10-Q 1 a07-3864_110q.htm QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(D)

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x                              QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2006

 

OR

 

o                                 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER   000-32621

 

INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

NEVADA

 

98-0336945

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

Unit 6-7, 32/F., Laws Commercial Plaza
788 Cheung Sha Wan Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

N/A

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

011 (852) 2385.8789

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former

fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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.   x Yes  o No.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  o Yes  x No

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.  o Yes  o No

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of February 9, 2006 was 22,940,727.

 

 




 

PART 1 — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

 

December 31,

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2006

 

2006

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

820,599

 

$

804,973

 

Trade accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,604,525 at December 31, 2006 and $950,608 at September 30, 2006)

 

5,169,623

 

5,242,985

 

Inventories

 

74,938

 

45,561

 

Assets held for sale

 

16,790,118

 

13,234,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

22,855,278

 

19,328,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

974,103

 

1,042,907

 

Other assets

 

342,201

 

442,224

 

Advances to officers of subsidiaries and employees

 

223,126

 

179,239

 

Internet portal database gateway, net

 

166,559

 

187,378

 

Acquired software, net

 

466,882

 

655,958

 

Goodwill

 

16,742,466

 

16,742,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

41,770,615

 

$

38,578,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

 

$

1,143,371

 

$

1,253,266

 

Accrued expenses

 

2,643,022

 

1,972,443

 

Deferred Tax Liability

 

292,426

 

426,447

 

Other liabilities

 

433,128

 

244,225

 

Liabilities held for sale

 

6,133,841

 

1,959,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

10,645,788

 

5,855,492

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 22,940,727 and 22,940,727 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

 

22,940

 

22,940

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

38,074,969

 

38,019,109

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(7,014,647

)

(5,355,388

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

41,565

 

36,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

31,124,827

 

32,722,942

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

41,770,615

 

$

38,578,434

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(expressed in U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career development services revenue

 

$

2,018,899

 

$

1,190,630

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career development services cost of revenue

 

687,905

 

217,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career development services gross profit

 

1,330,994

 

972,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Product development

 

974,790

 

762,254

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

693,392

 

512,537

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

653,917

 

 

Merger transaction costs

 

411,186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

2,733,285

 

1,274,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(1,402,291

)

(301,946

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

 

 

(18

)

Interest income (expense), net

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(1,402,291

)

(301,962

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes

 

(134,021

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(1,268,270

)

(301,962

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,659,258

)

$

(734,430

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(.05

)

$

(.01

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(.02

)

(.02

)

Net loss

 

$

(.07

)

$

(.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding — basic and diluted

 

22,940,727

 

22,196,599

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(expressed in U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

CASH FLOW FROM CONTINUING OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss from continuing operations

 

$

(1,268,270

)

$

(301,9622

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss from continuing operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

87,117

 

88,336

 

Amortization of internet portal database gateway and acquired software

 

209,895

 

205,400

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

1,217,949

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

55,859

 

38,261

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

5,283

 

 

Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

 

(4,837

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

(1,144,587

)

2,273,408

 

Other receivables

 

 

(81,926

)

Inventories

 

(29,377

)

(3,032

)

Other assets

 

100,023

 

80,740

 

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

560,684

 

(179,292

)

Other liabilities

 

54,882

 

(95,294

)

Income taxes payable

 

 

454,622

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

(12,180

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities

 

(150,542

)

2,462,244

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss from discontinued operations

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss from discontinued operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

12,537

 

23,861

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities from discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash held for sale

 

(30,340

)

(368,313

)

Trade accounts receivable held for sale

 

(28,042

)

(912,621

)

Supplier rebates receivable held for sale

 

 

100,811

 

Income tax receivable held for sale

 

41,823

 

 

Inventories held for sale

 

(3,409,347

)

456,515

 

Deposits paid held for sale

 

 

26,820

 

Other assets held for sale

 

(188,091

)

(32,738

)

Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses held for sale

 

4,195,619

 

(361,809

)

Income taxes payable held for sale

 

 

(604,481

)

Due to shareholders held for sale

 

(20,889

)

 

Deposits received held for sale

 

 

(51,283

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operating activities

 

182,282

 

(2,155,706

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

31,740

 

306,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

(18,313

)

(189,790

)

Sale (purchase) of property and equipment held for sale

 

46,086

 

(20,145

)

Advances to officers of subsidiaries and employees

 

(43,887

)

(40,926

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(16,114

)

(250,863

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

 

57,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

57,963

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

 

15,626

 

113,638

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

 

804,973

 

457,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD

 

$

820,599

 

$

570,914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

 

$

545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for taxes

 

$

584

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of Company stock for the Huana Xinlong acquisition

 

$

 

$

1,958,901

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
D
ecember 31, 2006
(Unaudited)

1.  GENERAL AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)           Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

INTAC International, Inc. (“INTAC” or the “Company”) is a United States holding company focused on the exploitation of strategic business opportunities available in China and the Asia-Pacific Rim.  The Company currently maintains offices in China (Hong Kong, Beijing and Tianjin), Germany (Frankfurt) and the United States (Dallas, Texas). During the periods reported, the Company’s revenues from continuing operations were derived primarily from integrated educational and career development services which includes education software, license maintenance and support, training, consulting, and franchise revenue delivered to customers in China.

In August 2006 the Company’s Board of Directors approved, and on January 29, 2007, the Company, INTAC International Holdings Limited (“Holdings”) and INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, its Chairman and CEO, and Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. (“Cyber”), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Zhou. Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Cyber has agreed to purchase the Distribution Segment of the business for 3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock (See Note 2.).   Accordingly, the operations of this segment have since been segregated and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented within the Company’s consolidated statement of operations presented herein.  Similarly, the Company’s assets and liabilities of this segment have been classified as “held for sale” within the consolidated balance sheets presented herein.

In October 2003, INTAC formed a new Internet joint venture, Beijing Intac Purun Educational Development Ltd (“Intac Purun”), with China Putian Corporation (“Putian”) and the Ministry of Education in The People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).  Intac Purun was established to meet the growing need for expanding the employment opportunities for graduates of higher level education institutions in the PRC. The Ministry of Education had already established a database of graduates which has been made exclusively available to Intac Purun. Intac Purun provides mobile telecommunications training services in China offering training to information technology professionals with the primary focus in the area of third generation digital mobile systems commonly known as “3G”. In addition, the Company continues to develop databases for 1-stop marketing solutions to a wide range of businesses with products and services tailored to the specific needs of Chinese education.  At the time of formation, the joint venture was owned 45% by INTAC, 15% by Putian, 30% by a private investor group and 10% by the Ministry of Education.  In June 2004, INTAC purchased an additional indirect 15% interest in Intac Purun from Putian.  This additional 15% indirect ownership interest increased INTAC’s total indirect ownership in Intac Purun to 60%.  INTAC’s ownership in Intac Purun is held indirectly through PRC nominees.

On January 29, 2007, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, referred to as the amendment to the merger agreement, with HowStuffWorks Inc. (“HSW”), HSW International, Inc. (“HSW International”) and HSW International Merger Corporation (“merger sub”), amending the provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 20, 2006 among the parties (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the merger agreement, as amended, merger sub will merge with and into INTAC, with INTAC continuing as the surviving corporation (the “merger”). As a result of the merger, INTAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HSW International. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, as amended, each outstanding share of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, will be converted into the right to receive one share of HSW International common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

In connection with the merger (i) HSW has agreed to contribute certain assets, properties and rights to HSW International in exchange for shares of HSW International common stock (the “contributed assets”) and (ii) certain investors have agreed to purchase shares of HSW International common stock with an aggregate value of approximately $50 million (the “equity financing”). At the closing of the merger, but prior to the completion of the equity financing, INTAC stockholders will own 46.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock and HSW will own the remaining 53.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock subsequent to the sale of the Distribution Segment. The merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended, have been approved by our board of directors, and are subject to various closing conditions, including approval by our stockholders.

