UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(MARK ONE)
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010. |
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________ TO __________ |
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-52549
RINO International Corporation
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
NEVADA | 41-1508112 | |
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF | (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.) | |
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION |
11 Youquan Road, Zhanqian Street, Jinzhou District
Dalian, People’s Republic of China 116100
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) (ZIP CODE)
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: +86-411-87661222
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 ¨ .
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Date File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
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 ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ |
Non-accelerated filer ¨ | 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 ¨ No x
The number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant, par value $.0001 per share, outstanding on November 15, 2010 was 28,605,321.
RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
INDEX TO September 30, 2010 FORM 10-Q
Page Number | |
Part I - Financial Information | 3 |
Item 1 - Financial Statements | 3 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2010 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009 | 3 |
Consolidated Statements of Income and Other Comprehensive Income for the Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited) | 4 |
Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited) | 5 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited) | 6 |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) | 7 |
Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 30 |
Item 3 - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk | 46 |
Item 4 - Controls and Procedures | 46 |
Part II - Other Information | 48 |
Item 2 - Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 48 |
Item 6 - Exhibits | 48 |
Signature Page | 49 |
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 AND DECEMBER 31, 2009
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
(UNAUDITED) | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 56,123,490 | $ | 134,487,611 | ||||
Restricted cash | 9,520,921 | - | ||||||
Notes receivable | 209,580 | 440,100 | ||||||
Due from shareholders | - | 3,500,000 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $666,161 and $273,446 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively | 90,687,872 | 38,826,483 | ||||||
Accounts receivable – retentions | 21,324,942 | 18,984,688 | ||||||
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts | 41,440,413 | 3,258,806 | ||||||
Inventories | 5,546,475 | 5,405,866 | ||||||
Advances for inventory purchases | 57,244,722 | 34,056,231 | ||||||
Other current assets and prepaid expenses | 3,306,592 | 629,506 | ||||||
Total current assets | 285,405,007 | 239,589,291 | ||||||
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET | 24,516,034 | 12,265,389 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS | ||||||||
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate | 449,100 | - | ||||||
Advances for non current assets | 11,745,655 | 6,570,378 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 9,115,669 | 1,144,796 | ||||||
Total other assets | 21,310,424 | 7,715,174 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 331,231,465 | $ | 259,569,854 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 9,796,423 | $ | 4,281,353 | ||||
Short term bank loans | 3,742,500 | 1,467,000 | ||||||
Notes payable | 9,520,824 | - | ||||||
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts | 8,125,883 | - | ||||||
Customer deposits | 232,894 | 4,984,801 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 3,229,242 | - | ||||||
Liquidated damages payable | 20,147 | 20,147 | ||||||
Due to shareholders | 498,598 | 494,614 | ||||||
Taxes payable | 4,727,815 | 4,003,709 | ||||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 512,862 | 496,411 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 40,407,188 | 15,748,035 | ||||||
Long term loan | 8,233,500 | - | ||||||
Warrant Liabilities | 178 | 15,172,712 | ||||||
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK ($0.0001 par value, 5,464,357 shares issued with conditions for redemption outside the control of the company) | 24,480,319 | 24,480,319 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Preferred Stock ($0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding) | - | - | ||||||
Common Stock ($0.0001 par value, 10,000,000,000 shares authorized,28,605,321 and 28,603,321 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009) | 2,860 | 2,860 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 107,527,065 | 107,135,593 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 123,344,860 | 78,983,794 | ||||||
Statutory reserves | 15,326,220 | 11,755,312 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 11,909,275 | 6,291,229 | ||||||
Total shareholders' equity | 258,110,280 | 204,168,788 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 331,231,465 | $ | 259,569,854 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
REVENUES | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | $ | 52,083,757 | $ | 62,194,946 | $ | 164,347,447 | $ | 138,030,264 | ||||||||
Services | 640,803 | 1,107,257 | 1,620,028 | 1,602,308 | ||||||||||||
52,724,560 | 63,302,203 | 165,967,475 | 139,632,572 | |||||||||||||
COST OF SALES | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | 35,987,267 | 36,452,495 | 108,600,440 | 81,701,500 | ||||||||||||
Services | 242,423 | 531,440 | 737,072 | 1,124,270 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | 211,379 | 185,201 | 566,821 | 555,528 | ||||||||||||
36,441,069 | 37,169,136 | 109,904,333 | 83,381,298 | |||||||||||||
GROSS PROFIT | 16,283,491 | 26,133,067 | 56,063,142 | 56,251,274 | ||||||||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES | ||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 6,031,527 | 6,553,607 | 17,802,865 | 14,079,888 | ||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense | 325,937 | - | 391,469 | - | ||||||||||||
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES | 6,357,464 | 6,553,607 | 18,194,334 | 14,079,888 | ||||||||||||
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS | 9,926,027 | 19,579,460 | 37,868,808 | 42,171,386 | ||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES), NET | ||||||||||||||||
Other expense, net | (13,772 | ) | (3,144 | ) | (127,651 | ) | (8,923 | ) | ||||||||
Change in fair value of warrants | 97,620 | (2,592,201 | ) | 15,172,534 | (4,402,335 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest income (expense), net | 323,898 | 101,785 | 464,342 | (90,148 | ) | |||||||||||
Gain on liquidated damage settlement | - | - | - | 1,746,120 | ||||||||||||
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES), NET | 407,746 | (2,493,560 | ) | 15,509,225 | (2,755,286 | ) | ||||||||||
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | 10,333,773 | 17,085,900 | 53,378,033 | 39,416,100 | ||||||||||||
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | 1,494,553 | - | 5,446,059 | - | ||||||||||||
NET INCOME | 8,839,220 | 17,085,900 | 47,931,974 | 39,416,100 | ||||||||||||
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME: | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 4,419,255 | 169,559 | 5,618,046 | 31,920 | ||||||||||||
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 13,258,475 | $ | 17,255,459 | $ | 53,550,020 | $ | 39,448,020 | ||||||||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | 28,604,061 | 25,204,199 | 28,605,321 | 25,104,972 | ||||||||||||
Diluted | 28,610,990 | 25,220,159 | 28,610,560 | 25,112,087 | ||||||||||||
EARNINGS PER SHARE: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 1.57 | ||||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.68 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 1.57 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common Stock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Par Value $0.0001 | Additional | Retained Earnings | Accumulated other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | Common | Paid-in | Unrestricted | Statutory | comprehensive | |||||||||||||||||||||||
of shares | stock | capital | earnings | reserve | income | Totals | ||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, January 31, 2009 | 25,040,000 | $ | 2,504 | $ | 25,924,007 | $ | 28,570,948 | $ | 6,196,478 | $ | 6,221,943 | $ | 66,915,880 | |||||||||||||||
Cumulative effect of reclassification of warrants | (1,058,702 | ) | (420,070 | ) | (1,478,772 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares issued to settle liquidated damage payable | 48,438 | 5 | 216,999 | 217,004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense-shares and options issued | 2,000 | - | 28,324 | 28,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Imputed interest on advances from a shareholder | 13,557 | 13,557 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non cash exercise of warrant at $5.38 | 240,331 | 24 | 5,368,585 | 5,368,609 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 39,416,100 | 39,416,100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation to statutory reserve | (4,295,048 | ) | 4,295,048 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain | 31,920 | 31,920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) | 25,330,769 | $ | 2,533 | $ | 30,492,770 | $ | 63,271,930 | $ | 10,491,526 | $ | 6,253,863 | $ | 110,512,622 | |||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense | 19,061 | 19,061 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non cash exercise of warrant at $5.38 | 20,520 | 2 | 512,496 | 512,498 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock issuance for cash for $30.75 | 3,252,032 | 325 | 76,111,266 | 76,111,591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 16,975,650 | 16,975,650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation to statutory reserve | (1,263,786 | ) | 1,263,786 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain | 37,366 | 37,366 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2009 | 28,603,321 | $ | 2,860 | $ | 107,135,593 | $ | 78,983,794 | $ | 11,755,312 | $ | 6,291,229 | $ | 204,168,788 | |||||||||||||||
Stock compensation expense | 2,000 | - | 391,472 | 391,472 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | 47,931,974 | 47,931,974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allocation to statutory reserve | (3,570,908 | ) | 3,570,908 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain | 5,618,046 | 5,618,046 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, September 30, 2010 (Unaudited) | 28,605,321 | $ | 2,860 | $ | 107,527,065 | $ | 123,344,860 | $ | 15,326,220 | $ | 11,909,275 | $ | 258,110,280 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Net income | $ | 47,931,974 | $ | 39,416,100 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation | 706,358 | 717,490 | ||||||
Amortization | 143,025 | 50,072 | ||||||
Allowance for bad debt | 380,399 | 342,495 | ||||||
Imputed interest on advances from shareholders | - | 13,558 | ||||||
Amortization of long term prepaid expenses | 58,914 | 10,994 | ||||||
Stock compensation expense | 391,472 | 28,324 | ||||||
Liquidated damage settlement expense | - | (1,746,120 | ) | |||||
Change in fair value of warrants | (15,172,534 | ) | 4,402,335 | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Notes receivable | 235,360 | 1,439,514 | ||||||
Accounts receivable | (52,478,965 | ) | 6,596,159 | |||||
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts | (37,452,981 | ) | (13,192,194 | ) | ||||
Inventories | (29,537 | ) | (589,505 | ) | ||||
Advances for inventory purchases | (22,101,402 | ) | (34,747,048 | ) | ||||
Other current assets and prepaid expenses | (2,618,152 | ) | (160,940 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable | 5,333,251 | (344,598 | ) | |||||
Customer deposits | (4,769,544 | ) | 102,598 | |||||
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts | 7,984,752 | 1,483,440 | ||||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 6,294 | (318,983 | ) | |||||
Deferred revenue | 3,173,157 | - | ||||||
Due to shareholders | 3,704 | (1,058,480 | ) | |||||
Taxes payable | 631,076 | 5,946,440 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | (67,643,379 | ) | 8,391,651 | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Payment for investment in unconsolidated affiliate | (441,300 | ) | - | |||||
Purchase of plant and equipment | (1,796,032 | ) | (37,232 | ) | ||||
Advances for non current assets | (15,715,510 | ) | (341,417 | ) | ||||
Purchase of intangible assets | (7,952,455 | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (25,905,297 | ) | (378,649 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
Change in restricted cash | (9,355,561 | ) | 1,030,317 | |||||
Proceeds from notes payable - banks | 9,355,466 | 73,735 | ||||||
Proceeds from short term bank loans | 2,206,500 | 29,360,000 | ||||||
Payments on short term bank loans | - | (29,315,000 | ) | |||||
Payments on liquidated damage settlement | - | (615,018 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from shareholder | 3,500,000 | 770,889 | ||||||
Proceeds from long-term bank loans | 8,090,500 | - | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 13,796,905 | 1,304,923 | ||||||
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH | 1,387,650 | (39,665 | ) | |||||
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | (78,364,121 | ) | 9,278,260 | |||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning | 134,487,611 | 19,741,982 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ending | $ | 56,123,490 | $ | 29,020,242 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION | ||||||||
Cash paid for interest expense | $ | 403,217 | $ | 632,816 | ||||
Cash paid for income taxes | $ | 1,752,393 | $ | 229,848 | ||||
Reclassification of advances on plant to purchase of plant | 10,703,204 | - | ||||||
Shares issued for liquidated damage penalty settlement | $ | - | $ | 217,004 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF BUSINESS
RINO International Corporation (the “Company” or “RINO”) was originally incorporated in 1984 in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. On December 27, 2006, the shareholders of the Company approved a proposal to re-domicile the Company from the State of Minnesota to the State of Nevada. The Company through its 100% owned subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”), engages in designing, developing, manufacturing, and installation of environmental protection and energy saving industrial equipments in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
Current Development
On February 22, 2010, Dalian Rino Environment Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Rino”) and three other unrelated Chinese based companies formed Dalian Environment Exchange Co., Ltd., the registered capital of which is RMB 10 million (approximately $1.497 million), under the laws of PRC. Dalian RINO invested RMB 3 million (approximately $449,100) in cash, representing a 30% noncontrolling interest in the new company, which is mainly engaged in the business of providing comprehensive services for trading of proprietary technology and other rights and interests within environmental protection and energy sector.
