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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
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No. 88, Eastern Outer Ring Road
Ningguo City, Anhui Province, 242300
People’s Republic of China |
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)
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(+86) 0563-430-9999
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March 31,
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December 31,
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ASSETS
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ | 1,846,935 | $ | 1,930,319 | ||||
Trade accounts receivable, net (note 3)
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5,239,202 | 5,348,650 | ||||||
Loans receivable (note 4)
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4,845,348 | 4,268,057 | ||||||
Inventories, net (note 5)
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3,457,450 | 1,762,709 | ||||||
Prepaid and other current assets (note 6)
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2,481,665 | 1,140,234 | ||||||
Proceeds receivable from sale of fertilizer plant (note 22(b))
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916,017 | 889,174 | ||||||
Due from related parties (note 7)
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559,316 | — | ||||||
Total current assets
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19,345,933 | 15,339,143 | ||||||
Construction in progress (note 8)
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5,292,833 | 5,634,476 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net (note 8)
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20,567,502 | 20,495,162 | ||||||
Land use rights (note 9)
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10,755,670 | 10,660,988 | ||||||
Other long term assets (note 10)
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2,631,242 | 1,808,384 | ||||||
Total assets
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$ | 58,593,180 | $ | 53,938,153 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current liabilities
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Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses (note 11)
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$ | 3,477,661 | $ | 2,858,112 | ||||
Income tax payable (note 20)
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884,272 | 504,467 | ||||||
Derivative financial instruments (note 12)
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893,769 | 1,480,261 | ||||||
Other accounts payable (note 13)
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4,732,054 | 4,542,855 | ||||||
Due to related parties (note 7)
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— | 30,249 | ||||||
Loans payable, current portion (note 14)
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9,465,504 | 7,864,727 | ||||||
Total current liabilities
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19,453,260 | 17,280,671 | ||||||
Loans payable, long term portion (note 14)
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11,124,305 | 11,016,050 | ||||||
Total liabilities
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30,577,565 | 28,296,721 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (note 22)
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Subsequent events (note 24)
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Stockholders’ equity
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Common stock, par value $0.001, 75,000,000 shares authorized, 10,440,033 and 9,865,033 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively (note 16)
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10,440 | 9,865 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital
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4,814,439 | 4,119,015 | ||||||
Appropriated retained earnings (note 21)
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1,353,912 | 1,353,912 | ||||||
Unappropriated retained earnings
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20,453,497 | 19,007,402 | ||||||
Cumulative translation adjustment
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1,383,327 | 1,151,238 | ||||||
Total equity
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28,015,615 | 25,641,432 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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$ | 58,593,180 | $ | 53,938,153 |
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Revenues (notes 4 and 19(b))
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$ | 5,514,850 | $ | 7,688,952 | ||||
Cost of goods sold
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3,184,372 | 6,175,518 | ||||||
Gross Profit
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2,330,478 | 1,513,434 | ||||||
Sales and marketing expenses
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6,837 | 10,200 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses
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1,058,454 | 694,750 | ||||||
Operating profit
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1,265,187 | 808,484 | ||||||
Gain on change in fair value of derivative financial instruments (note 12)
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909,993 | — | ||||||
Other income (note 18)
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174,013 | — | ||||||
Subsidy income (note 15)
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46,187 | 35,015 | ||||||
Interest expense, net (note 17)
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(569,480 | ) | (383,165 | ) | ||||
Income before income taxes
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1,825,900 | 460,334 | ||||||
Income tax expense (note 20)
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379,805 | — | ||||||
Net income
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$ | 1,446,095 | $ | 460,334 | ||||
Comprehensive income:
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Net income
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$ | 1,446,095 | $ | 460,334 | ||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
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232,089 | 2,390 | ||||||
Comprehensive income
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$ | 1,678,184 | $ | 462,724 | ||||
Earnings per share:
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Basic and diluted (note 16)
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$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.06 | ||||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
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Basic and diluted (note 16)
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9,902,088 | 8,113,407 |
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Cash provided (used for):
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Operating activities:
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Net income for the period
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$ | 1,446,095 | $ | 460,334 | ||||
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Depreciation and amortization
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364,598 | 238,930 | ||||||
Interest expense allocated to debt
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4,473 | 23,995 | ||||||
Gain on change in fair value of derivative
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(909,993 | ) | — | |||||
Changes in non-cash working capital:
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Trade accounts receivable
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159,315 | (1,895,716 | ) | |||||
Inventories
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(1,672,723 | ) | (749,484 | ) | ||||
Prepaid and other current assets
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(1,327,549 | ) | (137,247 | ) | ||||
Due from related parties
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(557,512 | ) | 137,621 | |||||
Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses
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594,715 | (1,226,876 | ) | |||||
Income tax payable
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379,805 | — | ||||||
Due to related parties
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(30,435 | ) | — | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities
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(1,549,211 | ) | (3,148,443 | ) | ||||
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Cash proceeds from sale of fertilizer plant
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(18,407 | ) | — | |||||
Deposits against equipment and land use rights
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(854,202 | ) | (1,460,579 | ) | ||||
Capitalized interest expense
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(77,355 | ) | (63,309 | ) | ||||
Purchase of property and equipment
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283,233 | (472,828 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities
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(666,731 | ) | (1,996,716 | ) | ||||
Financing activities:
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Repayments received (net of advances made) pursuant to loans receivable
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(535,354 | ) | 788,780 | |||||
Advances received (net of repayments made) pursuant to loans payable
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145,934 | 1,347,228 | ||||||
Borrowings under bank loans payable
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6,056,640 | 4,498,583 | ||||||
Repayments under bank loans payable
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(4,534,871 | ) | (2,307,715 | ) | ||||
Borrowing under convertible loans payable
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— | 555,000 | ||||||
Capital investment, net of offering costs of $130,500 in 2011 and $Nil in 2010
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1,019,500 | 8,400 | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities
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2,151,849 | 4,890,276 | ||||||
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Effect of exchange rate difference on cash and cash equivalents
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(19,291 | ) | (1,567 | ) | ||||
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
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(83,384 | ) | (256,450 | ) | ||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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1,930,319 | 611,635 | ||||||
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
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$ | 1,846,935 | $ | 355,185 | ||||
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Supplementary information:
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Interest and finance charges paid
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$ | 724,402 | $ | 427,265 | ||||
Fair value of shares allocated to warrant derivative at financing inception
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323,501 | — |
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Balance as at December 31, 2009 (audited)
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510,423 | $ | 510 | $ | 145,550 | $ | 1,142,284 | 13,006,176 | $ | 427,685 | $ | 14,722,205 | ||||||||||
Capital contribution
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5,600 | 6 | 8,394 | — | — | — | 8,400 | |||||||||||||||
Capital contribution of subsidiary
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— | — | — | — | 10,000 | — | 10,000 | |||||||||||||||
Imputed interest expense charged to additional paid in capital of subsidiary (note 17)
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— | — | — | — | 8,656 | — | 8,656 | |||||||||||||||
Net income for the year
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— | — | — | — | 460,334 | — | 460,334 | |||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment for the year
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— | — | — | — | — | 2,390 | 2,390 | |||||||||||||||
Balance as at March 31, 2010 (unaudited)
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516,023 | $ | 516 | $ | 153,944 | $ | 1,142,284 | 13,485,166 | $ | 430,075 | $ | 15,211,985 | ||||||||||
Balance as at December 31, 2010 (audited)
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9,865,033 | $ | 9,865 | $ | 4,119,015 | $ | 1,353,912 | $ | 19,007,402 | $ | 1,151,238 | $ | 25,641,432 | |||||||||
Capital contribution (notes 1(a) and 12)
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575,000 | 575 | 695,424 | — | — | — | 695,999 | |||||||||||||||
Net income for the year
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— | — | — | — | 1,446,095 | — | 1,446,095 | |||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment for the year
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— | — | — | — | — | 232,089 | 232,089 | |||||||||||||||
Balance as at March 31, 2011 (unaudited)
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10,440,033 | $ | 10,440 | $ | 4,814,439 | $ | 1,353,912 | $ | 20,453,497 | $ | 1,383,327 | $ | 28,015,615 |
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The financial statements presented herein reflect the consolidated financial results as at March 31, 2011 and for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 of Anhui Taiyang Poultry Co., Inc. (“Parent” or the “Company”), its wholly owned subsidiaries Dynamic Ally Ltd. (“Dynamic Ally”) and Ningguo Taiyang Incubation Plant Co., Ltd. (“Ningguo”), and Anhui Taiyang Poultry Co., Ltd. (“Taiyang”), a variable interest entity controlled by the Company as a result of the agreements described below. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.
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The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 7, 1999. Prior to January 20, 2011, the Company was called The Parkview Group, Inc. (“Parkview”). From inception through November 2010, the Company was in the business of providing management consulting services to corporate clients.
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On November 10, 2010 (the “Closing Date” and the closing of the reverse merger transaction, the “Closing”), the Company executed and consummated a share exchange agreement by and among Dynamic Ally and the stockholders of 100% of Dynamic Ally’s common stock (the “Dynamic Ally Shareholders”), on the one hand, and the Company and certain holders of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock (the “Representative Shareholders”) on the other hand (the “Share Exchange Agreement” and the transaction, the “Reverse Merger Transaction”).
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In the Reverse Merger Transaction, Dynamic Ally’s shareholders exchanged their shares of Dynamic Ally for newly issued shares of common stock of the Company. As a result, upon completion of the Reverse Merger Transaction, Dynamic Ally became the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary.
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Dynamic Ally owns 100% of Ningguo, which is a wholly foreign owned enterprise (“WFOE”) under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”). On May 26, 2010, Ningguo entered into a series of contractual agreements with Taiyang, which effectively give Ningguo control over the operations of Taiyang. The agreements include (i) a Consulting Services Agreement whereby Ninnguo has the exclusive right to provide to Taiyang general services related to the current and proposed operations of Anhui’s business, (ii) an Operating Agreement whereby Ninnguo provides guidance and instructions on Taiyang’s daily operations, financial management and employment issues, (iii) an Equity Pledge Agreement whereby the Taiyang shareholders pledged all of their equity interests in Taiyang to Ninnguo to guarantee Taiyang’s performance of its obligations under the Consulting Services Agreement, (iv) an Option Agreement, whereby the Taiyang shareholders irrevocably granted Ninnguo or its designated person an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under Chinese law, all or part of the equity interests in Taiyang for the cost of the initial contributions to the registered capital, which is the amount of capital registered with the PRC government (“Registered Capital”) or the minimum amount of consideration permitted by applicable Chinese law, and (v) a Voting Rights Proxy Agreement, whereby Taiyang shareholders agreed to entrust all the rights to exercise their voting power to designee(s) of Ninnguo.
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Chinese laws and regulations concerning the validity of the contractual arrangements are uncertain, as many of these laws and regulations are relatively new and may be subject to change, and their official interpretation and enforcement by the Chinese government involves substantial uncertainty. Additionally, the contractual arrangement may not be as effective in providing control over Taiyang as direct ownership, which the Company is restricted from under current Chinese law. Due to such uncertainty, the Company may take such additional steps in the future as may be permitted by the then applicable laws and regulations in China to further strengthen its control over or toward actual ownership of Taiyang or its assets or business operations, which could include direct ownership of selected assets without jeopardizing any favorable government policies toward domestic owned enterprises. Because the Company relies on Taiyang for its revenue, any termination of or disruption to the contractual arrangement would detrimentally affect its business and financial condition.