Prior to the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that HSW International will use its best efforts to obtain approval for listing of HSW International common stock on either the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, and following the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that INTAC will file with the SEC to terminate registration of our common stock.

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In connection with the merger, INTAC and HSW International plan to file a proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 with the SEC which will contain detailed information regarding the merger and the special meeting of stockholders at which our stockholders will consider the merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended. It is currently anticipated that the merger will close in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2006, are unaudited (except for the September 30, 2006 balance sheet, which was derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements).  The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“USGAAP”) for interim financial information and with instructions to Form 10-Q of Regulation S-X.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year.

 (b)          Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Holdings, INTAC Deutschland GmbH, INTAC Holdco Corp., FUTAC Group Limited, Global Creative International Limited, INTAC Telecommunications Limited, Intac (Tianjin) International Trading Co., Beijing Intac Media Advertising Company Limited, Beijing Intac Meidi Technology Development Company Limited, Beijing Huana Xinlong Information and Technology Development Co., Limited, Beijing Huana Xinlong Education Software Limited, Intac International Management Consultancy Beijing Limited and its 60% owned subsidiary Intac Purun. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The assets and liabilities held for sale and the discontinued operations include the following companies: Holdings, INTAC Deutschland GmbH, FUTAC Group Limited, Global Creative International Limited, INTAC Telecommunications Limited and Beijing Intac Meidi Technology Development Company Limited.

In consolidating the Company’s 45% indirect ownership interest in Intac Purun during the period from October 2003 (formation) through the period that INTAC acquired the additional 15% indirect ownership interest in June 2004, the Company applied the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 94 “Consolidation of All Majority-Owned Subsidiaries”, and by analogy the guidance in EITF 96-16 “Investor’s Accounting for an Investee When the Investor Has a Majority of the Voting Interest but the Minority Shareholder or Shareholders have Certain Approval or Veto Rights”.  INTAC is designated as the operating partner for the joint venture, has effective control of the Board of Directors and appoints the majority of the Board of Directors which hires management and controls the day to day activities of Intac Purun making it the primary controlling shareholder since the inception of Intac Purun.  Accordingly, management concluded that it was necessary to consolidate Intac Purun since the acquisition of its 45% ownership interest in order to properly reflect the substance of the Company’s control position.

(c)           Reclassifications

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

(d)                                 Liquidity

As of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, INTAC maintained cash of $820,598 and $804,973, respectively.  The Company measures liquidity through working capital (measured by current assets less current liabilities).  As of December 31, 2006, and September 30, 2006, INTAC maintained working capital of $12,209,490 and $13,472,770, respectively.  The decrease in working capital is primarily due to losses during the current period.

Within our Distribution Business (included in discontinued operations), a large portion of trade accounts receivable is attributable to our largest customer — Mr. Lam, from whom we derived substantially all of our distribution revenue for three months ended December 31, 2006. The amount of the receivable balance with this customer was $11.3 million at December 31, 2006 and $11.2 million at September 30, 2006. We expect this balance to remain high for the foreseeable future. We collected approximately $1.5 million of the balance outstanding at December 31, 2006 in January 2007.

We have entered into a new installment payment plan agreement with Mr. Lam to pay his current balance over a period of six months.  As part of the installment plan agreement, we have agreed that all future sales to Mr. Lam are due and payable within 45 days. At December 31, 2006, Mr. Lam was in compliance with this agreement. The volume of sales in the Distribution Business relies on keeping Mr. Lam as a customer. In order to demonstrate his belief that Mr. Lam’s receivable is collectible, Wei Zhou, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, entered into a Security and Pledge Agreement with INTAC whereby Mr. Zhou pledged 3 million shares of INTAC common stock to secure collection of this receivable.

In addition, at December 31, 2006, the Company has approximately $1.6 million of supplier rebates receivable from its major mobile handset supplier, T-Mobile Deutschland. This amount has been fully reserved based on historical trends and due to the uncertainty of their use when considering the distribution business’ anticipated reduced revenue. Mr. Zhou’s pledge of 3 million shares of INTAC common stock under the Security and Pledge Agreement also secures this receivable.

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As of December 31, 2006, we have a net trade receivable balance of $5.2 million related to our Career Development Services business.   The trade receivable balance relates primarily to Huana Xinlong and the sale of educational software to school districts within China. These school districts pay for their software purchases using funds supplied by the Chinese government. Historically, this funding takes many months, which is typical of the business process in China. In our September 30, 2006 financials, the Company reserved $950,608 for trade receivables related to sales of educational software completed in December 2004. Since that time, approximately $564,000 of these reserved amounts have been collected and recorded as recoveries against the provision for doubtful accounts.  The Company continues its policy of reserving receivables that have aged in excess of 21 months and has recorded a reserve of $1,217,000 during the current quarter for receivables related to educational software sales during March of 2005.  As with previously reserved accounts, the Company fully intends to pursue collection of these receivables.

We believe that the Company will have sufficient capital for the next twelve months if we are able to collect our trade receivables and sell our Career development software and training services according to our business plan.   However, if we are not able to complete sales in a timely manner or if the Chinese government does not fund our school district customers in a reasonable amount of time, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. Long-term plans will require that we obtain additional financing through the issuance of debt, equity, other securities or a combination thereof in order to take advantage of other strategic agreements and business alliances. In addition, we may seek to obtain a working capital or other traditional loan facility from a bank or other lending source. Unless we are able to continue to improve our career development services operating performance with which we have limited experience, additional outside financing required to execute our long-term business plan would be difficult to obtain on acceptable terms, if at all. As of the date of this Report, we do not have any financing arrangements, nor do we have any commitments to obtain such an arrangement with any bank or other third party. If we raise capital by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current stockholders will be reduced. Any new securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our current common stockholders. There can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms which are acceptable to us.

(e)                                  Net Loss Per Share — Basic and Diluted

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares, if any, outstanding during the period.  Stock options were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 because their effects are anti-dilutive.  Total dilutive shares excluded from the diluted loss per share computation totaled 450,000 at both December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006.

(f)                                    Use of Estimates

Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The significant estimates and related assumptions include the assessment of the provision for doubtful accounts, the assessment of the impairment of tangible and intangible long-lived assets, the assessment of the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, the purchase price allocation on acquisitions and the assessment of criteria related to revenue recognition. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(g)                                 Stock Option Plans and Stock-Based Compensation

Effective October 1, 2005, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised) “Share Based Payment” (“SFAS 123-R”), using the modified prospective transition method. Under this transition method, compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of October 1, 2005, is based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS 123 and compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to October 1, 2005 is based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123-R. During the three months ended December 31, 2006, the Company recognized share-based compensation cost totaling $55,859.

As a result of adopting SFAS 123-R on October 1, 2005, the Company’s loss before income taxes and net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2006 is $55,859 higher than if the Company had continued to account for share-based compensation under APB Opinion No 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” Basic loss per share for the three months ended December 31, 2006 of ($.07) would not have changed if the Company had not adopted SFAS 123-R.

