Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2010
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OR
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the transition period
from to
Commission
File No. 000-53018
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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26-1357819
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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No.
29 & 31, Huanzhen Road
Shuikou Town, Huizhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic
of China 516005
(ADDRESS
OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
86-0752-3138511
(COMPANY’S
TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such
files). Yes o No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer” and “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large accelerated
filer o
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Accelerated
filer ¨ |
Non-accelerated
filer x
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Smaller reporting
company ¨
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
The
number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001
per share, was 9,893,704 as of May 12, 2010 (excluding 790,358 shares underlying
outstanding warrants exercisable at $0.0002 per share).
CHINA
INTELLIGENT LIGHTING AND ELECTRONICS, INC.
FORM 10-Q
For
the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2010
INDEX
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Page
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Part I
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Financial
Information
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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a)
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31,
2009
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3
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b)
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Consolidated
Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
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4
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c)
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Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2010 Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three
Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)
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5
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d)
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Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three
Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)
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6
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e)
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and
2009 (Unaudited)
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7
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f)
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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8
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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26
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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34
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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35
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Part II
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Other
Information
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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36
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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36
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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59
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Item
3.
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Default
Upon Senior Securities
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59
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Item
4.
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Removed
and Reserved
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59
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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60
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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60
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Signatures
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61
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PART I. FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
(In
US Dollars)
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|
March
31,
|
|
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December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
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|
2009
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|
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|
(unaudited)
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|
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Assets
|
|
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|
|
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Current
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
2,609,277 |
|
|
$ |
469,341 |
|
Trade
receivables, net
|
|
|
14,861,699 |
|
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|
13,424,362 |
|
VAT
refundable
|
|
|
384,225 |
|
|
|
168,765 |
|
Inventories,
net
|
|
|
3,897,755 |
|
|
|
3,923,533 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other receivables
|
|
|
3,512 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Advances
to suppliers
|
|
|
1,947,281 |
|
|
|
2,369,134 |
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
352,106 |
|
|
|
352,051 |
|
Total
current assets
|
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|
24,055,855 |
|
|
|
20,707,186 |
|
Property
and equipment, net
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|
3,358,436 |
|
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|
3,450,745 |
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
27,414,291 |
|
|
$ |
24,157,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Accounts
payable - trade
|
|
$ |
3,619,945 |
|
|
$ |
3,579,095 |
|
Accrued
liabilities and other payable
|
|
|
619,825 |
|
|
|
1,224,359 |
|
Customer
deposits
|
|
|
358,283 |
|
|
|
148,757 |
|
Corporate
tax payable
|
|
|
232,625 |
|
|
|
372,275 |
|
Short-term
loan
|
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|
850,924 |
|
|
|
938,802 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
5,681,602 |
|
|
|
6,263,288 |
|
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|
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Stockholders'
Equity
|
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|
|
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Preferred
stock, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares
|
|
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authorized,
0 shares outstanding at March 31, 2010
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|
|
|
|
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and
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
|
|
|
|
|
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9,893,704
and 7,097,748 shares issued and outstanding
|
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at
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
|
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|
989 |
|
|
|
710 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
4,389,866 |
|
|
|
1,389,163 |
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
681,680 |
|
|
|
716,048 |
|
Statutory
reserves
|
|
|
2,201,627 |
|
|
|
2,201,627 |
|
Retained
earnings (unrestricted)
|
|
|
14,458,527 |
|
|
|
13,587,095 |
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
|
|
21,732,689 |
|
|
|
17,894,643 |
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
|
$ |
27,414,291 |
|
|
$ |
24,157,931 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In
US Dollars)
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
14,857,193 |
|
|
$ |
11,987,437 |
|
Cost
of Goods Sold
|
|
|
(11,458,652 |
) |
|
|
(9,449,867 |
) |
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
3,398,541 |
|
|
|
2,537,570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling
expenses
|
|
|
626,854 |
|
|
|
550,961 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
1,333,847 |
|
|
|
220,442 |
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
280,726 |
|
|
|
104,205 |
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
2,241,427 |
|
|
|
875,608 |
|
Income
from operations
|
|
|
1,157,114 |
|
|
|
1,661,962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income (expenses):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
1,061 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(12,042 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Total
other (expenses) income
|
|
|
(11,803 |
) |
|
|
1,061 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
1,145,311 |
|
|
|
1,663,023 |
|
Income
taxes
|
|
|
(273,879 |
) |
|
|
(203,595 |
) |
Net
income
|
|
$ |
871,432 |
|
|
$ |
1,459,428 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share - basic
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, basic
|
|
|
9,458,778 |
|
|
|
7,097,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share - diluted
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding, diluted
|
|
|
10,126,191 |
|
|
|
7,097,748 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
For the
three months ended March 31, 2010
(Unaudited)
(In US
Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Statutory
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Stockholders'
|
|
|
|
Share
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Reserves
|
|
|
(Unrestricted)
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
7,097,748 |
|
|
$ |
710 |
|
|
$ |
1,389,163 |
|
|
$ |
716,048 |
|
|
$ |
2,201,627 |
|
|
$ |
13,587,095 |
|
|
$ |
17,894,643 |
|
Retain
of 1,418,001 shares held by original SRKP 22 shareholders
|
|
|
1,418,001 |
|
|
|
142 |
|
|
|
(142 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of 1,377,955 shares at $2.54 per share in private placement, net of
offering costs
|
|
|
1,377,955 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
|
|
3,000,845 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,000,982 |
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(34,368 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(34,368 |
) |
Net
income for the three months ended March 31, 2010
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
871,432 |
|
|
|
871,432 |
|
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
|
9,893,704 |
|
|
$ |
989 |
|
|
$ |
4,389,866 |
|
|
$ |
681,680 |
|
|
$ |
2,201,627 |
|
|
$ |
14,458,527 |
|
|
$ |
21,732,689 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
(In US
Dollars)
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
871,432 |
|
|
$ |
1,459,428 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
comprehensive income, net of tax:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
gain on foreign currency translation
|
|
|
(34,368 |
) |
|
|
(12,728 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
income
|
|
$ |
837,064 |
|
|
$ |
1,446,700 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In
US Dollars)
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Cash
Flows From Operating Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
871,432 |
|
|
$ |
1,459,428 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
88,869 |
|
|
|
88,185 |
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Account
receivable-trade
|
|
|
(1,435,210 |
) |
|
|
(3,360,836 |
) |
VAT
refundable
|
|
|
(215,433 |
) |
|
|
381,477 |
|
Advance
to suppliers for purchases
|
|
|
422,228 |
|
|
|
(92,133 |
) |
Inventories,
net
|
|
|
26,400 |
|
|
|
1,597,864 |
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
(564,445 |
) |
|
|
27,220 |
|
Customer
deposits
|
|
|
209,502 |
|
|
|
(28 |
) |
Prepaid
expense
|
|
|
(3,512 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Corporate
tax payable
|
|
|
(139,709 |
) |
|
|
203,595 |
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(739,878 |
) |
|
|
304,772 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,172 |
) |
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,172 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments
of loans
|
|
|
(88,027 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
proceeds of share issuance
|
|
|
3,000,982 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
2,912,955 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
|
|
|
(33,141 |
) |
|
|
(1,321 |
) |
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
2,139,936 |
|
|
|
302,279 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
469,341 |
|
|
|
264,189 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
2,609,277 |
|
|
$ |
566,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
disclosure information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
taxes paid
|
|
$ |
401,815 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$ |
82,305 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
1 - DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. (“China Intelligent US”,
or “the Company”) (formerly SRKP 22, Inc.) was incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware on October 11, 2007. SRKP 22 agreed to issue an aggregate
of 7,097,748 shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of China Intelligent Electric Holding Limited under a
Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange”). The Share Exchange closed on
January 15, 2010. After the share exchange, China Intelligent Lighting and
Electronics, Inc. became parent company of China Intelligent Electric Holding
Limited.
China
Intelligent Electric Holding Limited (“China Intelligent BVI” or “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 BVI 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 US and its subsidiaries, China Intelligent, 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 control 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:
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1.
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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.
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2.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
For
accounting purposes, the restructuring transactions are being accounted as
business combination of entities under common control. The various entities and
restructuring transactions have an underlying 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.
To
summarize the paragraphs above, the organization and ownership structure of the
Company is currently as follows:
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 7,097,748 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 7,097,748 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 a private placement that closed concurrently with the Share Exchange,
shareholders of SRKP 22 canceled an aggregate of 2,130,195 shares held by them
such that there were 1,418,001 shares of common stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Share Exchange. SRKP 22 shareholders also canceled an
aggregate of 2,757,838 warrants such that the shareholders held an aggregate of
790,358 warrants immediately after the Share Exchange. Immediately after the
closing of the Share Exchange, the Company had 8,515,749 outstanding shares of
common stock (excluding the 1,377,955 shares of common stock sold in the private
placement), no outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, no outstanding options,
and outstanding warrants to purchase 790,358 shares of common
stock.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
For
accounting purposes, the Share Exchange transaction is being accounted for as a
reverse merger. The transaction has been treated as a recapitalization of China
Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries, with China Intelligent US (the legal
acquirer of China Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries including Hyundai HZ)
considered the accounting acquiree and Hyundai HZ, the only operating company,
and whose management took control of China Intelligent US (the legal
acquiree of Hyundai HZ) is considered the accounting acquirer. The
Company did not recognize goodwill or any intangible assets in connection with
the transaction. The 7,097,748 shares of common stock issued to the
shareholder of China Intelligent BVI and her designees in conjunction with the
share exchange transaction have been presented as outstanding for all
periods. The historical consolidated financial statements include the
operations of the accounting acquirer for all periods presented.
