UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q


 

(MARK ONE)FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

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

 

For the quarterquarterly period ended September 30, 20172019

 

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

 

For the transition period from ________________ to __________________.

 

Commission file number:File Number: 001-38180


HF FOODS GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

ATLANTIC ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

81-2717873

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

81-2717873

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

6001 W. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27409

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(336) 268-2080

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

1250 Broadway, 36th FloorTitle of each class

New York, NY 10001

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

HFFG

Nasdaq Capital Market

(Address of principal executive offices)

(646) 912-8918

(Issuer’s telephone number)

CheckIndicate by check mark whether the issuerregistrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YesYES ☒ NO     No  ☒

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YesYES ☒ NoNO

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrantregistrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company”company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

Emerging Growth Company

growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

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

 

YES ☐ NO ☒

As of November 13, 2017, 5,872,49714, 2019, the registrant had 53,050,211 and 52,145,096 shares of common stock par value $0.001 per share, were issued and outstanding.outstanding, respectively.


HF Foods group inc.
form 10-q for the quarter ended SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

ATLANTIC ACQUISITION CORP.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Description

Page

Part I.

Financial Information3

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.1  Financial Statements

3

1

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

3

1

Condensed Consolidated Statements of OperationsIncome (Unaudited)

4

2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

5

4

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6

5

Item 2.2  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

18

27

Item 3.3  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Regardingabout Market Risk

19

36

Item 4.4  Controls and Procedures

19

36

Part II.

Other Information

21

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 2.1  Legal Proceedings

36

Item 1A  Risk Factors

36

Item 2  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

21

36

Item 5.3  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

37

Item 4  Mine Safety Disclosures

37

Item 5  Other Information

37

Item 6.6  Exhibits

22

37

Signatures

23

SIGNATURE PAGE

38

 

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PART I –I.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTSINFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial StatementsStatements.

 

Atlantic Acquisition Corp.HF FOODS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

 

Condensed Balance Sheets

  September 30, 2017  December 31, 2016 
   (Unaudited)     
ASSETS        
         
Current Assets        
Current assets-cash $694,798  $44,955 
Prepaid expenses  10,500    
Deferred offering costs     154,820 
Total Current Assets  705,298   199,775 
         
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account  45,185,462    
Total Assets $45,890,760  $199,775 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
         
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable $35,175  $475 
Accrued state franchise taxes  21,021    
Note payable to related parties     175,000 
Total Current Liabilities  56,196   175,475 
         
Deferred underwriting compensation  1,106,250    
Total Liabilities  1,162,446   175,475 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
Common stocks subject to possible conversion; 3,894,933 and -0- (at conversion value of $10.20 per share)  39,728,313    
         
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, $.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized      
Common Stock, $.0001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized ,  1,977,564 and 1,150,000(1) common stocks issued and outstanding (excluding 3,894,933 and -0- shares subject to redemption)  198   115 
Additional paid- in capital  5,001,622   24,885 
Accumulated deficit  (1,819)  (700)
Total Stockholders’ Equity  5,000,001   24,300 
         
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $45,890,760  $199,775 

(1)This number includes an aggregate of up to 150,000 shares of common stock that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full by the underwriters. An aggregate of 43,753 shares of common stock were cancelled after partial exercise of the overallotment option by the underwriters.
  

As of

 
  

September 30

  

December 31

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

ASSETS

        

CURRENT ASSETS:

        

Cash

 $6,803,415  $5,489,404 

Accounts receivable, net

  13,089,775   14,406,476 

Accounts receivable - related parties, net

  2,677,503   2,292,151 

Inventories, net

  29,826,054   22,175,769 

Advances to suppliers, net

  647,339   280,267 

Advances to suppliers - related parties, net

  990,139   1,526,482 

Notes receivable

  -   3,803,826 

Notes receivable - related parties, current

  -   8,117,686 

Income Tax Recoverable

  448,512   - 

Other current assets

  1,229,379   950,703 

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

  55,712,116   59,042,764 
         

Property and equipment, net

  27,096,211   22,650,021 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

  75,169   - 

Deferred tax assets

  81,385   117,933 

Long-term notes receivable - related parties

  -   423,263 

Other long-term assets

  141,954   242,426 

TOTAL ASSETS

 $83,106,834  $82,476,407 
         

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

        

Lines of credit

 $11,864,481  $8,194,146 

Accounts payable

  18,728,857   17,474,206 

Accounts payable - related parties

  4,279,050   3,923,120 

Advance from customers

  758,296   61,406 

Advance from customers - related parties

  -   166,490 

Current portion of long-term debt, net

  1,650,898   1,455,441 

Current portion of obligations under capital leases

  262,904   164,894 

Current portion of obligations under operating leases

  40,155   - 

Income tax payable

  13,343   - 

Accrued expenses

  991,299   2,148,602 

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

  38,589,283   33,588,305 
         

Long-term debt, net

  15,409,535   13,109,854 

Obligations under capital leases, non-current

  1,139,964   120,705 

Obligations under operating leases, non-current

  35,014   - 

Deferred tax liabilities

  1,306,630   1,196,061 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

  56,480,426   48,014,925 
         

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

        
         

EQUITY:

        

Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively

  -   - 

Common Stock, $0.0001 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized, 22,350,211 shares issued, 905,115 treasury shares, and 21,445,096 shares outstanding as of September 30, 2019, and 30,000,000 shares authorized, and 22,167,486 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018

  2,236   2,217 

Additional paid-in capital

  10,882,646   22,920,603 

Retained earnings

  14,477,257   10,433,984 
Treasury Stock  (91)  - 

Total shareholders’ equity

  25,362,048   33,356,804 

Noncontrolling interest

  1,264,360   1,104,678 

TOTAL EQUITY

  26,626,408   34,461,482 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 $83,106,834  $82,476,407 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Atlantic Acquisition Corp.HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(UNAUDITED)

 

Condensed Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

             
  For Three Months ended September 30,  For The Nine Months Ended  For The Period From May 19, 2016 (Inception) Through 
  2017  2016  September 30, 2017  September 30, 2016 
             
General and administrative expenses $(30,478) $(100) $(30,560) $(625)
State franchise taxes  (21,021)     (21,021)   
Interest income on cash and marketable securities held in trust  50,462      50,462    
Net Loss  (1,037)  (100)  (1,119)  (625)
                 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding(1)  1,467,996   1,000,000   1,157,713   1,000,000 
Basic and diluted net loss per share $(0.02) $(0.00) $(0.02) $(0.00)

(1)Excludes an aggregate of up to 3,894,933 common shares subject to redemption at September 30, 2017 and 150,000 shares of common stock that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriter at September 30, 2016. An aggregate of 43,753 shares of common stock were cancelled after partial exercise of the overallotment option by the underwriters.
  

For the three months Ended

September 30,

  

For the nine months Ended

September 30,

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

2019

  

2018

 

Net revenue - third parties

 $70,568,373  $65,936,159  $211,520,517  $203,868,014 

Net revenue - related parties

  5,130,504   4,427,639   13,697,588   13,364,070 

TOTAL NET REVENUE

  75,698,877   70,363,798   225,218,105   217,232,084 
                 

Cost of revenue - third parties

  58,598,428   53,471,081   174,634,207   167,372,145 

Cost of revenue - related parties

  4,908,301   4,330,030   13,172,741   13,069,453 

TOTAL COST OF REVENUE

  63,506,729   57,801,111   187,806,948   180,441,598 
                 

GROSS PROFIT

  12,192,148   12,562,687   37,411,157   36,790,486 
                 

DISTRIBUTION, SELLING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

  9,969,785   10,385,563   31,428,998   31,725,945 
                 

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS

  2,222,363   2,177,124   5,982,159   5,064,541 
                 

Other Income (Expenses)

                

Interest income

  113,930   333,072   418,397   346,822 

Interest expense and bank charges

  (482,099)  (270,049

)

  (1,207,217)  (1,024,762

)

Other income

  281,619   370,678   905,149   918,010 

Total Other Income (Expenses), net

  (86,550)  433,701   116,329   240,070 
                 

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION

  2,135,813   2,610,825   6,098,488   5,304,611 
                 

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES

  607,142   840,147   1,715,532   1,542,207 
                 

NET INCOME

  1,528,671   1,770,678   4,382,956   3,762,404 
                 

Less: net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest

  181,106   103,600   339,683   (277,855

)

                 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO HF FOODS GROUP INC.

 $1,347,565  $1,667,078  $4,043,273  $4,040,259 
                 

Earnings per common share - basic and diluted

 $0.06  $0.08  $0.18  $0.20 
                 

Weighted average shares - basic and diluted

  22,258,557   21,364,256   22,198,290   20,434,639 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Atlantic Acquisition Corp.HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

(UNAUDITED)

 

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

       
  For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017  For The Period From May 19 (Inception) Through September 30, 2016 
       
Cash flow from operating activities        
  Net loss $(1,119) $(625)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:        
    Interest income on cash and marketable securities held in trust  (50,462)   
  Change in operating assets and liabilities:        
    Change in prepaid expenses  (10,500)   
    Change in accounts payable  34,700   475 
    Change in accrued state franchise taxes  21,021    
Net cash used in operating activities  (6,360)  (150)
         
Cash flows from investing activities        
  Investment of cash and marketable securities in Trust Account  (45,135,000)   
Net cash used in investing activities  (45,135,000)   
         
Cash flow from financing activities        
  Proceeds from sale of public units during the public offering  40,000,000    
  Proceeds from sale of private units concurrent with the public offering  3,025,000    
  Proceeds from sale of underwriter’s unit purchase option  100    
  Proceeds from sale of units upon partial exercise of overallotment option  4,250,000    
  Proceeds from sale of private units upon partial exercise of overallotment option  212,500    
  Payment of offering costs  (1,696,397)  (118,621)
  Proceeds from note payable to related party     175,000 
  Proceeds from sale of common stock     25,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities  45,791,203   81,379 
         
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents  649,843   81,229 
  Cash at beginning of period  44,955    
Cash at end of period $694,798  $81,229 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities        
  Repayment of old note payable by new note holder (Note 5) $175,000  $ 
  Conversion of note payable into private units $175,000  $ 
         
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities        
    Proceeds from issuance of shares in May 2017 paid directly by new Shareholders to repurchase initial shareholder shares $25,000  $ 
  

Ordinary Shares

  

Additional

                 
          

Paid-in

  

Retained

  

Shareholders'

  

Noncontrolling

  

Total

 
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Equity

  

Interest

  

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

  22,167,486  $2,217  $22,920,603  $10,433,984  $33,356,804  $1,104,678  $34,461,482 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,672,813   1,672,813   120,759   1,793,572 

Balance at March 31, 2019

  22,167,486  $2,217  $22,920,603  $12,106,797  $35,029,617  $1,225,437  $36,255,054 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,022,895   1,022,895   37,817   1,060,712 

Distribution to shareholders

  -   -   -   -   -   (90,000)  (90,000)

Balance at June 30, 2019

  22,167,486  $2,217  $22,920,603  $13,129,692  $36,052,512  $1,173,254  $37,225,766 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,347,565   1,347,565   181,107   1,528,672 

Exercise of Stock Options

  182,725   18   (18)  -   -   -   - 

Treasury Stock

  (905,115)  (91)  (12,037,939)  -   (12,038,030)  -   (12,038,030)

Distribution to shareholders

  -   -   -   -   -   (90,000)  (90,000)

Balance at September 30, 2019

  21,445,096  $2,144  $10,882,646  $14,477,257  $25,362,047  $1,264,361  $26,626,408 
                             

Balance at December 31, 2017

  19,969,831  $1,997  $21,549,703  $4,255,213  $25,806,913  $1,091,199  $26,898,112 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,347,950   1,347,950   38,525   1,386,475 

Distribution to shareholders

  -   -   -   (180,089)  (180,089)  (89,911)  (270,000)

Balance at March 31, 2018

  19,969,831  $1,997  $21,549,703  $5,423,074  $26,974,774  $1,039,813  $28,014,587 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,025,231   1,025,231   (419,980)  605,251 

Distribution to shareholders

  -   -   -   (180,091)  (180,091)  (89,909)  (270,000)

Balance at June 30, 2018

  19,969,831  $1,997  $21,549,703  $6,268,214  $27,819,914  $529,924  $28,349,838 

Net income

  -   -   -   1,667,078   1,667,078   103,600   1,770,678 

Effective of reverse acquisition

  2,197,655   220   1,370,900   -   1,371,120   -   1,371,120 

Distribution to shareholders

  -   -   -   252,497   252,497   126,059   378,556 

Balance at September 30, 2018

  22,167,486  $2,217  $22,920,603  $8,187,789  $31,110,609  $759,583  $31,870,192 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of thethese unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

  

For the nine months Ended September 30,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

        

Net Income

 $4,382,956  $3,762,404 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities

        

Depreciation and amortization expense

  2,173,723   1,579,105 

Gain from disposal of equipment

  (68,626)  - 

Provision of doubtful accounts

  (50,090)  62,231 

Deferred tax benefits

  147,117   (168,868

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Accounts receivable, net

  1,366,791   1,801,941 

Accounts receivable - related parties, net

  (385,352)  14,320 

Inventories

  (7,650,285)  (1,454,817

)

Advances to suppliers, net

  (367,072)  (215,820

)

Advances to suppliers - related parties, net

  536,343   2,573,416 

Income tax recoverable

  (448,512)  - 

Other current assets

  (291,864)  (421,424

)

Other long-term assets

  100,472   1,264,289 

Accounts payable

  1,254,651   96,141 

Accounts payable - related parties

  355,930   (928,457

)

Advance from customers

  696,890   374,072 

Advance from customers - related parties

  (166,490)  (1,000,575

)

Income tax payable

  13,343   (745,958

)

Accrued expenses

  (1,157,301)  1,890,258 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  442,624   8,482,258 
         

Cash flows from investing activities:

        

Cash acquired from acquisition of Atlantic Acquisition

  -   5,550,298 

Cash paid for redemption of Atlantic Acquisition’s stock in connection of reverse acquisition

  -   (4,120,000

)

Purchase of property and equipment

  (5,381,138)  (2,194,210

)

Proceeds from disposal of equipment

  275,699   - 

Cash received from long-term notes receivable

  290,071   - 

Cash paid for issuance of long-term notes receivable

  (108,750)  (2,559,469

)

Cash received from long-term notes receivable to related parties

  386,358   316,504 

Cash paid for issuance of long-term notes receivable to related parties

  (260,933)  (1,988,813

)

Net cash used in investing activities

  (4,798,693)  (4,995,690

)

         

Cash flows from financing activities:

        

Proceeds from lines of credit

  15,364,481   3,600,000 

Repayment of lines of credit

  (11,694,146)  (3,000,000

)

Proceeds from long-term debt

  6,100,878   3,745,048 

Repayment of long-term debt

  (3,605,740)  (4,965,264

)

Repayment of capital lease

  (315,393)  - 

Cash distribution paid to shareholders

  (180,000)  (1,161,445

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  5,670,080   (1,781,661

)

         

Net increase in cash

  1,314,011   1,704,907 

Cash at beginning of the period

  5,489,404   6,086,044 

Cash at end of the period

 $6,803,415  $7,790,951 
         

Supplemental cash flow information

        

Cash paid for interest

 $1,021,687  $1,008,666 

Cash paid for income taxes

 $1,692,927  $2,413,148 

 

Atlantic Acquisition Corp.