On July 14, 2010, Rino Investment (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (“Rino Investment”) established a new 100% owned subsidiary in Dalian, named Dalian RINO Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. (“Rino Sludge”) with a registered capital of $20 million. Rino Sludge is engaged in the business of municipal sludge and solid waste treatment.
On August 3, 2010, Dalian Rino established a new 100% subsidiary in Dalian, named Dalian RINO Logistics Co., Ltd. (“Rino Logistics”) with a registered capital of RMB 6 million (approximately $898,200). Rino Logistics is mainly engaged in providing cargo transportation services.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and reflect the activities of the following subsidiaries and VIEs. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.
Place incorporated | Ownership percentage | |||||
Innomind Group Limited (“Innomind Group”) | BVI | 100 | % | |||
Dalian Innomind Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Innomind”) | Dalian, China | 100 | % | |||
Rino Investment (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (“Rino Investment”) | Dalian, China | 100 | % | |||
Dalian RINO Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“Rino Heavy Industries) | Dalian, China | 100 | % | |||
Dalian RINO Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. (“Rino Sludge”) | Dalian, China | 100 | % | |||
Dalian RINO Environment Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Rino”) | Dalian, China | VIE | ||||
RINO Technology Corporation (“Rino Technology”) | Nevada, USA | VIE | ||||
Dalian RINO Environmental Engineering Project Design Co., Ltd. (“Rino Design”) | Dalian, China | VIE | ||||
Dalian RINO Environmental Construction & Installation Project Co., Ltd. (“ Rino Installation”) | Dalian, China | VIE | ||||
Dalian RINO Logistics Co., Ltd. (“Rino Logistics”) | Dalian, China | VIE |
In accordance with the interpretation of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. All VIEs with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes. There is no restriction on the ability of the Company’s VIEs and subsidiaries to transfer moneys to the Company.
ASC 810 addresses whether certain types of entities referred to as VIEs, should be consolidated in a Company’s consolidated financial statements. Pursuant to an Entrusted Management Agreement by and between Dalian Innomind and Dalian Rino, dated October 3, 2007, Dalian Rino and its shareholders agreed to entrust the operations and management of the business to Dalian Innomind and Dalian Innomind is entitled to Dalian Rino’s net profit as an entrusted management fee. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 810, the Company has determined that Dalian Rino and its 100% owned subsidiaries Rino Design, Rino Technology, Rino Installation, and Rino Logistics are VIEs and that the Company is the primary beneficiary, and accordingly, the financial statements of Dalian Rino, Rino Design, Rino Technology, Rino Installation and Rino Logistics are consolidated into the financial statements of the Company.
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RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
The carrying amount of the VIEs’ assets and liabilities are as follows:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Current assets | $ | 224,635,329 | $ | 145,883,237 | ||||
Plant and equipment | 11,255,834 | 11,270,034 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 4,372,935 | 7,713,576 | ||||||
Total assets | 240,264,098 | 164,866,847 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 221,704,775 | 150,231,563 | ||||||
Net assets | $ | 18,559,323 | $ | 14,635,284 |
VIE’s liabilities as of September 30, 2010 consists of the following:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 9,637,926 | $ | 4,281,353 | ||||
Short-term bank loan | 3,742,500 | 1,467,000 | ||||||
Payable to Rino International to be eliminated | 178,848,393 | 136,486,734 | ||||||
Billing in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts | 8,125,883 | - | ||||||
Customer deposits | 232,894 | 4,984,801 | ||||||
Other payable and accrued liabilities | 400,035 | 380,334 | ||||||
Notes payable | 8,363,018 | - | ||||||
Due to a stockholder | 42,576 | - | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 3,229,242 | - | ||||||
Tax payable | 848,808 | 2,631,341 | ||||||
213,471,275 | 150,231,563 | |||||||
Noncurrent liabilities | ||||||||
Long-term loan | 8,233,500 | - | ||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 221,704,775 | $ | 150,231,563 |
The interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, for interim financial information and with the instructions to Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Form 10-Q and Article 10 of SEC Regulation S-X and consistent with the accounting policies stated in the Company’s 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Therefore, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2009, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
The interim consolidated financial statements included herein are unaudited; however, they contain all normal recurring accruals and adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly our consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2010, our consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, and the consolidated cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future quarters or the full year.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events. These estimates and the underlying assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities. Such estimates and assumptions by management affect accrued expenses, the valuation of accounts receivable, inventories, and long-lived assets, legal contingencies, lives of plant and equipment, lives of intangible assets, calculation of warranty accruals, taxes, share-based compensation and others. Management believes that the estimates used in preparing its financial statements are reasonable and prudent. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Foreign Currency Transactions
The reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar. The functional currency is the Chinese Renminbi (”RMB”). The Company’s PRC subsidiaries and VIEs conduct business in PRC, and maintain their accounting records in RMB.
The financial statements of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries and VIEs are translated into US dollars using period-end exchange rates of $0.1497 and $0.1467 at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively as to assets and liabilities and weighted average exchange rates for the periods of $0.1471 and $0.1466 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, as to the income and cash flow statement. The equity accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates. Resulting translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income within shareholders’ equity.
The resulting translation gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. Translation adjustments resulting from this process amounted to $4,419,255 and $169,559 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $5,618,046 and $31,920 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
GAAP requires cash flows from the Company's operations calculated based upon the local currencies using the weighted average exchange rate. 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.
Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in the results of operations for the periods presented. Transaction losses amounted to $184,767 and $292,977 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. No material transaction gains and losses occurred for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Concentration and Risks
Cash in Bank
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents, for cash flow statement purposes. Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with state owned banks within the PRC, Hong Kong and the United States.
The Company maintains balances at financial institutions which, from time to time, may exceed Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board insured limits for the banks located in Hong Kong. Balances at financial institutions or state owned banks within the PRC are not covered by insurance. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company has $55,749,865 and $134,070,387 cash balances not covered by FDIC insurance in the United States, respectively. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant risks on its cash in bank accounts.
Major Customers
During the three months ended September 30, 2010, one customer accounted for 18% of the Company’s total sales. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total sales.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, one customer accounted for 14% of the Company’s total sales. Accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings from this customer totaled $27 million as of September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total sales.
Major Suppliers
Two major suppliers provided approximately 73% of the Company’s purchases of raw materials for the three months ended September 30, 2010, with each supplier individually accounting for 25% and 48% of the total purchases, respectively. Two major suppliers provided approximately 90% of the Company’s purchases of raw materials for the three months ended September 30, 2009, with each supplier individually accounting for 47% and 48% of the total purchases, respectively.
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Two major suppliers provided approximately 83% of the Company’s purchases of raw materials for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, with each supplier individually accounting for 37% and 46%, respectively. Advances to these suppliers as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 amounted to approximately $55 million and $33 million respectively. Two major suppliers provided approximately 95% of the Company’s purchases of raw materials for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, with each supplier individually accounting for 85% and 7% respectively.
PRC Risks
The Company's operations are carried out in 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, and by the general state of the economy in the regions where the Company’s customers are located. The Company's operations in PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in the North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Company's results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of PRC. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payment of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from the transaction, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate governmental authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of the PRC to pay capital expenses, such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions.
Restricted Cash
The Company records cash deposits in banks or other institutions subject to restrictions on the withdrawal or use of the funds as restricted cash. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, restricted cash in the amount of $9,520,921 and $0, respectively, represents deposits in the Agricultural Bank of China and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as collateral for banker’s acceptance notes.
Notes Receivable
Notes receivable represent trade accounts receivable due from various customers where the customers’ banks have guaranteed the payment of the notes. This amount is non-interest bearing and is normally paid within three to six months. The Company has the ability to submit requests for payment to the customers’ bank earlier than the scheduled payment date, but will incur an interest charge and a processing fee when it submits an early payment request. The Company had $209,580 and $440,100 in notes receivable as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable are presented net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. The Company grants credit to customers without collateral. Accounts receivable balances are considered past due if payment has not been received within the payment terms established on the sales contracts or granted by the Company, typically up to one year. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reverses. The estimated loss rate is based on our historical loss experience and also contemplates current market conditions. Delinquent account balances are written-off after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable, and known bad debts are written off against allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. The Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts amounted to $666,161 and $273,446 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
Accounts Receivable - Retentions
The Company allows its customers to retain 5% to 10% of the contract prices as retainage during the warranty period, usually 12 months, to guarantee product quality. Retention payments are generally collected within one year of the completion of the project. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, retainage included in accounts receivable amounted to $21.3 million and $19.0 million, respectively.
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Cost and Estimated Earnings in Excess of Billings on Uncompleted Contracts
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts represent revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed pursuant to the percentage-of-completion method used to recognize contract revenue.
Billings in Excess of Cost and Estimated Earnings on Uncompleted Contracts
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts represent billings in excess of revenues recognized pursuant to the percentage-of-completion method.