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(h)           Recent Events

On January 29, 2007, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, referred to as the amendment to the merger agreement, with HowStuffWorks Inc. (“HSW”), HSW International, Inc. (“HSW International”) and HSW International Merger Corporation (“merger sub”), amending the provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 20, 2006 among the parties (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the merger agreement, as amended, merger sub will merge with and into INTAC, with INTAC continuing as the surviving corporation (the “merger”). As a result of the merger, INTAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HSW International. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, as amended, each outstanding share of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, will be converted into the right to receive one share of HSW International common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

In connection with the merger (i) HSW has agreed to contribute certain assets, properties and rights to HSW International in exchange for shares of HSW International common stock (the “contributed assets”) and (ii) certain investors have agreed to purchase shares of HSW International common stock with an aggregate value of approximately $50 million (the “equity financing”). At the closing of the merger, but prior to the completion of the equity financing, INTAC stockholders will own 46.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock and HSW will own the remaining 53.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock subsequent to the sale of the Distribution Segment. The merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended, have been approved by our board of directors, and are subject to various closing conditions, including approval by our stockholders.

Prior to the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that HSW International will use its best efforts to obtain approval for listing of HSW International common stock on either the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, and following the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that INTAC will file with the SEC to terminate registration of our common stock.

In connection with the merger, INTAC and HSW International plan to file a proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 with the SEC which will contain detailed information regarding the merger and the special meeting of stockholders at which our stockholders will consider the merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended. It is currently anticipated that the merger will close in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007.

On January 29, 2007, the Company, Holdings and INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, its Chairman and CEO, and Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. (“Cyber”), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Zhou. Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Cyber has agreed to purchase the Distribution Segment of the business for 3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock.  The consummation of this transaction is anticipated to be concurrent with the closing of the merger transaction with HSW International, Inc. and is subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company other than Wei Zhou and his affiliates.

 (i)                                  Merger Transaction Costs

Merger transaction costs of $411,186 are principally comprised of professional and investment banking fees related to the contemplated merger of the Company and HSW described in “Recent Events”.  Since HSW has been determined to be the accounting acquirer, accounting rules require that the acquiree (the Company) record all transaction costs as expense in its statement of operations.

2.  DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On January 29, 2007, the Company, Holdings and INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, its Chairman and CEO, and Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. (“Cyber”), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Zhou.  Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Cyber has agreed to purchase the Distribution Segment of the business for 3 million shares of the Company’s common stock.  The consummation of this transaction is anticipated to be concurrent with the closing of the merger transaction with HSW International, Inc. as described in “Recent Events” and is subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company other than Wei Zhou and his affiliates. It is expected that this agreement will close in the third fiscal quarter of 2007.  The Board of Directors approved the sale of the distribution business irrespective of whether the HSW International merger transaction is completed or not completed.

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As a result of this agreement, the operations of this business have been segregated and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented for the Company’s consolidated statements of operations presented herein. The results of discontinued operations are as follows:

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

16,795,233

 

$

17,042,086

 

Loss from discontinued operations (before income taxes)

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

 

The Company’s assets and liabilities of this segment have been classified as “held for sale” for the consolidated balance sheets presented herein.  The assets and liabilities held for sale as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2006 are as follows:

 

 

December 31,
2006

 

September 30,
2006

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,075,001

 

$

1,044,661

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

11,447,932

 

11,461,713

 

Supplier rebate receivable, net of allowance of $1,566,380 at December 31, 2006 and $2,231,205 at September 30, 2006

 

 

 

Other receivable

 

166,945

 

 

Income tax receivable

 

41,823

 

41,823

 

Inventories

 

3,779,070

 

369,723

 

Property and equipment, net

 

101,544

 

160,166

 

Other assets

 

118,782

 

97,636

 

Goodwill

 

59,021

 

59,021

 

Total assets

 

$

16,790,118

 

$

13,234,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

 

$

5,935,494

 

$

1,764,322

 

Accrued expenses

 

95,801

 

71,354

 

Due to shareholder

 

102,546

 

123,435

 

Total liabilities

 

$

6,133,841

 

$

1,959,111

 

 

3. INVENTORIES

As of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, inventories totaled $74,938 and $45,561, respectively, consisting of $63,795 and $34,225 respectively, for training materials and $11,143 and $11,336, respectively, for other inventories.

4. INVESTMENT IN INTAC PURUN

On January 15, 2004, INTAC announced the shift in focus of its business plan from the traditional distribution of premium brand wireless handsets to its new career development services and Internet joint venture, Intac Purun.  Intac Purun was formed in October 2003 with China Putian Corporation (“Putian”) and the Ministry of Education in The People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).  The Company indirectly invested a total of $2.3 million in cash in the newly founded Internet joint venture in September 2003 and October 2003, owned 45% indirectly by INTAC, 15% by Putian, 30% by a private investor group and 10% by the Ministry of Education.

In order to meet ownership requirements under PRC law which restrict or prohibit INTAC from operating in certain industries such as Internet content providers, INTAC made loans of $1,233,000 and $123,000 to two China nationals, Miss Zhang Wanqin and Miss Li Min, respectively.  Miss Zhang and Miss Li are the equity owners of Tianjin Weilian, a company incorporated in the PRC.  These loans were made to finance Miss Zhang and Miss Li, on behalf of INTAC, for the purpose of establishing Tianjin Weilian to hold the 45% interest in Intac Purun.  Tianjin Weilian pledged as collateral the 45% ownership of Intac Purun against these loans from INTAC.  Furthermore Tianjin Weilian assigned all operating rights, title and interest it had in Intac Purun to INTAC, including all interest held, all rights to capital accounts, distributions and/or allocations of cash property and income, and all rights to participate in management and to vote with regard to affairs relating to the Intac Purun.  When permitted under applicable laws, Tianjin Weilian will transfer ownership of Intac Purun directly into INTAC.

In June 2004, INTAC indirectly purchased an additional 15% interest in Intac Purun from Putian for $1.5 million. The incremental acquired ownership was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting.  INTAC made loans of $1.5 million to two China nationals, Mr. Zhou Jingchen and Ms. Tian Jinmei.  Mr. Jingchen and Ms. Jinmei are the equity investors of Tianjin Chengtai

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International Trading Limited (“Chengtai”), a company incorporated in the PRC.  These loans were made to finance Mr. Jingchen and Ms. Jinmei, on behalf of INTAC, for the purpose of establishing Chengtai which purchased the 15% interest in Intac Purun in June 2004 from Putian.  A total of 15% of the outstanding securities of Intac Purun, representing the 15% ownership, were pledged as collateral for these loans from INTAC and all operating, economic, voting and other rights associated with their 15% interest were assigned to INTAC by Chengtai.  This additional 15% interest increases INTAC’s total indirect ownership in Intac Purun to 60%, for which the Company has paid or invested $3.8 million.  Intac Purun is incorporated and domiciled in PRC.

Aggregate minority interest in losses have been recorded by the Company (since inception $432,524 at December 31, 2006) to reduce the minority interest in Intac Purun to zero.  The Company will record 100% of income related to the minority interest, if any, until the amount of the previously reported losses of the minority interests in shareholders’ equity (deficit) in Intac Purun by the Company have been restored.

5. OTHER ASSETS

As of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, other assets consisted of the following:

 

December 31,
2006

 

September 30,
2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits and memberships

 

$

194,095

 

$

199,015

 

Prepaid administrative and professional costs

 

148,106

 

243,209

 

 

 

$

342,201

 

$

442,224

 

 

6. INCOME TAXES

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities, and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the period in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, an income tax benefit of $134,021 was recorded, representing current income tax losses in certain entities.  For the three months ended December 31, 2005, an income tax benefit of $137,249 was recorded representing the carryback of current income tax losses in certain entities offset partially by provision for income tax in other entities (included in discontinued operations).

7. ADVANCES FROM SHAREHOLDER

As of December 31, 2006 and September 20, 2006, Mr. Zhou (President, CEO and Director of the Company) had net advances outstanding to the Company of $0 and $159,057, respectively.

