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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011
Commission File Number: 001-15683
CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | | 88-0381646 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
No. 1 Yantai Third Road, Centralism Area, Haping Road, Harbin Economic and Technical Development Zone,
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, People’s Republic of China 150060
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
00-86-451-5751 0888
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No o
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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company x |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x
As of May 16, 2011, 25,756,025 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.
CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2011
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | 1 |
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Note Concerning Operating and Reporting Currencies | 1 |
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PART I. | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 2 |
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Item 1. | Financial Statements. | 2 |
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| Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010 | 2 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Three Months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited) | 3 |
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| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited) | 4 |
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| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 5 |
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Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. | 22 |
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Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. | 28 |
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PART II. | OTHER INFORMATION | 29 |
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Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. | 29 |
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Item 6. | Exhibits. | 30 |
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Information contained in this quarterly report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements are contained principally in the section captioned “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology.
The forward-looking statements herein represent our expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies concerning future events, and may include, without limitation, statements concerning: our future financial performance; the continuation of historical trends; the sufficiency of our cash balances for future needs; our future operations; our sales and revenue levels and gross margins, costs and expenses; the relative cost of our production methods as compared to our competitors; new product introduction, entry and expansion into new markets and utilization of new sales channels and sales agents; improvements in, and the relative quality of, our technologies, including manufacturing practices, production processes and production capacity and the ability of our competitors to copy such technologies; the environment-friendly nature of our products; acquisition of additional equipment and manufacturing facilities, the cost associated therewith and sources of financing for such acquisitions; achieving status as an industry leader; our competitive technological advantages over our competitors; brand image, customer loyalty and expanding our client base; our ability to meet market demands; government regulations and incentives related to biodegradable products; the sufficiency of our resources in funding our operations; our intention to engage in mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and cooperation arrangements; and our liquidity and capital needs.
Our forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and there can be no assurance that any projections or other expectations included in any forward-looking statements will come to pass. Moreover, our forward-looking statements are subject to various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include but are not limited to:
· | Uncertainties regarding the growth or sustainability of the market for biodegradable materials. |
· | The risk that we may not be able to achieve or maintain a technological advantage over any of our competitors. |
· | Risks relating to protection of our intellectual property. |
· | Changes in consumer preferences. |
· | The risks of limited management, labor and financial resources. |
· | Risk of doing business in China, including currency value fluctuations, restrictions on remitting income to the United States and risks of diplomatic tensions between China and the United States. |
Except as required by applicable laws, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
NOTE CONCERNING OPERATING AND REPORTING CURRENCIES
Certain financial information included in this quarterly report has been derived from data originally prepared in Renminbi (“RMB” or “Renminbi”), the currency of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”). For purposes of this quarterly report, U.S. dollar amounts are based on conversion at March 31, 2011 exchange rates of US$1.00 to RMB6.5564 for assets and liabilities, and a weighted-average of US$1.00 to RMB6.5795 for revenue and expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011. There is no assurance that RMB amounts could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at such rates.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| | March 31, 2011 | | | December 31, 2010 | |
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Assets | | | | | | |
Current Assets: | | | | | | |
Cash and equivalents | | $ | 13,858,980 | | | $ | 12,090,345 | |
Restricted cash | | | 410 | | | | 4,266 | |
Accounts receivable | | | 8,435,184 | | | | 10,097,506 | |
Inventories | | | 1,051,611 | | | | 684,534 | |
Accrued rental receivables | | | 274,541 | | | | 203,844 | |
Deferred consulting expense | | | - | | | | 108,036 | |
Other current assets | | | 561,755 | | | | 570,596 | |
Total Current Assets | | | 24,182,481 | | | | 23,759,127 | |
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Deposits for construction | | | 762,614 | | | | 301,992 | |
Property and equipment, net | | | 17,451,327 | | | | 17,372,325 | |
Intangible assets, net | | | 5,126,246 | | | | 5,103,278 | |
Technology and patent right, net | | | 1,963,730 | | | | 2,000,695 | |
Investment | | | 15,306 | | | | 15,154 | |
Deferred income taxes | | | 148,696 | | | | 147,207 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 49,650,400 | | | $ | 48,699,778 | |
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | | | | | | | | |
Current Liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | $ | 485,654 | | | $ | 539,275 | |
Deferred revenue | | | 17,863 | | | | 14,695 | |
Advances from a third party | | | 1,384,906 | | | | 1,371,042 | |
Due to stockholders/officers | | | 210,511 | | | | 208,404 | |
Warrants liability | | | 909 | | | | 95,085 | |
Taxes payable | | | 405,224 | | | | 738,647 | |
Other payables for technology and patent right purchase | | | 1,525,227 | | | | 1,509,958 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 4,030,294 | | | | 4,477,106 | |
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Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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Stockholders' Equity | | | | | | | | |
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized and 0 shares issued and outstanding | | | - | | | | - | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 25,701,025 shares issued at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 | | | 25,701 | | | | 25,701 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 25,213,966 | | | | 25,191,392 | |
Statutory reserves | | | 1,817,035 | | | | 1,699,062 | |
Retained earnings | | | 13,211,221 | | | | 12,405,789 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | | 5,352,183 | | | | 4,900,728 | |
Total Stockholders’ Equity | | | 45,620,106 | | | | 44,222,672 | |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | | $ | 49,650,400 | | | $ | 48,699,778 | |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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Revenues | | $ | 4,502,594 | | | $ | 2,789,398 | |
Cost of Goods Sold | | | 2,822,087 | | | | 1,615,790 | |
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Gross Profit | | | 1,680,507 | | | | 1,173,608 | |
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Operating Expenses | | | | | | | | |
Selling expenses | | | 45,300 | | | | 42,723 | |
General and administrative expenses | | | 461,180 | | | | 242,761 | |
Total Operating Expenses | | | 506,480 | | | | 285,484 | |
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Income From Operations | | | 1,174,027 | | | | 888,124 | |
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Other Income (Expenses) | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | | 2,775 | | | | 1,527 | |
Interest expenses | | | (1,152) | | | | - | |
Net rental (expense)/income | | | (29,142) | | | | (10,423) | |
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | | - | | | | (123,404) | |
Impairment loss on investments | | | - | | | | (197,098) | |
Other income (expense) | | | (1,232 | ) | | | (30,433) | |
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Total Other Expenses, Net | | | (28,751 | ) | | | (359,831) | |
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Income Before Income Taxes | | | 1,145,276 | | | | 528,293 | |
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Provision for Income Taxes | | | 221,871 | | | | 93,394 | |
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Net Income | | $ | 923,405 | | | $ | 434,899 | |
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Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | | | 451,455 | | | | 3,460 | |
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Comprehensive Income | | $ | 1,374,860 | | | $ | 438,359 | |
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Net Income Per Common Share | | | | | | | | |
-Basic | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | 0.02 | |
-Diluted | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | 0.02 | |
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Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding | | | | | | | | |
-Basic | | | 25,701,025 | | | | 22,415,793 | |
-Diluted | | | 25,701,025 | | | | 22,415,793 | |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Cash flows From Operating Activities: | | | | | | |
Net Income | | $ | 923,405 | | | $ | 434,899 | |
Adjustments to reconcile Net Income to Net Cash | | | | | | | | |
Provided by Operating Activities | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 530,298 | | | | 340,394 | |
Stock based compensation for shares issued to director and CFO | | | 22,576 | | | | - | |
Amortization of deferred consulting expenses | | | 108,036 | | | | - | |
Changes in warrants fair value | | | (94,176 | ) | | | - | |
Changes in deferred tax | | | - | | | | 617 | |
Bad debt expenses | | | - | | | | (4,115 | ) |
Loss on long-term investment | | | - | | | | 197,098 | |
Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | | - | | | | 123,404 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Restricted cash | | | 3,886 | | | | (96,557) | |
Accounts receivable | | | 1,758,241 | | | | 822,663 | |
Inventories | | | (358,891 | ) | | | 176,703 | |
Accrued rental receivable | | | (68,394 | ) | | | 236,460 | |
Other current assets | | | 14,560 | | | | (45,943 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | | | (57,486 | ) | | | (207,805 | ) |
Deferred revenue | | | 3,009 | | | | 24,362 | |
Taxes payable | | | (339,706 | ) | | | (84,087 | ) |
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | | | 2,445,358 | | | | 1,918,093 | |
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities: | | | | | | | | |
Deposit for construction | | | (455,963 | ) | | | - | |
Purchase of property and equipment | | | (348,433 | ) | | | (7,297 | ) |
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets | | | - | | | | 117,183 | |
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities | | | (804,396 | ) | | | 109,886 | |
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities: | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from shareholders/officers loan | | | - | | | | 4,941 | |
Proceeds from stock issued | | | - | | | | 4,481,913 | |
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities | | | - | | | | 4,486,854 | |
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Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Equivalents | | | 127,673 | | | | 1,146 | |
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Net Increase in Cash and Equivalents | | | 1,768,635 | | | | 6,515,979 | |
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Cash and Equivalents at Beginning of Period | | | 12,090,345 | | | | 7,321,276 | |
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Cash and Equivalents at End of Period | | $ | 13,858,980 | | | $ | 13,837,255 | |
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SUPPLEMENT DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid for Interest | | $ | 1,152 | | | $ | - | |
Cash paid for Income taxes | | $ | 346,899 | | | $ | 219,036 | |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. GENERAL AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization and Principal Activities
China Green Material Technologies, Inc. is a Nevada corporation incorporated in December 1997 under the name Mount Merlot Estates, Inc. At the time we acquired our current business in February 2007, our corporate name was “Ubrandit.com.” On January 14, 2008, we changed our name to “China Green Material Technologies, Inc.” References in these Notes to the “Company” refer to China Green Material Technologies, Inc. and where applicable its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. On April 21, 2011 and since then, the Company’s shares have been quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin Board”) operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority under the symbol CAGM.OB. From February 25, 2011 to April 20, 2011, the Company’s shares were quoted on the OTCQB market operated by Pink OTC Markets Inc. under the symbol CAGM.PK. Prior to such time, the Company’s shares were traded on the Bulletin Board under the symbol CAGM.OB, whereas before its name change in January 2008 the Company’s shares were quoted on the Bulletin Board under the symbol UBDT.OB
On February 9, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Advanced Green Materials, Inc. (“AGM”), a Nevada corporation, by merging a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company into AGM. Through AGM, the Company indirectly owns all of the outstanding capital stock of ChangFangYuan Hi-tech Environment-Friendly Industrial Co., Ltd. (“CHFY”), a corporation organized under the laws of the People Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”). AGM has substantially no operations and substantially no assets other than the shares of CHFY. Through CHFY, the Company operates the business described in this annual report on Form 10-K and in the financial statements included herein. The Company’s acquisition of AMG and CHFY is sometimes herein referred to as the “2007 Business Combination.” Immediately before the 2007 Business Combination, the Company had no material assets and no material operations and therefore it was considered a “shell company” (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). As consideration for the acquisition of AGM and CHFY, the Company issued to the former owners of AGM shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that were convertible into approximately 98% of the Company’s outstanding common shares, on an after-converted basis.