Inventories
Inventories consist of raw materials and low cost consumption supplies used in the manufacturing process and work in process. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market, as determined on a first-in, first-out basis, using the weighted average cost method. Management reviews its inventories periodically to determine if any reserves are necessary for potential obsolescence or if write downs are necessary due to the carrying value exceeding its net realizable value. Based upon managements’ review, there were no provisions for obsolete or slow moving inventories as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
Plant and Equipment
Plant and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of plant and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:
Buildings | 30 Years |
Equipment and machinery | 15 Years |
Motor vehicles | 10 Years |
Furniture and office equipment | 5 Years |
Construction in progress represents direct costs of construction as well as acquisition and design fees and interest expense incurred. Interest incurred during construction is capitalized into construction in progress. All other interest is expensed as incurred. Capitalization of these costs ceases and the construction in progress is transferred to plant and equipment when substantially all the activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. No depreciation is provided until construction is completed and the asset is ready for its intended use. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged directly to expense as incurred. Major additions and betterments to buildings and equipment are capitalized.
The Company recognizes an impairment loss when estimated cash flows generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of the asset. Based on management review, the Company believes that there were no impairments on the plant and equipment as of September 30, 2010.
Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate
Equity method investments are recorded at original cost and adjusted to recognize the Company’s proportionate share of the investee’s net income or losses and additional contributions made and distributions received. The Company recognizes a loss if it is determined that other than temporary decline in the value of the investment exists. A subsidiary in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but does not have a controlling interest is accounted for using the equity method. Significant influence is generally considered to exist when the Company has an ownership interest in the voting share between 20% and 50%, and other factors, such as representation on the Board of Directors, voting rights and the impact of commercial arrangements, are considered in determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of land use rights and patents. Land use rights are stated at cost, less accumulated amortization and are amortized over the term of the relevant rights of 50 years from the date of acquisition. Patent A and patent B are stated at cost, less accumulated amortization and are amortized over patent terms of 15 and 10 years, respectively.
Certain identifiable intangible assets are reviewed for impairment, at least annually whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. As of September 30, 2010, the Company expected all of its intangible assets to be fully recoverable.
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Accounting for Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. We assess the recoverability of the assets based on the undiscounted future cash flow the assets are expected to generate and recognize an impairment loss when estimated undiscounted future cash flow expected to result from the use of the asset plus net proceeds expected from disposition of the asset, if any, are less than the carrying value of the asset. When we identify an impairment, we reduce the carrying amount of the asset to its estimated fair value based on a discounted cash flow approach or, when available and appropriate, to comparable market values. As of September 30, 2010, management believes there were no impairments on the Company’s long-lived assets.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
On January 1, 2008, the Company began recording financial assets and liabilities subject to recurring fair value measurement at the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. On January 1, 2009 the Company began recording non-recurring financial as well as all non-financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement under the same principles. These fair value principles prioritize valuation inputs across three broad levels. The three levels are defined as follows:
l | Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. |
l | 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 assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments. |
l | Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value. |
Effective January 1, 2009, warrants to purchase 382,500 shares of the Company’s common stock previously treated as equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption are no longer afforded equity treatment because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired.
As such, effective January 1, 2009, the Company reclassified the fair value of these warrants from equity to a liability, as if these warrants were treated as a derivative liability since their issuance in October, 2007. On January 1, 2009, the Company reclassified $1,058,702 from additional paid-in capital, as a cumulative effect adjustment, $420,070 to beginning retained earnings and $1,478,772 to warrant liabilities to recognize the fair value of such warrants. In July and August of 2009, warrants to purchase 356,047 shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised through cashless conversion. The fair value of the exercised warrants amounted to $5,368,609. The fair value of the remaining outstanding 26,453 warrants was $512,498 as of September 30, 2009. Therefore, the Company recognized a $2,592,201 loss and $4,402,335 loss from the change in fair value of derivative liability for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. In October 2009, warrants to purchase 26,453 shares of the Company’s common stock were exercised through cashless conversion.
On December 7, 2009, the Company sold 3,252,032 shares of its common stock; Series A Common Stock Warrants, which are exercisable within six months of the closing date; to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,138,211 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $34.50 per Warrant (the “2009 Series A Warrants”); and Series B Common Stock Warrants, which are exercisable beginning on the six month one day anniversary of the closing date until the one year one day anniversary of the closing date, to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,138,211 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $34.50 per Warrant (the “2009 Series B Warrants”). These warrants were treated as a derivative liability because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. All of the 2009 Series A Warrants expired on June 7, 2010. The outstanding warrants as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 totaled 1,138,211 and 2,276,422, respectively. The fair value of the warrants as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 amounted to $178 and $15,172,712, respectively. The company recognized $97,620 and $15,172,534 gains from the change in fair value of warrants for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.
Warrants referred to in the preceding paragraphs do not trade in an active securities market, and as such, the Company estimates the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions:
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2009 Series B Warrants | September 30, 2010 | Issuance Date | ||||||
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Annual dividend yield | - | - | ||||||
Expected life (years) | 0.19 | 1.00 | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate | 0.15 | % | 0.55 | % | ||||
Expected volatility | 56.71 | % | 131.16 | % |
Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical stock pricing data (adjusting for stock splits and dividends), which is a Level 3 inputs as historical volatility typically does not represent current market participant expectations about future volatility. The Company-specific volatility is computed annually by taking the base-10 logarithm of each daily stock closing price divided by the previous stock closing price (adjusted for stock splits and dividends). The logarithm smoothes the daily results so that percentage differences are computed and tailed. Each annual volatility calculation is weighted along with the other (non-excluded) annual volatility result to produce the average historical volatility for the selected period. The Company believes this method produces an estimate that is representative of the Company’s expectations of future volatility over the expected term of these warrants. The expected life is based on the remaining term of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury securities according to the remaining term of the warrants.
The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that was accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2010.
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September 30, 2010 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||
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Warrant liability | $ | 178 | - | $ | - | 178 |
The Company did not identify any other non-recurring assets and liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value.
Revenue Recognition
Contracts. The Company enters into long-term fixed price contracts with customers to manufacture and install industrial equipment. Revenue on long-term fixed price contracts is recognized under the percentage-of-completion method. Contracts are generally for single, seamless solutions, a fact that would make estimation of percentage completion by measuring outputs of little value to financial statement users. Accordingly, the Company estimate percentage completion based on inputs rather than on outputs. Under the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method outlined in SOP 81-1, management estimates the percentage-of-completion based upon costs incurred as a percentage of the total estimated costs to complete the contract. When total cost estimates exceed projected revenues, the Company accrues for the estimated losses immediately. The use of the percentage of completion method requires significant judgment relative to estimating total contract revenues and costs, including assumptions relative to the length of time to complete the project, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, and anticipated changes in estimated costs. Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are continuously monitored during the term of the contract, and recorded revenues and costs are subject to revision as the contract progresses. When revisions in estimated contract revenues and costs are determined, such adjustments are recorded in the period in which they are first identified.
Equipment sales contracts are fixed-price contracts generally for turnkey projects which include design, manufacture of equipment, and installation of equipment, which can require extensive fabrication and construction work in the client’s steel mill. Accordingly, desulphurization projects require in general 6 to 7 months from inception to final installation and commissioning, while anti-oxidation systems require about 3 to 4 months from inception to installation. Wastewater treatment equipment can require from 5 to 8 months from contract signing, depending mainly on the specific customer’s ability to accept delivery.
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Significant production costs such as raw materials and labor are generally incurred pro rata over the time required to complete each project, beginning with machining of equipment parts in production facilities in Dalian to fabrication and assembly of housings, towers, and other items constructed on site in our clients’ steel mills. While our production costs also include labor, depreciation, and other manufacturing costs, we believe that using the application of raw materials to work in progress to drive our percentage completion estimates offers the most concrete factual basis for estimation of percentage completion as this prevents the allocation of overheads and utilities from directly affecting our recognition of revenues and is in accord with the guidance in SOP 81-1.
Services. In addition to the Company’s specialty equipment sales, the Company uses heavy machining equipment to perform machining services for third parties. These engagements, numbering several hundred per year, are essentially piecework and are completed in usually less than one month. Each machining engagement is governed by a separate contract, indicating existence of an arrangement. Revenue is recognized when service is performed, which is usually concurrent with delivery to the client, the contract prices are set by contract, collectability is assured. Machining services contracts generally set out the machining work to be performed, including machining tolerances, number of pieces to be worked, payment terms, timing of delivery, and price per unit of work. The contract price is generally paid upon acceptance by the customers of the completed work after testing by the customers according to the contract specifications.
The Company also provided technical professional services to its customers based on a fixed-price time contract. The Company recognized services-based revenue from all of its contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the completion of the services and invoices have been issued and collectability is reasonably assured. Technical services contracts specify the final user, the nature of the project and the type of technology service to be provided. Contracts are valid for one year from signing; payments are generally front-loaded.
BOT Contracts. Starting from 2010, the Company enters into long-term “build-operate-transfer” contracts (the “BOT” contracts) with customers to manufacture and install, operate and maintain the industrial equipments. The revenue and costs relating to construction or upgrade services are recognized under the cost recovery method as the collection of the receivable cannot be reasonably assured. Under the cost recovery method, no gross profit is recognized until the collection of the receivable exceeds the cost or until such time that the company considers the collections to be probable and can be reasonably estimated. A BOT service contract has an indeterminable number of acts to be performed over a specific period of time. As such, revenue from a BOT service contract is recognized on a straight-line basis unless it is possible to estimate the stage of completion by some other method more reliably. When in a series of acts to be performed in rendering a service, a specific act is much more significant than other acts, and then the recognition of income is postponed until the significant acts are performed.
The Company allows its customers to retain 5% to 10% of the contract prices as retainage installation of the equipment, usually 12 or 18 months, to guarantee product quality. Historically, the Company has experienced insignificant warranty claims resulting in the Company having to repair or exchange a defective product. Due to the infrequency and insignificant amount of warranty claims, the ability to collect retainage is reasonably assured and is included as part of the contract price, and is recognized as revenue based upon percentage of completion.
Enterprise Wide Disclosure
The Company’s chief operating decision-makers review financial information presented on a consolidated basis, accompanied by disaggregated information about revenues by business lines for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company is engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing, and installing environmental protection and energy saving equipment for the Chinese iron and steel industry and no other business segment. There are no segment managers who are held accountable for operations, operating results and plans for levels or components below the consolidated unit level. Based on qualitative and quantitative criteria established by “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” the Company considers itself to be operating within one reportable segment.
Government Grant
The Dalian municipal government approved grants to the Company to encourage high-technology industry research and development. The grants are netted with research and development expenses upon receipt from the local government. The Company received government grants in the amount of $147,100 and $61,568 during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company received government grants in the amount of $332,446 and $105,545 during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
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Research and Development Costs
Research and development (“R&D”) expenses include salaries, material, contract and other outside service fees, facilities and overhead costs. Under the guidance of GAAP, the Company expenses the costs associated with the R&D activities when incurred. R&D expenses of $147,100 and $73,796 incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Most of the R&D expenses were incurred in the second quarter of 2010 and 2009.