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Other than the interests in the contractual arrangements, none of the Company, Dynamic Ally, nor Ningguo owns any equity interests in Taiyang. As a result of these contractual arrangements, which obligates Ningguo to absorb a majority of the risk of loss from Taiyang’s activities and enable Ningguo to receive a majority of its expected residual returns, Taiyang is a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”), because the owners of Taiyang do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and the Company should be considered the primary beneficiary of Taiyang. Accordingly, the Company consolidates Taiyang’s results, assets and liabilities in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
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Upon the completion of the Reverse Merger Transaction on November 10, 2010, the Company owned 100% of Dynamic Ally, which owned 100% of Ningguo, which controlled the operations of Taiyang through contractual arrangements. For financial reporting purposes, Reverse Merger Transaction is classified as a recapitalization of Dynamic Ally and the historical financial statements of Dynamic Ally, which are comprised principally of the operations of Taiyang, are reported as the Company’s historical financial statements.
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Taiyang is a limited liability company organized in the PRC in June 1996. Taiyang holds the government licenses and approvals necessary to operate the duck farming and processing businesses in China.
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As a result of the Reverse Merger Transaction, the Company acquired 100% of the capital stock of Dynamic Ally and consequently, control of the business and operations of Dynamic Ally, Ningguo, and Taiyang. Prior to the Reverse Merger Transaction, the Company was a public reporting company in the development stage. From and after the Closing Date of the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company’s primary operations consist of the business and operations of Taiyang, which are conducted in China, and controlled through contractual arrangements described herein.
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Effective January 20, 2011, the Company changed its name from “The Parkview Group, Inc.” to “Anhui Taiyang Poultry Co., Inc.”
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The Company, through its VIE arrangement with Taiyang, raises, processes and markets ducks and duck related food products through three business lines:
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Breeding Unit – breeds, hatches, and cultivates ducklings for resale and for processing by the Food Unit
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Feed Unit – produces duck feed for internal use and external sale
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Food Unit – processes ducklings into frozen raw food product for commercial resale.
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On March 1, 2010, the Company issued unsecured debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $650,000 to 11 investors. The Company received net proceeds of $555,000, which were designated to pay legal, accounting, and other costs associated with the Reverse Merger Transaction and related financing. The debentures bore interest at a rate of 15% per annum, and matured on September 30, 2010. The debentures were convertible, at the sole option of the holder, into shares of the Company at a price equal to a 25% discount to the price of any new financing. Each debenture holder was also to receive the equivalent of one share of the public entity for each dollar invested in the debenture. On November 10, 2010, in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger Transaction, the notes were satisfied in full as follows: (i) principal in the amount of $549,984 was converted at the option of certain of the holders into 366,656 shares of common stock of the Company, (ii) principal in the amount of $100,016 was repaid in cash, and (iii) interest of $72,493 was paid in cash. The Company also issued 650,000 additional shares of common stock to the holders as prescribed by the debentures (see note 14(c)).
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In connection with the consummation of the Reverse Merger Transaction, on November 10, 2010, the Company consummated a financing (the “First Financing”) for the sale of units (the “Units”) consisting of (i) four (4) shares of common stock and (ii) a warrant to purchase one (1) share of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00. Each Unit was priced at $8.00. Gross cash proceeds were $4,450,072, and the Company issued 2,225,036 shares of common stock and 556,259 warrants. The Company also exchanged $549,984 in previously issued debentures that were converted into Units at a price of $6.00 per Unit, for a total of 366,656 shares of common stock and 91,664 warrants. On November 16, 2010, the Company sold additional Units for gross cash proceeds of $657,400 pursuant to the same offering, and issued 328,700 shares and 82,175 warrants. In connection with the First Financing, the Company also issued 226,298 placement agent warrants with an exercise price of $4.00.
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On March 7 and March 17, 2011, the Company completed an additional sale of an aggregate 575,000 shares of common stock to eight investors at a price of $2.00 per share for gross cash proceeds of $1,150,000. In connection this financing, the Company also issued to the investors warrants to purchase 143,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share and a contractual term of three years, as well as 46,000 placement agent warrants with an exercise price of $4.00 and a contractual term of five years (see notes 12 and 16(e)).
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Accounting Standards Codification
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In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a statement establishing the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “FASB ASC” or the “Codification”). Effective for interim and annual periods ended after September 15, 2009, the Codification became the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative US GAAP for SEC registrants. This statement did not change existing US GAAP, and as such, did not have an impact on the financial statements. Where applicable, the Company has updated its references to US GAAP, in order to reflect the Codification.
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Significant accounting policies:
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Basis of presentation:
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Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Company. Control exists when the Company has the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. In assessing control, potential voting rights that presently are exercisable are taken into account. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. These financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and include the accounts of Parent and its wholly owned subsidiaries Dynamic Ally and Ningguo, as well as the accounts of Taiyang, the VIE controlled through the contractual arrangements described in note 1(a). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. The three operating entities of Taiyang all reside within the same legal entity, and are evaluated as separate units for management’s internal purposes.
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The basis of accounting differs in certain material respects from that used for the preparation of the books and records of the Company, which are prepared in accordance with accounting principles and relevant financial regulations applicable to limited liability enterprises established in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”), the accounting standard used in the place of its domicile.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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Use of estimates:
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management at the date of the financial statements to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant areas requiring the use of estimates include estimating allowance for doubtful accounts, estimating the net realizable value of inventory, the future cash flows for assessing the net recoverable amount of long-lived assets, accrued liabilities, accrued completion of construction in progress projects, and inputs to estimate the fair value of equity transactions. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
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Risks of doing business in China:
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The Company is subject to the consideration and risks of operating in the PRC. These include risks associated with the political and economic environment, foreign currency exchange and the legal system in China.
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The economy of China differs significantly from the economies of the “western” industrialized nations in such respects as structure, level of development, gross national product, growth rate, capital reinvestment, resource allocation, self-sufficiency, rate of inflation and balance of payments position, among others. Only recently has the China government encouraged substantial private economic activities. The Chinese economy has experienced significant growth in the past several years, but such growth has been uneven among various sectors of the economy and geographic regions. Actions by the PRC government to control inflation have significantly restrained economic expansion in the recent past.
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Similar actions by the PRC government in the future could have a significant adverse effect on economic conditions in China.
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Many laws and regulations dealing with economic matters in general and foreign investment in particular have been enacted in China. However, China still does not have a comprehensive system of laws, and enforcement of the existing laws may be uncertain and sporadic.
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The Company’s operating assets and primary sources of income and cash flows originate in China. The China economy has, for many years, been a centrally planned economy, operating on the basis of annual, five-year and ten-year state plans adopted by central China governmental authorities, which set out national production and development targets. The China government has been pursuing economic reforms since it first adopted its “open-door” policy in 1978. There is no assurance that the China government will continue to pursue economic reforms or that there will not be any significant change in its economic or other policies, particularly in the event of any change in the political leadership of, or the political, economic or social conditions in China. There is also no assurance that the Company will not be adversely affected by any such change in governmental policies or any unfavourable change in the political, economic or social conditions, the laws or regulations, or the rate or method of taxation in China.
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As many of the economic reforms, which have been or are being implemented by China government are unprecedented or experimental, they may be subject to adjustment or refinement, which may have adverse effects on the Company. Further, through state plans and other economic and fiscal measures, it remains possible for the China government to exert significant influence on the China economy.
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Cash includes bank deposits and cash on hand. Cash equivalents include short-term investments with a term to maturity when acquired of 90 days or less.
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Allowance for doubtful accounts:
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The Company reports accounts receivable and loans receivable at net realizable value. The Company’s terms of sale provide the basis for when accounts become delinquent or past due. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to the estimated uncollectible amounts. The Company’s estimate is based on historical collection experience and a review of the current status of accounts receivable.
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Inventory:
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Inventory is recorded at the lower of cost, determined using the weighted average costing method, and net realizable value. Cost includes purchased raw materials (primarily corn and other grains), breeding and incubation costs (primarily feed and contract grower pay), packaging supplies, labor, and manufacturing and production overhead which are related to the purchase and production of inventories. The weighted-average method includes invoice cost, duties and freight where applicable, plus direct labor applied to the product and an applicable share of manufacturing overhead. A provision for obsolescence for slow moving inventory items is estimated by management based on historical and expected future sales and is included in cost of goods sold.
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Biological assets:
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Biological assets are comprised of master breeding ducks that are treated as capitalized assets due to their ability to produce offspring that are also capable of breeding. These biological assets generally have a productive breeding period of approximately one year. The Company capitalizes these assets and amortizes their cost, which includes any cost to acquire the duck plus costs incurred for hatching and incubation, over a period of one year.
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Property, plant and equipment:
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Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less allowance for accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is generally computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. The depreciable basis for property, plant and equipment is original cost less estimated residual value, which does not exceed 5% of the cost. Upon retirement or sale, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is reflected in the statements of operations. The cost of normal maintenance and repairs is charged to operations as incurred. Material expenditures, which increase the life of an asset, are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated remaining life of the asset. Costs incurred prior to a capital project’s completion are reflected as construction in progress and are not depreciated until the asset is placed into service. The estimated service lives of property and equipment are as follows:
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Production equipment
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3-10 years
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Transportation equipment
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5-10 years
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Office furniture and equipment
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5 years
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Building and building improvements
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10-20 years
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Costs incurred prior to a capital project’s completion are reflected as construction in progress and are not depreciated until the asset is placed into service.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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Construction in progress:
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Construction in progress is stated at cost, which comprises direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of buildings, building improvements and land improvements. The Company also capitalizes interest on loans related to construction projects. Upon completion, construction in progress is transferred to its respective asset classification and is amortized upon being put into use. At each balance sheet date, the Company makes an estimate with respect to the percentage of completion of each project.
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Land use rights:
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The Company accounts for land use rights as an asset in its financial statements. However, all lands in the PRC are owned by the PRC government. The PRC government, according the relevant PRC law, may sell the right to use the land for a specific period of time. Land use rights are recorded at cost less accumulated amortization. Land use rights are amortized over 50 years, which are the terms established by the PRC government. The purpose of the land use is restricted by the PRC government. In the event that the land is used for purposes outside the scope of the purpose for which they were granted, the government could revoke such rights.
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Impairment of long-lived assets:
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The Company monitors the recoverability of long-lived assets, based on estimates using factors such as expected future asset utilization, business climate and future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the related assets or to be realized on sale. The Company recognizes an impairment loss if the projected undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying amount, and the amount of the impairment charge is the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over the fair value of the asset.
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Derivative financial instruments:
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Derivative financial instruments, as defined in ASC Topic 815 (formerly FAS 133), Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities (ASC Topic 815), consist of financial instruments or other contracts that contain a notional amount and one or more underlying, e.g. interest rate, security price or other variable, require no initial net investment and permit net settlement. Derivative financial instruments may be free-standing or embedded in other financial instruments. Further, derivative financial instruments are initially, and subsequently, measured at fair value and recorded as liabilities or, in rare instances, assets.
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The Company generally does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to cash-flow, market or foreign-currency risks. However, the Company has issued warrant agreements that embody features that are not afforded equity classification because they may be net-cash settled by the counterparty. As required by ASC Topic 815 (formerly FAS 133), these instruments are required to be carried as derivative liabilities, at fair value, in the Company’s financial statements.
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Revenue recognition:
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The Company recognizes revenue when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, goods are shipped and title passes, collection is probable, and the fee is fixed or determinable. The Company records deferred revenue when cash is received in advance of the revenue recognition criteria being met.