8.  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 (a) STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK AWARDS

On November 28, 2001, INTAC adopted a stock purchase plan entitled the “2001 Long Term Incentive Plan” to attract, retain and motivate its management and other persons, to encourage and reward their contributions to the performance of the Company and to align their interests with the interests of the Company’s stockholders. The Company authorized 2,500,000 shares to be available for grant as part of the long term incentive plan. Options are generally granted at fair value on the date of issuance.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination within the valuation model; separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The expected term of options granted is derived from the output of the option valuation model and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. There were no options granted during the three months ended December 31, 2006.

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A summary of stock option activity and related information as of December 31, 2006 and changes during the three months then ended is presented below:

Options

 

Number 
of options

 

Weighted-
average 
exercise
price

 

Weighted
average
remaining
contract
term (yrs)

 

Aggregate
intrinsic
value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at October 1, 2006

 

450,000

 

$

7.90

 

4 yrs

 

$

768,000

 

Granted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited or expired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

450,000

 

$

7.90

 

4 yrs

 

$

768,000

 

Options exercisable at December 31, 2006

 

366,668

 

$

6.40

 

5.6 yrs

 

$

675,500

 

 

As of December 31, 2006 there was $61,060 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.5 years.

(b) EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company has 100,000,000 common shares authorized. The Company has granted options to purchase common shares to employees and directors of the Company. Certain options have a dilutive effect on the calculation of earnings per share. The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations.

 

Three months ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(1,268,270

)

$

(301,962

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

Net Loss

 

$

(1,659,258

)

$

(734,430

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

22,940,727

 

22,196,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(.05

)

$

(.01

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(.02

)

(.02

)

Net Loss

 

$

(.07

)

$

(.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(.05

)

$

(.01

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(.02

)

(.02

)

Net Loss

 

$

(.07

)

$

(.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

22,940,727

 

22,196,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dilutive stock options and restricted stock award

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total common shares and dilutive securities

 

22,940,727

 

22,196,599

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements. These statements describe our attempt to predict future events, such as our plans for future expansion, our ability to achieve satisfactory operating performance, the viability of our business model, our expansion into other businesses and pursuit of other business opportunities, and our intent to focus our business operations in specific geographic markets. The words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” and similar expressions, as well as discussions of our strategy and pending transactions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will in fact occur and caution that actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. The cautionary language in this report provides examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations described in any forward-looking statements. You should be aware that the occurrence of one or more of the events described in any cautionary language in this report could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. You also should be aware that the forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties, including but not limited to:

·                  our merger with HSW International, Inc., announced on April 20, 2006 and amended on January 29, 2007, and anticipated to close in the third quarter of fiscal 2007;

·                  the proposed sale of our distribution business segment announced on January 29, 2007 and anticipated to close in the third quarter of fiscal 2007;

·                  our ability to effectively execute our business plan;

·                  the early-stage status of our career development and training business segment and its evolving, unproven and unpredictable business model;

·                  our ability to collect our accounts receivable;

·                  our ability to continue to raise additional working capital, the lack of which would likely have a significant negative impact on our long-term business plan and our ability to take advantage of our strategic alliances and to successfully execute our business plan;

·                  statements made concerning the revenues or operating performance expected beyond the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006;

·                  the increased expense structure assumed by us as a U.S. public company;

·                  our ability to achieve satisfactory operating performance;

·                  the viability of our business model;

·                  our expansion into other businesses and pursuit of other business opportunities;

·                  the results of our intended diversification into other industries and geographic regions;

·                  the impact of health risks on the economic environment;

·                  the government of the People’s Republic of China, or the PRC, may prevent us from conducting business in China;

·                  political and economic events and conditions in China and other geographic markets in which we operate;

·                  the anticipated benefits of our industry contacts and strategic relationships;

·                  our ability to establish and take advantage of contacts and strategic relationships;

·                  our ability to offset increased operating expenses by increasing revenues and operating efficiencies;

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·                  our ability to react to market opportunities;

·                  the advent of new technology;

·                  complex regulations that apply to INTAC or its affiliates as an operating company in China and elsewhere;

·                  our ability to successfully remediate our internal control weaknesses;

·                  changes in interest rates, foreign currency fluctuations and capital market conditions, particularly those that may affect the availability of credit for our products and services; and

·                  the pending  sale of the distribution segment of INTAC to Wei Zhou.

You should also be aware that those “forward-looking” statements in regards to our career development and training services business are subject to a number of further risks, assumptions and uncertainties, such as:

·                  our ability to capitalize on our career development services joint venture, Beijing Intac Purun Educational Development Ltd.;

·                  our ability to timely complete courseware and facilities for the INTAC Mobile Telecommunications Institute;

·                  our ability to attract trainees for the INTAC Mobile Telecommunications Institute;

·                  a significant delay by the PRC government in issuing 3G telecommunication licenses to telecommunication service providers;

·                  our lack of prior experience with the career development and training services and Internet portal business, and our ability to develop and execute an effective business plan;

·                  our ability to develop the fee-based services of the career development and training services and Internet portal business including assembling an experienced management team;

·                  any adverse change in our relationship with the EMIC and MOE which may affect our ability to maintain the use for commercial purposes of the database of student information complied by the MOE in the PRC as well as our other databases and the continued utilization and adoption of our education software;

·                  the state of the telecommunications and Internet infrastructure in China may limit our growth;

·                  our network operations that may be vulnerable to hacking, viruses and other disruptions, which may make our products and services less attractive and reliable;

·                  PRC Internet laws and regulations that are unclear and will likely change in the near future;

·                  restrictions on foreign investment in the PRC Internet sector that are imposed by the PRC government; and

·                  regulation and censorship of information distribution in China which may adversely affect our business.

You should also be aware that those “forward-looking” statements in regards to our distribution/telecommunications business are subject to a number of further risks, assumptions and uncertainties, such as:

·                  the low-margin nature of our distribution business;

·                  changes in general business conditions or distribution channels in the wireless handset industries, and our ability to react to these changes;

·                  the impact of competition in the wireless handset distribution industry, as well as in industries that we may operate in the future;

·                  our ability to continue to sell products outside of traditional distribution channels;

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·                  our ability to continue to purchase sufficient inventory on terms favorable to us;

·                  our small number of current suppliers and customers;

·                  our lack of supply contracts with our vendors or distribution contracts with our customers;

·                  the concentration of a significant portion of our wireless handset distribution business with a few large customers;

·                  the highly competitive and constantly changing nature of the international wireless distribution industry; and

·                  our ability to compete in the prepaid calling card market, in which we have not previously participated.

You should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this filing.  Except as required by law, we are not obligated to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this filing or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.  All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the forward-looking statements set forth in this report.

Overview

You should read the following discussion with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006.

INTAC International, Inc., is a United States holding company focused on the exploitation of strategic business opportunities available in China and the Asia-Pacific Rim.  Throughout this Report, references to “INTAC,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to INTAC International, Inc., and its operating subsidiaries, and references to “China” and “PRC” refer to the People’s Republic of China, excluding, for purpose of this Annual Report, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.  INTAC currently maintains offices in China (Hong Kong and Beijing), Germany (Frankfurt) and the United States (Dallas, Texas).

We operate in two segments, our career development and training services segment and our distribution/telecommunications Segment.  While our distribution segment historically has been our primary business segment and generated substantially all of our operating revenue, we shifted our focus in 2004 to the expansion and maturation of our career development services segment in China.  Initially, our efforts centered on recruiting and training services to be offered online through our internet portals phrbank.com and joyba.com.  These efforts did not achieve the results we anticipated in 2005, due in part to the strength of established competitors in the market and to the overbroad coverage of our efforts.  As a result, we determined to establish a foothold in the marketplace by focusing on a specific segment market from which we can later expand.  To this end, recognizing the growing opportunities within both the education industry and the mobile telecommunications/internet industry in China, and in order to better utilize our strategic resources and enhance our strengths in both industries, we have further refined our business strategy.  Under our refocused business strategy, we have been operating in two business segments — the Career Development and Training Services Segment and the Distribution/Telecommunications Segment, each as further described below.