On March
30, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors and shareholders authorized a 1-for-2
reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock (the
“Reverse Stock Split”). References to shares in the consolidated financial
statements and the accompanying notes, including, but not limited to, the number
of shares and per share amounts, have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock
Split on a retroactive basis.
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.
In the
opinion of the management, the consolidated financial statements reflect all
adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present
fairly the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, and the results of operations and cash flows for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
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b.
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Basis
of consolidation
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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.
Certain
amounts in the consolidated financial statements for the prior years have been
reclassified to conform to the presentation of the current year for the
comparative purposes.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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e.
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Fair
values of financial instruments
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The
Company adopted ASC 820 “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value,
establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value
measurement and enhances 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:
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Level
1 — inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active
markets.
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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.
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Level
3 — inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant
to the fair value.
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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.
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f.
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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Cash and
cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash on deposit with various financial
institutions in PRC, Hong Kong, US, 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.
The
restricted cash consists of bank deposits pledged against short-term credit
facilities provided by the banks and are recorded as asset.
Trade
receivables are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an
allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed.
The
allowance for bad debts on trade receivables reflects management’s best estimate
of probable losses determined principally on the basis of historical experience.
The allowance for bad debt is determined primarily on the basis of management’s
best estimate of probable losses, including specific allowances for known
troubled accounts. All accounts or portions thereof deemed to be uncollectible
or to require an excessive collection cost are written off to the allowance for
bad debt. 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. 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.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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j. Property
and equipment
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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
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10
years
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Machinery
and Equipment
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10
years
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Electronic
Equipment
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5
years
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Office
and Other Equipment
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5
years
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Impairment
of long-lived assets
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The
Company evaluates potential impairment of long-lived assets, in accordance with
ASC 360, “Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets
to be Disposed of”, 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
customer deposits are recorded as a liability when the Company receives it and
recognized as revenue after the total amount is paid off upon the delivery of
the products.
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).
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 Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The
Company generates revenues from the sales of lighting and electronic equipment.
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
product 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 three month ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
The
Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Advertising is included in
selling expenses for financial reporting. The Company spent $26,338 and $23,735
for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, on advertising
expenses.
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Research
and development costs
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Research
and development costs are expensed to operations as incurred. The Company spent
$280,726 and $104,205, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively, on direct research and development efforts.
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Foreign
currency translation
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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.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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
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Balance
Sheet Date Rates
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Average
Rates
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Year
ended December 31, 2009
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6.81720 |
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6.84088 |
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Three
months ended March 31, 2009
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6.82547 |
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6.82547 |
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Three
months ended March 31, 2010
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6.81612 |
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6.83603 |
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The
exchange rates used for foreign currency translation were as follows (USD$1 =
HKD):
Period
Covered
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Balance
Sheet Date Rates
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Average
Rates
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Year
ended December 31, 2009
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7.75477 |
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7.75218 |
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Three
months ended March 31, 2009
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7.74999 |
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7.75374 |
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Three
months ended March 31, 2010
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7.76406 |
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7.76390 |
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A party
is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly
or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners
of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal
owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the
Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the
management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the
transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate
interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating
policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of
the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent
that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully
pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.
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t. Recently
issued accounting pronouncements
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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.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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 adoption of this standard did not have a material
impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial
condition.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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
adoption of this standard did not 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
adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s
consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In
January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-6, Improving Disclosures About Fair
Value Measurements, that amends existing disclosure requirements under
ASC 820 by adding required disclosures about items transferring into and out of
levels 1 and 2 in the fair value hierarchy; adding separate disclosures about
purchase, sales, issuances, and settlements relative to level 3 measurements;
and clarifying, among other things, the existing fair value disclosures about
the level of disaggregation. This ASU is effective for the first quarter of
2010, except for the requirement to provide level 3 activity of purchases,
sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis, which is effective beginning
the first quarter of 2011. Since this standard impacts disclosure requirements
only, its adoption will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated
results of operations or financial condition.
In
September 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-12, Investments in Certain Entities That
Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent), that amends ASC
820 to provide guidance on measuring the fair value of certain alternative
investments such as hedge funds, private equity funds and venture capital funds.
The ASU indicates that, under certain circumstance, the fair value of such
investments may be determined using net asset value (NAV) as a practical
expedient, unless it is probable the investment will be sold at something other
than NAV. In those situations, the practical expedient cannot be used and
disclosure of the remaining actions necessary to complete the sale is required.
The ASU also requires additional disclosures of the attributes of all
investments within the scope of the new guidance, regardless of whether an
entity used the practical expedient to measure the fair value of any of its
investments. This ASU is effective October 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
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 Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-14, Certain Revenue Arrangements That
Include Software Elements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task
Force, that reduces the types of transactions that fall within the
current scope of software revenue recognition guidance. Existing software
revenue recognition guidance requires that its provisions be applied to an
entire arrangement when the sale of any products or services containing or
utilizing software when the software is considered more than incidental to the
product or service. As a result of the amendments included in ASU
No. 2009-14, many tangible products and services that rely on software will
be accounted for under the multiple-element arrangements revenue recognition
guidance rather than under the software revenue recognition guidance. Under the
ASU, the following components would be excluded from the scope of software
revenue recognition guidance: the tangible element of the product,
software products bundled with tangible products where the software components
and non-software components function together to deliver the product’s essential
functionality, and undelivered components that relate to software that is
essential to the tangible product’s functionality. The ASU also provides
guidance on how to allocate transaction consideration when an arrangement
contains both deliverables within the scope of software revenue guidance
(software deliverables) and deliverables not within the scope of that guidance
(non-software deliverables). 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.
NOTE
3 - TRADE RECEIVABLES, NET
Trade
receivables consist of the following:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Trade
receivables
|
|
$ |
14,861,699 |
|
|
$ |
13,424,362 |
|
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Trade
receivables, net
|
|
$ |
14,861,699 |
|
|
$ |
13,424,362 |
|
There is
no change in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended
March 31, 2010.
The
Company did not record any allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months
ended March 31, 2010, because the Company collected 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.
NOTE
4 – 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:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$ |
2,594,171 |
|
|
$ |
1,921,099 |
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
1,303,584 |
|
|
|
2,002,434 |
|
Inventories,
net
|
|
$ |
3,897,755 |
|
|
$ |
3,923,533 |
|
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
5 - 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. The
delivery term for the materials and equipment 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 equipment from the
suppliers.
|
The
Company did not have any contract breaches during the three month ended March
31, 2010.
At
March 31, 2010, four suppliers each individually accounted for more than
10% of the advances to suppliers and accounted for approximately 26%, 24%, 20%
and 13% of total advances to suppliers. For the three months ended March 31,
2010, these four suppliers accounted for approximately 9%, 7%, 0% and 0% of
total purchases made by the Company.
At
December 31, 2009, one supplier accounted for more than 10% of the advances
to suppliers and accounted for approximately 28% of total advances to
suppliers. For the year ended December 31, 2009, this one supplier
accounted for approximately 2% of total purchases made by the
Company. Normally, within approximately 15 days after an order and
the prepayment are made, the Company will receive ordered items. In September
2009, the Company placed a special order to this one supplier and the supplier
requested a prepayment from the Company as such supplier typically does with its
customers. The supplies ordered by the Company never met the Company’s standards
and requirements until February 2010 and therefore there was a
disproportionately high balance outstanding at December 31, 2009. This is an
ordinary purchase transaction. There are no unusual terms under the purchase
contract and the supplier is an unaffiliated third party.
NOTE
6 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Molds
|
|
$ |
3,173,245 |
|
|
$ |
3,172,742 |
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
|
|
775,225 |
|
|
|
775,102 |
|
Electronic
equipment
|
|
|
12,848 |
|
|
|
12,846 |
|
Office
and other equipment
|
|
|
82,807 |
|
|
|
82,793 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
4,044,125 |
|
|
|
4,043,483 |
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(685,689 |
) |
|
|
(592,738 |
) |
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$ |
3,358,436 |
|
|
$ |
3,450,745 |
|
Depreciation
expense for the period ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was classified as
follows:
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Cost
of goods sold
|
|
$ |
84,601 |
|
|
$ |
87,325 |
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
4,268 |
|
|
|
860 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
88,869 |
|
|
$ |
88,185 |
|
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
7 - CUSTOMER DEPOSITS
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 March
31, 2010, four customers each individually accounted for more than 10% of the
customer deposits and each accounted approximately 51%, 25%, 14% and 10% of
total customer deposit, respectively.