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2.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(n)
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Subsidy income:
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From time to time, the Company receives subsidies from the PRC government. Certain of the subsidies are earmarked for particular capital improvement and other projects, and the completed projects must be approved by the government to ensure specifications were met. The Company defers amounts received pursuant to these types of subsidies until the projects are approved, at which time the deferred balances are recorded as subsidy income on the statement of operations.
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Subsidies that are not subject to government approval are recognized as income in the period in which the benefit from the subsidy is realized by the Company. Subsidies that relate to depreciable property and equipment are recorded as an offset to the related capital accounts to which the subsidy relates.
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Income and other taxes:
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Taiyang is exempt from corporate income tax due to the nature of its business. Beginning 2006, the PRC government instituted a tax exemption policy for certain aspects of the agricultural industry. Taiyang’s business qualifies as tax exempt. The exemption relates to unprocessed agricultural products and is granted by the relevant taxing authority on a year-by-year basis. There is no stated expiration to the exemption, and while Taiyang expects to continue to receive favorable tax treatment, changes in government policy or the nature of Taiyang’s operations could result in Taiyang being required to pay income taxes.
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Ningguo is subject to corporate income tax in the PRC at a rate of 25% as a non-resident enterprise, as well as business tax at a rate of 5% on service income. Under the laws of the BVI, Dynamic Ally is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains. Parent is subject to United States income tax at a rate of 35%.
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Foreign currency translation and comprehensive income:
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The Company’s functional or primary operating currency is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”). The Company’s financial statements are prepared in RMB before translating to the United States dollar (“USD”) for reporting purposes. The Company translates transactions in currencies other than the RMB at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a currency other than the RMB are translated at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange gains and losses are recognized in earnings.
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Amounts transacted in RMB have been translated into USD as follows: assets and liabilities are translated at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date, equity items are translated at historical rates, and revenue and expense items are translated at the average rates for each period reported. Unrealized gains and losses resulting from the translation into the reporting currency are accumulated in accumulated other comprehensive income, a separate component of equity.
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The Company applies SFAS 130 “Reporting Comprehensive Income” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 220). Comprehensive income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of stockholders’ equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(q)
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Statutory reserves:
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Statutory reserve refers to the amount appropriated from the net income in accordance with laws or regulations, which can be used to recover losses and increase capital, as approved, and, are to be used to expand production or operations. The articles of association of Taiyang and Ningguo, which are based on PRC corporate laws, prescribe that these entities must appropriate, on an annual basis, 10% of their after tax income as reported in their financial statements, prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP, to the statutory common reserve fund until the fund reaches 50% of their respective Registered Capital.
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(r)
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Earnings per share:
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Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to the common shareholder of the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share is determined by adjusting the net income attributable to the common shareholder and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the effects of all dilutive potential common shares. Basic and diluted earnings per share are the same because the Company does not have any equity instruments that would impact the calculation of diluted earnings per share. The number of weighted average common shares outstanding has been retroactively restated to give effect to the shares issued in the Reverse Merger Transaction.
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(s)
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Employee welfare benefits:
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Pursuant to PRC law, full-time employees of the Company are entitled to staff welfare benefits including medical care, welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance, and pension benefits through a PRC government-mandated multiemployer pension plan. The Company is required to contribute a portion of the employees’ salaries to the retirement benefit scheme to fund the benefits, which are charged to operations as incurred. The government reserves right to change rates retroactively, which may result in a contingent liability being recorded for previous years.
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(t)
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Fair value of financial assets and liabilities:
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For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, loans receivable, other amounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, other payables, and short-term debt, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their short maturities.
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ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 820, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
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●
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Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
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Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
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2.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(t)
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Fair value of financial assets and liabilities:
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●
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Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
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The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” and ASC 815.
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(u)
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Segment reporting:
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SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 280) requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the method a company’s management uses to organize segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Reportable segments are based on products and services, geography, legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a company. Management of the Company evaluates its operations based on three operating segments: Breeding Unit, Feed Unit, and Food Unit.
|
||
(v)
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Statement of cash flows:
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In accordance with SFAS No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 230), cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
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(w)
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Recently Adopted Accounting Standards:
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In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. This update addressed the accounting for multiple-deliverable arrangements to enable vendors to account for products or services (deliverables) separately rather than a combined unit and will be separated in more circumstances that under existing US GAAP. This amendment has eliminated that residual method of allocation. Effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2009-13 to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
|
||
In October 2009, the FASB issued an ASU regarding accounting for own-share lending arrangements in contemplation of convertible debt issuance or other financing. This ASU requires that at the date of issuance of the shares in a share-lending arrangement entered into in contemplation of a convertible debt offering or other financing, the shares issued shall be measured at fair value and be recognized as an issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital. Further, loaned shares are excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share unless default of the share-lending arrangement occurs, at which time the loaned shares would be included in the basic and diluted earnings-per-share calculation. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2009, and interim periods within those fiscal years for arrangements outstanding as of the beginning of those fiscal years. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
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2.
|
Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(w)
|
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards (continued):
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|
In August 2009, the FASB issued an ASU regarding measuring liabilities at fair value. This ASU provides additional guidance clarifying the measurement of liabilities at fair value in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available; under those circumstances, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using one or more of valuation techniques, as defined. This ASU is effective for the first reporting period, including interim periods, beginning after the issuance of this ASU. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
||
On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASU No. 2009-01, “Topic 105 - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - amendments based on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168 , “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.” ASU No. 2009-01 re-defines authoritative GAAP for nongovernmental entities to be only comprised of the FASB ASC and, for SEC registrants, guidance issued by the SEC. The Codification is a reorganization and compilation of all then-existing authoritative GAAP for nongovernmental entities, except for guidance issued by the SEC. The Codification is amended to effect non-SEC changes to authoritative GAAP. Adoption of ASU No. 2009-01 only changed the referencing convention of GAAP in notes to the financial statements.
|
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)” (“SFAS 167”), codified as FASB ASC Topic 810-10, which modifies how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. SFAS 167 clarifies that the determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things, an entity’s purpose and design and a company’s ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. SFAS 167 requires an ongoing reassessment of whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. SFAS 167 also requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement in variable interest entities and any significant changes in risk exposure due to that involvement. SFAS 167 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
||
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140” (“SFAS 166”), codified as FASB Topic ASC 860, which requires entities to provide more information regarding sales of securitized financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the entity has continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets and requires additional disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not believe the adoption of SFAS 166 will have an impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
|
||
In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (“SFAS 165”) codified in FASB ASC Topic 855-10-05, which provides guidance to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. SFAS 165 also requires entities to disclose the date through which subsequent events were evaluated as well as the rationale for why that date was selected. SFAS 165 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. SFAS 165 required that public entities evaluate and disclose subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued.
|
||
ASU No. 2010-09, issued in February 2010, removes the requirement to disclose a date through which subsequent events have been reviewed in the financial statements.
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2.
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Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(w)
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Recently Adopted Accounting Standards (continued):
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In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. SFAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” which is codified in FASB ASC Topic 825-10-50. This FSP essentially expands the disclosure about fair value of financial instruments that were previously required only annually to also be required for interim period reporting. In addition, the FSP requires certain additional disclosures regarding the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments. The Company has adopted these disclosure changes with its interim financial statements in fiscal 2010.
|
||
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments,” which is codified in FASB ASC Topic 320-10. This FSP modifies the requirements for recognizing other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities and changes the existing impairment model for such securities. The FSP also requires additional disclosures for both annual and interim periods with respect to both debt and equity securities. Under the FSP, impairment of debt securities will be considered other-than-temporary if an entity (1) intends to sell the security, (2) more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovering its cost, or (3) does not expect to recover the security’s entire amortized cost basis (even if the entity does not intend to sell). The FSP further indicates that, depending on which of the above factor(s) causes the impairment to be considered other-than-temporary, (1) the entire shortfall of the security’s fair value versus its amortized cost basis or (2) only the credit loss portion would be recognized in earnings while the remaining shortfall (if any) would be recorded in other comprehensive income. FSP 115-2 requires entities to initially apply the provisions of the standard to previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt securities existing as of the date of initial adoption by making a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The cumulative-effect adjustment potentially reclassifies the noncredit portion of a previously other-than-temporarily impaired debt security held as of the date of initial adoption from retained earnings to accumulate other comprehensive income. The Company adopted FSP No. SFAS 115-2 and SFAS 124-2 in fiscal 2009. This FSP had no material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
|
||
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. SFAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP No. SFAS 157-4”). FSP No. SFAS 157-4, which is codified in FASB ASC Topics 820-10-35-51 and 820-10-50-2, provides additional guidance for estimating fair value and emphasizes that even if there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability and regardless of the valuation technique(s) used, the objective of a fair value measurement remains the same. The Company adopted FSP No. SFAS 157-4 in fiscal 2009. This FSP had no material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
|
||
(x)
|
Recently Issued Accounting Standards:
|
|
In April 2010, the FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement regarding the milestone method of revenue recognition. The scope of this pronouncement is limited to arrangements that include milestones relating to research or development deliverables. The pronouncement specifies criteria that must be met for a vendor to recognize consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a substantive milestone in its entirety in the period in which the milestone is achieved. The criteria apply to milestones in arrangements within the scope of this pronouncement regardless of whether the arrangement is determined to have single or multiple deliverables or units of accounting. The pronouncement will be effective for fiscal years, an interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early application is permitted. Companies can apply this guidance prospectively to milestones achieved after adoption. However, retrospective application to all prior periods is also permitted. This amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
2.
|
Significant accounting policies (continued):
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(x)
|
Recently Issued Accounting Standards (continued):
|
|
In March 2010, FASB issued an authoritative pronouncement regarding the effect of denominating the exercise price of a share-based payment award in the currency of the market in which the underlying equity securities trade and that currency is different from (1) the entity’s functional currency, (2) the functional currency of the foreign operation for which the employee provides services, and (3) the payroll currency of the employee. The guidance clarifies that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trade should be considered an equity award assuming all other criteria for equity classification are met. The pronouncement will be effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010, and will be applies prospectively. Affected entities will be required to record a cumulative catch-up adjustment for all awards outstanding as of the beginning of the annual period in which the guidance is adopted. This amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
||
On March 5, 2010, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to clarify the type of embedded credit derivative that is exempt from embedded derivative bifurcation requirements. Specifically, only one form of embedded credit derivative qualifies for the exemption – one that is related only to the subordination of one financial instrument to another. As a result, entities that have contracts containing an embedded credit derivative feature in a form other than such subordination may need to separately account for the embedded credit derivative feature. This guidance also has transition provisions, which permit entities to make a special one-time election to apply the fair value option to any investment in a beneficial interest in securitized financial assets, regardless of whether such investments contain embedded derivative features. This guidance is effective on the first day of the first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted at the beginning of any fiscal quarter beginning after March 5, 2010. This amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
||
In December 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-28, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force).” ASU No. 2010-28 addresses questions about entities that have reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. The amendments modify Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting units, an entity is required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. In determining whether it is more likely than not that goodwill impairment exists, an entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance and examples in paragraph 350-20-35-30, which requires that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. In addition, current GAAP will be improved by eliminating an entity’s ability to assert that a reporting unit is not required to perform Step 2 because the carrying amount of the reporting unit is zero or negative despite the existence of qualitative factors that indicate the goodwill is more likely than not impaired. As a result, goodwill impairments may be reported sooner than under current practice. The provisions of ASC No. 2010-28 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after Dec. 15, 2010. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
|
2.