On April 20, 2006 and amended on January 29, 2007, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger with HowStuffWorks, Inc., an online publishing company, to form a new company, HSW International, Inc., which will focus on the online publishing, training and education markets in China and providing Chinese consumers with credible content and expert reviews.

Also on January 29, 2007, following Board of Directors approval in August 2006, the Company, INTAC International Holdings Limited (“Holdings”) and INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, its Chairman and CEO, and Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. (“Cyber”), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Zhou. Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Cyber has agreed to purchase the Distribution Segment of the business for 3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock.  The consummation of this transaction is anticipated to be concurrent with the closing of the merger transaction with HSW International, Inc. and is subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company other than Wei Zhou and his affiliates. Accordingly, the operations of this segment have since been segregated and reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented for the Company’s consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Career Development and Training Services Segment

On January 15, 2004, we announced that we were shifting the emphasis of our business from the traditional distribution of premium brand wireless handsets to various career development services.  On November 23, 2005, we announced the further refinement of this shift in focus.  Under the refined focus of this business segment, we will operate primarily in three business units:

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·                  INTAC Mobile Telecommunications Institute,

·                  Education Management Software Business Unit, and

·                  Database Management Business Unit.

INTAC Mobile Telecommunications Institute (“IMTI”)

Through INTAC Mobile Telecommunications Institute, or IMTI, we seek to become a leading provider of mobile telecommunications technology training services in China.  IMTI will offer training to information technology professionals, with a primary focus in the area of third generation digital mobile systems, or 3G, mobile telecommunications technology.  New courses will be developed in the future to reflect advancement in mobile telecommunications technology.  This training will consist of IMTI’s Mobile Telecommunications Software Engineering training program, which will initially be offered through company-owned institutes and later through franchises, university courses and corporate training.  We have started to offer the first level courses since April 2006 and the second level courses since October 2006.

Education Management Software Business Unit

INTAC, through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary Beijing Huana Xinlong Information and Technology Development Co., Ltd., or Huana Xinlong, is a leading provider of education management software in China.  Huana Xinlong offers software for the administration of elementary and middle schools and colleges.  Huana Xinglong’s software has been designated by the Education Management Information Center, or EMIC, as the standard of the China School Administration System for primary and middle schools.  Additionally, Huana Xinlong enjoys an exclusive contractual relationship with the Ministry of Education of The People’s Republic of China, or the MOE for use of certain of Huana Xinlong’s software products.  Huana Xinglong’s products have been installed in over 10,000 elementary and middle schools and over 50% of colleges throughout China.

Database Management Business Unit

We have developed, and continue to develop, databases containing information on individuals.  We intend to utilize these databases to offer one-stop marketing solution to a wide range of businesses with products and services tailored to the specific needs of the Chinese education market.  Beijing Intac Purun Educational Development Ltd., or Intac Purun, one of our operating entities in China, develops the databases utilizing information from several sources.  Intac Purun is exclusively authorized by the MOE to collect resumes and profiles for all graduating college and graduate school students in China and has recently begun collecting such information.  The EMIC has chosen Intac Purun as its exclusive partner in developing and maintaining the MyJob database, compiled through EMIC’s website www.myjob.edu.cn, which helps graduates of higher education institutions obtain employment.  Intac Purun has also been granted exclusive access to the database on university graduates maintained by the EMIC for use by Intac Purun in providing job training and placement services.  Initially, Intac Purun will collect list rental fees and direct marketing service fees by utilizing these databases.  Ultimately, Intac Purun plans to provide integrated database marketing solutions and consulting services.

Distribution/Telecommunications Segment

Our distribution/telecommunications segment includes our wireless handset distribution business, which we operate through INTAC Deutschland Gmbh, a German corporation wholly owned by INTAC, INTAC International Holdings Limited, or Holdings, a Hong Kong corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of INTAC and Global Creative International Limited and INTAC Telecommunications Limited, both of which are Hong Kong corporations and wholly owned subsidiaries of Holdings.  Through these subsidiaries, we distribute wireless handset products to mobile communications equipment wholesalers, agents, retailers and other distributors mainly in Hong Kong.  These products are then sold primarily to local customers in Hong Kong or customers in China.  Additionally, we are working with Primus Telecommunications Ltd, a global telecommunications services provider (Nasdaq: PRTL), to develop products which involve originating international voice and data traffic from within China throughout Southeast Asia for termination around the world.  The first product to be offered under this relationship will be a global prepaid calling card, an Internet Protocol, IP, calling card that provides access to over fifty countries.  In November 2006, we also entered into a contract with China Tietong Telecommunications Corporations to distribute its calling cards in China.

In January 2007, in order to better position us with the anticipated merger with HowStuffWorks, Inc., we entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, our Chairman and CEO, to sell the wireless handset distribution business to Mr. Zhou in exchange for 3 million shares of our common stock held by Mr. Zhou.  The consummation of this transaction is anticipated to be concurrent with the closing the merger with HowStuffWorks, Inc.

Other Business Opportunities.  We continually evaluate investment opportunities in other business segments within China, the Asia-Pacific Rim and, to a lesser extent, Europe.  Our entry into these new business segments is contingent upon our identifying both favorable investment opportunities and strategic partners with expertise in such business segments as well as available capital. Many of these opportunities will be dependent upon our obtaining additional capital, or their value will be materially less to us if we do not have the financial resources to fully exploit such opportunities.

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RECENT EVENTS

On January 29, 2007, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, referred to as the amendment to the merger agreement, with HowStuffWorks Inc. (“HSW”), HSW International, Inc. (“HSW International”) and HSW International Merger Corporation (“merger sub”), amending the provisions of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated April 20, 2006 among the parties (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the merger agreement, as amended, merger sub will merge with and into INTAC, with INTAC continuing as the surviving corporation (the “merger”). As a result of the merger, INTAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of HSW International. Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, as amended, each outstanding share of Company common stock, par value $0.001 per share, will be converted into the right to receive one share of HSW International common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

In connection with the merger (i) HSW has agreed to contribute certain assets, properties and rights to HSW International in exchange for shares of HSW International common stock (the “contributed assets”) and (ii) certain investors have agreed to purchase shares of HSW International common stock with an aggregate value of approximately $50 million (the “equity financing”). At the closing of the merger, but prior to the completion of the equity financing, INTAC stockholders will own 46.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock and HSW will own the remaining 53.5% of the total issued and outstanding shares of HSW International common stock subsequent to the sale of the Distribution Segment. The merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended, have been approved by our board of directors, and are subject to various closing conditions, including approval by our stockholders.

Prior to the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that HSW International will use its best efforts to obtain approval for listing of HSW International common stock on either the Nasdaq National Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market, and following the closing of the merger, it is contemplated that INTAC will file with the SEC to terminate registration of our common stock.

In connection with the merger, INTAC and HSW International plan to file a proxy statement/prospectus on Form S-4 with the SEC which will contain detailed information regarding the merger and the special meeting of stockholders at which our stockholders will consider the merger, the merger agreement, as amended, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, as amended. It is currently anticipated that the merger will close in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007.