At
December 31, 2009, four customers each individually accounted for more than 10%
of the customer deposits and each accounted approximately 59%, 15%, 14% and 11%
of total customer deposit, respectively.
NOTE
8 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Lease
Agreements
In 2008,
the Company signed a 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:
|
|
Three
month ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
NIVS
(HZ) Audio & Video Tech Co. Ltd. (“NIVS HZ”)
|
|
$ |
10,971 |
|
|
$ |
10,963 |
|
NOTE
9 - SHORT TERM LOAN
On April
16, 2009, the Company obtained a one year term loan of RMB 8,000,000
(approximately $1,169,000) from Pudong Development Bank ("PDB") bearing interest
at the prevailing prime rate (approximately 5.4%). Pursuant to the loan
contract, the monthly payment is RMB 200,000 plus monthly interest and the
balance will be paid 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 other’s
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.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company had $850,924 loan payable to Pudong Development
Bank. In April 2010, the Company paid off this loan and obtained a
new loan from the same bank. This new loan is a one year term loan of RMB
10,000,000 (approximately $1,467,000) bearing interest at the prevailing prime
rate (approximately 5.8%). Pursuant to the loan contract, the monthly payment is
RMB 300,000 plus monthly interest and the balance will be repaid in April
2011. The Company’s deposit remained in the bank as collateral for
the loan as of March 31, 2010 and accounted as restricted cash.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
10 - INCOME TAX AND VARIOUS TAXES
China
Intelligent is registered in BVI and pays no taxes.
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. Hyundai HZ had 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. As of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, the Company had tax payable of $232,625 and $372,275
respectively. During first quarter of 2010 and 2009, cash paid income taxes of
$401,815 and $0, respectively.
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:
|
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|
Current
income taxes expenses:
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
PRC
Enterprises Income Taxes
|
|
$ |
273,879 |
|
|
$ |
203,595 |
|
A
reconciliation between the income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate and
the Group’s provision for income tax is as follows:
|
|
Three
months ended March 31
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
PRC
preferential enterprise income tax
|
|
|
25 |
% |
|
|
25 |
% |
Tax
holiday and relief granted to the subsidiary
|
|
|
-12.5 |
% |
|
|
-12.5 |
% |
Permanent
differences related to other expenses
|
|
|
11.4 |
% |
|
|
-0.3 |
% |
Provision
for income tax
|
|
|
23.9 |
% |
|
|
12.2 |
% |
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.
NOTE
11 - PRIVATE PLACEMENT
On
January 15, 2010, concurrently with the close of the Share Exchange, the
Company conducted a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”)
pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 1,377,955 shares of common
stock at $2.54 per share. As a result, the Company received gross
proceeds in the amount of approximately $3.5 million. WestPark Capital,
Inc. (“WestPark Capital”) was paid a placement agent commission equal to 8% of
the gross proceeds from the financing and a 4% non-accountable expense
allowance.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
12 - 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 reserve fund. Specifically, the subsidiaries of the Company
consist of Statutory surplus reserves and Discretionary surplus reserves.
Statutory surplus reserves 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
are decided by the board of directors.
NOTE
13 - COMMON STOCK WARRANTS
Since the
inception of China Intelligent US, the shareholders of SRKP 22 held an aggregate
of 3,548,196 warrants. Immediately prior to the closing of the share exchange on
January 15, 2010, the shareholders agreed and canceled an aggregate of 2,757,838
warrants. Immediately after the Share Exchange and the cancellation, the
shareholders held an aggregate of 790,358 warrants.
The
warrants have an exercise price of $0.0002 per share and are currently
exercisable. According to the terms of the warrants, the warrants expire on the
earlier of October 11, 2017 or five years from the date that SRKP 22 consummates
a merger or other business combination with an operating business or any other
event pursuant to which SRKP 22 ceases to be a “shell company,” as defined by
Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a “blank check
company,” as defined by Rule 419 of the Securities Act of 1933. As a
result of the close of the Share Exchange on January 15, 2010, the warrants will
expire on January 15, 2015. The Company agreed to register the
790,358 shares of common stock underlying the warrants in a registration
statement that the Company agreed to file on or about August 26,
2010.
A summary
of the Company’s warrant activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is
as follows:
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
Balance
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
3,548,196 |
|
|
$ |
0.0002 |
|
Forfeited/canceled
|
|
|
(2,757,838 |
) |
|
$ |
0.0002 |
|
Balance
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
790,358 |
|
|
$ |
0.0002 |
|
NOTE
14 - 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.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Lease
Agreements
The
Company has entered into several tenancy agreements for the lease of factory
premises and staff quarters. The corporate office and the main factory located
in Huizhou, Guangdong are leased from a related party. Related party rent
expense were $10,971 and $10,963 for the three month ended March 31, 2010 and
2009, respectively.
The
Company’s remaining commitments for minimum lease payments under these
non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:
Year
Ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
$ |
11,603 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
11,603 |
|
Total
rent expense were $14,763 and $18,583 for the three months ended March 31,
2010 and 2009, respectively.
Fines and penalties by
housing authority
According
to the relevant PRC regulations on housing provident funds, PRC enterprises are
required to contribute housing provident funds for their employees. The monthly
contributions for Huizhou City must be at least 5% of each employee’s average
monthly income in the previous year. The
Company has not paid such funds for its employees since its establishment and
the accumulated unpaid amount is approximately $244,430. The Company accrued the
entire balance as of December 31, 2009 on its books. Under local
regulations on collection of housing provident funds in Huizhou City where the
Company’s subsidiary, Hyundai HZ, is located, the local housing authority may
require the Company to rectify its non-compliance by setting up bank accounts
and making payment and relevant filings for the unpaid housing funds for its
employees within a specified time period. If the Company fails to do so within
the specified time period, the local housing authority may impose a
monetary fine on it and may also apply to the local people’s court for
enforcement. The Company’s employees may also be entitled to claim payment of
such funds individually.
If the
Company receives any notice from the local housing authority or any claim from
its current and former employees regarding the Company’s non-compliance with the
regulations, the Company will be required respond to the notice and pay all
amounts due to the government, including any administrative penalties imposed,
which would require the Company to divert its financial resources and/or impact
its cash reserves, if any, to make such payments. Additionally, any
administrative costs in excess of the payments, if material, may impact the
Company's operating results. As of March 31, 2010, the Company
has not received any notice from the local housing authority or any claim from
its current and former employees.
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.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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
as of March 31, 2010 are as follows:
Year
Ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
$ |
28,571 |
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$ |
28,571 |
|
NOTE
15 - 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.
Exchange
risk
The
Company cannot guarantee the Renminbi, US dollar exchange rate will remain
steady, therefore, the Company could post the same profit for two comparable
periods and post higher or lower profit depending on exchange rate of Renminbi
and US dollars. The exchange rate could fluctuate depending on changes in the
political and economic environments without notice.
Credit
risk
A
significant portion of the Company’s cash at March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009
and 2008 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.
Political
risk
Currently,
PRC is in a period of growth and is openly promoting business development in
order to bring more business into PRC. Additionally PRC currently allows a
Chinese corporation to be owned by a United States corporation. If the laws or
regulations relating to ownership of a Chinese corporation are changed by the
PRC government, the Company's ability to operate the PRC subsidiaries could be
affected.
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
16 - MAJOR CUSTOMERS
For the
three month ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, no customer had net sales exceeding
10% of the Company’s total net sales for the quarters.
NOTE
17 - REVENUE AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
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.
The
management has determined that the Company has only one operating segment. 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
geographic information for revenue is as follows:
|
|
Three
Month ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
China
and Hong Kong
|
|
$ |
13,416,440 |
|
|
$ |
9,430,503 |
|
Other
Asian countries
|
|
|
1,157,628 |
|
|
|
1,592,214 |
|
North
America
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
417,144 |
|
Australia
|
|
|
93,732 |
|
|
|
28,285 |
|
Europe
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
519,291 |
|
Others
|
|
|
189,393 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
14,857,193 |
|
|
$ |
11,987,437 |
|
NOTE
18 - RECONCILIATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$ |
871,432 |
|
|
$ |
1,459,428 |
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding for basic earnings per share
|
|
|
9,458,778 |
|
|
|
7,097,748 |
|
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock warrants
|
|
|
667,413 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Weighted-average
shares outstanding for diluted earnings per
share
|
|
|
10,126,191 |
|
|
|
7,097,748 |
|
Net
income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
Net
income per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.09 |
|
|
$ |
0.21 |
|
China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
NOTE
19 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On May 5,
2010, the Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Jiang regarding
his employment by the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer (the
“Employment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr.