|
Significant accounting policies (continued):
|
|
(x)
|
Recently Issued Accounting Standards (continued):
|
|
In December 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-29, “Business Combinations (Topic 805) — Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” ASU No. 2010-29 clarifies that, when presenting comparative financial statements, SEC registrants should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the current period business combinations had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU 2010-29 is effective prospectively for material (either on an individual or aggregate basis) business combinations entered into in fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2010 with early adoption permitted. This ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
|
||
3.
|
Trade accounts receivable:
|
|
Trade accounts receivable were comprised of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010: |
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Trade accounts receivable
|
$ | 5,406,623 | $ | 5,361,648 | ||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(167,421 | ) | (12,998 | ) | ||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 5,239,202 | $ | 5,348,650 |
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $763,347 and $756,224 of the Company’s trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral for loans outstanding. The loan in the amount of $756,224 securing trade accounts receivable at December 31, 2010 was repaid in March 2011.
|
|
4.
|
Loans receivable:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding $4,854,348 and $4,268,057, respectively, of unsecured loans receivable from unrelated parties which bear interest at rates paid by the Company on similar third party loans payable, and have no stated maturity date. Loans receivable activity during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 was:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Beginning balance
|
$ | 4,268,057 | $ | 2,816,943 | ||||
Amounts loaned to third parties
|
6,211,173 | 102,399 | ||||||
Amounts collected from third parties
|
(5,675,819 | ) | (892,335 | ) | ||||
Change in allowance for doubtful accounts
|
— | (146 | ) | |||||
Currency translation difference
|
41,937 | 543 | ||||||
Ending balance
|
$ | 4,845,348 | $ | 2,027,404 |
4.
|
Loans receivable (continued):
|
During 2009, the Company made a loan to an unrelated third party, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The third party pledged its assets to the bank as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $1,492,961 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable does not have a stated maturity date.
|
|
During 2010, the Company made a loan to Jinyatai Agricultural Development Co., Ltd. (“Jinyatai”), a former subsidiary of Taiyang that was divested in 2005, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Jinyatai pledged its assets as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $2,290,041 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable matured on January 7, 2011. Because the loan was not repaid by this date, the agreement between the Company and Jinyatai calls for Jinyatai to pay interest incurred by the Company on the bank loan. Through March 31, 2011, such interest amounted to $65,536. Additionally, the Company made sales of ducks to Luo Jiayun, the principal shareholder and legal representative of Jinyatai, in the amount of $1,494,225 and $416,654 during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively (see note 22(b)).
|
|
During 2010, the Company made a loan to an unrelated individual, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The borrower pledged its assets as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $3,358,727 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable does not have a stated maturity date.
|
|
The value of the guarantee provided through the pledged assets of the Company’s borrowers was estimated to be approximately $14,000.
|
|
The Company had additional unsecured loans receivable from unrelated parties totaling $2,097,368 and $1,545,722 outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, which had no stated maturity date, and had no security. Subsequent to March 31, 2011 and through May 13, 2011, the Company has collected $458,008 of the outstanding balance of these loans (see note 24(b)).
|
|
The above loans constitute inter-enterprise lending that violate the PRC General Lending Rules. A fine in the amount of one to three times the income generated by the Company from such inter-enterprise loans may be imposed by the People’s Bank of China, at their discretion, if the Company were found to be in violation of the PRC General Lending Rules (see note 22(b)). Effective as of May 11, 2011, any new loans to directors, officers, or unrelated parties require pre-approval of the Company’s board of directors.
|
|
5.
|
Inventories:
|
Inventories were comprised of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Raw materials
|
$ | 1,445,612 | $ | 1,142,773 | ||||
Work in process
|
1,692,922 | 490,978 | ||||||
Finished goods
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318,916 | 128,958 | ||||||
|
$ | 3,457,450 | $ | 1,762,709 |
The Company did not have any obsolete or slow-moving inventory as of March 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010.
|
6.
|
Prepaid and other current assets:
|
Prepaid and other current assets were comprised of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Prepaid inventory purchases
|
$ | 1,055,755 | $ | 224,187 | ||||
Other prepaid expenses
|
1,217,195 | 623,527 | ||||||
Biological assets
|
208,715 | 292,520 | ||||||
|
$ | 2,481,665 | $ | 1,140,234 |
Biological assets are comprised of master breeding ducks that are treated as capitalized assets due to their ability to produce offspring that are also capable of breeding. These biological assets generally have a productive breeding period of approximately one year. The Company capitalizes these assets and amortizes their cost, which includes any cost to acquire the duck plus costs incurred for hatching and incubation, over a period of one year.
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7.
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Related party transactions:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, amounts due from related parties were comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Due from Wu Qiyou
|
$ | 559,316 | $ | — | ||||
|
$ | 559,316 | $ | — |
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, amounts due to related parties were comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Due to Wu Qiyou
|
$ | — | $ | 30,249 | ||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | — | $ | 30,249 |
Wu Qiyou is Taiyang’s founder and principal executive officer and was holder of 96% of the Company’s registered share capital prior to the Reverse Merger Transaction in November 2010 (see note 1(a)). Mr. Wu was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company after the Reverse Merger Transaction. Wu Qiyou owns 49% of Taiyang Biological Corporation.
|
7.
|
Related party transactions (continued):
|
Wu Qida was the holder of 2% of Taiyang’s registered share capital prior to the Reverse Merger Transaction in November 2010, and is also the brother of Wu Qiyou. Wu Qida owns 31% of Taiyang Biological Corporation.
|
|
Chen Beihuang was the holder of 2% of Taiyang’s registered share capital prior to the Reverse Merger Transaction in November 2010. Ms. Chen was also appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company after the Reverse Merger Transaction.
|
|
Taiyang Biological Corporation is a company owned 49% by Wu Qiyou and 31% by Wu Qida.
|
|
The Company was involved in the following transactions with Wu Qiyou, Chen Beihuang and Wu Qida during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
Wu
|
Chen
|
Wu
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Qiyou
|
Beihuang
|
Qida
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Balance due (to) from as of December 31, 2010
|
$ | (30,249 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (30,249 | ) | ||||||
Loans to related party
|
592,206 | 9,283 | — | 601,489 | ||||||||||||
Repayments from related party
|
(4,259 | ) | (9,283 | ) | — | (13,542 | ) | |||||||||
Currency translation difference
|
1,618 | — | — | 1,618 | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance due (to) from as of March 31, 2011
|
$ | 559,316 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 559,316 |
Balance due (to) from as of December 31, 2009
|
$ | 735,861 | $ | 585 | $ | 29,252 | $ | 765,698 | ||||||||
Loans to related party
|
178,028 | 6,437 | — | 184,465 | ||||||||||||
Repayments from related party
|
(315,497 | ) | (6,802 | ) | — | (322,299 | ) | |||||||||
Currency translation difference
|
122 | (1 | ) | 4 | 125 | |||||||||||
|
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Balance due (to) from as of March 31, 2010
|
$ | 598,514 | $ | 219 | $ | 29,256 | $ | 627,989 |
The loan receivable from Wu Qiyou was repaid on May 11, 2011. The Company has since discontinued the practice of lending funds to its officers and directors, and on May 11, 2011, the Company’s board of directors passed a resolution requiring board approval for all future loans to directors, officers, and any other related or unrelated parties (see note 24(c)).
|
|
The Company was involved in the following additional related party transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
During
the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company made purchases from Taiyang Biological Corporation in the amount
of $21,041 and $28,565, respectively. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had prepayments against
inventory purchases with Taiyang Biological Corporation in the amount of $91,528 and $90,385, respectively.
|
7.
|
Related party transactions (continued):
|
|
The Company currently engages Thornhill Capital LLC to perform certain accounting, language translation, and other professional services. The Company’s Chief Financial Officer, David Dodge, also performs contract work unrelated to the Company on behalf of Thornhill Capital LLC.
|
||
In August 2010, the Company purchased 7.81% of the equity of a local credit cooperative. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the face value of long term loans payable to the credit cooperative were $192,654 and $190,856, respectively, and the carrying value was $132,107 and $126,428 respectively. The Company also had a short term loan payable to the credit cooperative in the amount of $1,526,694 as of March 31, 2011 (see notes 10 and 14(a)).
|
||
Transactions during the period are reflected at the average exchange rates for the respective period, and balances as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are reflected at closing exchange rates for the respective period (see note 19(c)). Accordingly, beginning balance plus period transactions may differ from ending balances due to exchange rate differences.
|
||
8.
|
Property, plant and equipment:
|
|
(a)
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
Net book
|
|||||||||
As of March 31, 2011 (unaudited)
|
Cost
|
depreciation
|
Value
|
|||||||||
Production equipment
|
$ | 2,561,736 | $ | (698,562 | ) | $ | 1,863,174 | |||||
Transportation equipment
|
612,592 | (115,387 | ) | 497,205 | ||||||||
Office furniture and equipment
|
277,449 | (74,217 | ) | 203,232 | ||||||||
Building and building improvements
|
19,936,342 | (1,932,451 | ) | 18,003,891 | ||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
$ | 23,388,119 | $ | (2,820,617 | ) | $ | 20,567,502 |
Accumulated
|
Net book
|
|||||||||||
As of December 31, 2010 (audited)
|
Cost
|
depreciation
|
Value
|
|||||||||
Production equipment
|
$ | 2,407,456 | $ | (661,651 | ) | $ | 1,745,805 | |||||
Transportation equipment
|
565,298 | (98,330 | ) | 466,968 | ||||||||
Office furniture and equipment
|
266,829 | (62,207 | ) | 204,622 | ||||||||
Building and building improvements
|
19,743,948 | (1,666,181 | ) | 18,077,767 | ||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
$ | 22,983,531 | $ | (2,488,369 | ) | $ | 20,495,162 |
8.
|
Property, plant and equipment:
|
|
(a)
|
Property, plant and equipment (continued)
|
|
Depreciation expense of production-related property, plant and equipment is recorded to production costs, which is allocated to inventory and reflected in cost of goods sold on the statement of operations. Depreciation expense of other property, plant and equipment is charged to general and administrative expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, depreciation expense was allocated as follows:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Depreciation charged to general and administrative expense
|
$ | 95,504 | $ | 31,602 | ||||
Depreciation charged to cost of goods sold
|
212,391 | 172,671 | ||||||
|
||||||||
Total depreciation expense
|
$ | 307,895 | $ | 204,273 |
All of the Company’s building and building improvements, and certain of the Company’s production equipment, are pledged as collateral for bank loans payable as described in note 14.
|
||
(b)
|
Construction in progress
|
|
The Company has various construction projects in process to expand its facilities. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, construction in progress was comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Incubation center expansion
|
$ | 687,012 | $ | 827,158 | ||||
Breeding facilities
|
3,971,583 | 4,521,791 | ||||||
Capitalized interest expense
|
144,623 | 66,393 | ||||||
Other projects
|
489,615 | 219,134 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 5,292,833 | $ | 5,634,476 |
The Company’s headquarter building was placed into service in the first quarter of 2010.
|
||
The Company capitalizes interest on loans related to construction projects in progress. During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company capitalized interest expense in the amount of $77,355 and $63,407, respectively.
|
9.
|
Land Use Rights:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, land use rights consisted of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Cost
|
$ | 12,053,744 | $ | 11,890,593 | ||||
Less accumulated amortization
|
(1,298,074 | ) | (1,229,605 | ) | ||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 10,755,670 | $ | 10,660,988 |
Land use rights are amortized over the life of the rights, which is generally 50 years, and are charged to general and administrative expense on the statement of operations. Amortization expense of land use rights was $56,703 and $34,572 during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
|
|
Land use rights are owned by the PRC government, and are granted with restrictions on use. In the event that the land is used for purposes outside the scope of the Company’s current business, the government could revoke such rights. The Company does not have any plans to use land that is subject to land use rights for any purposes outside the scope of its current business, or for any purpose other than those pursuant to which the rights were granted.