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


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

 

NotesOrganization and General

HF Foods Group Inc. (“HF Foods”, or the “Company”) markets and distributes fresh produces, frozen and dry food, and non-food products to Unaudited Condensed Financial Statementsprimarily Asian/Chinese restaurants and other foodservice customers throughout the Southeast region of the United States.

 

Note 1 — Organization and Plan of Business Operations

Organization

Atlantic Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”)The Company was originally incorporated in Delaware on May 19, 2016 as a blank checkspecial purpose acquisition company whose objective isunder the name Atlantic Acquisition Corp. (“Atlantic”), in order to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stockshare purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar Business Combination,business combination with one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industry or geographic region, although the Company initially intends to focus on target businesses being operated by and/or serving ethnic minorities in the United States, especially within Asian-American communities.entities.

 

At September 30, 2017,Business Combination

Effective August 22, 2018, Atlantic consummated the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity through September 30, 2017 relatestransactions contemplated by a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of March 28, 2018, by and among Atlantic, HF Group Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware subsidiary formed by Atlantic, HF Group Holding Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (“HF Holding”), the stockholders of HF Holding, and Zhou Min Ni, as representative of the stockholders of HF Holding. Pursuant to the Company’s formationMerger Agreement, HF Holding merged with HF Merger Sub and HF Holding became the public offering described below.

Plan of Business Operation

Financing

The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offeringsurviving entity (the “Public Offering” as described in Note 3) was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 8, 2017. On August 14, 2017, the Company consummated the Public Offering of 4,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Public Units’“Merger”) and sold to initial shareholders and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC 320,000 units at $10.00 per unita wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlantic (the “Private Units”“Acquisition”) in a private placement (Note 4). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $41,476,000 from the sale of the Public Units, the Private Units and the proceeds from the note.

On August 16, 2017, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part. The closing of the sale 425,000 over-allotment option Units generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000 took place on August 21, 2017. Simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 21,250 Private Units, generating gross proceeds of $212,500.

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Trust Account

UponAdditionally, upon the closing of the Public Offering andtransactions contemplated by the private placement (includingMerger Agreement (the “Closing”), (i) the stockholders of HF Holding became the holders of a majority of the shares sold upon exercise of common stock of Atlantic, and (ii) Atlantic changed its name to HF Foods Group Inc. (Collectively, these transactions are referred to as the over-allotment option),“Transactions”).

At closing on August 22, 2018, Atlantic issued the HF Holding stockholders an aggregate of $45,135,000 was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) with American Stock Transfer & Trust LLC acting as trustee.19,969,831 shares of its common stock, equal to approximately 88.5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding shares of Atlantic’s common stock. The funds held inpre-Transaction stockholders of Atlantic owned the Trust Account can be invested in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes, having a maturityremaining 11.5% of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act untilissued and outstanding shares of common stock of the earlier of (i)combined entities.

Following the consummation of the Company’s initial Business CombinationTransactions on August 22, 2018, there were 22,567,486 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, consisting of (i) 19,969,831 shares issued to HF Holding’s stockholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (ii) 10,000 restricted shares issued to one of Atlantic’s shareholders in conjunction with the Company’s failureTransactions, pursuant to consummate a Business Combination within 18 months frompre-Transactions agreement, and (iii) 2,587,655 shares issued to the closingpre-Transaction stockholders of Atlantic. Following the consummation of the Public Offering. Placing funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against the Company. Although the Company will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities it engages, execute agreements with the Company waiving any claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that such persons will execute such agreements. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. Additionally, the interest earned on the Trust Account balance may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligations.  

Business Combination

Pursuant to Nasdaq listing rules, the Company’s Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriter’s fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account), which the Company refers to as the 80% test, at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial Business Combination, although the Company may structure a Business Combination with one or more target businesses whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. If the Company is no longer listed on Nasdaq, it will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.

The Company currently anticipates structuring a Business Combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. The Company may, however, structure a Business Combination where the Company merges directly with the target business or where the Company acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders or for other reasons, but the Company will only complete such Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise owns a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test.

The Company will either seek stockholder approval of any Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which stockholders may seek to convert theirTransactions, 400,000 shares into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, or provide stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shareswere sold back to the Company by meansone of Atlantic’s pre-Transaction shareholders, pursuant to a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. These shares have been recorded at redemption value and are classified as temporary equity, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it will have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, solely if stockholder approval is sought, a majority of the outstanding common shares of the Company voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) will be restricted from seeking conversion rights with respect to 25% or more of the common shares sold in the Public Offering. Accordingly, all shares purchased by a holder in excess of 25% of the shares sold in the Public Offering will not be converted to cash. In connection with any stockholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the Initial Stockholders will agree (i) to vote any of their respective shares, including the common shares sold to the Initial Stockholders in connection with the organization of the Company (the “Initial Shares”), common shares included in the Private Units to be sold in the Private Placement, and any common shares which were initially issued in connection with the Public Offering, whether acquired in or after the effective date of the Public Offering, in favor of the initial Business Combination and (ii) not to convert such respective shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account or seek to sell their shares in connection with any tender offer the Company engages in.

Liquidation

Pursuant to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within 18 months from the date of the Public Offering, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining holders of common stock and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate. However, if the Company anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial Business Combination within 18 months, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 24 months to complete a Business Combination). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation and the trust agreement to be entered into between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, in order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate its initial Business Combination, the Company’s insiders or their affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account $800,000, or $920,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.20 per share in either case), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, up to an aggregate of $1,600,000 (or $1,840,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), or $0.40 per share. The insiders will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that the Company is unable to close a Business Combination unless there are funds available outside the Trust Account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial Business Combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our Business Combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The Company’s stockholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial Business Combination. In the event that the Company receives notice from its insiders five days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, the Company intends to issue a press release announcing such intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, the Company intends to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. The Company’s insiders and their affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the time for the Company to complete its initial Business Combination. To the extent that some, but not all, of the Company’s insiders, decide to extend the period of time to consummate its initial Business Combinations, such insiders (or their affiliates or designees) may deposit the entire amount required. If the Company is unable to consummate an initial Business Combination and is forced to redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account. Holders of rights will receive no proceeds in connection with the liquidation. The Initial Stockholders and the holders of Private Units will not participate in any redemption distribution with respect to their initial shares and Private Units, including the common stock included in the Private Units.

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To the extent the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination, it will pay the costs of liquidation from the remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, Wai Fun Cheng, Ren Hua Zheng, Richard Xu and Tom W. Su have committed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and have agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.  

Emerging Growth Company

Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) permits emerging growth companies to delay complying with new or revised financial accounting standards that do not yet apply to private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act). The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentationpre-Transaction agreement. 

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements are presentedAcquisition is treated by Atlantic as a reverse business combination under the acquisition method of accounting in conformityaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). For accounting purposes, HF Holding is considered to be acquiring Atlantic in this transaction. Therefore, the aggregate consideration paid in connection with the business combination will be allocated to Atlantic’s tangible and intangible assets and liabilities based on their fair market values. The assets and liabilities and results of operations of Atlantic will be consolidated into the results of operations of HF Holding as of the completion of the business combination.


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION CONTINUED

Reorganization of HF Group

HF Holding was incorporated in the State of North Carolina on October 11, 2017. Effective January 1, 2018, HF Holding entered into a Contribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) whereby the controlling shareholders of the following 11 entities contributed their respective stocks to HF Holding in exchange for all of HF Holding’s outstanding shares. Upon completion of the share exchanges, these entities became either wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiaries of HF Holding (hereafter collectively referred to as “HF Group”).

Han Feng, Inc. (“Han Feng”)

Truse Trucking, Inc. (“TT”)

Morning First Delivery (“MFD”)

R&N Holdings, LLC (“R&N Holdings”)

R&N Lexington, LLC (“R&N Lexington”)

Kirnsway Manufacturing Inc. (“Kirnsway”)

Chinesetg, Inc. (“Chinesetg”)

New Southern Food Distributors, Inc. (“NSF”)

B&B Trucking Services, Inc. (“BB”)

Kirnland Food Distribution, Inc. (“Kirnland”)

HG Realty LLC (“HG Realty”)

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-50-25, the transaction consummated through the Agreement has been accounted for as a transaction among entities under common control since the same shareholders control all these 11 entities prior to the execution of the Agreement.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS DESCRIPTION CONTINUED

Reorganization of HF Group Continued

The following table summarizes the entities under HF Group after the above-mentioned reorganization:

Date Of

Place Of

Percentage Of Legal

Ownership By

Name

Incorporation

Incorporation

HF Holding

Principal Activities

Parent:

HF Holding

October 11, 2017

North Carolina, USA

Holding Company

Subsidiaries:

Han Feng

January 14, 1997

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Distributing food and related products

TT

August 06, 2002

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Trucking service

MFD

April 15, 1999

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Trucking service

R&N Holdings

November 21, 2002

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Real estate holding

R&N Lexington

May 27, 2010

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Real estate holding

Kirnsway

May 24, 2006

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Design and printing services

Chinesetg

July 12, 2011

North Carolina, USA

100

%

Design and printing services

NSF

December 17, 2008

Florida, USA

100

%

Distributing food and related products

BB

September 12, 2001

Florida, USA

100

%

Trucking service

Kirnland

April 11, 2006

Georgia, USA

66.7

%

Distributing food and related products

HG Realty

May 11, 2012

Georgia, USA

100

%

Real estate holding

On June 5, 2018, AnHeart Inc. (“AnHeart”) was incorporated and 100% owned by HF Holding. On February 23, 2019, HF Holding transferred all of its ownership interest in AnHeart to Jianping An, a resident of New York. AnHeart had no activities since inception other than being formed solely to enter into lease agreements for two premises in New York City, NY (Note 8).

NOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of HF Holding and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information as of September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 have been prepared, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”(the “SEC”). The interim accompanyingCertain information and footnote disclosures, which are normally included in annual financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, forhave been omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the informationnotes thereto for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. 2017.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of(which include normal recurring adjustments) have been made that are necessary to present fairlya fair presentation of the Company’s financial position and theas of September 30, 2019, its results of its operations and its cash flows. Operatingflows for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, as applicable, have been made. The unaudited interim results as presentedof operations are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for athe full year.fiscal year or any future periods.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Cash and Cash EquivalentsNOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturityNoncontrolling interests

U.S. GAAP requires that noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries and affiliates be reported in the equity section of three months or less when purchaseda company’s balance sheet. In addition, the amounts attributable to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents asthe net income (loss) of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.those subsidiaries are reported separately in the consolidated statements of income.

 

Deferred Offering CostsUses of estimates

Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees incurred through the balance sheet date that are related to the Public Offering and that were recorded deferred offering costs on the balance sheet and were charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the Public Offering.

Fair value of financial instruments

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Loss Per Common Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to compulsory repurchase by the Company. Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, plus to the extent dilutive, the incremental number of common shares to settle rights and other ordinary share equivalents (currently none outstanding), as calculated using the treasury stock method. Shares of common stock subject to possible conversion at September 30, 2017, which are not currently redeemable and are not redeemable at fair value, have been excluded from the calculation of basic and diluted loss per shares since such shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the Trust Account earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of (1) rights sold in the Offering and private placement that convert into 476,625 shares of Class A common stock, and (2) 250,000 of Class A common stock and rights that convert into 25,000 shares of Class A common stock in the unit purchase option sold to the underwriter, in the calculation of diluted income per share, since the conversion of the rights into shares of common stock is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. As a result and the Company’s loss position, diluted loss per common share is the same as basic loss per common share for the periods ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management 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 unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during theeach reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the allowances for doubtful accounts, estimated useful lives and fair value in connection with the impairment of property and equipment. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Concentration

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of credit riskthree or fewer months to be cash equivalents. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the Company had no cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable represent amounts due from customers in the ordinary course of business and are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. Receivables are presented net of the allowance for doubtful accounts in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company evaluates the collectability of its accounts receivable and determines the appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts based on a combination of factors. When the Company is aware of a customer’s inability to meet its financial obligation, a specific allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded, reducing the receivable to the net amount the Company reasonably expects to collect. In addition, allowances are recorded for all other receivables based on historic collection trends, write-offs and the aging of receivables. The Company uses specific criteria to determine uncollectible receivables to be written off, including bankruptcy, accounts referred to outside parties for collection, and accounts past due over specified periods. As of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the allowances for doubtful accounts were $576,349 and $658,104, respectively.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Inventories

The Company’s inventories, consisting mainly of food and other food service-related products, are primarily considered as finished goods. Inventory costs, including the purchase price of the product and freight charges to deliver it to the Company’s warehouses, are net of certain cash or non-cash consideration received from vendors. The Company assesses the need for valuation allowances for slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventories by estimating the net recoverable value of such goods based upon inventory category, inventory age, specifically identified items, and overall economic conditions. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. No inventory reserves were recorded as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Following are the estimated useful lives of the Company’s property and equipment:

Estimated useful lives

Buildings and improvements (in years)

 7-39

Machinery and equipment (in years)

 3-7
Motor vehicles (in years)  5 

Repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred, whereas the cost of renewals and betterment that extends the useful lives of property, plant and equipment are capitalized as additions to the related assets. Retirements, sales and disposals of assets are recorded by removing the cost and accumulated depreciation from the asset and accumulated depreciation accounts with any resulting gain or loss reflected in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income in other income or expenses.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Company assesses its long-lived assets such as property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Factors which may indicate potential impairment include a significant underperformance related to the historical or projected future operating results or a significant negative industry or economic trend. Recoverability of these assets is measured by comparison of their carrying amounts to future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If property and equipment are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized equals the amount by which the carrying value of the assets exceeds their fair value. The Company did not record any impairment loss on its long-lived assets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.