Jiang will be entitled to, among other things, a grant of options to purchase
25,000 shares of the common stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to
the offering price of the shares sold in the public offering (the “Jiang
Options”) upon the pricing date of the public offering (the “Effective
Date”). The Jiang Options will vest in equal installments every three
months over a period of 12 months. The Jiang Options will expire five
years from the date of grant, provided, however, that Mr. Jiang remains
continuously employed by the Company during the applicable five-year
period. If Mr. Jiang is terminated without Cause (as defined in the
Employment Agreement) or Mr. Jiang terminates his employment for Good Reason (as
defined in the Employment Agreement), then all of the Jiang Options that are not
vested will immediately vest on the date of termination. All options
that are vested at the time of termination of employment must be exercised
within 30 days of termination, provided, however, that the Jiang Options may be
immediately cancelled by the Company if Mr. Jiang’s employment is terminated for
Cause.
On May
12, 2010, the Company effected its 1-for-2 Reverse Stock Split by filing a
Certificate of Amendment with the State of Delaware. References to
shares in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes,
including, but not limited to, the number of shares and per share amounts, have
been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split on a retroactive
basis.
The
Company has evaluated all subsequent events through the date of this
filing.
ITEM
2.
|
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
|
The
following discussion relates to the financial condition and results of
operations of China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. (the “Company”)
and its subsidiaries, including 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”). See the
notes to the financial statements of this report for more information on our
organization and ownership structure.
Forward-Looking
Statements
The
following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should
be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and
the related notes, and the other financial information included in this
Quarterly Report.
This
Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial
risks and uncertainties. All statements other than historical facts contained in
this report, including statements regarding our future financial position,
capital expenditures, cash flows, business strategy and plans and objectives of
management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words
“anticipated,” “believe,” “expect, “plan,” “intend,” “seek,” “estimate,”
“project,” “could,” “may,” and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our management’s current
views with respect to future events and financial performance and involve risks
and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the current economic downturn
adversely affecting demand for the our products; our reliance on our major
customers for a large portion of our net sales; our ability to develop and
market new products; our ability to raise additional capital to fund our
operations; our ability to accurately forecast amounts of supplies needed to
meet customer demand; market acceptance of our products; exposure to product
liability and defect claims; fluctuations in the availability of raw materials
and components needed for our products; protection of our intellectual property
rights; changes in the laws of the PRC that affect our operations; inflation and
fluctuations in foreign currency rates and various other matters, many of which
are beyond our control. Actual results may vary materially and adversely from
those anticipated, believed, estimated or otherwise indicated should one or more
of these risks or uncertainties occur or if any of the risks or uncertainties
described elsewhere in this report occur. Consequently, all of the
forward-looking statements made in this filing are qualified by these cautionary
statements and there can be no assurance of the actual results or
developments.
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. We operate
in the LED lighting business sector, 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, Hyundai Corporation, to extend the license
agreement past the July 2010 expiration date. We anticipate that the license
agreement will be renewed in July 2010 because Hyundai Corporation has signed a
non-binding memorandum of cooperation effective January 1, 2009 that indicates
that Hyundai Corporation intends to renew our license agreement until December
31, 2018. However, the memorandum is not binding on Hyundai Corporation
and we have no control over Hyundai Corporation's decision whether to continue
to license its trademark to us. If such trademark license is discontinued,
we would lose the right to use the Hyundai™ name in connection with our
business. Because the trademark license agreement prohibits us from
selling our Hyundai™ branded products outside of the PRC, our international
expansion efforts will primarily be executed through our Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) products, which are not directly affected by the Hyundai
Corporation trademark license agreement.
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
three months ended March 31, 2010, we had one customer that accounted for at
least 5% of the revenues that we generated. This one customer accounted for a
total of approximately 5.16% of our revenue for that period. During the three
months ended March 31, 2009, we had two customers that generated at least 5% of
our revenues. Those customers accounted for 12.46% of our
revenues. Unless we replace a customer, the loss of any of these
customers could have a material adverse effect upon our revenue and net
income.
Most of
our revenues are derived from sales to OEMs, or Original Equipment
Manufacturers, followed by sales of Hyundai™ branded products and other
products. The OEM sales are mainly decided by our manufacturing capability
and are not affected by the Hyundai Corporation trademark license
agreement. 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 60% and 65% of our revenues for
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and sales of
products with our Hyundai™ brand products and other products accounted for 40%
and 35% of our revenues for the same periods, respectively. Because the
trademark license agreement between us and Hyundai Corporation prohibits us from
selling our Hyundai™ branded products outside of the PRC, our international
expansion efforts will primarily be executed through our OEM products, which are
not directly affected by the Hyundai Corporation trademark license
agreement.
Our
primary suppliers of raw materials are located in Huizhou, Shenzhen and
Zhongshan. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, our top
three suppliers accounted for a total of approximately 23.37% and 34.03% of our
raw material purchases for the respective periods. These suppliers are
unrelated parties. 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.
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 in the long
term. We expect that our research and development budget will significantly
increase as we attempt to create new products and as we have access to
additional working capital to fund these activities. We intend to use
approximately one-third of the net proceeds from a public offering that we
propose to conduct in the second quarter of 2010, or an estimated $6 million,
for research and development focused on LED technologies and an additional
one-third for expansion of our manufacturing and production of LED
components. 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. As a result, we may not achieve significant revenue from these investments
for a number of years, if at all.
Recent
Events
Reverse
Stock Split
On March
30, 2010, our Board of Directors and shareholders approved an amendment to our
Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-2 reverse stock split of all of
our issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”).
On May 12, 2010 we effected the Reverse Stock Split by filing the amendment to
the Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.
The par value and number of authorized shares of our common stock remained
unchanged. All references to number of shares and per share amounts included in
this report gives effect to the Reverse Stock Split. The number of shares and
per share amounts included in the consolidated financial statements and the
accompanying notes have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split
retroactively.
Share
Exchange
On October 20, 2009, we 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”), we agreed to issue an aggregate
of 7,097,748 shares of our common stock in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of China Intelligent BVI (the “Share Exchange”). On
January 15, 2010, the Share Exchange closed and China Intelligent BVI became our
wholly-owned subsidiary and we immediately changed our name from “SRKP 22, Inc.”
to “China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.” We issued a
total of 7,097,748 shares to Li Xuemei, the sole shareholder of China
Intelligent BVI, and her designees in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of China Intelligent BVI.
Private
Placement
On
January 15, 2010, concurrently with the close of the Share Exchange, we
conducted a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”) pursuant to
which we sold an aggregate of 1,377,955 shares of common stock at $2.54 per
share. As a result, we received gross proceeds in the amount of
approximately $3.5 million. WestPark Capital, Inc. (“WestPark Capital”)
was paid a placement agent 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.
Results
of Operations
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of income for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited) in dollars and as a
percentage of revenue:
|
|
For
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(all
amounts are in thousands except percentages)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$ |
14,857 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
|
$ |
11,987 |
|
|
|
100 |
% |
Cost
of Goods Sold
|
|
|
(11,459 |
) |
|
|
77.1 |
% |
|
|
(9,450 |
) |
|
|
78.8 |
% |
Gross
Profit
|
|
|
3,398 |
|
|
|
22.9 |
% |
|
|
2,537 |
|
|
|
21.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling
Expenses
|
|
|
627 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
% |
|
|
551 |
|
|
|
4.6 |
% |
General
and administrative
|
|
|
1,334 |
|
|
|
9.0 |
% |
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
% |
Research
and Development
|
|
|
280 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
% |
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
% |
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
2,241 |
|
|
|
15.1 |
% |
|
|
875 |
|
|
|
7.3 |
% |
Income
from operations
|
|
|
1,157 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
% |
|
|
1,662 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income (expenses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
Total other
expenses
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
|
|
0.1 |
% |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
before income taxes
|
|
|
1,145 |
|
|
|
7.7 |
% |
|
|
1,663 |
|
|
|
13.9 |
% |
Income
taxes
|
|
|
(274 |
) |
|
|
1.8 |
% |
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
1.7 |
% |
Net
Income
|
|
$ |
871 |
|
|
|
5.9 |
% |
|
$ |
1,460 |
|
|
|
12.2 |
% |
Three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
Revenues
were $14.86 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of
$2.87 million, or 23.94%, compared to $11.99 million for the same period in
2009. The increase in revenue was attributed mainly to the increase in sales of
household lighting products, which resulted from the expanding of our market and
sales volume. Additionally, growth of the lighting industry, recent
improvement in the economy, and the expansion of our manufacturing capacity have
been material drivers of our revenue growth. OEM sales have been
increasing as a percentage of our total revenues because OEM sales have directly
benefited from the expansion of our manufacturing capabilities leading to
reduced unit cost of goods from the economies of scale. While branded
product sales have been increasing, branded sales decreased as a percentage of
total revenue as compared to OEM sales because branded sales are not as closely
tied to manufacturing efficiencies as OEM sales. We anticipate branded
product sales to increase as a result of an increased investment in the brand
and an increase in the construction efforts of franchise stores, as well as the
addition of brand sale networks. However, since we believe that our
manufacturing efficiencies will continue to benefit our OEM sales, we anticipate
that OEM sales will continue to increase as a percentage of total revenue as
compared to branded products.
