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May 22, 2013

 

Via EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-0405

Attn: William H. Thompson, Accounting Branch Chief
  Tony Watson

 

Re:China Recycling Energy Corporation
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
File No. 001-34625

 

Dear Mr. Thompson:

 

On behalf of our client, China Recycling Energy Corporation (“CREG” or the “Company” and sometimes referred to as “we” or “our”), and pursuant to our phone conferences on April 25, 2013 and May 13, 2013, this firm is filing a response to the SEC Comment Letters, dated December 14, 2012, January 23, 2013, February 7, 2013, March 4, 2013, March 20, 2013, March 28, 2013 and April 17, 2013, in connection with complying with the issues and outstanding disclosure items set forth therein. For convenience of reference, we have included in this response letter the same caption and paragraph number, as well as the text of the comment, set forth in your April 17, 2013 comment letter followed by our response. In addition, attached to this Response Letter are the following Excel spreadsheets: (i) a summary evidencing the effect of the restatements on our financial statements, (ii) analysis as of fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010, (iii) analysis as of fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010, (iv) analysis as of fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, (v) analysis as of fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, (vi) analysis as of fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011, (vii) analysis as of fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 and (viii) analysis as of fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (collectively, the "Restatement Spreadsheets").

 

Upon learning from you that the SEC has no further comment, the Company will promptly file: (i) Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 with the SEC (as attached to the Company’s Response Letter, filed January 30, 2013 and further revised as disclosed below) and (ii) with respect to the Shareholders' Equity comment below, Amendments to the Company's Form 10-Q reports for fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011.

 

 
 

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

May 22, 2013

Page 2

 

Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, page 50

 

Note 17: Shareholders’ Equity, page 78

 

Comment 1.We reviewed your response to the comment in our letter dated March 28, 2013. We do not believe the guidance in ASC 450 should be applied to subsequently measure the instrument you initially recorded using the guidance in ASC 480. As such, please revise your financial statements to subsequently measure the instrument in accordance with the measurement guidance in ASC 480-10-35.

 

Response:

Attached please find the aforementioned Restatement Spreadsheets, in Excel for 2010 and 2011, showing the impact on the financial statements of the issuance of the settlement shares to Mr. Dong pursuant to that certain PuCheng Biomass Asset Transfer Agreement in accordance with ASC 480-10-35.

 

As reflected in the Restatement Spreadsheets, the first gain is recognized in the quarter ending June 30, 2010 and the total gain recognized in 2010 is $2,809,884. The Restatement Spreadsheets also show the impact of the adjustment to the 2011 and 2010 annual and quarterly income statements and balance sheets. The Company proposes to reflect the recognition of the gain by amending only its 2011 periodic reports which will reflect the changes in the 2010 comparative periods as well. All three quarterly reports for 2011 would be amended as well as the 10-K for 2011. The Company believes that amending its reports in this way and including an explanatory note in the reports will be the best manner to communicate to, and appropriately inform, investors and the market.

 

I will confirm with you shortly whether our response is satisfactory, and, if so, we will file the amendments noted above. If, before that time, you have any further comments or require any further information or if any questions should arise in connection with this submission, please call me at (404) 527-4990 or Mr. Jay Shah at (404) 527-4593.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  /s/ Thomas Wardell, Esq.
  Thomas Wardell, Esq.

 

cc: David Chong, CFO, China Recycling Energy Corp.  
  Jeffrey Li, Esq.  
  Jay V. Shah, Esq.  

 

 
 

 

CREG

shares issued to Mr. Dong - restatements

Worksheet

 

   Stock price   3.63    3.75    3.13    3.05    2.69    2.02    1.2    1.2      
   Balance sheet date, as of   6/29/2010    6/30/2010    9/30/2010    12/31/2010    3/31/2011    6/30/2011    9/30/2011    11/22/2011    12/31/2011 
                                                 
Balance sheet impact to liability - share to be issued  Original   11,780,471    11,780,471    11,780,471    11,780,471    11,780,471    11,780,471    11,780,471    -    - 
   Restate - marked to market liability   11,780,471    11,029,410    9,205,881    8,970,587    7,911,763    5,941,176    3,529,411    -    - 
   Difference   -    751,061    2,574,590    2,809,884    3,868,708    5,839,295    8,251,060    -    - 

 

   For the period ending       Quarter ending
Jun 30, 2010
   Quarter ending
Sept 30, 2010
   Quarter ending
Dec 31, 2010
   for the year ending
Dec 31, 2010
   Quarter ending
Mar 31, 2011
   Quarter ending
Jun 30, 2011
   Quarter ending
Sept 30, 2011
   Quarter ending
Dec 31, 2011
   for the year
endind Dec 31, 2011
 
                                                       
P&L impact - gain on settlement of Dong's liability  Original    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    8,251,060    8,251,060 
   Restate    -    751,061    1,823,529    235,294    2,809,884    1,058,823    1,970,588    2,411,764    -    5,441,176 
   Difference    -    751,061    1,823,529    235,294    2,809,884    1,058,823    1,970,588    2,411,764    (8,251,060)   (2,809,884)
                                                        