Business Combinations

The Company accounts for business combinations under Financial instrumentsAccounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805 “Business Combinations” using the acquisition method of accounting, and accordingly, the assets and liabilities of the acquired business are recorded at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value is recorded as goodwill. All acquisition costs are expensed as incurred. Upon acquisition, the accounts and results of operations are consolidated as of and subsequent to the acquisition date.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products when title and risk of loss passes and the customer accepts the goods, which generally occurs at delivery. Sales taxes invoiced to customers and remitted to government authorities are excluded from net sales.

On January 1, 2018 the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (FASB ASC Topic 606) using the modified retrospective method for contracts that potentially subjectwere not completed as of January 1, 2018. The results of applying Topic 606 using the modified retrospective approach were insignificant and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, business process, controls or systems.

The core principle underlying the revenue recognition ASU is that the Company will recognize revenue to represent the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in such exchange. This will require the Company to concentrationidentify contractual performance obligations and determine whether revenue should be recognized at a point in time or over time, based on when control of credit risk consistgoods and services transfers to a customer. The majority of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believesCompany’s contracts have one single performance obligation as the Companypromise to transfer the individual goods is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts and is, therefore, not distinct. The Company’s revenue streams are recognized at a point in time.


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Income TaxesNOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

Revenue recognition (Continued)

The contract assets and contract liabilities are recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as accounts receivable and advance from customers as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, revenue recognized from performance obligations related to prior periods was insignificant.

Revenue expected to be recognized in any future periods related to remaining performance obligations is insignificant. The following table summarizes disaggregated revenue from contracts with customers by geographic locations:

  

For the Three Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

North Carolina

 $36,813,987   33,693,974 

Florida

  22,833,584   21,156,747 

Georgia

  16,051,306   15,513,077 

Total

 $75,698,877   70,363,798 

  

For the Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

North Carolina

 $107,698,700   103,262,880 

Florida

  68,717,635   66,282,082 

Georgia

  48,801,770   47,687,122 

Total

 $225,218,105   217,232,084 

Shipping and handling costs

Shipping and handling costs, which include costs related to the selection of products and their delivery to customers, are presented in distribution, selling and administrative expenses. Shipping and handling costs were $3,093,138 and $3,615,470 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and $1,014,288 and $791,016 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impactfuture tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, the Company determines deferred tax assets and liabilities on the basis of the differences between the financial statement and tax basisbases of assets and liabilities andby using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected futureto reverse. The effect of a change in tax benefitrates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be derived fromrealized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If the Company determines that it would be able to realize its deferred tax loss andassets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, the Company would make an adjustment to the deferred tax credit carry forwards.asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

The Company records uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740 additionally requireson the basis of a valuation allowance to be established whentwo-step process in which (1) the Company determines whether it is more likely than not that all or a portionthe tax positions will be sustained on the basis of deferredthe technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifiespositions that meet the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes amore-likely-than-not recognition threshold, and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurementthe Company recognizes the largest amount of a tax position taken or expectedbenefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be taken in arealized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.authority. The Company is required to file income tax returns in the United States (federal) and in various state and local jurisdictions. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concludeddoes not believe that there are no significantwere any uncertain tax positions requiring recognitionat September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Leases

On January 1, 2019 the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02. For all leases that were entered into prior to the effective date of ASC 842, the Company elected to apply the package of practical expedients. Based on this guidance the Company will not reassess the following: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases; (2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; and (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases. The new standard was adopted in the Company’s financial statements. Since the Company was incorporated on May 19, 2016, the evaluation was performed for the 2016 tax year, which will be the only period subject to examination. The Company believes that its income tax positionscurrent quarter and deductions would be sustained on audit and doesdid not anticipate any adjustments that would result inhave a material change to its financial position.impact on our consolidated balance sheets or on our consolidated income statements. 

The adoption of Topic 842 resulted in the presentation of $75,169 of operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. See Note 8 for additional information.

 

The Company was incorporateddetermines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, current portion of obligations under operating leases, and obligations under operating leases, non-current on our consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment, net, current portion of obligations under capital leases, and obligations under capital leases, non-current on our consolidated balance sheets.

Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Earnings per Share

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS. There is no anti-dilutive effect for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018.

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. ASC 820 clarifies the definition of fair value, prescribes methods for measuring fair value, and establishes a fair value hierarchy to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1 - Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities available at the measurement date.

Level 2 - Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, and inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 - Inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions on what assumptions the market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best available information.

The carrying amounts reported in the Statebalance sheets for cash, accounts receivable, advances to suppliers, other current assets, accounts payable, income tax payable, advance from customers, accrued expenses approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of Delawarethese instruments.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 2- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

Concentrations and credit risk

Credit risk

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and derived from revenue earned from customers, thereby exposed to credit risk. The risk is requiredmitigated by the Company’s assessment of its customers’ creditworthiness and its ongoing monitoring of outstanding balances.

Concentration risk

There were no receivables from any one customer representing more than 10% of the Company’s consolidated gross accounts receivable at September 30, 2019 or December 31, 2018.

For the nine and three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, no supplier accounted for more than 10% of the total cost of revenue. As of September 30, 2019, two suppliers accounted for 47% and 14% of total advance payments outstanding, respectively, and these two suppliers accounted for 77% and 23% of advance payments to pay franchise taxesrelated parties, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, three suppliers accounted for 55%, 18% and 12% of total advance payments outstanding, respectively, and these three suppliers accounted for 65%, 22% and 14% of advance payments to related parties, respectively.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The guidance of Part I is to clarify accounting for certain financial instruments with down round feature in a financial instrument that reduces the strike price of an issued financial instrument if the issuer sells shares of its stock for an amount less than the currently stated strike price of the issued financial instrument or issues an equity-linked financial instrument with a strike price below the currently stated strike price of the issued financial instrument. For freestanding equity classified financial instruments, the amendments require entities that present earnings per share (EPS) in accordance with Topic 260 to recognize the effect of the down round feature when it is triggered. That effect is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to common shareholders in basic EPS. Convertible instruments with embedded conversion options that have down round features are now subject to the Statespecialized guidance for contingent beneficial conversion features. The amendments also re-characterize the indefinite deferral of Delawarecertain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. The amendments in Part I of ASU No. 2017-11 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in Part II of this Update do not require any transition guidance because those amendments do not have an accounting effect. The Company has not early adopted this update and it will become effective on an annual basis.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

ManagementJanuary 1, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-11 on its consolidated financial statements and does not believeexpect that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted wouldthe adoption of this guidance will have a material effectimpact on the accompanyingits consolidated financial statements.

 

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In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”. The amendments eliminate the stranded tax effects resulting from the United States Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users. ASU No. 2018-02 is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. This update became effective for the Company on January 1, 2019. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 


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NOTE 3 — Public Offering- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

Public UnitAccounts receivable consisted of the following:

  

As of

  

As of

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 

Accounts receivable

 $13,666,124  $15,064,580 

Less: allowance for doubtful accounts

  (576,349)  (658,104

)

Accounts receivable, net

 $13,089,775  $14,406,476 

  

For the Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

September 30,

2018

 

Beginning balance

 $658,104  $567,108 

Provision (reversal) for doubtful accounts

  (50,090)  89,019 

Less: write off/recovery

  (31,665)  (26,788

)

Ending balance

 $576,349  $629,339 

NOTE 4 - NOTES RECEIVABLE

 

On August 14, 2017,September 30, 2018, the Company entered into a line of credit promissory note agreement with Feilong Trading, Inc, which is a supplier to the Company. Pursuant to the promissory note agreement, Feilong Trading, Inc could borrow up to $4,000,000 from time to time. The note bears interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the unpaid balance, compounded monthly. On September 30, 2019, the entire outstanding balance of $3,622,505 was sold 4,000,000 Public Units at a priceto Mr. Zhou Min Ni. Accordingly, Mr. Zhou Min Ni has delivered to HF Group Holding Corp. 272,369 shares of $10.00 per Public Unit in the Public Offering. Each Public Unit consists of one ordinary sharecommon stock of the Company $0.0001 par valueat $13.30 per share, (the “Public Shares”), and one right (the “Public Rights”). Each Public Right entitles the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon consummation of an initial Business Combination.

On August 16, 2017, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment optionwhich were recorded in part. The closing of the sale 425,000 over-allotment option Units generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000 took place on August 21, 2017.

Iftreasury stock by the Company does not complete its Business Combination within the necessary time period described in Note 1, the Public Rights will expire and be worthless. Since the Company is not required to net cash settle the Rights and the Rights are convertible upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Management determined that the Rights are classified within shareholders’ equity as “Additional paid-in capital” upon their issuance in accordance with ASC 815-40. The proceeds from the sale are allocated to Public Shares and Rights based on the relative fair value of the securities in accordance with ASC 470-20-30. The value of the Public Shares and Rights will be based on the closing price paid by investors.

At the closing of the Public Offering and over-allotment option, the Company paid an upfront underwriting discount of $1,200,000 and $127,500, 3.0% of the per unit offering price to the underwriter, respectively, with an additional fee of $1,000,000 and $106,250 (the “Deferred Discount”), 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds payable upon the Company’s completion of the Business Combination, respectively. The Deferred Discount will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event the Company completes its Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not close a Business Combination, the underwriter has waived its right to receive the Deferred Discount. The underwriter is not entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount. Total offering costs were $1,851,217, which consist of $1,327,500 of underwriter’s commissions and $523,717 of other offering costs.

Purchase Option

On August 14, 2017, the Company sold the underwriters, for $100, a unit purchase option to purchase up to a total of 250,000 Units exercisable at $10.50 per Unit (or an aggregate exercise price of $2,625,000) commencing on the later of the consummation of a Business Combination and six months from February 8, 2018. The unit purchase option expires August 8, 2022. The units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to the Units being offered in the Public Offering. The Company has agreed to grant to the holders of the unit purchase option, demand and “piggy back” registration rights for periods of five and seven years, respectively, from the effective date of the Public Offering, including securities directly and indirectly issuable upon exercise of the unit purchase option.

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The Company has accounted for the fair value of the unit purchase option, inclusive of the receipt of a $100 cash payment, as an expense of the Public Offering resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of this unit purchase option is $610,265 using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model adjusted for the likelihood of a completed Business Combination. The fair value of the unit purchase option to be granted to the placement agent is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 51.14%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 1.77% and (3) expected life of five years, (4) estimated possibility of 55% for consummation of initial Business Combination.

Note 4 — Private Placement

On August 14, 2017 (see Note 7) Certain of the Company’s shareholders, and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC purchased an aggregate of 320,000 Private Units at $10.00 per Private Unit of which 17,500 units were issued for the conversion of the MaySeptember 30, 2017 note payable by one of our directors (see Note5). They also purchased an additional 21,250 Private Units from the Company at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit at the closing of2019. In connection with the sale of 425,000 Units in connection withthis notes receivable, the exerciseCompany also required additional 89,882 shares of common stock of the over-allotment option. Chardan Capital Markets, LLC purchased 20,000Company owned by Mr. Ni being placed in an escrow account for a period of the 320,000 Private Units issued simultaneously with the close of the Public Offering, and 2,125 of the 21,250 Private Units issued simultaneously with the exercise of overallotment option. 

The Private Units are identical to the Units sold in the Public Offering. Additionally, the holders of the Private Units have agreed (A) to vote the shares underlying their Private Units in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of such a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting Public Stockholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any shares underlying the Private Units into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an initial Business Combination or a vote to amend the provisions of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity or sell their sharesone year (the “Escrow Period”), which will be delivered to the Company in connection with a tender offer the Company engagespart or in and (D) that the shares underlying the Private Units shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. The purchasers have also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except to transferees that agree to the same terms and restrictions) until the completion of an initial Business Combination.

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

On June 9, 2016, the Company issued a $175,000 principal amount unsecured promissory note to the Company’s former President and Director. On May 30, 2017, the Company issued a separate $175,000 principal amount unsecured promissory note to one of the Company’s current directors. The proceed from the Company’s current director was wired into an escrow account and used to repay the original outstanding $175,000 loan due to the Company’s former President on June 1, 2017. The new note was non-interest bearing and was payable on the consummation of the Public Offering. On August 14, 2017, a $175,000 loan from the director was converted into Private Units as part of the Private Placement at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit and 17,500 units were issued to this director.  

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All expenses incurred by the Company prior to an initial Business Combination may be paid only from the net proceeds of the Public Offering and related private placements not held in the Trust Account. Thus, in order to meet the Company’s working capital needs following the consummation of the Public Offeringfull, if the funds not held in the Trust Account, Wai Fun Cheng, Ren Hua Zheng, Richard Xu, Tom W. Su may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. Up to $500,000 of the notes may, at the lender’s discretion, be converted upon consummation of an initial Business Combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit (“Working Capital Units”). If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination, the loans will only be repaid with funds not held in the Trust Account, to the extent available.

Note 6 — Commitments

Deferred Underwriter Commission

The Company is obligated to pay the Deferred Discount of 2.5% of the gross Public Offering proceeds, in the amount of $1,106,250, to the underwriter upon the Company’s consummation of the Business Combination. The underwriter is not entitled to any interest accrued on the Deferred Discount, and has waived its right to receive the Deferred Discount if the Company does not close a Business Combination.