Cost of
sales were $11.46 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase
of $2.01 million, or 21.27% compared to $9.45 million for the same period in
2009. 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 three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was 77.13% and 78.83%,
respectively.
Gross
profit for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $3.40 million, or 22.87% of
revenues, compared to $2.54 million, or 21.17% of revenues, for the comparable
period in 2009. 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%, which will be influenced by various factors,
such as cost of sales, product mix, size of the manufacturer and product
demand.
Selling
expenses, which mainly include wages and commissions, advertising, promotion and
exhibition expenses, freighting expenses and related travel expenses, were $0.63
million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $0.08 million,
or 14.55%, compared to $0.55 million for the same period in 2009. 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 5% of our sales.
Research
and development expenses were approximately $0.28 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2010, an increase of approximately $0.18 million, or 180%,
compared to $0.10 million for the same period in 2009. We believe that our focus
on research and development contributed to the increase in our total sales. In
the future, we expect our research and development expenses to increase as we
intend to increase our research and development efforts to enable us to
manufacture wider lines of products. We intend to use approximately
one-third of the net proceeds from our proposed public offering for research and
development focused on LED technologies and an additional one-third for
expansion of our manufacturing and production of LED components. 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. As a result, we may not achieve significant revenue from these
investments for a number of years, if at all.
General
and administrative expenses, which include wages, office expenses, lease and
rental expenses, depreciation expenses and professional fees, were $1.3 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2010, an increase of $1.08 million, or
491%, compared to $0.22 million for the same period in 2009. The increase was
primarily due to accounting, legal and other fees and expenses in the amount of
approximately $1 million related to the share exchange transaction and private
placement that we closed on January 15, 2010. We expect our general
and administrative expenses to increase as a result of professional fees
incurred resulting from being a publicly reporting company in the United
States.
Interest
expenses were $12,000 and nil for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009, respectively. The increase was due to a short term bank loans obtained
commencing in April 2009.
Provision
for income tax for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was approximately $0.27
million, as compared to $0.20 million for the comparable period in 2009. The
increase was primarily due to the expiration of our preferential tax treatment
resulting from recent effectiveness of PRC tax laws. The expired preferential
tax treatment will have a negative impact on our net income after income
taxes.
Net
income was $0.87 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, a decrease
of $0.59 million, or 40.41%, compared to $1.46 million for the same period in
2009.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We had
cash and cash equivalents of approximately $2.61 million as of March 31, 2010,
as compared to approximately $0.47 million as of December 31, 2009. 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, 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 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 for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
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 5.4%). 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 March 31, 2010, the loan
balance due to Pudong Development Bank is approximately $0.85 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 for it as
restricted cash as of March 31, 2010. Our cross guarantee under the loan is
limited to the restricted cash held at the bank. In April 2010, we
paid off this loan and obtained a new loan from the same bank. This new loan is
a one year term loan of RMB 10,000,000 (approximately $1,467,000) bearing
interest at the prevailing prime rate (approximately 5.8%). Pursuant to the loan
contract, the monthly payment is RMB 300,000 plus monthly interest and the
balance will be repaid in April 2011. The Company’s deposit remained
in the bank as collateral for the loan as of March 31, 2010 and accounted as
restricted cash.
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 1,377,955 shares of common stock at $2.54 per share. The
placement agent, WestPark Capital, 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,
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 connection with the third party’s services as an advisor to the
Company, including assisting in preparations for the share exchange and the
Company’s listing of securities in the United States. 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 trade
receivables have been an increasingly significant portion of our current assets,
representing $14.86 million and $6.82 million as of March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively. If customers responsible for a significant amount of trade
receivables 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 trade
receivables, 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 trade receivables 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 trade receivables, 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 operations.
As of
March 31, 2010, inventories amounted to $3.90 million, compared to inventories
of $3.92 million as of December 31, 2009.
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 $19,855 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
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 $0.74 million for the three months ended March
31, 2010, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $0.30 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The $1.04 million difference was
primarily attributable to the decrease in net income, which was primarily due to
fees and expenses related to our share exchange transaction, in addition to the
reduction in our inventories and increase in VAT and corporate tax.
Net cash
used in investing activities amounted to approximately $0 and $1,172 for three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The amount used for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 was due to purchase of molds.
Net cash
provided by financing activities amounted to $2.91 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2010, compared to $0 for the three months ended March 31,
2009. The increase in cash provided was the result of net proceeds
from private placement that we conducted on January 15, 2010 concurrently with
the closing of the share exchange transaction.
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 raised
approximately $2.9 million from the private placement that we closed in January
2009, and assuming our sale of 3,500,000 shares of common stock in a
currently proposed public offering, we intend to use approximately
one-third of the net proceeds from our proposed public offering for research and
development focused on LED technologies and an additional one-third for
expansion of our manufacturing and production of LED components. Although
we have used cash in operations in the year of 2009 and may expect increased
expenses after the proposed public offering, we hope that results of our
operations will provide additional funding going forward, which will be
dependent on our ability to achieve anticipated levels of revenue, while
continuing to control costs. Therefore, we believe that we will have
sufficient cash available to fund our operations in the next 12 months.
After 12 months, we may need 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.
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.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no material off-balance sheet transactions.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires our management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. We base our
estimates on historical experience, actuarial valuations and various other
factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Some of those
judgments can be subjective and complex and, consequently, actual results may
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While for
any given estimate or assumption made by our management there may be other
estimates or assumptions that are reasonable, we believe that, given the current
facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that applying any such other reasonable
estimate or assumption would materially impact the financial statements. The
accounting principles we utilized in preparing our consolidated financial
statements conform in all material respects to generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America.
Trade
receivables
Trade
receivables are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an
allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed. Generally, the aging of
invoice is from 30 days to 120 days except for contracts with specified payment
dates. For any unpaid invoices over the payment date and as a result of
bankruptcy or other unforeseen circumstances, we adjust the bad debts for trade
receivables. Approximately 21% and 14% of our trade receivables were over
sixty days old as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, and 9%
and 1% of our trade receivables were over ninety days old as of March 31, 2010
and December 31, 2009, respectively. We carry a high volume of trade
receivables as a result of increased customer purchases on credit, in addition
to our rapid expansion and increase in sales in recent years.
We have
specific provisions for evaluating bad debts every quarter. We adjust the
valuation allowance balance for trade receivables per quarter as a result of the
aging of invoices. We estimate the valuation allowance for anticipated
uncollectible receivable balances based on historical experience and current
economic climate. The allowance for bad debts on trade receivables
reflects management’s best estimate of probable losses determined principally on
the basis of historical experience. The allowance for bad debt is determined
primarily on the basis of management’s best estimate of probable losses,
including specific allowances for known troubled accounts. All accounts or
portions thereof deemed to be uncollectible or to require an excessive
collection cost are written off to the allowance for bad debt. 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. Allowance for doubtful accounts were $0 and $0 as of March 31,
2010 and December 31, 2009, 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 equipment. 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 for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and for the year ended December 31,
2009.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
See Note
2 of the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements
included in this Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting
pronouncements.
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 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 of certain
products in the PRC. 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 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 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 that the
likelihood that a higher tax authority will determine that local approval of the
reduced rate was improper or unauthorized does not reach a “more likely than
not” level. 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.
Due to
the possibility that the grant of the reduced VAT tax rate to us by the Huicheng
Taxation Bureau may be overturned by higher levels of the PRC government and the
potential negative effects on our results of operations and financial position
if such event were to occur, we believe that investors were reluctant to
participate in the Private Placement that we conducted concurrently with the
Share Exchange. Li Xuemei, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board, believes that the revocation of the reduced VAT rate is remote, as does
our management. The reasons that Ms. Li and the Company’s management
believe that the revocation of the reduced VAT rate is remote are:
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VAT reduction was granted by a governmental unit with authority to do
so;
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rate reduction was done with all facts known by all
parties;
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the
Company has no knowledge of similar revocations, nor are there any known
court cases or administrative matters of which the Company is aware in
which a revocation has taken place; and
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issuance of the rate reduction by local authorities was by an
appropriately sanctioned administrative
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Ms. Li
did not have a material relationship to our company’s receipt of approval for 4%
simplified VAT from the local agent of Huicheng Taxation Bureau; however, she
desired that the Private Placement and Share Exchange be completed and she
volunteered to indemnify us against our losses if such revocation
occurred. In January 2010, we entered into an Indemnification Agreement
and Security Agreement with Ms. Li 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. Based on a review of valuation documents, we believe that the
value of the collateral that Ms. Li provided to secure her indemnification to us
is sufficient to cover any losses that we would incur from a revocation of our
reduced simplified VAT rate. However, 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. While we
believe it is a remote contingency the clarification of the indemnity to
potential investors was considered appropriate.
