. If
we are unable to obtain the financing needed to implement our business strategy,
our ability to increase revenues will be impaired and we may not be able to
sustain profitability.
If
we lose our reduced VAT tax rate for which we received local approval for
certain of our sales in the PRC for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010, our
liquidity and profitability could suffer a material adverse effect to the extent
that we are unable to recoup such losses from our customers and a
guarantor.
Enterprises
which manufacture and sell products such as ours are typically required under
Chinese law to pay the Chinese government value added tax (“VAT”) in an amount
equal to 17% of gross sales of certain products sold and used in the
PRC. In 2007, through our subsidiary Hyundai Light, we received an
approval from the local agent of national taxation authority, the State Taxation
Bureau of Huicheng District, Huizhou, Guangdong (the "Huicheng Taxation
Bureau"), to pay a 4% simplified VAT for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and
2010 for sales in the PRC of our products manufactured through
outsourcing. As a result of this approval, our total tax savings
for fiscal 2008 and 2009 was more than approximately $7.0 million; there
will be additional tax savings in fiscal 2010.
The tax
authority of the PRC Government conducts periodic and ad hoc tax reviews on
business enterprises operating in the PRC. Notwithstanding the tax
concession granted by the Huicheng Taxation Bureau, it is possible that this
decision may not be endorsed by higher levels of government. If a tax
audit is conducted by a higher tax authority and it was determined that such
local approval was improper or unauthorized and that we should in fact have been
paying VAT at the rate of 17% on all sales in the PRC, we may be required to
make up all of the underpaid taxes. In addition, under
accounting standards with respect to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes,
certain tax contingencies are recognized when they are determined to be more
likely than not to occur, and we believe a similar accounting by analogy should
apply to VAT. Based on approvals that we have received on the use of
the simplified VAT rate, we believe our judgments in this area are reasonable
and correct, but there is no guarantee that we will be successful if such
approvals are challenged by a higher tax authority. If our use of the
simplified VAT rate is challenged successfully by a higher taxing authority, we
may be required to pay additional taxes or we may seek to enter into settlements
with the taxing authorities, which could require significant payments or
otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations
and financial condition.
In
January 2010, we entered into an Indemnification Agreement and Security
Agreement with Li Xuemei, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board,
pursuant to which Ms. Li agreed to indemnify and pay to us amounts that would
make us whole for any tax liability, penalty, loss, or other amounts expended as
a result of any removal of our reduced 4% simplified VAT rate, including any
requirement to make up all of the underpaid taxes. In addition,
pursuant to the terms of the Indemnification Agreement and Security Agreement,
if Ms. Li is unable to or fails to pay all such amounts due to us under the
agreement, we would have the right to obtain the proceeds from a forced sale of
the real estate property secured under the Security Agreement; and if such sale
proceeds were insufficient to cover amounts due to us, we would be able to
cancel a number of shares of common stock in our company held by Ms. Li in an
amount equal any shortfall. Any such prospective change to the
aforementioned tax approval would have a material adverse effect on our
liquidity and profitability to the extent that we are unable to collect such
deficiency from the related customers and to the extent that we are not able to
collect any shortfall from Ms. Li under the Indemnification Agreement and
Security Agreement.
Lighting
products, particularly emerging LED products, are subject to rapid technological
changes. If we fail to accurately anticipate and adapt to these changes, the
products we sell will become obsolete, causing a decline in our sales and
profitability.
Lighting
products are subject to rapid technological changes which often cause product
obsolescence. Companies within the lighting industry are continuously developing
new products with heightened performance and functionality. This puts pricing
pressure on existing products and constantly threatens to make them, or causes
them to be, obsolete. Our typical product's life cycle is extremely short,
generating lower average selling prices as the cycle matures. If we fail to
accurately anticipate the introduction of new technologies, we may possess
significant amounts of obsolete inventory that can only be sold at substantially
lower prices and profit margins than we anticipated. In addition, if we fail to
accurately anticipate the introduction of new technologies, we may be unable to
compete effectively due to our failure to offer products most demanded by the
marketplace. If any of these failures occur, our sales, profit margins and
profitability will be adversely affected.
In
addition, we form alliances or business relationships with, and make strategic
partnerships with, other companies to introduce new technologies. This is
particularly important to the development and enhancement of our LED technology.
In some cases, such relationships are crucial to our goal of introducing new
products and services, but we may not be able to successfully collaborate or
achieve expected synergies with our partners. We do not, however, control these
partners, who may make decisions regarding their business undertakings with us
that may be contrary to our interests. In addition, if these partners change
their business strategies, we may fail to maintain these
relationships.
We
intend to make significant investments in new lighting products that may not be
profitable.
Companies
in our industry are under pressure to develop new designs and product
innovations to support changing consumer tastes and regulatory
requirements. We have engaged in research and development activities
and we believe that substantial additional research and development activities
are necessary to allow us to offer technologically-advanced products. We expect
that our research and development budget will increase as we attempt to create
new products and as we have access to additional working capital to fund these
activities. However, research and development and investments in new technology
are inherently speculative and commercial success depends on many factors
including technological innovation, novelty, service and support, and effective
sales and marketing. We may not achieve significant revenue from new product and
service investments for a number of years, if at all. Moreover, new products and
services may not be profitable, and even if they are profitable, operating
margins for new products and businesses may be minimal.
Our
operating results are substantially dependent on the development and acceptance
of new LED and other lighting products.
Our
future success may depend on our ability to develop new and lower cost LED and
lighting solutions for existing and new markets and for customers to accept
those solutions. We must introduce new products in a timely and cost-effective
manner, and we must secure production orders for those products from our
customers. The development of new products is a highly complex process,
particularly as it relates to LEDs, and we have experienced delays in completing
the development and introduction of new products. The successful development and
introduction of these products depends on a number of factors, including the
following:
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availability of qualified research and development
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timely completion of product designs and
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ability to expand sales and influence key customers to adopt our
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ability to develop repeatable processes to manufacture new products in
sufficient quantities and at low enough costs for commercial
sales;
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ability to effectively transfer products and technology developed in
location or geographic region to our manufacturing facilities in another
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customers’ ability to develop competitive products incorporating our
products; and
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If any of
these or other factors becomes problematic, we may not be able to develop and
introduce these new products in a timely or cost-effective manner.
Our
failure to effectively manage growth could harm our business.
We have
rapidly and significantly expanded the number and types of products we sell, and
we will endeavor to further expand our product portfolio. We must continually
introduce new products and technologies, enhance existing products, and
effectively stimulate customer demand for new products and upgraded versions of
our existing products in order to remain competitive.
This
expansion of our products places a significant strain on our management,
operations and engineering resources. Specifically, the areas that are strained
most by our growth include the following:
• New Lighting Product Launch:
With the growth of our product portfolio, we experience increased complexity in
coordinating product development, manufacturing, and shipping. As this
complexity increases, it places a strain on our ability to accurately coordinate
the commercial launch of our products with adequate supply to meet anticipated
customer demand and effective marketing to stimulate demand and market
acceptance. If we are unable to scale and improve our product launch
coordination, we could frustrate our customers and lose retail shelf space and
product sales;
• Forecasting, Planning and Supply
Chain Logistics: With the growth of our product portfolio, we also
experience increased complexity in forecasting customer demand, planning for
production, and transportation and logistics management. If we are unable to
scale and improve our forecasting, planning and logistics management, we could
frustrate our customers, lose product sales or accumulate excess inventory;
and
• Support Processes: To manage
the growth of our operations, we will need to continue to improve our
transaction processing, operational and financial systems, and procedures and
controls to effectively manage the increased complexity. If we are unable to
scale and improve these areas, the consequences could include delays in shipment
of products, degradation in levels of customer support, lost sales, decreased
cash flows, and increased inventory. These difficulties could harm or limit our
ability to expand.
Our
products could contain defects or they may be installed or operated incorrectly,
which could result in claims against us or reduce sales of those
products.
Despite
quality control testing by us, errors have been found and may be found in the
future in our existing or future products. This could result in, among other
things, a delay in the recognition or loss of revenue, loss of market share or
failure to achieve market acceptance. These defects could cause us to incur
significant warranty, support and repair costs, divert the attention of our
personnel from our product development efforts and harm our relationship with
our customers. The occurrence of these problems could result in the delay or
loss of market acceptance of our lighting products and would likely harm our
business. Defects, integration issues or other performance problems
in our lighting products could result in personal injury or financial or
other damages to end-users or could damage market acceptance of our products.
Our customers and end-users could also seek damages from us for their losses. A
product liability claim brought against us, even if unsuccessful, would likely
be time-consuming and costly to defend.
If
the landlord of our manufacturing facilities is unable to maintain its Guangdong
Province Pollution Discharge Certificate, we may lose our ability to continue
conducting our manufacturing operations.
We are
subject to various federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and
regulations, including those governing the use, discharge and disposal of
hazardous substances in the ordinary course of our manufacturing
process. The manufacturing facilities in which we operate is
subject to the PRC’s environmental laws and requirements. Our landlord, Huizhou
NIVS Audio & Video Technology Company Limited, that leases the factory to us
is required to and has obtained a Guangdong Province Pollution Discharge
Certificate issued by Huizhou Environment Protection Bureau and is responsible
for the disposal of the waste in accordance with applicable environmental
regulations. If our landlord fails to comply with the provisions of the permit
and environmental laws, our landlord could be subject to sanctions by
regulators, including the suspension or termination of its Certificate, which
would result in the suspension or termination of our manufacturing operations,
which would have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations.
Our
LED revenues are highly dependent on our customers’ ability to produce and sell
more integrated products using our LED products.
Because
our customers generally integrate our LED products into the products that they
market and sell, our LED revenues depend on getting our LED products designed
into a larger number of our customers’ products and our customers’ ability to
sell those products. We also have current and prospective customers that create
lighting systems using our LED components. Sales of LED components for
these applications are highly dependent upon our customers’ ability to develop
high quality and highly efficient lighting products. The lighting industry has
traditionally not had this level of technical expertise for LED related designs,
which may limit the success of our customers’ products. Even if our customers
are able to develop efficient systems, there can be no assurance that our
customers will be successful in the marketplace.
The
lighting industry is subject to significant fluctuations in the availability of
raw materials and components. If we do not properly anticipate the need for
critical raw materials and components, we may be unable to meet the demands of
our customers and end-users, which could reduce our competitiveness, cause a
decline in our market share and have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations.
As the
availability of raw materials and components decreases, the cost of acquiring
those raw materials and components ordinarily increases. If we fail to procure
adequate supplies of raw materials and components in anticipation of our
customers' orders or end-users’ demand, our gross margins may be negatively
impacted due to higher prices that we are required to pay for raw materials and
components in short supply. High-growth product categories have experienced
chronic shortages of raw materials and components during periods of
exceptionally high demand. If we do not properly anticipate the need for
critical raw materials and components, we may pay higher prices for the raw
materials and components, and we may be unable to meet the demands of our
customers and end-users, which could reduce our competitiveness, cause a decline
in our market share and have a material adverse effect on our results of
operations.
Variations
in our production yields and limitations in the amount of process improvements
we can implement could impact our ability to reduce costs and could cause our
margins to decline and our operating results could suffer.
A
significant portion of our products are manufactured using technologies that are
highly complex, and the number of usable items, or yield, from our production
processes may fluctuate as a result of many factors, including but not limited
to the following:
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of consistency and adequate quality and quantity of piece parts and other
raw materials;
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from broken components or parts, inventory shrinkage or human
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transitions or changes in our production process, planned or
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Any
difficulties that we experience in achieving acceptable yields on new products
may adversely affect our operating results, and we cannot predict when they may
occur or their severity. In some instances, we may offer products for future
delivery at prices based on planned yield improvements or increased cost
efficiencies from other production advances. Failure to achieve these planned
improvements or advances could significantly affect our margins and operating
results.
We
believe that mandatory and voluntary certification and compliance issues are
critical to adoption of our lighting systems, and failure to obtain such
certification or compliance would harm our business.
We are
required to comply with certain legal requirements governing the materials in
our products. Although we are not aware of any efforts to amend any existing
legal requirements or implement new legal requirements in a manner with which we
cannot comply, our revenue might be materially harmed if such an amendment or
implementation were to occur.
Moreover,
although not legally required to do so, we strive to obtain certification for
substantially all our products. Where appropriate in certain jurisdictions, we
seek to obtain national or regional certifications for our products. Although we
believe that our broad knowledge and experience with electrical codes and safety
standards have facilitated certification approvals, we cannot ensure that we
will be able to obtain any such certifications for our new products or that, if
certification standards are amended, that we will be able to maintain any such
certifications for our existing products, especially since existing codes and
standards were not created with our lighting products in mind. Moreover,
although we are not aware of any effort to amend any existing certification
standard or implement a new certification standard in a manner that would render
us unable to maintain certification for our existing products or obtain
ratification for new products, our revenue might be materially harmed
if such an amendment or implementation were to occur.
We
depend on distributors and independent sales representatives for a substantial
portion of our revenue and sales, and the failure to manage successfully our
relationships with these third parties, or the termination of these
relationships, could cause our revenue to decline and harm our
business.
We rely
significantly on indirect sales channels to market and sell our products. Most
of our products are sold through independent distributors and agents. In
addition, these parties provide technical sales support to end-users. Our
current distribution agreements are either exclusive or not exclusive with
respect to geographic location, depending on the market
size. Furthermore, our agreements are generally short-term, such as
one year, and can be cancelled by these sales channels without significant
financial consequence. We cannot control how these sales channels perform and
cannot be certain that we or end-users will be satisfied by their performance.
If these distributors and agents significantly change their terms with us, or
change their historical pattern of ordering products from us, there could be a
significant impact on our revenue and profits.
We
may incur design and development expenses and purchase inventory in anticipation
of orders which are not placed.
In order
to transact business, we assess the integrity and creditworthiness of our
customers and suppliers and we may, based on this assessment, incur design and
development costs that we expect to recoup over a number of orders produced for
the customer. Such assessments are not always accurate and expose us to
potential costs, including the write off of costs incurred and inventory
obsolescence if the orders anticipated do not materialize. We may also
occasionally place orders with suppliers based on a customer’s forecast or in
anticipation of an order that is not realized. Additionally, from time to time,
we may purchase quantities of supplies and materials greater than required by
customer orders to secure more favorable pricing, delivery or credit
terms. These purchases can expose us to losses from cancellation
costs, inventory carrying costs or inventory obsolescence, and hence adversely
affect our business and operating results.
We
do not carry any business interruption insurance, products liability insurance
or any other insurance policy except for a limited property insurance policy. As
a result, we may incur uninsured losses, increasing the possibility that you
would lose your entire investment in our company.
We could
be exposed to liabilities or other claims for which we would have no insurance
protection. We do not currently maintain any business interruption insurance,
products liability insurance, or any other comprehensive insurance policy except
for property insurance policies with limited coverage. As a result, we may incur
uninsured liabilities and losses as a result of the conduct of our business.
There can be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain additional insurance
coverage in the future, and even if we are able to obtain additional coverage,
we may not carry sufficient insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims.
Should uninsured losses occur, any purchasers of our common stock could lose
their entire investment.
Because
we do not carry products liability insurance, a failure of any of the products
marketed by us may subject us to the risk of product liability claims and
litigation arising from injuries allegedly caused by the improper functioning or
design of our products. We cannot assure that we will have enough funds to
defend or pay for liabilities arising out of a products liability claim. To the
extent we incur any product liability or other litigation losses, our expenses
could materially increase substantially. There can be no assurance that we will
have sufficient funds to pay for such expenses, which could end our operations
and you would lose your entire investment.
We
rely on a limited number of suppliers for our raw materials, and unanticipated
disruptions in our operations or slowdowns by our suppliers and shipping
companies could adversely affect our ability to deliver our products and service
our customers which could materially and adversely affect our revenues and our
relationships with our customers.
Our top
three suppliers of accounted for a total of approximately 23.5%, 51.4%, and
61.4% of our raw material purchases during the nine months ended September 30,
2009 and the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. We
generally have supply agreements that are no longer than one
year. Our primary suppliers of raw materials are located in Huizhou,
Zhongshan and Shenzhen. Our largest supplier accounted for
approximately 11.0%, 26.5%, and 31.0% of our raw material purchases during the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007, respectively.
Our
ability to provide high quality customer service, process and fulfill orders and
manage inventory depends on:
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efficient and uninterrupted operation of our distribution centers;
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timely and uninterrupted performance of third party suppliers, shipping
companies, and dock workers.
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material disruption or slowdown in the operation of our distribution centers,
manufacturing facilities or management information systems, or comparable
disruptions or slowdowns suffered by our principal manufacturers, suppliers and
shippers could cause delays in our ability to receive, process and fulfill
customer orders and may cause orders to be cancelled, lost or delivered late,
goods to be returned or receipt of goods to be refused. As a result, our
revenues and operating results could be materially and adversely
affected.
We
may adopt an equity incentive plan under which we may grant securities to
compensate employees and other services providers, which would result in
increased share-based compensation expenses and, therefore, reduce net
income.
We may
adopt an equity incentive plan under which we may grant shares or options to
qualified employees. Under current accounting rules, we would be
required to recognize share-based compensation as compensation expense in our
statement of operations, based on the fair value of equity awards on the date of
the grant, and recognize the compensation expense over the period in which the
recipient is required to provide service in exchange for the equity award. We
have not made any such grants in the past, and accordingly our results of
operations have not contained any share-based compensation
charges. The additional expenses associated with share-based
compensation may reduce the attractiveness of issuing stock options under an
equity incentive plan that we may adopt in the future. If we grant equity
compensation to attract and retain key personnel, the expenses associated with
share-based compensation may adversely affect our net income. However, if we do
not grant equity compensation, we may not be able to attract and retain key
personnel or be forced to expend cash or other compensation instead.
Furthermore, the issuance of equity awards would dilute the shareholders’
ownership interests in our company.
We
are subject to market risk through our sales to international
markets.
A
relative small but growing percentage of our sales are being derived from
international markets. These international sales are primarily focused in Middle
East and South East Asia. These operations are subject to risks that are
inherent in operating in foreign countries, including the
following:
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foreign
countries could change regulations or impose currency restrictions and
other restraints;
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changes
in foreign currency exchange rates and hyperinflation or deflation in the
foreign countries in which we
operate;
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countries impose burdensome tariffs and
quotas;
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political
changes and economic crises may lead to changes in the business
environment in which we operate;
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international
conflict, including terrorist acts, could significantly impact our
financial condition and results of operations;
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economic
downturns, political instability and war or civil disturbances may disrupt
distribution logistics or limit sales in individual
markets.
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addition, we utilize third-party distributors to act as our representative for
the geographic region that they have been assigned. Sales through distributors
represent approximately 85% of total revenue. Since the product transfers title
to the distributor at the time of shipment by us, the products are not
considered inventory on consignment. Our success is dependent on these
distributors finding new customers and receiving new orders from existing
customers.
Our
business may be adversely affected by the global economic and construction
industry downturn, in addition to the continuing uncertainties in the financial
markets.
The
global economy is currently in a pronounced economic downturn. Global financial
markets are continuing to experience disruptions, including severely diminished
liquidity and credit availability, declines in consumer confidence, declines in
economic growth, increases in unemployment rates, and uncertainty about economic
stability. Given these uncertainties, there is no assurance that there will not
be further deterioration in the global economy, the global financial markets and
consumer confidence. If economic conditions deteriorate further, our business
and results of operations could be materially and adversely
affected.
Additionally,
in many areas, sales of new and existing homes have slowed and there has been a
continued downturn in the housing market, as well as adverse changes in
employment levels, job growth, consumer confidence and interest rates, in
addition to an oversupply of commercial and residential buildings for sale.
Sales of our lighting products depend significantly upon the level of new
building construction and renovation, which are affected by housing market
trends, interest rates and weather. Our future results of operations may
experience substantial fluctuations from period to period as a consequence of
these factors, and such conditions and other factors affecting capital spending
may affect the timing of orders. Thus, any economic downturns generally or in
our markets specifically, particularly those affecting new building construction
and renovation or that cause end-users to reduce or delay their purchases of
lighting products, signs or displays, would have a material adverse effect on
our business, cash flows, financial condition and results of
operations.
Additionally,
the inability of our customers and suppliers to access capital efficiently, or
at all, may have other adverse effects on our financial condition. For example,
financial difficulties experienced by our customers or suppliers could result in
product delays; increase accounts receivable defaults; and increase our
inventory exposure. The impact of tightening credit conditions may impair our
customers’ ability to effectively access capital markets, resulting in a decline
in construction, renovation, and relight projects. The inability of our
customers to borrow money to fund construction and renovation projects reduces
the demand for our products and services and may adversely affect our results
from operations and cash flow. These risks may increase if our customers and
suppliers do not adequately manage their business or do not properly disclose
their financial condition to us.
Although
we believe we have adequate liquidity and capital resources to fund our
operations internally, in light of current market conditions, our inability to
access the capital markets on favorable terms, or at all, may adversely affect
our financial performance. The inability to obtain adequate financing from debt
or capital sources could force us to self-fund strategic initiatives or even
forego certain opportunities, which in turn could potentially harm our
performance.
We
are subject to intense competition in the industry in which we operate, which
could cause material reductions in the selling price of our products or losses
of our market share.
The
lighting industry is highly competitive, especially with respect to pricing and
the introduction of new products and features. Our products compete in the
emerging LED and traditional lighting market and compete primarily on the basis
of:
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service and support to retailers and our
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years, we and many of our competitors have regularly lowered prices for more
developed products, and we expect these pricing pressures to continue. If these
pricing pressures are not mitigated by increases in volume, cost reductions from
our suppliers or changes in product mix, our revenues and profits could be
substantially reduced. As compared to us, many of our competitors
have:
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longer operating histories;
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greater managerial, financial, marketing, technical and other competitive
resources; and
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brand recognition.
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result, our competitors may be able to:
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more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements;
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greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and
services; and
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more effectively to pricing
pressures.
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factors could materially adversely affect our operations and financial
condition. In addition, competition could increase if:
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companies enter the market;
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competitors expand their product mix;
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An
increase in competition could result in material price reductions or loss of our
market share.
We
may not be able to effectively recruit and retain skilled employees,
particularly scientific, technical and management professionals.
Our
ability to compete effectively depends largely on our ability to attract and
retain certain key personnel, including scientific, technical and management
professionals. We anticipate that we will need to hire additional skilled
personnel in all areas of our business. Industry demand for such employees,
however, exceeds the number of personnel available, and the competition for
attracting and retaining these employees is intense. Because of this intense
competition for skilled employees, we may be unable to retain our existing
personnel or attract additional qualified employees to keep up with future
business needs. If this should happen, our business, operating results and
financial condition could be adversely affected.
Our
labor costs have increased as a result of changes in Chinese labor
laws.
We
experienced an increase in our cost of labor due to recent changes in Chinese
labor laws that became effective January 1, 2008, and this and other Chinese
labor laws may continue increase our labor costs further, in addition to
imposing restrictions on our relationship with employees. There can be no
assurance that the labor laws will not change further or that their
interpretation and implementation will not vary, which may have a negative
effect on our business and results of operations.
Our
business could be materially adversely affected if we cannot protect our
intellectual property rights or if we infringe on the intellectual property
rights of others.
Our
ability to compete effectively will depend on our ability to maintain and
protect our proprietary rights, including patents that we use in our business
and our brand name. We have a license to sell our products under the brand name
of “HYUNDAI,” which is materially important to our business. Under our license
agreement with Hyundai Corporation, which expires in July 2010, we have a
non-assignable, non-transferrable and non-sub-licensable license to use the
trademark of “HYUNDAI” to manufacture, sell and market the wiring accessories
and lighting products within the PRC for a term from August 1, 2008 to July 31,
2010. However, third parties may seek to challenge, invalidate,
circumvent or render unenforceable any proprietary rights owned by or licensed
to us. In addition, in the event third party licensees fail to protect the
integrity of our trademarks, the value of these trademarks could be materially
adversely affected.
Our
inability to protect our proprietary rights could materially adversely affect
the license of our tradenames and trademarks to third parties as well as our
ability to sell our products. Litigation may be necessary to:
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our intellectual property rights;
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our trade secrets; and
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the scope and validity of such intellectual property
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Any such
litigation, whether or not successful, could result in substantial costs and
diversion of resources and management’s attention from the operation of our
business.
We may
receive notice of claims of infringement of other parties’ proprietary rights.
Such actions could result in litigation and we could incur significant costs and
diversion of resources in defending such claims. The party making such claims
could secure a judgment awarding substantial damages, as well as injunctive or
other equitable relief. Such relief could effectively block our ability to make,
use, sell, distribute or market our products and services in certain
jurisdictions. We may also be required to seek licenses to such intellectual
property. We cannot predict, however, whether such licenses would be available
or, if available, could be obtained on terms that are commercially reasonable
and acceptable to us. The failure to obtain the necessary licenses or other
rights could delay or preclude the sale, manufacture or distribution of our
products and could result in increased costs to us.
We
are a party to a cross-guarantee loan arrangement pursuant to which we may lose
a deposit with banks if the other parties to the guarantee default on their
loans, which would reduce our available working capital.
In April
2009, we obtained a one-year term loan of approximately $1.0 million from Pudong
Development Bank. In connection with the loan, we also entered into a
guarantee agreement with the bank and six different companies pursuant to which
all of the companies, including us, cross guarantee each others’
loans. According to the terms of the guarantee, in the event one
company defaults on its loan, the other companies are required to pay a penalty
to the bank based on the percentage of the defaulted loan such that the bank can
recoup its losses on the defaulted loan through such
penalty. Additionally, we and the other companies were required to
deposit 30% of its respective loan amount in an account held at the bank to be
used as collateral for the loans, guarantee, and any potential penalty that may
result from another company’s default. Our deposit was $352,000 as of
September 30, 2009. The default of the third parties on their loans
is out of our control, but we could lose all or a party of our deposit with the
bank, which would reduce our working capital and could have a material adverse
effect on our financial status.
We
may pursue future growth through strategic acquisitions and alliances which may
not yield anticipated benefits and may adversely affect our operating results,
financial condition and existing business.
We may
seek to grow in the future through strategic acquisitions in order to complement
and expand our business. The success of our acquisition strategy will depend on,
among other things:
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candidates;
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ability to value those candidates accurately and negotiate favorable terms
for those acquisitions;
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availability of funds to finance
acquisitions;
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ability to establish new informational, operational and financial systems
to meet the needs of our business;
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ability to achieve anticipated synergies, including with respect to
complementary products or services;
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availability of management resources to oversee the integration and
operation of the acquired
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If we are
not successful in integrating acquired businesses and completing acquisitions in
the future, we may be required to reevaluate our acquisition strategy. We also
may incur substantial expenses and devote significant management time and
resources in seeking to complete acquisitions. Acquired businesses may fail to
meet our performance expectations. If we do not achieve the anticipated benefits
of an acquisition as rapidly as expected, or at all, investors or analysts may
not perceive the same benefits of the acquisition as we do. If these risks
materialize, our stock price could be materially adversely
affected.
RISKS
RELATED TO US DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
Substantially
all of our assets are located in the PRC and a substantial portion of our
revenues are derived from our operations in China, and changes in the political
and economic policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact on
the business we may be able to conduct in the PRC and accordingly on the results
of our operations and financial condition.