On January 14, 2008, concurrent with our name change, the Company effected a 1-for-150 reverse split of its common stock. In connection with the split, the Company issued additional shares to certain shareholders so that, after the split, no shareholder owned fewer than 100 shares. The following month, on February 29, 2008, the holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock converted their preferred shares into 18,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were cancelled.
CHFY was incorporated in the Heilongjiang Province of China on May 12, 1999. It was known as Harbin TianHao Technology Co., Ltd., and changed its name to Harbin ChangFangYuan Hi-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd. on September 28, 2004, and further changed its name to Harbin ChangFangYuan Hi-Tech Environment-Friendly Industry Co., Ltd. on September 1, 2006. AGM acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of CHFY on August 18, 2006.
Prior to May 2006, CHFY engaged only in product development and the establishment of manufacturing facilities and marketing relationships. CHFY’s business realized its first revenue in May 2006.
On June 25, 2010, AGM completed the incorporation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Heilongjiang Zhonghao Starch-Based Biodegradable Materials Co., Ltd. (“Zhonghao Bio”) with registered capital of $2.8 million in the Heilongjiang Province of China. Through Zhonghao Bio, the Company owns our new 5,921 square-meter corporate head office and manufacturing facility located in the Harbin Economic and Technological Development Zone, which commenced manufacturing, development, marketing and production of biodegradable packaging materials in the first quarter of 2011.
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Basis of Presentation
The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements (“Interim Financial Statements”) of the Company and its subsidiaries were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United State of America, or US GAAP, for interim financial information and are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these Interim Financial Statements do not include all the information and notes required by US GAAP for complete financial statements. These Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2010. In the opinion of management, the Interim Financial Statements included herein contain all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations and cash flows of the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying Interim Financial Statements present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and all entities in which the Company has a controlling voting interest. These consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of China Green Material Technologies, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries AGM, CHFY, and Zhonghao Bio. All significant intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.
The accompanying Interim Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with US GAAP. This basis of accounting differs from that used in the statutory accounts of some of the Company’s subsidiaries, which were prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and relevant financial regulations applicable to enterprises with foreign investment in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”). Necessary adjustments were made to the subsidiaries’ statutory accounts to conform to US GAAP to be included in these Interim Financial Statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include the estimate of useful lives of property and equipment, intangible asset and technology and patent right, the deferred tax valuation allowance and the fair value of stock warrants and stock awards. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Equivalents
The Company considers all highly liquid temporary cash investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased, to be cash equivalents.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivables are recognized and carried at original invoice amount less allowance for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts at period end. Management determines the allowance for doubtful accounts by using historical experience applied to an aging account with specific identification on case by case and the estimated losses are based on a review of the current status of the existing receivables. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to the estimated losses that will be incurred in the collection of all receivables. There was no allowance for doubtful accounts as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. Trade receivables are written off when deemed uncollectible.
Inventories
The Company value inventories, consisting of finished goods, work in progress, raw materials, and packaging material and other items, at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on the weighted average cost method. Cost of raw materials is determined on a first-in, first-out basis (“FIFO”). Finished goods are determined on a weighted average basis and are comprised of direct materials, direct labor, and an appropriate proportion of overhead.
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Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for major additions and betterments are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed by the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of the lease term or the useful lives of the assets. Upon sale or retirement of plant and equipment, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is reflected in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company evaluates the recoverability of its other long-lived assets, including amortizing intangible assets, if circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred pursuant to ASC 360. This analysis is performed by comparing the respective carrying values of the assets to the current and expected future cash flows, on an undiscounted basis, to be generated from such assets. If such analysis indicates that the carrying value of these assets is not recoverable, the carrying value of such assets is reduced to fair value through a charge to the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Income.
Intangible Assets
At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, intangible assets consist of a land use right. With the adoption of ASC 350 (“Intangibles-Goodwill and Other”), intangible assets with a definite life are amortized on a straight-line basis. The land use right is being amortized over its estimated life of 50 years. Our interests in the patent rights and related technology acquired by us in 2009 are accounted for on the balance sheets as “Technology and patent right, net”.
Intangible assets with a definite life are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that a carrying amount of an asset (asset group) may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of an asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted cash flows used in determining the fair value of the asset. The amount of the impairment loss to be recorded is calculated by the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is generally determined using a discounted cash flow analysis. Costs related to internally develop intangible assets are expensed as incurred.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, collection is reasonably assured and delivery of products has occurred or services have been rendered. Revenue includes sales of products. Products revenue represents the invoiced value of goods sold recognized upon the delivery of goods to customers, net of allowance for estimated returns, when both title and risk of loss transfer to the customer, provided that no significant obligations remain. Deferred revenue represents the undelivered portion of invoiced value of goods sold to customers. The Company does not provide unconditional right of return, price protection or any other concessions to its customers.
Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added tax ("VAT"). All of the Company’s products sold in the PRC are subject to VAT of 17% of gross sales price. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing finished product. The Company recorded VAT payable and VAT receivable net of payments in the financial statements. The VAT tax return is filed offsetting the payables against the receivables.
Sales and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent for the government.
Rental income recognition
Rental income from operating leases related to our unused factory facilities with 21,132 square meters of floor space is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease period. The Company recognized $68,394 (equivalent to RMB0.45 million) and $65,915 (equivalent to RMB 0.45 million) gross rental income for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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Advertising Costs
Advertising costs, except for costs associated with direct-response advertising, are charged to operations when incurred. The costs of direct-response advertising are capitalized and amortized over the period during which future benefits are expected to be received. Advertising expenses were $0 and $16,992 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Employee Welfare Benefit
The Company has established an employee welfare plan in accordance with Chinese law and regulations. The Company’s China subsidiary recorded all employee welfare benefit expense as incurred. The total expense for the above was $5,183 and $1,979 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Research and development costs
Research and development costs are charged to operations when incurred and are included in operating expenses. The amounts expensed for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $6,178 and $45 respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company’s PRC subsidiary files income tax returns under the Income Tax law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and local income tax laws.