Registration Rights

The Initial Stockholders are entitled to registration rights with respect to their Initial Shares and the purchasers of the Private Units are entitled to registration rights with respect to the Private Units (and underlying securities), pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the Public Offering. The holders of the majority of the initial shares are entitled to demand that the Company register these shares at any time commencing three months prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of a Business Combination. The holders of the Private Units (or underlying securities) are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

Engagement of B. Riley & Co. LLC

The Company plans to engage B. Riley & Co. LLC (“B. Riley”) to provide certain advisory services to it. In consideration for such services, the Company’s management team has agreed to transfer 20,000 insider shares to B. Riley upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination. Such shares will be subject to the same restrictions and escrow arrangement as the other insider shares. The value of the service provided by B. Riley will be accounted at the fair value at the date of transfer as operating expenses and a credit to additional paid-in capital upon the transfer of the shares.

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Note 7 — Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Shares

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2017, there are no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 30,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

On June 9, 2016, 1,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were sold at a price of approximately $0.02 per share for an aggregate of $25,000. On May 25, 2017, the Company repurchased and canceled the initial shareholder shares. On May 30, 2017, the Company issued an additional 1,150,000 shares for $25,000, or approximately $0.02 per share, which amount was wired into an escrow account and was directly used to pay for the May 25, 2017 repurchase. All of these shares were placed in escrow on the date of the closing of the Public Offering until (1) with respect to 50% of the shares, the earlier of six months after the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination and the date on which theweighted average closing price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizationsthe 250-trading-day period immediately preceding the expiration of the Escrow Period is less than $13.30.

NOTE 5 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:

  

As of

  

As of

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 

Land

 $1,894,253  $1,608,647 

Buildings and improvements

  22,201,597   18,784,628 

Machinery and equipment

  9,587,840   10,160,205 

Motor vehicles

  11,454,793   10,267,095 

Subtotal

  45,138,483   40,820,575 

Less: accumulated depreciation

  (18,042,272)  (18,170,554

)

Property and equipment, net

 $27,096,211  $22,650,021 

Depreciation expense was $2,160,538 and recapitalizations)$1,579,105 for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing afterthe nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $731,731 and $537,443 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

NOTE 6 - LINES OF CREDIT

On July 1, 2016, Han Feng, the Company’s initial Business Combinationmain operating entity, entered into a line of credit agreement with East West Bank. The line of credit agreement provided for a revolving credit of $14,500,000. The line of credit was secured by virtually all assets of Han Feng, premises and (2)an adjoining undeveloped parcel of land owned by R&N Holding, and premises owned by R&N Lexington. The principal and all accrued unpaid interest were originally due in May 2018 and was extended to May 27, 2019, to provide uninterrupted credit facility while the renewal of the line of credit is being reviewed by the bank. Interest is based on the prime rate less 0.15%, but in no event less than 3.25% per annum, and is payable monthly. On April 18, 2019, this $5,156,018 obligation was repaid in full with respectproceeds from the Credit Agreement with East West Bank entered into on April 18, 2019, as described below.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 6 - LINES OF CREDIT (CONTINUED)

On April 18, 2019, the Company, Han Feng, NSF and Kirnland entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with East West Bank. The Credit Agreement provides for a $25 million secured line of credit facility available to be used in one or more revolving loans to the remaining 50%Company’s domestic subsidiaries that are parties to the Credit Agreement for working capital and general corporate purposes. Han Feng, NSF and Kirnland (the “Borrower Subsidiaries”) are the borrowers and the Company and each of its other material subsidiaries are guarantors of all the obligations under the Credit Agreement. The line of credit matures on August 18, 2021. Contemporaneously with the execution of the insider shares, six months after the dateCredit Agreement, existing senior debt of the consummationBorrower Subsidiaries in the amount of an initial Business Combination,$6,111,692 was paid from revolving loans drawn on the line of credit. Under the Credit Agreement, the Borrower subsidiaries will pay interest on the principal amounts drawn on the line of credit at a rate per annum equal to (a) 0.375% below the Prime Rate in effect from time to time, or earlier,(b) 2.20% above the LIBOR Rate in either case, if, subsequenteffect from time to an initial Business Combination,time, depending on the rate elected at the time a borrowing request is made, but in no event shall the interest rate of any revolving loan at any time be less than 4.214% per annum (4.625% at September 30, 2019). The outstanding balance on the line of credit at September 30, 2019 was $11,864,481. The line of credit agreement contains certain financial covenants which, among other things, require Han Feng to maintain certain financial ratios. As of September 30, 2019, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which resultswas in allcompliance with such covenants. On November 4, 2019, the line of credit was paid off from borrowings under the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property. The escrow share arrangement does not require the continued employment of the stockholders who received the shares or the insiders. AtAmended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into in connection with the closing of the Business Combination,merger with B&R Global Holdings, Inc. (“B&R”) (Note 14). The outstanding balance paid off including accrued interest was $13,864,481.

On November 14, 2012, NSF, another operating entity, entered into a line of credit agreement with Bank of America. The line of credit agreement provided for a revolving credit of $4,000,000. The line of credit was secured by three real properties owned by NSF, and guaranteed by the fairtwo shareholders of the Company, as well as BB, a subsidiary of the Company. The maximum borrowings are determined by certain percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventories. The principal and all accrued unpaid interest were originally due in January 2018 and subsequently extended to February 2020. Interest is based on the LIBOR rate plus 2.75%. On April 18, 2019, this $954,984 obligation was paid off in full with proceeds from the Credit Agreement with East West Bank entered into on April 18, 2019, as described above.

NOTE 7 - LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:

Bank name

Maturity

 

Interest rate at

September 30, 2019

 

As of

September 30, 2019

  

As of

December 31, 2018

 

East West Bank – (b)

August 2022 - September 2029

  4.25%-5.75% $8,600,471  $5,053,539 

Capital Bank – (c)

October 2027

  3.85%   5,014,605   5,138,988 

Bank of America – (d)

April 2021 - February 2023

  5.07%-5.51%  1,043,073   1,363,211 

BMO Harris Bank – (e)

April 2022 - January 2024

  5.87%-5.99%  552,764   2,256,724 

Peoples United Bank – (e)

March 2019-January 2023

  5.75%-7.53%  1,245,857   752,833 

Other finance companies

April 2023 - March 2024

  5.95%-6.17%  603,663   - 

Total debt

      17,060,433   14,565,295 

Less: current portion

      (1,650,898)  (1,455,441

)

Long-term debt

     $15,409,535  $13,109,854 

The terms of the various loan agreements relating to long-term bank borrowings contain certain restrictive financial covenants which, among other things, require the Company to maintain specified levels of debt to tangible net worth and debt service coverage. As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the Company was in compliance with such covenants. On November 4, 2019, one of the East West Bank term loans was paid off from borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into in connection with the closing of the merger with B&R (Note 14). The outstanding balance paid off including accrued interest was $1,561,126.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 7 - LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)

The loans outstanding were guaranteed by the following properties, entities or individuals:

(a)

Not collateralized or guaranteed.

(b)

Guaranteed by the Company, nine subsidiaries of the Company,TT, MFD, R&N Holding, R&N Lexington, Kirnsway, Chinesetg, BB, Kirnland and HG Realty,and by two shareholders of the Company. Secured by assets of Han Feng,New Southern Foods, R&N Lexington and R&N Holding, two real properties of R&N Holding, two real properties of New Southern Foods, and a real property of R&N Lexington. Balloon payments of these long-term debts are $6,590,710.

(c)

Guaranteed by two shareholders of the Company, as well as Han Feng, a subsidiary of the Company. Secured by a real property owned by HG Realty. Balloon payment of this long-term debt is $3,116,687.

(d)

Guaranteed by two shareholders of the Company, as well as two subsidiaries of the Company, NSF and BB. Secured by vehicles.

(e)

Secured by vehicles.

The future maturities of long-term debt at September 30, 2019 are as follows:

Twelve months ending September 30,

    

2020

 $1,650,898 

2021

  1,512,541 

2022

  2,641,941 

2023

  833,393 

2024

  517,687 

Thereafter

  9,903,973 

Total

 $17,060,433 


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NOTE 8 - LEASES

The Company has operating and finance leases for vehicles or delivery trucks, forklifts and computer equipment with various expiration dates through 2021. The Company determines whether an arrangement is or includes an embedded lease at contract inception.

Operating lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized at commencement date and initially measured based on the present value of lease payments over the escrow arrangement would be both chargeddefined lease term. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. For finance leases, the Company also recognizes a finance lease asset and credited to additional paid-in capital.finance lease liability at inception, with lease expense recognized as interest expense and amortization of the lease payment.

 

AtOperating Leases

The components of lease expense were as follows:

  

Three Months

Ended

  

Nine Months

Ended

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

September 30,

2019

 

Operating lease cost

 $184,002  $476,262 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows:

  

Three Months

Ended

  

Nine Months

Ended

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

September 30,

2019

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

        

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 $184,002  $476,262 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

  

As of September 30,

2019

 

Operating Leases

    

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 $75,169 
     

Current portion of obligations under operating leases

 $40,155 

Obligations under operating leases, non-current

  35,014 

Total operating lease liabilities

 $75,169 
     

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (Months)

    

Operating leases

  26 
     

Weighted Average Discount Rate

    

Operating leases

  5.09

%


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 8 – LEASES (CONTINUED)

Capital Leases

The components of lease expense were as follows: 

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Capital leases cost:

        

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 $139,686  $64,895 

Interest on lease liabilities

  25,697   11,041 

Total capital leases cost

 $165,383  $75,936 

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Capital leases cost:

        

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 $431,444  $194,685 

Interest on lease liabilities

  86,303   44,593 

Total capital leases cost

 $517,747  $239,278 

Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows: 

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 
         

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

        

Operating cash flows from capital leases

  86,303   44,593 

Financing cash flows from capital leases

  315,393   319,637 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

        

Capital leases

  1,432,662   - 


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NOTE 8 – LEASES (CONTINUED)

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows:

  

September 30,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 
         

Capital Leases

        

Property and equipment, at cost

 $2,793,731  $1,484,911 

Accumulated depreciation

  (1,153,443)  (810,753

)

Property and equipment, net

 $1,640,288  $674,158 
         

Current portion of obligations under capital leases

 $262,904  $164,894 

Obligations under capital leases, non-current

  1,139,964   120,705 

Total capital leases liabilities

 $1,402,868  $285,599 
         

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (Months)

        

Capital leases

  57   27 
         

Weighted Average Discount Rate

        

Capital leases

  7.50

%

  8.05

%

Maturities of lease liabilities were as follows

 

Twelve months ending September 30

 

Operating

Leases

  

Capital

Leases

 

2020

 $42,238  $373,715 

2021

  26,043   370,309 

2022

  11,641   335,812 

2023

  -   331,070 

2024

  -   253,056 

Thereafter

  -   40,378 

Total Lease Payments

  79,922   1,704,340 

Less Imputed Interest

  (4,753)  (301,472)

Total

 $75,169  $1,402,868 

On July 2, 2018, AnHeart entered into two separate leases for two buildings located in Manhattan, New York, at 273 Fifth Avenue and 275 Fifth Avenue, for 30 years and 15 years, respectively, which are net leases, meaning that AnHeart is required to pay all costs associated with the buildings, including utilities, maintenance and repairs. HF Holding provided a guaranty for all rent and related costs of the leases, including costs associated with the construction of a two-story structure at 273 Fifth Avenue and rehabilitation of the building at 275 Fifth Avenue.

On February 23, 2019, the Company executed an agreement to transfer all of its ownership interest in AnHeart to Jianping An, a resident of New York for a sum of $20,000. The transfer of ownership was complete on May 2, 2019. However, the transfer of ownership does not release HF Holding’s guaranty of AnHeart’s obligations or liabilities under the original lease agreements. Under the terms of the sale of shares, AnHeart has executed a security agreement which provides a security interest in AnHeart assets and a covenant that the Company will be assigned the leases if AnHeart defaults. Further, AnHeart has tendered an unconditional guaranty of all AnHeart liabilities arising from the leases, in favor of the Company, executed by Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group Company, Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer and distributor of herbal medicines.


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 9 - TAXES

A.

Corporate Income Taxes (“CIT”)

Prior to January 1, 2018, Han Feng, TT, MFD, Kirnsway, Chinesetg, NSF and BB elected under the Internal Revenue Code to be S corporations. R&N Holdings, R&N Lexington and HG Realty are formed as partnerships. An S corporation or partnership is considered a flow-through entity and is generally not subject to federal or state income tax on the corporate level. In lieu of corporate income taxes, the stockholders and members of these entities are taxed on their proportionate share of the entities’ taxable income. Kirnland did not elect to be treated as an S corporation and is the only entity that is subject to corporate income taxes under this report.

Effective January 1, 2018, all of the above-listed S corporation and partnership entities have been converted to C corporations and will be taxed at the corporate level going forward. Accordingly, the Company shall account for income taxes of all these entities under ASC 740.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”), which significantly changed U.S. tax law. The Act lowered the Company’s U.S. statutory federal income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, while also imposing a deemed repatriation tax on deferred foreign income. The Act also created a new minimum tax on certain future foreign earnings. The Company expects the new federal income tax rate will significantly lower the Company’s income tax expenses going forward. The Company does not expect the repatriation tax and new minimum tax on certain future foreign earnings to have any impact on the Company’s operations since it currently has no foreign income and does not expect to generate any foreign income in the future.

(i)

The Income tax provision (benefit) of the Company for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 consists of the following:

  

For the nine months ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Current:

        

Federal

 $1,184,630  $1,345,253 

State

  383,782   365,822 

Current income tax provision

  1,568,412   1,711,075 

Deferred:

        

Federal

  159,162   (120,728

)

State

  (12,042)  (48,140

)

Deferred income tax benefit

  147,120   (168,868

)

Total income tax provision

 $1,715,532  $1,542,207 

  

For the three months ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Current:

        

Federal

 $260,656  $360,016 

State

  101,534   124,118 

Current income tax provision

  362,190   484,134 

Deferred:

        

Federal

  217,292   309,176 

State

  27,660   46,837 

Deferred income tax provision

  244,952   356,013 

Total income tax provision

 $607,142  $840,147 


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 9 - TAXES

A.