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of June 30, 2010

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   11,780,471    (751,061)   11,029,410 
Retained earnings   7,393,961    751,061    8,145,022 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    751,061    751,061 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   (1,170,583)   751,061    (419,522)
Income before income tax   10,565,294    751,061    11,316,355 
Income from operations   7,667,251    751,061    8,418,312 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   7,180,678    751,061    7,931,739 
Basic net earnings per share   0.19    0.01    0.20 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.15    0.01    0.16 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   7,667,251    751,061    8,418,312 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (751,061)   (751,061)

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of September 30, 2010

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   12,812,971    (2,574,590)   10,238,381 
Retained earnings   9,922,599    2,574,590    12,497,189 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    2,574,590    2,574,590 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   (1,780,580)   2,574,590    794,010 
Income before income tax   15,067,783    2,574,590    17,642,373 
Income from operations   10,817,221    2,574,590    13,391,811 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   10,227,402    2,574,590    12,801,992 
Basic net earnings per share   0.26    0.07    0.33 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.21    0.06    0.27 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   10,817,221    2,574,590    13,391,811 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (2,574,590)   (2,574,590)

 

 
 

 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of December 31, 2010

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   11,780,471    (2,809,884)   8,970,587 
Retained earnings   14,812,630    2,809,884    17,622,514 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2010

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    2,809,884    2,809,884 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   (2,675,662)   2,809,884    134,222 
Income before income tax   24,692,109    2,809,884    27,501,993 
Income from operations   17,826,069    2,809,884    20,635,953 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   16,032,597    2,809,884    18,842,481 
Basic net earnings per share   0.39    0.06    0.45 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.31    0.06    0.37 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2010

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   17,826,069    2,809,884    20,635,953 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
 Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (2,809,884)   (2,809,884)

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of March 31, 2011

  

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   11,780,471    (3,868,708)   7,911,763 
Total Noncurrent liability   73,417,554    (3,868,708)   69,548,846 
Total liability   101,481,863    (3,868,708)   97,613,155 
Retained earnings   18,811,698    3,868,708    22,680,406 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2011

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    1,058,823    1,058,823 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   304    1,058,823    1,059,127 
Income before income tax   6,478,035    1,058,823    7,536,858 
Income before noncontrolling interest   5,082,105    1,058,823    6,140,928 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   4,562,967    1,058,823    5,621,790 
Basic net earnings per share   0.12    0.02    0.14 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.09    0.02    0.11 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2011      

   

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   5,082,105    1,058,823    6,140,928 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (1,058,823)   (1,058,823)

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of June 30, 2011

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   16,780,471    (5,839,296)   10,941,175 
Total Noncurrent liability   73,115,306    (5,839,296)   67,276,010 
Total liability   97,035,322    (5,839,296)   91,196,026 
Retained earnings   22,139,584    5,839,296    27,978,880 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2011

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    3,029,411    3,029,411 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   536,401    3,029,411    3,565,812 
Income before income tax   11,120,897    3,029,411    14,150,308 
Income before noncontrolling interest   8,941,266    3,029,411    11,970,677 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   8,257,968    3,029,411    11,287,379 
Basic net earnings per share   0.20    0.08    0.28 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.16    0.06    0.22 

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2011

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   8,941,266    3,029,411    11,970,677 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (3,029,411)   (3,029,411)

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of September 30, 2011

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   11,780,471    (8,251,060)   3,529,411 
Total Noncurrent liability   72,767,729    (8,251,060)   64,516,669 
Total liability   107,727,016    (8,251,060)   99,475,956 
Retained earnings   30,173,358    8,251,060    38,424,418 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    5,441,176    5,441,176 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   1,871,324    5,441,176    7,312,500 
Income before income tax   22,053,728    5,441,176    27,494,904 
Income before noncontrolling interest   17,684,471    5,441,176    23,125,647 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   16,913,200    5,441,176    22,354,376 
Basic net earnings per share   0.41    0.13    0.54 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.33    0.10    0.43 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   17,684,471    5,441,176    23,125,647 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   -    (5,441,176)   (5,441,176)

 

 
 

 

China Recyclying Energy

Restatement worksheet

 

As of December 31, 2011

 

Consolidated Balance Sheet  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Shares to be issued   -    -    - 
Retained earnings   34,414,271    -    34,414,271 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2011

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations and comprehensive income  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Changes in fair value of the liability   8,251,060    (2,809,884)   5,441,176 
Total non-operating income (expense), net   989,032    (2,809,884)   (1,820,852)
Income before income tax   26,630,985    (2,809,884)   23,821,101 
Income before noncontrolling interest   22,398,040    (2,809,884)   19,588,156 
Net income attributable to China recycling Energy Corp   21,449,879    (2,809,884)   18,639,995 
Basic net earnings per share   0.51    (0.07)   0.44 
Diluted net earnings per share   0.39    (0.05)   0.34 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2011

 

Cash flows from Operating activities  As previously reported   Net adjustment   Restated 
Net income   22,398,040    (2,809,884)   19,588,156 
Adjustments to reconcile income including noncontrolling interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:               
Changes in fair value of the liability   (8,251,060)   2,809,884    (5,441,176)