Shipping and Handling
Shipping and handling for raw materials purchased are included in cost of goods sold. Shipping and handling costs incurred for shipping of finished products to customers are included in selling expenses. Shipping and handling expenses included in selling expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $12,510 and $71,849, respectively. Shipping and handling expenses included in selling expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $83,297 and $219,862, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
We are required to estimate the fair value of share-based awards on the date of grant. The value of the award is principally recognized as expenses ratably over the requisite service periods. The fair value of our restricted stock units is based on the closing market price of our common stock on the date of grant. We have estimated the fair value of stock options and stock purchase rights as of the date of grant or assumption using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which was developed for use in estimating the value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and that are freely transferable. The Black-Scholes model considers, among other factors, the expected life of the award and the expected volatility of our stock price. We evaluate the assumptions used to value stock options and stock purchase rights on a quarterly basis. The fair values generated by the Black-Scholes model may not be indicative of the actual fair values of our equity awards, as it does not consider other factors important to those awards to employees, such as continued employment, periodic vesting requirements and limited transferability.
The Company is required to measure the cost of the equity instruments issued in exchange for the receipt of goods or services from other than employees at the estimated fair market value of the consideration received or the estimated fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably determinable. The value of equity instruments issued for consideration other than employee services is determined on the earlier of a performance commitment or completion of performance by the provider of goods or services.
Stock compensation expense is recognized based on awards expected to vest. GAAP requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods, if necessary, if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. There were no estimated forfeitures as the Company has a short history of issuing options.
Income Taxes
The Company reports income taxes pursuant to FASB’s accounting standard for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes as required by this accounting standard, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to be in effect during the years in which the basis differences reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. FASB’s accounting standard for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes requires the 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. As of January 1, 2007, income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold to be recognized. A tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.
Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. No material deferred tax amounts were recorded at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the year incurred. No significant penalties or interest relating to income taxes have been incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. GAAP also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosures and transition.
The charge for taxation is based on the results for the reporting period as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
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The Company and its VIE Rino Technology were incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating losses for income tax purposes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. The Company had estimated loss carry forwards of approximately $3.90 million and $1.51 million as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, for U.S. income tax purposes, available for offset against future taxable U.S. income expiring in 2028. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from the loss carry forward appears uncertain due to the Company’s historical operating income and continuing losses. Accordingly, a 100% valuation allowance has been provided and no deferred tax asset benefit has been recorded. The valuation allowance at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was approximately $1,327,559 and $505,000, respectively. The net change in the valuation allowance was an increase of approximately $822,559.
The Company has cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries and VIE’s of approximately $137,627,002 as of September 30, 2010 which is included in consolidated retained earnings and will continue to be indefinitely reinvested in international operations. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. deferred taxes related to future repatriation of these earnings, nor is it practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes that would have to be provided if we concluded that such earnings will be remitted in the future.
US Income Taxes
The Company and its VIE Rino Technology are incorporated in the State of Nevada in the U.S., and are subject to a gradual U.S. federal corporate income tax of 15% to 38%. The State of Nevada does not impose any corporate state income tax.
Hong Kong Income Taxes
The Company’s subsidiary, Innomind is incorporated in BVI and its office is located in Hong Kong. Innomind did not earn any income that was derived in Hong Kong for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20010 and 2009 and therefore was not subject to Hong Kong Profit Tax.
China Income Taxes
The Company conducts all its operating business through its operating subsidiaries and VIEs, Dalian Innomind, Dalian Rino, Rino Design, Rino Installation, Rino Logistics, Rino Investment, Rino Heavy Industries and Rino Sludge in China. The operating subsidiaries and VIEs are governed by the income tax laws of PRC and do not have any deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities under the income tax laws of the PRC because there are no temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities.
The Company’s subsidiaries and VIEs are governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws.
Starting January 1, 2008, under new EIT law, Dalian Rino was subject to the new standard EIT rate of 25%. On December 10, 2008, Dalian Rino was approved for a reduced tax rate at 15% for being qualified as an entity operating with high technology.
Dalian Innomind is subject to EIT at a rate of 25% on its net income, while as a foreign investment enterprise, Dalian Innomind is qualified for a tax exemption for two years and a 50% reduction for the following three years. As a result, Dalian Innomind enjoys a 100% tax exemption for the years 2008 through 2009 and a 50% income tax reduction for the years 2010 through 2012.
Pursuant to an Entrusted Management Agreement by and between Dalian Innomind and Dalian Rino, dated October 3, 2007, Dalian Rino and its shareholders agreed to entrust the operations and management of the Business to Dalian Innomind and Dalian Innomind is entitled to Dalian Rino’s net profit as an entrusted management fee, which resulted in no income tax provision for Dalian Rino.
Dalian Investment, Dalian Rino Heavy, Dalian Rino Installation, Dalian Rino Design, Dalian Logistics, and Rino Sludge are subject to an income tax rate of 25%.
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The Company’s subsidiaries and VIEs were paying the following tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Subsidiaries and VIEs | Effective Income Tax Rate | Income Tax Exemption | Effective Income Tax Rate | Income Tax Exemption | ||||||||||||
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Dalian Innomind | 12.5 | % | 12.5 | % | 0 | % | 25 | % | ||||||||
Dalian Rino | 15 | % | 10 | % | 15 | % | 10 | % | ||||||||
Rino Design | 25 | % | 0 | % | 25 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||
Rino Installation | 25 | % | 0 | % | 25 | % | 0 | % | ||||||||
Rino Logistics | 25 | % | 0 | % | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||
Rino Investment | 25 | % | 0 | % | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||
Rino Heavy Industries | 25 | % | 0 | % | n/a | n/a | ||||||||||
Rino Sludge | 25 | % | 0 | % | n/a | n/a |
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory United States federal income tax rate to income before income taxes. The following table reconciles the statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited):
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
U.S. Statutory rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||
Foreign income not recognized in U.S. | (34.0 | )% | (34.0 | )% | ||||
China income taxes | 25.0 | % | 25.0 | % | ||||
China income tax exemption | (13.2 | )% | (25.0 | )% | ||||
Other items (a) | 2.7 | % | - | |||||
Effective income tax rate | 14.50 | % | 0.0 | % |
(a) The 2.7% represents the $754,879 of income and expenses incurred by the Company, and its VIEs, Innomind Group and Rino Technology that are not deductible in PRC for the three months ended September 30, 2010.
The following table reconciles the statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited):
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
U.S. Statutory rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||
Foreign income not recognized in U.S. | (34.0 | )% | (34.0 | )% | ||||
China income taxes | 25.0 | % | 25.0 | % | ||||
China income tax exemption | (9.1 | )% | (25.0 | )% | ||||
Other items (a) | (5.7 | )% | - | |||||
Effective income tax rate | 10.2 | % | 0.0 | % |
(a) The (5.7)% represents the $13,280,084 of income incurred by the Company and its VIEs, Innomind Group and Rino Technology that are not subject to income tax for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
The estimated tax savings for the three months ended September 30, 2010 amounted to $1,365,667. The net effect on earnings per share had the income tax been applied would decrease basic and diluted earnings per share from $0.31 to $0.26 in 2010.
The estimated tax savings for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 amounted to $4,835,681. The net effect on earnings per share had the income tax been applied would decrease basic and diluted earnings per share from $1.68 to $1.51 in 2010.
No provision for income tax was made for three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Value Added Tax
Enterprises or individuals who sell commodities, engage in repair and maintenance or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax, or VAT, in accordance with Chinese laws. The VAT standard rate is 17% of the gross sales price. A credit is available whereby VAT paid on the purchases of semi-finished products or raw materials used in the production of the Company’s finished products can be used to offset the VAT due on sales of the finished product.
VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $10,179,030 and $6,244,656 respectively, for three months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. VAT on sales and VAT on purchased amounted to $17,375,881 and $10,565,781, respectively, for three months ended September 30, 2009.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $39,695,649 and $26,957,889 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $41,314,005 and $29,373,079 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.
Sales and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent because the VAT taxes are not impacted by the income tax holiday. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the VAT payable amounted to $71,316, and $3,260,613, respectively.
All of VAT on sales and purchases amounts including VAT tax on intercompany sales and purchases. As of September 30, 2010, prepaid VAT in the amount of $2,243,063 was included in other current assets and prepaid expense on balance sheet.
Comprehensive income
GAAP establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in financial statements. It requires that all items that are required to be recognized under accounting standards as components of comprehensive income be reported in financial statements that are displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements.
Earnings Per Share
GAAP requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock using the treasury method.
Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of the assumed exercise of the outstanding stock options and warrants, using the treasury stock method, at either the beginning of the respective period presented or the date of issuance, whichever is later, and only if the common stock equivalents are considered dilutive based upon the Company's net income (loss) position at the calculation date.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-01– Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash. The amendments in this Update clarify that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a retrospective basis. The adoption of this ASU did not have impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 – Accounting and Reporting for Decreases in Ownership of a Subsidiary – a Scope Clarification. The amendments in this Update affect accounting and reporting by an entity that experiences a decrease in ownership in a subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit activity. The amendments also affect accounting and reporting by an entity that exchanges a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for an equity interest in another entity. The amendments in this update are effective beginning in the period that an entity adopts SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – An Amendment of ARB No. 51.” If an entity has previously adopted SFAS No. 160 as of the date the amendments in this update are included in the Accounting Standards Codification, the amendments in this update are effective beginning in the first interim or annual reporting period ending on or after December 15, 2009. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively to the first period that an entity adopted SFAS No. 160. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities. 2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. These disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however, the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 – Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues related to an entity’s requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements. According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. The amendment is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year ending after June 15, 2010. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-10 – Amendments for Certain Investment Funds. This update defers the effective date of the amendments to the consolidation requirements made by FASB Statement 167 to a reporting entity’s interest in certain types of entities. The deferral will mainly impact the evaluation of reporting enterprises’ interests in mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate investment entities that measure their investment at fair value, real estate investment trusts, and venture capital funds. The ASU also clarifies guidance in Statement 167 that addresses whether fee arrangements represent a variable interest for all service providers and decision makers. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-11 – Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. Embedded credit-derivative features related only to the transfer of credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another are not subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting as clarified by recently issued FASB guidance. Other embedded credit-derivative features are required to be analyzed to determine whether they must be accounted for separately. This update provides guidance on whether embedded credit-derivative features in financial instruments issued by structures such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and synthetic CDOs are subject to bifurcation and separate accounting. The guidance is effective at the beginning of a company’s first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-13, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” or ASU 2010-13. This Update provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in currency of a market in which a substantial porting of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-17 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 20-10-17, “Revenue Recognition - - Milestone Method (Topic 605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition” or ASU 2010-17. This Update provides guidance on the recognition of revenue under the milestone method, which allows a vendor to adopt an accounting policy to recognize all of the arrangement consideration that is contingent on the achievement of a substantive milestone (milestone consideration) in the period the milestone is achieved. The pronouncement is effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. The adoption of ASU 2010-17 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
In June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to eliminate the exception to consolidate a qualifying special-purpose entity, change the approach to determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity and require companies to more frequently re-assess whether they must consolidate variable interest entities. Under the new guidance, the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is identified qualitatively as the enterprise that has both (a) the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and (b) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity. This guidance becomes effective for the Company at its fiscal 2011 year-end and interim reporting periods thereafter. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-20, Disclosure about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit losses. This ASU will increase disclosure made about the credit quality of loans and the allowances for credit losses. The disclosures will provide additional information about the nature of credit risk inherent in First Financial loans, how credit risk is analyzed and assessed, and the reasons for the change in the allowance for loan losses. The requirements will be effective for first fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. The Company is evaluating the potential impact to its consolidated financial statements from the adoption of this ASU.