Corporate Income Taxes (“CIT”) (Continued)

(ii)

Temporary differences and carryforwards of the Company that created significant deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

  

As of

September 30,

2019

  

As of

December 31,

2018

 

Deferred tax assets:

        

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 $143,271  $165,083 

Inventories

  155,185   113,730 

State NOL

  16,315   - 

Section 481(a) adjustment

  -   40,317 

Other accrued expenses

  231,791   46,750 

Total deferred tax assets

  546,562   365,880 

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Property and equipment

  (1,771,807)  (1,444,008

)

Net deferred tax liabilities

 $(1,225,245) $(1,078,128

)

The net deferred tax liabilities presented in the Company's consolidated balance sheets were as follows:

  

As of

September 30,

2019

  

As of

December 31,

2018

 

Deferred tax assets

 $81,385  $117,933 

Deferred tax liabilities

  (1,306,630)  (1,196,061

)

Net deferred tax liabilities

 $(1,225,245) $(1,078,128

)

(iii)

Reconciliations of the statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate are as follows:

  

For the nine months ended

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

September 30,

2018

 

Federal statutory tax rate

  21.0

%

  21.0

%

State statutory tax rate

  4.8

%

  4.7

%

U.S. permanent difference

  3.4

%

  1.2

%

Others

  (1.0

)%

  2.1

%

Effective tax rate

  28.2

%

  29.0

%


HF FOODS GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company records transactions with various related parties. These related party transactions as of September 30, 2016, there2019 and December 31, 2018 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and, 2018 are identified as follows:

Related party balances:

a.

Accounts receivable - related parties, net

Below is a summary of accounts receivable with related parties as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively:

   

As of

September 30

  

As of

December 31,

 

Name of Related Party

 

2019

  

2018

 
(a)

Allstate Trading Company Inc.

 $7,816  $1,000 
(b)

Enson Seafood GA Inc. (formerly “GA-GW Seafood, Inc.”)

  124,159   255,412 
(c)

Eagle Food Service LLC

  1,227,643   817,275 
(d)

Fortune One Foods Inc.

  155,173   130,314 
(e)

Eastern Fresh LLC

  801,254   784,836 
(f)

Enson Trading LLC

  194,504   170,633 
(g)

Hengfeng Food Service Inc.

  75,347   83,654 
(h)

Enson Philadelphia Inc.

  -   49,027 
(i)

N&F Logistic, Inc.

  91,757   - 
(j)

Golden Poultry.

  (150)  - 

Total

 $2,677,503  $2,292,151 

(a)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, owns a 40% equity interest in this entity;

(b)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 50% equity interest in this entity.

(c)

Tina Ni, one of Mr. Zhou Min Ni’s family members, owns a 50% equity interest in this entity.

(d)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 17.5% equity interest in this entity.

(e)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 30% equity interest in this entity.

(f)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 25% equity interest in this entity.

(g)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 45% equity interest in this entity.

(h)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 25% equity interest in this entity.

(i)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 25% equity interest in this entity.

(j)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 40% equity interest in this entity.

All accounts receivable from these related parties are current and considered fully collectible. No allowance is deemed necessary.

b.

Advances to suppliers - related parties, net

The Company periodically provides purchase advances to various vendors, including the related party suppliers. These advances are made in the normal course of business and are considered fully realizable.

Below is a summary of advances to related party suppliers as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively:

  

As of

  

As of

 

Name of Related Party

  

September 30,

2019

   

December 31,

2018

 

(1) Ocean Pacific Seafood Group

 $224,979  $208,960 

(2) Revolution Industry LLC

  765,160   329,394 

(3) First Choice Seafood Inc.

  -   988,128 

Total

 $990,139  $1,526,482 

(1)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 25% equity interest in this entity.

(2)

The son of Mr. Zhou Min N, Raymond Ni, owns 100% of Revolution Industry LLC.

(3)

First Choice Seafood is owned by Enson Seafood GA Inc. of which Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 50% equity interest.


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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)

c.

Notes receivable - related parties

The Company had previously made advances or loans to certain entities that are either owned by the controlling shareholders of the Company or family members of the controlling shareholders.

As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the outstanding loans to various related parties consist of the following:

Name of Related Party

 

As of

September 30,

2019

  

As of

December 31,

2018

 

Enson Seafood GA Inc. (formerly “GA-GW Seafood, Inc.”)

 $-  $1,987,241 

NSG International Inc. (“NSG”) (1)

      6,092,397 

Revolution Automotive LLC (“Revolution Automotive”) (2)

  -   461,311 

Total

 $-  $8,540,949 

Less: Current portion

 $-  $8,117,686 

Total

 $-  $423,263 

(1)

Mr. Zhou Min Ni owns a 30% equity interest in this entity.

(2)

The son of Mr. Zhou Min Ni, Raymond Ni, owns 100% of Revolution Automotive LLC.

On January 1, 2018, the Company signed a promissory note agreement with Enson Seafood. Pursuant to the promissory note agreement, the outstanding balances of $550,000 due from Enson Seafood as of December 31, 2017 were 1,150,000converted into promissory notes bearing annual interest of 5% commencing January 1, 2018. The principal plus interest is due no later than December 31, 2019. Interest is computed on the outstanding balance on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

On September 30, 2018, the Company signed a promissory note agreement with Enson Seafood in the principal amount of $2,000,000. The note accrues interest at the rate of 5% per annum on the unpaid balance, compounded monthly. The principal plus all accrued and unpaid interest was initially due no later than September 30, 2019, with an option to renew, and required Enson Seafood to make monthly payments of $171,215 for 12 months. On March 1, 2019, the Company and Enson Seafood extended the expiration date of the note until February 29, 2024 and Mr. Zhou Min Ni agreed to personally guarantee the note. 

On January 1, 2018, the Company signed a promissory note agreement with NSG. Pursuant to the promissory note agreement, the outstanding balances of $5,993,552 due from NSG as of December 31, 2017 were converted into promissory notes bearing annual interest of 5% commencing January 1, 2018. The principal plus interest shall be paid off no later than December 31, 2019. Interest is computed on the outstanding balance on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

On March 1, 2019 the Company signed a new five year-term promissory note agreement with NSG that comprised a restatement and novation and superseded the note dated January 1, 2018. Pursuant to the new promissory note agreement, the outstanding balance of $5,941,031 together with interest at the rate of 5% per annum is payable in monthly installments until principal and accrued interest is paid in full March 1, 2024.

On March 1, 2018, the Company signed promissory note agreement with Revolution Automotive for $483,628. Pursuant to the promissory note agreement, Revolution Automotive will make monthly payments of $5,000 for 60 months, including interest, with final payment of $284,453. The loan bears interest of 5% per annum. Interest is computed on the outstanding balance on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The principal plus interest shall be paid off no later than April 30, 2023.

On March 1, 2019, the Company and each of Enson Seafood and NSG agreed to extend the expiration date of their notes payable to February 29, 2024 and Mr. Zhou Min Ni agreed to personally guarantee these notes. 

On September 30, 2019, the entire outstanding balance of the above notes of $8,415,525 was sold to Mr. Zhou Min Ni . Accordingly, Mr. Zhou Min Ni has delivered to HF Group Holding Corp. 632,746 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. This amount included 150,000 shares that were subject to forfeiture to the extent the underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised in full.

On August 14, 2017,of the Company consummated the Public Offering of 4,000,000 units at $10.00$13.30 per unit (the “Public Units’) and sold to initial shareholders and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC 320,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Private Units”)share, which were recorded in a private placement (Note 4). The Company received net proceeds of approximately $41,476,000. On August 16, 2017, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part. The closing of the sale 425,000 over-allotment option Units generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000 took place on August 21, 2017. Simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units,treasury stock by the Company consummated the private saleas of an additional 21,250 Private Units, generating gross proceeds of $212,500. On August 22, 2017, the underwriters canceled the remainder of the over-allotment option. In connection with the cancellation of the remainder of the over-allotment option, the Company canceled an aggregate of 43,753 shares of common stock issued to the Company’s initial stockholders.

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At September 30, 2017, there were 1,977,564 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 3,894,933 shares subject to possible redemption.

Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually. 

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in2019. In connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection withabove notes, the transferCompany also required additional 208,806 shares of common stock of the liabilitiesCompany owned by Mr. Ni being placed in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair valueescrow account for a period of its assets and liabilities,one year (the “Escrow Period”), which will be delivered to the Company seeks to maximizein part or in full, if the usevolume weighted average closing price of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the useCompany’s common stock for the 250-trading-day period immediately preceding the expiration of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchythe Escrow Period is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:less than $13.30. 

 

d.

Level 1:Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

Accounts payable - related parties

 

As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, the Company had a total accounts payable balance of $4,279,050 and $3,923,120 due to various related parties, respectively. All these accounts payable to related parties occurred in the ordinary course of business and are payable upon demand without interest.


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HF FOODS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED)

e.

Advance from customers - related parties

The Company also periodically receives advances from its related parties for business purposes. These advances are interest free and due upon demand. There was no balance for advance from customers involving related parties at September 30, 2019 and $166,490 as of December 31, 2018.

Lease Agreements with Related Parties:

A subsidiary of the Company, RN Holding, leases a facility to a related party under an operating lease agreement expiring in 2024. The cost of the leased building is $400,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the accumulated depreciation of the leased building is $107,692 and $100,000 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was $34,200 and $34,200, respectively, and for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was $11,400 and $11,400, respectively.

In 2017, a subsidiary of the Company, HG Realty, leased a warehouse to a related party under an operating lease agreement expiring on September 21, 2027. The cost of the leased building is $3,223,745 at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the accumulated depreciation of the leased building is $495,961 and $433,966 as at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. Rental income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was $360,000 and $360,000, respectively, and for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was $120,000 and $120,000, respectively.

Related party purchases transactions:

The Company purchases from various related parties during the normal course of business. The total purchases made from related parties were $25,998,461 and $26,882,395 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $8,512,370 and $13,871,903 for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

NOTE 11 - SEGMENT REPORTING

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for details on the Company’s business segments. The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. Management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operation results by the revenue of different products. Based on management’s assessment, the Company has determined that it has two operating segments: sales to independent restaurants and wholesale.

 

The following table presents information aboutnet sales by segment for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively:

  

For the Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Net revenue

        

Sales to independent restaurants

 $210,802,187  $203,272,084 

Wholesale

  14,415,918   13,960,000 

Total

 $225,218,105  $217,232,084 

  

For the Three Months Ended

 
  

September 30, 2019

  

September 30, 2018

 

Net revenue

        

Sales to independent restaurants

 $70,218,330  $65,755,745 

Wholesale

  5,480,547   4,608,053 

Total

 $75,698,877  $70,363,798 

All the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value onrevenue was generated from its business operation in the U.S.


HF FOODS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 11 - SEGMENT REPORTING (CONTINUED)

  

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

 
  

Sales to

independent

         
  

restaurants

  

Wholesale

  

Total

 

Revenue

 $210,802,187  $14,415,918  $225,218,105 

Cost of revenue

  173,986,745   13,820,203   187,806,948 

Gross profit

 $36,815,442  $595,715  $37,411,157 

Depreciation and amortization

 $2,034,586  $139,137  $2,173,723 

Total capital expenditures

 $5,036,698  $344,440  $5,381,138 

  

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

 
  

Sales to

independent

         
  

restaurants

  

Wholesale

  

Total

 

Revenue

 $203,272,084  $13,960,000  $217,232,084 

Cost of revenue

  167,388,910   13,052,688   180,441,598 

Gross profit

 $35,883,174  $907,312  $36,790,486 

Depreciation and amortization

 $1,477,627  $101,478  $1,579,105 

Total capital expenditures

 $2,053,203  $141,007  $2,194,210 

  

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019

 
  

Sales to

independent

         
  

restaurants

  

Wholesale

  

Total

 

Revenue

 $70,218,330  $5,480,547  $75,698,877 

Cost of revenue

  58,286,433   5,220,296   63,506,729 

Gross profit

 $11,931,897  $260,251  $12,192,148 

Depreciation and amortization

 $685,408  $53,496  $738,904 

Total capital expenditures

 $208,122  $16,244  $224,366 

  

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

 
  

Sales to

independent

         
  

restaurants

  

Wholesale

  

Total

 

Revenue

 $65,755,745  $4,608,053  $70,363,798 

Cost of revenue

  53,488,702   4,312,409   57,801,111 

Gross profit

 $12,267,043  $295,644  $12,562,687 

Depreciation and amortization

 $502,293  $35,150  $537,443 

Total capital expenditures

 $115,593  $9,237  $124,830 

  

As of

  

As of

 
  

September 30,

2019

  

December 31,

2018

 

Total assets:

        

Sales to independent restaurants

 $77,787,273  $77,138,353 

Wholesale

  5,319,561   5,338,054 

Total Assets

 $83,106,834  $82,476,407 


HF FOODS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 12 – CONTINGENCY

During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company has taken a recurring basis at$1 million accruals for potential loss contingency relating to negligence claim(s) for damages arising in the ordinary course of business operations. On November 11, 2019, the Company settled the claim through mediation, and the final amount is $0.4 million. Accordingly the Company has reversed the over accrued $0.6 million during the three months ended September 30, 20172019. The accrual has been recorded in distribution, selling and December 31, 2016,administrative expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

NOTE 13 – BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH B&R

On June 21, 2019, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement with B&R pursuant to which the two companies agreed to combine their operations. B&R is a leading Chinese food wholesaler and indicatesdistributor serving approximately 6,800 restaurants in more than ten western states.

On November 4, 2019 (the “Acquisition Date”), the fair value hierarchyCompany completed its merger with B&R, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the valuation inputsCompany. Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company utilizedissued 30.7 million shares of common stock to determine such fair value:

Description  Level  September 30,
2017
  December 31,
2016
 
Assets:      
Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account  1   45,185,462  $ 

Note 9 — Reconciliationthe former shareholders of Net Income (Loss) per Common StockB&R. As a result, upon completion of the merger, B&R pre-merger shareholders now own approximately 58.9% of the outstanding shares and the Company’s pre-merger shareholders own approximately 41.1%. After giving effect to the merger, there are currently 53,050,211 and 52,145,096 shares of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding, respectively. Zhou Min Ni continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board and remains the largest individual shareholder of the Company.