On January 29, 2007, the Company, Holdings and INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with Wei Zhou, its Chairman and CEO, and Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. (“Cyber”), a corporation wholly owned by Mr. Zhou. Pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement, Cyber has agreed to purchase the Distribution Segment of the business for 3 million shares of the Company’s Common Stock.  The consummation of this transaction is anticipated to be concurrent with the closing of the merger transaction with HSW International, Inc. and is subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company other than Wei Zhou and his affiliates.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

INTAC’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon INTAC’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires INTAC to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, INTAC evaluates its estimates based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company believes that of its significant accounting policies, the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity:

·                  Revenue recognition;

·                  Inventory;

·                  Concentration of credit risk, accounts receivable and related provision for doubtful accounts;

·                  Impairment of long lived assets other than goodwill;

·                  Foreign currency exchange;

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·                  Goodwill;

·                  Product and software development expenses;

·                  Research and development costs; and

·                  Purchase price allocation.

A complete description of all of our accounting policies is included in Note 1, “General and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006.

Revenue Recognition:

Career Development Services (included in continuing operations in the consolidated statement of operations):

Product revenue from the license of the Company’s software products is recognized in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the product has been delivered, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured, and, if applicable, upon acceptance when acceptance criteria are specified or upon expiration of the acceptance period. Maintenance and support revenue for customer support is deferred and recognized ratably over the service period unless it is included in the initial license fee, provided for less than one year and is not a significant portion of the total license revenue.  In this case, maintenance support revenue is recognized when all revenue recognition criteria under SOP 97-2, SOP 98-9 and SAB 104 have been met.  Product upgrades and enhancement revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the service period unless it is included in the initial license fee and is not significant.  Training and consulting revenue is recognized as services are performed and billable according to the terms of the service arrangement.

The Company applies the provisions of Statement of Position 97-2, “Software Revenue Recognition,” (“SOP 97-2”) as amended by Statement of Position 98-9 “Modification of SOP 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, With Respect to CertainTransactions” to all transactions involving the sale of all its software products.

For arrangements with multiple obligations (e.g. undelivered maintenance and support bundled with term licenses), the Company allocates revenue to each component of the arrangement using the residual value method based on evidence of the fair value of the undelivered elements, which is specific to the Company.  The vendor specific objective evidence of the fair values for the ongoing maintenance and support obligations for term licenses are based upon the prices paid for the separate renewal of these services by the customer or upon substantive renewal rates stated in the contractual arrangements. In this case, maintenance support revenue is recognized when all revenue recognition criteria under SOP 97-2, SOP 98-9 and SAB 104 have been met. Vendor specific objective evidence of the fair value of other services, primarily consulting and training services, is based upon separate sales of these services.

Franchise fee revenue is derived from the sale to customers of the exclusive rights to provide training courses to prospective students.  This arrangement consists of an up-front, non-refundable license fee, as well as fees for training materials and contingent payments based on a percentage of the student tuition.  The up-front, non-refundable franchise fee is recognized as revenue at the time the agreement is entered into, and the fees for other services are recognized as performed. Contingent payments are recognized when received.  The Company has considered the relevant provisions of FAS 45 “Accounting for Franchise Fee Revenue” in accounting for its franchise revenue.

The Company licenses access to its student database and education materials under one, two and three-year term licenses. The software licenses provide for updates to new versions if and when made available.  No express rights of return are granted.  The Company sells its products and services via a direct sales force and under certain circumstances, sales agents.

Subscription revenue which will be earned primarily through our Internet portal business, will be recognized on a straight line basis over the term of the service contract provided. The Company may also contract with third-party mobile operators for the transmission of wireless short messages and subscriptions as well as for the billing and collection of service fees from customers. Revenues are recorded as the services are provided monthly or on a per usage basis. The Company will recognize the net amount billed by the mobile operator as revenue.  To date, the Company has generated minimal revenue from subscription services.

Distribution Business (included in discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations):

The Company’s wireless handset revenues are generally generated from a quick turn of product. The Company recognizes revenue upon delivery of product to its customers. Products are sold “as is” and the Company does not provide servicing of the wireless handsets, nor does the Company receive any usage revenue from the wireless handsets distributed.

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Revenue is recognized when customers take delivery of the goods, which is taken to be the point in time where the customer has accepted the goods and the related risks and rewards of ownership. Certain sales arrangements provide the Company the right to receive a contingent payment based on sales made by the customers. Contingent payment revenue for these arrangements is recognized as the cash is received. Receipts of cash in advance of shipment or delivery are recorded as deposits received.

License fee revenue is derived from the sale to customers of the rights to sell products under arrangements in which the Company is the distributor. These arrangements consist of an up-front, non-refundable license fee, as well as contingent payments based on a percentage of the customer revenue. The services provided by the Company after the receipt of the up-front license fee are not significant. The up-front, non-refundable license fee is recognized as revenue at the time the agreement is entered into, and the contingent payments are recognized when received. The Company has considered the relevant provisions of SAB 104 and Emerging Issues Task Force No. 00-21, “Accounting for Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables” in accounting for license fee revenue.

Inventory:

Inventory in continuing operations consists primarily of training material and other supplies related to our career development services business and is generally immaterial.

Inventory in assets held for sale consists primarily of wireless handsets. Generally, we do not maintain any inventory of wireless handsets; however, due to the timing of the inventory being received and then being shipped to customers, we may hold inventory for a minimal time period, commonly a few days.  We purchase products only upon the receipt of an order. Once an order is received, we solicit additional orders to gain greater discounts from suppliers. Aggregate orders are then delivered in bulk to be allocated among customers.

Inventories for wireless handsets are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value, calculated on the first-in, first-out basis, and are comprised of finished goods.  Net realizable value is determined on the basis of anticipated sales proceeds less estimated costs for selling expenses.

Concentration of Credit Risk, Accounts Receivable and Related Provision for Doubtful Accounts:

Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and trade receivables.  We are exposed to credit risks in the event of default by the financial institutions or issuers of investments to the extent of amounts recorded on the balance sheet. We are also exposed to credit risks in the event of non-payment by customers to the extent of amounts recorded on the balance sheet.  We limit our exposure to credit risk by performing ongoing credit evaluations of our customers’ financial condition and generally require no collateral.  We are exposed to credit risks in the event of insolvency by our customers and manage such exposure to accounting losses by limiting the amount of credit extended whenever deemed necessary.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of

The Company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of”. This Statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future net cash flow expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

Foreign Currency Exchange: We are subject to fluctuations in foreign currencies, as distribution business customer orders may involve multi-currency product and delivery transactions before the sale is complete. Additionally, a period of up to three months’ time may lapse between when an order is placed until revenue and costs are recognized and the supplier is paid. We do not engage in hedging activities nor in the use of financial derivatives.

The functional currencies of the Company are the People’s Republic of China Renminbi (“RMB”) and the Hong Kong dollar (“HK$”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been expressed in United States dollars, the reporting currency of the Company.

Reported assets and liabilities of INTAC’s foreign subsidiaries have been translated at the rate of exchange at the end of each reporting period. Revenues and expenses have been translated at the weighted average rate of exchange in effect during the respective reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from translation are accumulated in other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders’ equity.

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Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on currency transactions between foreign entities are included in other income (expense) in the statements of operations.

Goodwill:  We assess the carrying value of goodwill annually and when factors are present that indicate an impairment may have occurred.  Goodwill is considered impaired and a loss is recognized when its carrying value exceeds its implied fair value. We may use a number of valuation methods including quoted market prices, discounted cash flows and revenue multiples to determine fair value. The carrying value of goodwill amounted to $16.7 million as of December 31 and September 30, 2006. No impairment charge has been made.

Factors that we consider important which could trigger an impairment review include the following:

·                  significant underperformance relative to expected historical or projected future operating results;

·                  significant changes in the manner or use of the acquired assets or the strategy for our overall business;

·                  significant negative industry or economic trends;

·                  significant decline in stock price for a sustained period; and

·                  our market capitalization relative to net book value.

