UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2017
Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Nevada | 000-54701 | 26-1579105 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
9460 Telstar Avenue, Suite 6 El Monte, California |
91731 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (626)-401-9588
| Former name or former address if changed since last report. |
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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995
Information included in this Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). This information may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. (herein referred to as the “Company” or “Registrant”), to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe the Company’s future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "may," "will," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "intend" or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and there can be no assurance that any projections or other expectations included in any forward-looking statements will come to pass. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Except as required by applicable laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
Section 2- Financial Information
| Item 2.02 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
On March 31, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the Company’s operations for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference in this Item 2.02.
The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release, dated March 31, 2017, of Yew Bio-Group, Inc. |
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Signature(s)
Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. | ||
| Date: April 3, 2017 | By: | /s/ Zhiguo Wang |
| Zhiguo Wang | ||
| President & Chief Executive Officer | ||
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Exhibit 99.1
EL MONTE, Calif., March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. ("Yew Bio" or the "Company") (YEWB), a major grower and seller of yew trees, yew raw materials used in the manufacture of traditional Chinese medicine, handicraft products made from yew timber and yew candle and soap made with yew essence oil in China, today reported financial results for the three- and twelve-months ended December 31, 2016.
2016 Fourth Quarter Results
| Three Months Ended December 31, | Twelve Months Ended December 31, | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
| TCM Raw Materials | $ | 4,703,017 | $ | 8,757,989 | $ | 28,766,815 | $ | 16,470,213 | ||||||||
| Yew Trees | (387 | ) | (5,534 | ) | 22,859 | 1,134,412 | ||||||||||
| Handicrafts | 643 | 46,394 | 98,203 | 156,525 | ||||||||||||
| Wood Ear Mushroom | - | 1,208,546 | - | 2,648,180 | ||||||||||||
| Others | 7,297,231 | 7,259,835 | 22,460,205 | 9,164,478 | ||||||||||||
| Total Revenues | $ | 12,000,504 | $ | 17,267,230 | $ | 51,348,082 | $ | 29,573,808 | ||||||||
Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2016 decreased 30.5% to $12.0 million from $17.3 million a year ago. Sales of TCM raw materials amounted to 39.2% of total revenues, sales of others segment consisting with yew candle, yew essence oil soap and pine needle extracts amounted to 60.8% of total revenues. We did not make sales of yew trees in the fourth quarter of 2016 which was mainly attributable to the Company's strategy adjustment to reserve more yew trees for future TCM raw materials sales. The Company temporarily stopped selling wood ear mushroom to our related party, Yew Pharmaceutical, from the first quarter of 2016 and therefore the sales decreased significantly for the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of 2015. We did not have sales for the handicraft segment for the fourth quarter of 2016 due to the market demand decreasing.
For the 2016 fourth quarter, gross profit was a loss of $1.2 million, compared with a profit of $1.8 million, or 10.2% of total revenues for the comparable 2015 quarter. The loss for the fourth quarter of 2016 was primarily impacted by a one-time impairment of yew log value from our current inventory. According to the market research, the demands of handicraft and high end furniture are not as desired that we expected in the past years. The Company decided to temporarily stop the business division for handicraft manufactures and therefore write down the yew log inventory for the handicraft segment.
Operating expenses decreased 65.4% to $156,546 for the 2016 fourth quarter, from $452,164 in the year-ago quarter. The decreasing was primarily attributable to the decreases in compensation and related benefits and professional fees.
Net income in the fourth quarter of 2016 was a loss of $1.4 million, or a loss of $0.03 per diluted share, compared with a net income of $1.4 million in the year-ago quarter, or $0.03 per diluted share.
2016 Results
Total revenues for the 2016 fiscal year were $51.3 million, a 73.6% increase from $29.6 million a year earlier. Sales of TCM raw materials amounted to 56.0% of total revenues, sales of yew trees amounted to 0% of total revenues, sales of handicrafts amounted to 0.2 % of total revenues and sales of others consisting with yew candle, yew essence oil soap and pine needle extracts made up the remaining 43.8%. We did not have sales for the mood ear mushroom segment for the year of 2016.
Gross profit was $3.2 million, or 6.3% of total revenues, for the full year, compared with $7.0 million, or 23.8% of total revenues in 2015.
Operating expenses decreased 41.2% to $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, from 1.9 million a year earlier. The decreasing was primarily attributable to the decreases in compensation and related benefits and professional fees.
Net income for 2016 decreased to $2.0 million, or 0.04 per diluted share, from $5.3 million, or $0.10 per diluted share for 2015.
"We have made a great progress in the sales of TCM and Others segments during the year of 2016, and these two segments have been taken growing proportions of the Company's total revenues," said Mr. Zhiguo Wang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc. "We started to explore various types of products since from the fourth quarter of 2015, and we already launched yew candle, Auri Essence dietary supplement, Yew Essence oil soap and pine needle extracts. Since then, the new products arrival contributed great revenues for the Company in the past one year."
"We are exploring the transformation of the Company's business model from a forestry company to a high value-added manufacturer mainly utilizes the yew tree raw materials as basis. In the year of 2017, we expect to develop another five new products which would be launched into the U.S. market during the second half year of 2017. Meanwhile, our new e-commerce website will be ready and formally released in the early of April. Looking ahead in 2017, we will continue to enrich our products mix and develop more value-added products for the Company, and we expect the Company to achieve sustained growth with the new business."
ABOUT YEW BIO-PHARM GROUP, INC
Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc., through its operating entity, Harbin Yew Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (HDS), is a major grower and seller of yew trees, yew raw materials used in the manufacture of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and products made from yew timber in China. Raw material from the species of yew tree that the Company grows contains taxol, and TCM containing yew raw materials has been approved as a traditional Chinese medicine in China for secondary treatment of certain cancers. The Company uses a patented, accelerated growth technology to speed the growth and maturity and commercialization of yew trees and believes that it is one of the few companies possessing a permit to sell them. Yew Bio-Pharm also recently established a division to focus on organic foods and dietary supplements with the aim of developing new business opportunities in related industries. To learn more, please visit www.yewbiopharm.com.
SAFE HARBOR
This press release forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: our ability to collect from our largest customers; our dependence on a small number of customers for raw materials, including a related party; our ability to continue to purchase raw materials at relatively stable prices; our dependence on a small number of customers for our yew trees for reforestation; our ability to market successfully raw materials used in the manufacture of traditional Chinese medicines; and our ability to receive continued preferential tax treatment for the sale of yew trees and potted yew trees. From time to time, these risks, uncertainties and other factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K. Yew Bio does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.
Company
Contact:
Henry Pang
Yew Bio-Pharm Group, Inc.
Tel: (626) 401-9588
hpang@yewbiopharm.com