In September 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2010-25, “Plan Accounting—Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962): Reporting Loans to Participants by Defined Contribution Pension Plans” or ASU 2010-25. The ASU clarifies how loans to participants should be classified and measured by defined contribution plans and how IFRS compare to these provisions. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on net income or cash flows.
Note 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, TRADE, NET
Accounts receivable consisted of the following:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 91,354,033 | $ | 39,099,929 | ||||
Less: allowance for bad debts | (666,161 | ) | (273,446 | ) | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 90,687,872 | $ | 38,826,483 |
The following table consists of allowance for doubtful accounts:
Allowance for doubtful accounts at January 1, 2009 | $ | - | ||
Additional reserves | 342,492 | |||
Accounts receivable write off | 220 | |||
Effect of foreign currency translation | 37 | |||
Allowance for doubtful accounts at September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) | $ | 342,749 | ||
Additional reserves | (69,434 | ) | ||
Accounts receivable write off | 256 | |||
Effect of foreign currency translation | (125 | ) | ||
Allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2009 | $ | 273,446 | ||
Additional reserves | 380,399 | |||
Accounts receivable write off | - | |||
Effect of foreign currency translation | 7,316 | |||
Allowance for doubtful accounts at September 30, 2010 (Unaudited) | $ | 666,161 |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Accounts Receivable – Retentions
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, retainage included in accounts receivable amounted to $21.3 million and $19.0 million, respectively. According to our contracts terms, all the retainages are collectable after the constructions have been completed for one year.
NOTE 4 – COST AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF BILLINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts represent revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed pursuant to the percentage-of-completion method used to recognize contract revenue. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the balances for cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings are $41,440,413 and $3,258,806, respectively.
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Cost incurred on uncompleted contracts | $ | 35,905,143 | $ | 3,173,870 | ||||
Estimated earnings | 23,214,272 | 2,090,778 | ||||||
Contract costs incurred plus estimated earnings to date | $ | 59,119,415 | $ | 5,264,648 | ||||
Less: progress billings | (17,679,002 | ) | (2,005,842 | ) | ||||
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts | $ | 41,440,413 | $ | 3,258,806 |
As of September 30, 2010, the costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings would be collected in more than one year based on the contract agreements amounted to $28,569,291.
NOTE 5 – INVENTORIES
Inventories consisted of the following raw material, work-in-process and supplies:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Raw material | $ | 257,191 | $ | 246,798 | ||||
Work-in-process | 5,230,703 | 5,101,685 | ||||||
Low cost consumption supplies | 58,581 | 57,383 | ||||||
Total | $ | 5,546,475 | $ | 5,405,866 |
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, no provision for obsolete inventories was recorded by the Company.
NOTE 6 – ADVANCES FOR INVENTORY PURCHASES
The Company makes advances to certain suppliers for inventory purchases and subcontracting fees. Most of the Company’s vendors require advances to them as a guarantee that the Company will receive the goods on a timely basis. The advances on inventory purchases amounted to $57,244,722 and $34,056,231 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
NOTE 7 – PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The following is a summary of plant and equipment at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Buildings | $ | 4,017,281 | $ | 3,936,775 | ||||
Equipment and machinery | 9,744,583 | 9,508,465 | ||||||
Motor vehicles | 2,103,862 | 1,647,515 | ||||||
Furniture and office equipment | 468,302 | 447,229 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 12,249,227 | 6,768 | ||||||
Total | $ | 28,583,255 | $ | 15,546,752 | ||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (4,067,221 | ) | (3,281,363 | ) | ||||
Plant and equipment, net | $ | 24,516,034 | $ | 12,265,389 |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $239,521 and $239,239, respectively. Depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $706,358 and $717,490, respectively.
Construction in progress
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had construction in progress in the amount of $12,249,227 and $6,768, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, no interest was capitalized into construction in progress.
Construction in progress at September 30, 2010 consisted of the following:
Project Description | Location | September 30, 2010 (Unaudited) | Commencement Date | Expected completion date | Estimated additional cost to complete | ||||||||
Changxing Island Project | Industrial District, Dalian, Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone | $ | 12,249,227 | (1) | April 20, 2010 | July 31, 2011 | $ | 85,000,000 | |||||
(1) The balance represents construction cost and equipment cost in amount of $11,859,370 and $389,860 respectively.
NOTE 8 – INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE
On February 22, 2010, the Company invested RMB 3 million (approximately $449,100) for a 30% noncontrolling interests in Dalian Environment Exchange Co., Ltd., for which the Company neither has substantive control nor is the primary beneficiary. Therefore, the Company does not consolidate the results of operations and financial position of the investee, but rather accounts for its noncontrolling ownership interest as equity method investments. The company is in the pre-operating stage as of September 30, 2010.
The following tables represent summarized combined financial information of Dalian Environment Exchange Co., Ltd. accounted for under the equity method:
September 30, 2010 | ||||
(Unaudited) | ||||
Current assets | $ | 831,544 | ||
Long-term assets | $ | 675,274 | ||
Current liabilities | $ | 9,818 | ||
Long-term liabilities | $ | - |
NOTE 9 – ADVANCES ON NON CURRENT ASSETS
Advances to Suppliers
The Company makes advances to certain suppliers for construction projects. The advances on equipment and construction were $7,305,675 and $5,550,966 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Prepayment for Land Use Right
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company prepaid $4,276,032 and $799,965, respectively, for purchase of land use rights, but had not obtained the certificate of the land use rights. Therefore, as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the amount has been recorded as a prepayment for land use right in other assets.
Long term prepaid expenses
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company prepaid $163,948 and $219,447 for more than one year expenses. The Company amortizes the prepayment based on the terms, for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amortization expense for long term prepayment amounted to $19,748 and $3,666, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amortization expense for long term prepayment amounted to $58,914 and $10,994, respectively.
For the period ended September 30, 2010, amortization schedule for the following period amounted to:
Year | Amount | |||
2011 | $ | 78,551 | ||
2012 | 78,551 | |||
2013 | 6,846 | |||
Total | $ | 163,948 |
NOTE 10 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
The following is a summary of intangible assets:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Land use rights | $ | 8,757,467 | $ | 651,136 | ||||
Patents and licenses | 748,500 | 733,500 | ||||||
Total | $ | 9,505,967 | $ | 1,384,636 | ||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (390,298 | ) | (239,840 | ) | ||||
Intangible asssets, net | $ | 9,115,669 | $ | 1,144,796 |
Amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $56,752 and $17,195, respectively.
Amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $143,025 and $50,572, respectively.
NOTE 11 – BILLINGS IN EXCESS OF COST AND ESTIMATED EARNINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts represent amounts billed in excess of revenues recognized pursuant to the percentage-of-completion method used to recognize contract revenue. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings amounted to $8,125,883 and $0, respectively.
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings consist of the following:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Progress billings | $ | 20,220,661 | $ | - | ||||
Less: cost incurred on uncompleted contracts | (5,735,515 | ) | - | |||||
Less: estimated earnings | (6,359,263 | ) | - | |||||
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts | $ | 8,125,883 | $ | - |
NOTE 12 – DEFERRED REVENUE
Construction portion of BOT arrangements are accounted for under cost recovery method. Deferred revenue represents estimated earnings related to the BOT contract, and are deferred to until collected the cost of the revenue, or until such time the Company considers the collections to be probable and estimable. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the deferred revenue amounted to $3,299,242 and $0, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
NOTE 13 – BANK LOANS
Short-term bank loans
As of September 30, 2010, short-term bank loans balance represents two loans, the principals of which aggregately amount to RMB25 million (approximately $3,742,500) that borrowed from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for the Company’s working capital use. The following table identifies the material terms of short-term loans:
Interest Rate | September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Effective Date | Maturity | Type | (Per Annum) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||
11-13-2009 | 11-13-2010 | Secured by certain equipment | 5.31 | % | $ | 1,497,000 | $ | 1,467,000 | |||||||||
03-01-2010 | 02-16-2011 | Secured by certain equipments and guaranteed by shareholder | 5.841 | % | 2,245,500 | — | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 3,742,500 | $ | 1,467,000 |
Long-term loan
As of September 30, 2010, the balance of long-term loan consists of a loan that borrowed from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, the principal of which amounts to RMB 55 million (approximately $8,233,500). The following table identifies the material terms of the long-term loan:
Interest Rate | September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Effective Date | Maturity | Type | (Per Annum) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||
03-01-2010 | 03-01-2014 | Secured by certain manufacturing plants and office buildings | 6.912 | % | 8,233,500 | - | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 8,233,500 | - |
The long term loan is scheduled to be repaid by installments. The following table shows the installments schedule:
Date | Amount | |||
03-01-2012 | $ | 2,245,500 | ||
03-01-2013 | 2,994,000 | |||
03-01-2014 | 2,994,000 | |||
Total | $ | 8,233,500 |
Total interest expense on the bank loans for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $195,808 and $286,647, respectively. Total interest expense on the bank loans for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $403,217 and $655,793, respectively.
The above loans are secured by the Company's equipment, buildings and land use rights located within PRC, with net value as follows:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Equipment & machinery in Dalian, China | $ | 8,396,245 | $ | 6,965,057 | ||||
Buildings in Dalian, China | $ | 3,399,274 | - | |||||
Land use rights in Dalian, China | $ | 564,833 | - | |||||
Total assets pledged as collateral for bank loans | $ | 12,360,352 | $ | 6,965,057 |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
NOTE 14 –TAXES PAYABLE
As of September 30, 2010, and December 31, 2009, taxes payable consisted of the following at:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
Income taxes payable | $ | 4,418,188 | $ | 716,795 | ||||
VAT payable | 71,316 | 3,260,613 | ||||||
Other miscellaneous taxes | 238,311 | 26,301 | ||||||
Total taxes payable | $ | 4,727,815 | $ | 4,003,709 |
NOTE 15 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Loan to shareholders
On December 7, 2009, the Company provided a loan to the major shareholders in the amount of $3.5 million. The loan is short term and due on May 10, 2010, which has an annual interest rate of 5.25%. Principal and interest are due in full on maturity date. On May 7, 2010, the Company received principal of $3,200,000 from the shareholders for the payment of the loan, on May 10, 2010, the Company received the remaining principle and interest amounted to $377,527.