The Company follows the method of accounting for income taxes prescribed by ASC 740 –”Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are based on the differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Valuation allowance are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
Comprehensive Income
ASC 220, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, established standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances in a full set of general purpose financial statements. ASC 220 defines comprehensive income to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, ASC 220 requires that all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that is presented with the same prominence as other financial statements. The Company’s only current component of comprehensive income is the foreign currency translation adjustment. The Company has reported the components of comprehensive income on its statements of stockholders’ equity.
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Foreign Currency Translation
The Company financial statements are presented in the U.S. dollar ($), which is the Company’s reporting currency, while its functional currency is the Renminbi (RMB), the national currency of the PRC and the primary currency of the economic environment in which the operations of CHFY and Zhonghao Bio are conducted. Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of transaction. Any differences between the initially recorded amount and the settlement amount are recorded as a gain or loss on foreign currency transaction in the consolidated statements of income. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are translated at the functional currency rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. Any differences are taken to profit or loss as a gain or loss on foreign currency translation in the statements of income.
The Company translates the assets and liabilities into $ using the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date and the statements of income and cash flows are translated at an average rate during the reporting period, and equity is translated at the historical exchange rates. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Adjustments resulting from the translation from RMB into $ are recorded in stockholders’ equity as part of accumulated other comprehensive income. The exchange rates used for financial statements are as follows:
| Average Rate for three months ended March 31 | |
| 2011 | | 2010 | |
Renminbi (RMB) | | | 6.5795 | | | | 6.8269 | |
United States dollar ($) | | $ | 1.00 | | | | 1.00 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| Exchange Rate at | |
| | March 31, 2011 | | | December 31, 2010 | |
Renminbi (RMB) | | | 6.5564 | | | | 6.8263 | |
United States dollar ($) | | $ | 1.00 | | | | 1.00 | |
Basic and diluted net income per share
The Company accounts for net income per common share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“EPS”). ASC 260 requires the disclosure of the potential dilution effect of exercising or converting securities or other contracts involving the issuance of common stock. Basic net income per share is determined based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per share is determined based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options were converted or exercised into common stock.
Concentration of Credit Risk
The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and equivalents, which are invested in non-interest bearing bank deposit accounts, money market accounts and accounts receivable. The Company considers the book value of these instruments to be indicative of their respective fair value. The Company places its temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions to limit its risk exposure. Most of the Company’s sales are credit sales which are primarily to customers whose ability to pay is dependent upon the industry economics prevailing in their respective areas; however, concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable is limited due to generally short payment terms. The Company also performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers to help further reduce credit risk.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term debt, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their short maturities.
ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
● | Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. |
● | Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. |
● | Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. |
As of March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company did not identify any assets and liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value, other than the warrants liabilities discussed in Note 17 below.
Segment Reporting
ASC 280, “Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”, requires disclosure of reportable segments used by management for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Reportable segments are categorized by products and services, geography, legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a company. ASC 280 has no effect on the Company’s financial statements as substantially all of the Company’s operations and managements are conducted as a single operating segment.
Share-Based Payments
The Company adopted ASC 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC No. 718”). ASC No. 718 amends existing accounting pronouncements for share-based payment transactions in which an enterprise receives employee and certain non-employee services in exchange for (a) equity instruments of the enterprise or (b) liabilities that are based on the fair value of the enterprise’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of such equity instruments. ASC No.718 generally requires such transactions to be accounted for using a fair-value-based method
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Since the filing of 2010 Form 10-K, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2011-01 through No. 2011-03. These ASUs entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Company.
2. Cash – restricted
Commencing from 2008, in accordance with the relevant Harbin local tax regulations, the Company is subjected to labor union fees at 2% of total payroll. The general union of city government will return the 40% of the paid labor union fees back to the Company, and requires that the returned amount should be deposited into a special bank account that is restricted to be used only for employees’ welfare purpose by the labor union department of the Company. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the amounts of cash - restricted were $410 and $4,266, respectively.
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3. Accounts Receivable
The Company generally provides its major customers with short term credit pursuant to which the customers are required to make payment between three months and six months after delivery, depending on the customer’s payment history. The Company does not require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company conducts periodic reviews of its clients’ financial condition and customer payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable. As of March 31, 2011 the account receivable balance was $8,435,184, none of which has been outstanding more than six months.
The accounts receivable amounts included in the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:
| March 31, 2011 | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Accounts receivable | $ | 8,435,184 | | $ | 10,097,506 | |
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts | | - | | | - | |
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 8,435,184 | | $ | 10,097,506 | |
4. Inventories
Inventories at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2011 | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | |
Raw materials | $ | 920,134 | | $ | 572,788 | |
Work in process | | 21,963 | | | 18,421 | |
Finished goods | | 96,098 | | | 60,711 | |
Packaging and other | | 13,416 | | | 32,614 | |
Total | $ | 1,051,611 | | $ | 684,534 | |
5. Accrued Rental Receivable and Rental Income (Loss)
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, Accrued rental receivable consisted of accrued rental income for leasing out unused factory space.
The Company leases out certain unused building with land use right, and equipment and machinery under operating leases agreements, and the lease terms had been extended to December 31, 2011. Its annual rental is RMB 1,800,000 or $ 273,576 per year. The rental revenue and cost for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 consisted of the following:
| | Three Months ended March 31, 2011 | | Three Months ended March 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | (Unaudited) | |
Rental income | $ | 68,394 | | $ | 65,915 | |
Less: depreciation and amortization | | 97,536 | | | 76,338 | |
Total Income (loss) from rental | $ | (29,142) | | $ | (10,423) | |
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6. Other current assets
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, other current assets consisted of the following:
| | March 31, 2011 | | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Advance to employees | | $ | 544,441 | | | $ | 514,402 | |
Prepaid utilities | | | 288 | | | | 38,772 | |
Prepaid rent | | | 17,026 | | | | 17,422 | |
Total | | $ | 561,755 | | | $ | 570,596 | |
The advance to employee is for business trip and marketing.
7. Deposits for construction
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, deposits to supplier for construction mainly consisted of a renovation deposit of RMB5,000,000 or $762,614 and RMB2,000,000 or $301,992, respectively for total contract value of RMB5,200,000 or $793,118 subject to value of variation orders which will be agreed upon by both parties for the Company’s new administrative offices adjoining the new manufacturing facilities.
8. Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is determined using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives listed below:
| Estimated Life | |
Building | 20 years | |
Equipment and machinery | 5 to 10 years | |
Vehicles | 5 years | |
Office equipments | 5 years | |
Leasehold improvements | lower of term of lease or 5 years | |
Repairs and maintenance expenditures which do not extend the useful lives of the related assets are expended as incurred, whereas significant renewals and betterments are capitalized. The Company did not incur or capitalize any significant repairs and maintenance expenditures in for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. In the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company disposed of equipment and machinery of $378,166 which the Company determined will not be used in future operations. A loss on such disposition of $123,404 is included within other expenses.
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, property and equipment at cost, less accumulated depreciation, consisted of the following:
| | March 31, 2011 | | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | | |
Building | | $ | 9,051,921 | | | $ | 8,961,302 | |
Equipment and machinery | | | 12,903,849 | | | | 12,750,125 | |
Vehicles | | | 180,286 | | | | 178,481 | |
Office equipments | | | 191,785 | | | | 189,671 | |
Leasehold improvements | | | 180,748 | | | | 178,938 | |
| | | 22,508,589 | | | | 22,258,517 | |
Less: Accumulated depreciation | | | 5,717,484 | | | | 5,218,383 | |
Subtotal | | $ | 16,791,105 | | | $ | 17,040,134 | |
Construction-in-progress | | | 660,222 | | | | 332,191 | |
Total | | $ | 17,451,327 | | | $ | 17,372,325 | |
For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, depreciation was $444,765 and $285,425, respectively.
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9. Intangible Assets, net
Intangible assets represent a land use right. All land in China is owned by the State or collectives. Individuals and companies are permitted to acquire land use rights for general or specific purposes. In the case when land is used for industrial purposes, the land use rights are granted for a period of 50 years. The rights may be renewed at the expiration of the initial and any subsequent terms according to the relevant Chinese laws. Granted land use rights are transferable and may be used as security for borrowings and other obligations.
The Company acquired the land use right at September 9, 2005. The intangible assets associated with this land use right were contributed by unrelated parties in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has the right to use the land for 50 years and amortizes the right on a straight-line basis for 50 years.
The intangible assets at cost less amortization consisted of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
| | March 31, 2011 | | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Land use right | | $ | 5,727,650 | | | $ | 5,670,310 | |
Less: Accumulated amortization | | | 601,404 | | | | 567,032 | |
Total | | $ | 5,126,246 | | | $ | 5,103,278 | |
For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, amortization expenses were $28,538 and $27,552, respectively.