Our
business operations may be adversely affected by the current and future
political environment in the PRC. The Chinese government exerts
substantial influence and control over the manner in which we must conduct our
business activities. Our ability to operate in China may be adversely
affected by changes in Chinese laws and regulations, including those relating to
taxation, import and export tariffs, raw materials, environmental regulations,
land use rights, property and other matters. Under the current
government leadership, the government of the PRC has been pursuing economic
reform policies that encourage private economic activity and greater economic
decentralization. There is no assurance, however, that the government
of the PRC will continue to pursue these policies, or that it will not
significantly alter these policies from time to time without
notice.
Our
operations are subject to PRC laws and regulations that are sometimes vague and
uncertain. Any changes in such PRC laws and regulations, or the
interpretations thereof, may have a material and adverse effect on our
business.
The PRC’s
legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike
the common law system prevalent in the United States, decided legal cases have
little value as precedent in China. There are substantial
uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and
regulations, including but not limited to, governmental approvals required for
conducting business and investments, laws and regulations governing the lighting
industry and lighting product safety, national security-related laws and
regulations and export/import laws and regulations, as well as commercial,
antitrust, patent, product liability, environmental laws and regulations,
consumer protection, and financial and business taxation laws and
regulations.
The
Chinese government has been developing a comprehensive system of commercial
laws, and considerable progress has been made in introducing laws and
regulations dealing with economic matters. However, because these
laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of
published cases and judicial interpretation and their lack of force as
precedents, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve
significant uncertainties. New laws and regulations that affect
existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied
retroactively.
Our
principal operating subsidiary, Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.,
a company organized under the laws of the PRC (“Hyundai Light”), is considered a
foreign invested enterprise under PRC laws, and as a result is required to
comply with PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations
specifically governing the activities and conduct of foreign invested
enterprises. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of
existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our
businesses. If the relevant authorities find us in violation of PRC
laws or regulations, they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a
violation, including, without limitation:
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our business license, other licenses or
authorities;
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may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing
foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based upon U.S. laws,
including the federal securities laws or other foreign laws, against us or our
management.
Most of
our current operations, including the manufacturing and distribution of our
products, are conducted in China. Moreover, all of our directors and
officers are nationals and residents of China. All or substantially
all of the assets of these persons are located outside the United States and in
the PRC. As a result, it may not be possible to effect service of
process within the United States or elsewhere outside China upon these
persons. In addition, uncertainty exists as to whether the courts of
China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or
such officers and/or directors predicated upon the civil liability provisions of
the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, or be competent
to hear original actions brought in China against us or such persons predicated
upon the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
The
scope of our business license in China is limited, and we may not expand or
continue our business without government approval and renewal,
respectively.
Our
principal operating subsidiary, Hyundai Light, is a wholly foreign-owned
enterprise, commonly known as a WFOE. A WFOE can only conduct
business within its approved business scope, which ultimately appears on its
business license. Our license permits us to produce and market to
design, develop, produce and sell lighting and electric products and
accessories, with 30% of products sold overseas and 70% sold domestically in
China. Any amendment to the scope of our business, including
expansion of our international business beyond 30%, requires further application
and government approval. In order for us to expand our business
beyond the scope of our license, we will be required to enter into a negotiation
with the PRC authorities for the approval to expand the scope of our
business. We cannot assure investors that Hyundai Light will be able
to obtain the necessary government approval for any change or expansion of its
business.
We
are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations related to our
manufacturing operations. Our failure to comply with environmental
laws and regulations may have a material adverse effect on our business and
results of operations.
We are
subject to various environmental laws and regulations in China. We
cannot assure you that at all times we will be in compliance with the
environmental laws and regulations or that we will not be required to expend
significant funds to comply with, or discharge liabilities arising under,
environmental laws and regulations. Additionally, these regulations
may change in a manner that could have a material adverse effect on our
business, results of operations and financial condition. We have made
and will continue to make capital and other expenditures to comply with
environmental requirements.
Furthermore,
our failure to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations
worldwide could harm our business and results of operations. The manufacturing,
assembling and testing of our products require the use of hazardous materials
that are subject to a broad array of environmental, health and safety laws and
regulations. Our failure to comply with any of these applicable laws or
regulations could result in:
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penalties, fines and legal
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In
addition, our failure to manage the use, transportation, emission, discharge,
storage, recycling or disposal of hazardous materials could subject us to
increased costs or future liabilities. Existing and future environmental laws
and regulations could also require us to acquire pollution abatement or
remediation equipment, modify our product designs or incur other expenses
associated with such laws and regulations. Many new materials that we are
evaluating for use in our operations may be subject to regulation under existing
or future environmental laws and regulations that may restrict our use of one or
more of such materials in our manufacturing, assembly and test processes or
products. Any of these restrictions could harm our business and results of
operations by increasing our expenses or requiring us to alter our manufacturing
processes.
Contract
drafting, interpretation and enforcement in China involves significant
uncertainty.
We have
entered into numerous contracts governed by PRC law, many of which are material
to our business. As compared with contracts in the United States, contracts
governed by PRC law tend to contain less detail and are not as comprehensive in
defining contracting parties’ rights and obligations. As a result, contracts in
China are more vulnerable to disputes and legal challenges. In addition,
contract interpretation and enforcement in China is not as developed as in the
United States, and the result of any contract dispute is subject to significant
uncertainties. Therefore, we cannot assure you that we will not be subject to
disputes under our material contracts, and if such disputes arise, we cannot
assure you that we will prevail.
We
could be liable for damages for defects in our products pursuant to the Tort
Liability Law of the PRC.
The Tort
Liability Law of the People’s Republic of China, which was passed during the
12th Session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress on
December 26, 2009, states that manufacturers are liable for damages caused by
defects in their products and sellers are liable for damages attributable to
their fault. If the defects are caused by the fault of third parties such as the
transporter or storekeeper, manufacturers and sellers are entitled to claim for
compensation from these third parties after paying the compensation
amount.
Recent
PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities
may create regulatory uncertainties that could restrict or limit our ability to
operate. Our failure to obtain the prior approval of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission, or the CSRC, for our proposed public offering and the
listing and trading of our common stock could have a material adverse effect on
our business, operating results, reputation and trading price of our common
stock.
The PRC
State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or “SAFE,” issued a public notice in
November 2005, known as Circular 75, concerning the use of offshore holding
companies in mergers and acquisitions in China. The public notice provides that
if an offshore company controlled by PRC residents intends to acquire a PRC
company, such acquisition will be subject to registration with the relevant
foreign exchange authorities. The public notice also suggests that registration
with the relevant foreign exchange authorities is required for any sale or
transfer by the PRC residents of shares in an offshore holding company that owns
an onshore company. The PRC residents must each submit a registration form to
the local SAFE branch with respect to their ownership interests in the offshore
company, and must also file an amendment to such registration if the offshore
company experiences material events, such as changes in the share capital, share
transfer, mergers and acquisitions, spin-off transactions or use of assets in
China to guarantee offshore obligations. If any PRC resident stockholder of an
offshore holding company fails to make the required SAFE registration and
amended registration, the onshore PRC subsidiaries of that offshore company may
be prohibited from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any
reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to the offshore entity.
Failure to comply with the SAFE registration and amendment requirements
described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of
applicable foreign exchange restrictions. Most of our PRC resident stockholders,
as defined in the SAFE notice, have not registered with the relevant branch of
SAFE, as currently required, in connection with their equity interests in China
Intelligent. Because of uncertainty in how the SAFE notice will be interpreted
and enforced, we cannot be sure how it will affect our business operations or
future plans. For example, Hyundai Light’s ability to conduct foreign exchange
activities, such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated
borrowings, may be subject to compliance with the SAFE notice by our PRC
resident beneficial holders. Failure by our PRC resident beneficial holders
could subject these PRC resident beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions,
restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit Hyundai
Light’s ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership
structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.
On August
8, 2006, the PRC Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), joined by the State-owned
Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State
Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce,
the China Securities Regulatory Commission and SAFE, released a substantially
amended version of the Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge with or Acquire
Domestic Enterprises (the “Revised M&A Regulations”), which took effect
September 8, 2006. These new rules significantly revised China’s regulatory
framework governing onshore-to-offshore restructurings and foreign acquisitions
of domestic enterprises. These new rules signify greater PRC government
attention to cross-border merger, acquisition and other investment activities,
by confirming MOFCOM as a key regulator for issues related to mergers and
acquisitions in China and requiring MOFCOM approval of a broad range of merger,
acquisition and investment transactions. Further, the new rules establish
reporting requirements for acquisition of control by foreigners of companies in
key industries, and reinforce the ability of the Chinese government to monitor
and prohibit foreign control transactions in key industries.
Among
other things, the revised M&A Regulations include new provisions that
purport to require that an offshore special purpose vehicle, or SPV, formed for
listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or
individuals must obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and
trading of such SPV’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. On September 21,
2006, the CSRC published on its official website procedures specifying documents
and materials required to be submitted to it by SPVs seeking CSRC approval of
their overseas listings. However, the application of this PRC regulation remains
unclear with no consensus currently existing among the leading PRC law firms
regarding the scope and applicability of the CSRC approval
requirement.
If the
CSRC or another PRC regulatory agency subsequently determines that CSRC approval
was required, we may face regulatory actions or other sanctions from the CSRC or
other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may impose fines and
penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the
PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from our proposed public
offering into the PRC, or take other actions that could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation
and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or
other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it
advisable for us, to halt our proposed public offering before settlement and
delivery of the common stock offered thereby. Consequently, if investors engage
in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement
and delivery, they do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not
occur.
Also, if
later the CSRC requires that we obtain its approval, we may be unable to obtain
a waiver of the CSRC approval requirements, if and when procedures are
established to obtain such a waiver. Any uncertainties and/or negative publicity
regarding this CSRC approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on
the trading price of our common stock. Furthermore, published news reports in
China recently indicated that the CSRC may have curtailed or suspended overseas
listings for Chinese private companies. These news reports have created further
uncertainty regarding the approach that the CSRC and other PRC regulators may
take with respect to us.
It is
uncertain how our business operations or future strategy will be affected by the
interpretations and implementation of Circular 75 and the Revised M&A
Regulations. It is anticipated that application of the new rules will be subject
to significant administrative interpretation, and we will need to closely
monitor how MOFCOM and other ministries apply the rules to ensure that our
domestic and offshore activities continue to comply with PRC law. Given the
uncertainties regarding interpretation and application of the new rules, we may
need to expend significant time and resources to maintain
compliance.
If
the land use rights of our landlord are revoked, we would be forced to relocate
operations.
Under
Chinese law land is owned by the state or rural collective economic
organizations. The state issues to the land users the land use right
certificate. Land use rights can be revoked and the land users forced to vacate
at any time when redevelopment of the land is in the public interest. The public
interest rationale is interpreted quite broadly and the process of land
appropriation may be less than transparent. We do have any land use rights and
each of our manufacturing facilities rely on land use rights of a landlord, and
the loss of such rights would require us to identify and relocate our
manufacturing and other facilities, which could have a material adverse effect
on our financial conditions and results of operations.
We
face risks related to natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other events in
China that may affect usage of public transportation, which could have a
material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Our
business could be materially and adversely affected by natural disasters,
terrorist attacks or other events in China. For example, in early
2008, parts of China suffered a wave of strong snow storms that severely
impacted public transportation systems. In May 2008, Sichuan Province in China
suffered a strong earthquake measuring approximately 8.0 on the Richter scale
that caused widespread damage and casualties. The May 2008 Sichuan
earthquake has had a material adverse effect on the general economic conditions
in the areas affected by the earthquake. Any future natural
disasters, terrorist attacks or other events in China could cause a reduction in
usage of or other severe disruptions to, public transportation systems and could
have a material adverse effect on our business and results of
operations.
We
face uncertainty from China’s Circular on Strengthening the Administration of
Enterprise Income Tax on Non-Resident Enterprises' Share Transfer (“Circular
698”) that was released in December 2009 with retroactive effect from January 1,
2008.
The
Chinese State Administration of Taxation (SAT) released a circular (Guoshuihan
No. 698 – Circular 698) on December 15, 2009 that addresses the transfer of
shares by nonresident companies. Circular 698, which is effective
retroactively to January 1, 2008, will may have a significant impact on many
companies that use offshore holding companies to invest in
China. Circulate 698, which provides parties with a short period of
time to comply its requirements, indirectly taxes foreign companies on gains
derived from the indirect sale of a Chinese company. Where a foreign
investor indirectly transfers equity interests in a Chinese resident enterprise
by selling the shares in an offshore holding company, and the latter is located
in a country or jurisdiction where the effective tax burden is less than 12.5%
or where the offshore income of his, her, or its residents is not taxable, the
foreign investor is required to provide the tax authority in charge of that
Chinese resident enterprise with the relevant information within 30 days of the
transfers. Moreover, where a foreign investor indirectly transfers equity
interests in a Chinese resident enterprise through an abuse of form of
organization and there are no reasonable commercial purposes such that the
corporate income tax liability is avoided, the PRC tax authority will have the
power to re-assess the nature of the equity transfer in accordance with PRC’s
“substance-over-form” principle and deny the existence of the offshore holding
company that is used for tax planning purposes.
There is
uncertainty as to the application of Circular 698. For example, while
the term "indirectly transfer" is not defined, it is understood that the
relevant PRC tax authorities have jurisdiction regarding requests for
information over a wide range of foreign entities having no direct contact with
China. Moreover, the relevant authority has not yet promulgated any formal
provisions or formally declared or stated how to calculate the effective tax in
the country or jurisdiction and to what extent and the process of the disclosure
to the tax authority in charge of that Chinese resident
enterprise. In addition, there are not any formal declarations with
regard to how to decide “abuse of form of organization” and “reasonable
commercial purpose,” which can be utilized by us to balance if our company
complies with the Circular 698. As a result, we may become at risk of
being taxed under Circulate 698 and we may required to expend valuable resources
to comply with Circular 698 or to establish that we should not be taxed under
Circulate 698, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition and results of operations.
The
foreign currency exchange rate between U.S. Dollars and Renminbi could adversely
affect our financial condition.
To the
extent that we need to convert U.S. Dollars into Renminbi for our operational
needs, our financial position and the price of our common stock may be adversely
affected should the Renminbi appreciate against the U.S. Dollar at that
time. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S.
Dollars for our operational needs or paying dividends on our common stock, the
dollar equivalent of our earnings from our subsidiaries in China would be
reduced should the dollar appreciate against the Renminbi. We
currently do not hedge our exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange
rates.
Until
1994, the Renminbi experienced a gradual but significant devaluation against
most major currencies, including dollars, and there was a significant
devaluation of the Renminbi on January 1, 1994 in connection with the
replacement of the dual exchange rate system with a unified managed floating
rate foreign exchange system. Since 1994, the value of the Renminbi
relative to the U.S. Dollar has remained stable and has appreciated slightly
against the U.S. Dollar. Countries, including the United States, have argued
that the Renminbi is artificially undervalued due to China’s current monetary
policies and have pressured China to allow the Renminbi to float freely in world
markets. In July 2005, the PRC government changed its policy of
pegging the value of the Renminbi to the dollar. Under the new policy
the Renminbi is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against
a basket of designated foreign currencies. While the international
reaction to the Renminbi revaluation has generally been positive, there remains
significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more
flexible currency policy, which could result in further and more significant
appreciation of the Renminbi against the dollar.
Inflation
in the PRC could negatively affect our profitability and growth.
While the
PRC economy has experienced rapid growth, such growth has been uneven among
various sectors of the economy and in different geographical areas of the
country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply
and rising inflation. According to the National Bureau of Statistics
of China, the
change in China’s Consumer Price Index increased to 8.5% in April
2008. If prices for our products and services rise at a rate
that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies such as
raw materials, it may have an adverse effect on our profitability.
Furthermore,
in order to control inflation in the past, the PRC government has imposed
controls on bank credits, limits on loans for fixed assets and restrictions on
state bank lending. The implementation of such policies may impede
economic growth. In October 2004, the People’s Bank of China, the
PRC’s central bank, raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade
and indicated in a statement that the measure was prompted by inflationary
concerns in the Chinese economy. In April 2006, the People’s Bank of
China raised the interest rate again. Repeated rises in interest
rates by the central bank would likely slow economic activity in China which
could, in turn, materially increase our costs and also reduce demand for our
products and services.
Because
our funds are held in banks which do not provide insurance, the failure of any
bank in which we deposit our funds could affect our ability to continue in
business.
Banks and
other financial institutions in the PRC do not provide insurance for funds held
on deposit. A significant portion of our assets are in the form of
cash deposited with banks in the PRC, and in the event of a bank failure, we may
not have access to our funds on deposit. Depending upon the amount of
money we maintain in a bank that fails, our inability to have access to our cash
could impair our operations, and, if we are not able to access funds to pay our
suppliers, employees and other creditors, we may be unable to continue in
business.
Failure
to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could subject us
to penalties and other adverse consequences.
As our
ultimate holding company is a Delaware corporation, we are subject to the United
States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which generally prohibits United States
companies from engaging in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign
officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Foreign
companies, including some that may compete with us, are not subject to these
prohibitions. Corruption, extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and
other fraudulent practices may occur from time-to-time in the PRC. We
can make no assurance, however, that our employees or other agents will not
engage in such conduct for which we might be held responsible. If our
employees or other agents are found to have engaged in such practices, we could
suffer severe penalties and other consequences that may have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
If
we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be
required to register with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the
PRC, or SAFE. We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could
restrict our ability to adopt an equity compensation plan for our directors and
employees and other parties under PRC law.
On April
6, 2007, SAFE issued the “Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic
Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan or Stock Option
Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also known as “Circular 78.” It is not clear
whether Circular 78 covers all forms of equity compensation plans or only those
which provide for the granting of stock options. For any plans which
are so covered and are adopted by a non-PRC listed company after April 6, 2007,
Circular 78 requires all participants who are PRC citizens to register with and
obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation in the
plan. In addition, Circular 78 also requires PRC citizens to register
with SAFE and make the necessary applications and filings if they participated
in an overseas listed company’s covered equity compensation plan prior to April
6, 2007. We intend to adopt an equity compensation plan in the future
and make option grants to our officers and directors, most of whom are PRC
citizens. Circular 78 may require our officers and directors who
receive option grants and are PRC citizens to register with SAFE. We
believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in Circular
78 will be burdensome and time consuming. If it is determined that
any of our equity compensation plans are subject to Circular 78, failure to
comply with such provisions may subject us and participants of our equity
incentive plan who are PRC citizens to fines and legal sanctions and prevent us
from being able to grant equity compensation to our PRC employees. In
that case, our ability to compensate our employees and directors through equity
compensation would be hindered and our business operations may be adversely
affected.
Prior
to the enactment of new tax laws in the PRC in 2008, we had enjoyed certain
preferential tax concessions and the loss of these preferential tax concessions
will cause our tax liabilities to increase and will affect our
profitability.
Under the
tax laws of the PRC, we have had tax advantages granted by local government for
corporate income taxes and sales taxes commencing April 6, 2004. We
have been entitled to have a full tax exemption for the first two profitable
years, followed by a 50% reduction on a normal tax rate of 24% for the following
three consecutive years. On March 16, 2007, the National People’s
Congress of China enacted a new PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, under which
foreign invested enterprises and domestic companies will be subject to
enterprise income tax at a uniform rate of 25%. The new law became
effective on January 1, 2008. During the transition period for
enterprises, the tax rate will be gradually increased starting in 2008 and be
equal to the new tax rate in 2012. The expiration of the preferential
tax treatment will increase our tax liabilities and will affect our
profitability.
Any
recurrence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Flu, or another
widespread public health problem, such as the spread of H1N1 (“Swine”) Flu, in
the PRC could adversely affect our operations.
A renewed
outbreak of SARS, Avian Flu or another widespread public health problem, , such
as the spread of H1N1 (“Swine”) Flu, in China, where all of our manufacturing
facilities are located and where the substantial portion of our sales occur,
could have a negative effect on our operations. Our business is
dependent upon our ability to continue to manufacture products. Such
an outbreak could have an impact on our operations as a result of:
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Any of
the foregoing events or other unforeseen consequences of public health problems
could adversely affect our operations.
A
further downturn in the economy of the PRC may slow our growth and
profitability.
A
significant portion of our revenues are generated from sales in
China. The growth of the Chinese economy has been uneven across
geographic regions and economic sectors, in large part due to the recent
downturn in the global economy, which resulted in slow growth of the China
economy. While the Chinese economy has recently begun to show signs
of improvement, there can be no assurance that growth of the Chinese economy
will be steady or that there will not be further deterioration in the global
economy as a whole or the Chinese economy in particular. If economic
conditions deteriorate further, our business and results of operations could be
materially and adversely affected, especially if such conditions result in a
decreased use of our products or in pressure on us to lower our
prices.
Because
our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate
management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order
to comply with U.S. securities laws.
PRC
companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and
financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate
governance, internal controls and, computer, financial and other control
systems. Most of our middle and top management staff are not educated
and trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new
employees in the PRC with such training. In addition, we may have
difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified employees to
work in the PRC. As a result of these factors, we may experience
difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting
financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and
corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western
standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in
implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This may result in
significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls which
could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from
complying with SEC rules and regulations and the requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack
of compliance could have a material adverse effect on our business.
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR CAPITAL STRUCTURE
There
is no current trading market for our common stock, and there is no assurance of
an established public trading market, which would adversely affect the ability
of our investors to sell their securities in the public market.
Our
common stock is not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national
securities exchange or national quotation system. We intend to apply
for the listing of our common stock on the NYSE Amex and/or The NASDAQ Stock
Market in the future. There is no guarantee that either exchange, or
any other exchange or quotation system, will permit our shares to be listed and
traded. If we fail to obtain a listing on the NYSE Amex and The
NASDAQ Stock Market, we may seek quotation on the OTC Bulletin
Board. The FINRA has enacted changes that limit quotations on the OTC
Bulletin Board to securities of issuers that are current in their reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The effect on the OTC
Bulletin Board of these rule changes and other proposed changes cannot be
determined at this time. The OTC Bulletin Board is an inter-dealer,
over-the-counter market that provides significantly less liquidity than the NYSE
Amex and The NASDAQ Stock Market. Quotes for stocks included on the
OTC Bulletin Board are not listed in the financial sections of newspapers as are
those for the NYSE Amex and The NASDAQ Stock Market. Therefore,
prices for securities traded solely on the OTC Bulletin Board may be difficult
to obtain and holders of common stock may be unable to resell their securities
at or near their original offering price or at any price.
The
market price and trading volume of shares of our common stock may be
volatile.
When and
if a market develops for our securities, the market price of our common stock
could fluctuate significantly for many reasons, including for reasons unrelated
to our specific performance, such as reports by industry analysts, investor
perceptions, or negative announcements by customers, competitors or suppliers
regarding their own performance, as well as general economic and industry
conditions. For example, to the extent that other large companies within our
industry experience declines in their share price, our share price may decline
as well. In addition, when the market price of a company’s shares drops
significantly, shareholders could institute securities class action lawsuits
against the company. A lawsuit against us could cause us to incur substantial
costs and could divert the time and attention of our management and other
resources.
Shares
eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our common
stock, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding stock in the
public marketplace could reduce the price of our common stock.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Share Exchange, we agreed to file a registration statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the shares of our common
stock issued in an equity financing that was conducted concurrently with the
Share Exchange. The registration statement must be filed within 30
days of the closing of the Private Placement. Each investor may sell
or transfer any shares of the common stock after the effective date of the
registration statement except that they, along with all of our pre-Share
Exchange shareholders, entered into a lock-up agreement pursuant to which they
agreed that (i) if the proposed public offering that we hope to conduct is for
$10 million or more, then the investors would not be able sell or transfer their
shares until at least six months after the public offering’s completion, and
(ii) if the offering is for less than $10 million, then one-tenth of the
investors’ shares would be released from the lock-up restrictions ninety days
after offering and there would be a pro rata release of the shares thereafter
every 30 days over the following nine months. The placement agent, in
its sole discretion, may allow early releases under the referenced lock-up
provided however that (i) no early release shall be made with respect to
pre-Share Exchange shareholders prior to the release in full of all such lock-up
restrictions on shares of the common stock acquired in the Private Placement and
(ii) any such early release shall be made pro rata with respect to all
investors’ shares acquired in the Private Placement.
We also
intend to register with the Private Placement shares, shares of common stock
held by our stockholders immediately prior to the Share Exchange and all of the
shares of common stock underlying the warrants held by our stockholders
immediately prior to the Share Exchange. All of the shares included
in an effective registration statement may be freely sold and transferred,
subject to any applicable lock-up agreement.
Additionally,
following the Share Exchange, the former stockholder of Hyundai Light, and its
designees, may be eligible to sell all or some of our shares of common stock by
means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule
144, promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), subject to certain
limitations. Under Rule 144, an affiliate stockholder who has
satisfied the required holding period may, under certain circumstances, sell
within any three-month period a number of securities which does not exceed the
greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of common stock or the average
weekly trading volume of the class during the four calendar weeks prior to such
sale. As of the closing of the Share Exchange, 1% of our issued and
outstanding shares of common stock was approximately 197,874
shares. Non-affiliate stockholders are not subject to volume
limitations. Any substantial sale of common stock pursuant to any
resale prospectus or Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the market price of
our common stock by creating an excessive supply.
Following
the Share Exchange, the former principal shareholder of China Intelligent and
her designees have significant influence over us.
Li
Xuemei, our former shareholder of China Intelligent, and her designees
beneficially own or control approximately 71.7% of our outstanding shares as of
the close of the Share Exchange and have a controlling influence in determining
the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our
stockholders for approval, including mergers, consolidations and the sale of all
or substantially all of our assets, election of directors, and other significant
corporate actions. The Shareholder and her designees may also have
the power to prevent or cause a change in control. In addition,
without the consent of the Shareholder and her designees, we could be prevented
from entering into transactions that could be beneficial to us. The
interests of the Shareholder and her designees may differ from the interests of
our other stockholders.
If
we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, the
price of our common stock may be adversely affected.
We are
required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial
reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of
those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures
regarding our business, financial condition or results of
operations. Any failure of these controls could also prevent us from
maintaining accurate accounting records and discovering accounting errors and
financial frauds. Rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require annual assessment of our internal control
over financial reporting, and attestation of this assessment by our independent
registered public accountants. The SEC extended the compliance dates
for non-accelerated filers, as defined by the SEC. Accordingly, we
believe that the annual assessment of our internal controls requirement and the
attestation requirement of management’s assessment by our independent registered
public accountants will first apply to our annual report for the 2010 fiscal
year. The standards that must be met for management to assess the
internal control over financial reporting as effective are new and complex, and
require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the
detailed standards. We may encounter problems or delays in completing
activities necessary to make an assessment of our internal control over
financial reporting. In addition, the attestation process by our
independent registered public accountants is new and we may encounter problems
or delays in completing the implementation of any requested improvements and
receiving an attestation of our assessment by our independent registered public
accountants. If we cannot assess our internal control over financial
reporting as effective, or our independent registered public accountants are
unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on such assessment, investor
confidence and share value may be negatively impacted.
In
addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting
may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal
controls over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for
investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that
need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting,
disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial
reporting, or disclosure of our public accounting firm’s attestation to or
report on management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial
reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common
stock.
We
may not be able to achieve the benefits we expect to result from the Share
Exchange.