If we determine that the carrying value of identifiable intangibles and goodwill may not be recoverable based upon the existence of one or more of the above indicators of impairment, we assess whether the carrying value of the asset is greater than the undiscounted future operating cash flow of the acquired operations. Any impairment is measured based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate reflecting our average cost of funds.

Product and Software Development Expenses

Product and software development expenses primarily include payroll and other employee benefit costs.  For software to be marketed or sold, financial accounting standards require the capitalization of development costs after technological feasibility is established.  Due to the relatively short period between technological feasibility and the completion of product development, and the insignificance of the related costs, the Company generally does not capitalize software development costs.  All product and software development costs are expensed when incurred.  Research and development costs to date have not been significant.

Purchase Price Allocations:  We account for our acquisitions using the purchase method of accounting.  This method requires that the acquisition cost be allocated to the assets and liabilities we acquired based on their fair values.  We make estimates and judgments in determining the fair value of the acquired assets and liabilities.  We base our determination on independent appraisal reports as well as our internal judgments based on the existing facts and circumstances.  If we were to use different judgments or assumptions, the amounts assigned to the individual assets or liabilities could be materially different.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2006

 

2005

 

Career development services revenue

 

$

2,018,899

 

$

1,190,630

 

Career development services cost of revenue

 

687,905

 

217,785

 

Career development services gross profit

 

1,330,994

 

972,845

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

Product development

 

974,790

 

762,254

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

693,392

 

512,537

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

653,917

 

 

Merger transaction costs

 

411,186

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

2,733,285

 

1,274,791

 

Total other income (expenses), net

 

 

(16

)

Loss from continuing operations before taxes

 

(1,402,291

)

(301,962

)

Income taxes

 

(134,021

)

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(1,268,270

)

(301,962

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(390,988

)

(432,468

)

Net loss

 

$

(1,659,258

)

$

(734,430

)

 

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2006, Compared to the Three Months Ended December 31, 2005

Revenue:  Revenue, consisting of education and administrative software sales and training revenue, increased by $828,269 to $2.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006, from $1.2 million for the same period in 2005. This was due to an increase of approximately $520,000 in training revenues and a $308,000 increase in sales of our education and administration software to Chinese school districts.

Career Development Services Gross Profit: Gross profit increased by $358,149 to $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006, from $972,845 for the same period in 2005 and the gross margin decreased by 15.8% to 66% for the three months ended December 31, 2006 from 81.7% for the same period in year 2005.  The increase in gross profit is due to the increased sales volume. Gross margins decreased due to increased technical service fees related to current software sales. Increased technical service fees are attributable to outsourced installation and maintenance support services for software installations not in close proximity to Company operations.

Operating Expenses:  Product development expense was $974,790 for the three months ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $762,254 for the three months ended December 31, 2005.  Product development expense is principally comprised of costs directly attributable to the development, production and delivery of our career development services, such as salaries and facility costs.  These costs are generally the type of costs that are fixed in nature and do not fluctuate in proportion to revenue.

Selling, general and administrative expense increased by $180,855 to $693,392 for the three months ended December 31, 2006, from $512,537 for the same period in 2005, but decreased as a percentage of revenue to 34.3% in 2006 from 43% in 2005This increase is primarily comprised of a $48,000 increase in business development costs, a $75,000 increase in staff costs, a $60,000 increase in professional fees, as well as a $47,000 increase in office expenses related to our new Intac International Management Consultancy Beijing Limited Company which was established in January 2006.

Provision for doubtful accounts of $653,917 includes amounts reserved for trade receivables related to our career development services business that are outstanding in excess of 21 months net of  any recoveries in the current period. A total of $1,217,000 was reserved during the current quarter for receivables that have been outstanding 21 months.  This amount was offset by $564,000 of recoveries during the current period.

Merger transaction costs of $411,186 are principally comprised of professional and investment banking fees related to the announced merger of the Company and HowStuffWorks (“HSW”).  Since HSW has been determined to be the acquiring company, accounting rules require that the acquiree (the Company) record all transaction costs as expense to its statement of operations.  We expect to incur additional costs during the next quarter, prior to closing of the transaction.  See “Recent Events”.

We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase in future periods as we increase sales and marketing operations for our Career Development and Training Services business.

Deferred income tax benefit of $134,021was recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2006 due to the reversal of temporary timing differences between the recognition of Huana Xinlong revenue for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.

Loss from continuing operations:  Loss from continuing operations was $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006, as compared to loss from continuing operations of $301,962 for the same period in 2005.  The increase in loss from continuing operations is primarily due to the provision for doubtful accounts and merger transaction costs in the current period, partially offset by higher career development sales in the current year.

Loss from discontinued operations:  Loss from discontinued operations was $390,988 million for the three months ended December 31, 2006, as compared to loss from discontinued operations of $432,468 million for the same period in 2005.  The decline in loss from discontinued operations is primarily due to improved gross margins, partially offset by lower sales resulting from increased competition in the wireless handset distribution industry in China.

Net loss:  Net loss for the three months ended December 31, 2006 was $1.7 million, as compared to a net loss of $734,430 million for the same period in 2005. The decline was primarily due to higher product development and SG&A costs, the provision for doubtful accounts and the merger transaction costs, partially offset by higher revenues in the current period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2006, INTAC maintained cash of $820,598 and $804,973, respectively.  The Company measures liquidity through working capital (measured by current assets less current liabilities).  As of December 31, 2006, and September 30, 2006, INTAC maintained working capital of $12,209,490 and $13,472,770, respectively.  The decrease in working capital is primarily due to losses during the current period.

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Within our Distribution Business (included in discontinued operations), a large portion of trade accounts receivable is attributable to our largest customer — Mr. Lam, from whom we derived substantially all of our distribution revenue for three months ended December 31, 2006. The amount of the receivable balance with this customer was $11.3 million at December 31, 2006 and $11.2 million at September 30, 2006. We expect this balance to remain high for the foreseeable future. We collected approximately $1.5 million of the balance outstanding at December 31, 2006 in January 2007.

We have entered into a new installment payment plan agreement with Mr. Lam to pay his current balance over a period of six months.  As part of the installment plan agreement, we have agreed that all future sales to Mr. Lam are due and payable within 45 days. At December 31, 2006, Mr. Lam was in compliance with this agreement. The volume of sales in the Distribution Business relies on keeping Mr. Lam as a customer. In order to demonstrate his belief that Mr. Lam’s receivable is collectible, Wei Zhou, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, entered into a Security and Pledge Agreement with INTAC whereby Mr. Zhou pledged 3 million shares of INTAC common stock to secure collection of this receivable.

In addition, at December 31, 2006, the Company has approximately $1.6 million of supplier rebates receivable from its major mobile handset supplier, T-Mobile Deutschland. This amount has been fully reserved based on historical trends and due to the uncertainty of their use when considering the distribution business’ anticipated reduced revenue. Mr. Zhou’s pledge of 3 million shares of INTAC common stock under the Security and Pledge Agreement also secures this receivable.

As of December 31, 2006, we have a net trade receivable balance of $5.2 million related to our Career Development Services business.   The trade receivable balance relates primarily to Huana Xinlong and the sale of educational software to school districts within China. These school districts pay for their software purchases using funds supplied by the Chinese government. Historically, this funding takes many months, which is typical of the business process in China. In our September 30, 2006 financials, the Company reserved $950,608 for trade receivables related to sales of educational software completed in December 2004. Since that time, approximately $564,000 of these reserved amounts have been collected and recorded as recoveries against the provision for doubtful accounts.  The Company continues its policy of reserving receivables that have aged in excess of 21 months and has recorded a reserve of $1,217,000 during the current quarter for receivables related to educational software sales during March of 2005.  As with previously reserved accounts, the Company fully intends to pursue collection of these receivables.