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s major shareholder advanced $498,598 and $494,614, respectively, to the Company for operational purposes. These advances are unsecured, noninterest bearing and payable on demand.
NOTE 16 – REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK
On October 5, 2007, the Company received $24,480,319 or $21,253,722 net proceeds after deducting the offering expenses from a group of accredited investors and issued 5,464,357 shares of restricted common stock at $4.48 per share. The Securities Purchase Agreement contained a transferrable provision such that if any governmental agency in the PRC takes action that adversely affects the Restructuring Agreements or the Share Exchange Agreement entered into in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Company doesn’t mitigate the adverse effect to the investors’ reasonable satisfaction within 60 days of the PRC action, then the Company is required to pay liquidated damages in an amount equal to the initial investment without interest and the shareholder must return the shares acquired under the Securities Purchase Agreement. Consequently, the total amount of the gross proceeds has been excluded from permanent equity and recorded as redeemable common stock in accordance with Rule 5-02.28 of Regulation S-X and Section 211 of the Codification of Financial Reporting Policies. Although there is no fixed redemption requirement in any of the next five years, the entire amount of $24,480,319 could become redeemable in any of the next five years. These shares are included as outstanding common stock for purposes of earnings per share.
NOTE 17 – COMMON STOCK AND OTHER SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Statutory Reserves
The Company is required to make appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve based on the after-tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC. Prior to January 1, 2006 the appropriation to the statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the after tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC until the reserve is equal to 50% of the entities’ registered capital. Appropriations to the statutory public welfare fund are at 5% to 10% of the after tax net income determined by the Board of Directors. Effective January 1, 2006, the Company is only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund at 10 % of net income after tax per annum, such contributions not to exceed 50% of the respective company’s registered capital. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the remaining reserve needed to fulfill the 50% registered capital requirement totaled $95.8 million and $84.5 million, respectively.
The statutory reserve funds are restricted for use to offset against prior period losses, expansion of production and operation, or for the increase in the registered capital of the Company. These reserves are not transferable to the Company in the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. These reserves are therefore not available for distribution except in liquidation.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Common Stock and Warrants
Issuance of Common Stock
On June 21, 2010, the Company issued 2,000 shares of common stock to the Chairman of the Audit Committee for his services provided based upon the agreement dated April 4, 2008. The shares were valued at $13.27, yielding an aggregate fair value of total $26,540. This expense was recorded as stock based compensation expense.
On December 7, 2009, the Company closed sales of 3,252,032 shares of its common stock; Series A Common Stock Warrants, which are exercisable within six months of the closing date; to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,138,211 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $34.50 per Warrant (the “2009 Series A Warrants”); and Series B Common Stock Warrants, which are exercisable beginning on the six month one day anniversary of the closing date until the one year one day anniversary of the closing date, to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,138,211 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $34.50 per Warrant (the “2009 Series B Warrants”). These warrants were treated as a derivative liability because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. The purchase price for each common share together with Series A Warrants exercisable into 0.35 of a common share and Series B Warrants exercisable into 0.35 of a common share is $30.75, and the gross proceeds of the sale were $99,999,984. The following table represents the allocation of the fair value of warrants and also common stock on issuance date:
Total proceeds | $ | 99,999,984 | ||
Direct expenses | (5,144,531 | ) | ||
Fair value of warrants | (18,743,862 | ) | ||
Allocation to common stock and APIC | $ | 76,111,591 |
On October 5, 2007, in connection with the Private Financing and pursuant to the Engagement Agreement Providing for Investment Banking Services, by and between the Company and a placement agent for the Private Financing, as amended, the placement agent received the following compensation: (i) $80,000 cash as an engagement and documentation fee; (ii) $1,750,000 as a placement commission; (iii) 875,000 shares of Common Stock, and (iv) warrants to purchase 382,500 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $5.376 per share, exercisable within 6 years of the date of issuance. The exercise price of the warrants is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances and the warrants permit cashless exercise by the holders. This expense is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the accompanying financial statements.
The warrants issued to the placement agent, initially qualify as permanent equity, the value of such warrants has created offsetting debit and credit entries to additional paid-in capital.
Effective January 1, 2009, 382,500 warrants previously treated as equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption are no longer afforded equity treatment because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired.
In connection with the Private Financing, 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to a consultant for advisory services. This expense is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the accompanying financial statements.
A discussion of the valuation techniques used to measure fair value for the warrant liabilities listed above and activity for these liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 is provided elsewhere in this footnote.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
Warrants
Following is a summary of the warrant activity:
Number of Shares | ||||
Outstanding as of January 1, 2009 | 382,500 | |||
Granted | 2,276,422 | |||
Forfeited | - | |||
Exercised | (382,500 | ) | ||
Outstanding as of December 31, 2009 | 2,276,422 | |||
Granted | - | |||
Forfeited/Expired | (1,138,211 | ) | ||
Exercised | - | |||
Outstanding as of September 30 2010 (Unaudited) | 1,138,211 |
Following is a summary of the status of warrants outstanding at September 30, 2010,
Outstanding Warrants | Exercisable Warrants | |||||||||||||||
Exercise Price | Number of Shares | Average Remaining Contractual Life | Average Exercise Price | Number of Shares | Average Remaining Contractual Life | |||||||||||
$ | 34.50 | 1,138,211 | 0.19 year | $ | 34.50 | 1,138,211 | 0.19 year | |||||||||
Total | 1,138,211 | 1,138,211 |
Stock Options
On April 27, 2010, pursuant to an Employment Agreement, the Company granted to Ben Wang, the Chief Financial Officer, a non-qualified stock option to purchase 150,000 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $20 per share, vesting in 3 equal annual installments beginning on April 19, 2011, with a term life of five years. On August 13, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized this grant of the non-qualified stock option.
On June 30, 2009, pursuant to an Employment Agreement, the Company granted to Yi (Jenny) Liu, the former Chief Financial Officer, a non-qualified stock option to purchase 50,000 shares of its Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.15 per share, vesting in 3 equal annual installments beginning on June 30, 2010, with a term life of five years. On August 12, 2010, pursuant to an Separation Agreement with former CFO, the options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Employer’s common stock (the “Shares”) at the exercise price $6.15 per share granted to Employee shall vest immediately upon the execution of this Agreement. And the options to purchase 20,000 shares that were to vest on June 30, 2011 and the options to purchase 20,000 shares which were to vest on June 30, 2012 shall be cancelled and be of no further force or effect. Once vested, the foregoing options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Employer’s common stock which may be exercised until April 27, 2013, the third anniversary of the Separation Date. The 10,000 options vested had fair value of approximately $77,417, $38,992 of which was recorded as compensation expense in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
The fair values of stock options granted to the executives were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:
Expected Life | Expected Volatility | Dividend Yield | Risk Free Interest Rate | Grant Date Fair Value | ||||||||||||||
Options granted in 2010 | 2.98 years | 164.2 | % | 0 | % | 1.54 | % | $ | 15.15 | |||||||||
Options granted in 2009 | 3.3 years | 121.7 | % | 0 | % | 1.64 | % | $ | 9.80 |
Volatility: In light of the Company’s thin stock trading history, expected volatility is based on historical stock pricing data (adjusting for stock splits and dividends) of five publicly traded peer companies and the Company’s own data. The Company-specific volatility is computed annually by taking the base-10 logarithm of each daily stock closing price divided by the previous stock closing price (adjusted for stock splits and dividends). The logarithm smoothes the daily results so that percentage differences are computed and tailed. Each annual volatility calculation is weighted along with the other (non-excluded) annual volatility result to produce the average historical volatility for the selected period. The Company believes this method produces an estimate that is representative of the Company’s expectations of future volatility over the expected term of these warrants.
Dividend Yield: The expected dividend yield is zero. The Company has not paid a cash dividend and does not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Risk Free Rate: The risk-free interest rate was based on U.S. Treasury yields with a remaining term that corresponded to the expected term of the option calculated on the granted date.
Expected Life: Because the Company has no historical share option exercise experience to estimate future exercise patterns, the expected life was determined using the simplified method as these awards meet the definition of "plain-vanilla" options under the rules prescribed by GAAP.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
The Company recognized $325,936 and $19,061 compensation expense in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company recognized $364,928 and $19,364 compensation expense in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Stock compensation expense is recognized based on awards expected to vest. There were no estimated forfeitures as the Company has a short history of issuing options. GAAP requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods, if necessary, if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of the stock options activity,
Number of Options Outstanding | Weighted-Average Exercise Price | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | ||||||||||
Balance as of January 1, 2009 | - | $ | - | - | ||||||||
Granted | 50,000 | 6.15 | 182,500 | |||||||||
Forfeited | - | |||||||||||
Exercised | - | |||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2009 | 50,000 | $ | 6.15 | 749,500 | ||||||||
Granted | 150,000 | 20.00 | ||||||||||
Forfeited/Cancelled | (40,000 | ) | 6.15 | 1,075,000 | ||||||||
Exercised | - | |||||||||||
Balance as of September 30, 2010 (unaudited) | 160,000 | $ | 19.13 |
Following is a summary of the status of options outstanding at September 30, 2010:
Outstanding Options | Exercisable Options | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise Price | Number of Shares | Average Remaining Contractual Life | Average Exercise Price | Number of Shares | Average Remaining Contractual Life | ||||||||||||||
$ | 6.15 | 10,000 | 0.0 year | $ | 6.15 | 10,000 | 0.19 year | ||||||||||||
$ | 20.0 | 150,000 | 4.55 years | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Total | 160,000 | 10,000 |
NOTE 18 - EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the calculation of earnings per share for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
Net income | $ | 8,839,220 | $ | 17,085,900 | ||||
Adjustments for diluted EPS calculation | - | - | ||||||
Adjusted net income for calculating EPS - diluted | $ | 8,839,220 | $ | 17,085,900 | ||||
Weighted average number of common stock – Basic | 28,604,061 | 25,204,199 | ||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: | ||||||||
Options | 6,929 | 15,960 | ||||||
Weighted average number of common stock – Diluted | 28,610,990 | 25,220,159 | ||||||
Earnings per share: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.68 | ||||
Diluted | $ | 0.31 | $ | 0.68 |
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RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
(UNAUDITED) |
The following table sets forth the calculation of earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited):
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
Net income | $ | 47,931,974 | $ | 39,416,100 | ||||
Adjustments for diluted EPS calculation | - | - | ||||||
Adjusted net income for calculating EPS-diluted | $ | 47,931,974 | $ | 39,416,100 | ||||
Weighted average number of common stock – Basic | 28,605,321 | 25,104,972 | ||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: | ||||||||
Warrants | 5,239 | 7,115 | ||||||
Weighted average number of common stock – Diluted | 28,610,560 | 25,112,087 | ||||||
Earnings per share: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 1.68 | $ | 1.57 | ||||
Diluted | $ | 1.68 | $ | 1.57 |
All of the outstanding shares of redeemable common stock have been included as outstanding common stock for the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
All of outstanding warrants and 150,000 shares of options are excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 due to anti-dilutive effect. All of outstanding warrants are excluded from diluted earnings per share calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 due to the anti-dilutive effect.