We
entered into the Exchange Agreement with China Intelligent and the sole
shareholder of China Intelligent pursuant to which we agreed to acquire 100% of
the issued and outstanding securities of China Intelligent in exchange for
shares of our common stock. On January 15, 2010, the Share Exchange
closed, China Intelligent became our 100%-owned subsidiary, and our sole
business operations became that of China Intelligent and its
subsidiaries. We also have a new Board of Directors and management
consisting of persons from China Intelligent and changed our corporate name from
SRKP 22, Inc. to China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.
We may
not realize the benefits that we hoped to receive as a result of the Share
Exchange, which include:
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increased market liquidity expected to result from exchanging stock in a
private company for securities of a public company that may eventually be
traded;
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ability to use registered securities to make acquisition of assets or
businesses;
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credibility and an enhanced corporate image from being a publicly traded
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There can
be no assurance that any of the anticipated benefits of the Share Exchange will
be realized with respect to our new business operations. In addition,
the attention and effort devoted to achieving the benefits of the Share Exchange
and attending to the obligations of being a public company, such as reporting
requirements and securities regulations, could significantly divert management’s
attention from other important issues, which could materially and adversely
affect our operating results or stock price in the future.
Compliance
with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will
result in additional expenses.
Changing
laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public
disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC
regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly
increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the public markets and
public reporting. Our management team will need to invest significant
management time and financial resources to comply with both existing and
evolving standards for public companies, which will lead to increased general
and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention
from revenue generating activities to compliance activities.
Our
common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to
additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to
sell.
Our
common stock, which is not currently listed or quoted for trading, may be
considered to be a “penny stock” if it does not qualify for one of the
exemptions from the definition of “penny stock” under Section 3a51-1 of the
Securities Exchange Act for 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), once, and if,
it starts trading. Our common stock may be a “penny stock” if it
meets one or more of the following conditions (i) the stock trades at a price
less than $5.00 per share; (ii) it is NOT traded on a “recognized” national
exchange; (iii) it is NOT quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or even if so,
has a price less than $5.00 per share; or (iv) is issued by a company that has
been in business less than three years with net tangible assets less than $5
million.
The
principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that
securities broker-dealers participating in sales of our common stock will be
subject to the “penny stock” regulations set forth in Rules 15-2 through 15g-9
promulgated under the Exchange Act. For example, Rule 15g-2 requires
broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a
document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed
and dated written receipt of the document at least two business days before
effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor’s
account. Moreover, Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks
to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before
selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the
broker-dealer to (i) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her
financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (ii)
reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny
stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient
knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of
penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the investor with a written statement
setting forth the basis on which the broker-dealer made the determination in
(ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the
investor, confirming that it accurately reflects the investor’s financial
situation, investment experience and investment
objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more
difficult and time consuming for holders of our common stock to resell their
shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them in the market or
otherwise.
We
do not foresee paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future and, as a result,
our investors’ sole source of gain, if any, will depend on capital appreciation,
if any.
We do not
plan to declare or pay any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the
foreseeable future and currently intend to retain any future earnings for
funding growth. As a result, investors should not rely on an
investment in our securities if they require the investment to produce dividend
income. Capital appreciation, if any, of our shares may be investors’
sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. Moreover, investors
may not be able to resell their shares of our common stock at or above the price
they paid for them.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The
information contained in this report, including in the documents incorporated by
reference into this report, includes some statement that are not purely
historical and that are “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our and our
management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding
the future, including our financial condition, results of operations, and the
expected impact of the Share Exchange on the parties’ individual and combined
financial performance. In addition, any statements that refer to
projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or
circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking
statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “could,”
“estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plans,” “possible,”
“potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” “would” and
similar expressions, or the negatives of such terms, may identify
forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a
statement is not forward-looking.
The
forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on current
expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and the potential
effects on the parties and the transaction. There can be no assurance
that future developments actually affecting us will be those
anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the parties’ control) or other
assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements,
including the following:
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Collectability
of accounts receivables due to us by our
customers;
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Our
ability to develop and market new
products;
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Our
ability to extend the term of our Trademark License Agreement to use the
“Hyundai” trademark;
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Our
ability to raise additional capital to fund our
operations;
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Our
ability to use of a reduced, simplified VAT
rate;
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Our
ability to accurately forecast amounts of supplies needed to meet customer
demand;
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Exposure
to market risk through sales in international
markets;
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The
market acceptance of our products;
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Exposure
to product liability and defect
claims;
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Fluctuations
in the availability of raw materials and components needed for our
products;
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Protection
of our intellectual property
rights;
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Changes
in the laws of the PRC that affect our
operations;
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Inflation
and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange
rates;
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Our
ability to obtain all necessary government certifications, approvals,
and/or licenses to conduct our
business;
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Development
of a public trading market for our
securities;
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The
cost of complying with current and future governmental regulations and the
impact of any changes in the regulations on our operations;
and
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The
other factors referenced in this Current Report, including, without
limitation, under the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,”
and “Business.”
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These
risks and uncertainties, along with others, are also described above under the
heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should any of the parties’ assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results may vary in material respects from those projected in these
forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable
securities laws.
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE
For
additional information that would be required if the Company were filing a
general form for registration of securities on Form 10, see Item 2.02 for
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations,” Item 3.03 for a description of the Company’s securities post-Share
Exchange and related discussion of market price, and Item 4.01 regarding changes
in the Company’s accountant, all incorporated by reference
herein. Required disclosure regarding the change in control of the
Company, the impact on its directors, executive officers, control persons and
related compensation and beneficial ownership issues are addressed in Item 5.01,
incorporated by reference herein. Attention is also directed to Item
9.01, which provides our unaudited financial statements as of and for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and audited financial statements as of and for
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.
SELECTED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The
following selected consolidated statement of operations data contains
consolidated statement of operations data for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2008, the period from July 6, 2005 (date of
inception of our operating company) to December 31, 2005, and the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of
year-end for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008
and as of December 31, 2005 and September 30, 2008 and 2009. The
consolidated statement of operations data and balance sheet data were derived
from the audited consolidated financial statements, except for data for the for
the period from July 6, 2005 (date of inception of our operating company) to
December 31, 2005 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and
as of December 31, 2005 and September 30, 2009. Such financial data
should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the
notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 9.01 and with
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.”
(in
thousand US
dollars)
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Nine
Months ended
September
30,
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Years
ended December
31,
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Period
from
July
6, 2005 (date
of
inception)
to
December
31,
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Revenue
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$ |
40,609 |
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$ |
34,646 |
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$ |
42,944 |
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$ |
16,552 |
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$ |
2,517 |
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$ |
33 |
|
Gross
profit
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|
$ |
9,101 |
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$ |
8,169 |
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$ |
9,990 |
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$ |
4,105 |
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$ |
699 |
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$ |
1 |
|
Income
from operations
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|
$ |
5,705 |
|
|
$ |
5,350 |
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$ |
6,045 |
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|
$ |
2,238 |
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$ |
271 |
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|
$ |
(11 |
) |
Net
income
|
|
$ |
4,969 |
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|
$ |
5,279 |
|
|
$ |
5,768 |
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|
$ |
2,209 |
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|
$ |
243 |
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|
$ |
(11 |
) |
(in
thousand US
dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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As of December 31,
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|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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|
$ |
407 |
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$ |
984 |
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$ |
264 |
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$ |
1,502 |
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$ |
117 |
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$ |
94 |
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Total
assets
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|
$ |
23,103 |
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|
$ |
19,988 |
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$ |
13,906 |
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|
$ |
5,489 |
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|
$ |
1,787 |
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|
$ |
336 |
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Long-term
debt
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|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
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|
$ |
- |
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|
$ |
- |
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|
$ |
- |
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The
following discussion relates to a discussion of the financial condition and
results of operations of China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited
(“China Intelligent BVI”), which operates through its subsidiaries, including
its 100%-owned subsidiary Hyundai Light & Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.,
(“Hyundai Light”) (collectively referred to throughout as the “Company,” “we,”
“our,” and “us”).
This
management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements
and the related notes, and the other financial information included in this
report. For a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to
differ from results discussed in the forward-looking statements, see the above
section entitled “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements.”
Overview
Through
Hyundai Light, we engage in the design, manufacture, sales and marketing of
high-quality Light Emitting Diode (“LED”) lighting products and other products
for the household, commercial and outdoor lighting industries. The primary
industry in which we conduct business is the LED lighting industry, and the core
technology of our business is based on the all-solid-state semiconductor white
light technology, in addition to general lighting products, sold throughout
China and in select international markets. Our branded products,
marketed under the brand-name Hyundai, have become a recognized brand name in
China, which we expect will assist us in growing our business over the course of
the next few years, assuming we reach an agreement with the licensor to extend
the license agreement past the July 2010 expiration date.
The
lighting industry is affected by a number of general business and economic
factors such as gross domestic product growth, employment, credit availability
and commodity costs. Construction spending on infrastructure projects such as
highways, streets, and urban developments also has a material impact on the
demand for infrastructure-focused products. The market is also subject to rapid
technology changes, highly fragmented, and cyclical. The industry is
characterized by the short life cycle of products, requiring continuous design
and development efforts, which necessitates large capital and time
investments.
We sell
our products through a network of distributors and resellers allowing us to
penetrate customer markets. Our products are sold domestically in
China and, to a lesser extent, internationally through numerous channels,
including independent specialty retailers, international and regional chains,
mass merchants, and distributors.
A small
number of customers account for a significant percentage of our revenue. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, our largest customer accounted for 5.6% of
the revenues. During the year ended December 31, 2008, we had two customers that
generated revenues of at least 5% of our revenues, with our largest customer
accounting for 16.8% of our revenue, and the two customers accounting for a
total of approximately 26.7% of our revenue for the year. For the year ended
December 31, 2007, we had four customers that accounted for at least 5% of
revenue, for an aggregate of approximately 50.1% of our
revenue.
Most of
our revenues are derived from sales to OEMs, or Original Equipment
Manufacturers, followed by sales of Hyundai branded products and other
products. OEMs contract with us to build their products or to obtain
services related to product development and prototyping, volume manufacturing or
aftermarket support. Our services include engineering, design,
materials, management, assembly, testing, distribution, and after-market
services. We believe that we are able to provide quality OEM services
that meet unique requirements within customer timeframes, unique styling,
product simplicity, price targets, and consistent quality with low defect
rates. As a result of efficiently managing costs and assets, we
believe we are able to offer our customers an outsourcing solution that
represents a lower total cost of acquisition than that typically provided by the
OEM's own manufacturing operation. OEM sales accounted for approximately 68%,
51%, and 23% of our revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and sales of
products with our Hyundai brand products and other products accounted for 32%,
49%, and 77% of our revenues for the same periods, respectively.
Our
primary suppliers of raw materials are located in Huizhou, Shenzhen and
Zhongshan. Our top three suppliers accounted for a total of
approximately 23.5%, 51.4%, 61.4%, and 29.4% of our raw material purchases
during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended December 31,
2008, 2007, and 2006. Other than these suppliers, no other supplier
accounted for more than 10% of our total purchases in these periods. Presently,
our relationships with our suppliers are good and we expect that our suppliers
will be able to meet the anticipated demand for our products in the
future. However, due to our dependence on a small number of suppliers
for certain raw materials, we could experience delays in development and/or the
ability to meet our customer demand for new products. Moreover, we may purchase
quantities of supplies and materials from time to time that are greater than
required by customer orders to secure more favorable pricing, delivery or credit
terms. These purchases can expose us to losses from cancellation
costs, inventory carrying costs or inventory obsolescence, and hence adversely
affect our business and operating results.
In
addition, we have a limited number of long-term contracts with our suppliers,
and we believe that alternative suppliers are available. Although we have not
been subject to shortages for any of our components, we may be subject to
cutbacks and price increases which we may not be able to pass on to our
customers in the event that the demand for components generally exceeds the
capacity of our suppliers. We believe the manufacturing facility that
we use in Huizhou, China, due to its location, provides us with flexibility in
our supply chain, to better manage inventories and to reduce delays and
long-term costs for our products.
Recent
Events
On
October 20, 2009, SRKP 22, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SRKP 22”), entered
into a share exchange agreement, as amended on November 25, 2009 (the “Exchange
Agreement”), with China Intelligent BVI and its sole shareholder, pursuant to
which the sole shareholder would transfer all of the issued and outstanding
securities of China Intelligent BVI to SRKP 22 in exchange for 14,195,496 shares
of SRKP 22’s common stock.
On
January 15, 2010, the Share Exchange closed and we became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of SRKP 22, which immediately changed its name to “China Intelligent
Lighting and Electronics, Inc.” A total of 14,195,496 shares were issued to the
former sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI and her
designees. We paid a total of $600,000 in connection with the Share
Exchange to acquire the SRKP 22, Inc. shell corporation, where such fee
consisted of $350,000 paid to WestPark Capital, Inc., which is the placement
agent in the Private Placement (described below), and $250,000 paid to a third
party unaffiliated with China Intelligent BVI, Hyundai Light, or WestPark
Capital. In addition, we paid a $140,000 success fee to WestPark
Capital for services provided in connection with the Share Exchange and we
reimbursed Westpark Capital $80,000 for expenses related to due
diligence.
On
January 15, 2010, concurrently with the close of the Share Exchange, we
conducted a closing of a private placement transaction (the “Private
Placement”), pursuant to which we sold an aggregate of 2,755,892 shares of
Common stock at $1.27 per share. As a result, we received gross proceeds in the
amount of approximately $3.5 million. The placement agent was paid a
commission equal to 8% of the gross proceeds from the financing and a 4%
non-accountable expense allowance. We are also retaining WestPark
Capital for a period of six months following the closing of the Private
Placement to provide us with financial consulting services for which we will pay
WestPark Capital $6,000 per month.
Critical
Accounting Policies, Estimates and Assumptions
The SEC
defines critical accounting policies as those that are, in management's view,
most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of
operations and those that require significant judgments and
estimates.
The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is
based upon our financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation
of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we
evaluate our estimates including the allowance for doubtful accounts, the
salability and recoverability of inventory, income taxes and contingencies. We
base our estimates on historical experience and on other assumptions that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form our
basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from
these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We cannot
predict what future laws and regulations might be passed that could have a
material effect on our results of operations. We assess the impact of
significant changes in laws and regulations on a regular basis and update the
assumptions and estimates used to prepare our financial statements when we deem
it necessary.
Accounts
Receivable
Accounts
receivable are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an
allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed. We estimate the valuation
allowance for anticipated uncollectible receivable balances based on historical
experience and current economic climate. We have determined our bad debt
percentage to be 0.5% of total outstanding accounts receivable. When
facts subsequently become available to indicate that the amount provided as the
allowance to the date has been inadequate, an adjustment to the estimate will be
made at that time. Allowance for doubtful accounts were $136,746 and $111,930 as
of September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $136,974, $104,889 and $25,758
as of December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost, as determined on a weighted average basis, or
market. Costs of inventories include purchase and related costs incurred in
bringing the products to our location and proper condition. Market value is
determined by reference to selling prices after the balance sheet date or to
management’s estimates based on prevailing market conditions. We write down the
inventories to market value if it is below cost. We also regularly evaluate the
composition of its inventories to identify slow-moving and obsolete inventories
to determine if a valuation allowance is required.
Inventory
levels are based on projections of future demand and market
conditions. Any sudden decline in demand and/or rapid product
improvements and technological changes can result in excess and/or obsolete
inventories. There is a risk that we will forecast inventory needs
incorrectly and purchase or produce excess inventory. As a result,
actual demand may differ from forecasts, and such differences, if not managed,
may have a material adverse effect on future results of operations due to
required write-offs of excess or obsolete inventory.
Revenue
Recognition
We
generate revenue from the sales of lighting and electronic equipments. Sales
revenues are recognized when the following four revenue criteria are met:
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the selling
price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Sales
are presented net of value added tax (VAT). No return allowance is made as
products returns have been insignificant in all periods.
Orders
are placed by both the distributors and OEMs and the products are delivered to
the customers within 30 to 45 days of order, we do not provide price protection
or right of return to the customers. The price of the products are predetermined
and fixed based on contractual agreements, therefore the customers would be
responsible for any loss if the customers are faced with sales price reductions
and rapid technology obsolescence in the industry. We do not allow any
discounts, credits, rebates or similar privileges.
We do not
provide warranty for the products sold to customers since the majority of the
customers are wholesalers and distributors. We specify the delivery terms
(usually 30 days after the order is placed) and the liability for breach of the
contract. If we cannot fulfill the order terms, the customers have the right to
recoup their deposit. If the products delivered do not meet the quality
specifications or need to be reworked, we are responsible for the rework and the
related expenses. If the customers decided to rework the products themselves, we
will compensate its customers for the expenses incurred. We did not incur any
costs related to breach of contract or product quality issues for sales during
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and the years ended December
31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Value
Added Tax
Enterprises
which manufacture and sell products such as ours are typically required under
Chinese law to pay the Chinese government value added tax (“VAT”) in an amount
equal to 17% of gross sales of certain products sold and used in the
PRC. In 2007, through our subsidiary Hyundai Light, we received an
approval from the local agent of the national taxation authority, the State
Taxation Bureau of Huicheng District, Huizhou, Guangdong (the "Huicheng Taxation
Bureau"), to pay a 4% simplified VAT for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for
sales in the PRC of our products manufactured through outsourcing. As
a result of this approval, our total tax savings for fiscal 2008 and 2009 was
more than approximately $7.0 million; there will be additional tax savings in
fiscal 2010. If a tax audit is conducted by a higher tax authority and it was
determined that such local approval was improper or unauthorized and that we
should in fact have been paying VAT at the rate of 17% on all sales in the PRC,
we may be required to make up all of the underpaid taxes.
In
addition, under the accountings standards with respect to accounting for
uncertainty in income taxes, certain tax contingencies are recognized when they
are determined to be more likely than not to occur, and we believe this
accounting interpretation applies by analogy to VAT. Based on
approvals that we have received on the use of the simplified VAT rate, we
believe our judgments in this area are reasonable and correct, but there is no
guarantee that we will be successful if such approvals are challenged by a
higher tax authority. If our use of the simplified VAT rate is
challenged successfully by a higher taxing authority, we may be required to pay
additional taxes or we may seek to enter into settlements with the taxing
authorities, which could require significant payments or otherwise have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
In
January 2010, we entered into an Indemnification Agreement and Security
Agreement with Li Xuemei, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board,
pursuant to which Ms. Li agreed to indemnify and pay to us amounts that would
make us whole for any tax liability, penalty, loss, or other amounts expended as
a result of any removal of our reduced 4% simplified VAT rate, including any
requirement to make up all of the underpaid taxes. In addition,
pursuant to the terms of the Indemnification Agreement and Security Agreement,
if Ms. Li is unable to or fails to pay all such amounts due to us under the
agreement, we would have the right to obtain the proceeds from a forced sale of
the real estate property secured under the Security Agreement; and if such sale
proceeds were insufficient to cover amounts due to us, we would be able to
cancel a number of shares of common stock in our company held by Ms. Li in an
amount equal any shortfall. Any such prospective change to the
aforementioned tax approval would have a material adverse effect on our
liquidity and profitability to the extent that we are unable to collect such
deficiency from the related customers and to the extent that we are not able to
collect any shortfall from Ms. Li under the Indemnification Agreement and
Security Agreement.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In
June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a
standard that established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) and
amended the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) such
that the ASC became the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S.
GAAP. The ASC did not change current U.S. GAAP, but was intended to simplify
user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing all the authoritative
literature related to a particular topic in one place. All previously existing
accounting standard documents were superseded and all other accounting
literature not included in the ASC is considered non-authoritative. New
accounting standards issued subsequent to June 30, 2009 are communicated by
the FASB through Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs). The Company adopted the
ASC on July 1, 2009. This standard did not have an impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition. However, throughout
the notes to the consolidated financial statements references that were
previously made to various former authoritative U.S. GAAP pronouncements have
been changed to coincide with the appropriate section of the ASC.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued and, in April 2009, amended a new
business combinations standard codified within ASC 805, which changed the
accounting for business acquisitions. Accounting for business combinations under
this standard requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to
recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the
transaction and establishes the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement
objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business
combination. Certain provisions of this standard impact the determination of
acquisition-date fair value of consideration paid in a business combination
(including contingent consideration); exclude transaction costs from acquisition
accounting; and change accounting practices for acquisition-related
restructuring costs, in-process research and development, indemnification
assets, and tax benefits. The Company adopted the standard for business
combinations for its business combination during the period ended June 30,
2009.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard which provides guidance
on (1) estimating the fair value of an asset or liability when the volume
and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly declined and
(2) identifying transactions that are not orderly. The standard also
amended certain disclosure provisions for fair value measurements and
disclosures in ASC 820 to require, among other things, disclosures in interim
periods of the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value as
well as disclosure of the hierarchy of the source of underlying fair value
information on a disaggregated basis by specific major category of investment.
The standard was effective prospectively beginning April 1, 2009. The
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard which modifies the
requirements for recognizing other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities and
changes the existing impairment model for such securities. The standard also
requires additional disclosures for both annual and interim periods with respect
to both debt and equity securities. Under the standard, impairment of debt
securities will be considered other-than-temporary if an entity (1) intends
to sell the security, (2) more likely than not will be required to sell the
security before recovering its cost, or (3) does not expect to recover the
security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to
sell). The standard further indicates that, depending on which of the above
factor(s) causes the impairment to be considered other-than-temporary,
(1) the entire shortfall of the security’s fair value versus its amortized
cost basis or (2) only the credit loss portion would be recognized in
earnings while the remaining shortfall (if any) would be recorded in other
comprehensive income. The standard requires entities to initially apply its
provisions to previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities
existing as of the date of initial adoption by making a cumulative-effect
adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of
adoption. The cumulative-effect adjustment potentially reclassifies the
noncredit portion of a previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt security
held as of the date of initial adoption from retained earnings to accumulated
other comprehensive income. The adoption of this standard did not have a
material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial
condition.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard regarding interim
disclosures about fair value of financial instruments. The standard essentially
expands the disclosure about fair value of financial instruments that were
previously required only annually to also be required for interim period
reporting. In addition, the standard requires certain additional disclosures
regarding the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair
value of financial instruments. The adoption of this standard did not have a
material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial
condition.
In
May 2009, the FASB issued a new accounting standard regarding subsequent
events. This standard incorporates into authoritative accounting literature
certain guidance that already existed within generally accepted auditing
standards, with the requirements concerning recognition and disclosure of
subsequent events remaining essentially unchanged. This guidance addresses
events which occur after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of
financial statements. Under the new standard, as under previous practice, an
entity must record the effects of subsequent events that provide evidence about
conditions that existed at the balance sheet date and must disclose but not
record the effects of subsequent events which provide evidence about conditions
that did not exist at the balance sheet date. This standard added an additional
required disclosure relative to the date through which subsequent events have
been evaluated and whether that is the date on which the financial statements
were issued. For the Company,
this standard was effective beginning April 1, 2009.
In
June 2009, the FASB issued a new standard regarding the accounting for
transfers of financial assets amending the existing guidance on transfers of
financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying
special-purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that
must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for
sale accounting, clarify and change the derecognition criteria for a transfer to
be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. The
standard is effective for new transfers of financial assets beginning
January 1, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
standard, but does not expect to have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In
June 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard that revised the
consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include
the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new
approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and
changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a
variable-interest entity. The standard is effective January 1, 2010. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but does not expect
it to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations
or financial condition.
In
August 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-05, Measuring Liabilities at Fair
Value, which provides additional guidance on how companies should measure
liabilities at fair value under ASC 820. The ASU clarifies that the quoted price
for an identical liability should be used. However, if such information is not
available, a entity may use, the quoted price of an identical liability when
traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities
traded as assets, or another valuation technique (such as the market or income
approach). The ASU also indicates that the fair value of a liability is not
adjusted to reflect the impact of contractual restrictions that prevent its
transfer and indicates circumstances in which quoted prices for an identical
liability or quoted price for an identical liability traded as an asset may be
considered level 1 fair value. This ASU is effective October 1, 2009. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but does not expect
it to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations
or financial condition.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, that
provides amendments to the criteria for separating consideration in
multiple-deliverable arrangements. As a result of these amendments,
multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements will be separated in more
circumstances than under existing U.S. GAAP. The ASU does this by establishing a
selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. The
selling price used for each deliverable will be based on vendor-specific
objective evidence if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific
objective evidence is not available, or estimated selling price if neither
vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available. A
vendor will be required to determine its best estimate of selling price in a
manner that is consistent with that used to determine the price to sell the
deliverable on a standalone basis. This ASU also eliminates the residual method
of allocation and will require that arrangement consideration be allocated at
the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling
price method, which allocates any discount in the overall arrangement
proportionally to each deliverable based on its relative selling price. Expanded
disclosures of qualitative and quantitative information regarding application of
the multiple-deliverable revenue arrangement guidance are also required under
the ASU. The ASU does not apply to arrangements for which industry specific
allocation and measurement guidance exists, such as long-term construction
contracts and software transactions. The ASU is effective beginning
January 1, 2011. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
standard on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial
condition.
Results
of Operations
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of operations for the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited) in dollars and as a percentage of
revenue:
|
|
(Dollar Amounts in Thousands)
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
40,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
34,646 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
42,944 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
16,552 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,517 |
|
|
|
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
|
(31,508 |
) |
|
|
77.6 |
% |
|
|
(26,477 |
) |
|
|
76.4 |
% |
|
|
(32,954 |
) |
|
|
76.7 |
% |
|
|
(12,447 |
) |
|
|
75.2 |
% |
|
|
(1,818 |
) |
|
|
72.2 |
% |
Gross
profit
|
|
|
9,101 |
|
|
|
22.4 |
% |
|
|
8,169 |
|
|
|
23.6 |
% |
|
|
9,990 |
|
|
|
23.3 |
% |
|
|
4,105 |
|
|
|
24.8 |
% |
|
|
699 |
|
|
|
27.8 |
% |
Selling
expenses
|
|
|
(1,956 |
) |
|
|
4.8 |
% |
|
|
(1,572 |
) |
|
|
4.5 |
% |
|
|
(2,072 |
) |
|
|
4.8 |
% |
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
|
|
6.3 |
% |
|
|
(183 |
) |
|
|
7.3 |
% |
Research
and development
|
|
|
(627 |
) |
|
|
1.5 |
% |
|
|
(557 |
) |
|
|
1.6 |
% |
|
|
(742 |
) |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
(322 |
) |
|
|
1.9 |
% |
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
Other
general and administrative
|
|
|
(813 |
) |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
(690 |
) |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
(1,131 |
) |
|
|
2.6 |
% |
|
|
(498 |
) |
|
|
3.0 |
% |
|
|
(174 |
) |
|
|
6.9 |
% |
Income
from operations
|
|
|
5,705 |
|
|
|
14.0 |
% |
|
|
5,350 |
|
|
|
15.4 |
% |
|
|
6,045 |
|
|
|
14.1 |
% |
|
|
2,238 |
|
|
|
13.5 |
% |
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
10.8 |
% |
Other
expenses
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(277 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
5,683 |
|
|
|
14.0 |
% |
|
|
5,279 |
|
|
|
15.2 |
% |
|
|
5,768 |
|
|
|
13.4 |
% |
|
|
2,209 |
|
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
9.7 |
% |
Provision
for income taxes
|
|
|
(714 |
) |
|
|
1.8 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Net
income
|
|
$ |
4,969 |
|
|
|
12.2 |
% |
|
$ |
5,279 |
|
|
|
15.2 |
% |
|
$ |
5,768 |
|
|
|
13.4 |
% |
|
$ |
2,209 |
|
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
$ |
243 |
|
|
|
9.7 |
% |
The
following table sets forth information of revenues for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited) and the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006.
|
|
(In Thousand Dollars)
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Household
Lighting Products
|
|
$ |
33,067 |
|
|
|
81.4 |
% |
|
$ |
28,276 |
|
|
|
81.6 |
% |
|
$ |
34,104 |
|
|
|
79.4 |
% |
|
$ |
7,420 |
|
|
|
44.8 |
% |
|
$ |
2,028 |
|
|
|
80.6 |
% |
Lighting
Holders
|
|
|
979 |
|
|
|
2.4 |
% |
|
|
606 |
|
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
942 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
% |
|
|
634 |
|
|
|
3.8 |
% |
|
|
456 |
|
|
|
18.1 |
% |
Illuminant
Devices
|
|
|
396 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
272 |
|
|
|
0.8 |
% |
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
% |
|
|
66 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Power
Distribution Transformers
|
|
|
2,079 |
|
|
|
5.1 |
% |
|
|
1,916 |
|
|
|
5.5 |
% |
|
|
2,694 |
|
|
|
6.3 |
% |
|
|
2,005 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
% |
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
1.3 |
% |
Ballast
Devices
|
|
|
832 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
662 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
% |
|
|
876 |
|
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
|
165 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Other
Products
|
|
|
3,256 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
% |
|
|
2,914 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
% |
|
|
4,048 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
% |
|
|
6,262 |
|
|
|
37.8 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0.0 |
% |
Total
Revenues
|
|
$ |
40,609 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
34,646 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
42,944 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
16,552 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
2,517 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
Revenues
were $40.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of
$6.0 million, or 17.2%, compared to $34.6 million for the same period in 2008.