The amortization expense from March 31, 2011 for the next five years is expected to be as follows:
For the Year Ending December 31, | | Amount | |
2011 | | $ | 86,015 | |
2012 | | $ | 114,553 | |
2013 | | $ | 114,553 | |
2014 | | $ | 114,553 | |
2015 | | $ | 114,553 | |
Thereafter | | $ | 4,582,019 | |
Total | | $ | 5,126,246 | |
10. Technology and patent right, net
On September 17, 2009, to acquire technology for use in the manufacture of the Company’s starch-based material, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase two technologies from four individuals including two related parties, Mr. Zhonghao Su, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Mr. Yingjie Qiao, technical director of the Company. Pursuant to the sales agreement, Mr. Zhonghao Su agreed to contribute his interest in the technologies without any consideration. The total amount payable for these two technologies was RMB15 million which was the fair value of the technology and patent right ($2,287,841), of which the Company paid RMB5 million ($762,614). The remaining RMB10 million ($1,525,227), which was recorded as other payables, will be paid by the Company upon receipt of the patent rights certificates for these two technologies and transfer of the ownership of these patent rights to the Company.
On December 17, 2009, the Company entered into a supplemental agreement with three owners of these technologies, Mr. Yingjie Qiao, Mr, Zhonghao Su, and Mrs. Dongyan Tang, to amend the agreement for the purchase price of the technologies. Pursuant to the supplemental agreement, the Company would only acquire one technology for the total purchase price of RMB15 million ($2,287,841) payable to Mr. Yingjie Qiao and Mrs. Dongyen Tang, of which the Company has already paid RMB5 million ($762,614). The remaining RMB10 million ($1,525,227), which was recorded as other payables, will be paid by the Company when it receives the patent right certificate for the technology and the ownership of patent right has been completely transferred to the Company. The Company began using this technology for manufacturing in late 2009, and amortize over its estimated useful life of 10 years.
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Pursuant to the supplemental agreement, the Company also obtained the right to use the other technology which was the subject of the original agreement and which the Company currently applies in its dry-powder blending process to produce its starch-based material. The supplemental agreement provides the Company with a royalty-free right to use this other technology as long as it is owned by the current owners, a right of first refusal on any proposed transfers of the technology by the current owners and an option to purchase the technology for RMB15 million ($2,287,841). This technology is the subject of a patent application filed with, and presently under review by, the PRC State Intellectual Property Office.
The technology and patent right at cost less amortization consisted of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
| | March 31, | | December 31, |
2011 | 2010 |
| | (Unaudited) | | |
Technology and patent right | | $ | 2,287,841 | | $ | 2,264,937 |
Less: Accumulated amortization | | | 324,111 | | | 264,242 |
Total | | $ | 1,963,730 | | $ | 2,000,695 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, amortization expense for technology and patent right was approximately $56,995 and $27,000, respectively.
The amortization expense from March 31, 2011 for the next five years is expected to be as follows:
For the Year Ending December 31, | | Amount | |
2011 | | $ | 171,789 | |
2012 | | $ | 228,784 | |
2013 | | $ | 228,784 | |
2014 | | $ | 228,784 | |
2015 | | $ | 228,784 | |
Thereafter | | $ | 876,805 | |
Total | | | 1,963,730 | |
11. Investment
The Company, through CHFY, indirectly owns a 16% equity interest in Harbin Longjun Trade Co., Ltd. (“Longjun”), a corporation organized in Heilongjiang Province of the PRC on June 1, 2006. The Company accounts for this investment using the cost method. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the investment amounts at cost were approximately $15,306 and $15,154. The company recorded $197,098 of impairment loss on this investment during the quarter ended March 31, 2010, which is the difference between the book value and the estimated fair value of the investment.
12. Accounts payable and accrued expenses
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of following:
| | March 31, | | December 31, |
2011 | 2010 |
| | (Unaudited) | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 37,426 | | $ | 53,651 |
Other payables | | | 6,571 | | | 6,265 |
Salary payables | | | 229,654 | | | 180,152 |
Accrued expenses | | | 212,003 | | | 299,207 |
Total | | $ | 485,654 | | $ | 539,275 |
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13. Advance from a third party
Advance from a third party is amount due to a third party to be used in the purchase of new facility. The amount due is unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable within next twelve months.
14. Due to Stockholders/Officers
Since 2005, certain of our principal stockholders have advanced necessary working capital to the Company to support its research, development and operations. These amounts are unsecured, non-interest bearing and have no set repayment date. During the year 2009, the Company repaid a significant amount of these loans to one of its stockholders. As a result, the net amounts due to the stockholders/officers were $210,511 and $208,404 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. All the amount due to officer above are payable to Mr. Zhonghao Su, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
15. Income and Other Taxes
a. Corporation Income Taxes (“CIT”)
The Company will file a federal consolidated income tax return with its US subsidiary and state franchise tax individually with the State of Nevada. The Company’s PRC subsidiaries file income tax returns under the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and local income tax laws.
In accordance with the relevant PRC tax laws and regulations, the Company’s PRC subsidiary, CHFY, is subject to CIT at 33% and 30% tax rate before and after September 1, 2006. Because since CHFY became a foreign wholly-own company on August 18, 2006, CHFY had been authorized to reduce its income tax rate by 3% to 30% from the regular 33% tax rate starting from the following month of acquisition date. Commencing from January 2008, the PRC government reduced the regular CIT tax rate from 33% to 25%. However, company entitled to the temporary rate reduction described in the following paragraph must compute the tax based upon original CIT tax rate.
In accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of the PRC, CHFY is entitled to full exemption from CIT for the first two years and a 50% reduction in CIT for the next three years, commencing from the first profitable year after offsetting all tax losses carried forward from the previous five years. As 2007 was the Company’s first profitable year, CHFY was entitled to a full exemption from CIT for the years 2007 and 2008. Commencing from January 2009, CHFY had begun to be charged CIT at a 15% rate.
In accordance with the relevant PRC tax laws and regulations, the Company’s PRC subsidiary, Zhonghao Bio, is subject to CIT at 25%.
The deferred income tax assets result from impairment of investment and are deductible when the actual loss on investment is incurred.
The components of the provisions for income taxes were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
| | Three months ended March 31, 2011 | | Three months ended March 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | (Unaudited) | |
Current taxes: | | | | | |
Current income taxes in the PRC | $ | 221,871 | | $ | 94,011 | |
Deferred income taxes benefits | | - | | | (617) | |
Total provision for income taxes | $ | 221,871 | | $ | 93,394 | |
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The following is a reconciliation of tax computed by applying the statutory income tax rate to PRC operations to income tax expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 respectively:
| Three Months Ended March 31, | |
| 2011 | | | 2010 | |
| (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | |
| | | | | |
PRC statutory tax rate | | | 25% | | | | 25% | |
Accounting income before tax | | $ | 1,145,276 | | | $ | 528,293 | |
Computed expected income tax expenses | | | 286,319 | | | | 132,073 | |
Loss from subsidiaries and contractually controlled entity | | | 80,404 | | | | - | |
Less: tax exemption | | | 144,852 | | | | 38,679 | |
Income tax expenses | | $ | 221,871 | | | $ | 93,394 | |
b. Value Added Tax (“VAT”)
The Company’s PRC subsidiary, CHFY, is subject to VAT of 17% on merchandises sales in the PRC. Since the CHFY is located in Heilongjiang province and classified as a Hi-Tech Manufacturing Company, the China National Tax Authority had authorized CHFY to offset the VAT tax paid for purchasing equipments and machineries with the regular VAT tax collected from sales products of CHFY. This authorization began in December 2007.
The Company’s PRC subsidiary, Zhonghao Bio, is classified as a small-scale tax payer which is subject to VAT of 3% on merchandises, as of March 31, 2011, Zhonghao Bio has no sales yet.
c. Taxes Payable
As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, taxes payable consisted of the following:
| | March 31, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2011 | | | 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
Value-added taxes | | $ | 164,828 | | | $ | 377,066 | |
Income taxes payable | | | 238,216 | | | | 360,043 | |
Individual income taxes withholdings | | | 2,180 | | | | 1,538 | |
Total | | $ | 405,224 | | | $ | 738,647 | |
16. Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock
The Company authorized 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $.001 per share, but no preferred shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
Common stock
The Company was authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of which 25,701,025 shares were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each share in the election of directors and in all other matters to be voted on by the stockholders. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors with respect to the Common Stock out of funds legally available and in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of liabilities. The holders of Common Stock have no preemptive or conversions rights and are not subject to further calls or assessments. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common Stock. The Common Stock currently outstanding is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company is also authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value. The Articles of Incorporation give the Board of Directors the authority to divide Preferred Stock into series, and to designate the rights and preferences of each series.