NOTE 19 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Employee Benefits
The full time employees of the Company are entitled to employee benefits including medical care, welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance and pension benefits through a Chinese government mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. The Company is required to accrue for those benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries and make contributions to the plans out of the amounts accrued for medical and pension benefits. The total provisions and contributions made for such employee benefits were $67,625 and $44,739 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $157,797 and $101,796 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Chinese government is responsible for the medical benefits and the pension liability to be paid to these employees.
Capital Commitments
As of September 30, 2010, the Company had capital commitments for production equipment procurement and project construction, mostly for the Chanxing Island Project, in the amount of $95 million. The Company intends to satisfy the commitments by unrestricted cash in hand, cash generated from operating activities, and bank loans if needed.
Register Capital Commitments
On December 18, 2009, the Company increased its investment to Dalian Innomind from $20 million to $80 million and $20 million has been paid as of September 30, 2010 The remaining $40 million is to be paid in two years from December 18, 2009.
On November 30, 2009, Rino Investment was established with registered capital of $98 million. As of September 30, 2010, Rino Investment received $70 million, and the remaining $28 million is to be paid in two years from November 30, 2009.
NOTE 20 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On October 14, 2010, Rino Sludge signed a Build-Operate-Transfer Contract (the “BOT Contract”), which is the definitive contract to the MOU, with Urban Administration Bureau of Dalian ETD Zone regarding the treatment of municipal sludge in Dalian ETD Zone.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Disclaimer Regarding Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements made in this report, and other written or oral statements made by or on behalf of RINO International Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and controlled affiliates (collectively, the “Company”), may constitute “forward-looking statements” under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which represent the expectations or beliefs of the Company. Such “forward-looking statements” include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the operations, performance, financial condition and growth of the Company. For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, when used in this report, the word “believes,” “expects,” “estimates,” “intends,” “will,” “may,” “anticipate,” “could,” “should,” “can,” or “continue” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Examples of such statements in this report include descriptions of our plans and strategies with respect to developing certain market opportunities, our overall business plan, our plans to develop additional strategic partnerships, our intention to develop our products and platform technologies, our continuing growth and our ability to contain our operating expenses. All forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially from those projected, including those described under Item 1.A. of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and matters described in this report generally. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this filing will in fact occur. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
The following is management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected aspects of our financial position and results of operations during the periods included in the accompanying unaudited financial statements. You should read this in conjunction with discussion under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations” and the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2009 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and the other financial information appearing in Item 1 of this report and elsewhere in this report.
Except as otherwise specifically stated or unless the context otherwise requires, the "Company", "we," "us," "our," and the "Registrant" refer to, collectively, (i) RINO International Corporation (formerly Jade Mountain Corporation); (ii) Innomind Group Limited (“Innomind Group”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RINO International Corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands; (iii) RINO Investment (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (“Rino Investment”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of RINO International Corporation under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”); (iv) Dalian Innomind Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Innomind”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Innomind Group organized under the PRC laws; (v) Dalian RINO Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“Rino Heavy Industries”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rino Investment organized under the PRC laws; (vi) Dalian RINO Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. (“Rino Sludge”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rino Investment organized under the PRC laws; (vii) Dalian RINO Environment Engineering Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (“Dalian Rino”), a contractually controlled affiliate of Dalian Innomind organized under the PRC laws ; (viii) Dalian RINO Environmental Engineering Project Design Co., Ltd. (“Rino Design”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dalian Rino organized under the PRC laws; (ix) Dalian RINO Environmental Construction & Installation Project Co., Ltd. (“Rino Installation”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dalian Rino organized under the PRC laws; (x) RINO Technology Corporation (“Rino Technology”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dalian Rino organized under the laws of the state of Nevada; and (xi) Dalian RINO Logistics Co., Ltd. (“Rino Logistics”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dalian Rino organized under the PRC laws.
Company Overview
We are engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing, installing and servicing proprietary and patented environmental protection and energy saving equipment for large, state-owned iron and steel industry manufacturers in the People’s Republic of China. Our business operations are conducted throughout China and we do not rely on any particular region for revenues.
On July 13, 2009, our common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), started trading under the symbol "RINO" on the Nasdaq Global Market.
Following the expansion of China’s economy and growth in the size of its manufacturing sectors, such as the iron and steel industry, the total volumes of waterborne and airborne industrial waste and pollution have grown, and consequently, China’s industries face increasingly stringent governmental mandates to reduce or eliminate sulphur dioxide emissions and untreated wastewater discharges. Failure to meet mandated emission and discharge standards can result in financial penalties. On July 31, 2009, the Ministry of Industry and Information of PRC published a formal plan for the implementation of Flue Gas Desulphurization systems in the sintering plants of Chinese steel companies, which is a specific roadmap to accelerate the number of desulphurization projects completed throughout the PRC.
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Customers
Our customers are mainly large iron and steel companies in China. Generally, our projects involve manufacturing, installation and testing of the equipment we sell, and the contract prices vary with products and technical conditions. Due to the size of our projects, we generally work on a limited number of projects with a limited number of customers at any given period of time. Since it normally takes approximately 6 - 8 months to complete a project, our revenues are generated from a limited number of customers at any given period. There are approximately 34 iron and steel companies in China of a size and with annual production levels that may require the sale and installation of our products. In order to expand our sales, we plan to capture increasing numbers of these potential customers for primary product sales and aggressively cross-sell our products to each customer.
For the three months ended September 30, 2010, one customer, which is Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., accounted for 18% of the Company’s total revenues, while sales to another three major customers in the aggregate another contributed approximately 19.6% of our total revenues. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total sales.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, one customer accounted for 14% of the Company’s total sales. Accounts receivable and costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings from this customer totaled $27 million as of September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total sales.
All of our products are customized to our customers’ specific requirements. We enter into fixed-price equipment sales contracts with our customers covering engineering, manufacturing, construction and installation phases. Generally, we fulfill our contractual obligations within twelve months.
Our project-based revenue is affected directly by our customers’ capital budgets and their needs to build new plants. Because most of our customers are state-owned-enterprises, their budgeting decisions are influenced by the Chinese central government’s environmental protection and pollution control policies, which presently are favorable to our business and products. We believe that such policy emphasis will continue in the foreseeable future. The cost of revenues for our products includes direct materials, direct labor, outsourcing costs and manufacturing overhead.
Competition
Lamella Wastewater System
Prior to Dalian Rino’s introduction of its Lamella Wastewater technology, the typical industrial wastewater treatment technology used in China relied on an inclined “plate settling pool” process which is still generally available in China. Our advanced technology results in the following competitive advantages: large hydraulic coefficient, long water power process, high treatment efficiency, etc. We know of no comparable technology presently available in China.
Desulphurization System
Presently in China, major domestic companies engaged in the desulphurization equipment market include: Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Company, Zhejiang Feida Company, Fujian Longjing Environmental Company, Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power Company, Jiulong Electric Power Company, Qinghua Tongfang, University of Science & Technology, Beijing ZHTD Technology, Talroad Company, Yonker Environmental Protection Group and China City Environment Protection Engineering. To the best of our knowledge, among them, University of Science & Technology, Beijing ZHTD Technology Co., Talroad Company, Yonker Environmental Protection Group, China City Environment Protection Engineering Ltd. Co. and Fujian Longjing Co., Ltd have entered into the desulphurization market of the iron and steel industry; and the rest are mainly servicing the desulphurization market of China’s power industry. We consider Fujian Longjing as our major potential competitor in the desulphurization market, but it is more focused on the power industry.
Major international companies in the desulphurization market include: Voestalpine AG and Mitsubishi, each of which has won one business contract in Taiyuan and Anhui in China, respectively. We believe we have strong competitive advantages over these international players in terms of project investments and operating costs. We don’t believe they will become our strong competitors in the near future.
Anti-Oxidation System
We believe our High Temperature Anti-Oxidation System is unique and virtually no competition in China. We know of no other entity that is engaged in developing or supplying anti-oxidation technology that can operate on-line at the high temperatures (600 – 1000 °C) involved in hot rolled steel production, which represents 90% of China’s steel output. A number of anti-oxidation technologies are available internationally, suppliers of which include: Advanced Technical Products Company, ATP Metallurgical Coatings, Duffy Company, Condursal and Berktekt. However, the high costs of the anti-oxidizing coatings these technologies rely on, and especially their ineffectiveness at high temperatures, have limited their market to specialty steels. We believe that in design and technology our Anti-Oxidation System is the only anti-oxidation process available for the iron and steel industry (both in the PRC and internationally) that can be applied in high temperature environments, and is a unique solution to the loss of production output due to high-temperature oxidation, which is a long-standing problem in the world-wide iron and steel industry.
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Recent Developments
Shougang Jingtang Project
On December 23, 2009, Shougang Jingtang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (“Shougang Jingtang”), the parent company of which is China's fourth largest steel maker, Shougang Group, signed two contracts with the Company, one of which is the Construction Contract for 2 units of Semi-Dry Flue Gas Desulphurization System ("FGD System") (the “Construction Contract”), and the other is the 10 Year Operation Contract over the FGD Systems ( the “Operation Contract”, together with the Construction Contract collectively referred to as the “Shougang Jingtang Project”).
Pursuant to the Construction Contract, whose total value amounts to RMB 197.5 million (approximately $29.0 million, or $33.9 million if including value added tax (the “VAT”)), Shougang Jingtang shall pay the contract price by annual installments in 10 years, commencing from the date after the FGD Systems have been put into operation for one year. Due to the uncertainty of collection through the long term and the large scale of this Shougang Jingtang Project, the Company, in a prudent manner, chose to use cost recovery method to account for the Construction Contract.
According to the Operation Contract, whose total value is estimated to be RMB 492.1 million (approximately $72.2 million, or $84.3 million if including VAT), the operation period of 10 years commences upon the completion of a 7-day trial production of the FGD Systems, and the inspection by Chinese national environmental protection authorities. Shougang Jingtang should make payments to the Company on a monthly basis for the operation service.
As of September 30, 2010, 89% of the construction of the FGD Systems in the Shougang Jingtang Project has been completed and is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2010.