The increase in revenue was attributed mainly to the increase in sales of
household lighting products resulted from the expanding of our market and sales
volume.
Costs of
sales were $31.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an
increase of $5.0 million, or 19%, compared to $26.5 million for the same period
in 2008. The increase of costs of sales was primarily a result of an increase in
sales. As a percentage of net revenue, cost of sales for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008 was 77.6% and 76.6%, respectively.
Gross
profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $9.1 million, or 22.4%
of revenues, compared to $8.2 million, or 23.4% of revenues, for the comparable
period in 2008. Management considers gross profit to be a key performance
indicator in managing our business. The normal gross profit rate in our
industrial is between 20 to 25 percent, which will be influenced by various
factors, such as cost of sales, product mix, size of the manufacturer and
product demand. The decrease in our gross profit margin for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 is primarily due to the negative impact of the recent
global financial downturn, a decrease in the export price of our products and
the increase in our cost of goods sold. We expect that our gross profit margin
will be at approximately 22 and 23 percent level, though there can be no
guarantees.
Selling
expenses, which mainly include wages and commissions, advertising, promotion and
exhibition expenses, freighting expenses and related travel expenses, were $2.0
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of $0.4
million, or 25%, compared to $1.6 million for the same period in 2008. The
increase was primarily due to an increase in wages and commissions, which
primarily resulted from an increase in sales. We expect that our selling
expenses will be at approximately five percent of our sales.
Research
and development expenses were approximately $0.63 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, an increase of approximately $0.07 million, or 12.5%,
compared to $0.56 million for the same period in 2008. We believe that our focus
on research and development contributed to the increase in our total sales. In
the future, we expect to continue to increase our research and development
efforts to enable us to manufacture wider lines of products.
General
and administrative expenses, which include wages, office expenses, lease and
rental expenses, depreciation expenses and professional fees, were $0.81 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of $0.12 million, or
17.4 %, compared to $0.69 million for the same period in 2008. The increase was
primarily a result of our increase in sales and increase in professional fees.
We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase as a result of
professional fees incurred resulting from of being a publicly reporting company
in the United States.
Interest
expenses were approximately $0.03 million and nil for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The increase was due to the interest
payments related to a $1.17 million short term loan acquired in April
2009.
Provision
for income tax for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was approximately
$0.7 million, as compared to nil for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
The increase was primarily due to the expiration of our preferential tax
treatment resulting from recent effectiveness of PRC tax laws. Our income tax
rate will be 12.5% for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and 25%
for the years beginning after December 31, 2011. The expired preferential tax
treatment will have a negative impact on our net income after income
taxes.
Net
income was $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a decrease
of $0.3 million, or 5.7%, compared to $5.3 million for the same period in
2008.
Years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
Revenues
were $42.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $26.3
million, or 158%, compared to $16.6 million for the same period in 2007. The
increase in revenue was attributed mainly to the increase in sales of household
lighting products resulted from the expanding of our market and sales
volume.
Costs of
sales were $33.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of
$20.6 million, or 166%, compared to $12.4 million for the same period in 2007.
The increase of costs of sales was primarily a result of increase in sales. As a
percentage of net revenue, cost of sales for the years ended December 31, 2008
and 2007 were 76.7% and 75.2%, respectively.
Gross
profit for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $10.0 million, or 23.3% of
revenues, compared to $4.1 million, or 24.8% of revenues, for the comparable
period in 2007. The decrease in our gross profit margin for the year ended
December 31, 2008 is primarily due to the increase of cost of household lighting
products, which caused gross profit margin rate of our household lighting
products decreased to 23.6% in 2008 from 26.6% in 2007.
Selling
expenses were $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of
$1.1 million, or 110%, compared to $1.0 million for the same period in 2007. The
increase primarily resulted from our expanding sales efforts and was in line
with the increase of our sales.
Research
and development expenses were approximately $0.74 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008, an increase of approximately $0.42 million, or 131%, compared
to $0.32 million for the same period in 2007.
General
and administrative expenses were $1.1 million for the year ended December 31,
2008, an increase of $ 0.61 million, or 122 %, compared to $0.50 million for the
same period in 2007. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in our
sales and an increase in professional fees.
Interest
expenses were approximately $0.29 million and $0.03 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The increase was due to the interest
payment to a short term loan which was acquired and repaid in fourth quarter
2008.
There is
no provision for income tax for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 due to
the preferential tax treatment granted by the local government. However, this
preferential tax treatment expired by December 31, 2008 due to recent
effectiveness of PRC tax laws. Our new income tax rate is 12.5% for the years
ended December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011 and 25% for the years beginning after
December 31, 2011.
Net
income was $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of
$3.6 million, or 164%, compared to $2.2 million for the same period in
2007.
Years
ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
Revenues
were $16.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $14.1
million, or 564%, compared to $2.5 million for the same period in 2006. The
increase in revenue was attributed mainly to the increase in sales of household
lighting products, power distribution transformer products and other products,
which primarily resulted from the expanding of our market and an increase in
sales volume.
Costs of
sales were $12.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of
$10.6 million, or 589%, compared to $1.8 million for the same period in 2006.
The increase of costs of sales was primarily a result of increase in sales. As a
percentage of net revenue, cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2007
and 2006 was 75.2% and 72.2%, respectively.
Gross
profit for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $4.1 million, or 24.8% of
revenues, compared to $0.7 million, or 27.8% of revenues, for the comparable
period in 2006. The decrease in our gross profit margin for the year ended
December 31, 2007 was due to the increase of cost of household lighting
products, which caused gross profit margin rate of our household lighting
products to decrease to 26.6% in 2007 from 28.6% in 2006. The decrease in gross
profit margin was also attributable to the introduction of new products in 2007,
which had a lower average gross profit margin rate than the average gross profit
rate in 2006.
Selling
expenses were approximately $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2007,
an increase of approximately $864,000, or 472%, compared to approximately
$183,000 for the same period in 2006. The increase resulted primarily from our
expanding sales efforts and was in line with the increase in our
sales.
Research
and development expenses were approximately $322,000 for the year ended December
31, 2007, an increase of approximately $251,000, or 354%, compared to
approximately $71,000 for the same period in 2006.
General
and administrative expenses were approximately $498,000 for the year ended
December 31, 2007, an increase of approximately $324,000, or 186%, compared to
approximately $174,000 for the same period in 2006. The increase was primarily
due to the increase in wages, office expenses and bad debt expense, which
resulted from our expanded sales.
There is
no provision for income tax for the year ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 due to
the preferential tax treatment granted by the local government.
Net
income was approximately $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an
increase of approximately $2.0 million, or 809%, compared to $0.2 million for
the same period in 2006.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We had
cash and cash equivalents of approximately $407,000 as of September 30, 2009, as
compared to approximately $264,000 as of December 31, 2008. Our funds are kept
in financial institutions located in China, which do not provide insurance for
amounts on deposit. Moreover, we are subject to the regulations of the PRC which
restrict the transfer of cash from China, except under certain specific
circumstances. Accordingly, such funds may not be readily available to us to
satisfy obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC.
In the
past, our financing activities were substantially dependent upon loans from
affiliated parties, including Mr. Tianfu Li, our founder and a former owner,
officer, and director of Hyundai Light and Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. (“Hyundai
HZ”) and Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Intl) Holding Limited (“Hyundai
HK”), and other companies controlled by Mr. Li, such as NIVS IntelliMedia
Technology Group, Inc. (“NIVS”) and its subsidiaries. During 2008, NIVS provided
a loan of $5.7 million to one of our suppliers for our purchases. In addition,
NIVS provided approximately $1.8 million in short term loans to us as a working
capital. On November 28, 2008, we, NIVS and certain companies related to Mr. Li
(collectively, the “Related Companies”) entered into a Debt Repayment and
Set-Off Agreement (the “Set-off Agreement”) with Mr. Li. According to this
agreement, all parties agreed to have all the related party loans repaid in full
and set off against all debts that were owed to Mr. Li. We repaid and settled in
full the amount due to NIVS in accordance with the Set-off Agreement. We ceased
to enter into such related party loan transactions after November 2008 and had
no similar loan proceeds during the nine months ended September 30,
2009.
In April
2009, we obtained a one-year term loan of approximately $1.17 million from
Pudong Development Bank bearing interest at approximately equal to the
prevailing prime rate (approximately 5.31%). Pursuant to the loan contract, the
monthly payment is RMB 200,000, or approximately $29,000, plus monthly interest
and the balance will be repaid in April 2010. As of September 30, 2009, the loan
balance due to Pudong Development Bank is approximately $1.0 million. In
connection with the loan, we also entered into a guarantee agreement with the
bank and six different companies pursuant to which all of the companies,
including us, cross guarantee each others’ loans. According to the terms of the
guarantee, in the event one company defaults on its loan, the other companies
are required to pay a penalty to the bank based on the percentage of the
defaulted loan such that the bank can recoup its losses on the defaulted loan
through such penalty. Additionally, we and the other companies were required to
deposit 30% of its respective loan amount in an account held at the bank to be
used as collateral for the loans, guarantee, and any potential penalty that may
result from another company’s default. We deposited RMB 2,400,000, or
approximately $352,000, in the bank and accounted it as restricted cash as of
September 30, 2009. Our cross guarantee under the loan is limited to the
restricted cash held at the bank.
On
January 15, 2010, we received gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million in
the closing of a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”).
Pursuant to Subscription Agreements entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 2,755,892 shares of Common Stock at $1.27 per share. The placement
agent was paid a commission equal to 8% of the gross proceeds from the financing
and a 4% non-accountable expense allowance. We are also retaining WestPark
Capital for a period of six months following the closing of the Private
Placement to provide us with financial consulting services for which we will pay
WestPark Capital $6,000 per month.
In
connection with the Share Exchange that closed concurrently with the Private
Placement, we paid a total of $600,000 to acquire the SRKP 22, Inc. shell
corporation, where such fee consisted of $350,000 paid to WestPark Capital,
Inc., which is the placement agent in the Private Placement, and $250,000 paid
to a third party unaffiliated with China Intelligent BVI, Hyundai Light, or
WestPark Capital. In addition, we paid a $140,000 success fee to WestPark
Capital for services provided in connection with the Share Exchange and we
reimbursed Westpark Capital $80,000 for expenses related to due
diligence.
Our
accounts receivable has been an increasingly significant portion of our current
assets, representing $11.1 million, $10.0 million, $3.5 million and $0.7 million
as of September 30, 2009 and 2008 and as of December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. If customers responsible for a significant amount of accounts
receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise unable to pay for our products,
or to make payments in a timely manner, our liquidity and results of operations
could be materially adversely affected. An economic or industry downturn could
materially adversely affect the servicing of these accounts receivable, which
could result in longer payment cycles, increased collections costs and defaults
in excess of management’s expectations. A significant deterioration in our
ability to collect on accounts receivable could affect our cash flow and working
capital position and could also impact the cost or availability of financing
available to us.
We
provide our major customers with payment terms ranging from 15 to 90 days.
Additionally, our production lead time is approximately one to two weeks, from
the inspection of incoming materials, to production, testing and packaging. We
need to keep a large supply of raw materials and work in process and finished
goods inventory on hand to ensure timely delivery of our products to our
customers. We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses
resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments.
Allowance for doubtful accounts is based on our assessment of the collectability
of specific customer accounts, the aging of accounts receivable, our history of
bad debts, and the general condition of the industry. If a major customer’s
credit worthiness deteriorates, or our customers’ actual defaults exceed
historical experience, our estimates could change and impact our reported
results. We have not experienced any significant amount of bad debt since the
inception of our operation.
As of
September 30, 2009, inventories amounted to $4.7 million, compared to
inventories equal to $4.5 million as of December 31, 2008 and $1.8 million as of
December 31, 2007. The increase in our inventory levels has primary been due to
expanded manufacturing capabilities and increased sales.
We are
required to contribute a portion of our employees’ total salaries to the Chinese
government’s social insurance funds, including pension insurance, medical
insurance, unemployment insurance, and job injuries insurance, and maternity
insurance, in accordance with relevant regulations. Total contributions to the
funds were approximately $119,000, $56,000 and $12,000 for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. We expect that the amount of our
contribution to the government’s social insurance funds will increase in the
future as we expand our workforce and operations and commence contributions to
an employee housing fund.
Net cash
used in operating activities was $0.4 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $5.0
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The $4.6 million
difference was primarily attributable to the amount increased in accounts
receivable and advances to suppliers for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 being less than the amount increased in the same period in 2008. Net cash
provided by operating activities was $1.0 million and $1.5 million for the year
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The decrease in cash provided by
operating activities was primarily due to increase in accounts receivable and
increase in inventories.
Net cash
used in investing activities amounted to approximately $0.1 million and $3.0
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and
$3.0 million and $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The high amount of net cash used during the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 and the year ended December 31, 2008 was due to molds worth
approximately $3.0 million that we purchased during the nine months ended
September 30, 2008.
Net cash
provided by financing activities amounted to $0.7 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, which was resulted from a $1.17 borrowing from
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and offset by the repayment of 0.17 million and
$0.35 million restricted cash deposit into the bank . Net cash provided by
financing activities was $7.4 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2008, which was borrowed from a related party, NIVS HZ. Net cash provided by
financing activities was $0.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008,
which was net proceeds from related parties after repayment and settlement. Net
cash provided by financing activities was $0.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2007, which was net proceeds received from related
parties.
Based
upon our present plans, we believe that our working capital together with cash
flow from operations and funds available to us through financing will be
sufficient to fund our capital needs for at least the next 12 months. We expect
that our primary sources of funding for our operations for the upcoming 12
months and thereafter will result from our operations and possibility of
conducting debt and equity financings. However, our ability to maintain
sufficient liquidity depends partially on our ability to achieve anticipated
levels of revenue, while continuing to control costs. If we did not have
sufficient available cash, we would have to seek additional debt or equity
financing through other external sources, which may not be available on
acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to maintain financing arrangements on
acceptable terms would have a material adverse effect on our business, results
of operations and financial condition.
Contractual
obligations
The
following table describes our contractual commitments and obligations as of
September 30, 2009:
|
|
Payments due by Period
|
|
Contractual Obligations
|
|
Total
|
|
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Less Than
1 Year
|
|
|
1 - 3
Years
|
|
|
3 - 5
Years
|
|
|
More Than
5 Years
|
|
Lease
Agreement
|
|
$ |
34,123 |
|
|
$ |
34,123 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
34,123 |
|
|
$ |
34,123 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Seasonality
Our
business exhibits some seasonality, with net sales being affected by the impact
of weather and seasonal demand on construction and installation programs, such
as a slow down in projects in Northeast China during the winter and nationally
during Chinese Spring Festival, after which we traditionally experience
relatively higher sales during the second half of the fiscal year.
Quarterly
Information (Unaudited)
The table
below presents selected unaudited results of operations for the quarters
indicated. All amounts are in thousands.
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
14,835 |
|
|
$ |
13,787 |
|
|
$ |
11,987 |
|
|
$ |
40,609 |
|
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
3,385 |
|
|
|
3,178 |
|
|
|
2,538 |
|
|
|
9,101 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
1,957 |
|
|
$ |
1,559 |
|
|
$ |
1,453 |
|
|
$ |
4,969 |
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
8,294 |
|
|
$ |
15,305 |
|
|
$ |
9,657 |
|
|
$ |
9,688 |
|
|
$ |
42,944 |
|
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
1,821 |
|
|
|
3,884 |
|
|
|
1,853 |
|
|
|
2,432 |
|
|
|
9,990 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
489 |
|
|
$ |
3,071 |
|
|
$ |
652 |
|
|
$ |
1,556 |
|
|
$ |
5,768 |
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
5,168 |
|
|
$ |
4,194 |
|
|
$ |
4,284 |
|
|
$ |
2,906 |
|
|
$ |
16,552 |
|
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
1,232 |
|
|
|
1,027 |
|
|
|
1,085 |
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
|
4,105 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
758 |
|
|
$ |
445 |
|
|
$ |
638 |
|
|
$ |
367 |
|
|
$ |
2,208 |
|
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no material off-balance sheet transactions.
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosure Regarding Market Risk
Interest
Rate Risk
We may
face some risk from potential fluctuations in interest rates, although our debt
obligations are primarily short-term in nature, but some bank loans have
variable rates. If interest rates have great fluctuations, our financing cost
may be significantly affected.
Foreign
Currency Risk
A
substantial portion of our operations are conducted in the PRC and our primary
operational currency is Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). As a result, currently the
effect of the fluctuations of RMB exchange rates only has minimum impact on our
business operations, but will be increasingly material as we introduce our
products widely into new international markets. Substantially all of our
revenues and expenses are denominated in RMB. However, we use the United States
dollar for financial reporting purposes. Conversion of RMB into foreign
currencies is regulated by the People’s Bank of China through a unified floating
exchange rate system. Although the PRC government has stated its intention to
support the value of the RMB, there can be no assurance that such exchange rate
will not again become volatile or that the RMB will not devalue significantly
against the U.S. dollar. Exchange rate fluctuations may adversely affect the
value, in U.S. dollar terms, of our net assets and income derived from our
operations in the PRC.
Country
Risk
The
substantial portion of our assets and operations are located and conducted in
China. While the PRC economy has experienced significant growth in the past
twenty years, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various
sectors of the economy. The Chinese government has implemented various measures
to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. Some of
these measures benefit the overall economy of China, but may also have a
negative effect on us. For example, our operating results and financial
condition may be adversely affected by government control over capital
investments or changes in tax regulations applicable to us. If there are any
changes in any policies by the Chinese government and our business is negatively
affected as a result, then our financial results, including our ability to
generate revenues and profits, will also be negatively affected.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity
Securities.
On
January 15, 2010, pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, as amended,
entered into by and between SRKP 22, China Intelligent BVI and the sole
shareholder of China Intelligent BVI (as described in Item 2.01 above), SRKP 22
issued 14,195,496 shares of common stock to the shareholder and her designees in
exchange for all of the issued and outstanding securities of China Intelligent
BVI. All of the securities were offered and issued in reliance upon an exemption
from registration pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. We complied with the conditions of Rule 903 as promulgated under the
Securities Act including, but not limited to, the following: (i) each recipient
of the shares is a non-U.S. resident and has not offered or sold their shares in
accordance with the provisions of Regulation S; (ii) an appropriate legend was
affixed to the securities issued in accordance with Regulation S; (iii) each
recipient of the shares has represented that it was not acquiring the securities
for the account or benefit of a U.S. person; and (iv) each recipient of the
shares agreed to resell the securities only in accordance with the provisions of
Regulation S, pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or pursuant to an available exemption
from registration. We will refuse to register any transfer of the shares not
made in accordance with Regulation S, after registration, or under an
exemption.
On
January 15, 2010, we conducted a closing of a private placement (the “Private
Placement”). We received gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million in the
private placement transaction. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into
with the investors, we sold an aggregate of 2,755,892 shares of common stock at
a price of $1.27 per share. The securities were offered and sold to investors in
reliance upon exemptions from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) under the
Securities Act and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. We agreed to file a
registration statement covering the common stock sold in the private placement
within 30 days of the closing of the Private Placement. Each of the persons
and/or entities receiving our securities qualified as an accredited investor (as
defined by Rule 501 under the Securities Act).
This
current report is not an offer of securities for sale. Any securities sold in
the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or pursuant to an
exemption from such registration.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES - POST-SHARE EXCHANGE
Common
Stock
We are
authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per
share, of which 19,787,388 shares are issued and outstanding after the close of
the Share Exchange and the closing of the Private Placement. Each outstanding
share of common stock is entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, on
all matters that may be voted upon by their holders at meetings of the
stockholders.
Holders
of our common stock:
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(i)
|
have
equal ratable rights to dividends from funds legally available therefore,
if declared by our Board of
Directors;
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|
(ii)
|
are
entitled to share ratably in all of the Company’s assets available for
distribution to holders of common stock upon our liquidation, dissolution
or winding up;
|
|
(iii)
|
do
not have preemptive, subscription or conversion rights or redemption or
sinking fund provisions; and
|
|
(iv)
|
are
entitled to one non-cumulative vote per share on all matters on which
stockholders may vote at all meetings of our
stockholders.
|
The
holders of shares of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights,
which means that the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of outstanding
shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of our directors if
they so choose and, in such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not
be able to elect any of our directors.
At the
completion of the Share Exchange and the closing of the Private Placement, the
sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI prior to the Share Exchange, and the
designees, own approximately 71.7% of the outstanding shares of our common
stock. Accordingly, after completion of the Share Exchange, these stockholders
are in a position to control all of our affairs.
Preferred
Stock
We may
issue up to 10,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per
share, from time to time in one or more series. No shares of Preferred Stock
have been issued.
Our Board
of Directors, without further approval of our stockholders, is authorized to fix
the dividend rights and terms, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption
rights, liquidation preferences and other rights and restrictions relating to
any series. Issuances of shares of preferred stock, while providing flexibility
in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate
purposes, could, among other things, adversely affect the voting power of the
holders of our common stock and prior series of preferred stock then
outstanding.
Warrants
Prior to
the Share Exchange and Private Placement, the shareholders of SRKP 22 held an
aggregate of 7,096,390 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, and an
aggregate of 5,515,682 warrants were cancelled in conjunction with the closing
of the Share Exchange. Immediately after the closing of the Share Exchange and
Private Placement, the shareholders held an aggregate of 1,580,708 warrants with
an exercise price of $0.0001.
MARKET
PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
The
shares of our common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any
national securities exchange or national quotation system. We intend to apply
for the listing of our common stock on the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market.
If and when our common stock is listed or quoted for trading, the price of our
common stock will likely fluctuate in the future. The stock market in general
has experienced extreme stock price fluctuations in the past few years. In some
cases, these fluctuations have been unrelated to the operating performance of
the affected companies. Many companies have experienced dramatic volatility in
the market prices of their common stock. We believe that a number of factors,
both within and outside our control, could cause the price of our common stock
to fluctuate, perhaps substantially. Factors such as the following could have a
significant adverse impact on the market price of our common stock:
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·
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Our
financial position and results of
operations;
|
|
·
|
Concern
as to, or other evidence of, the reliability and safety of our products
and services or our competitors’ products and
services;
|
|
·
|
Our
ability to obtain additional financing and, if available, the terms and
conditions of the financing;
|
|
·
|
Announcements
of innovations or new products or services by us or our
competitors;
|
|
·
|
Federal
and state regulatory actions and the impact of such requirements on our
business;
|
|
·
|
The
development of litigation against
us;
|
|
·
|
Changes
in estimates of our performance by any securities
analysts;
|
|
·
|
The
issuance of new equity securities pursuant to a future offering or
acquisition;
|
|
·
|
Competitive
developments, including announcements by competitors of new products or
services or significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships,
joint ventures or capital
commitments;
|
|
·
|
Period-to-period
fluctuations in our operating
results;
|
|
·
|
Investor
perceptions of us; and
|
|
·
|
General
economic and other national
conditions.
|
Stockholders
of Record
As of
January 15, 2010, there were 127 stockholders of record of our common
stock.
Dividends
We do not
expect to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the
foreseeable future, and we currently intend to retain future earnings, if any,
to finance the expansion of our business. The decision whether to pay cash
dividends on our common stock will be made by our board of directors, in their
discretion, and will depend on our financial condition, operating results,
capital requirements and other factors that the board of directors considers
significant. We did not pay cash dividends in the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 or the three years ended December 31, 2008.
The
ability of our Chinese operating subsidiary to pay dividends may be restricted
due to the foreign exchange control policies and availability of cash balance of
the Chinese operating subsidiary. Because substantially all of our operations
are conducted in China and a substantial majority of our revenues are generated
in China, a majority of our revenue being earned and currency received are
denominated in Renminbi (RMB). RMB is subject to the exchange control
regulation in China, and, as a result, we may unable to distribute any dividends
outside of China due to PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our
ability to convert RMB into US Dollars.
DELAWARE
ANTI-TAKEOVER LAW AND CHARTER AND BYLAW PROVISIONS
We are
subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. This provision
generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business
combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years
following the date the stockholder became an interested stockholder,
unless:
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·
|
prior
to such date, the Board of Directors approved either the business
combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming
an interested stockholder;
|
|
·
|
upon
consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming
an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85%
of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the
transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of
shares outstanding those shares owned by persons who are directors and
also officers and by employee stock plans in which employee participants
do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held
subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer;
or
|
|
·
|
on
or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the
Board of Directors and authorized at an annual meeting or special meeting
of stockholders and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at
least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the
interested stockholder.
|
|
·
|
Section
203 defines a business combination to
include:
|
|
·
|
any
merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested
stockholder;
|
|
·
|
any
sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets
of the corporation involving the interested
stockholder;
|
|
·
|
subject
to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or
transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the
interested stockholder;
|
|
·
|
any
transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing
the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the
corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder;
or
|
|
·
|
the
receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans,
advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or
through the corporation.
|
In
general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any entity or person
beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a
corporation, or an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner
of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation at any time
within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder
status; and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by
such entity or person.