We believe that the Company will have sufficient capital for the next twelve months if we are able to collect our trade receivables and sell our Career development software and training services according to our business plan.   However, if we are not able to complete sales in a timely manner or if the Chinese government does not fund our school district customers in a reasonable amount of time, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity. Long-term plans will require that we obtain additional financing through the issuance of debt, equity, other securities or a combination thereof in order to take advantage of other strategic agreements and business alliances. In addition, we may seek to obtain a working capital or other traditional loan facility from a bank or other lending source. Unless we are able to continue to improve our career development services operating performance with which we have limited experience, additional outside financing required to execute our long-term business plan would be difficult to obtain on acceptable terms, if at all. As of the date of this Report, we do not have any financing arrangements, nor do we have any commitments to obtain such an arrangement with any bank or other third party. If we raise capital by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our current stockholders will be reduced. Any new securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of our current common stockholders. There can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms which are acceptable to us.

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, cash used by continuing operating activities (which is comprised of the career development business) totaled $150,542.  This was primarily due to the net loss for the period and increases in our trade accounts receivable, partially offset by increases in the provision for doubtful accounts and accounts payable and accrued expenses.  For the three months ended December 31, 2005, cash provided by operating activities totaled $2.5 million. This consists mainly of a decrease in trade accounts receivable and an increase in income taxes payable, partially offset by the net loss for the quarter.

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, cash provided by discontinued operating activities (which is comprised of the wireless handset distribution business) totaled $182,282.  This was primarily due to an increase in the accounts payable and accrued expenses, partially offset by the net loss for the period and an increase in inventories.  For the three months ended December 31, 2005, cash used in discontinued operating activities totaled $2.2 million. The use of funds was primarily due to an increase in trade accounts receivable and a decrease in trade accounts payable, accrued expenses and income taxes payable, as well as the net loss for the quarter, partially offset by a decrease in inventory.

For the three months ended December 31, 2006, cash used in investing activities amounted to $16,114 primarily due advances made to officers of subsidiaries and employees and the purchase of property and equipment, partially offset by sales of property and equipment held for sale.  For the three months ended December 31, 2005, cash used in investing activities amounted to $250,863 comprised primarily of the purchase of property and equipment and advances to officers of subsidiaries and employees.

For the three months ended December 31, 2005, cash provided by financing activities amounted to $57,963 consisting of proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

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Assets held for sale increased by $3.6 million to $16.8 million at December 31, 2006, from $13.2 million at September 30, 2006. The increase primarily relates to higher inventory balances due to the timing of inventory purchases.

Property and equipment, net, and acquired software, decreased by $68,804 to $974,103 million at December 31, 2006, compared to $1 million at September 30, 2006.  This decrease was primarily due to normal depreciation and amortization. We do not expect our purchases of property and equipment to change materially in fiscal 2007.

Inventory and trade accounts receivable balances at December 31, 2006 were comparable to September 30, 2006.

Accrued expenses increased $670,579 from September 30, 2006 to December 31, 2006 primarily due to the accrual of merger transaction costs such as professional and investment banking fees related to the pending merger with HSW.

Liabilities held for sale increased due to the timing of invoices received for inventory.

Commitments and Contingencies

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessments and litigation and other sources are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, there are no claims, assessments and litigation against the Company.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Although our results of operations and financial condition are subject to risks of currency fluctuations and exchange restrictions, we have not to date entered into any hedging transactions or market sensitive instruments to attempt to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risks.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”), have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective because of the material weaknesses discussed below. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in such reports is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f), or 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.  Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Securities Exchange Commission Act Rule 13a-15(f) as of September 30, 2006, and this assessment identified the following material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting:

1.                                       Deficiencies existed in our information technology (“IT”) environment due to inadequate physical security controls around physical access to the accounting server in our Beijing location.  Since then, this has been remediated and the server has been located to a more restricted and secured area.  Previously, Management determined that backup recovery controls had been in place, which were tested and were found effective, and represented at the time a mitigating control to the lack of physical security around the accounting server.

2.                                       Deficiencies existed in our information technology (“IT”) environment due to backup media not being stored offsite even though it was stored in a fireproof safe at our Beijing location.  Since then, this has been remediated by storing the backup media off site.

3.                                       Deficiencies existed in maintaining adequate controls on certain key spreadsheets used by the Company in its consolidation process. Since then, we have added spreadsheet controls including access controls such as password protection to remediate these deficiencies.

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Since the discovery of the material weaknesses in internal controls described above, management is strengthening the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting and has taken various actions to improve our internal controls including during the period covered by this report, but not limited to the following:

1.                                       Remediation efforts were made within the Company’s information technology “IT” area to secure the accounting server at our Beijing location by locating it in a more restricted and secured area.

2.                                       Remediation efforts were made within the Company’s information technology “IT” area to secure the Company’s backup media by taking the backup media offsite.

3.                                       Remediation efforts were made related to key spreadsheets the Company uses in its consolidation process.  Spreadsheet controls, including access controls such as password protection have been added within certain key spreadsheets to maintain adequate controls over these key spreadsheets.

Although we completed remediation efforts in addressing the material weaknesses identified above, testing of these controls will not be completed until the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2007 and thus management is unable to conclude that the internal controls over financial reporting are effective during the period covered by this report based on the criteria in the Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

We will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and will take action as appropriate. Except for the changes referenced above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that we believe have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.                       Legal Proceedings.

 

None

 

Item 2.                          Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

None

 

Item 3.                          Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None

 

Item 4.                          Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

None

 

Item 5.                          Other Information.

None

 

Item 6.                          Exhibits.

Exhibits

 

Exhibit 2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 20, 2006, by and among HowStuffWorks, Inc., HSW International, Inc., HSW International Merger Corporation and INTAC International, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

Exhibit 2.2

 

First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 29, 2007, among INTAC International, Inc., HowStuffWorks, Inc., HSW International, Inc. and HSW International Merger Corporation (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

Exhibit 2.3

 

Share Purchase Agreement, dated January 29, 2007, among INTAC International, Inc., INTAC International Holdings Limited, INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company, Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. and Wei Zhou (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

Exhibit 2.4

 

Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated January 29, 2007, among HSW International, Inc., HowStuffWorks, Inc. and Wei Zhou (filed as Exhibit 2.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated October 13, 2001, filed with the Commission on December 26, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated September 30, 2005 filed with the Commission on December 19, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with 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.

 

INTAC INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: February 9, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. David Darnell

 

 

 

J. David Darnell

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DOCUMENT

 

 

 

Exhibit  2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 20, 2006, by and among HowStuffWorks, Inc., HSW International, Inc., HSW International Merger Corporation and INTAC International, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 21, 2006 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

Exhibit  2.2

 

First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated January 29, 2007, among INTAC International, Inc., HowStuffWorks, Inc., HSW International, Inc. and HSW International Merger Corporation (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

Exhibit  2.3

 

Share Purchase Agreement, dated January 29, 2007, among INTAC International, Inc., INTAC International Holdings Limited, INTAC (Tianjin) International Trading Company, Cyber Proof Investments Ltd. and Wei Zhou (filed as Exhibit 2.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

Exhibit  2.4

 

Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated January 29, 2007, among HSW International, Inc., HowStuffWorks, Inc. and Wei Zhou (filed as Exhibit 2.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 31, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

Exhibit  3.1

 

Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated October 13, 2001, filed with the Commission on December 26, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

Exhibit  3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Annual Report on Form 10-K dated September 30, 2005 filed with the Commission on December 19, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).