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In the 2007 Business Combination which the Company completed on February 9, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of AGM by merging a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company into AGM. Through AGM, the Company indirectly owns all of the outstanding capital stock of CHFY. AGM has substantially no operations and substantially no assets other than the shares of CHFY. As consideration for the acquisition of AGM and CHFY, the Company issued to the former owners of AGM shares of its Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that were convertible into approximately 98% of the Company’s outstanding common shares, on an after-converted basis. On January 14, 2008 the Company effected a 1-for-150 reverse split of its common stock. In connection with the split, the Company issued additional shares to certain shareholders so that, after the split, no shareholder owned fewer than 100 shares. The following month, on February 29, 2008, the holders of all outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock converted their preferred shares into 18,150,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, and all shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were cancelled.
17. Stock-based compensation
Stock Warrants
Pursuant to the January 11, 2010 Securities Purchase Agreement, in April 2010, the Company issued Investor relations Warrants to two investor relations firms to purchase 437,500 shares of Common Stock, and in July 2010, the Company issued Investor relations Warrants to one other investor relations firm to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to their terms, the warrants will expire in April and July 2011, respectively. The initial fair value of the warrants issued in April 2010 was $1,025,812 and was recorded on the balance sheet as deferred consulting expense (i.e., an asset) and a corresponding amount was recorded as a warrants liability. The initial fair value was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation, using the following assumptions: expected dividend yield 0%, risk-free interest rate of 0.49%, volatility of 289.07%, and an expected term of one year. The initial fair value of the warrants issued in July 2010 was $37,693 and was recorded on the balance sheet as deferred consulting expense and a corresponding amount was recorded on the balance sheet as a warrant liability. The initial fair value of these warrants was determined by using the Black-Scholes Options Pricing Model with the following assumptions: discount rate – 0.3%; dividend yield – 0%; expected volatility – 111.31% and term of 1 year.
The warrants have a reset provision that would reduce the exercise price to any amount below $0.90 if the Company issues shares below that price. In accordance with ASC 815, we have accounted for these warrants as derivative liabilities. The initial fair value of the expense resulting from such warrants is amortized on a straight line basis over the period of service under the agreement with the recipient of the warrants. Any changes in the fair values of the warrants will be charged to expense or credited to income, as applicable, in the period of change. The amortized consulting expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were $108, 036 and $0. $94,176 of income and $0 were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 resulted from the changes in the fair values of the warrants.
At March 31, 2011, the derivative liabilities associated with 20,000 warrants had a fair value of $899, which was determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions: discount rate – 0.09%; dividend yield – 0%; expected volatility – 81.16% and expected term of 0.25 year. The derivative liabilities associated with 350,000 warrants had a fair value of $10, which was determined using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model with the following assumptions: discount rate – 0.05%; dividend yield – 0%; expected volatility – 81.16% and expected term of 0.01 year.
87,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock were exercised on cashless basis at $0.90 per share pursuant to the warrants' terms during year ended December 31, 2010.
A summary of stock warrants for the period ended March 31, 2011 is as follows:
Stock Warrants | | Shares | | | Weighted- Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Months) | | | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |
Outstanding at January 1, 2011 | | | 370,000 | | | $ | 0.90 | | | | 3 | | | | - | |
Granted | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Exercised or converted | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Forfeited or expired | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Outstanding at March 31, 2011 | | | 370,000 | | | $ | 0.90 | | | | 1 | | | $ | - | |
Exercisable at March 31, 2011 | | | 370,000 | | | $ | 0.90 | | | | 1 | | | $ | - | |
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350,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.90 per share expired on April 5, 2011, without being exercised by the warrants holder pursuant to the warrants' terms.
Share Awards
On May 19, 2010, the Company and Mr. William Wang Dongxiang and Mr. Lianjun Luo, the Independent Directors of the Company, entered into a services agreements. Pursuant to the terms of the services agreement, Mr. Wang and Mr. Luo were granted 10,000 of common stock each of the Company at the beginning of each year based on annual services in the Company. The shares award has a term of one year and vests in equal time services basis of services agreement over a one-year period beginning on January 1, 2011.
On July 1, 2010, the Company and Mr. Yan Seong Low, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, entered into an employment services agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the employment services agreement, Mr. Low was granted a shares award on July 1, 2010 of 25,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company at price of $2.34 per share, which was the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on such date. The shares award will be vested immediately upon completion of annual Executive’s services in the Company beginning on July 1, 2010. And the employment with the company is three years.
On December 16, 2010, the Company and Mr. Johnson Shun-Pong Lau, the Independent Directors of the Company, entered into a services agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the services agreement, Mr. Lau was granted a shares award 10,000 of common stock each of the beginning of each year of the Company based on annual services in the Company. The shares award has a term of one year and vests in equal time services basis of services agreement over a one-year period beginning on January 1, 2011.
The following table details the Company’s non-vested share awards activity:
| | Shares | | | Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value | |
Balance at January 1, 2011 | | | 25,000 | | | $ | 2.34 | |
Granted | | | 30,000 | | | | 1.06 | |
Vested | | | (7,500 | ) | | | 1.06 | |
Cancelled or Forfeited | | | - | | | | - | |
Balance at March 31, 2011 | | | 47,500 | | | $ | 1.73 | |
The weighted-average grant-date fair value of non-vested share awards is the quoted market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant, as shown in the table above. Total recognized compensation cost was $22,575 and $0 for three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation costs were $38,475 as of March 31, 2011, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.64 years.
18. Statutory Reserves
The Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC is required to maintain certain statutory reserves by appropriating from the profit after taxation in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC and articles of association of the subsidiary before declaration or payment of dividends. The reserves form part of the equity of the Company. The statutory reserve fund can be used to increase the registered capital and eliminate future losses of the subsidiary, but it cannot be distributed to shareholders except in the event of a solvent liquidation of the subsidiaries.
The appropriation to the statutory surplus reserve and statutory common welfare fund reserve represent 10 percent and 5 percent of the profits after taxation, respectively. In accordance with the laws and regulations in the PRC, the appropriations to statutory reserve cease when the balances of the reserve reach 50 percent of the registered capital of the subsidiary. Commencing from year 2006, the appropriation to statutory common welfare fund reserve is not required. Thus, the Company had ceased the reservation of statutory common welfare fund from January 2009.
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The statutory reserves consisted of the following as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
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| | March 31, 2011 | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | |
Statutory reserve fund | $ | 1,572,858 | | $ | 1,454,885 | |
Statutory common welfare fund reserve | | 244,177 | | | 244,177 | |
Total | $ | 1,817,035 | | $ | 1,699,062 | |
19. China Contribution Plan
Under the PRC Law, full-time employees of the Company’s subsidiaries in the PRC are entitled to staff welfare benefits including medical insurance, maternity insurance, housing provident funds benefit, welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance, worker compensation, and retirement pension benefits through a China government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. The Company is required to contribute these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries. The total contributions made for such employee benefits were $13,852 and $8,267 for the period ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
20. Lease Commitments
The Company leases certain sales representation offices, general and administrative office, employee living space, and factory space under operating leases. The Company’s sales and marketing offices, general and administrative office and additional manufacturing facility were moved into the new manufacturing facility in Harbin Economic and Development Zone during the latter half of 2010. As of December 31, 2010, the Company continues to lease factory space and warehouse for its original manufacturing facility at Harbin city. The lease contract will be renewed at an annual basis.
The following is a schedule of future minimum rental payments required under operating leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms as of March 31, 2011:
| | 2011 | |
Total minimum payments required | | $ | 91,111 | |
The total rental expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were approximately $30,834 and $49,000, respectively.
21. Basic and Diluted Income per Common Share
| | Three Months Ended March 31, |
| | 2011 | | 2010 |
| | (Unaudited) | | (Unaudited) |
Numerator: | | | | |
Net income | | $ | 923,405 | | $ | 434,899 |
Denominator: | | | | | | |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | | | | | | |
-Basic | | | 25,701,025 | | | 22,415,793 |
-Diluted | | | 25,701,025 | | | 22,415,793 |
Earnings per share | | | | | | |
-Basic | | $ | 0.04 | | $ | 0.02 |
-Diluted | | $ | 0.04 | | $ | 0.02 |
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The Company accounts for net income per common share in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“EPS”). ASC 260 requires the disclosure of the potential dilution effect of exercising or converting securities or other contracts involving the issuance of common stock. Basic net income (loss) per share is determined based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income (loss) per share is determined based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options were converted or exercised.