Our
certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the
effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or making a tender offer
or delaying or preventing a change in control of our company, including changes
a stockholder might consider favorable. In particular, our certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, as applicable, among other things, will:
|
·
|
provide
our board of directors with the ability to alter its bylaws without
stockholder approval;
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|
·
|
provide
for an advance notice procedure with regard to the nomination of
candidates for election as directors and with regard to business to be
brought before a meeting of stockholders;
and
|
|
·
|
provide
that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by a majority of
directors in office, although less than a
quorum.
|
Such
provisions may have the effect of discouraging a third-party from acquiring us,
even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions are
intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the
composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by them,
and to discourage some types of transactions that may involve an actual or
threatened change in control of our company. These provisions are designed to
reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and to
discourage some tactics that may be used in proxy fights. We believe that the
benefits of increased protection of its potential ability to negotiate with the
proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our
company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because, among
other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of
their terms.
However,
these provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender
offers for our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover
attempts. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our
management.
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying
Accountant.
On
January 15, 2010, China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics,
Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed AJ. Robbins, PC ("AJ. Robbins") as its
independent registered public accounting firm following the change in control of
the Company on the closing of the Share Exchange. The Company engaged
AJ. Robbins to audit its financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2009. The decision to change accountants was approved and ratified by
the Company’s Board of Directors. The report of AJ. Robbins on the
financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not
qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principle,
except for an explanatory paragraph relative to the Company’s ability to
continue as a going concern. Additionally, during the Company's two
most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period, there were no
disagreements with AJ. Robbins on any matter of accounting principles
or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure.
While AJ.
Robbins was engaged by the Company, there were no disagreements with AJ. Robbins
on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement
disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure with respect to the Company, which
disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of AJ. Robbins would have
caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in
connection with its report on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009.
The
Company provided AJ. Robbins with a copy of the disclosures to be included in
Item 4.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that AJ. Robbins
furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether or
not AJ. Robbins agrees with the foregoing statements. A copy of the
letter from AJ. Robbins to the Commission, dated January 15, 2010, is attached
as Exhibit 16.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The
Company engaged Kempisty & Company Certified Public Accountants PC
(“Kempisty”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
as of January 15, 2010. Kempisty is and has been China Intelligent
BVI’s independent registered public accounting firm.
OVERVIEW
On
October 20, 2009, SRKP 22, Inc. (“SRKP 22”) entered into a share exchange
agreement with China Intelligent BVI, China Intelligent BVI’s sole stockholder.
Pursuant to the share exchange agreement, as it was amended on November 25, 2009
(the “Exchange Agreement”), SRKP 22 issued 14,195,496 shares of its common stock
to shareholder and the designees in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding securities of China Intelligent BVI (the “Share Exchange”). On
January 15, 2010, the Share Exchange closed. Upon the closing of the Share
Exchange, SRKP 22 (i) became the 100% parent of China Intelligent BVI, (ii)
assumed the operations of China Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries and (iii)
changed its name from SRKP 22, Inc. to China Intelligent Lighting and
Electronics, Inc.
On
January 15, 2010, concurrently with the close of the Share Exchange, we
conducted the closing of a private placement transaction (the “Private
Placement”). We received gross proceeds of approximately $3.5 million in the
Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with the
investors, we sold an aggregate of 2,755,892 shares of our Common Stock at a
price of $1.27 per share.
We agreed
to file a registration statement covering the common stock sold in the private
placement within 30 days of the closing of the Private Placement pursuant to the
Subscription Agreement entered into with each investor and to cause such
registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than 150
days from the date of filing or 180 days from the date of filing if the
registration statement is subject to a full review by the SEC. All pre-Share
Exchange shareholders and the investors in the Private Placement also entered
into a lock-up agreement pursuant to which each person agreed that (i) if the
proposed public offering that we hope to conduct is for $10 million or more,
then the investors would not be able sell or transfer their shares until at
least six months after the public offering’s completion, and (ii) if the
offering is for less than $10 million, then one-tenth of the investors’ shares
would be released from the lock-up restrictions ninety days after the offering
and there would be a pro rata release of the shares thereafter every 30 days
over the following nine months. WestPark Capital, Inc., in its discretion, may
also release some or all the shares from the lock up restrictions
earlier.
Immediately
following the closing of the Share Exchange and the Private Placement, the
former sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI and the designees beneficially
owned approximately 71.7% of our issued and outstanding common stock, the
pre-existing shareholders of SRKP 22 owned approximately 14.3% and investors in
the Private Placement (described below) that closed concurrently with the Share
Exchange owned approximately 13.9%. The foregoing percentage amounts do not take
into account the warrants to purchase 1,580,708 shares of common stock held by
the pre-existing shareholders. Prior to the closing of the Share Exchange and
the closing of the Private Placement, the stockholders of SRKP 22 agreed to the
cancellation of an aggregate of 4,260,390 shares held by them such that there
were 2,836,000 shares of common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Share
Exchange and Private Placement. We issued no fractional shares in connection
with the Share Exchange. SRKP 22 shareholders also canceled an aggregate of
5,515,682 warrants such that the shareholders held an aggregate of 1,580,708
warrants immediately after the Share Exchange. Immediately after the closing of
the Share Exchange and Private Placement, we had 19,787,388 outstanding shares
of common stock, no shares of Preferred Stock, no options, and 4,260,390
warrants.
Pursuant
to the terms of the Share Exchange, we agreed to register all of the 2,836,000
shares of common stock held by SRKP 22 shareholders and all of the 1,580,708
shares of common stock underlying the warrants held by SRKP 22 shareholders. The
shares will be included in a registration statement that we are required to file
within 10 days after the end of the six-month period that immediately follows
the date on which we file the registration statement to register the shares
issued in the Private Placement.
The
shares of our common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any
national securities exchange or national quotation system. We intend to apply
for the listing of its common stock on the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock
Market.
The
shares of our common stock issued to the sole shareholder of China Intelligent
BVI and the designees in connection with the Share Exchange were not registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and, as a
result, are “restricted securities” that may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration.
We intend
to carry on the business of China Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries. Our
relocated executive offices became that of China Intelligent BVI, which are
located at No. 29 & 31, Huanzhen Road, Shuikou Town, Huizhou, Guangdong,
China 516500.
For
accounting purposes, the Share Exchange is being treated as a reverse
acquisition, because the shareholder of China Intelligent BVI owns a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of our company immediately
following the exchange. Due to the issuance of the 14,195,496 shares of our
common stock, a change in control of our company occurred on January 15,
2010.
At the
consummation of the Share Exchange, SRKP 22’s board of directors immediately
prior to the Share Exchange, which consisted of Richard A. Rappaport and Anthony
C. Pintsopoulos, appointed Li Xuemei and Wu Shiliang to the board of directors
of our Company, with Li Xuemei serving as Chairman of the Board. The directors
and officers of SRKP 22 prior to the Share Exchange then resigned as officers
and directors of our company upon the closing of the Share Exchange. In
addition, concurrent with the closing of the Share Exchange, our board appointed
Li Xuemei as our Chief Executive Officer and President, Chi-wai (Gabriel) Tse as
our Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Wu Shiliang as our
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, and Dong Bin as Chief Operating
Officer. Because of the change in the composition of our board of directors and
the exchange of securities pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, there was a
change-of-control of our company on the date the Share Exchange was
completed.
The
execution of the Exchange Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to the Exchange
Agreement was reported in the Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2009 and December 2, 2009,
respectively, and the execution of Amendment No. 2 is reported under Item 1.01,
above, of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Copies of the Exchange Agreement,
Amendment No. 1, and Amendment No. 2 have been filed as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 2.1(a), and
Exhibit 2.1(b),
respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The
transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement, as amended, were intended
to be a “tax-free” reorganization pursuant to the provisions of Sections 351
and/or 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES
Prior to
the Share Exchange, Richard A. Rappaport and Anthony C. Pintsopoulos served as
directors of SRKP 22 and Mr. Pintsopoulos served as Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary and Mr. Rappaport served as President of SRKP 22.
Upon
closing of the Share Exchange, the following individuals were named to the board
of directors and executive management of our company:
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
|
Li
Xuemei
|
|
45
|
|
Chief
Executive Office, President, and Chairman of the Board
|
Dong
Bin
|
|
41
|
|
Chief
Operating Officer
|
Wu
Shiliang
|
|
40
|
|
Executive
Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Director
|
Chi-wai
(Gabriel) Tse
|
|
42
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary
|
Ms. Li
Xuemei has served as the Executive Director of Hyundai Lighting Electric
(Huizhou) Co., Ltd. since July 2008. From February 2009 to the present, Ms. Li
served as sole director of China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited. From
March 2008 to June 2009, Ms. Li served as general manager of Hyundai Lighting
Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd., and from July 2005 to July 2008, Ms. Li served as
director of Hyundai Lighting Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd., a company in the
business of manufacturing and distributing lighting products and accessories.
Ms. Li received an associate's degree from Zhejiang Industry & Trade
Polytechnic in 1987.
Mr. Dong
Bin has served as general manager of Hyundai Lighting Electric (Huizhou)
Co., Ltd. since June 2009. From February 2006 to May 2009, Mr. Dong served as
secretary-general of Huizhou Lighting Association as a consultant for various
lighting enterprises. Mr. Dong received a bachelor's degree in radio, film and
television from Communication University of China in 2001.
Mr. Wu
Shiliang has served as vice general manager of Hyundai Lighting Electric
(Huizhou) Co., Ltd. since March 2008. From July 2005 to March 2008, Mr. Wu
served as sales director of Hyundai Lighting Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd, and
from March 2008 to July 2008, Mr. Wu served as director of Hyundai Lighting
Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. From March 1999 to May 2005, Mr. Wu served as vice
sales director in Rhine Hong Kong Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd., which focused
on the business of lighting products and accessories. Mr. Wu received an
associate's degree of industry and business administration from Huizhou Radio
& TV University in 1998.
Mr. Chi-wai
(Gabriel) Tse was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Hyundai Lighting
Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. in December 2009. Immediately prior to that, Mr.
Tse served as a director with AGCA CPA Limited in Hong Kong from July 2008 to
November 2009, and he had been a part-time Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
with China Display Technologies, Inc. (CDYT.PK) for the period from September
2007 to January 2008. From February 2002 to August 2005, Mr. Tse served as an
audit manager at RSM Nelson Wheeler, a CPA firm. Mr. Tse has extensive
experience in providing advisory services in the areas of accounting, financial
reporting and related matters to Chinese enterprises that are seeking overseas
listing opportunities in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. Mr. Tse is
a certified public accountant practicing in Hong Kong, a member of the Hong Kong
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He received a B.SOC.SC with a major
in economics degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1989.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family other relationships among any of the officers and
directors.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
There
have been no events under any bankruptcy act, no criminal proceedings and no
judgments, injunctions, orders or decrees material to the evaluation of the
ability and integrity of any director, executive officer, promoter or control
person of the Company during the past five years.
The
Company is not aware of any legal proceedings in which any director, nominee,
officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more
than five percent of any class of voting securities of the Company, or any
associate of any such director, nominee, officer, affiliate of the Company, or
security holder is a party adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
has a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
Board
of Directors and Committees
Our Board
of Directors does not maintain a separate audit, nominating or compensation
committee. Functions customarily performed by such committees are performed by
its Board of Directors as a whole. We are not required to maintain such
committees under the rules applicable to companies that do not have securities
listed or quoted on a national securities exchange or national quotation system.
We intend to create board committees, including an independent audit committee,
in the near future. If we are successful in listing our common stock on the NYSE
Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market, we would be required to have, prior to listing,
an independent audit committee formed, in compliance with the requirements for
listing on the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market and in compliance with Rule
10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Director
Independence
We do not
currently have independent directors, though we intend to appoint independent
directors to our Board prior to the trading of our securities on a national
securities exchange.
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Compensation
Before the Share Exchange
Prior to
the closing of the Share Exchange on January 15, 2010, we were a “blank check”
shell company named SRKP 22, Inc. that was formed to investigate and acquire a
target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly
held corporation. The only officers and directors of SRKP 22, Inc., Richard
Rappaport and Anthony Pintsopoulos, SRKP 22’s President and Chief Financial
Officer, respectively, did not receive any compensation or other perquisites for
serving in such capacities. Messrs. Rappaport and Pintsopoulos resigned from all
of their executive and director positions with SRKP 22 upon the closing of the
Share Exchange and are no longer employed by or affiliated with our company.
Prior to
the closing of the Share Exchange, our current named executive officers were
compensated by Hyundai Light until the closing of the Share Exchange, including
for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009. The Chairman of the Board of
Hyundai Light, Li Xuemei, determined the compensation for herself and the other
executive officers of Hyundai Light that was earned in fiscal 2008 and 2009
after consulting with the board members of Hyundai Light. In addition, the Board
of Directors of Hyundai Light approved the compensation. During the fiscal years
of 2009, 2008 and 2007, the compensation for Hyundai Light’s named executive
officers consisted solely of each executive officer’s salary and cash bonus. The
Board of Directors of Hyundai Light believe that the salaries paid to our
executive officers during 2008 and 2009 are indicative of the objectives of its
compensation program and reflect the fair value of the services provided to
Hyundai Light, as measured by the local market in China.
Compensation
After the Share Exchange
Upon the
closing of the Share Exchange, the executive officers of Hyundai Light were
appointed as our executive officers and we adopted the compensation policies of
Hyundai Light, as modified for a company publicly reporting in the United
States. Compensation for our current executive officers is determined with the
goal of attracting and retaining high quality executive officers and encouraging
them to work as effectively as possible on our behalf. Compensation is designed
to reward executive officers for successfully meeting their individual
functional objectives and for their contributions to our overall development.
For these reasons, the elements of compensation of our executive officers are
salary and bonus. Salary is paid to cover an appropriate level of living
expenses for the executive officers and the bonus is paid to reward the
executive officer for individual and company achievement.
Salary is
designed to attract, as needed, individuals with the skills necessary for us to
achieve our business plan, to motivate those individuals, to reward those
individuals fairly over time, and to retain those individuals who continue to
perform at or above the levels that we expect. When setting and adjusting
individual executive salary levels, we consider the relevant established salary
range, the named executive officer’s responsibilities, experience, potential,
individual performance and contribution. We also consider other factors such as
our overall corporate budget for annual merit increases, unique skills, demand
in the labor market and succession planning.
We
determine the levels of salary as measured primarily by the local market in
China. We determine market rate by conducting a comparison with the local
geographic area averages and industry averages in China. In determining market
rate, we review statistical data collected and reported by the Huizhou Labor
Bureau which is published monthly. The statistical data provides the high,
median, low and average compensation levels for various positions in various
industry sectors. In particular, we use the data for the manufacturing sector as
our benchmark to determine compensation levels because we operate in Huizhou
City as a lighting products manufacturer. Our compensation levels are at roughly
the 80th-90th
percentile of the compensation spectrum for the manufacturing
sector.
Corporate
performance goals include sales targets, research and development targets,
production yields, and equipment utilization. Additional key areas of corporate
performance taken into account in setting compensation policies and decisions
are cost control, profitability, and innovation. The key factors may vary
depending on which area of business a particular executive officer’s work is
focused. Individual performance goals include subjective evaluation, based on an
employee’s team-work, creativity and management capability, and objective goals
such as sales targets. We have not paid bonuses to our executive officers in the
past. If we successfully complete our proposed listing of our common stock on
the NYSE Amex or Nasdaq, we expect to pay bonuses to our executive officers
based if corporate and individual performance goals are met. Generally, the
amount of a bonus, when awarded, will be equal to one month’s salary plus 5% to
25% of the individual's annual salary. If the corporate and individual goals are
fully met, the bonus will be closer to the top end of the range. If the goals
are only partially met, the amount of the bonus will be closer to the bottom end
of the range. In no event will there be a bonus equal to more than one month's
salary if the corporate goals are not met by at least 50%.
Our board
of directors intends to establish a compensation committee in early 2010
comprised of non-employee directors. Once formed, the compensation committee is
expected to perform, at least annually, a strategic review of the compensation
program for our executive officers to determine whether it provides adequate
incentives and motivation to our executive officers and whether it adequately
compensates our executive officers relative to comparable officers in other
companies with which we compete for executives. Those companies may or may not
be public companies or companies located in the PRC or even, in all cases,
companies in a similar business. Prior to the formation of the compensation
committee, Li Xuemei, upon consulting with our board members, determined the
compensation for our current executive officers. We have established a
compensation program for executive officers for 2010 that is designed to
attract, as needed, individuals with the skills necessary for us to achieve our
business plan, to motivate those individuals, to reward those individuals fairly
over time, and to retain those individuals who continue to perform at or above
the levels that we expect. If paid, bonuses for executive officers in 2010 will
be based on company and individual performance factors, as described
above.
If we
successfully complete our proposed listing on the NYSE Amex or Nasdaq in 2009,
we intend to adjust our compensation evaluations upwards in 2009, including
through the payment of bonuses. However, in such case, we do not intend to
increase compensation by more than 10%. We believe that adopting higher
compensation in the future may be based on the increased amount of
responsibilities and the expansion of our business to be assumed by each of the
executive officers after we become a publicly listed company.
We also
intend to expand the scope of our compensation, such as the possibility of
granting options to executive officers and tying compensation to predetermined
performance goals. We intend to adopt an equity incentive plan in the near
future and issue stock-based awards under the plan to aid our company’s
long-term performance, which we believe will create an ownership culture among
our named executive officers that fosters beneficial, long-term performance by
our company. We do not currently have a general equity grant policy with respect
to the size and terms of grants that we intend to make in the future, but we
expect that our compensation committee will evaluate our achievements for each
fiscal year based on performance factors and results of operations such as
revenues generated, cost of revenues, and net income.
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth information concerning the compensation for the three
fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 of the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, in addition to our three most highly compensated
officers whose annual compensation exceeded $100,000, and up to two additional
individuals, as applicable, for whom disclosure would have been required but for
the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer of the
registrant at the end of the last fiscal year.
Name and Position
|
|
Year
|
|
Salary
|
|
|
Bonus
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Li
Xuemei
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
19,354 |
|
|
$ |
1,613 |
|
|
$ |
20,967 |
|
Chief
Executive Officer and
|
|
2008
|
|
|
17,143 |
|
|
|
1,429 |
|
|
|
18,572 |
|
President
|
|
2007
|
|
|
14,795 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
14,795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chi-wai
(Gabriel) Tse (1)
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
665 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
665 |
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Xialong
Zhou (2)
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
5,752 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
5,752 |
|
Former
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
Rappaport (3)
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Former
President
|
|
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
and
Former Director
|
|
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anthony
Pintsopoulos (3)
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Former
Secretary, Former Chief
|
|
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Financial
Officer, and Former
|
|
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Chi-wai
(Gabriel) Tse was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in December
2009. His annual compensation package is HKD 480,000, or approximately
$61,900, plus a discretionary year-end
bonus.
|
(2)
|
Xialong
Zhou served as our Chief Financial Officer in November and December 2009.
Prior to Xialong Zhou joining our company, Li Xuemi was our principal
financial officer.
|
(3)
|
Upon
the close of the Share Exchange on January 15, 2010, Messrs. Rappaport and
Pintsopoulos resigned from all positions with the Company, which they held
from the Company’s inception.
|
Grants
of Plan-Based Awards in 2009
There
were no option grants in 2009.
Outstanding
Equity Awards at 2009 Fiscal Year End
There
were no option exercises or options outstanding in 2009.
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2009
There
were no option exercises or stock vested in 2009.
Pension
Benefits
There
were no pension benefit plans in effect in 2009.
Nonqualified
Defined Contribution and Other Nonqualified Deferred Compensation
Plans
There
were no nonqualified defined contribution or other nonqualified deferred
compensation plans in effect in 2009.
Employment
Agreements
Through
China Intelligent BVI, we entered into an employment agreement dated November
23, 2009 with Xialong Zhou. Mr. Zhou served as our Chief Financial Officer until
he resigned in December 2009. Pursuant to the employment agreement, it was
originally intended for Mr. Zhou to serve for an initial period of one year at
an annual salary of $50,000, in addition to issuance 20,000 shares of common
stock that was to be issued on June 1, 2010. On December 31, 2009, we entered a
separation agreement pursuant to which we agreed that no shares were to be
issued.
In
December 2009, we, through China Intelligent Electric Holding Limited, entered
into an employment agreement with Tse Wai Chi to serve as our Chief Financial
Officer. The employment agreement has a six year term that commences on December
28, 2009 and ends December 27, 2015. According to the agreement, Mr. Tse will be
paid HKD480,000 annually, which is equal to approximately US$61,900. After one
year of employment under the agreement, Mr. Tse is entitled to a grant of
securities that will have a total value equal to HKD1,000,000, which is equal to
approximately US$129,000. The grant will be made or vest in four separate
installments and be consistent with the equity incentive plan that our company
intends to adopt prior to such grant. In addition, Mr. Tse is eligible for year
end bonuses based on his performance. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Tse
will also be entitled to pension, health care, unemployment, industrial injury
insurance and other social procedures according to applicable laws. The
agreement may be terminated by the parties only upon stipulated events as set
forth in the agreement or by mutual agreement.
Dong Bin
and Wu Shiliang are parties to employment agreements with Hyundai Light that
have a term that continues through December 31, 2010. The employment agreements
are entered into on an annual basis. Under their respective agreements, Wu
Shiliang was paid a monthly salary of RMB 9,700, which is approximately
US$1,422, for 2009 and will be paid RMB 10,185, or approximately US$1,490, per
month for 2010, and Dong Bin was paid a monthly salary of RMB10,000, which is
approximately US$1,466, for 2009 and will be paid RMB 10,500, or approximately
US$1,540, per month in 2010.
Pursuant
to the agreements, each employee is provided with standard holidays and leave
and receives a salary as specified in the agreements. In the event an employee
works overtime that has been approved by Hyundai Light, each employee will be
offered compensation leave or overtime salary in accordance with the Labor Law
of China. Under the employment agreements, the employees have certain
obligations to maintain confidential information about the
Company. Each agreement may be renewed or other changes to the
agreements may be made upon the written agreement of both parties. The
employment agreements provide for termination upon the occurrence of termination
conditions stipulated in the agreements and in accordance with the Law of Labor
Contract in China and other regulations.
Director
Compensation
The
following table shows information regarding the compensation earned during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 by members of board of
directors.
Name
|
|
Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
($) (1)
|
|
Stock
Awards
($)
|
|
Option
Awards
($)
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
|
|
Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
|
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
|
Total
($)
|
|
Li
Xuemei
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
Wu
Shiliang
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
We do not
currently have an established policy to provide compensation to members of our
Board of Directors for their services in that capacity. We intend to develop
such a policy in the near future.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
China
Intelligent
China
Intelligent BVI and Hyundai Light are either directly or indirectly wholly-owned
subsidiaries of China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and each of
which has interlocking executive and director positions with us and with each
other.
Share
Exchange
On
January 15, 2010, SRKP 22 completed the Share Exchange with China Intelligent
BVI and the former sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI. At the closing,
China Intelligent BVI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRKP 22 and 100% of
the issued and outstanding securities of China Intelligent BVI were exchanged
for securities of SRKP 22. An aggregate of 14,195,496 shares of common stock
were issued to the sole shareholder of China Intelligent BVI and her designees.
As of the close of the Share Exchange, the sole shareholder and her designees
owned approximately 71.7% of the issued and outstanding stock of SRKP 22. Prior
to the closing of the Share Exchange and the closing of the Private Placement,
the stockholders of SRKP 22 agreed to the cancellation of an aggregate of
4,260,390 shares and 5,515,682 warrants to purchase shares of common stock held
by them such that there were 19,787,388 shares of common stock and warrants to
purchase 1,580,708 shares of common stock owned by them immediately after the
Share Exchange and Private Placement. The Board resigned in full and appointed
Li Xuemei and Wu Shiliang to the board of directors of our company, with Li
Xuemei serving as Chairman. The Board also appointed Li Xuemei as our Chief
Executive Officer and President, Chi-wai (Gabriel) Tse as our Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary, Wu Shiliang as our Executive Vice President,
Sales and Marketing, and Dong Bin as Chief Operating Officer. Each of these
executives and directors were executives and/or directors of China Intelligent
BVI and/or its subsidiaries.
We paid a
total of $600,000 in connection with the Share Exchange to acquire the SRKP 22,
Inc. shell corporation, where such fee consisted of $350,000 paid to WestPark
Capital, Inc., which is the placement agent in the Private Placement (described
below), and $250,000 paid to a third party unaffiliated with China Intelligent
BVI, Hyundai Light, or WestPark Capital. In addition, we paid a $140,000 success
fee to WestPark Capital for services provided in connection with the Share
Exchange, including coordinating the share exchange transaction process,
interacting with the principals of the shell corporation and negotiating the
definitive purchase agreement for the shell, conducting a financial analysis of
China Intelligent BVI, conducting due diligence on China Intelligent BVI and its
subsidiaries and managing the interrelationship of legal and accounting
activities. We also reimbursed Westpark Capital $80,000 for expenses related to
due diligence.
Private
Placement
Richard
Rappaport, the President of SRKP 22 and one of its controlling stockholders
prior to the Share Exchange, indirectly holds a 100% interest in the placement
agent for the equity financing of approximately $3.5 million conducted by us on
the close of the Share Exchange. Anthony C. Pintsopoulos, an officer, director
and significant stockholder of SRKP 22 prior to the Share Exchange, is the Chief
Financial Officer of the placement agent. Kevin DePrimio and Jason Stern, each
employees of the placement agent, are also stockholders of SRKP 22. In addition,
Richard Rappaport is the sole owner of the membership interests of the parent of
the placement agent. Each of Messrs. Rappaport and Pintsopoulos resigned from
all of their executive and director positions with the Company upon the closing
of the Share Exchange. Mr.
Rappaport beneficially owned 16.8% of our common stock immediately after the
Share Exchange. The placement agent was paid a commission equal to 8% of
the gross proceeds from the financing and a 4% non-accountable expense
allowance. We are also retaining WestPark Capital for a period of six months
following the closing of the Private Placement to provide us with financial
consulting services for which we will pay WestPark Capital $6,000 per
month.
Tianfu
Li and the NIVS Group
Li Tianfu
is the founder and a former owner, officer, and director of Hyundai Light and
Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. (“Hyundai HZ”) and Korea Hyundai Light & Electric
(Intl) Holding Limited (“Hyundai HK”). Mr. Li’s ownership of Hyundai Light was
held through China Intelligent Electric Holding Limited (“China Intelligent”),
of which Mr. Li was the 100% owner. In March 2007, Mr. Li transferred his entire
equity interest to Ms. Jing Xiangying. After the transfer, Mr. Li ceased to
serve as a director of Hyundai HK and Hyundai HZ, and Mr. Li's sister, Ms. Li
Xuemei, became the executive director and general manager of Hyundai HZ. Ms. Li
Xuemei is our Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board. Mr.
Li is also the founder, largest shareholder, and Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc., which is a
company with which we conduct business.
Rental
of Manufacturing Facilities
We lease
our manufacturing facilities, which consist of our factory space and dormitories
of approximately 5,000 square meters, pursuant to a written lease agreement
entered between us and Huizhou NIVS Audio & Video Technology Company
Limited, which is a subsidiary of NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc. The
lease agreement, which has a term that commenced on July 1, 2008 and ends on
July 1, 2010, provides that we pay a monthly fee of RMB 25,000, or $3,700. In
addition, Huizhou NIVS Audio & Video Technology Company Limited, that leases
the factory to us is required to and has obtained a Guangdong Province Pollution
Discharge Certificate issued by Huizhou Environment Protection Bureau and is
responsible for the disposal of the waste in accordance with applicable
environmental regulations.