Change
in Auditors
Kempisty
& Company
On
January 15, 2010, we dismissed AJ. Robbins, PC ("AJ. Robbins") as our
independent registered public accounting firm following the change in control of
our company on the closing of the Share Exchange. We engaged AJ. Robbins
to audit the financial statements of SRKP 22, Inc. for the year ended
December 31, 2009. The decision to change accountants was approved and
ratified by our Board of Directors. The report of AJ. Robbins on our
financial statements 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 our ability to continue as a going
concern. Additionally, during our 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 we
engaged AJ. Robbins, 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 our 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 our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009.
We
engaged Kempisty & Company Certified Public Accountants PC (“Kempisty”) as
our independent registered public accounting firm as of January 15, 2010, the
closing date of the Share Exchange. Kempisty is and has been China
Intelligent BVI’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the
closing of the Share Exchange.
MaloneBailey,
LLP
On March
10, 2010, we dismissed Kempisty as our independent registered public accounting
firm and appointed MaloneBailey, LLP (“MaloneBailey”) as our
independent registered public accounting firm as of March 10, 2010. We were
notified by Kempisty that it intended to cease auditing services for public
companies and that certain employees of Kempisty would be providing services for
MaloneBailey.
While we
engaged Kempisty, there were no disagreements with Kempisty on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure with respect to our company, which disagreements if not
resolved to the satisfaction of Kempisty would have caused it to make reference
to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its report on our
financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and
2007.
We
engaged MaloneBailey as our independent registered public accounting
firm to conduct the audit for the year ended December 31, 2009
for China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc. as of March
10, 2010. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, neither the we,
nor anyone acting on our behalf, consulted with MaloneBailey regarding the
application of accounting principles to a specific completed or proposed
transaction or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s
financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided that
MaloneBailey concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a
decision as to any such accounting, auditing or financial reporting
issue.
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
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of disclosure controls and procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and
procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the
time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and
forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial
Officer, or CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Based on
an evaluation carried out as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly
report, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our CEO and CFO, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of
such period, our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were
effective as of March 31, 2010.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Based on
the evaluation of our management as required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or
15d-15 of the Exchange Act, there were changes in our internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the first quarter of the fiscal year
2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting, as described
below.
On
October 20, 2009, we 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”), we agreed to issue an aggregate
of 7,097,748 shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding share capital of China Intelligent BVI (the “Share Exchange”). On
January 15, 2010, the Share Exchange closed and China Intelligent BVI became our
wholly-owned subsidiary and we immediately changed our name from “SRKP 22, Inc.”
to “China Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.” We issued a
total of 7,097,748 shares to Li Xuemei, the sole shareholder of China
Intelligent BVI, and her designees in exchange for all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of China Intelligent BVI. Upon the closing
of the Share Exchange, the internal control over financial reporting utilized by
China Intelligent BVI prior to the Share Exchange became the internal control
over financial reporting of our company. Following the Share Exchange the sole
business conducted by our company became the business conducted by China
Intelligent BVI, and we appointed new officers and directors, including our CEO
and CFO.
ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
None.
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 report 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 Quarterly Report 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 report.
On
January 15, 2010, we (i) closed a share exchange transaction, described below,
pursuant to which we became the 100% parent of China Intelligent BVI, (ii)
assumed the operations of China Intelligent BVI and its subsidiaries, and (iii)
changed our name from SRKP 22, Inc. to China Intelligent Lighting and
Electronics, Inc. As a result of the closing of the share exchange
transaction, there have been material changes from the risk factors disclosed in
the “Risk Factors” section of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009 and we set forth our risk factors below:
RISKS
RELATED TO OUR OPERATIONS
We
have depended 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
three months ended March 31, 2010, we had one customer that generated
revenues of at least 5% of our total revenues, with our largest customer
accounting for 5.16% of our revenues for the three months ended March 31,
2010. For the year ended December 31, 2009, none of our customers
accounted for more than 5% of the revenues that we generated. We believe that we
may depend upon a small number of customers for a significant majority of our
sales in the 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 trade receivables
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 trade
receivables represented approximately 62%, 65% and 34% of our total current
assets as of March 31, 2010, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008,
respectively. As of March 31, 2010, 11.4% of our trade receivables represented
amounts owed by two customers, who represented over 5% of the total amount of
our accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2009, 24.7% of our trade
receivables were owed to us by four customers, each of which represented over 5%
of the total amount of our trade receivables. As a result of the
substantial amount and concentration of our trade receivables, 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 anticipate that the
license agreement will be renewed in July 2010 because Hyundai Corporation has
signed a non-binding memorandum of cooperation effective January 1, 2009 that
indicates that Hyundai Corporation intends to renew our license agreement until
December 31, 2018. However, the memorandum is not binding on Hyundai
Corporation and we have no control over Hyundai Corporation's decision whether
to continue to license its trademark to us. If such trademark license
is discontinued, we would 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.
The
Trademark License Agreement has not been renewed as of March 31, 2010.
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. The amount of revenues generated from Hyundai branded
products have historically accounted for approximately one-third of our total
annual revenue and Hyundai branded products accounted for approximately
one-third of our finished goods inventory as of March 31,
2010. We hope to increase of branded sales going
forward. 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 expect that we will 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 fiscal 2009, we have entered into short
term loan transactions. In January 2010, the Chinese government took steps to
tighten the availability of credit including ordering banks to increase the
amount of reserves they hold and to reduce or limit their
lending. The government’s actions may make it more difficult for use
to renew our short terms loan transactions once they expire, in which case we
will be forced to seek other sources of funding. In January 2010, we
closed a private placement of shares of our common stock from which we received
gross proceeds of $3.5 million. Assuming our sale of 3,500,000 shares
of common stock at an assumed public offering price of $4.50 per share of common
stock, we currently intend our proposed public offering to be in an amount equal
to approximately $15.8 million. Our ability to obtain additional
financing will be, however, 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 of certain products in the PRC. 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 that the likelihood that a higher tax authority
will determine that local approval of the reduced rate was improper or
unauthorized does not reach a “more likely than not” level. 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. While we believe it is a remote contingency, the clarification
of the indemnity to potential investors was considered appropriate.
Due to
the possibility that the grant of the reduced VAT tax rate to us by the Huicheng
Taxation Bureau may be overturned by higher levels of the PRC government and the
potential negative effects on our results of operations and financial position
if such event were to occur, we believed that investors may be reluctant to
participate in the Private Placement that we conducted concurrently with the
Share Exchange. Li Xuemei, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
of the Board, believes that the revocation of the reduced VAT rate is remote, as
does our management. The reasons that Ms. Li and our management
believe that the revocation of the reduced VAT rate is remote are:
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VAT reduction was granted by a governmental unit with authority to do
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rate reduction was done with all facts known by all
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have no knowledge of similar revocations, nor are there any known court
cases or administrative matters of which we are aware in which a
revocation has taken place; and
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issuance of the rate reduction by local authorities was by an
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Ms. Li
did not have a material relationship to our company’s receipt of approval for 4%
simplified VAT from the local agent of Huicheng Taxation Bureau; however, she
desired that the Private Placement and Share Exchange be completed and she
volunteered to indemnify us against our losses if such revocation
occurred. In January 2010, we entered into an Indemnification
Agreement and Security Agreement with Ms. Li 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. Based on a review of valuation
documents, we believe that the value of the collateral that Ms. Li provided to
secure her indemnification to us is sufficient to cover any losses that we would
incur from a revocation of our reduced simplified VAT rate. However,
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.
We
may be exposed to monetary fines by the local housing authority and claims from
our employees in connection with Hyundai Light’s non-compliance with regulations
with respect to contribution of housing provident funds for
employees.
According
to the relevant PRC regulations on housing provident funds, PRC enterprises are
required to contribute housing provident funds for their employees. The monthly
contributions must beat least 5% of each employee’s average monthly income in
the previous year. Hyundai Light has not paid such funds for its employees since
its establishment and the accumulated unpaid amount is approximately $244,000.
The amount has been accrued as a liability at December 31,
2009. Under local regulations on collection of housing provident
funds in Huizhou City where Hyundai Light is located, the local housing
authority may require Hyundai Light to rectify its non-compliance by setting up
bank accounts and making payment and relevant filings for the unpaid housing
funds for its employees within a specified time period. If Hyundai Light fails
to do so within the specified time period, the local housing authority may
impose a monetary fine on it and may also apply to the local people’s court for
enforcement. Hyundai Light employees may also be entitled to claim payment of
such funds individually. If we receive any notice from the local housing
authority or any claim from our current and former employees regarding Hyundai
Light’s non-compliance with the regulations, our reputation, financial condition
and results of operations could be materially and adversely
affected.