|
|
All of the Company’s land use rights are pledged as collateral for bank loans payable as described in note 14, a portion of the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of land use rights and related development of the land.
|
|
10.
|
Other long term assets:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, other long term assets were comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Long term investment
|
$ | 1,526,694 | $ | 1,512,447 | ||||
Land use rights deposits
|
30,534 | 30,249 | ||||||
Equipment and construction project deposits
|
963,554 | 247,450 | ||||||
Other long term assets
|
110,460 | 18,238 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 2,631,242 | $ | 1,808,384 |
Long term investment is comprised of an investment in a local credit cooperative which the Company purchased in August 2010. As a shareholder in the credit cooperative, the Company has access to favorable borrowing terms, and pro rata dividends of credit cooperative profits, if declared. The Company owns 7.81% of the credit cooperative.
|
|
Land use rights deposits represents amounts advanced to an independent third party to be applied against the purchase of land use rights by the Company upon completion by the Company of its duck farm under construction.
|
11.
|
Trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, accounts payable and accrued liabilities were comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Trade accounts payable
|
$ | 2,285,828 | $ | 1,940,985 | ||||
Accrued payroll
|
280,921 | 265,443 | ||||||
Accrued liquidated damages
|
241,227 | — | ||||||
Accrued professional services
|
40,000 | 55,564 | ||||||
Accrued taxes
|
629,685 | 596,120 | ||||||
|
$ | 3,477,661 | $ | 2,858,112 |
Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements dated November 10, 2010 and November 16, 2010, entered into between the Company and the investors in the First Financing, the Company was required to file a registration statement including the shares issued in the First Financing no later than January 9, 2011. The Company failed to file such registration statement, and as a result must accrue liquidated damages in the amount of 1% of the aggregate subscription amount for the first 30 days after the filing deadline, and 2% for each 30-day period thereafter, with a maximum penalty of 10% of the aggregate subscription amount. Through March 25, 2011, such accrued liquidated damages amounted to $241,227 (see note 17).
|
|
12.
|
Derivative Financial Instruments and Financing:
|
On March 7 and March 17, 2011, the Company completed the sale of an aggregate 575,000 shares of common stock to eight investors at a price of $2.00 per share for gross cash proceeds of $1,150,000. In connection this financing, the Company also issued to the investors warrants to purchase 143,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share and a contractual term of three years, as well as 46,000 placement agent warrants with an exercise price of $4.00 and a contractual term of five years (see note 1(a)).
|
|
Gross and net proceeds to the Company were as follows:
|
|
Mar. 7, 2011
|
Mar. 17, 2011
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Cash proceeds
|
$ | 1,100,000 | $ | 50,000 | $ | 1,150,000 | ||||||
Commissions and direct offering costs
|
(126,500 | ) | (4,000 | ) | (130,500 | ) | ||||||
|
||||||||||||
Net proceeds
|
$ | 973,500 | $ | 46,000 | $ | 1,019,500 |
The proceeds of the financing were allocated as follows:
|
|
Mar. 7, 2011
|
Mar. 17, 2011
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Common stock, par value $0.001
|
$ | 550 | $ | 25 | $ | 575 | ||||||
Additional paid in capital
|
664,418 | 31,006 | 695,424 | |||||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
308,532 | 14,969 | 323,501 | |||||||||
|
$ | 973,500 | $ | 46,000 | $ | 1,019,500 |
12.
|
Derivative Financial Instruments and Financing (continued):
|
Additionally, during November 2010, the Company completed a financing pursuant to which it sold 2,905,392 shares and issued 952,646 warrants with terms similar to those issued in the March 2011 financing.
|
|
The warrants issued in the above transactions do not meet all of the established criteria for equity classification in FASB ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, and accordingly, are recorded as derivative liabilities at fair value. Changes in the fair value of the warrants are charged or credited to income each period.
|
|
The warrants are valued using the Black/Scholes pricing model because that model embodies all of the relevant assumptions that address the features underlying these instruments. Significant assumptions used to value the warrants as of their inception included the following:
|
|
Mar. 7, 2011
|
Mar. 17, 2011
|
Mar. 31, 2011
|
|||||||||
Exercise Price
|
$ | 4.00 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 4.00 | ||||||
Term (years)
|
3.00 | 3.00 | 2.94 | |||||||||
Volatility
|
110.83 | % | 119.39 | % | 122.25 | % | ||||||
Annual Rate of Quarterly Dividends
|
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | ||||||
Discount Rate - Bond Equivalent Yield
|
1.22 | % | 1.05 | % | 1.29 | % |
Since the Company’s common stock has limited trading history, the Company estimated volatility using historical volatility of comparable companies in the industry. For the risk-free rates of return, the Company used the published yields on zero-coupon Treasury Securities with maturities consistent with the remaining term of the warrants.
|
|
The change in fair value of the warrants is recognized in the statement of operations each period. During the three months ended March 31 2011, the change in fair value was as follows:
|
|
Issuance Date
|
|
||||||||||
|
Mar. 2011
|
Nov. 2010
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Value at December 31, 2010
|
$ | — | $ | 1,480,261 | $ | 1,480,261 | ||||||
Plus: inception value of March 2011 warrants
|
323,501 | — | 323,501 | |||||||||
Less: value at March 31, 2011
|
(157,376 | ) | (736,393 | ) | (893,769 | ) | ||||||
Gain on derivative financial instruments
|
$ | 166,125 | $ | 743,868 | $ | 909,993 |
Estimating fair values of derivative financial instruments requires the development of significant and subjective estimates that may, and are likely to, change over the duration of the instrument with related changes in internal and external market factors. Because derivative financial instruments are initially and subsequently carried at fair values, the Company’s income will reflect the volatility in these estimate and assumption changes.
|
13.
|
Other accounts payable:
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, other accounts payable and accrued liabilities were comprised of the following:
|
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Deposits from contract farmers
|
$ | 1,011,923 | $ | 1,088,536 | ||||
Loans from farmers guaranteed by the Company
|
3,027,434 | 2,769,291 | ||||||
Land use right payable
|
38,537 | 38,177 | ||||||
Construction project payable
|
360,298 | 351,642 | ||||||
Other payables and amounts due to unrelated parties
|
293,862 | 295,209 | ||||||
|
$ | 4,732,054 | $ | 4,542,855 |
Other payables and amounts due to unrelated parties are comprised of demand unsecured loans and other amounts payable to unrelated third parties not in the ordinary course of carrying out the Company’s principal business, on which imputed interest was charged in the amount of $Nil and $8,656 in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
|
|
Loans to farmers guaranteed by the Company are comprised of loans taken by the Company on behalf of local farmers. The proceeds of the loans are used by the farmers for infrastructure and working capital used for raising ducks on behalf of the Company.
|
14.
|
Loans payable:
|
|
(a)
|
Short term bank loans
|
|
As required, the Company borrows funds in the form of short term bank loans payable to fund its capital projects and supplement its working capital requirements. The carrying value of short term bank loans payable as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is shown in the following table. The fair value of these bank loans payable approximates their carrying values.
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
||||||||
Interest
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||||
Due Dates
|
Rates
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
||||||||||
January 25, 2011 (1)
|
5.842 | % | $ | — | $ | 2,268,673 | |||||
March 14, 2011 (5)
|
5.310 | % | — | 1,482,198 | |||||||
March 28, 2011 (3)
|
5.841 | % | — | 756,224 | |||||||
April 11, 2011 (4)(5)
|
5.310 | % | 763,347 | 756,224 | |||||||
June 10, 2011 (5)
|
5.310 | % | 473,275 | 468,859 | |||||||
September 15, 2011 (2)(5)
|
5.841 | % | 916,017 | 907,468 | |||||||
October 13, 2011 (5)
|
5.841 | % | 305,339 | 302,489 | |||||||
October 15, 2011 (5)
|
5.310 | % | 625,945 | 620,103 | |||||||
November 4, 2011 (5)
|
5.841 | % | 305,339 | 302,489 | |||||||
January 17, 2012 (6)
|
8.715 | % | 1,526,694 | — | |||||||
January 24, 2012 (1)
|
6.101 | % | 2,290,041 | — | |||||||
February 26, 2012 (5)
|
6.060 | % | 1,496,160 | — | |||||||
March 16, 2012 (3)
|
6.363 | % | 763,347 | — | |||||||
|
$ | 9,465,504 | $ | 7,864,727 |
(1)
|
The assets of an unrelated third party are pledged as collateral for this loan (see note 4). | ||
(2)
|
The assets of Jinyatai are pledged as collateral for this loan (see note 4). | ||
(3)
|
These loans are secured by accounts receivable of the Company. | ||
(4)
|
This loan was repaid by its due date subsequent to March 31, 2011 (see note 24(b)). | ||
(5)
|
These loans are secured by property and equipment of the Company | ||
(6)
|
This loan is payable to a local credit cooperative of which the Company owns 7.81% (see note 7). |
14.
|
Loans payable (continued):
|
|
(b)
|
Long term bank loans
|
|
The carrying value of long term bank loans payable as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 is shown in the following table. The fair value of these bank loans payable approximates their carrying values.
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
||||||||
Interest
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||||
Due Dates
|
Rates
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
||||||||||
October 21, 2012 (4)
|
5.400 | % | $ | 1,793,865 | $ | 1,777,129 | |||||
November 30, 2012 (1)
|
0.000 | % | 37,300 | 35,694 | |||||||
December 10, 2012 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 496,176 | 491,545 | |||||||
August 8, 2013 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 1,526,694 | 1,512,447 | |||||||
August 8, 2013 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 458,008 | 453,734 | |||||||
September 12, 2013 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 916,017 | 907,468 | |||||||
October 9, 2013 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 1,526,694 | 1,512,447 | |||||||
October 14, 2013 (4)
|
5.400 | % | 916,017 | 907,468 | |||||||
November 30, 2013 (1)
|
0.000 | % | 32,463 | 31,069 | |||||||
April 20, 2014 (2)
|
0.000 | % | 62,344 | 59,665 | |||||||
December 31, 2014 (3)(4)
|
5.760 | % | 3,358,727 | 3,327,384 | |||||||
|
$ | 11,124,305 | $ | 11,016,050 |
(1)
|
The Company recognized a discount on the face value of the loans at inception to adjust the carrying value to the fair value. Fair value was calculated using the net present value of the loans, at an assumed interest rate of 14%, being the estimated cost of capital for the Company for unsecured borrowings. The amount of the discounts, being $40,865, was recorded on the statement of operations in a prior period. The discounts are being amortized over the life of the loans using the effective interest method, with interest expense being recorded as an expense in the related period. The Company recognized interest expense to amortize the discounts in the amount of $2,363 and $1,975 in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These loans are unsecured.
|
||
(2)
|
This instrument is a non interest bearing loan from a local government authority. As such, the Company recognized a discount on the face value of the loans at inception to adjust the carrying value to the fair value. Fair value was calculated using the net present value of the loans, at an assumed interest rate of 14%. The amount of the discount, being $41,716, was recorded on the statement of operations in a prior period. The discount is being amortized over the life of the loan using the effective interest method, with interest expense being recorded as an expense in the related period. The Company recognized interest expense to amortize the discount in the amount of $2,110 and $Nil in the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These loans are unsecured.
|
||
(3)
|
The assets of an unrelated third party are pledged as collateral for this loan (see note 4)
|
||
(4)
|
These loans are secured by property and equipment of the Company
|
14.