Loan Transactions
From June
2005 to November 2008, Hyundai HZ and Hyundai HK would enter into loan
transactions with the NIVS Group and/or Mr. Li pursuant to which we would loan
and borrow funds from each other. The loans were for temporary funding of our
business operations. The aggregate amount that was due to (from) NIVS Group
and/or Mr. Li for nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the years ended
December 31, 2008 and 2007 was $0, $0, and $0.5 million, respectively. Other
than a loan to the supplier of Hyundai HZ, as described below, all of the loans
were unsecured with no fixed repayment date. The loans were borrowed and repaid
frequently. Normally, it was agreed that the loan amounts were to be paid back
within three to six months from the date of the loan transaction. We ceased to
enter into the loan transactions in November 2008.
Our loans
from NIVS Group and Mr. Li included a loan to a supplier of Hyundai HZ in the
amount of 38,474,900RMB, which is equal to approximately U.S. $5.5 million, in
March 2008. The note carried an interest rate of 1.5% per month and was
guaranteed by Hyundai HZ. If the note was not repaid on time, a penalty of 0.5%
was to be assessed on the total note amount. On June 16, 2008, a supplemental
agreement was signed by the parties to amend the note’s maturity date to
December 31, 2008. Hyundai HZ repaid to the NIVS Group the principal amount
under the loan on November 24, 2008, in the amount of RMB 38,039,000. Hyundai HZ
effected the repayment by borrowing the principal from a third party with
interest expense of RMB 1,086,478. On November 28, 2008, Hyundai HZ repaid the
interest amount due, which was RMB 3,719,611. After effecting the repayment of
the loan that was made by its supplier, Hyundai HZ offset the repayment amounts
against amounts that Hyundai HZ owed to the supplier for lighting products that
supplier had provided to Hyundai HZ.
Other
than the loan to the supplier of Hyundai HZ, all of the loans were unsecured
with no fixed repayment date. The loans were borrowed and repaid frequently.
Normally, it was agreed that the loan amounts were to be paid back within three
to six months from the date of the loan transaction. We ceased to enter into the
loan transactions in November 2008.
At the
time of the loans, Mr. Li was the 100% owner of Hyundai HK, which was the 100%
owner of Hyundai HZ. He was also a director of the entities. On July 18, 2008,
Mr. Li sold his 100% ownership in Hyundai HK to China Intelligent Electronic
Holding Company Limited., which was transferred to Ms. Jin Xiang Ying and
obtained by us on January 15, 2010 upon the closing of the Share
Exchange.
In
November 2008, we ceased to enter into the loan transactions with Mr. Li and
NIVS Group. On November 28, 2008, Hyundai HZ and Hyundai HK entered into a Debt
Repayment and Set-Off Agreement with Mr. Li. Pursuant to the Agreement, as it
was amended on December 22, 2008, Hyundai HZ and Hyundai HK agreed to completely
and immediately repay all outstanding loan amounts that owed by them. Pursuant
to the Debt Repayment and Set-Off Agreement, Hyundai HZ and Hyundai HK repaid an
aggregate of $996,433 to Mr. Li and the NIVS Group such that Hyundai HZ and
Hyundai HK no longer owed any loan amounts to Mr. Li or the NIVS
Group.
In
October and December 2008, Hyundai HK and China Intelligent entered into a debt
forgiveness agreement with Mr. Li pursuant to which Mr. Li agreed to waive
approximately $0.9 million and $0.2 million owed to Mr. Li by the parties,
respectively. As of December 31, 2008, we and our subsidiaries had no debt owed
to Mr. Li and the resulting contributed capital from such debt forgiveness from
Mr. Li was approximately $1.2 million.
Sale of Raw Materials
From time
to time, we sell raw materials to the NIVS Group. For the years ended December
31, 2008 and 2007, we sold an aggregate amount of approximately $898,000 and
$519,000, respectively, of raw materials to the NIVS Group, from which we
received approximately $214,000 and $54,000, in net profit, respectively. We had
no such sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
We
believe that sales transactions are at fair market value and are on terms
comparable to those that would have been reached in arm’s-length negotiations
had the parties been unaffiliated at the time of the negotiations.
Transfer
of Intellectual Property Rights
Tianfu Li
was the original owner of five patents in China that we rely on in the operation
of our business. Pursuant to two patent transfer certificates dated June 1, 2008
Mr. Li transferred the patents to Hyundai HZ. Mr. Li did not receive any
consideration for the transfer and assignment of the intellectual property
rights to Hyundai HZ.
Indemnification
Agreement for Value Added Tax
In 2007,
through our subsidiary Hyundai Light, we received an approval from the local
agent of national taxation authority, the State Taxation Bureau of Huicheng
District, Huizhou, Guangdong (the "Huicheng Taxation Bureau"), to pay a 4%
simplified VAT for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for sales in the PRC of our
products manufactured through outsourcing. As a result of this approval, our
total tax savings for fiscal 2008 and 2009 was more than approximately $7.0
million; there will be additional tax savings in fiscal 2010.
In
January 2010, we entered into an Indemnification Agreement and Security
Agreement with Li Xuemei, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board,
pursuant to which Ms. Li agreed to indemnify and pay to us amounts that would
make us whole for any tax liability, penalty, loss, or other amounts expended as
a result of any removal of our reduced 4% simplified VAT rate, including any
requirement to make up all of the underpaid taxes. In addition, pursuant to the
terms of the Indemnification Agreement and Security Agreement, if Ms. Li is
unable to or fails to pay all such amounts due to us under the agreement, we
would have the right to obtain the proceeds from a forced sale of the real
estate property secured under the Security Agreement; and if such sale proceeds
were insufficient to cover amounts due to us, we would be able to cancel a
number of shares of common stock in our company held by Ms. Li in an amount
equal any shortfall.
Policy
for Approval of Related Party Transactions
We do not
currently have a formal related party approval policy for review and approval of
transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 (a) of Regulation
S-K. We expect our board to adopt such a policy in the near future.
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Under
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, we can
indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”). Our certificate of incorporation provides that, pursuant
to Delaware law, our directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for
breach of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care to us and our stockholders. This
provision in the certificate of incorporation does not eliminate the duty of
care, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or
other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In
addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of
the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, for acts or omissions
not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of
the law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and
for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that
are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws.
Our
bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Our bylaws further provide
that our Board of Directors has discretion to indemnify its officers and other
employees. We are required to advance, prior to the final disposition of any
proceeding, promptly on request, all expenses incurred by any director or
executive officer in connection with that proceeding on receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of that director or executive officer to repay those
amounts if it should be determined ultimately that he or she is not entitled to
be indemnified under the bylaws or otherwise. We are not, however, required to
advance any expenses in connection with any proceeding if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by our Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested Board members that (i) the party seeking an advance
acted in bad faith or deliberately breached his or her duty to us or our
stockholders and (ii) as a result of such actions by the party seeking an
advance, it is more likely than not that it will ultimately be determined that
such party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to the applicable
sections of its bylaws.
We have
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the
event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than our
payment of expenses incurred or paid by its director, officer or controlling
person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by us is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
We may
enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers
that are, in some cases, broader than the specific indemnification provisions
permitted by Delaware law, and that may provide additional procedural
protection. As of the date of the Share Exchange, we have not entered into any
indemnification agreements with our directors or officers, but may choose to do
so in the future. Such indemnification agreements may require us, among other
things, to:
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indemnify
officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise because
of their status as officers or
directors;
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advance
expenses, as incurred, to officers and directors in connection with a
legal proceeding, subject to limited exceptions;
or
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obtain
directors’ and officers’ insurance.
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At
present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our
directors, officers or employees in which indemnification is sought, nor are we
aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for
indemnification.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING THE SHARE
EXCHANGE
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. In computing
the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage of
ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to options and warrants
held by that person that are currently exercisable or become exercisable within
60 days of the closing of the Share Exchange on January 15, 2010 are deemed
outstanding even if they have not actually been exercised. Those shares,
however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage
ownership of any other person.
Immediately
prior to the closing of the Share Exchange and the Private Placement, we had
outstanding 7,096,390 shares of common stock, no options and 7,096,390 warrants
to purchase shares of common stock. Immediately after the closing of the Share
Exchange, the closing of the Private Placement, we had 19,787,388 shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase 1,580,708 shares of common stock issued
and outstanding.
The
following table sets forth certain information with respect to beneficial
ownership of our common stock immediately after the closing of the Share
Exchange based on issued and outstanding shares of common stock,
by:
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Each
person known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding
common stock;
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Each
executive officer;
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All
of the executive officers and directors as a
group.
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Unless
otherwise indicated, the persons and entities named in the table have sole
voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite
the stockholder’s name, subject to community property laws, where applicable.
Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each stockholder listed in the table
is c/o Hyundai Light & Electric (Huizhou) Company Limited, No. 29 & 31,
Huanzhen Road, Shuikou Town, Huizhou, Guangdong, China 516500.
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
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Title
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Beneficially
Owned
Post-Share
Exchange
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Percent
of Class
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|
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Director
and Executive Officers
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Li
Xuemei
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Chief
Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the Board
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7,618,696 |
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38.5 |
% |
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|
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Chi-wai
(Gabriel) Tse
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Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
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- |
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|
- |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Wu
Shiliang
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Executive
Vice President, Sales and Marketing and Director
|
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- |
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|
- |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Dong
Bin
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Chief
Operating Officer
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- |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Officers
and Directors as a Group (total of 4 persons)
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7,618,696 |
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38.5 |
% |
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|
|
|
|
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|
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5%
or More Owners
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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Richard
A. Rappaport(1)
1900
Avenue of the Stars, Suite 310
Los
Angeles, CA 90067
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3,548,867 |
(1) |
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16.8 |
% |
(1)
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Richard
A. Rappaport served as President and director of the Company prior to the
Share Exchange. Includes 293,759 shares of common stock and a
warrant to purchase 92,913 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Rappaport,
in addition to the shares of common stock and warrants to purchase common
stock owned by the Rappaport Trusts and WestPark Capital Financial
Services, LLC, which totals 1,882,932 shares and 1,279,263 warrants. Mr.
Rappaport, as Trustee of the Rappaport Trusts and CEO and Chairman of
WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, may be deemed the indirect
beneficial owner of these securities and disclaims beneficial ownership of
the securities except to of his pecuniary interest in the
securities.
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Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal
Officers.
At the
consummation of the Share Exchange, SRKP 22’s board of directors immediately
prior to the Share Exchange, which consisted of Richard A. Rappaport and Anthony
C. Pintsopoulos, appointed Li Xuemei and Wu Shiliang to the board of directors
of our company, with Li Xuemei serving as Chairman. The directors and officers
of SRKP 22 prior to the Share Exchange then resigned as officers and directors
of our company upon the closing of the Share Exchange. In addition, concurrent
with the closing of the Share Exchange, our company’s board appointed Li Xuemei
as our Chief Executive Officer and President, Chi-wai (Gabriel) Tse as our Chief
Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Wu Shiliang as our Executive Vice
President, Sales and Marketing, and Dong Bin as Chief Operating
Officer.
For
complete information regarding our new officers and directors, refer to
“Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees” under Item 5.01,
above.
Item
5.03 Amendments to Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
Immediately
after the closing of the Share Exchange, SRKP 22 changed its corporate name from
“SRKP 22, Inc.” to “China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.” by the
filing of Articles of Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State’s Office on
January 15, 2010. SRKP 22 effected the name change to reflect the new business
operations following the Share Exchange. The Articles of Merger are attached
hereto as Exhibit
3.3. Holders of stock certificates bearing the name “SRKP 22, Inc.” may
continue to hold them and will not be required to exchange them for new
certificates or take any other action.
Item
5.06 Change in Shell Company
Status.
Prior to
the closing of the Share Exchange, SRKP 22 was a “shell company” as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act and Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. As described
in Item 2.01 above, which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.06, SRKP
22 ceased being a shell company upon completion of the Share
Exchange.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(a)
Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
We are
providing financial and other information for informational purposes only. It
does not necessarily represent or indicate what the financial position and
results of operations of our company will be now that the Share Exchange is
concluded.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS OF CHINA INTELLIGENT BVI
The
financial statements of China Intelligent BVI for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2009 (unaudited) and the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006 are provided below. You are encouraged to review the financial
statements and related notes.
CHINA
INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC HOLDING LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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88
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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89
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
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90
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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91
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NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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KEMPISTY
& COMPANY
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, P.C.
15
MAIDEN LANE - SUITE 1003 - NEW YORK, NY 10038 - TEL (212) 406-7272 - FAX (212)
513-1930
REPORT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Board of
Directors
China
Intelligent Electric Holding Limited
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of China Intelligent
Electric Holding Limited as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and
comprehensive income and cash flows for each of years in the three year period
ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required at this time to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control
over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well
as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited at December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31,
2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the in the
United States of America.
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Kempisty
& Company
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Certified
Public Accountants PC
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New
York, New York
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December
16, 2009
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CHINA INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC HOLDING
LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(In U.S.
Dollars)
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
407,020 |
|
|
$ |
983,800 |
|
|
$ |
264,189 |
|
|
$ |
1,501,591 |
|
Accounts
receivable, net (Note 3)
|
|
|
11,107,110 |
|
|
|
9,832,637 |
|
|
|
3,466,749 |
|
|
|
740,968 |
|
VAT
refundable
|
|
|
193,848 |
|
|
|
493,201 |
|
|
|
494,515 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Inventories
(Note 5)
|
|
|
4,701,968 |
|
|
|
764,648 |
|
|
|
4,496,301 |
|
|
|
1,803,019 |
|
Restricted
cash (Note 9)
|
|
|
352,032 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Advances
to suppliers (Note 4)
|
|
|
2,818,405 |
|
|
|
4,164,622 |
|
|
|
1,514,056 |
|
|
|
732,138 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
19,580,383 |
|
|
|
16,238,908 |
|
|
|
10,235,810 |
|
|
|
4,777,716 |
|
Property
and equipment, net (Note 6)
|
|
|
3,522,725 |
|
|
|
3,748,734 |
|
|
|
3,670,451 |
|
|
|
710,971 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
23,103,108 |
|
|
$ |
19,987,642 |
|
|
$ |
13,906,261 |
|
|
$ |
5,488,687 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable – trade
|
|
$ |
3,252,084 |
|
|
$ |
853,986 |
|
|
$ |
1,736,016 |
|
|
$ |
52,128 |
|
Customer
deposit (Note 7)
|
|
|
202,614 |
|
|
|
175,082 |
|
|
|
201,123 |
|
|
|
50,093 |
|
Accrued
liabilities and other payables
|
|
|
351,513 |
|
|
|
201,098 |
|
|
|
298,907 |
|
|
|
159,976 |
|
VAT
and other taxes payable
|
|
|
2,212,025 |
|
|
|
2,037,078 |
|
|
|
1,075,623 |
|
|
|
1,576,606 |
|
Short-term
loans (Note 9)
|
|
|
1,026,760 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Wages
payable
|
|
|
133,508 |
|
|
|
210,440 |
|
|
|
329,422 |
|
|
|
97,962 |
|
Corporate
income tax payable (Note 10)
|
|
|
714,008 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Due
to director (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
387,059 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
29,549 |
|
Due
to affiliated companies (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,591,659 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
539,562 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
7,892,512 |
|
|
|
11,456,402 |
|
|
|
3,641,091 |
|
|
|
2,505,876 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and contingencies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock $1.00 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, 1 share issued and
outstanding (Note 1)
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital (Note 8)
|
|
|
1,389,872 |
|
|
|
180,298 |
|
|
|
1,389,872 |
|
|
|
365,326 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
642,366 |
|
|
|
630,652 |
|
|
|
666,395 |
|
|
|
176,388 |
|
Statutory
surplus reserve fund (Note 11)
|
|
|
1,331,015 |
|
|
|
241,436 |
|
|
|
1,331,015 |
|
|
|
241,436 |
|
Retained
earnings (unrestricted)
|
|
|
11,847,342 |
|
|
|
7,478,853 |
|
|
|
6,877,887 |
|
|
|
2,199,660 |
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
|
|
15,210,596 |
|
|
|
8,531,240 |
|
|
|
10,265,170 |
|
|
|
2,982,811 |
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
|
$ |
23,103,108 |
|
|
$ |
19,987,642 |
|
|
$ |
13,906,261 |
|
|
$ |
5,488,687 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
CHINA
INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC HOLDING LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(In U.S.
Dollars)
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
For the Year Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
40,609,458 |
|
|
$ |
34,646,136 |
|
|
$ |
42,943,934 |
|
|
$ |
16,551,918 |
|
|
$ |
2,517,052 |
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
|
(31,508,203 |
) |
|
|
(26,476,914 |
) |
|
|
(32,953,816 |
) |
|
|
(12,446,963 |
) |
|
|
(1,817,571 |
) |
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
9,101,255 |
|
|
|
8,169,222 |
|
|
|
9,990,118 |
|
|
|
4,104,955 |
|
|
|
699,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Costs and Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling
expenses
|
|
|
1,955,747 |
|
|
|
1,571,630 |
|
|
|
2,072,493 |
|
|
|
1,046,578 |
|
|
|
182,869 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
814,218 |
|
|
|
690,117 |
|
|
|
1,130,849 |
|
|
|
498,427 |
|
|
|
175,051 |
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
626,678 |
|
|
|
556,981 |
|
|
|
741,746 |
|
|
|
321,968 |
|
|
|
70,906 |
|
Total
operating costs and expenses
|
|
|
3,396,643 |
|
|
|
2,818,728 |
|
|
|
3,945,088 |
|
|
|
1,866,973 |
|
|
|
428,826 |
|
Income
from operations
|
|
|
5,704,612 |
|
|
|
5,350,494 |
|
|
|
6,045,030 |
|
|
|
2,237,982 |
|
|
|
270,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
5,947 |
|
|
|
169 |
|
|
|
11,081 |
|
|
|
2,014 |
|
|
|
368 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(27,534 |
) |
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
(215,041 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Imputed
interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71,458 |
) |
|
|
(73,264 |
) |
|
|
(31,260 |
) |
|
|
(28,068 |
) |
Total
other income (expense)
|
|
|
(21,587 |
) |
|
|
(71,301 |
) |
|
|
(277,224 |
) |
|
|
(29,246 |
) |
|
|
(27,700 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
5,683,025 |
|
|
|
5,279,193 |
|
|
|
5,767,806 |
|
|
|
2,208,736 |
|
|
|
242,955 |
|
Income
taxes (Note 10)
|
|
|
(713,570 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
4,969,455 |
|
|
$ |
5,279,193 |
|
|
$ |
5,767,806 |
|
|
$ |
2,208,736 |
|
|
$ |
242,955 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
CHINA INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC HOLDING
LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive
Income
For the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the nine months ended September
30, 2009 (Unaudited)
(In
U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Statutory
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Reserve
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Stockholders'
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
(Unrestricted)
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2005
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
48,679 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,487 |
|
|
$ |
(10,595 |
) |
|
$ |
39,572 |
|
|
|
|
Imputed
interest allocated
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
28,068 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
28,068 |
|
|
|
|
Allocation
of retained earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to
statutory reserve fund
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
26,458 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(26,458 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
Capital
injected by owner
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
257,319 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
257,319 |
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,121 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,121 |
|
|
$ |
23,121 |
|
Net
income for the year
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
242,955 |
|
|
|
242,955 |
|
|
|
242,955 |
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
266,076 |
|
Balance
at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
334,066 |
|
|
|
26,458 |
|
|
|
24,608 |
|
|
|
205,902 |
|
|
|
591,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
Imputed
interest allocated
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
31,260 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
31,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation
of retained earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to
statutory reserve fund
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
214,978 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(214,978 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
151,780 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
151,780 |
|
|
$ |
151,780 |
|
Net
income for the year
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,208,736 |
|
|
|
2,208,736 |
|
|
|
2,208,736 |
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
2,360,516 |
|
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
365,326 |
|
|
|
241,436 |
|
|
|
176,388 |
|
|
|
2,199,660 |
|
|
|
2,982,811 |
|
|
|
|
|
Imputed
interest allocated
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
73,264 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
73,264 |
|
|
|
|
|
Allocation
of retained earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to
statutory reserve fund
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,089,579 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,089,579 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Contributed
capital
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
951,282 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
951,282 |
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
490,007 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
490,007 |
|
|
$ |
490,007 |
|
Net
income for the year
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,767,806 |
|
|
|
5,767,806 |
|
|
|
5,767,806 |
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
6,257,813 |
|
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1,389,872 |
|
|
|
1,331,015 |
|
|
|
666,395 |
|
|
|
6,877,887 |
|
|
|
10,265,170 |
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(24,029 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(24,029 |
) |
|
$ |
(24,029 |
) |
Net
income for the nine months
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
4,969,455 |
|
|
|
4,969,455 |
|
|
|
4,969,455 |
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
4,945,426 |
|
Balance
at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
1,389,872 |
|
|
|
1,331,015 |
|
|
$ |
642,366 |
|
|
$ |
11,847,342 |
|
|
$ |
15,210,596 |
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
CHINA INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC HOLDING
LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(In U.S.
Dollars)
|
|
For the Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
For the Year Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
4,969,455 |
|
|
$ |
5,279,193 |
|
|
$ |
5,767,806 |
|
|
$ |
2,208,736 |
|
|
$ |
242,955 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used
in) operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
266,825 |
|
|
|
99,826 |
|
|
|
187,117 |
|
|
|
42,175 |
|
|
|
11,662 |
|
Imputed
interest
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
71,458 |
|
|
|
73,264 |
|
|
|
31,260 |
|
|
|
28,068 |
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Account
receivable-trade
|
|
|
(7,640,361 |
) |
|
|
(9,091,669 |
) |
|
|
(2,725,781 |
) |
|
|
(627,022 |
) |
|
|
(211,850 |
) |
Advance
to suppliers for purchases
|
|
|
(1,304,349 |
) |
|
|
(3,432,484 |
) |
|
|
(781,918 |
) |
|
|
226,371 |
|
|
|
(858,662 |
) |
Prepaid
expenses and deposits
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,201 |
|
Inventories
|
|
|
(205,667 |
) |
|
|
1,038,371 |
|
|
|
(2,693,282 |
) |
|
|
(1,430,708 |
) |
|
|
(307,528 |
) |
VAT
refundable
|
|
|
300,667 |
|
|
|
(493,201 |
) |
|
|
(494,515 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
1,568,674 |
|
|
|
842,980 |
|
|
|
1,822,819 |
|
|
|
(170,042 |
) |
|
|
322,272 |
|
Customer
deposits
|
|
|
1,491 |
|
|
|
124,989 |
|
|
|
151,030 |
|
|
|
(55,659 |
) |
|
|
(47,564 |
) |
VAT
and other taxes payable
|
|
|
1,136,402 |
|
|
|
460,472 |
|
|
|
(500,983 |
) |
|
|
1,267,004 |
|
|
|
309,139 |
|
Wages
payable
|
|
|
(195,914 |
) |
|
|
112,478 |
|
|
|
231,460 |
|
|
|
53,420 |
|
|
|
38,899 |
|
Corporate
tax payable
|
|
|
714,008 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(388,769 |
) |
|
|
(4,987,587 |
) |
|
|
1,037,017 |
|
|
|
1,545,535 |
|
|
|
(471,408 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(119,440 |
) |
|
|
(3,029,982 |
) |
|
|
(3,046,466 |
) |
|
|
(553,294 |
) |
|
|
(85,123 |
) |
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(119,440 |
) |
|
|
(3,029,982 |
) |
|
|
(3,046,466 |
) |
|
|
(553,294 |
) |
|
|
(85,123 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
(decrease) in loans payable
|
|
|
1,026,760 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Owner's
capital contribution receivable
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
257,319 |
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
(352,032 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Related
party loan proceeds
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,207,768 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Due
to shareholder
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
357,510 |
|
|
|
(29,549 |
) |
|
|
(187,001 |
) |
|
|
252,674 |
|
Due
to affiliated companies
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
7,052,097 |
|
|
|
(539,562 |
) |
|
|
401,748 |
|
|
|
26,000 |
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
674,728 |
|
|
|
7,409,607 |
|
|
|
638,657 |
|
|
|
214,747 |
|
|
|
535,993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
|
|
(23,688 |
) |
|
|
90,171 |
|
|
|
133,390 |
|
|
|
177,166 |
|
|
|
44,729 |
|
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
142,831 |
|
|
|
(517,791 |
) |
|
|
(1,237,402 |
) |
|
|
1,384,154 |
|
|
|
24,191 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
264,189 |
|
|
|
1,501,591 |
|
|
|
1,501,591 |
|
|
|
117,437 |
|
|
|
93,246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
407,020 |
|
|
$ |
983,800 |
|
|
$ |
264,189 |
|
|
$ |
1,501,591 |
|
|
$ |
117,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$ |
27,534 |
|
|
$ |
12 |
|
|
$ |
215,041 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
non-cash financing activity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
contributed to capital
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
1,207,768 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
China
Intelligent Electric Holding Limited (“China Intelligent”, formerly DDC Digital
International Company Limited (“DDC Digital”)) was incorporated under the laws
of British Virgin Island on December 10, 2003. The name of the Company was
changed from DDC Digital to NIVS Intelligent Electric Holding Company Limited
(“NIVS Intelligent”) on December 20, 2007, and further to China Intelligent on
August 26, 2008.
China
Intelligent has 50,000 common shares authorized with $1.00 par value each and 1
share is issued and outstanding. Mr. Tianfu Li (“Mr. Li”) was the original sole
shareholder with original investment of $50,000. On March 8, 2007, Mr. Li
transferred 100% ownership in China Intelligent to Ms. Xiangying Jing (“Ms.
Jing”) and therefore Ms. Jing became the sole shareholder and director of China
Intelligent. On February 18, 2009, Ms. Xuemei Li, sister of Mr. Li, (“Ms. Li”)
acquired 1 share issued and outstanding then and became the sole shareholder and
director of China Intelligent.
Korea
Hyundai Light & Electric (International) Holding Limited ("Hyundai HK") was
incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong, PRC on April 27, 2005 by
the original sole shareholder Mr. Li. Hyundai HK has 2,000,000 common shares
authorized with HKD 1 par value each and 2,000,000 shares are issued and
outstanding. On July 17, 2008, Mr. Li transferred 100% ownership in Hyundai HK
to China Intelligent. Hyundai HK became a subsidiary of China Intelligent
thereafter.
Hyundai
Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. (“Hyundai HZ”) is located at Huizhou,
Guangdong Province, PRC and incorporated under the Chinese laws on July 6, 2005.
Hyundai HZ had an initial registered capital of HKD 2 million, and it was
increased to HKD 20 million in 2008. Prior to July 17, 2008, Hyundai HZ was the
wholly owned subsidiary of Hyundai HK. Mr. Li as the sole shareholder and
director of Hyundai HK was also the director of Hyundai HZ. On July 17, 2008,
pursuant to an ownership transfer agreement, China Intelligent acquired 100%
interests in Hyundai HZ from Hyundai HK. Hyundai HZ became a subsidiary of China
Intelligent thereafter.
China
Intelligent and its subsidiaries, Hyundai HK and Hyundai HZ shall collectively
refer throughout as the “Company”.