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
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 23.37%, 23.27% and
13.76% of our raw material purchases for the three months ended March 31, 2010
and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 3, 2008,
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 8.69%, 10.4% and 6.77% of our raw material purchases for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
December 3, 2008, 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
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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
intend to make significant investments in research and development and 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 significantly as we
attempt to create new products and as we have access to additional working
capital to fund these activities. We intend to use approximately
one-third of the net proceeds from the proposed public offering, or an estimated
$6 million, for research and development focused on LED technologies and an
additional one-third for expansion of our manufacturing and production of LED
components. 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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of technology advancements required to make commercially viable
devices;
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the
accuracy of our predictions for market requirements and evolving
standards;
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acceptance
of our new product designs;
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acceptance
of new technology in certain
markets;
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the
availability of qualified research and development
personnel;
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our
timely completion of product designs and
development;
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our
ability to expand sales and influence key customers to adopt our
products;
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our
ability to develop repeatable processes to manufacture new products in
sufficient quantities and at low enough costs for commercial
sales;
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our
ability to effectively transfer products and technology developed in
location or geographic region to our manufacturing facilities in another
location or geographic region;
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customers’ ability to develop competitive products incorporating our
products; and
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acceptance
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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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in our process repeatability and
control;
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of the manufacturing environment;
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failure, power outages or variations in the manufacturing
process;
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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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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
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 income, 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 stockholders’
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
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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
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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 87% of total revenue during the three months ended March
31, 2010. 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 trade receivables 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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customers.
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In recent
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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significantly
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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adapt
more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer
requirements;
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devote
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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expand into new markets.
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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 are likely to increase as a result of changes in Chinese labor
laws.
We expect
to experience an increase in our cost of labor due to recent changes in Chinese
labor laws which are likely to increase costs further and impose restrictions on
our relationship with our employees. In June 2007, the National People’s
Congress of the PRC enacted new labor law legislation called the Labor Contract
Law and more strictly enforced existing labor laws. The new law, which became
effective on January 1, 2008, amended and formalized workers’ rights concerning
overtime hours, pensions, layoffs, employment contracts and the role of trade
unions. As a result of the new law, we have had to increase the salaries of our
employees, provide additional benefits to our employees, and revise certain
other of our labor practices. The increase in labor costs has increased our
operating costs, which increase we have not always been able to pass through to
our customers. In addition, under the new law, employees who either have worked
for us for 10 years or more or who have had two consecutive fixed-term contracts
must be given an “open-ended employment contract” that, in effect, constitutes a
lifetime, permanent contract, which is terminable only in the event the employee
materially breaches our rules and regulations or is in serious dereliction of
his or her duties. Such non-cancelable employment contracts will substantially
increase our employment related risks and limit our ability to downsize our
workforce in the event of an economic downturn. No assurance can be given that
we will not in the future be subject to labor strikes or that we will not have
to make other payments to resolve future labor issues caused by the new laws.
Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the labor laws will not change
further or that their interpretation and implementation will vary, which may
have a negative effect upon 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 trade names 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
rights.
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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.
As
of December 31, 2009, 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. This loan was outstanding as of March 31, 2010. 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
approximately $350,000 as of March 31, 2010. Our cross guarantee under the
loan is limited to the restricted cash held at the bank. 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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availability of suitable
candidates;
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competition
from other companies for the purchase of available
candidates;
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our
ability to value those candidates accurately and negotiate favorable terms
for those acquisitions;
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the
availability of funds to finance
acquisitions;
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the
ability to establish new informational, operational and financial systems
to meet the needs of our business;
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the
ability to achieve anticipated synergies, including with respect to
complementary products or services;
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the
availability of management resources to oversee the integration and
operation of the acquired
businesses.
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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
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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that we restructure our ownership or operations;
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that we discontinue any portion or all of our
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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
liabilities;
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of production;
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alteration
of our fabrication, assembly and test processes;
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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.
We have
asked our stockholders who are PRC residents as defined in Circular 75 to
register with the relevant branch of SAFE as currently required in connection
with their equity interests in us and our acquisitions of equity interests in
our PRC subsidiaries. However, we cannot provide any assurances that they can
obtain the above SAFE registrations required by Circular 75. Moreover, because
of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted and implemented, and how
or whether SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict how it will affect our
business operations or future strategies. 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.
In
addition, such PRC residents may not always be able to complete the necessary
registration procedures required by Circular 75. We also have little control
over either our present or prospective direct or indirect stockholders or the
outcome of such registration procedures. 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. Our PRC counsel, Guangdong Laowei Law Firm, has
advised us that because we were established as a qualified foreign invested
enterprise before September 8, 2006, the effective date of the new regulation,
it is not necessary for us to submit the application to the CSRC for its
approval, and the listing and trading of our Common Stock does not require CSRC
approval.
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
will not be able to complete an acquisition of prospective acquisition targets
in the PRC unless their financial statements can be reconciled to U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles in a timely manner.
Companies
based in the PRC may not have properly kept financial books and records that may
be reconciled with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. If we attempt
to acquire a significant PRC target company and/or its assets, we would be
required to obtain or prepare financial statements of the target that are
prepared in accordance with and reconciled to U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. Federal securities laws require that a business combination meeting
certain financial significance tests require the public acquirer to prepare and
file historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure with the SEC.
These financial statements must be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled
to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and the historical financial
statements must be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. If a proposed
acquisition target does not have financial statements that have been prepared in
accordance with, or that can be reconciled to, U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles and audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB,
we will not be able to acquire that proposed acquisition target. These financial
statement requirements may limit the pool of potential acquisition targets with
which we may acquire and hinder our ability to expand our retail operations.
Furthermore, if we consummate an acquisition and are unable to timely file
audited financial statements and/or pro forma financial information required by
the Exchange Act, such as Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, we will be ineligible to use
the SEC’s short-form registration statement on Form S-3 to raise capital, if we
are otherwise eligible to use a Form S-3. If we are ineligible to use a Form
S-3, the process of raising capital may be more expensive and time consuming and
the terms of any offering transaction may not be as favorable as they would have
been if we were eligible to use Form S-3.
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, may have a significant impact on many
companies that use offshore holding companies to invest in China. Circular
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 Circular 698 and we may be
required to expend valuable resources to comply with Circular 698 or to
establish that we should not be taxed under Circular 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. In January 2010, the Chinese government took steps to
tighten the availability of credit including ordering banks to increase the
amount of reserves they hold and to reduce or limit their 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.
Our
operating subsidiary, Hyundai Light, has enjoyed certain preferential tax
concessions and the loss of these preferential tax concessions may cause our tax
liabilities to increase and our profitability to decline.
Under the
tax laws of the PRC, Hyundai Light has had tax advantages granted by local
government for enterprise income taxes commencing April 6, 2004. Hyundai Light
has been entitled to have a full tax exemption for the first two profitable
years, followed by a 50% reduction on normal tax rate of 25% 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 established before March 16, 2007
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 reduce our profitability.
Under
the New EIT Law, we and China Intelligent BVI may be classified as “resident
enterprises” of China for tax purpose, which may subject us and China
Intelligent BVI to PRC income tax on taxable global income.
Under the
new PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (the “New EIT Law”) and its implementing
rules, both of which became effective on January 1, 2008. Under the New EIT Law,
enterprises are classified as resident enterprises and non-resident
enterprises. An enterprise established outside of China with its “de facto
management bodies” located within China is considered a “resident enterprise,”
meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a Chinese domestic
enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes. The implementing rules of
the New EIT Law define de facto management body as a managing body that in
practice exercises “substantial and overall management and control over the
production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties” of the
enterprise. Due to the short history of the New EIT law and lack of
applicable legal precedents, it remains unclear how the PRC tax authorities will
determine the PRC tax resident treatment of a foreign company such as us and
China Intelligent BVI. Both our and China Intelligent BVI’s members of
management are located in China. If the PRC tax authorities determine that we or
China Intelligent BVI is a “resident enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax
purposes, a number of PRC tax consequences could follow. First, we may be
subject to the enterprise income tax at a rate of 25% on our worldwide taxable
income, including interest income on the proceeds from our proposed public
offering, as well as PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations. Second,
the New EIT Law provides that dividend paid between “qualified resident
enterprises” is exempted from enterprise income tax. A recent circular issued by
the State Administration of Taxation regarding the standards used to classify
certain Chinese-invested enterprises controlled by Chinese enterprises or
Chinese group enterprises and established outside of China as “resident
enterprises” clarified that dividends and other income paid by such “resident
enterprises” will be considered to be PRC source income, subject to PRC
withholding tax, currently at a rate of 10%, when recognized by non-PRC
stockholders. It is unclear whether the dividends that we or China Intelligent
BVI receives from Hyundai Light will constitute dividends between “qualified
resident enterprises” and would therefore qualify for tax exemption, because the
definition of qualified resident enterprises is unclear and the relevant PRC
government authorities have not yet issued guidance with respect to the
processing of outbound remittances to entities that are treated as resident
enterprises for PRC enterprise income tax purposes. We are actively monitoring
the possibility of “resident enterprise” treatment for the applicable tax years
and are evaluating appropriate organizational changes to avoid this treatment,
to the extent possible. As a result of the New EIT Law, our historical operating
results will not be indicative of our operating results for future periods and
the value of our common stock may be adversely affected.