As of March 31, 2011, the Company had 47,500 non-vested shares awards and 370,000 outstanding warrants that could potentially dilute basic income per share in the future, but which were excluded in the computation of diluted earnings per share in the periods presented, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive since the grant price of these restricted shares and the exercise price of these option were higher than the average market price during period presented.
22. Foreign Subsidiary Operations
Substantially all of the Company’s operations are carried out through its subsidiaries located in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC. The Company’s business may be influenced by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency fluctuation and remittances and methods of taxation, among other things.
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a. Stockholders transactions
In 2009, the Company purchased technology and patent right from individuals including two related parties, Mr. Zhonghao Su, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Mr. Yingjie Qiao, technical director of the Company. Pursuant to the sales agreement, Mr. Zhonghao Su agreed to contribute his interest in the technologies without any consideration. The total purchase price is RMB15 million ($2,287,841), the Company has already paid RMB5 million ($762,614). The remaining RMB10 million ($1,525,227) was recorded as other payables. (See note 10)
b. Stockholders balances (see note 14)
| | March 31, 2011 | | December 31, 2010 |
| | (Unaudited) | | |
Due to stockholders/officers: | | | | | | |
Mr. Zhonghao Su | | $ | 210,511 | | $ | 208,404 |
24. Concentration of Business
a. Financial Risks
The Company provides credit in the normal course of business. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for doubtful accounts based on factors surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends, and other information.
b. Major Customers
The following table summarizes sales to major customers (each 10% or more of revenues):
| | | Three months ended March 31, | |
| | | 2011 | | | | 2010 | |
| | | (Unaudited) | | | | (Unaudited) | |
Largest customers | | | Amount of sales | | | | % of total sales | | | | Amount of sales | | | | % of total sales | |
Customer A | | $ | 1,035,335 | | | | 23.0% | | | $ | 882,047 | | | | 31.6% | |
Customer B | | $ | 937,907 | | | | 20.8% | | | $ | 822,538 | | | | 29.5% | |
Customer C | | $ | 791,115 | | | | 17.6% | | | $ | 404,383 | | | | 14.5% | |
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The following table summarizes accounts receivable outstanding from major customers (each 10% or more of revenues):
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | March 31, 2011 | | | | December 31, 2010 | |
| | | (Unaudited) | | | | | | | | | |
Largest customers | | | Accounts receivable | | | | % of total accounts receivable balance | | | | Accounts receivable | | | | % of total accounts receivable balance | |
Customer A | | $ | 2,922,335 | | | | 34.6 % | | | $ | 3,492,095 | | | | 34.6 % | |
Customer B | | $ | 2,849,887 | | | | 33.8 % | | | $ | 3,367,962 | | | | 33.4 % | |
Customer C | | $ | 2,507,474 | | | | 29.7 % | | | $ | 3,110,514 | | | | 30.8 % | |
c. Major Suppliers
The table following summarizes purchases from major suppliers (each 10% or more of purchases):
| | | Three months ended March 31, | |
| | | 2011 | | | | 2010 | |
| | | (Unaudited) | | | | (Unaudited) | |
Largest suppliers | | | Amount of purchase | | | | % of total purchases | | | | Amount of purchase | | | | % of total purchases | |
Supplier A | | $ | 1,354,210 | | | | 48.2 % | | | $ | 583,545 | | | | 53.0 % | |
Supplier B | | $ | 1,273,178 | | | | 45.3 % | | | $ | 364,734 | | | | 33.0 % | |
Accounts payable of top suppliers balance is $0 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.
25. Subsequent Event
350,000 warrants to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.90 per share expired on April 5, 2011, without being exercised by the warrants holder pursuant to the warrants' terms.
On April 4, 2011, the Company issued 10,000 shares each to Dangxiang Wang, Lianjun Luo and Johnson Lau. The total 30,000 shares were granted in connection with the appointment of these individuals as members of our board of directors for the service period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The compensation expenses will be recorded based on the market value on the grant date which is $1.06 per share and amortized over the service period with $7,950 for each quarter.
On April 4, 2011, we issued 25,000 shares to Low Yan Seong in connection with the appointment as Chief Financial Officer for the Company for the service period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The compensation expenses will be recorded based on the market value on the grant date which is $2.34 per share and amortized over the service period with $14,625 for each quarter.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
As used herein, “China Green,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refers to China Green Material Technologies, Inc. and where applicable its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries.
Certain Terms
Except where the context otherwise requires and for the purposes of this report only:
● | “China Green,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to China Green Material Technologies, Inc., and where applicable its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, and, in the context of describing our operations and business, and consolidated financial information; |
● | “China,” “Chinese” and “PRC” refer to the People’s Republic of China and do not include Taiwan and special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao; |
● | “SEC” refers to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; |
● | “Securities Act” refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
● | “Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; |
● | “RMB” refers to Renminbi, the legal currency of China; and |
● | “U.S. Dollar,” “$” and “US$” refer to the legal currency of the United States. |
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations includes information with respect to our plans and strategies for our business and should be read in conjunction with our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included herein and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Business Overview
We manufacture and sell starch-based biodegradable and disposable food trays, containers, tableware and packaging materials. Our starch-based material is a substitute to conventional petroleum-based plastic and paper materials used to make food trays, containers, tableware and packaging products. We produce the starch-based material for our products using a proprietary manufacturing method which we refer to as dry-powder blending and we believe this method reduces our processing time and costs, as compared to conventional liquid solvents methods. We believe that our products are competitively priced as compared to petroleum-based plastic food containers and paper food containers in China. We market our products through our internal marketing and distribution personnel, currently located at our new corporate office in Harbin, China, as well as through third-party distributors. Beginning in January 2010, we began selling our products to a customer in Italy. We attempt to improve our products and production processes through our internal research and development personnel with assistance from personnel in our production department.
Our starch-based material is potentially a substitute for the oil-based plastics and papers used in a wide variety of products. The Company’s starch-based products are an alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastic polymers such as polypropylene “PP” and polystyrene “PS” which are widely used to produce disposable take-away containers, disposable cups, plates, trays and cutlery. We currently manufacture and sell disposable food trays, containers, tableware and packaging materials and we are actively researching the introduction of additional product lines. During 2010 we developed food trays to hold frozen dumplings, which we produce in various sizes, including food containers with height of 8 cm and width of A4 paper size and a starch-based cup which we produce in sizes up to 17 cm tall. In addition, during 2010 we also designed dual purpose, customized biodegradable and disposable tableware products for operational personal in the Railway Bureau of Harbin, potentially one of our major customers.
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We manufacture and sell customized starch-based biodegradable disposal tableware to retail consumers via supermarket chain operators, and customized food packaging products to frozen food manufacturers and railway bureaus in China. We also manufacture and sell food and beverage containers and utensils made from our starch-based biodegradable material, including cups, plates and bowls to our distributors. Within the area of food and beverage containers and utensils, we produce a “Enjoy Dinner without Dish Washing” and set of “Four-pieces disposable tableware” series, which is a traveling, hotel and restaurant, picnic and outdoor series of tableware products.
We produce a starch-based material using corn starch as the principal ingredient, and we manufacture all our products using this starch-based material. Our starch-based material is non-toxic, harmless, fire-resistant, heat-resistant and odor-free, can be used in microwave ovens and retains its structural integrity at temperatures between -40°C and +150°C.
We utilize “dry-powder blending” technology, a proprietary water-free production process in the production of the biodegradable, starch-based material used to manufacture our products. At present, both in China and elsewhere, the formulation of starch-based biodegradable products often involves the use of liquid solvents to modify the property of starch through mixed liquid polymerization. We believe that our dry-powder blending technology helps us to reduce the time and, as a result, the cost to produce our material compared with production methods using liquid solvents.
Market Opportunity
We believe that, because of concerns over environmental safety, health, and renewability of resources, there is an increasing demand worldwide for products made from materials other than oil-based plastics and paper materials. And because of fossil fuel’s detrimental impact on the environment and in order to reduce the deposit of solid waste and plastics in the environment, we believe that there is a growing trend for government incentives and restrictions favoring the use of alternatives to products made from oil-based plastics and paper materials. The Chinese government has deemed environmental protection an important national interest, and since 2001 has promulgated a series of laws aimed at increasing the use of biodegradable materials, including mandates for the use of recyclable materials in certain packaging and has severely limited the use of disposable polystyrene bags, cutlery and tableware. For example, in 2001 the PRC’s State Economic and Trade Commission announced a ban on production and use of disposable expanded plastic food containers throughout China; in 2007, the PRC’s General Office of the State Council announced a ban on the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags thinner than 0.025 millimeters; effective June 1, 2008, under the PRC’s State Council Decree, it prohibited retailers from providing free plastic bags to customers; and on June 1, 2009, the PRC Food Safety Law (which also applies to food packaging materials and food containers) established an enhanced monitoring and supervision system, a product-recall system and a set of national safety standards. The Food Safety Law will apply stricter tests on raw materials and higher control over the manufacturing processes of foods and food packaging materials.