|
Loans payable (continued):
|
|
(c)
|
Convertible loan
|
|
On March 1, 2010, the Company issued unsecured debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $650,000 to 11 investors. The Company received net proceeds of $555,000, which were designated to pay legal, accounting, and other costs associated with the Reverse Merger Transaction and the Financing. The debentures bore interest at a rate of 15% per annum, and matured on the earlier of September 30, 2010 or the completion of a financing of at least $10,000,000 by the Company. The debentures were convertible, at the sole option of the holder, into shares of the Company at a price equal to a 25% discount to the price of any new financing. Each debenture holder was also to receive the equivalent of one share of the public entity for each dollar invested in the debenture.
|
||
At inception, the Company recorded the debentures at a value of $555,000, being the face value of $650,000, less commissions paid of $95,000. The commissions were amortized over the life of the debentures to general and administrative expense. The Company recorded an expense to amortize the commissions in the amount of $13,380 in the three months ended March 31, 2010.
|
||
The fair value of the conversion option was not recorded at inception because it was contingent upon the Company completing both the Public Transaction and a subsequent financing. Based on the Company’s final valuation in the Reverse Merger Transaction, the estimated value of the conversion option, being its intrinsic value, was $216,667. This estimated value is based on a fair value of the Company using the market approach, based on the market price to revenue and earnings multiple for companies considered by management to be comparable to the Company.
|
||
The debentures matured unpaid on September 30, 2010. Because of the default on repayment of the loan, the debentures plus accrued interest became immediately due and payable in cash on September 30, 2010, and the interest rate from September 30, 2010 until repayment increased from 15% to 20% per annum, calculated on a daily basis. On November 10, 2010, in connection with the closing of the Reverse Merger Transaction and the Financing, the notes were satisfied in full as follows: (i) principal in the amount of $549,984 was converted at the option of certain of the holders into 366,656 shares of common stock of Parkview and was recorded at the value of the shares on the conversion date, (ii) principal in the amount of $100,016 was repaid in cash, and (iii) interest of $72,493 was paid in cash.
|
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15.
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Subsidy income:
|
|
From time to time, the Company receives subsidies from the PRC government. Subsidies used for current period expenditures are recognized as income in the period in which the benefit from the subsidy is realized by the Company. Certain of the subsidies are earmarked for particular capital improvement projects, and the completed projects must be approved by the government to ensure specifications were met. Subsidies that relate to depreciable property and equipment are recorded as an offset to the related capital accounts to which the subsidy relates.
|
||
During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized subsidy income of $46,187 and $35,015, respectively.
|
16.
|
Share capital:
|
|
(a)
|
Common Stock
|
|
The Company was incorporated on April 7, 1999 (see note 1(a)). The Company is authorized to issue up to 75,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The outstanding shares of common stock are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
|
||
Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a stockholder vote. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. Therefore, holders of a majority of the shares of common stock voting for the election of directors can elect all of the directors. Holders of common stock representing a majority of the voting power of the Company’s capital stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, are necessary to constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders. A vote by the holders of a majority of the Company’s outstanding shares is required to effectuate certain fundamental corporate changes such as liquidation, merger or an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation.
|
||
Holders of common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that our Board of Directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, each outstanding share entitles its holder to participate pro rata in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the Common Stock. The common stock has no pre-emptive, subscription or conversion rights and there are no redemption provisions applicable to the common stock.
|
||
(b)
|
Preferred Stock
|
|
The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.001 per share, none of which are currently outstanding. The shares of preferred stock may be issued in series, and shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such stock adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is expressly vested with the authority to determine and fix in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuances of preferred stock the voting powers, designations, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of each such series to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.
|
||
(c)
|
Warrants
|
|
|
As of March 31, 2011, the Company had 1,142,396 warrants outstanding. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, have a term of 3-5 years, and are subject to a call provision if the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $8.00 per share for five consecutive trading days, subject to the Company’s common stock being traded on either the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or NYSE Amex and there being an effective registration statement for the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants. The warrants issued in the transaction do not meet all of the established criteria for equity classification in FASB ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity, and accordingly, are recorded as derivative liabilities at fair value. Changes in the fair value of the warrants are charged or credited to income each reporting period (see note 12)
|
16.
|
Share capital (continued):
|
|
(d)
|
Earnings per share
|
|
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share is calculated based on the treasury stock method, assuming the issuance of common shares, if dilutive, resulting from the exercise of outstanding warrants.
|
||
During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the warrants outstanding have not been included in the computation of diluted income per share, because all outstanding warrants were out of the money and such inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect. The number of weighted average common shares outstanding has been retroactively restated to give effect to the shares issued in the Reverse Merger Transaction.
|
||
(e)
|
Financing transaction
|
|
On March 7 and March 17, 2011, the Company completed the sale of an aggregate 575,000 shares of common stock to eight investors at a price of $2.00 per share for gross cash proceeds of $1,150,000. In connection with this financing, the Company also issued to the investors warrants to purchase 143,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per share and a contractual term of three years, as well as 46,000 placement agent warrants with an exercise price of $4.00 and a contractual term of five years.
|
||
The Company also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the purchasers, under which the Company undertook to prepare and file with the SEC and maintain the effectiveness of a “resale” registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act providing for the resale of (i) all of the shares of common stock (ii) all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, (iii) all of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued to the placement agent (iv) any additional shares issuable in connection with any anti-dilution provisions associated with such preferred stock and warrants, and (v) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.
|
||
Under the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to have a registration statement filed with the SEC within 60 days after the closing date (being March 7, 2011 with respect to 550,000 shares and March 17, 2011 with respect to 125,000 shares), and declared effective by the SEC not later than 120 days from the closing date. The Company is required to pay liquidated damages to each purchaser in an amount equal to one percent of the purchaser’s purchase price paid for any registrable securities then held by the purchaser for the first thirty (30) calendar days past the relevant deadline that the registration statement is not filed or not declared effective, for any period that the Company fails to keep the registration statement effective. The liquidated damages increases to 2% of the purchaser’s purchase price for any registrable securities held after the first thirty (30) calendar day period thereafter.
|
17.
|
Interest expense (net):
|
The Company earns interest income on cash balances and short term investments. The Company recognizes interest expense on loans payable, and for bank charges related to its cash accounts. Interest expense was as follows during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Interest income
|
$ | (75,877 | ) | $ | (693 | ) | ||
Interest expense
|
368,540 | 329,622 | ||||||
Bank fees
|
31,117 | 43,605 | ||||||
Liquidated damages
|
241,227 | — | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount
|
4,473 | 1,975 | ||||||
Imputed interest expense
|
— | 8,656 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 569,480 | $ | 383,165 |
Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements dated November 10, 2010 and November 16, 2010, entered into between the Company and the investors in the First Financing, the Company was required to file a registration statement including the shares issued in the First Financing no later than January 9, 2011. The Company failed to file such registration statement, and as a result must accrue liquidated damages in the amount of 1% of the aggregate subscription amount for the first 30 days after the filing deadline, and 2% for each 30-day period thereafter, with a maximum penalty of 10% of the aggregate subscription amount. Through March 31, 2011, such accrued liquidated damages amounted to $241,227 (see note 11).
|
|
The Company capitalizes interest on loans related to construction projects in progress. During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company capitalized interest expense in the amount of $77,355 and $63,407, respectively.
|
|
18.
|
Other income:
|
Other income was as follows during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Dividend income from long term investment
|
$ | 182,612 | $ | — | ||||
Donations and other expenses
|
(8,599 | ) | — | |||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 174,013 | $ | — |
19.
|
Financial instruments:
|
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(a)
|
Fair value of financial instruments:
|
|||
The Company utilizes ASC Topic 820 fair value measurement accounting guidance, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about fair value measurements. This guidance also defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prescribed by this standard contains three levels as follows:
|
||||
●
|
Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
|
|||
●
|
Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
|
|||
●
|
Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
|
|||
The Company values certain loans payable at fair market value which do not have a stated interest rate using a discount of 14% on the face value of the loan at inception to adjust the carrying value to the fair value. Fair value is calculated using the net present value of the loan, and the amount of the discount is included on the statement of operations under the caption “Interest and other expense, net.” The discount is amortized over the life of the loan using the effective interest method, with interest expense being recorded as an expense in the related period. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the value of such instruments included in “Loans payable, long term portion” was $132,107 and $126,428, respectively.
|
||||
The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, trade accounts receivable, loans receivable, prepaid and other current assets, proceeds receivable from the sale of the Company’s fertilizer plant, amounts due from/to related parties, trade accounts payable and accrued liabilities, other accounts payable, and current loans payable, all of which are valued using Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. The fair values of these financial instruments approximate their carrying values due to the relatively short-term maturity of these instruments.
|
||||
(b)
|
Interest rate and concentration of credit risks
|
|||
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risks consist principally of cash and accounts and loans receivable. To minimize the interest rate and credit risk, the Company places cash with high credit quality financial institutions located in the PRC.
|
||||
Credit risk from accounts receivable results from the risk of customer non-payment. Management, on an ongoing basis, monitors the level of accounts receivable attributable to each customer, and the length of time each account is outstanding. When necessary, management takes appropriate action to follow up on balances considered at risk.
|
19.
|
Financial instruments (continued):
|
|
(b)
|
Interest rate and concentration of credit risks (continued)
|
|
During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had the following concentrations of sales in each business unit:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||||||||
% of
|
% of
|
% of
|
% of
|
|||||||||||||||||
Unit
|
Company
|
Unit
|
Company
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Total
|
Revenue
|
Total
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Breeding Unit:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Customer A
|
$ | 982,565 | 20.6 | % | 17.8 | % | $ | 544,533 | 41.7 | % | 7.1 | % | ||||||||
Customer B
|
1,494,225 | 31.3 | % | 27.1 | % | 433,438 | 33.2 | % | 5.6 | % | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Food Unit:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Customer C
|
— | — | — | 4,456,283 | 70.4 | % | 58.0 | % | ||||||||||||
Customer D
|
135,152 | 18.2 | % | 2.5 | % | 343,748 | 5.4 | % | 4.5 | % | ||||||||||
Customer E
|
130,902 | 17.7 | % | 2.4 | % | 246,882 | 3.9 | % | 3.2 | % |
There is no guarantee that any of the customers mentioned above will continue to buy from the Company, and loss of any of these major customers would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations.
|
||
During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company had the following concentrations of purchases from suppliers:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||||||||
% of
|
% of
|
% of
|
% of
|
|||||||||||||||||
Unit
|
Company
|
Unit
|
Company
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Purchases
|
Total
|
Total
|
Purchases
|
Total
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Supplier A
|
$ | 998,388 | 31.1 | % | 23.0 | % | $ | 1,037,813 | 34.4 | % | 15.1 | % | ||||||||
Supplier B
|
785,039 | 24.4 | % | 18.1 | % | 562,814 | 18.6 | % | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||
Supplier C
|
643,726 | 20.0 | % | 14.8 | % | 196,515 | 6.5 | % | 2.9 | % |
All of the suppliers shown in the above table are suppliers to the Feed Unit. Company total purchases represent purchases from external suppliers only. The principal supplier of the Breeding Unit is the Feed Unit, and the principal supplier of the Food Unit is the Breeding Unit.
|
19.
|
Financial instruments (continued):
|
|
(c)
|
Foreign currency risk
|
|
The Company uses the US dollar as its reporting currency for these financial statements, while nearly all of the Company’s transactions are denominated in RMB. Revenues and expenses are translated into US dollars using average exchange rates for the period, and assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate at the end of the period. All resulting exchange differences arising from the translation are included as a separate component in accumulated other comprehensive income. Consequently, the Company’s unrealized exchange gain (loss) on translation of functional currency to reporting currency is subject to fluctuations in the exchange rate between the RMB and the US dollar in each reporting period. The Company does not hedge its exposure to currency fluctuations.