Dividends
payable by us to our foreign investors and any gain on the sale of our shares
may be subject to taxes under PRC tax laws.
If
dividends payable to our stockholders are treated as income derived from sources
within China, then the dividends that stockholders receive from us, and any gain
on the sale or transfer of our shares, may be subject to taxes under PRC tax
laws.
Under the
New EIT Law and its implementing rules, PRC enterprise income tax at the rate of
10% is applicable to dividends payable by us to our investors that are
non-resident enterprises so long as such non-resident enterprise investors do
not have an establishment or place of business in China or, despite the
existence of such establishment of place of business in China, the relevant
income is not effectively connected with such establishment or place of business
in China, to the extent that such dividends have their sources within the
PRC. Similarly, any gain realized on the transfer of our shares by such
investors is also subject to a 10% PRC income tax if such gain is regarded as
income derived from sources within China and we are considered as a resident
enterprise which is domiciled in China for tax purpose. Additionally,
there is a possibility that the relevant PRC tax authorities may take the view
that the purpose of us and China Intelligent BVI is holding Hyundai Light, and
the capital gain derived by our overseas stockholders or investors from the
share transfer is deemed China-sourced income, in which case such capital gain
may be subject to a PRC withholding tax at the rate of up to 10%. If we
are required under the New EIT Law to withhold PRC income tax on our dividends
payable to our foreign stockholders or investors who are non-resident
enterprises, or if you are required to pay PRC income tax on the transfer or our
shares under the circumstances mentioned above, the value of your investment in
our shares may be materially and adversely affected.
In
January, 2009, the State Administration of Taxation promulgated the Provisional
Measures for the Administration of Withholding of Enterprise Income Tax for
Non-resident Enterprises (“Measures”), pursuant to which, the entities which
have the direct obligation to make the following payment to a non-resident
enterprise shall be the relevant tax withholders for such non-resident
enterprise, and such payment includes: incomes from equity investment (including
dividends and other return on investment), interests, rents, royalties, and
incomes from assignment of property as well as other incomes subject to
enterprise income tax received by non-resident enterprises in China.
Further, the Measures provides that in case of equity transfer between two
non-resident enterprises which occurs outside China, the non-resident enterprise
which receives the equity transfer payment shall, by itself or engage an agent
to, file tax declaration with the PRC tax authority located at place of the PRC
company whose equity has been transferred, and the PRC company whose equity has
been transferred shall assist the tax authorities to collect taxes from the
relevant non-resident enterprise. However, it is unclear whether the
Measures refer to the equity transfer by a non-resident enterprise which is a
direct or an indirect shareholder of the said PRC company. Given these
Measures, there is a possibility that we may have an obligation to withhold
income tax in respect of the dividends paid to non-resident enterprise
investors.
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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quarantines
or closures of some of our manufacturing facilities, which would severely
disrupt our operations,
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the
sickness or death of our key officers and employees,
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a
general slowdown in the Chinese
economy.
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Any of
the foregoing events or other unforeseen consequences of public health problems
could adversely affect our operations.
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. GAAP and securities laws, and which could cause a materially
adverse impact on our financial statements, the trading of our common stock and
our business
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 difficulty hiring new employees in the
PRC with experience and expertise relating to U.S. GAAP and U.S. public-company
reporting requirements. 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, material
weaknesses or lack of compliance could result in restatements of our historical
financial information, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported
financial information, have an adverse impact on the trading price of our common
stock, adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets and our
ability to recruit personnel, lead to the delisting of our securities from the
stock exchange on which they are traded, lead to litigation claims, thereby
diverting management’s attention and resources, and which may lead to the
payment of damages to the extent such claims are not resolved in our
favor, lead to regulatory proceedings, which may result in sanctions, monetary
or otherwise, and have a materially adverse effect on our reputation and
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 have commenced the
application process for the listing of our common stock on the NYSE Amex under
the symbol “CIL”. There is no guarantee that NYSE Amex, or any other
securities exchange or quotation system, will permit our shares to be listed and
traded. If we fail to obtain a listing on the NYSE Amex, we will not
complete the proposed public offering. Even if such listing is approved,
there can be no assurance that any broker will be interested in trading our
stock. Our lead underwriter in our proposed public offering, Rodman &
Renshaw LLC, is not obligated to make a market in our securities and, even after
making a market, can discontinue market making at any time without
notice.
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, stockholders 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 Share Exchange. Each investor in the
Private Placement 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 stockholders, entered into a lock-up agreement pursuant
to which they agreed that (i) if the proposed public offering that we are
conducting 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 completion of the
public offering, 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.
Assuming our sale of 3,500,000 shares of common stock at an assumed public
offering price of $4.50 per share of common stock, which is the mid-point of the
estimated initial offering price range, we currently intend our proposed public
offering to be in an amount equal to approximately $15.8 million.
Accordingly, the investors would be subject to lock-up restrictions such that
they would be able to sell and/or transfer all of their shares six months after
the completion of the public offering, subject to early release by WestPark
Capital. WestPark Capital, in its sole discretion, may allow early
releases under the referenced lock-up restrictions provided however that (i) no
early release shall be made with respect to pre-Share Exchange stockholders
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 have
also agreed to register 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, both of which total 2,208,359 shares of common stock. All of the
shares included in an effective registration statement may be freely sold and
transferred, subject to any applicable lock-up agreement.
Additionally,
the former stockholder of Hyundai Light and her designees received 7,097,748
shares of common stock in the Share Exchange, and 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 May 5, 2010, 1% of our issued and outstanding
shares of common stock was approximately 98,937 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.
The
former principal shareholder of China Intelligent BVI and her designees have
significant influence over us.
Li
Xuemei, the former shareholder of China Intelligent BVI, beneficially owns
3,809,348 shares of our common stock, which, based on 9,893,704 shares
outstanding, represents approximately 38.5% of our outstanding common stock
prior to completion of our proposed public offering. In addition, Li
Xuemei’s designees also received shares of common stock in the Share
Exchange. The combined share ownership of Ms. Li and her designees
represents approximately 66.5% of our outstanding shares immediately prior to
the closing of our proposed public offering.
As a
result, Ms. Li individually has significant influence over our company and Ms.
Li and her designees, with their combined share ownership, 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 designees
principally consist of relatives of Li Xuemei, who has no control over the
shares held by them, and there is no agreement among the stockholders to vote
their shares in any particular manner. However, if the stockholders were
to vote together, they would have the power to prevent or cause a change in
control. In addition, without the consent of Ms. Li and her designees, we
could be prevented from entering into transactions that could be beneficial to
us. The interests of Li Xuemei and the 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 BVI and the sole
shareholder of China Intelligent BVI pursuant to which we agreed to acquire 100%
of the issued and outstanding securities of China Intelligent BVI in exchange
for 7,097,748 shares of our common stock. On January 15, 2010, the Share
Exchange closed, China Intelligent BVI became our 100%-owned subsidiary, and our
sole business operations became that of China Intelligent BVI and its
subsidiaries. We also have a new Board of Directors and management
consisting of persons from China Intelligent BVI 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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access
to the capital markets of the United
States;
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the
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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the
ability to use registered securities to make acquisition of assets or
businesses;
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increased
visibility in the financial
community;
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enhanced
access to the capital markets;
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improved
transparency of operations; and
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perceived
credibility and enhanced corporate image of being a publicly traded
company.
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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. For example, on January 30, 2009, the SEC adopted rules
requiring companies to provide their financial statements in interactive data
format using the eXtensible Business Reporting Language, or XBRL. We will have
to comply with these rules by June 15, 2011. China Intelligent’s 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.
If
securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports or publish
unfavorable research about our business, the price and trading volume of our
common stock could decline.
The
trading market for our common stock will depend in part on the research and
reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business.
We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by securities
and industry analysts. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage
of us the trading price for our common stock and other securities would be
negatively affected. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst
coverage, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our
securities, the price of our securities would likely decline. If one or more of
these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to publish regular reports on us,
interest in the purchase of our securities could decrease, which could cause the
price of our common stock and other securities and their trading volume to
decline.
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 statements that are not purely
historical and that are “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our company’s
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. 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 trade 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;
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The
other factors referenced in this 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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The risks
included above are not exhaustive. Other sections of this report may include
additional factors that could adversely impact our business and operating
results. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing
environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time and we cannot predict all
such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our
business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
statements.
You
should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.
We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the
forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Although we believe that
the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we
cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assume responsibility
for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. Except as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this report to
conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our
expectations.
You
should read this report, and the filings and documents that we have filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, completely and with the understanding
that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements
may materially differ from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking
statements by these cautionary statements.
None.
ITEM
4. REMOVED AND RESERVED
ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
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Description of Document
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K,
as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation S-K,
as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
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This
exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of
that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any
filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any
general incorporation language in any
filings.
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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, thereunto
duly authorized.
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China
Intelligent Lighting and Electronics, Inc.
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Dated:
May 14, 2010
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/s/ Li Xuemei
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By:
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Li
Xuemei |
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Its:Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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