Our goal is to provide products that address the opportunities created by these developments. Because our products are made from sustainable resources, renewable ingredients and are biodegradable, we believe they are environment friendly and consistent with the “4R” environmental goals of “Reduce,” “Recycle,” “Reuse”, and “Recover.” We focus our research and development efforts on improving our current lines of disposable consumer goods in the catering, frozen food and home and personal use areas and on the development and introduction of new biodegradable plastic replacement products.
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Possible Future Products
We believe our starch-based material may be suited for additional uses and we are actively considering the introduction of additional product lines including:
● | Trash bags and shopping bags. We believe our starch-based material would be an alternative to conventional plastic polymers such as high density polyethylene “HDPE” and low density polyethylene “LDPE” which widely used to produce trash bags and shopping bags. Use of our material in these products will help reduce the use of non-biodegradable plastic polymers and landfill impact attributable to the disposal of petroleum and petroleum-based plastics. |
● | Packaging materials. We are evaluating the use of our starch-based material as an alternative to plastic polymer such as low density polyethylene (“LDPE”) which is widely used for various packaging products. We have produced and used this starch-based material as packaging material for our products sold to a customer in Italy. |
If we determine that the market opportunities exist for us to expand our business through introduction of either or both of these new products, we may consider acquiring or constructing an additional production facility, either in the area of the city of Harbin or in other areas of China near large consumer markets and with good access to key raw materials such as corn starch. In addition, we may consider acquisitions of businesses with complementary product lines or in related industries. Either of these strategies are likely to require that we obtain substantial additional amounts of financial resources, and there is no assurance that adequate additional capital would be available to us for these or any other purposes on satisfactory terms if at all.
First Quarter Financial Performance Highlights
We continued to experience continuous demand for our products during the first quarter of 2011, which resulted in continued growth in our revenues. Despite the overall economic uncertainties in the global economy and credit tightening in China, the starch-based biodegradable, disposable and compostable materials industry in China is still in the process of rapid and continuous development with the increase of awareness and demand for environmentally friendly containers, tableware and packaging materials by the Chinese government and public. This trend is supported by the favorable governmental policies in the biodegradable materials sector. We believe this trend will continue to result in the growth in sales of our products.
The following are some financial highlights for the first quarter of 2011:
● | Revenues – Revenues were $4.5 million for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 61.4% from the comparable quarter of 2010, due to tonnage sold increase by 52.5% and average selling price increase by 6.0%. |
● | Gross Margin – Gross margin was 37.3% for the first quarter of 2011, as compared to 42.1% for the comparable quarter of 2010, due to increase in overall production costs by 14.7% mainly caused by increase in raw materials prices, depreciation charges for plant and equipment, amortization costs for technology and patent right, utilities and packaging costs. Our increased average selling price during first quarter of 2011 reduce the impact of the increase in production costs so that the costs of goods sold percentage increased by 8.3% from 57.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 to 62.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2011. |
● | Income from operations – Income from operations was $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 32.2% from $0.9 million of the comparable quarter of 2010. |
● | Net Income – Net income was $0.9 million for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 112.3% from the comparable quarter of 2010. |
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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010
The following table presents selected items in our consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.
| | | Three Months Ended March 31, | |
| | 2011 | | 2010 | |
| | $ | | % of Sales | | $ | | % of Sales | |
Sales | | | 4,502,594 | | 100.0% | | 2,789,398 | | 100.0% | |
Cost of sales | | | 2,822,087 | | 62.7% | | 1,615,790 | | 57.9% | |
Gross Profit | | | 1,680,507 | | 37.3% | | 1,173,608 | | 42.1% | |
Operating Expenses | | | 506,480 | | 11.2% | | 285,484 | | 10.2% | |
Income from Operations | | | 1,174,027 | | 26.1% | | 888,124 | | 31.9% | |
Other Income (Expenses), net | | | (28,751) | | (0.6% | ) | (359,831 | ) | (12.9% | ) |
Income tax expense | | | 221,871 | | 4.9% | | 93,394 | | 3.3% | |
Net Income | | | 923,405 | | 20.5% | | 434,899 | | 15.7% | |
Sales Total revenues were $4.50 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $2.79 million for the comparable period of 2010, an increase of $1.71 million or 61.4%. The increase in revenues resulted from a combination of increased demand from our existing customers, and successful development of new customer base as we continue to improve our sales strategy, increase the sales channel and develop our market. The increase was mainly attributable to the increased sales of our products which resulted from increased demand from our existing customers as well as new customers. We believe that such revenues increased as a result of growing recognition of our starch based biodegradable products and their environmental friendly advantages as well as the rapidly developing market opportunities in this sector in China. We continue our efforts to increase revenues by improving our marketing strategy, increasing our sales channels, increasing the geographical presence of our products within China and overseas and developing new biodegradable products. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the volume of our products sold increased by 52.5% and our average selling price increased by 6.0% as compared to the comparable period in 2010. During 2011 we increased our internal marketing team members from 38 as of March 31, 2010 to 58 as of March 31, 2011. Historically, we have generally experienced a decrease in generating revenues in the first quarter of the year as compared to fourth quarter of previous year, mainly due to Chinese Lunar New Year as majority of the business in PRC shut down for a month long holiday. Therefore, the increase in revenues contribution from first quarter of the year may not be significant as a whole for year ending December 31, 2011.
Cost of Sales and Gross Profit Margin Cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $2.82 million, compared to $1.62 million for the comparable period of 2010, an increase of $1.20 million or 74.7%. Gross profit margin was 37.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 42.1% for the comparable period of 2010. The 4.8% decline in gross profit margin during the first quarter of 2011 compared with the comparable period in 2010 was due to increased in overall production costs by 14.7%, which mainly caused by increases in raw material price, depreciation charges for plant and equipment, amortization costs which was mainly for technology and patent right, utilities and packaging costs in 2011 as compared to 2010. Our increased average selling price for the three months ended March 31, 2011 reduced the impact of the increase in production costs so that the costs of good sold percentage increased by 8.3% from 57.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 to 62.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Operating Expenses Operating expenses (which consist of selling expenses and general and administrative expenses) were $0.51 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $0.29 million for the comparable period of 2010, an increase of $0.22 million or 77.4%. Although our sales increased during the first quarter of 2011, selling expenses were relatively stable at approximately $0.05 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2011 and for the comparable period of 2010, reflecting our continuous efforts on expense control. General and administrative expenses were $0.46 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $0.24 million for the comparable period of 2010, an increase of approximately $0.22 million or 90.0%. The increase was primarily due to increased in Zhonghao Bio start-up costs of $0.14 million in the first quarter of 2011.
Other Income (Expense) Total other expenses were $0.03 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to total other expenses of $0.36 million for the comparable period of 2010, a decrease of expenses of $0.33 million, or 92.0%. The decrease primarily due to a loss on impairment of investment of $0.20 million and a loss on fixed assets disposal of $0.12 million in 2010, whereas there were no such losses incurred in the three months ended March 31, 2011.
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Net Income Our net income was $0.92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to net income of $0.43 million for the same period of 2010, an increase of $0.49 million or 112.3%. Net income as percentage to revenue was 20.5% for the first quarter of 2011 compared to 15.7% in the same period of 2010. This increase in net income and net income margin was primarily due to increased revenue in 2011 but no losses incurred on disposal of fixed assets and impairment of investment, as compared to corresponding period in 2010.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our operations were initially capitalized by the combination of cash contributed to CHFY and a manufacturing facility and intellectual property contributed by our stockholders prior to 2008. Since that time we have funded operations, including capital expenditures, primarily from cash generated by operations, by sales of our common stock in private placement transactions, by loans from third parties, and by loans from certain of our stockholders and management. We repaid approximately $0.1 million of loans to one of the stockholders for year ended December 31, 2010 and $1.0 million for year ended December 31, 2009; as a result, as of March 31, 2011, we owed approximately $0.2 million in related party debt. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured, and due on demand. Accordingly, we include them as current liabilities. We may make further repayments of these loans from time to time without interfering with the operation of our business.