 

The Company’s net lossBusiness Combination will be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 805, “Business Combinations”. The Company will be considered the accounting acquirer. The assets and liabilities and results of operations of B&R Global will be consolidated into the balance sheets and results of operations of the Company as of the completion of the Business Combination

Due to the limited time since the date of the acquisition, it is adjustedimpracticable for the portionCompany to make certain business combination disclosures at this time as the Company is still gathering information necessary to provide those disclosures. The Company plans to provide this information in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2019.

NOTE 14 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On November 4, 2019, the Company completed its merger with B&R. Under the terms of income that is attributable tothe merger agreement, the Company issued 30.7 million shares of common stock subject to redemption,the former shareholders of B&R.

On November 4, 2019, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JP Morgan”). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for (a) a $100 million asset-secured revolving credit facility maturing on November 4, 2022, and (b) mortgage-secured term loans of $55.4 million. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial covenants requiring the Company on a consolidated basis to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.10 to 1.00, determined as these shares only participate in the income of the Trust Accountend of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarter period then ended. As of November 4, 2019, $13.91 million outstanding under the Company’s prior line of credit and not$1.57 million of prior term loan obligations were paid off with proceeds from the losses of the Company. Accordingly, basicamended and diluted loss per common share is:restated credit agreement.

           
  For Three Months ended September 30,  For The Nine Months
Ended
  For The Period
From May 19, 2016 (Inception)
 
  2017  2016  September 30, 2017  Through September 30, 2016 
             
Net loss  (1,037)  (100)  (1,119)  (625)
Less: income attributable to common stock subject to redemption  (25,914)     (25,914)   
Adjusted loss  (26,951)  (100)  (27,033)  (625)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding(1)  1,467,996   1,000,000   1,157,713   1,000,000 
Basic and diluted net loss per share  (0.02)  (0.00)  (0.02)  (0.00)

(1)Excludes an aggregate of up to 3,894,933 common shares subject to redemption at September 30, 2017 and 150,000 shares of common stock that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriter at September 30, 2016. An aggregate of 43,753 shares of common stock were cancelled after partial exercise of the overallotment option by the underwriters.

Note 10 — Subsequent Events

The Company’s management reviewed all material events that have occurred after the balance sheet date through the date which these financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis.


 

Forward-Looking StatementsCAUTIONARY NOTE ABOUT FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includesfor HF Foods Group Inc. (“HF Foods,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) contains forward-looking statements. We have based theseForward-looking statements include statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. Words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “will” or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based on many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our current expectationsassumptions are reasonable, we caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and projections about future events. Theseit is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. All forward-looking statements are subject to knownrisks and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results levels of activity, performanceto differ materially from those that we expected. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, or achievementscautionary statements, include without limitation:

Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions in the United States;

Competition in the food service distribution industry particularly the entry of new competitors into the Chinese/Asian restaurant market niche;

Increases in fuel costs;

Increases in commodity prices;

Disruption of relationships with vendors and increases in product prices;

US government tariffs on products imported into the United States, particularly from China;

Changes in consumer eating and dining out habits;

Disruption of relationships with or loss of customers;

Our ability to execute our acquisition strategy;

Availability of financing to execute our acquisition strategy;

Our ability to renew or replace the current lease of our warehouse in Georgia;

Control of the Company by our Co-Chief Executive Officers and principal stockholders;

Failure to retain our senior management and other key personnel particularly, Zhou Min Ni and Chan Sin Wong;

Our ability to attract, train and retain employees;

Changes in and enforcement of immigration laws;

Failure to comply with various federal, state and local rules and regulations regarding food safety, sanitation, transportation, minimum wage, overtime and other health and safety laws;

Product recalls, voluntary recalls or withdrawals if any of the products we distribute are alleged to have caused illness, been mislabeled, misbranded or adulterated or to otherwise have violated applicable government regulations;

Failure to protect our intellectual property rights;

Any cyber security incident, other technology disruption or delay in implementing our information technology systems;

The development of an active trading market for our common stock;

Failure to acquire other distributors or wholesalers and enlarge our customer base could negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition;

Scarcity of and competition for acquisition opportunities;

Our ability to obtain acquisition financing;

The impact of non-cash charges relating to the amortization of intangible assets related to material acquisitions;

Our ability to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify acquisition candidates;

Increases in debt in order to successfully implement our acquisition strategy;

Difficulties in integrating operations, personnel, and assets of acquired businesses that may disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our operating results; and

other factors discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by terminology suchthese cautionary statements as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms orwell as other similar expressions. Factorscautionary statements that might cause or contributeare made from time to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those describedtime in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”(the "SEC") filings. Referencesand public communications. We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to “we”, “us”, “our”you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the “Company”consequences or affect us or our operations in the way we expect. The forward-looking statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made only as of the date hereof. Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation to Atlantic Acquisition Corp., except where the context requiresupdate or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The following


Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of HF Foods Group Inc.

This discussion should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements” for additional cautionary information.

 

Overview

 

We were formedHF Foods Group Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) was originally incorporated in Delaware on May 19, 2016 foras a special purpose acquisition company under the purpose of entering intoname Atlantic Acquisition Corp. (“Atlantic”), in order to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stockshare purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more target businesses. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to any particular industrybusinesses or geographic region, although we intend to focus our search on target businesses being operated by and/or serving ethnic minorities in the United States, especially within Asian-American communities. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering in effecting our initial business combination.entities.

 

We presently have no revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation costsEffective August 22, 2018, Atlantic consummated the transactions contemplated by a merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of March 28, 2018, by and have had no operations other thanamong Atlantic, HF Group Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware subsidiary formed by Atlantic, HF Group Holding Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (“HF Holding”), the active solicitationstockholders of HF Holding, and Zhou Min Ni, as representative of the stockholders of HF Holding. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, HF Holding merged with HF Merger Sub and HF Holding became the surviving entity (the “Merger”) and a target business with which to complete a business combination. We have relied upon the salewholly-owned subsidiary of our securities and loans from our officers and directors to fund our operations.

On August 14, 2017, the Company consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 4,000,000 unitsAtlantic (the “Units”“Acquisition”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock (“Common Stock”), and one right to receive 1/10 of a share of Common Stock atAdditionally, upon the closing of the Company’s initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering pricetransactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”)(i) the stockholders of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceedsHF Holding became the holders of $40,000,000. The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 600,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any. Simultaneously with the closingmajority of the IPO, the Company consummated a private placement (“Private Placement”) of 320,000 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,200,000. Subsequently, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part and, on August 21, 2017, the underwriters purchased 425,000 over-allotment option Units, which were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000. On August 21, 2017, simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 21,250 Private Units, generating gross proceeds of $212,500. On August 22, 2017, the underwriters canceled the remainder of the over-allotment option. In connection with the cancellation of the remainder of the over-allotment option, the Company canceled an aggregate of 43,753 shares of common stock of Atlantic, and (ii) Atlantic changed its name to HF Foods Group Inc. (collectively, these transactions are referred to as the “Transactions”).

At closing on August 22, 2018, Atlantic issued the HF Holding stockholders an aggregate of 19,969,831 shares of its common stock, equal to approximately 88.5% of the aggregate issued and outstanding shares of Atlantic’s common stock. The pre-Transaction stockholders of Atlantic owned the remaining 11.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the combined entities.

The Company, acting through its subsidiaries, is a foodservice distributor operated by Chinese Americans, providing Chinese restaurants, primarily Chinese takeout restaurants located in the southeastern United States, with good quality food and supplies at competitive prices. Since our inception in 1997, fueled by increasing demand in the Chinese foods market segment, which our management believes is highly fragmented with unsophisticated competitors and has natural cultural barriers, we have grown our business and currently serve approximately 3,200 restaurant customers in ten states with our deep understanding of Chinese culture and our business know-how in the Chinese community.

In the past 20 years of operation, we have developed distribution channels throughout the southeastern United States. We have three distribution centers located in Greensboro, North Carolina, Ocala, Florida, and Atlanta Georgia, which comprise 400,000 square feet of total storage space, a fleet of 105 refrigerated vehicles for short-distance delivery, 12 tractors and 17 trailers for long-haul operations, and centralized inventory management and procurement, supported by an outsourced call center located in China for customer relationship management. We offer a variety of high quality products at competitive prices to our customers. Customers can benefit from our efficient supply chain to support such customer’s growth. 

We offer one-stop service to Chinese restaurants with over 1,000 types of products, including fresh and frozen meats, Chinese specialty vegetables, sauces, and packaging materials for takeout restaurants. Chinese restaurants, especially small or takeout restaurants, can find almost all the products they need in our product lists, which can help them to save their workload to manage their purchase of inventory. We use an outsourced call center in Fuzhou, China, with 24 hour availability for sales and marketing, order placement and post-sales service, which reduces our operating costs, and offers service in Mandarin and Fuzhou dialect, in addition to English.

During our 20 years of operations, we have established a large supplier network and we maintain long-term relationships with many major suppliers. The procurement team is led by Zhou Min Ni, CEO of the Company, who has deep insight in the industry. The centralized procurement management system gives us negotiating power given the large procurement quantities, improves our turnover of inventory and account payables, and reduces our operating costs.

In furtherance of our strategic plan, on June 21, 2019 we entered into, and on November 4, 2019 we closed, a merger agreement to acquire B&R Global Holdings, Inc. (“B&R”), a California based distributer and wholesaler serving Asian restaurants in the Western United States. We issued 30,700,000 shares of common stock to the Company’s initialhistoric stockholders prior to the IPO and Private Placement. A total of $45,135,000B&R, which is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the net proceeds from the saleCompany. As a result of Unitsthis acquisition, we now also operate in eleven states in the IPO (including the over-allotment option units) and the Private Placements on August 14, 2017 and August 21, 2017 were placed in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.

As of September 30, 2017, a total of $45,185,462 was in the trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders.Western United States.

 

Our net revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $225.2 million, an increase of $8.0 million, or 3.7%, from $217.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. Net income attributable to our stockholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $3.6 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $4.0 million. Adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was $9.9 million, a decrease of $0.5 million, or 5.4%, from $10.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. For additional information on Adjusted EBITDA, see the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of HF Foods Group Inc. — Adjusted EBITDA” below.


Outlook

We plan to continue to expand our business and strategically consolidate our market segment through acquisition of other distributors and wholesalers to expand our business into untapped regions around the United States and to eventually grow into a nationwide foodservice distributor, which depends on access to sufficient capital. If we are unable able to obtain equity or debt financing, or borrowings from bank loans, we may not be able to execute our plan to acquire other distributors and wholesalers. Even if we are able to make such acquisitions, we may not be able to successfully integrate any acquired businesses or improve their profitability, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and future operating performance.

We will continue to invest in the management has broad discretiontechnology system to further improve our operational efficiency, accuracy and customer satisfaction. We are also exploring value-added products such as semi-prepared products to help our customers upgrade their service.

How to Assess Our Performance

In assessing performance, we consider a variety of performance and financial measures, including principal growth in net sales, gross profit, and Adjusted EBITDA. The key measures that we use to evaluate the performance of our business are set forth below:

Net Revenue

Net revenue is equal to gross sales minus sales returns, sales incentives that we offer to our customers, such as rebates and discounts that are offsets to gross sales, and certain other adjustments. Net sales are driven by changes in number of customers and product inflation that is reflected in the pricing of our products and mix of products sold.

Gross Profit

Gross profit is equal to net sales minus cost of goods sold. Cost of goods sold primarily includes inventory costs (net of supplier consideration), inbound freight, custom clearance fees, and other miscellaneous expenses. Cost of goods sold generally changes as we incur higher or lower costs from suppliers and as the customer and product mix changes.

Distribution, General and Administrative Expenses

Distribution, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits for employees and contract labors, trucking and fuel expenses, utilities, maintenance and repairs expenses, insurance expense, depreciation and amortization expenses, selling and marketing expenses, professional fees, and other operating expenses.

Adjusted EBITDA

We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is a useful performance measure and can be used to facilitate a comparison of our operating performance on a consistent basis from period to period and to provide for a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than U.S. GAAP measures alone can provide. Our management believes that Adjusted EBITDA is less susceptible to variances in actual performance resulting from depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges and more reflective of other factors that affect our operating performance. Our management believes that the use of this non-GAAP financial measure provides an additional tool for us and investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial measures with respectthe companies in the same industry, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. We present Adjusted EBITDA in order to provide supplemental information that management considers relevant for the readers of our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, and such information is not meant to replace or supersede U.S. GAAP measures.


We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted to exclude certain unusual, non-cash, non-recurring, cost reduction, and other adjustment items. The definition of Adjusted EBITDA may not be the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies in the industry. Adjusted EBITDA is not defined under U.S. GAAP, is subject to important limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in in isolation or as substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA:

excludes certain tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to the Company;

does not reflect any cash capital expenditure requirements for the assets being depreciated and amortized that may have to be replaced in the future;

does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; and

does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements, necessary to service our debt.

Results of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.

  

For the three months ended

September 30,

  

Changes

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net revenue

 $75,698,877  $70,363,798  $5,335,079   7.6

%

Cost of revenue

  63,506,729   57,801,111   5,705,618   9.9

%

Gross profit

  12,192,148

 

  12,562,687

 

  (370,539)  (2.9

)%

Distribution, selling and administrative expenses

  9,969,785   10,385,563   (415,778)  (4.0

)%

Income from operations

  2,222,363   2,177,124   45,239   2.1%

Interest income

  113,930   333,072   (219,142)  (65.8)%

Interest expenses and bank charges

  (482,099)  (270,049)  (212,050)  78.5

%

Other income, net

  281,619   370,678   (89,059)  (24.0)%

Income before income tax provision

  2,135,813   2,610,825   (475,012)  (18.2)%

Provision for income taxes

  607,142   840,147   (233,005)  (27.7)%

Net income

  1,528,671   1,770,678   (242,007)  (13.7)%

Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest

  181,106   103,600   77,506   (74.8)%

Net income attributable to HF Foods Group Inc.