To enable
Hyundai HZ to go public, Mr. Li made the following restructuring arrangements in
order to spinoff his controls and ownership from all the entities, and placed
Hyundai HZ under the control of China Intelligent with Ms. Li as the director
and management of the entities:
|
1.
|
On
March 8, 2007, Mr. Li transferred 100% ownership in China Intelligent to
Ms. Jing; therefore Ms. Jing became the sole shareholder and director of
China Intelligent.
|
|
2.
|
On
June 30, 2008, Hyundai HK transferred its 100% ownership interest in
Hyundai HZ to China Intelligent for $8 million; therefore China
Intelligent became the sole shareholder of Hyundai
HZ.
|
|
3.
|
On
July 17, 2008, Mr. Li transferred his 100% ownership in Hyundai HK to
China Intelligent for HKD 2 million and forgave the HKD 2 million
receivable; therefore China Intelligent became the sole shareholder of
Hyundai HK and appointed Ms. Jing as director of
Hyundai.
|
|
4.
|
On
February 18, 2009, Ms. Jing transferred her 100% ownership in China
Intelligent to Ms. Li; therefore Ms. Li became the sole shareholder and
director of China Intelligent. At the same time, Ms. Li replaced Ms. Jing
as sole director of Hyundai HK.
|
For
accounting purpose, the restructuring transactions are being accounted as
business combination of entities under common control. The various entities and
restructuring transactions have an underlining purpose of going public.
Furthermore, the director and management of the entities are Mr. Li and Ms. Li,
respectively. The Company accounted for restructuring transactions as
combination of entities under common control similar to a pooling of interest
transaction, and the historical financial statements include the operations of
Hyundai HK and Hyundai HZ for all periods presented.
Through
its wholly owned subsidiary, Hyundai HZ, China Intelligent engages in research,
development, assembling, marketing and sales of intelligent lighting products
including LED, residential, commercial, outdoor, and municipal engineering
lighting products for the domestic and international market.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America (“US GAAP”).
In the
opinion of the management, the consolidated financial statements reflect all
adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to
present fairly the financial position of the Company as of September 30, 2009
and 2008, and December 31, 2008 and 2007; and the results of operations and cash
flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the years then
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
|
b.
|
Basis
of consolidation
|
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries. Inter-company transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year. Because of the use
of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could
differ from those estimates.
|
d.
|
Fair values of financial
instruments
|
US GAAP
requires certain disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments. The
Company defines fair value, using the required three-level valuation hierarchy
for disclosures of fair value measurement the enhanced disclosures requirements
for fair value measures. Current assets and current liabilities qualified as
financial instruments and management believes their carrying amounts are a
reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between
the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and if
applicable, their current interest rate is equivalent to interest rates
currently available. The three levels are defined as
follows:
|
·
|
Level
1 — inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
|
|
·
|
Level
2 — inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instruments.
|
|
·
|
Level
3 — inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant
to the fair value.
|
As of the
balance sheet date, the estimated fair values of the financial instruments were
not materially different from their carrying values as presented due to the
short maturities of these instruments and that the interest rates on the
borrowings approximate those that would have been available for loans of similar
remaining maturity and risk profile at respective period-ends. Determining which
category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires significant
judgment. The Company evaluates the hierarchy disclosures each
quarter.
|
e.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash on deposit with various financial
institutions in PRC, Hong Kong, and all highly-liquid investments with original
maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. Banks and
other financial institutions in PRC do not provide insurance for funds held on
deposit.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Accounts
receivable are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an
allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed.
The
Company estimates the valuation allowance for anticipated uncollectible
receivable balances based on historical experience and the current economic
climate. Based on such factors, the Company has determined its bad debt
percentage to be 0.5% of total outstanding accounts receivable. Such calculation
is applied to customer’s balances categorized by the number of months the
underlying invoices have remained outstanding. The valuation allowance balance
is adjusted to the amount computed as a result of the aging of the invoices.
When facts subsequently become available to indicate that the amount provided as
the allowance to date has been inadequate, an adjustment to the estimate is made
at that time.
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost, as determined on a weighted average basis, or
market. Costs of inventories include purchase and related costs incurred in
bringing the products to the Company’s location and proper condition. Market
value is determined by reference to selling prices after the balance sheet date
or to management’s estimates based on prevailing market conditions. The Company
writes down the inventories to market value if it is below cost. The Company
also regularly evaluates the composition of its inventories to identify
slow-moving and obsolete inventories to determine if a valuation allowance is
required.
|
h.
|
Property and
equipment
|
Property
and equipment are initially recognized and recorded at cost. Gains or losses on
disposals are reflected as gain or loss in the period of disposal. The cost of
improvements that extend the life of plant and equipment are capitalized. These
capitalized costs may include structural improvements, equipment and fixtures.
All ordinary repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as
incurred.
Depreciation
for financial reporting purposes is provided using the straight-line method over
the estimated useful lives of the assets:
Molds
|
8
years
|
Machinery
and Equipment
|
10
years
|
Electronic
Equipment
|
5
years
|
Office
and Other Equipment
|
5
years
|
|
i.
|
Impairment of long-lived
assets
|
The
Company evaluates potential impairment of long-lived assets, in accordance with
applicable accounting standards, which requires the Company to evaluate a
long-lived asset for recoverability when there is event or circumstances that
indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment
loss is recognized when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or asset group
is not recoverable (when carrying amount exceeds the gross, undiscounted cash
flows from use and disposition) and is measured as the excess of the carrying
amount over the asset’s (or asset group’s) fair value.
The
Company presents comprehensive income in accordance with applicable accounting
standards, which requires the reporting and displaying of comprehensive income,
its components, and accumulated balances in a full-set of general-purpose
financial statements. Accumulated other comprehensive income represents the
accumulated balance of foreign currency translation
adjustments.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
The
Company generates revenues from the sales of lighting and electronic equipments.
Sales revenues are recognized when the following four revenue criteria are met:
persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the selling
price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Sales
are presented net of value added tax (VAT). No return allowance is made as
products returns have been insignificant in all periods.
Orders
are placed by both the distributors and OEMs and the products are delivered to
the customers within 30-45 days of order, the Company does not provide price
protection or right of return to the customers. The price of the products are
predetermined and fixed based on contractual agreements, therefore the customers
would be responsible for any loss if the customers are faced with sales price
reductions and rapid technology obsolescence in the industry. The Company does
not allow any discounts, credits, rebates or similar privileges.
The
Company does not provide warranty for the products sold to customers since the
majority of the customers are wholesalers and distributors. The Company
specifies the delivery terms (usually 30 days after the order is placed) and the
liability for breach of the contract. If the Company cannot fulfill the
order terms, the customers have the right to recoup their deposit. If the
products delivered do not meet the quality specifications or need to be
reworked, the Company is responsible for the rework and the related expenses. If
the customers decided to rework the products themselves, the Company will
compensate its customers for the expenses incurred. The Company did not incur
any costs related to breach of contract or product quality issues for sales
during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the nine months
ended September 30, 2009.
The
Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising is included in
selling expenses for financial reporting. The Company spent $114,777 and
$184,788 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively,
and $203,812, $255,739 and $114,300 for the years ended 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively, on advertising expenses.
|
m.
|
Research and development
costs
|
Research
and development costs are expensed to operations as incurred. The Company spent
$626,678 and $556,981 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively, and $741,746 and $321,968, and $70,906 for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively, on direct research and
development efforts.
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability
method for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes and allows
recognition and measurement of deferred tax assets based upon the likelihood of
realization of tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability
approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial
reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation
allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not
these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their
benefits, or that future deductibility is uncertain.
The
Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in accordance with applicable
accounting standards, which requires a comprehensive model for how a company
should recognize, measure, present and disclose in its financial statements
uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax
return (including a decision whether to file or not file a return in a
particular jurisdiction).
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
o.
|
Foreign currency
translation
|
The
functional currency of China Intelligent and Hyundai HK is Hong Kong Dollar
(“HKD”). These two Companies maintain their financial statements using the
functional currency. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies
other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency
at rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into
the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transaction. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions
are included in the determination of net income (loss) for the respective
periods.
The
functional currency of Hyundai HZ is the Renminbi (“RMB”), the PRC’s currency.
The Company maintains its financial statements using its own functional
currency. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than
the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at rates of
exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Transactions denominated in
currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional
currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction.
Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included
in the determination of net income (loss) for the respective
periods.
For
financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of China Intelligent and
Hyundai HK, which are prepared in HKD, are translated into the Company’s
reporting currency, United States Dollars (“USD”); the financial statements of
Hyundai HZ, which is prepared in RMB, are translated into the Company’s
reporting currency, USD. Balance sheet accounts are translated using the closing
exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and income and expense
accounts are translated using the average exchange rate prevailing during the
reporting period.
Adjustments
resulting from the translation, if any, are included in accumulated other
comprehensive income (loss) in stockholder’s equity.
.
The
exchange rates used for foreign currency translation were as follows (USD$1 =
RMB):
Period
Covered
|
|
Balance Sheet Date Rates
|
|
|
Average Rates
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
7.79750 |
|
|
|
7.96363 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
7.29410 |
|
|
|
7.59474 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
6.81710 |
|
|
|
6.93722 |
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
6.81756 |
|
|
|
6.82175 |
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2008
|
|
|
6.83530 |
|
|
|
6.97500 |
|
The
exchange rates used for foreign currency translation were as follows (USD$1 =
HKD):
Period
Covered
|
|
Balance Sheet Date Rates
|
|
|
Average Rates
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2006
|
|
|
7.77646 |
|
|
|
7.76895 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2007
|
|
|
7.80190 |
|
|
|
7.80153 |
|
Year
ended December 31, 2008
|
|
|
7.74960 |
|
|
|
7.86342 |
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
7,75194 |
|
|
|
7.75014 |
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2008
|
|
|
7.79730 |
|
|
|
7.76880 |
|
The
customer deposits are recorded as liability when the Company receives them and
recognized as revenue after the delivery and acceptance of the related
products.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
q.
|
Recently issued accounting
pronouncements
|
In
June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a
standard that established the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) and amended the
hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) such that the ASC
became the single source of authoritative nongovernmental U.S. GAAP. The ASC did
not change current U.S. GAAP, but was intended to simplify user access to all
authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to
a particular topic in one place. All previously existing accounting standard
documents were superseded and all other accounting literature not included in
the ASC is considered non-authoritative. New accounting standards issued
subsequent to June 30, 2009 are communicated by the FASB through Accounting
Standards Updates (ASUs). The Company adopted the ASC on July 1, 2009. This
standard did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated results of
operations or financial condition. However, throughout the notes to the
consolidated financial statements references that were previously made to
various former authoritative U.S. GAAP pronouncements have been changed to
coincide with the appropriate section of the ASC.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued and, in April 2009, amended a new
business combinations standard codified within ASC 805, which changed the
accounting for business acquisitions. Accounting for business combinations under
this standard requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to
recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the
transaction and establishes the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement
objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business
combination. Certain provisions of this standard impact the determination of
acquisition-date fair value of consideration paid in a business combination
(including contingent consideration); exclude transaction costs from acquisition
accounting; and change accounting practices for acquisition-related
restructuring costs, in-process research and development, indemnification
assets, and tax benefits. The Company adopted the standard for business
combinations for its business combination during the period ended June 30,
2009.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard which provides guidance
on (1) estimating the fair value of an asset or liability when the volume
and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly declined and
(2) identifying transactions that are not orderly. The standard also
amended certain disclosure provisions for fair value measurements and
disclosures in ASC 820 to require, among other things, disclosures in interim
periods of the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value as
well as disclosure of the hierarchy of the source of underlying fair value
information on a disaggregated basis by specific major category of investment.
The standard was effective prospectively beginning April 1, 2009. The
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard which modifies the
requirements for recognizing other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities and
changes the existing impairment model for such securities. The standard also
requires additional disclosures for both annual and interim periods with respect
to both debt and equity securities. Under the standard, impairment of debt
securities will be considered other-than-temporary if an entity (1) intends
to sell the security, (2) more likely than not will be required to sell the
security before recovering its cost, or (3) does not expect to recover the
security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to
sell). The standard further indicates that, depending on which of the above
factor(s) causes the impairment to be considered other-than-temporary,
(1) the entire shortfall of the security’s fair value versus its amortized
cost basis or (2) only the credit loss portion would be recognized in
earnings while the remaining shortfall (if any) would be recorded in other
comprehensive income. The standard requires entities to initially apply its
provisions to previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities
existing as of the date of initial adoption by making a cumulative-effect
adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of
adoption. The cumulative-effect adjustment potentially reclassifies the
noncredit portion of a previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt security
held as of the date of initial adoption from retained earnings to accumulated
other comprehensive income. The adoption of this standard did not have a
material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial
condition.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard regarding interim
disclosures about fair value of financial instruments. The standard essentially
expands the disclosure about fair value of financial instruments that were
previously required only annually to also be required for interim period
reporting. In addition, the standard requires certain additional disclosures
regarding the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair
value of financial instruments. The adoption of this standard did not have a
material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial
condition.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
|
q.
|
Recently issued accounting
pronouncements (continued)
|
In
May 2009, the FASB issued a new accounting standard regarding subsequent
events. This standard incorporates into authoritative accounting literature
certain guidance that already existed within generally accepted auditing
standards, with the requirements concerning recognition and disclosure of
subsequent events remaining essentially unchanged. This guidance addresses
events which occur after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of
financial statements. Under the new standard, as under previous practice, an
entity must record the effects of subsequent events that provide evidence about
conditions that existed at the balance sheet date and must disclose but not
record the effects of subsequent events which provide evidence about conditions
that did not exist at the balance sheet date. This standard added an additional
required disclosure relative to the date through which subsequent events have
been evaluated and whether that is the date on which the financial statements
were issued. For the Company,
this standard was effective beginning April 1, 2009.
In
June 2009, the FASB issued a new standard regarding the accounting for
transfers of financial assets amending the existing guidance on transfers of
financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying
special-purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that
must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for
sale accounting, clarify and change the derecognition criteria for a transfer to
be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. The
standard is effective for new transfers of financial assets beginning
January 1, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
standard, but does not expect to have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In
June 2009, the FASB issued an accounting standard that revised the
consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include
the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new
approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and
changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a
variable-interest entity. The standard is effective January 1, 2010. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but does not expect
it to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations
or financial condition.
In
August 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-05, Measuring Liabilities at Fair
Value, which provides additional guidance on how companies should measure
liabilities at fair value under ASC 820. The ASU clarifies that the quoted price
for an identical liability should be used. However, if such information is not
available, a entity may use, the quoted price of an identical liability when
traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities
traded as assets, or another valuation technique (such as the market or income
approach). The ASU also indicates that the fair value of a liability is not
adjusted to reflect the impact of contractual restrictions that prevent its
transfer and indicates circumstances in which quoted prices for an identical
liability or quoted price for an identical liability traded as an asset may be
considered level 1 fair value. This ASU is effective October 1, 2009. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but does not expect
it to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations
or financial condition.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, that
provides amendments to the criteria for separating consideration in
multiple-deliverable arrangements. As a result of these amendments,
multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements will be separated in more
circumstances than under existing U.S. GAAP. The ASU does this by establishing a
selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. The
selling price used for each deliverable will be based on vendor-specific
objective evidence if available, third-party evidence if vendor-specific
objective evidence is not available, or estimated selling price if neither
vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available. A
vendor will be required to determine its best estimate of selling price in a
manner that is consistent with that used to determine the price to sell the
deliverable on a standalone basis. This ASU also eliminates the residual method
of allocation and will require that arrangement consideration be allocated at
the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling
price method, which allocates any discount in the overall arrangement
proportionally to each deliverable based on its relative selling price. Expanded
disclosures of qualitative and quantitative information regarding application of
the multiple-deliverable revenue arrangement guidance are also required under
the ASU. The ASU does not apply to arrangements for which industry specific
allocation and measurement guidance exists, such as long-term construction
contracts and software transactions. The ASU is effective beginning
January 1, 2011. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
standard on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial
condition.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
3 - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts
receivable consist of the following:
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Trade
receivables
|
|
$ |
11,243,856 |
|
|
$ |
9,944,567 |
|
|
$ |
3,603,723 |
|
|
$ |
845,857 |
|
|
$ |
213,932 |
|
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(136,746 |
) |
|
|
(111,930 |
) |
|
|
(136,974 |
) |
|
|
(104,889 |
) |
|
|
(26,227 |
) |
Trade
receivables, net
|
|
$ |
11,107,110 |
|
|
$ |
9,832,637 |
|
|
$ |
3,466,749 |
|
|
$ |
740,968 |
|
|
$ |
187,705 |
|
The
change of the allowance for doubtful debts between the reporting periods, for
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, is presented as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Beginning
of period
|
|
$ |
(136,974 |
) |
|
$ |
(104,889 |
) |
|
$ |
(104,889 |
) |
|
$ |
(26,227 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
(Provision)/reversal
during the period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(24,317 |
) |
|
|
(73,759 |
) |
|
|
(25,728 |
) |
Effect
of exchange rate changes
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
(7,041 |
) |
|
|
(7,768 |
) |
|
|
(4,903 |
) |
|
|
(499 |
) |
End
of period
|
|
$ |
(136,746 |
) |
|
$ |
(111,930 |
) |
|
$ |
(136,974 |
) |
|
$ |
(104,889 |
) |
|
$ |
(26,227 |
) |
The
Company did not provide additional allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 because the Company believes that the Company
will be able collect all the receivables outstanding from its customers based on
its historical collection experience.
In
addition, the Company requires certain customers to pay a deposit that is 30% of
the total amount for each order. Deposit requirements are determined by the
Company based on customer’s credit worthiness, the length and experience in
relationship with customers, and the order size placed by the customer. In
addition, the Company will charge a penalty equivalent to 0.5% of the remaining
unpaid balance per day up to 20% of the total amount of the contract starting
from two weeks after the due date.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
4 - ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS
In
accordance with the purchase contracts entered into by the Company and some
suppliers, payment in advance is needed for the purchase of materials and
equipments. The delivery term for the materials and equipments purchased is
usually 30 days. In the event of a breach of contract, the Company has the
following rights and penalty protection:
|
1.
|
Recoup
the deposit from the suppliers and charge double interest on the deposit
according to the interest rate during the same period,
and
|
|
2.
|
Legally
take possession of the materials and equipments from the
suppliers.
|
The
Company did not have any contract breaches for the nine months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, and for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
At
September 30, 2009, one supplier accounted for approximately 12% of total
advances to suppliers. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, this one
supplier accounted for approximately 5% of total purchases made by the
Company.
At
September 30, 2008, one supplier accounted for approximately 68% of total
advances to suppliers. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, this one
supplier accounted for approximately 36% of total purchases made by the
Company.
At
December 31, 2008, five suppliers accounted approximately 26%, 18%, 10%, 10%,
and 10% of total advances to suppliers, respectively. For the year ended
December 31, 2008, these five suppliers accounted for approximately 7%, 2%, 1%,
2%, and 1% of total purchases made by the Company, respectively.
At
December 31, 2007, two suppliers accounted approximately 48% and 31% of total
advances to suppliers, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2007, these
two suppliers accounted for approximately 27% and 33% of total purchases made by
the Company, respectively.
At
December 31, 2006, one supplier accounted for approximately 93% of total
advances to suppliers. For the year ended December 31, 2006, this one supplier
accounted for approximately 0% of total purchases made by the Company. The
supplier was a new supplier and the Company paid the advance in December
2006.
NOTE
5 - INVENTORIES
Inventories
include raw material and finished goods. Finished goods contain direct material,
direct labor and manufacturing overhead and do not contain general and
administrative costs. Inventories consist of the following:
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$ |
906,517 |
|
|
$ |
489,370 |
|
|
$ |
2,425,235 |
|
|
$ |
1,609,506 |
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
3,795,451 |
|
|
|
275,278 |
|
|
|
2,071,066 |
|
|
|
193,513 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
4,701,968 |
|
|
$ |
764,648 |
|
|
$ |
4,496,301 |
|
|
$ |
1,803,019 |
|
NOTE
6 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Molds
|
|
$ |
3,172,574 |
|
|
$ |
3,088,905 |
|
|
$ |
3,097,139 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
|
|
775,061 |
|
|
|
773,053 |
|
|
|
775,114 |
|
|
|
723,012 |
|
Electronic
equipment
|
|
|
12,845 |
|
|
|
12,812 |
|
|
|
12,846 |
|
|
|
10,964 |
|
Office
and other equipment
|
|
|
63,007 |
|
|
|
19,090 |
|
|
|
19,141 |
|
|
|
17,533 |
|
|
|
|
4,023,487 |
|
|
|
3,893,860 |
|
|
|
3,904,240 |
|
|
|
751,509 |
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(500,762 |
) |
|
|
(145,126 |
) |
|
|
(233,789 |
) |
|
|
(40,538 |
) |
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$ |
3,522,725 |
|
|
$ |
3,748,734 |
|
|
$ |
3,670,451 |
|
|
$ |
710,971 |
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
6 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET (CONTINUED)
Depreciation
expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 was classified as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
Years
ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
$ |
264,083 |
|
|
$ |
96,591 |
|
|
$ |
183,018 |
|
|
$ |
38,570 |
|
|
$ |
9,653 |
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
2,742 |
|
|
|
3,235 |
|
|
|
4,099 |
|
|
|
3,605 |
|
|
|
2,009 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
266,825 |
|
|
$ |
99,826 |
|
|
$ |
187,117 |
|
|
$ |
42,175 |
|
|
$ |
11,662 |
|
NOTE
7 - CUSTOMER DEPOSIT
The
Company requires certain customers to pay 30% deposit of the total amount for
each order. Deposit requirements are determined by the Company based on
customer’s credit worthiness, the length and experience in relationship with
customers, and the order size placed by the customer. The customer deposits are
recorded as a liability when the Company receives it and are recognized as
revenue upon the delivery of the products and title has passed to the
buyer.
At
September 30, 2009, two customers accounted for approximately 24% and 70% of
total customer deposit, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30,
2009, these two customers accounted for approximately 3% and 0% of total sales,
respectively. The customer with zero sales was a foreign country customer. The
Company received a deposit from this customer in August 2009, and the delivery
was made in October 2009.
At
September 30, 2008, two customers accounted for approximately 56% and 13% of
total customer deposit, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30,
2008, these two customers accounted for approximately 7% and 3% of total sales,
respectively.
At
December 31, 2008, two customers accounted for approximately 56% and 13% of
total customer deposit, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2008,
these two customers accounted for approximately 7% and 3% of total sales,
respectively.
At
December 31, 2007, four customers accounted for approximately 27%, 20%, 16%, and
12% of total customer deposit, respectively. For the year ended December 31,
2007, these four customers accounted for approximately 0%, 0%, 1%, and 0% of
total sales, respectively. The Company received the deposit from the three
customers with zero sales in December 2007, and the delivery was made in the
beginning of the year 2008.
At
December 31, 2006, three customers accounted for approximately 33%, 18%, and
12%, of total customer deposit, respectively. For the year ended December 31,
2006, these three customers accounted for approximately 1%, 7%, and 0% of total
sales, respectively. The Company received the deposit from the one customer with
zero sales in December 2006, and the delivery was in the beginning of the year
2007.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
8 - RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS
Due to
director
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Due
to Mr. Li – Transfer of Ownership
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
212,118 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Due
to Mr. Li – Working Capital
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
174,941 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
29,549 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
387,059 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
29,549 |
|
The above
amounts are due to Mr. Li Tianfu (“Mr. Li”) who is the former director of the
Company prior to restructuring. The amounts consisted of the following
transactions:
Transfer of
Ownership
On July
17, 2008, Mr. Li transferred his 100% ownership in Hyundai HK to China
Intelligent for HKD 2 million (approximately $256,000). On October 1, 2008, Mr.
Li signed a debt forgiveness agreement with China Intelligent to waive the
outstanding amount owed resulted in an addition to additional paid in capital of
$211,335 from the debt forgiveness.
Working Capital
Loans
The
Company borrowed various short-term demand loans from Mr. Li. These loans were
used primarily for general working capital purposes. The short-term loans are
non-secured and non-interest bearing.
Due to (from) affiliated
companies
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
NIVS
(HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. – Supplier’s Loan
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
5,741,794 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
703,214 |
|
NIVS
(HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. – Working Capital
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,849,865 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
NIVS
(SZ) Investment Co. Ltd. – Working Capital
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(163,652 |
) |
Total
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
7,591,659 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
539,562 |
|
The
relationships with its affiliated companies are as follows:
|
Shareholder
|
|
Title
|
NIVS
Investment (SZ) Co. Ltd. (“NIVS SZ”)
|
Mr.
Li
|
|
Director
|
NIVS
Group and subsidiaries (“NIVS Group”)
|
Mr.
Li
|
|
President
|
NIVS
(HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. (“NIVS HZ”)
|
NIVS Group
|
|
Director
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
8 - RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS
Due to (from) affiliated
companies (continued)
The
amounts above consisted of the following transactions:
Supplier’s Loan Guaranteed by the
Company
On March
3, 2008, the Company entered into a purchase agreement in the amount of RMB
38,474,900 (approximately $5.7 million) with a manufacturing supplier (the
“Supplier”). On March 12, 2008, NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. (“NIVS
HZ”), one of the Company’s supplier (the “Supplier”), and the Company entered
into a note agreement (the “Note”). The terms of the agreement are as
follows:
|
1.
|
NIVS
HZ was to lend a maximum amount of RMB 38,474,900 (approximately $5.7
million) to the Supplier.
|
|
2.
|
The
interest rate on the Note was 1.5% per month paid by the Supplier with a
maturity date of July 12, 2008.
|
|
3.
|
The
Note was guaranteed by the Company.
|
|
4.
|
The
Note had a penalty clause where 0.5% was to be assessed on the outstanding
note amount if the Note was not repaid on
time.
|
On June
16, 2008, a supplemental agreement was signed by the parties to extend the
Note’s maturity date to December 31, 2008.
On
November 24, 2008, the Company took out a loan from an unrelated third party
(the “Lender Loan”) and paid off the outstanding loan amount of RMB 38,039,000
(approximately $5.7 million) owed to NIVS HZ.
In
December 2008, the Company paid off the Lender Loan with interest after selling
the finished goods purchased from the Supplier. The interest expense on the
Lender Loan was RMB 259,748 (approximately $37,000). In order to repay the loan,
the Company had to present the customer’s accounts receivable bank draft
prematurely; therefore the Company was charged an interest of RMB 1,231,995
(approximately $178,000).
Working Capital
Loans
The
Company had several short-term demand loans borrowed from affiliated companies
that were used primarily for general working capital purposes.
On
November 28, 2008, the Company, NIVS Group, and certain companies related to Mr.
Li (collectively, the “Related Companies”) entered into a Debt Repayment and
Set-Off Agreement (the “Set-off Agreement”) with Mr. Li. According to this
agreement, all parties agreed to have all the related party loans repaid in full
and set off against all debts that were owed to Mr. Li, and Mr. Li, through the
Company had an aggregate outstanding loan amount of $996,433 owed to NIVS Group
as of the date of the Set-off Agreement. After giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement, the Related Companies’ Debt will no
longer be outstanding and neither Mr. Li nor any of the Related Companies will
owe to the NIVS Group any loan amount. Therefore Mr. Li assumed the obligation
of the outstanding loan of $996,433 that was owed by the Company to NIVS after
giving effect of the executed agreement above.