|
||
Additionally, capital raised in US dollars, and any future dividends or distributions paid outside of the PRC in US dollar, are subject to fluctuating exchange rates when converted from RMB to US dollars, and vice versa. The RMB is not a freely convertible currency. The PRC State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the People’s Bank of China, controls the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies. The value of the RMB is subject to changes in central government policies and to international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the PRC foreign exchange trading market.
|
||
The following exchange rates are applied for the Company’s financial statements for the periods presented herein:
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
Period end rate
|
6.5501 | 6.8361 | ||||||
Period average rate
|
6.5713 | 6.8360 | ||||||
Period high rate
|
6.6286 | 6.8436 | ||||||
Period low rate
|
6.5443 | 6.8236 | ||||||
|
(d)
|
Liquidity Risk
|
|
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company’s objective to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it has sufficient liquidity available to meet its liabilities when they become due. The Company uses cash to settle its financial obligations as they fall due. The ability to do this relies on the Company collecting its accounts receivables in a timely manner and by maintaining sufficient cash on hand through equity financing and bank loans.
|
||
(e)
|
Commodity Risk
|
|
Profitability in the poultry industry is materially affected by the supply of parent breeding stocks and the commodity prices of ducklings, processing ducks, and feed ingredients, including corn, soybean cake, and other nutrition ingredients from numerous sources, mainly from wholesalers who collect the feed ingredients directly from farmers. As a result, the industry is subject to wide fluctuations and cycles. The Company does not currently use derivative financial or hedging instruments to reduce its exposure to various market risks related to commodity purchases
|
20.
|
Tax matters:
|
|
(a)
|
Income tax
|
|
The Company is subject to income, withholding, business and other taxes on income generated in the jurisdictions in which it does business.
|
||
Taiyang is exempt from corporate income tax due to the nature of its business. Beginning 2006, the PRC government instituted a tax exemption policy for certain aspects of the agricultural industry. Taiyang’s business qualifies as tax exempt. The exemption relates to unprocessed agricultural products and is granted by the relevant taxing authority on a year-by-year basis. There is no stated expiration to the exemption, and while Taiyang expects to continue to receive favorable tax treatment, changes in government policy or the nature of Taiyang’s operations could result in Taiyang being required to pay income taxes.
|
||
Ningguo is subject to corporate income tax in the PRC at a rate of 25%, as well as business tax at a rate of 5% on service income.
|
||
Under the laws of the BVI, Dynamic Ally is not subject to tax on its income or capital gains.
|
||
Parent is subject to United States income tax at a rate of 35%.
|
||
Pursuant to the Consulting Services Agreement between Taiyang and Ningguo, Taiyang pays a consulting service fee to Ninnguo that is equal to all of Taiyang’s net income. According to the applicable PRC Enterprises Tax Law, such income is subject to business tax at a rate of 5% and enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%. We recognized income tax expense amounting to $379,805 in the three months ended March 31, 2011. No income tax or business tax expense was recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2010 since the Company did not pay profits in the form of management fees during this interim reporting period.
|
||
The reconciliation between taxes computed by applying the statutory income tax rate of 25% applicable to the Company’s operations to income tax expense is:
|
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
Income before income taxes
|
$ | 1,825,900 | $ | 460,334 | ||||
Income tax at statutory rate of 25% in 2011 and 0% in 2010
|
456,475 | — | ||||||
Non-taxable gain on derivative financial instruments
|
(227,498 | ) | — | |||||
Non-deductible expenses
|
150,828 | — | ||||||
Income tax expense
|
$ | 379,805 | $ | — |
20.
|
Tax matters (continued):
|
|
(a)
|
Income tax (continued)
|
|
Tax declarations, together with other legal compliance areas, such as customs and currency controls are subject to review and investigation by various agencies and authorities, who are enabled by law to impose very severe fines, penalties and interest charges. These facts create tax risks in China substantially more significant than typically found in countries with more developed tax systems and structures. Various tax authorities could take differing positions on interpretive issues and the effect could be significant. The fact that a year has been reviewed does not close that year, or any tax declaration applicable to that year, from future review and assessment by tax authorities. If taxing authorities determine that there is an underpayment of taxes, they could impose a penalty between zero and five times the amount of taxes payable, at their discretion. Based on existing PRC tax regulations, the tax years of Taiyang and Ningguo for fiscal years 2006 through 2010 remain subject to examination by the tax authorities. Based on existing United States tax regulations, the tax years of parent for fiscal years 2003 through 2010 remain subject to examination by the tax authorities.
|
||
The Company has not adopted any uncertain tax positions during the periods presented.
|
||
(b)
|
Value added tax
|
|
The Company is subject to value added tax (“VAT”) on products that it sells within the PRC. VAT payable is netted against VAT paid on purchases. Certain of the Company’s products, including duck eggs, seedlings, and feed products, are exempted from VAT as a result of government agricultural incentives. If taxing authorities determine that payment is late or there is an underpayment of taxes, they could impose a penalty between zero and five times the amount of taxes payable, at their discretion.
|
||
21.
|
Appropriated Retained Earnings:
|
|
According to PRC corporate law, the Company is required each year to appropriate 10% of its after tax income as reported in its financial statements, prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP, to the statutory common reserve fund until the fund reaches 50% of the Company’s Registered Capital. This fund can be used to make up for any losses incurred in the future or be converted into paid-in capital, provided that the fund does not fall below 50% of Registered Capital. The Company did not make any transfers to the statutory common reserve fund during the three months ended March 31, 2011 or 2010.
|
||
22.
|
Commitments and contingencies:
|
|
(a)
|
Commitments
|
|
The Company leases certain of its facilities pursuant to non-cancellable lease agreements expiring at various times through 2037. The amount of rent on these facilities is not fixed, but is based on the government stipulated market price of grains multiplied by the grain yield per area. Because future rents on these facilities depends upon unknown future market and production factors, the amount of future commitment cannot be quantified.
|
22.
|
Commitments and contingencies (continued): | |
(b)
|
Contingencies
|
|
In connection with the sale in June 2010 of a fertilizer plant partially constructed by the Company, the Company paid a deposit in the amount of $321,886 to acquire land use rights for the location on which the fertilizer plant is being constructed. The owner of the land use rights has agreed to transfer such rights to the Company upon completion of construction of the fertilizer plant, at which time the Company will transfer them to the buyer. The Company also agreed to allow the buyer of the fertilizer plant to use the Company’s name for marketing purposes for a period of two years from the sale date, and the buyer has allowed the assets comprising the fertilizer plant to continue to be pledged as collateral for bank loans by the Company that are secured by these assets.
|
||
The Company regularly uses contract farmers to incubate ducks to be used for commercial processing. The Company pays the farmers a fixed fee per Duck when the duck has matured, which is after approximately 60 days. Fluctuations in the market price of ducks or duck meat could affect margins since these fees are fixed.
|
||
During 2009, the Company made a loan to an unrelated third party, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The third party pledged its assets to the bank as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $1,492,961 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable does not have a stated maturity date.
|
||
During 2010, the Company made a loan to Jinyatai, a former subsidiary of Taiyang that was divested in 2005, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Jinyatai pledged its assets as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $2,290,041 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable matured on January 7, 2011. Because the loan was not repaid by this date, the agreement between the Company and Jinyatai calls for Jinyatai to pay interest incurred by the Company on the bank loan. Through March 31, 2011, such interest amounted to $65,536.
|
||
During 2010, the Company made a loan to an unrelated individual, the balance of which was $916,017 and $907,468 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The borrower pledged its assets as partial collateral for a bank loan in the amount of $3,358,727 borrowed by the Company. The loan receivable does not have a stated maturity date.
|
||
The
Company had additional unsecured loans receivable from unrelated parties totaling $2,097,368 and $1,545,722 outstanding at
March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, which had no stated maturity date, and had no security. Subsequent
to December 31, 2010 and through March 31, 2011, the Company has collected $458,008 of the outstanding balance. On May 11,
2011, the Company’s board of directors passed a resolution requiring that any new loans to directors, officers, and any
other related or unrelated parties shall require pre-approval from the board of directors (see notes 4 and
24(a)).
|
||
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding loans to farmers guaranteed by the Company in the amount of $3,027,435 and $2,769,291, respectively. Loans to farmers guaranteed by the Company are comprised of loans taken by the Company on behalf of local farmers. The proceeds of the loans are used by the farmers for infrastructure and working capital used by the farmers for raising ducks on behalf of the Company.
|
||
The Company does not maintain product liability insurance, and property and equipment insurance does not cover the full value of the property and equipment, which leaves the Company with exposure in the event of loss or damage to its properties or claims filed against the Company.
|
22.
|
Commitments and contingencies (continued):
|
|
(b)
|
Contingencies (continued)
|
|
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $763,347 and $756,224 of the Company’s trade accounts receivable were pledged as collateral for bank loans outstanding. These bank loans contain a covenant that prohibit the past due accounts receivable balance from exceeding 5% of the total accounts receivable balance. The loan agreements do not specify a methodology for identifying what accounts are past due. The Company does not give defined standard payment terms to its customers. Accordingly, the Company cannot determine if it has breached this covenant. The Company believes that it is in compliance based on its interpretation of the covenant, but there is no guarantee that the lending bank would consider the Company compliant. The Company has not had any disputes with the lending bank regarding such covenants.
|
||
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding $4,845,348 and $4,268,057, respectively, of unsecured loans receivable from unrelated parties which bear interest at rates paid by the Company on similar third party loans payable and have no stated maturity date (see note 4). These loans, and other loans made by the Company during previous reporting periods, constitute inter-enterprise lending that violate the PRC General Lending Rules. A fine in the amount of one to three times the income generated by the Company from such inter-enterprise loans may be imposed by the People’s Bank of China, at their discretion, if the Company were found to be in violation of the PRC General Lending Rules. In the opinion of management and its legal counsel, the probability of the fine being imposed is low and accordingly no provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements.
|
||
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding $559,316 and $Nil, respectively, of loans due from Wu Qiyou, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The amount receivable from Wu Qiyou was repaid on May 11, 2011. The Company has since discontinued the practice of lending funds to its officers and directors, and on May 11, 2011, the Company’s board of directors passed a resolution requiring board approval for all future loans to directors, officers, and unrelated parties. Such loans to executive officers are prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
|
||
For discussion of tax issues, see notes 20(a) and 20(b).
|
||
23.
|
Segmented and Geographical Information:
|
|
The Company is structured and evaluated by its board of directors and management into three distinct business lines:
|
||
●
|
Breeding Unit – breeds, hatches, and cultivates ducklings for resale and processing by the Food Unit
|
|
●
|
Feed Unit – produces duck feed for internal use and external sale
|
|
●
|
Food Processing Unit – processes ducklings into frozen raw food product for commercial resale.
|
23.
|
Segmented and Geographical Information (continued):
|
Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 by business unit were:
|
|
|
|
Food
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Breeding
|
Feed
|
Processing
|
Shared
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Costs (2)
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Revenues (1)
|
$ | 4,773,781 | $ | 82 | $ | 740,987 | $ | — | $ | 5,514,850 | ||||||||||
Cost of goods sold (1)
|
2,514,115 | 74 | 670,183 | — | 3,184,372 | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Profit
|
2,259,666 | 8 | 70,804 | — | 2,330,478 | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expenses
|
6,837 | — | — | — | 6,837 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses (2)
|
531,922 | 40,261 | 135,927 | 350,344 | 1,058,454 | |||||||||||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 1,720,907 | $ | (40,253 | ) | $ | (65,123 | ) | $ | (350,344 | ) | $ | 1,265,187 |
(1)
|
Revenues and cost of goods sold reflect only sales to external customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Feed Unit made sales of duck feed product to the Breeding Unit totaling $2,958,936, and the Breeding Unit made sales of ducks to the Food Unit totaling $11,682. These amounts have been eliminated for purposes of these financial statements.