 $1,347,565  $1,667,078  $(319,513)  (19.2

)%

Net Revenue

Net revenue was mainly derived from sales to independent restaurants (Chinese/Asian restaurants) and sales as wholesale to smaller distributors.

The following table sets forth the breakdown of net revenue:

  

For the three months ended September 30,

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Change

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net revenue

                        

Sales to independent restaurants

 $70,218,330   92.8

%

 $65,755,745   93.5

%

 $4,462,585   6.8

%

Wholesale

  5,480,547   7.2

%

  4,608,053   6.5

%

  872,494   18.9

%

Total

 $75,698,877   100.0

%

 $70,363,798   100.0

%

 $5,335,079   7.6

%

Net revenue increased by $5.3 million, or 7.6%, during the three months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the specific applicationthree months ended September 30, 2018. This was attributable primarily to a $4.5 million increase in sales to independent restaurants, resulting primarily from slightly increased commodity prices in the three months ended September 30, 2019 compared with the three months ended September 30, 2018.

We conduct wholesale operations as a supplemental business to our foodservice distribution to restaurants by purchasing full truckloads of product from suppliers and redistributing to smaller distributors who are typically not large enough to order truckload quantities, or do not want to keep inventory for long periods. The larger purchase can improve overall bargaining power with manufacturers by increasing total order quantity. Net revenue from wholesale for the three months ended September 30, 2019 increased 18.9% as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2018, due primarily to the increase in sales to three wholesale customers and sales to two new customers.


Cost of sales and Gross Profit

The following tables set forth the calculation of gross profit and gross margin for sales to independent restaurants, wholesale and total net proceedsrevenue:

  

For the three months ended

September 30,

  

Changes

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Sales to independent restaurants

                

Net revenue

 $70,218,330  $65,755,745  $4,462,585   6.8

%

Cost of revenue

  58,286,433   53,488,702   4,797,731   9.0

%

Gross profit

 $11,931,897  $12,267,043  $(335,146)  (2.7)%

Gross Margin

  17.0

%

  18.7

%

  (1.7

)%

    
                 

Wholesale

                

Net revenue

 $5,480,547  $4,608,053  $872,494   18.9

%

Cost of revenue

  5,220,296   4,312,409   907,887   21.1

%

Gross profit

 $260,251  $295,644  $(35,393)  (12.0)%

Gross Margin

  4.7

%

  6.4

%

  (1.7)%    
                 

Total sales

                

Net revenue

 $75,698,877  $70,363,798  $5,335,079   7.6

%

Cost of revenue

  63,506,729   57,801,111   5,705,618   9.9

%

Gross profit

 $12,192,148  $12,562,687  $(370,539)  (2.9)%

Gross Margin

  16.1

%

  17.9

%

  (1.8)%    

Cost of revenue was $63.5 million for the IPOthree months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $5.7 million or 9.9%, from $57.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was attributable primarily to the $4.8 million increase in cost of revenue for the sales to independent restaurants, from $53.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018 to $58.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was attributable primarily to the increase in net sales.

Gross profit was $12.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 2.9%, from $12.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease was attributable primarily to a $0.4 million decrease in gross profit derived from sales to independent restaurants from $12.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2018 to $11.9 million in the three months ended September 30, 2019. Gross margin decreased from 17.9% for the three months ended September 30, 2018 to 16.1% for the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was mainly due to the increase in price of frozen meat.

Distribution, selling and Administrative Expenses

Distribution, selling and administrative expenses were $10.0 million and $10.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and the Private Placement, although substantially allthree months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, representing a 4% decrease. The decrease is within the normal fluctuation of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination.operations.

 

Results of OperationsInterest Expense and Bank Charges

 

Our entire activityInterest expense and bank charges are primarily generated from inception up to August 14, 2017 was in preparationlines of credit, capital leases, and long-term debt. Interest expenses and bank charges were $0.5 million for the IPO. Sincethree months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $0.2 million or 78.5%, compared with $0.3 million for the IPO, our activity has been limitedthree months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was due primarily to an increase in the evaluation of business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completionaverage balance of our initial business combination. We expect to generate small amountslines of credit.

Other Income

Other income consists primarily of non-operating income inand rental income. Other income was $0.3 million, for the formthree months ended September 30, 2019 a decrease of interest$0.1 million or 24.0%, compared with $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018.

Income taxes Provision

Provision for income on cash and cash equivalents. Interest income is not expectedtaxes decreased by $233,005 or 27.7%, from $840,147 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 to be significant in view of current low interest rates on risk-free investments (treasury securities). We expect to incur increased expenses$607,142 for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. We expect our expensesthe decrease in income before income tax provision.


Net Income Attributable to increase substantially after this period.Noncontrolling interest

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest was derived from one minority owned subsidiary and increased by $0.1 million, or 74.8% from $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 to income of $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019 as a result of the increase of net income of this subsidiary.

Net Income Attributable to Our Stockholders

Net income attributable to our stockholders was $1.7 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and for the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Adjusted EBITDA

The following table sets forth of the calculation of adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to Net Income, the closest U.S. GAAP measure:

  

For the three months ended

September 30,

  

Change

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net income

 $1,528,671  $1,770,678  $(242,007)  (13.7)%

Interest expenses

  482,099   270,049   211,050   78.5

%

Income tax provision

  607,142   840,147   (233,005)  (27.7)%

Depreciation & Amortization

  738,904   533,992   204,912   38.4

%

Non-recurring expenses*

  (625,000)  300,000   (925,000)  (308.3)%

Adjusted EBITDA

 $2,731,816  $3,714,866  $(983,050)  (26.5)%

Percentage of revenue

  3.6

%

  5.3

%

  (1.7)%    

* For the three months ended September 30, 2017, we had net loss2018, represents labor dispute expenses accrued in connection with United States Department of $1,037, which was comprisedLabor investigation of $30,478 of general and administrative expenses and $21,021 of State franchise taxes, offset by $50,462 of interest income earned from investment in trust account.our subsidiaryKirnland Food Distribution, Inc. For the three months ended September 30, 2016, we had2019, represents a non-recurring expense adjustment previously accrued for potential loss contingency relating to negligence claim(s) for damages arising in the ordinary course of business.

Adjusted EBITDA was $2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $1.0 million, or 26.5%, compared to $3.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, resulting mainly from the decrease of net income of $0.2 million, income tax of $0.2 million, and non-recurring expenses of $0.9 million which was offset by increases in interest expenses and depreciation and amortization. As a percentage of revenue, adjusted EBITDA was 3.6% and 5.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Results of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period.

  

For the nine months ended

September 30,

  

Changes

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net revenue

 $225,218,105  $217,232,084  $7,986,021   3.7

%

Cost of revenue

  187,806,948   180,441,598   7,365,350   4.1

%

Gross profit

  37,411,157   36,790,486   620,671   1.7

%

Distribution, selling and administrative expenses

  31,428,998   31,725,945   (296,947)  (0.9

)%

Income from operations

  5,982,159   5,064,541   917,618   18.1

%

Interest income

  418,397   346,822   71,575   20.6

%

Interest expenses and bank charges

  (1,207,217)  (1,024,762

)

  (182,455)  17.8

%

Other income

  905,149   918,010   (12,861)  (1.4

)%

Income before income tax provision

  6,098,488   5,304,611   793,877   15.0

%

Provision for income taxes

  1,715,532   1,542,207   173,325   11.2

%

Net income

  4,382,956   3,762,404   620,552   16.5

%

Less: net income(loss) attributable to

  339,683   (277,855

)

  617,538   222.3

%

Net income attributable to HF Foods Group Inc.

 $4,043,273  $4,040,259  $3,014   0.1

%


Net Revenue

Net revenue was mainly derived from sales to independent restaurants (Chinese/Asian restaurants) and sales as wholesale to smaller distributors. The following table sets forth the breakdown of net revenue:

  

For the nine months ended September 30,

         
  

2019

  

2018

  

Change

 
  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net revenue

                        

Sales to independent restaurants

 $210,802,187   93.6

%

 $203,272,084   93.6

%

 $7,530,103   3.7

%

Wholesale

  14,415,918   6.4

%

  13,960,000   6.4

%

  455,918   3.3

%

Total

 $225,218,105   100.0

%

 $217,232,084   100.0

%

 $7,986,021   3.7

%

Net revenue increased by $8.0 million, or 3.7%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018. This was attributable primarily to a $7.5 million increase in sales to independent restaurants resulting primarily from slightly increased commodity prices in the nine months ended September 30, 2019 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Net revenue from wholesale for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 increased 3.3% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2018, due primarily to the increase in sales to three wholesale customers and sales to two new customers.

Cost of sales and Gross Profit

The following tables set forth the calculation of gross profit and gross margin for sales to independent restaurants, wholesale and total net revenue:

  

For the nine months ended

September 30,

  

Changes

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Sales to independent restaurants

                

Net revenue

 $210,802,187  $203,272,084  $7,530,103   3.7

%

Cost of revenue

  173,986,745   167,388,910   6,597,835   3.9

%

Gross profit

 $36,815,442  $35,883,174  $932,268   2.6

%

Gross Margin

  17.5

%

  17.7

%

  (0.2)%    
                 

Wholesale

                

Net revenue

 $14,415,918  $13,960,000  $455,918   3.3

%

Cost of revenue

  13,820,203   13,052,688   767,515   5.9

%

Gross profit

 $595,715  $907,312  $(311,597)  (34.3)%

Gross Margin

  4.1

%

  6.5

%

  (2.4)%    
                 

Total sales

                

Net revenue

 $225,218,105  $217,232,084  $7,986,021   3.7

%

Cost of revenue

  187,806,948   180,441,598   7,365,350   4.1

%

Gross profit

 $37,411,157  $36,790,486  $620,671   1.7

%

Gross Margin

  16.6

%

  16.9

%

  (0.3

)%

    

Cost of revenue was $187.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $7.4 million, or 4.1%, from $180.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was attributable primarily to the increase of $6.6 million in cost of revenue for the sales to independent restaurants, from $167.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $174.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was attributable primarily to the increase in net sales.


Gross profit was $37.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $0.6 million, or 1.7%, from $36.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase was attributable primarily to the $1.0 increase in gross profit derived from sales to independent restaurants from $35.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $36.8 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. Gross margin decreased from 16.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to 16.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, representing a 0.3% decrease due primarily to the 0.2% decrease in gross margin from sales to independent restaurants.

Distribution, selling and Administrative Expenses

Distribution, selling and administrative expenses were $31.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $0.3 million, or 0.9%, from $31.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase is within the normal fluctuation of business operations.

Interest Expense and Bank Charges

Interest expense and bank charges are primarily generated from lines of credit, capital leases and long-term debt. Interest expenses and bank charges were $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $0.2 million, or 17.8%, compared with $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which was due primarily to an increase in the average balance of our lines of credit.

Other Income

Other income consists primarily of non-operating income and rental income. Other income was $0.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Income taxes Provision

Provision for income taxes increased by $0.2 million, or 11.2%, from $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as a result of the increase in income before income tax provision.

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling interest

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest is derived from one minority owned subsidiary and increased by $617,538 or 222.3% from a loss of $100, which was consisted$277,855 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 to $339,683 of general and administrative expenses.income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, as a result of the increase of net income of this subsidiary.

 

Net Income Attributable to Our Stockholders

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Net income attributable to our stockholders was $4.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.

Adjusted EBITDA

The following table sets forth of the calculation of adjusted EBITDA:

  

For the nine months ended

September 30,

  

Change

 
  

2019

  

2018

  

Amount

  

%

 

Net income

 $4,382,956  $3,762,404  $620,552   16.5

%

Interest expenses

  1,207,217   1,024,762   182,455   17.8

%

Income tax provision

  1,715,532   1,542,207   173,325   11.2

%

Depreciation & Amortization

  2,173,723   1,585,067   588,656   37.1

%

Non-recurring expenses*

  375,000   2,500,000   (2,125,000)  (85.0)%

Adjusted EBITDA

 $9,854,428  $10,414,440  $(560,012)  (5.4

)%

Percentage of revenue

  4.4

%

  4.8

%

  (0.4)%    

* For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we had net2018, represents labor dispute expenses accrued in connection with United States Department of Labor investigation of our subsidiaryKirnland Food Distribution, Inc. For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, represents a non-recurring expense accrued for potential loss contingency relating to negligence claim(s) for damages arising in the ordinary course of $1,119, whichbusiness.

Adjusted EBITDA was comprised$9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $30,560$0.6 million, or 5.4%, compared to $10.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 resulting mainly from the decrease of general and administrativenon-recurring expenses and $21,021 of State franchise taxes,$2.1 million offset by $50,462increases in interest expenses of interest$0.2 million, net income earned from investment in trust account. Forof $0.6 million and depreciation and amortization of $0.6 million. As a percentage of revenue, adjusted EBITDA was 4.4% and 4.8% for the period from May 19, 2016 (Inception) tonine months ended September 30, 2017, we had a net loss of $625, which was comprised of formation2019 and operating costs.2018, respectively.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of September 30, 2017,2019, we had $694,798cash of approximately $6.8 million. We have funded working capital and other capital requirements primarily by equity contribution from shareholders, cash flow from operations, and bank loans. Cash is required to pay purchase costs for inventory, salaries, fuel and trucking expenses, selling expenses, rental expenses, income taxes, other operating expenses and repay debts.


On April 18, 2019, we and our operating subsidiaries Han Feng, New Southern Food Distributers and Kirnland entered into a credit agreement with East West Bank, which replaced our prior credit agreement with East West Bank. The credit agreement provides a $25,000,000 revolving credit facility which is due August 18, 2021, accrues interest based on the prime rate less 0.375% or 2.20% above LIBOR, but in cash outsideno event less than 4.214% per annum, and is secured by virtually all assets of the trust account.Company and our domestic subsidiaries. The outstanding balance on this line of credit at September 30, 2019 was $11.9 million. The credit agreement contains certain financial covenants which, among other things, require us to maintain certain financial ratios. As of the date of this report, we were in compliance with the covenants under the credit agreement. On November 4, 2019, the East West Bank revolving credit facility loan was paid off from borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement entered into connection with the merger with B&R, as described below.