On
December 26, 2008, Mr. Li signed a debt forgiveness agreement with the Company
to waive the outstanding working capital loan amount of $996,433 resulting in an
additional paid in capital of 996,433 from the debt forgiveness.
The
Company recorded imputed interest with respect to these loans as a charge to
operations, and as a credit to additional paid-in capital. The calculations
are performed monthly at annual rates in the range of 5.22% ~ 6.57% with
reference to the average short term loan rate announced by People's Bank of
China. The imputed interest amounts are as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Imputed
interest
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
71,458 |
|
|
$ |
73,264 |
|
|
$ |
31,260 |
|
|
$ |
28,068 |
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
8 – RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)
Other Related Party
Transactions
Lease
Agreements
In July
2005, the Company signed a lease agreement with NIVS HZ. According to the lease
agreement, the monthly rent was RMB 5,000 per month for the period between
August 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006.
In 2006,
the Company signed a 4-year lease agreement with NIVS HZ. According to the lease
agreement, the monthly rent will be RMB 5,000 per month between July 1, 2006 and
July 1, 2010.
In 2008,
the Company signed another lease agreement with NIVS HZ. According to the lease
agreement, the monthly rent will be for RMB 25,000 per month between July 1,
2008 and June 30, 2010.
The
Company’s rental expenses paid to its affiliated companies are as
follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
NIVS
(HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. (“NIVS HZ”)
|
|
$ |
32,983 |
|
|
$ |
15,054 |
|
|
$ |
25,947 |
|
|
$ |
7,900 |
|
|
$ |
7,534 |
|
Sales of Raw
Materials
For the
year ended December 31, 2007, the Company sold raw materials to NIVS HZ for a
gross profit of $53,194.
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold raw materials to NIVS HZ for a
gross profit of $214,340.
The
related party sales breakdown is as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Gross
Sales
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
893,545 |
|
|
$ |
898,411 |
|
|
$ |
518,639 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
680,365 |
|
|
|
684,071 |
|
|
|
464,725 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Gross
Profit
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
213,180 |
|
|
$ |
214,340 |
|
|
$ |
53,914 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
NOTE
9 - SHORT TERM LOAN
On April
16, 2009, the Company obtained a one year term loan of RMB 8,000,000
(approximately $1,173,000) from Pudong Development Bank ("PDB") bearing interest
at the prevailing prime rate (approximately 5.31%). Pursuant to the loan
contract, the monthly payment is RMB 200,000 plus monthly interest and the
balance will be repaid in April 2010.
The above
loan was part of a package of loans PDB made to 6 different companies unrelated
to the Company where each of the companies cross guarantee each others
loans. In the event of one company defaulting on its loan, the other
companies are required to pay a penalty based on the percentage of the defaulted
loan to PDB. Additionally, each company was required to deposit a specific
percentage of the loan amount it received in an account held at PDB to be used
as collateral for the loans. The Company deposited RMB 2,400,000
(approximately $352,000) in the bank account as restricted cash. The cross
guarantee is limited to the restricted cash held at the bank. The Company, based
upon its review of the loans, believes there is only a remote chance of any of
the companies defaulting on these loans and has not set up a reserve for any
loss for this transaction.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
10 - INCOME TAX AND VARIOUS TAXES
China
Intelligent is registered in BVI and is not liable for any taxes in this
jurisdiction.
Hyundai
HK is a holding company registered in Hong Kong and has no operating profit for
tax liabilities.
The
Company’s subsidiary – Hyundai HZ as a manufacturing enterprise established in
Huizhou, PRC, was entitled to a preferential Enterprise Income Tax (”EIT”)
rate. In 2007, Hyundai HZ applied for foreign investment Enterprise title,
and the application had been approved by the local government. Hyundai HZ had a
tax holiday of 2 years 100% exemption starting from the first profitable year,
and followed by 3 years of 50% tax deduction.
The tax
authority of the PRC Government conducts periodic and ad hoc tax filing reviews
on business enterprises operating in the PRC after those enterprises had
completed their relevant tax filings, hence the Company’s tax filings may not be
finalized. It is therefore uncertain as to whether the PRC tax
authority may take different views about the Company’s tax filings which may
lead to additional tax liabilities.
The
provision for taxes on earnings consisted of:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
Current
income tax expense:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
PRC
Enterprises Income Tax
|
|
$ |
713,570 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
A
reconciliation between the income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate and
the Group’s provision for income tax is as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
PRC
preferential enterprise income tax
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
25 |
% |
Tax
holiday and relief granted to the subsidiary
|
|
|
(12.5 |
)% |
|
|
(25 |
)% |
|
|
(25 |
)% |
|
|
(25 |
)% |
|
|
(25 |
)% |
Provision
for income tax
|
|
|
12.5 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
The pro
forma effect of the tax holiday granted is as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
Pretax
income
|
|
$ |
5,683,025 |
|
|
$ |
5,279,193 |
|
|
$ |
5,767,806 |
|
|
$ |
2,208,736 |
|
|
$ |
242,955 |
|
Income
tax benefit from tax holiday
|
|
$ |
713,570 |
|
|
$ |
1,338,690 |
|
|
$ |
1,490,744 |
|
|
$ |
561,256 |
|
|
$ |
67,957 |
|
Effective
January 1, 2008, the new "Law of the People's Republic of China on Enterprise
Income Tax" was implemented. The new law requires that:
|
(i)
|
For
all resident enterprises, domestic or foreign, the Enterprise Income Tax
rate is unified 25%.
|
|
(ii)
|
Enterprises
that are categorized as the "High Tech Enterprise" will have a reduced tax
rate of 15%.
|
|
(iii)
|
From
January 1, 2008 onwards, enterprises that enjoyed a preferential tax rate
before, will need to adopt the new law within the next five years.
Specifically; enterprises with a current preferential tax rate of 15% for
2007, the tax rate will be 18%, 20%, 22%, 24%, and 25% for the years ended
December 31 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012,
respectively.
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
10 - INCOME TAX AND VARIOUS TAXES (CONTINUED)
Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes
The
Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes in accordance with applicable
accounting standards, which prescribe a recognition threshold and measurement
process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. These accounting standards also
provide guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties,
accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
Based on
the Company’s evaluation, the Company has concluded that there are no
significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in its financial
statements.
The
Company may from time to time be assessed interest or penalties by major tax
jurisdictions. In the event it receives an assessment for interest and/or
penalties, it will be classified in the financial statements as tax
expense.
Various
Taxes
The
Company is subject to pay various taxes such as Value Added Tax (VAT), City
Development Tax, and Education Tax to the local government tax authorities. The
VAT collected on sales is netted against the taxes paid for purchases of cost of
goods sold to determine the amounts payable and refundable. The City Development
Tax and Education Tax are expensed as general and administrative
expense.
On
December 15, 2009, the Company received an approval from the Huizhou Municipal People's
Government and agreed to offer a favorable VAT tax
policy for the
Company. Due to
the limited terms of the tax policy, Huizhou Huicheng State
administration of Taxation offered the Company a favorable simplified value
added tax rate at 4% paralleling the tax code category of “consignment mode”. The favorable
VAT tax rate period is from 2008 to 2010. The Company does not have US
GAAP consignment sales.
NOTE
11 - STATUTORY RESERVES
As
stipulated by the relevant laws and regulations for enterprises operating in
PRC, the subsidiaries of the Company are required to make annual appropriations
to a statutory surplus reserve fund. Specifically, the subsidiaries of the
Company are required to allocate 10% of their profits after taxes, as determined
in accordance with the PRC accounting standards applicable to the subsidiaries
of the Company, to a statutory surplus reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of
the registered capital of the subsidiaries of the Company.
NOTE
12 - OPERATING RISK
Country
risk
The
Company has significant investments in the PRC. The operating results of the
Company may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social
conditions in the PRC and by changes in Chinese government policies with respect
to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and
remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. The
Company can give no assurance that those changes in political and other
conditions will not result in have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s
business and financial condition.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
13 - CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
A
significant portion of the Company’s cash at September 30, 2009 and 2008 and
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 is maintained at various financial institutions
in the PRC which do not provide insurance for amounts on deposit. The
Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not
exposed to significant credit risk in this area.
The
Company operates principally in the PRC and grants credit to its customers in
this geographic region. Although the PRC is economically stable, it is always
possible that unanticipated events in foreign countries could disrupt the
Company’s operations.
For the
period ended September 30, 2009, no customer had revenue exceeding 10% of the
Company’s total revenue. For the period ended September 30, 2008, no customer
had revenue exceeding 10% of the Company’s total revenue. For year ended
December 31, 2008, one customer had revenue exceeding 10% of the Company’s total
revenue of the year. For year ended December 31, 2007, one customer had revenue
exceeding 10% of the Company’s total revenue of the year. For year ended
December 31, 2006, no customer had revenue exceeding 10% of the Company’s total
revenue of the year.
NOTE
14 - SEGMENT INFORMATION AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
The
Company has not segregated business units for managing different products and
services that the Company has been carrying and selling on the
market. The assets and resources of the Company have been utilized,
on a corporate basis, for overall operations of the Company. The
Company has not segregated its operating assets by segments as it is
impracticable to do so since the same assets are used to produce products as one
segment.
The
Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating
segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and
reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making
operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the
Company’s reportable segments. Management, including the chief operating
decision maker, reviews operating results solely by monthly revenue (but not by
sub-product type or geographic area) and operating results of the Company and,
as such, the Company has determined that the Company has one operating
segment.
The
geographic information for revenue is as follows:
|
|
Nine
months ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
China
and Hong Kong
|
|
$ |
36,812,457 |
|
|
$ |
28,441,826 |
|
|
$ |
35,433,628 |
|
|
$ |
16,402,097 |
|
|
$ |
2,517,052 |
|
Other
Asian countries
|
|
|
1,188,994 |
|
|
|
2,187,288 |
|
|
|
2,492,082 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
North
America
|
|
|
546,439 |
|
|
|
842,489 |
|
|
|
945,199 |
|
|
|
75,011 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Australia
|
|
|
28,301 |
|
|
|
539,587 |
|
|
|
571,321 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Europe
|
|
|
651,244 |
|
|
|
2,018,284 |
|
|
|
2,340,629 |
|
|
|
49,505 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Others
|
|
|
1,382,023 |
|
|
|
616,662 |
|
|
|
1,161,075 |
|
|
|
25,305 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
40,609,458 |
|
|
$ |
34,646,136 |
|
|
$ |
42,943,934 |
|
|
$ |
16,551,918 |
|
|
$ |
2,517,052 |
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
15 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Lack of
Insurance
The
company does not carry any business interruption insurance, products liability
insurance or any other insurance policy except for a limited property insurance
policy. As a result, the Company may incur uninsured losses, increasing the
possibility that the investors would lose their entire investment in the
Company.
The
Company could be exposed to liabilities or other claims for which the Company
would have no insurance protection. The Company does not currently maintain any
business interruption insurance, products liability insurance, or any other
comprehensive insurance policy except for property insurance policies with
limited coverage. As a result, the Company may incur uninsured liabilities and
losses as a result of the conduct of its business. There can be no guarantee
that the Company will be able to obtain additional insurance coverage in the
future, and even if it can obtain additional coverage, the Company may not carry
sufficient insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims. If an uninsured loss
should occur, any purchasers of the Company’s common stock could lose their
entire investment.
Because
the Company does not carry products liability insurance, a failure of any of the
products marketed by the Company may subject the Company to the risk of product
liability claims and litigation arising from injuries allegedly caused by the
improper functioning or design of its products. The Company cannot assure that
it will have enough funds to defend or pay for liabilities arising out of a
products liability claim. To the extent the Company incurs any product liability
or other litigation losses, its expenses could materially increase
substantially. There can be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient
funds to pay for such expenses, which could end its operations and the investors
would lose their entire investment.
Lease
Agreements
The
Company has entered into several tenancy agreements for the lease of factory
premises and staff quarters. The Company’s remaining commitments for minimum
lease payments under these non-cancelable operating leases are as
follows:
Year Ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
50,003 |
|
2010
|
|
|
21,623 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
71,626 |
|
Total
rent expense were $48,240 and $21,742 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008, respectively and $42,185, $23,602 and $17,299 for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Related
party rent expense were $32,983 and $15,054 for the nine months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and $25,947, $7,900 and $7,534 for the years
ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
Placement
Agreement
On August
6, 2008, the Company signed an engagement letter with Westpark Capital Inc.
(“WCI”), an investment banker located in California, USA, in which WCI will (i)
provide financial advisory and other professional services to the Company
throughout the Westpark Reverse Alternative Senior Exchange Process (“WRASP”),
(ii) act as the investment banker for the Company regarding a RTO transaction of
a shell company, and (iii) act as the Company’s exclusive placement agent in a
private offering of its security (up to $25,000,000) on a best-effort basis. In
return, WCI will be entitled to the following compensations and rewards: (i) for
RTO transaction: a cash financial advisory fee of $140,000 and five-year
warrants to purchase 2% of the outstanding shares of surviving company
immediately after the RTO and private placement transactions are closed, (ii)
for private placement transaction: a fee of 8% of the financing to be obtained
through private placement for an amount up to $25,000,000 and five-year warrants
to purchase 9% of the securities subject to the private placement transaction
with the same terms as the private placement investors, (iii) cash fee of
$80,000 for due diligence immediately after the RTO and private placement
transactions are closed, and (iv) consulting services: after the closing of the
private placement transaction, a monthly consulting fee of $6,000 for six
months. As of September 30, 2009, $10,000 has been paid by the Company to
WCI.
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
15 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
Uncertainties in VAT
Tax
The
Company has been granted, by the local national tax authority, to use a
simplified 4% VAT rate for the sales of its products manufactured through
outsourcing in lieu of the normal 17% VAT rate for purchases and sales. In
addition, the tax authority conducts periodic tax filing reviews after the VAT
returns have been filed. The Company’s VAT filings are therefore not
finalized. If a tax audit is conducted by a higher tax authority and
it was determined that such local approval was improper or unauthorized and that
the Company should in fact have been paying VAT at the rate of 17% on all sales
in the PRC, the Company may be required to make up all of the underpaid
taxes. Any change to the tax policy could be prospective and
the Company may not be able to collect deficiencies from the related
customers.
Trademark License
Agreement
On
September 10, 2008, the Company entered into a Trademark License Agreement (the
“Agreement”) with Hyundai Corporation pursuant to which Hyundai Corporation
granted the Company a license to use the trademark of “HYUNDAI” in connection
with manufacturing, selling, and marketing wiring accessories and lighting
products (the “Licensed Products”) within the People’s Republic of China. The
Agreement contains two terms, with one term from August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009
and the other term from August 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010. Any additional term or
renewal of the Trademark Agreement is contingent upon further written agreement
of the parties.
Pursuant
to the Trademark Agreement, during each term, the Company is required to pay
Hyundai Corporation minimum royalty, and the Company is not permitted to sell or
distribute any product similar to or in competition with the Licensed Products.
The Agreement also sets forth minimum sales amounts for the Licensed Products
for each term, in addition to providing for a percentage royalty rate such that,
if the aggregate sales during a term exceeds the minimum sales amount, the
Company will pay the royalty to Hyundai Corporation equal to the amount of
aggregate sales in excess of the minimum sales amount, multiplied by the royalty
rate. The Agreement also requires the Company to provide Hyundai Corporation
with sales and marketing reports for the Licensed Products for certain periods
and contains other customary general provisions, including provisions related to
a prohibition of assignment or sub-licensing, confidentiality, indemnification,
and the scope of our use of Hyundai Corporation’s trademark. Under the
Agreement, Hyundai Corporation may terminate the Agreement for, among other
reasons, failure to pay the royalties or failure to rectify any injury to the
brand image of Hyundai Corporation’s trademark within 30 days of receipt of
written notification of such injury.
The
Company’s remaining commitments for minimum royalty payments under the Agreement
are as follows:
Year Ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
$ |
25,000 |
|
2010
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
75,000 |
|
NOTE
16 - QUARTERLY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
The table
below presents selected (unaudited) results of operations for the quarters
indicated. All amounts are in thousands, except per share
amounts.
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
8,294 |
|
|
$ |
15,305 |
|
|
$ |
9,657 |
|
|
$ |
9,688 |
|
|
$ |
42,944 |
|
Gross
profit
|
|
$ |
1,821 |
|
|
$ |
3,884 |
|
|
$ |
1,853 |
|
|
$ |
2,432 |
|
|
$ |
9,990 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
489 |
|
|
$ |
3,071 |
|
|
$ |
652 |
|
|
$ |
1,556 |
|
|
$ |
5,768 |
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
5,168 |
|
|
$ |
4,194 |
|
|
$ |
4,284 |
|
|
$ |
2,906 |
|
|
$ |
16,552 |
|
Gross
profit
|
|
$ |
1,232 |
|
|
$ |
1,027 |
|
|
$ |
1,085 |
|
|
$ |
761 |
|
|
$ |
4,105 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
758 |
|
|
$ |
445 |
|
|
$ |
638 |
|
|
$ |
367 |
|
|
$ |
2,208 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
777 |
|
|
$ |
461 |
|
|
$ |
726 |
|
|
$ |
553 |
|
|
$ |
2,517 |
|
Gross
profit
|
|
$ |
215 |
|
|
$ |
128 |
|
|
$ |
202 |
|
|
$ |
154 |
|
|
$ |
699 |
|
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
75 |
|
|
$ |
45 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
53 |
|
|
$ |
243 |
|
China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited and Subsidiaries
Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts
and disclosures at and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are
unaudited)
NOTE
17 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
October 20, 2009, SRKP 22, Inc., a Delaware corporation, entered into a Share
Exchange Agreement with the Company, and became the parent of the Company.
Pursuant to the agreement, SRKP 22, Inc. agreed to issue an aggregate of
16,982,898 shares of its common stock to the Company and/or its designees in
exchange for 100% of the share capital of the Company.
On
November 25, 2009, the Company and the Shareholder entered into Amendment No. 1
to the Share Exchange Agreement that modified share and warrant amounts to be
issued and/or cancelled. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, as
amended, the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of 13,995,496 shares of its
common stock to the Shareholder and/or her designees in exchange for 100% of the
share capital of China Intelligent Electric Holding Limited and Subsidiaries
(the "Share Exchange"). The Company also agreed to have cancelled
4,260,390 shares of common stock and 5,515,682 warrants immediately prior to the
closing of the Share Exchange. Pursuant to the terms of the Share
Exchange Agreement, as amended, the Company expects that there will be
approximately 19,787,401 shares of Common Stock and 1,580,708 warrants to
purchase shares of common stock issued and outstanding after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement.
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date that the financial
statements were issued, which was December 29, 2009.
Item
9.01 (d) Exhibits:
Exhibit No.
|
|
Exhibit
Description
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Share
Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2009, by and among the
Registrant, China
Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, and Li
Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
2.1(a)
|
|
Amendment
No. 1 dated November 25, 2009 to the Share Exchange Agreement entered into
by and between the Registrant, China Intelligent Electronic Holding
Limited, and Li Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
2.1(b)
|
|
Amendment
No. 2 dated January 15, 2010 to the Share Exchange Agreement entered into
by and between the Registrant, China Intelligent Electronic Holding
Limited, and Li Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-53018) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16,
2008).
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
Bylaws
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement
on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-53018) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 16, 2008).
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger effecting name change filed with the
Office of Secretary of State of Delaware on January 15, 2010.
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between the
Registrant and Stockholders.
|
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Share
and Warrant Cancellation Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by
and between the Registrant and Stockholders.
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Form
of 2009 Employment Agreement dated January 2009 entered into with Dong Bin
and Wu Shiliang (translated to English).
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
Employment
Agreement for CFO Position dated November 23, 2009 entered into by and
between China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited and Xialong
Zhou.
|
|
|
|
10.4(a)
|
|
Mutual
Termination Agreement for CFO Position dated December 31, 2009 entered
into by and between China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited and
Xialong Zhou.
|
|
|
|
10.5
|
|
Factory
Premises Lease Rental Agreement entered by and between NIVS (HZ) Audio and
Video Tech. Co., Ltd. and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. with
effect through July 1, 2010.
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
Floors
Lease Agreement dated March 30, 2007 entered into by and between ShunKang
Department Store and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.6(a)
|
|
Floor
Lease Renewal Agreement dated April 8, 2009 for the Floors Lease Agreement
dated March 30, 2007 entered into by and between ShunKang Department Store
and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.7**
|
|
Trademark
License Agreement dated July 31, 2005 entered into by and between Hyundai
Corporation and Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.7(a)**
|
|
Trademark
License Agreement dated September 10, 2008 entered into by and between
Hyundai Corporation and Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
Debt
Repayment and Set-Off Agreement dated November 28, 2008, by and between
Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Int’l) Holding and Hyundai Light &
Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. and Tianfu Li, NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group,
Inc., Niveous Holding Company Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech
Company Limited, NIVS International (H.K.) Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio &
Video Tech Company Limited Shenzhen Branch, NIVS Investment (SZ) Co.,
Ltd., Zhongkena Technology Development, Xentsan Technology (SZ) Co.,
Ltd.
|
Exhibit No.
|
|
Exhibit
Description
|
|
|
|
10.8(a)
|
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Debt Repayment and Set-Off Agreement dated December 22, 2008,
by and between by and between Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Int’l)
Holding and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. and Tianfu Li,
NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc., Niveous Holding Company Limited,
NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech Company Limited, NIVS International
(H.K.) Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech Company Limited Shenzhen
Branch, NIVS Investment (SZ) Co., Ltd., Zhongkena Technology Development,
Xentsan Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Indemnification
Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between Li Xuemei,
China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, Hyundai Light and
Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
|
Security Agreement
dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between Li Xuemei, China
Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, Hyundai Light and Electric
(Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.11
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated December 28, 2009 entered into by and between the China
Intelligent Electric Holding Limited and Chi-wai (Gabriel) Tse (English
Translation).
|
|
|
|
10.12
|
|
Waiver
and Debt Forgiveness Agreement for China Intelligent Electronic Holding
Limited dated October 1, 2008 executed by Tianfu Li (English
Translation).
|
|
|
|
10.13
|
|
Waiver
and Debt Forgiveness Agreement for Korea Hyundai Light & Electric
(International) Holding Limited dated December 26, 2008 executed by Tianfu
Li (English Translation).
|
|
|
|
16.1
|
|
Letter
from AJ. Robbins, PC to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
January 15, 2010.
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
|
List
of
Subsidiaries.
|
**The
Registrant has applied with the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange
Commission for confidential treatment of certain information pursuant to Rule
24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Registrant has
filed separately with its application a copy of the exhibit including all
confidential portions, which may be made available for public inspection pending
the Commission’s review of the application in accordance with Rule
24b-2.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
CHINA
INTELLIGENT LIGHTING AND
ELECTRONICS,
INC.
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
Li
Xuemei |
Name:
|
Li
Xuemei
|
Title:
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
Date:
|
January
19,
2010
|
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
|
|
Exhibit
Description
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Share
Exchange Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2009, by and among the
Registrant, China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, and Li
Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
2.1(a)
|
|
Amendment
No. 1 dated November 25, 2009 to the Share Exchange Agreement entered into
by and between the Registrant, China Intelligent Electronic Holding
Limited, and Li Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
2.1(b)
|
|
Amendment
No. 2 dated January 15, 2010 to the Share Exchange Agreement entered into
by and between the Registrant, China Intelligent Electronic Holding
Limited, and Li Xuemei.
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-53018) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 16,
2008).
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
|
Bylaws
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement
on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-53018) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 16, 2008).
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
Certificate
of Ownership and Merger effecting name change filed with the Office
of Secretary of State of Delaware on January 15, 2010.
|
|
|
|
10.1
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between the
Registrant and Stockholders.
|
|
|
|
10.2
|
|
Share
and Warrant Cancellation Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by
and between the Registrant and Stockholders.
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Form
of 2009 Employment Agreement dated January 2009 entered into with Dong Bin
and Wu Shiliang (translated to English).
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
Employment
Agreement for CFO Position dated November 23, 2009 entered into by and
between China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited and Xialong
Zhou.
|
|
|
|
10.4(a)
|
|
Mutual
Termination Agreement for CFO Position dated December 31, 2009 entered
into by and between China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited and
Xialong Zhou.
|
|
|
|
10.5
|
|
Factory
Premises Lease Rental Agreement entered by and between NIVS (HZ) Audio and
Video Tech. Co., Ltd. and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. with
effect through July 1, 2010.
|
|
|
|
10.6
|
|
Floors
Lease Agreement dated March 30, 2007 entered into by and between ShunKang
Department Store and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.6(a)
|
|
Floor
Lease Renewal Agreement dated April 8, 2009 for the Floors Lease Agreement
dated March 30, 2007 entered into by and between ShunKang Department Store
and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.7**
|
|
Trademark
License Agreement dated July 31, 2005 entered into by and between Hyundai
Corporation and Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.7(a)**
|
|
Trademark
License Agreement dated September 10, 2008 entered into by and between
Hyundai Corporation and Hyundai Light and Electric (Huizhou) Co.,
Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
Debt
Repayment and Set-Off Agreement dated November 28, 2008, by and between
Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Int’l) Holding and Hyundai Light &
Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. and Tianfu Li, NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group,
Inc., Niveous Holding Company Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech
Company Limited, NIVS International (H.K.) Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio &
Video Tech Company Limited Shenzhen Branch, NIVS Investment (SZ) Co.,
Ltd., Zhongkena Technology Development, Xentsan Technology (SZ) Co.,
Ltd.
|
Exhibit No.
|
|
Exhibit
Description
|
|
|
|
10.8(a)
|
|
Amendment
No. 1 to the Debt Repayment and Set-Off Agreement dated December 22, 2008,
by and between by and between Korea Hyundai Light & Electric (Int’l)
Holding and Hyundai Light & Electric (HZ) Co., Ltd. and Tianfu Li,
NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc., Niveous Holding Company Limited,
NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech Company Limited, NIVS International
(H.K.) Limited, NIVS (HZ) Audio & Video Tech Company Limited Shenzhen
Branch, NIVS Investment (SZ) Co., Ltd., Zhongkena Technology Development,
Xentsan Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Indemnification
Agreement dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between Li Xuemei,
China Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, Hyundai Light and
Electric (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.10
|
|
Security Agreement
dated January 15, 2010 entered into by and between Li Xuemei, China
Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited, Hyundai Light and Electric
(Huizhou) Co., Ltd.
|
|
|
|
10.11
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated December 28, 2009 entered into by and between the China
Intelligent Electronic Holding Limited and Chi-wai (Gabriel) Tse
(English Translation).
|
|
|
|
10.12
|
|
Waiver
and Debt Forgiveness Agreement for China Intelligent Electronic
Holding Limited dated October 1, 2008 executed by Tianfu Li (English
Translation).
|
|
|
|
10.13
|
|
Waiver
and Debt Forgiveness Agreement for Korea Hyundai Light & Electric
(International) Holding Limited dated December 26, 2008 executed by Tianfu
Li (English Translation).
|
|
|
|
16.1
|
|
Letter
from AJ. Robbins, PC to the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
January 15, 2010.
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
|
List
of
Subsidiaries.
|
**The
Registrant has applied with the Secretary of the Securities and Exchange
Commission for confidential treatment of certain information pursuant to Rule
24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Registrant has
filed separately with its application a copy of the exhibit including all
confidential portions, which may be made available for public inspection pending
the Commission’s review of the application in accordance with Rule
24b-2.