As of March 31, 2011, we had working capital of $20.2 million. The working capital includes cash and equivalents of $13.9 million and net accounts receivable of $8.4 million. Most of our receivables are owed to us by our primary customers for products purchased from us, and we consider the receivables as collectible in the ordinary course. We expect to collect substantially all of the March 31, 2011 balance of receivables during 2011. The ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 6.0:1.
The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated types of activities during the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:
| | Three Months ended March 31, 2011 | | | Three Months ended March 31, 2011 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | (Unaudited) | |
Cash provided by (used in): | | | | | |
Operating Activities | | $ | 2,445,358 | | | | $ | 1,918,093 | |
Investing Activities | | | (804,396 | ) | | | | 109,886 | |
Financing Activities | | | - | | | | | 4,486,854 | |
We incurred positive cash in-flow from our operations of $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. This was primarily attributable to our collection of accounts receivable of $1.8 million, net income of approximately $0.9 million and non-cash items adjustments for depreciation and amortization of $0.5 million offset by outflow from changes in operating assets and liabilities.
During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we had cash outflow of $0.8 million from investing activities. This was mainly attributable to the additional $0.5 million deposits for construction or the Company’s new manufacturing facility, which have a total contract value of $0.8 million or RMB5,200,000 and value of variation orders subject to agreement by both parties, $0.3 million cash paid to purchase property, plant and equipment for the Company’s new corporate office and manufacturing facility. While in the comparable year of 2010, we received $0.12 million of proceeds from disposal of fixed assets.
We did not have any cash inflow or outflow from financing activities for three months ended March 31, 2011 but we had cash inflows from financing activities of $4.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, mainly due to proceeds of $4.5 million from the issuance of 5.1 million shares of common stock at $0.90 per share in connection with the private placement in the first quarter of 2010.
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We intended to employ from second quarter of 2011 onward, our cash resources for marketing and brand building, for completion of our new production facility, for increasing production at the new facility, and for general and corporate purposes. As part of our marketing strategy in 2011, we intend to begin an advertising campaign in selected television media in the area of Northeast China and in Shandong province of China. We expect that total expenditures for this media campaign may total approximately RMB20 million (US$3.1 million) in 2011. In 2011 we have made investments in labor, raw materials and supplies to support the production at the new facility; in addition, we anticipate additional investments in labor, raw materials and supplies to support higher levels of production at the new facility as we continue to expand our sales in China and internationally. We may recover substantially all of the investments necessary for production at the new facility during 2011 in the normal cycle of business through collection of receivables generated by the sale of the finished products from the new facility. In addition, in the event that our patent application is granted, we will be required to pay approximately RMB10 million (US$1.5 million) to the sellers of the underlying technology; and in the event we decide to purchase the technology underlying the other patent subject to the supplemental agreement described elsewhere in this interim report under Note 10 – Technology and patent right, we will be required to pay approximately RMB15 million (US$2.2 million). We believe our current resources are sufficient to fund ongoing operations as well as our currently projected cash need for the foreseeable future.
We believe that our present capacity will adequately serve the demand we currently project for our products during 2011 and beyond. However, in the event we determine to expand our product lines to include grocery and shopping bags, as discussed elsewhere in this annual report, or other products, we anticipate that additional production capacity would be required. In that case, we would need to purchase or construct additional facilities, and we anticipate that we would likely need additional financial resources for such purpose; there is no assurance that we would be able to secure such additional financial resources on terms that would be acceptable to us, if at all.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of our common stock. We intend to retain any future earnings, if any, to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay any dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends will be contingent upon future revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and overall financial conditions. The payment of any future dividends will be within the discretion of our Board of Directors.
Application of Critical Accounting Policies
In preparation of our financial statements, we are required to formulate working policies regarding valuation of our assets and liabilities and to develop estimates of those values. In our preparation of the financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2011, except for the estimate of useful lives of property and equipment, amortization period for intangible asset and technology and patent right, the deferred tax valuation allowance and fair value of stock warrants and stock awards, there was no estimate made which was (a) subject to a high degree of uncertainty, and (b) material to our results.
We made no material changes to our critical accounting policies in connection with the preparation of our financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2011.
Impact of Accounting Pronouncements
Since the filing of 2010 Form 10-K, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2011-01 through No. 2011-03. These ASUs entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Company.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of March 31, 2011, management of the Company, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), evaluated the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures are defined as the controls and other procedures of the Company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act are accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, these officers concluded that, as of March 31, 2011, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the first quarter of 2011 we implemented certain improvements in our Company’s internal control over financial reporting. These improvements were in response to the conclusion by our Certifying Officers that, as of June 30 and September 30, 2010, there existed a material weakness in respect of our internal control over financial reporting, specifically in our control over the adoption of ASC 815-15, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is indexed to an Entity's Own Stock” which the FASB finalized in June 2008 and which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. As described in more detail in our Form 10-Q/A for June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, each of which was filed with the SEC on March 23, 2011, in response to comments raised by the SEC Staff, we determined that an error was contained in the initial filing of the reports on Form 10-Q as of and for the quarterly periods ended June 30 and September 30, 2010. Such error related to the accounting for certain warrants issued during April 2010 and July 2010 and our failure to properly apply the accounting principles set forth in ASC 815-15 with respect to such warrants. Based on the impact of the aforementioned accounting error, we determined to restate our consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010. As a result of this material weakness, our CEO and CFO concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, or that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
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We believe we have remediated the material weakness identified above. Because the material weakness was related to a lack of sufficient technical accounting expertise and knowledge of accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) that are relevant to the Company’s financial reporting requirements, we believe our addition of an employee within our accounting department has helped to remediate this material weakness. This employee, who has 14 years of accounting experience, was hired during 2010 and has been assigned the task (among others) of helping to establish and carry out internal audit procedures and assisting with certain other accounting and related finance matters. Since August 2010, we also have conducted several internal training sessions for various members of our accounting staff relating to various subjects including understanding and application of US GAAP and communication skills such as English-language report writing. We believe that the hiring of an additional accounting department employee will permit our senior financial management team, led by our CFO, to increase its focus on the implementation of new accounting pronouncements such as ASC 815-15, and on our compliance with U.S. GAAP generally, and enhance our ability to properly account and report on complex material or non-routine transactions. In addition, we believe our greater emphasis on the training of our internal accounting staff and our new internal audit procedures will also improve the effectiveness and reliability of our internal control over financial reporting.
Although the management of our Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, believes that our disclosure controls and internal controls currently provide reasonable assurance that our desired control objectives have been met, management does not expect that our disclosure controls or internal controls will necessarily prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Sales of Unregistered Securities
On April 4, 2011, we issued 10,000 shares each to Dangxiang Wang, Lianjun Luo and Johnson Lau. The total 30,000 shares were granted in connection with the appointment of these individuals as members of our board of directors. On April 4, 2011, we issued 25,000 shares to Low Yan Seong in connection with the appointment as Chief Financial Officer for the Company. Issuance of these 55,000 shares was in private transaction exempt from registration under section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 by virtue of the exemption from such registration provided in section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
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2.1 | | Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 8, 2007 by and among Advanced Green Materials, Inc., AGM Acquisition Corp. and Ubrandit.com (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-a to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2007). | |
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3.1 | | Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on April 12. 2010). | |
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3.2 | | Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 12, 2010). | |
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4.1 | | Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3-a to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2007). | |
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10.1^ | | Form of Employment Agreement between CHFY and the executive employees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10-b to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2007). | |
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10.2^ | | Employment Agreement with Mr. Low Yan Seong dated July 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2010). | |
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10.3 | | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2010, by and among the Company and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2010). | |
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10.4 | | Form of IR Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 15, 2010). | |
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10.5 | | Agency Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2010, by and among China Green Material Technologies, Inc., ARC China, Inc. and Gar Wood Securities, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 29, 2010). | |
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10.6 | | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2010, by and between the Company and the purchaser identified on the signature page thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2010). | |
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10.7 | | Lock-up Agreement, dated as of June 25, 2010, by and between the Company and the purchaser identified on the signature page thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 29, 2010). | |
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10.8 | | 2007 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Company’s Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed on November 13, 2007). | |
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14.1 | | Restated Code of Business Conduct and Ethics dated August 31, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 7, 2010). | |
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31.1* | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
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31.2* | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
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32.1* | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
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32.2* | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
* Filed/furnished herewith.
^ Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| CHINA GREEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |
Date: May 16, 2011 | | |
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| By: | /s/ Zhonghao Su |
| Name: Title: | Zhonghao Su Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) |
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| By: | /s/ Yan Seong Low |
| Name: Title: | Yan Seong Low Chief Financial Officer (principal accounting and financial officer) |
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