 

Our liquidity needs have been satisfiedOn November 4, 2019, we entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JP Morgan. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides for (a) a $100 million asset-secured revolving credit facility maturing on November 4, 2022, and (b) mortgage-secured term loans of $55.4 million. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains financial covenants requiring the Company on a consolidated basis to date through receiptmaintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of $25,000 from the sale1.10 to 1.00, determined as of the insider shares and loans from insiders in an aggregate amountend of $175,000, which was converted into Private Units as part ofeach fiscal quarter for the Private Placement at the closing of the IPO, and the funds received in the IPO and Private Placement that are held outside the trust account.four fiscal quarter period then ended.

 

We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the trust account, in connection with our initial business combination and to pay our expenses relating thereto, including a deferred underwriting commission payable to Chardan Capital Markets, LLC in an amount equal to 2.5% of the total gross proceeds raised in the IPO upon consummation of our initial business combination. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our initial business combination if the funds available to us outside of the trust account were insufficient to cover such expenses.

We anticipateAlthough management believes that the funds held outside of our trust accountcash generated from operations will be sufficient to allowmeet our normal working capital needs for at least the next twelve months, our ability to repay our current obligations will depend on the future realization of our current assets. Management has considered the historical experience, the economy, trends in the foodservice distribution industry, the expected collectability of accounts receivable and the realization of the inventories as of September 30, 2019. Based on the above considerations, management is of the opinion that we have sufficient funds to meet our working capital requirements and debt obligations as they become due. Execution of our acquisition strategy may, depending on the structure, require additional cash resources. The business combination with B&R Global Holdings involved the issuance of the Company’s shares and except for transaction costs, did not negatively impact cash or working capital.

However, there is no assurance that management will be successful in our plan. There are a number of factors that could potentially arise that could result in shortfalls to our plan, such as the demand for our products, economic conditions, the competitive pricing in the foodservice distribution industry, and our bank and suppliers being able to provide continued support. If the future cash flow from operations and other capital resources are insufficient to fund our liquidity needs, we may be forced to reduce or delay our expected acquisition plan, sell assets, obtain additional debt or equity capital, or refinance all or a portion of our debt.

The following table sets forth cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:

  

For the nine months ended

September 30,

 
  

2019

  

2018

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $442,624  $8,484,258 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (4,798,693)  (4,995,690)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  5,670,080   (1,781,661)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 $1,314,011  $1,704,907 

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities consists primarily of net income adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization, changes in deferred income taxes and others, and adjusted for the effect of working capital changes. Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $8.1 million, or 94.8%, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $8.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease was a result of a decrease of $9.2 million from changes in working capital items mainly resulting from changes in accounts receivable, inventory, advances to suppliers, accrued expenses and other long- term assets which were offset by an increase of $1.2 million in depreciation and amortization expense and net income. The increase in inventory was related to the purchase of frozen seafood, frozen flank steak, and frozen poultry due to price advantage.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $4.8 for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, a decrease of $0.2 million, or 3.9%, compared to $5.0 million net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The decrease resulted from an increase of $3.2 million to purchase property and equipment and a decrease of $1.4 million cash received in connection of reverse acquisition with Atlantic Acquisition. which was offset by a decrease of $4.2 million in payments made for notes receivable.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, an increase of $7.5 million, or 418.2%, compared with net cash used in financing activities of $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The increase resulted from an increase of $14.1 million of proceeds from lines of credit and long-term debt, a decrease of $1.4 million of repayments of long-term debt, and a decrease of $1.0 million in cash distributions paid to shareholders. These amounts were offset by an increase of $9.0 million of repayment of lines of credit and capital leases.


Commitments and Contractual Obligations

The following table presents the company’s material contractual obligations as of September 30, 2019:

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

  

Less than 1

year

  

1-3 years

  

3-5 years

  

More than 5

years

 

Line of credit

 $11,864,481  $-  $11,864,481  $-  $- 

Long-term debt

  17,060,433   1,650,898   4,154,482   1,351,080   9,903,973 

Capital lease obligations

  1,704,340   373,715   706,121   584,126   40,378 

Operating lease obligations

  79,922   42,238   37,684   -   - 

Total

 $30,709,176  $2,066,851  $16,762,768  $1,935,206  $9,944,351 

On July 2, 2018, AnHeart Inc. (“AnHeart”), our former subsidiary, entered into two separate leases for two buildings located in Manhattan, New York, at 273 Fifth Avenue and 275 Fifth Avenue, for 30 years and 15 years, respectively, which are net leases, meaning that AnHeart is required to pay all costs associated with the buildings, including utilities, maintenance and repairs. We provided a guaranty for all rent and related costs of the leases, including costs associated with the construction of a two-story structure at 273 Fifth Avenue and rehabilitation of the building at 275 Fifth Avenue.

On February 23, 2019, we executed an agreement to transfer all of our ownership interest in AnHeart to Jianping An, a resident of New York for a sum of $20,000. We completed the transfer of ownership on May 2, 2019. However, the transfer of ownership did not release our guaranty of AnHeart’s obligations or liabilities under the original lease agreements. Under the terms of the sale of shares, AnHeart executed a security agreement which provides a security interest in AnHeart’s assets and a covenant that the lease will be assigned to us to operate 12 monthsif AnHeart defaults. Further, Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group Company, Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer and distributor of herbal medicines, executed an unconditional guaranty of all AnHeart liabilities arising from the filing date of this Form 10-Q, 2019, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time.leases.

 

IfOff -balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any off -balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Except for the following, there have been no material changes in our estimatescritical accounting policies and procedures during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The guidance of Part I is to clarify accounting for certain financial instruments with down round feature in a financial instrument that reduces the costsstrike price of undertaking due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination arean issued financial instrument if the issuer sells shares of its stock for an amount less than the actual amount necessarycurrently stated strike price of the issued financial instrument or issues an equity-linked financial instrument with a strike price below the currently stated strike price of the issued financial instrument. For freestanding equity classified financial instruments, the amendments require entities that present earnings per share (EPS) in accordance with Topic 260 to do so, we may have insufficient fundsrecognize the effect of the down round feature when it is triggered. That effect is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to operate our business priorcommon shareholders in basic EPS. Convertible instruments with embedded conversion options that have down round features are now subject to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may needthe specialized guidance for contingent beneficial conversion features. The amendments also re-characterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination ora scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. The amendments in Part I of ASU No. 2017-11 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments in Part II of this Update do not require any transition guidance because we become obligated to convertthose amendments do not have an accounting effect. We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-11 on its consolidated financial statements and does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. Following our initial business combination, if cashmaterial impact on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.its consolidated financial statements.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

AsIn February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of September 30, 2017, weCertain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income”. The amendments eliminate the stranded tax effects resulting from the United States Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users. ASU No. 2018-02 is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. This update became effective for the Company on July 1, 2019. The adoption of this guidance did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 


 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market RiskRisk.

 

As of September 30, 2017,a smaller reporting company, we wereare not subjectrequired to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of the IPO, the net proceeds of the IPO, including amounts in the trust account, may be invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Dueprovide disclosure pursuant to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.this item.

 

Item 4. Controls and ProceduresProcedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2017, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that duringas a result of the period covered by this report,material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.not effective as of September 30, 2019. Notwithstanding the material weaknesses, our management has concluded that the financial statements included elsewhere in this report present fairly, and all materials respects, our financial position on results of operation and cash flow in conformity with GAAP.

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Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting

 

ThereAs previously reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was noineffective due to material weakness and control deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness related to the deficiency in the ability of our in-house accounting professionals to generate financial statements in the form required by applicable SEC requirements. Control deficiencies are related to the lack of proper documentation to evidence the review of customer orders and purchase orders, and lack of proper documentation to evidence customers’ acknowledgement of transaction amounts and account balances. In order to address and resolve the foregoing material weakness, during the three months ended March 31, 2019, we made the following changes to our internal control over financial reporting: we hired additional financial personnel, including an Assistant Controller, who is experienced in the preparation of financial statements in compliance with applicable SEC requirements. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we did not make any additional change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

The measures we have implemented are subject to continued management review supported by confirmation and testing, as well as audit committee oversight. Management remains committed to the implementation of remediation efforts to address these material weaknesses. Although we will continue to implement measures to remedy our internal control deficiencies, there can be no assurance that our efforts will be successful or avoid potential future material weaknesses. In addition, until remediation steps have been completed and/or operated for a sufficient period of time, and subsequent evaluation of their effectiveness is completed, the material weaknesses identified and described above will continue to exist.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide disclosure pursuant to this item.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Registered SecuritiesSecurities.

The following table sets forth the Company’s stock repurchase activity in the third quarter of 2019.

Period

 

Total number of

shares (or units)

purchased

  

Average

price paid

per share (or

unit)

  

Total number of shares

(or units) purchased as

part of publicly

announced plans or

programs

  

Maximum number (or

approximate dollar value) of

shares (or units) that may yet be

purchased under the plans or

programs

 

July 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019

            

August 1, 2019 through August 31, 2019

            

September 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019

  905,115  $13.30       

Total

  905,115  $13.30      

 

 

 

On August 14, 2017,September 30, 2019, the Company consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”)sold to Mr. Ni four unsecured loans, with an aggregate balance of 4,000,000 unitsprincipal and accrued interest of $12,038,029.51, extended by us to companies in which Mr. Ni or his immediate family members had or have an ownership or other pecuniary interest (the “Units”“Loans”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock (“Common Stock”), and one right to receive 1/10 of a share of Common Stock at the closing of the Company’s initial business combination. The UnitsLoans were sold at an offering priceto Mr. Ni for $12,038,029.51 which was paid by the transfer to us of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $40,000,000. The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 600,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 320,000 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,200,000. Subsequently, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in part and, on August 21, 2017, the underwriters purchased 425,000 over-allotment option Units, which were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,250,000. On August 21, 2017, simultaneously with the sale of the over-allotment units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 21,250 Private Units, generating gross proceeds of $212,500. On August 22, 2017, the underwriters canceled the remainder of the over-allotment option. In connection with the cancellation of the remainder of the over-allotment option, the Company canceled an aggregate of 43,753905,115 shares of common stock issuedowned by Mr. Ni. An additional 298,688 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Ni have been placed in escrow for a period of one year. These shares will be delivered to the Company’s initial stockholders prior toCompany in part or in full, if the IPO and Private Placement. A total of $45,135,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of Units in the IPO (including the over-allotment option units) and the Private Placements on August 14, 2017 and August 21, 2017, were placed in a trust account established for the benefitvolume weighted average closing price of the Company’s public stockholders.common stock for the 250-trading-day period immediately preceding the expiration of the escrow period is less than $13.30.

 


The Private Units are identical to

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

Between July 2 and July 30, 2019, the units sold in the IPO. The holders of the Private Units have agreed (A) to vote the private shares underlying the Private Units (the “Private Shares”) and any public shares acquired by them in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by February 14, 2019 (or August 14, 2019, as applicable), unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem theirCompany issued 182,725 shares of common stock upon approvalthe cashless exercise of a Unit Purchase Option Agreement issued to one of the underwriters in the Company’s initial public offering. The foregoing securities were issued to one accredited investor in private placement transactions pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, without general solicitation or advertising of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equalkind and without payment of placement agent or brokerage fees to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our franchise and income taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, (C) not to convert any shares (including the Private Shares) into the right to receive cash from the trust account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any shares they hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of our certificate of incorporation relating to the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination by February 14, 2019 (or August 14, 2019, as applicable) and (D) that the Private Shares shall not be entitled to be redeemed for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account if a business combination is not consummated. Additionally, our insiders (and/or their designees) have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or underlying securities (except to the same permitted transferees as the insider shares and provided the transferees agree to the same terms and restrictions as the permitted transferees of the insider shares must agree to, each as described above) until the completion of our initial business combination.person.

 

As of September 30, 2017, a total of $45,185,462 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement, and interest from investment on such net proceeds were in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders.Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

We paid a total of $1,327,500 in underwriting discounts and commissions (not including the 2.5% deferred underwriting commission payable at the consummation of initial business combination) and $523,717 for other costs and expenses related to our formation and the IPO.None.

 

For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our IPO, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

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Item 5. Other Information.

None.

  

Item 6. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are being filed or furnished with this quarterly report on Form 10-Q:

 

Exhibit No.

Description

2.1

Merger Agreement dated June 21, 2019, by and among HF Foods Group Inc., B&R Merger Sub Inc., B&R Global Holdings, Inc., the stockholders of B&R Global Holdings, Inc. and Xiao Mou Zhang (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2019)

   
1.1

3.1.

Underwriting Agreement, dated August 8, 2017, by and between the Registrant and Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)
3.1

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HF Foods Group Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to3.1.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)filed with the SEC on November 5, 2019)

4.1

10.1

RightsLoan Purchase and Sale Agreement dated August 8, 2017,September 30, 2019, by and between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLCHF Group Holding Corp., Han Feng, Inc., and the Registrant (incorporated by reference toZhou Min Ni (filed as Exhibit 4.110.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)

10.1Investment Management Trust Account Agreement, dated August 8, 2017, by and between American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)
10.2Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 8, 2017, by and among the Registrant and the initial stockholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)
10.3Stock Escrow Agreement dated August 8, 2017 among the Registrant, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, and the initial stockholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 8, 2017)
10.4Form of Letter Agreement by and between the Registrant, the initial shareholders and the officers and directors of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC on July 27, 2017)October 4, 2019) 

31.1

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer andpursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURESsignatures

 

In accordance withPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

ATLANTIC ACQUISITION CORP.

HF FOODS GROUP INC.

By:

/s/ Richard XuZhou Min Ni                               

Richard Xu

Zhou Min Ni  

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal executive officer)

By:/s/ Peiling He

Peiling He

By: /s/ Caixuan Xu                                   

Caixuan Xu

Vice President of Finance

(Chief Financial Officer
(Principal financial and accounting officer)

 

Date: November 13, 201714, 2019

 

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