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(2)
|
Reflects legal, accounting, and other compliance costs shared amongst the business units
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||
Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 by business unit were:
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Food
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Breeding
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Feed
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Processing
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Shared
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Unit
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Unit
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Unit
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Costs (2)
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Consolidated
|
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Revenues (1)
|
$ | 1,306,492 | $ | 54,543 | $ | 6,327,917 | $ | — | $ | 7,688,952 | ||||||||||
Cost of goods sold (1)
|
835,441 | 39,142 | 5,300,935 | — | 6,175,518 | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Profit
|
471,051 | 15,401 | 1,026,982 | — | 1,513,434 | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Sales and marketing expenses
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10,200 | — | — | — | 10,200 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses (2)
|
348,666 | 11,755 | 27,274 | 307,055 | 694,750 | |||||||||||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 112,185 | $ | 3,646 | $ | 999,708 | $ | (307,055 | ) | $ | 808,484 |
(1)
|
Revenues and cost of goods sold reflect only sales to external customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Feed Unit made sales of duck feed product to the Breeding Unit totaling $3,373,915, and the Breeding Unit made sales of ducks to the Food Unit totaling $71,211. These amounts have been eliminated for purposes of these financial statements.
|
||
(2)
|
Reflects expenses associated with the Reverse Merger Transaction and legal, accounting and other compliance costs shared amongst the business units.
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23.
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Segmented and Geographical Information (continued):
|
Breeding Unit sales increased in the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with the same period of 2010, primarily as a result of higher demand and market prices for ducklings in China. Because the Company generates its own ducklings from its biological assets, the cost of producing new ducklings does not fluctuate with the market selling price for the ducklings. Accordingly, when the market price for ducklings increases, the Company can maximize its profits by selling internally generated ducklings directly into the market, as opposed to using them as inputs for Food Unit products, since the market price of packaged Food Unit products does not fluctuate readily with the market price of the input ducklings.
|
|
The Feed Unit realized minimal revenues in each of the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, as products were primarily sold internally to the Breeding Unit. In the last three fiscal quarters of 2010, the Company made significant sales of feed products to external customers through one distributor, while continuing to supply the Breed Unit. The Company did not make any sales to this distributor in three months ended March 31, 2011. The Company will continue to attempt to market its feed products to external customers, primarily through feed distributors, and expects that it will continue to realize sales revenue from such products. However, because distribution of these products is currently concentrated in one distributor, sales are volatile, and the permanent loss of that distributor would materially adversely affect such sales.
|
|
Food Unit sales were down in the three months ended March 31, 2011 as compared with three months ended March 31, 2010 as a result of higher market prices for ducklings, which resulted in more ducklings being sold to the market rather than being used internally for Food Unit products.
|
|
During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, all of the Company’s sales were to customers located in the PRC.
|
|
All of the Company’s assets are located in the PRC. The Company’s identifiable assets by business unit as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
|
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Food
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Breeding
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Feed
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Processing
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Corporate
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
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Assets
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2011 (unaudited)
|
$ | 35,055,601 | $ | 10,742,921 | $ | 7,535,946 | $ | 5,258,712 | $ | 58,593,180 | ||||||||||
As of December 31, 2010 (audited)
|
30,358,495 | $ | 10,715,090 | $ | 7,537,818 | $ | 5,326,750 | 53,938,153 |
23.
|
Segmented and Geographical Information (continued):
|
Interest, depreciation expense, and amortization of land use rights for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 by business unit were:
|
|
|
|
|
Food
|
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|
||||||||||||||||
Breeding
|
Feed
|
Processing
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Year
|
Unit
|
Unit
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Unit
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Corporate
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
2011
|
$ | 252,187 | $ | 75,832 | $ | — | $ | 241,461 | $ | 569,480 | |||||||||||
|
2010
|
308,894 | 66,257 | — | 8,014 | 383,165 | ||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
2011
|
211,286 | 12,470 | 84,139 | — | 307,895 | ||||||||||||||||
expense
|
2010
|
126,001 | 14,509 | 63,763 | — | 204,273 | ||||||||||||||||
Amortization of
|
2011
|
28,101 | 2,555 | 26,047 | — | 56,703 | ||||||||||||||||
land use rights
|
2010
|
9,374 | 160 | 25,038 | — | 34,572 |
24.
|
Subsequent events:
|
|
(a)
|
Collection of loans receivable
|
|
The Company had unsecured loans receivable from unrelated parties totaling $1,254,942 and $1,545,722 outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Subsequent to December 31, 2010 and through March 31, 2011, the Company has collected $458,008 of the outstanding balance (see note 4). On May 11, 2011, the Company’s board of directors passed a resolution requiring that any new loans to directors, officers, or unrelated parties shall require pre-approval from the board of directors.
|
||
(b)
|
Repayment of bank loans payable
|
|
Subsequent to March 31, 2011 and through May 13, 2011, the Company made repayment on bank loans payable totaling $763,347.
|
||
(c) | Repayment of amounts due from related parties | |
As of March 31, 2011, the Company had an outstanding loan receivable from Wu Qiyou in the amount of $559,316. This loan was repaid on May 11, 2011. The Company has since discontinued the practice of lending funds to its officers and directors, and on May 11, 2011, the Company’s board of directors passed a resolution requiring board approval for all future loans to directors, officers, and any other related or unrelated parties (see note 7).
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
|
●
|
Breeding Unit – breeds, hatches, and cultivates ducklings for resale and processing by the Food Processing Unit;
|
|
●
|
Feed Unit – produces duck feed for internal use and external sale; and
|
|
●
|
Food Processing Unit – processes ducklings into frozen raw food product for commercial resale.
|
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Breeding Unit
|
$ | 4,773,781 | $ | 1,306,492 | ||||
Feed Unit
|
82 | 54,543 | ||||||
Food Unit
|
740,987 | 6,327,917 | ||||||
|
$ | 5,514,850 | $ | 7,688,952 |
|
Buying Unit
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Three months ended March 31, 2011
|
Three months ended March 31, 2010
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Breeding
|
Feed
|
Food
|
Breeding
|
Feed
|
Food
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Selling Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
Unit
|
||||||||||||||||||
Breeding Unit
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 11,682 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 71,211 | ||||||||||||
Feed Unit
|
2,958,936 | — | — | 3,373,915 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Food unit
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
|
$ | 2,958,936 | $ | — | $ | 11,682 | $ | 3,373,915 | $ | — | $ | 71,211 |
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Interest income
|
$ | (75,877 | ) | $ | (693 | ) | ||
Interest expense
|
368,540 | 329,622 | ||||||
Bank fees
|
31,117 | 43,605 | ||||||
Liquidated damages
|
241,227 | — | ||||||
Amortization of debt discount
|
4,473 | 1,975 | ||||||
Imputed interest expense
|
— | 8,656 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 569,480 | $ | 383,165 |
|
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(audited)
|
|||||||
Loans payable, current portion
|
$ | 9,465,504 | $ | 7,864,727 | ||||
Loans payable, long term portion
|
11,124,305 | 11,016,050 | ||||||
|
||||||||
|
$ | 20,589,809 | $ | 18,880,777 |
April 1 to December 31, 2012
|
$ | 2,327,341 | ||
2013
|
5,375,893 | |||
2014
|
3,421,071 |
|
Three months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2011
|
2010
|
||||||
(unaudited)
|
(unaudited)
|
|||||||
Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities
|
$ | (1,549,211 | ) | $ | (3,148,443 | ) | ||
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(666,731 | ) | (1,996,716 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
2,151,849 | 4,890,276 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate difference on cash and cash equivalents
|
(19,291 | ) | (1,567 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
1,930,319 | 611,635 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
1,846,935 | 355,185 |
Contractual Obligations
|
Total
|
< 1 year
|
1-3 years
|
3-4 Years
|
> 5 years
|
|||||||||||||||
Debt
|
$ | 20,589,809 | $ | 9,465,504 | $ | 11,124,305 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Operating Leases (1)
|
— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Total Contractual Obligations
|
$ | 20,589,809 | $ | 9,465,504 | $ | 11,124,305 | $ | — | $ | — |
(1)
|
Taiyang leases certain of its facilities pursuant to non-cancellable lease agreements expiring at various times through 2037. The amount of rent on these facilities is not fixed, but is based on the government stipulated market price of grains multiplied by the grain yield per area. Because future rents on these facilities depend upon unknown future market and production factors, the amount of future commitment cannot be quantified.
|
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
|
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
|
|
a)
|
We did not have sufficient personnel in our accounting and financial reporting functions. As a result we were not able to achieve adequate separation of duties and were not able to provide for adequate reviewing of the financial statements. This control deficiency, which is pervasive in nature, results in a reasonable possibility that material misstatements of the financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis;
|
|
|
|
|
b)
|
We did not have critical accounting policies and procedures in place to provide guidance to accounting personnel. This control deficiency, which is pervasive in nature, results in a reasonable possibility that material misstatements of the financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis;
|
|
|
|
|
c)
|
We did not have formal anti fraud policies and procedures in place, nor do we conduct annual fraud risk assessments. This control deficiency is pervasive in nature. Further, there is a reasonable possibility that material misstatements of the financial statements including disclosures will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis as a result;
|
|
|
|
|
d)
|
Our tone at the top was not sufficient to assure the directives of our Board of Directors were followed. Management did not obtain approval of the Board prior to entering into certain material contracts and agreements; and
|
|
|
|
|
e)
|
We do not have adequate procedures in place to detect related party transactions which give rise to potential conflicts of interest.
|
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
|
RISK FACTORS.
|
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
|
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
|
EXHIBITS.
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
Number
|
Exhibit Description
|
|
31.01
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
31.02
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.01
|
Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
ANHUI TAIYANG POULTRY CO., INC.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: May 16, 2011
|
By:
|
/s/ WU QIYOU
|
|
|
|
Wu Qiyou
|
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|
Date: May 16, 2011
|
By:
|
/s/ DAVID DODGE
|
|
|
|
David Dodge
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
|
I, Wu Qiyou, certify that: | |||
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Anhui Taiyang Poultry Co., Inc.;
|
||
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
||
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
||
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
||
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
||
(b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;
|
||
(c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
||
(d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
|
||
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
||
(a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
||
(b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
|
Date: May 16, 2011
|
|
/s/ WU QIYOU
|
|
Wu Qiyou
|
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
I, David Dodge, certify that: | |||
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Anhui Taiyang Poultry Co., Inc.;
|
||
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
||
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
||
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
|
||
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
||
(b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;
|
||
(c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
||
(d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
|
||
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
||
(a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonable likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
||
(b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
|
Date: May 16, 2011
|
|
/s/ DAVID DODGE
|
|
David Dodge
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
By:
|
/s/ WU QIYOU
|
|||
Date: May 16, 2011
|
Name:
|
Wu Qiyou
|
||
Title:
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
By:
|
/s/ DAVID DODGE
|
|||
Date: May 16, 2011
|
Name:
|
David Dodge
|
||
Title:
|
Chief Financial Officer
|