The Shougang Jingtang Project does not have a material impact over the Company’s business operations or liquidity because of our strong working capital, and a bank loan that the Company has successfully secured for the Shougang Jingtang Project on March 1, 2010. This long-term loan program, with a principal of up to RMB 55 million (approximately $8.2 million), is provided by Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The loan was effective on March 1, 2010, and will mature on March 1, 2014. The Company is required to repay the loan according to a schedule commencing on March 1, 2012 and continuing thereafter until the maturity date. For detailed information about the long-term loan, please refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 13 - Bank Loans.
Changxing Island Project
After the rapid development over the past few years, the Company’s further expansion is limited to current production site and capacity. To meet the needs of the Company’s expanding client base and service scope, and better capture future business opportunities, the Company believes it’s strategically beneficial to establish a new production base, which is the Changxing Island Project.
On March 2, 2010, The Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Land Resources and Housing Bureau of Dalian for the use right of a land having an area of 232,906 square meters that is located in Industrial District, Dalian Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the purchase price of the land use right is RMB 51,239,320 (approximately $7.5 million), which was fully paid as of March 5, 2010.
The construction plan of the Changxing Island Project consists of an office building, a dormitory for staff accommodations, production facilities which include a manufacturing workshop, a gasification workshop and a sandblasting workshop, etc. The estimated total investment amounts to approximately $107 million, of which $50 million will be funded by existing cash resources of the Company which was obtained from the proceeds from the financing that the Company consummated in December 2009, and the remaining balance will be funded by loans from commercial banks in China.
In May 2010, as approved by State Council of PRC, Dalian Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone was upgraded to a national economic and technological development zone, after which its name was changed to Dalian Changxing Island Economic and Technological Development Zone (hereinafter referred to as “Changxing Island ETD Zone”) in June 2010. Such upgrading, therefore, may lead to the appreciation of the value of the land use right that the Company acquired in Changxing Island and further accelerates the development of the Changxing Island Project.
On July 12, 2010, Agricultural Bank of China (“ABC”) granted the Company a credit facility of up to RMB 300 million (approximately $44.8 million) for the Changxing Island Project. The credit facility may be used when the Company has a demand, and meets the predetermined conditions set by ABC. As of September 30, 2010, the Company has not yet drawn any money from the credit facility.
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As of September 30, 2010, the Company has invested an aggregate of $20.7 million in the Changxing Island Project, including acquisition of the land use right, infrastructure construction, equipment prepayment, taxes and other miscellaneous costs. We commenced the construction of the Changxing Island Project in April 2010, and anticipate it to be completed by July 2011. Once the facility in Changxing Island Project is put into operation, our production capacity and profit margin will be greatly enhanced. Currently we have to outsource some of our orders to contractors, since we have reached the maximum production capacity.
Dalian RINO Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd.
On October 20, 2009, the Company signed a memorandum (the “MOU”) with the local government of Dalian Economic and Technological Zone (hereinafter referred to as “Dalian ETD Zone”), pursuant to which the Company will be entitled to treat the municipal sludge generated in Dalian ETD Zone. As stated in the MOU, the estimated total investment for the Company to develop the production facility was $18.4 million, which would be spent in two phases, $9.6 million in the first phase, and $8.8 million in the second phase. The production capacity for Phase I is 200 tons of municipal sludge per day, and will increase to 400 tons per day after Phase II is completed.
On July 14, 2010, the Company established Dalian RINO Solid Waste Treatment Co., Ltd. (“Rino Sludge”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rino Investment in Dalian, with a registered and paid-in capital of $20 million. Rino Sludge is engaged in the business of municipal sludge and solid waste treatment.
On October 14, 2010, Rino Sludge signed a Build-Operate-Transfer Contract (the “BOT Contract”), which is the definitive contract to the MOU, with Urban Administration Bureau of Dalian ETD Zone regarding the treatment of municipal sludge in Dalian ETD Zone.
Pursuant to the BOT Contract, Rino Sludge has an operating period of 20 years starting from the completion of the construction of the municipal sludge treatment facility. The designed capacity of such sludge treatment facility, which adopts Rotary Drum Film Dryer (“RDFD”) technology, is 200 tons of municipal sludge per day, with a unit price of RMB 275 per ton (approximately $41 per ton). The estimated total investment by Rino Sludge is $13.5 million, including acquisition of land use right, infrastructure construction, equipment procurement, taxes and other miscellaneous expenditures.
As of September 30, 2010, Rino Sludge has paid RMB 25.44 million (approximately $3.8 million) as prepayment for the acquisition of land use right, and will commence the construction upon the delivery of the selected site by Dalian ETD Zone for the sludge treatment project. Once commenced, the construction is expected to be completed within 10 months.
Dalian RINO Logistics Co., Ltd.
On August 3, 2010, the Company established Dalian RINO Logistics Co., Ltd. (“Rino Logistics”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Dalian Rino in Dalian, with a registered and paid-in capital of RMB 6 million. Rino Logistics is mainly engaged in the business of cargo transportation.
Because the steel skeletons that are used for the construction of workshops of the Changxing Island Project are manufactured in our current production facility in Jinzhou District, Dalian, the Company needs to transport the steel skeletons to the Changxing Island construction site. Outsourced transportation service usually can not deliver the cargo as timely as the Company needs; the Company therefore decides to develop its own transportation capacity, Rino Logistic, so as to ensure the construction progress of the Changxing Island Project will progress on schedule.
After the construction of Changxing Island Project is completed, Rino Logistics will continue to service the transportation needs of the Company, and it will also provide to third-party customers its cargo transportation services.
Backlog
Backlog, defined as uncompleted projects, includes any projects that the Company has undertaken yet has not commenced. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, backlog amounted to $56.3 million and $42.9 million (VAT excluded), respectively, the breakdown of which is set forth in the following table. The Company expects that approximately 75% of the backlog will turn into revenue by the end of 2010.
As of September 30, 2010 (Unaudited) | As of December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Product Segment | Amount (In millions) | Number of Uncompleted projects | Amount (In millions) | Number of Uncompleted projects | ||||||||||||
1. Desulphurization Systems | $ | 36.9 | 9 | $ | 31.9 | 2 | ||||||||||
2. Wastewater Treatment | 11.7 | 3 | 11.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
3. Anti-oxidation Systems | 7.7 | 3 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 56.3 | 15 | $ | 42.9 | 4 |
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On December 23, 2009, the Company signed a Construction Contract, the total value of which amounts to RMB 197.5 million (approximately $29.0 million), with Shougang Jingtang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., to construct 2 units of FGD System. As of December 31, 2009, the construction had not yet commenced, whereas as of September 30, 2010, 89% of the construction of the FGD Systems has been completed, and it is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2010.
On October 14, 2010, Rino Sludge signed a Build-Operate-Transfer (“BOT”) Contract with Urban Administration Bureau of Dalian ETD Zone, pursuant to which the Company has the exclusive right to treat municipal sludge of Dalian ETD Zone for 20 years after the completion of the construction. The designed capacity of Phase I of this project, which adopts Rotary Drum Film Dryer technology, is 200 tons of municipal sludge per day, with a unit price of approximately $41 per ton. The estimated total investment of Phase I of this project is $13.5 million, including acquisition of land use right, infrastructure construction, equipment procurement, taxes and other miscellaneous expenditures.
The Company believes that it has established a nationwide reputation for high product quality and competitive cost structure within the iron and steel industry in the past few years. In addition, the environmental protection regulations in China are becoming stricter year by year, and the Chinese government is also strengthening the enforcement of such regulations, especially over the iron and steel industry. The Company, therefore, has obtained more contracts in recent years. To meet the increasing demands of its customers, the Company has to outsource some projects to third-party contractors. At the same time, the Company is trying to accelerate the construction process of the Changxing Island Project in order to increase our production capacity.
Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, total revenues were $52.7 million and $63.3 million, respectively, representing a decrease of $10.6 million or 16.7%, which is mainly attributable to the decrease in our wastewater treatment and anxi-oxidation businesses.
The breakdown of the revenue changes is as follows:
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
Revenue (In thousands) (Unaudited) | As a % of total revenue | Revenue (In thousands) (Unaudited) | As a % of total revenue | % of increase | ||||||||||||||||
Flue gas desulphurization | $ | 42,935 | 81.5 | % | $ | 33,269 | 52.6 | % | 29.1 | % | ||||||||||
Wastewater treatment equipment | 7,452 | 14.1 | % | 15,077 | 23.8 | % | (50.6 | )% | ||||||||||||
Anti-oxidation equipment and coatings | 1,697 | 3.2 | % | 13,849 | 21.9 | % | (87.8 | )% | ||||||||||||
Machining services | 155 | 0.3 | % | 1,107 | 1.7 | % | (86.0 | )% | ||||||||||||
Operation services | 486 | 0.9 | % | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 52,725 | 100 | % | $ | 63,302 | 100 | % | (16.7 | )% |
The Desulphurization System, which we introduced in late 2006, can reduce flue gas sulphur dioxide levels by 85-99%. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded revenues generated from desulphurization business of $43.0 million, as compared to $33.3 million for the same period in 2009, representing an increase of $9.7 million or 29.1%, which is mainly due to the increasing demand from the iron and steel industry for this system. The central government of PRC has been strengthening the enforcement of the laws concerning environmental protection, especially over steel and iron plants, which used to be one of the biggest pollution sources in the country. With the prospect of a large potential market, we anticipate our desulphurization business will continue to grow in the next few years.
During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we worked on 16 desulphurization projects, 11 of which are completed and the remaining 5 are still in process, whereas in the same period of 2009, we were working on 12 projects. The average contract size of desulphurization projects was $5.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $7.3 million for the same period in 2009.
Revenues from the Lamella Wastewater treatment business decreased by $7.6 million or 50.6% to $7.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $15.1 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease mainly resulted from the decrease in newly signed wastewater treatment contracts.
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Anti-Oxidation System, which we introduced in January 2007, reduces oxidation loss in the production of hot rolled steel plates. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, we generated revenues of $1.7 million from anti-oxidation equipment and related coatings sales, as compared to $13.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, representing a decrease of $12.2 million or 87.8%. For the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, we worked on 6 anti-oxidation and 7 projects, respectively. Generally speaking, turnaround time of completing an anti-oxidation project is much longer than other projects, because anti-oxidation projects can only be operational when the customers, usually steelmakers, stop their production for testing, maintenance and repair. Since it is more time consuming to realize revenues, the Company decides to gradually reduce the production and sales of Anti-Oxidation System and withdraw from the anti-oxidation market.
In addition to the foregoing, the Company provides machining services to third parties, utilizing the idle capacity of heavy machinery to generate manufacturing revenue. The revenue generated from machining services fluctuates based on the utilization rate of heavy machinery for the Company’s own production use and for third-party customers. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, revenues accounted for 0.3% of the total revenue as compared to 1.7 % for the corresponding period in 2009.
During the three months ended September 30, 2010, after selling Desulphurization Systems to one customer, the Company was asked to utilize its technical know-how to provide operation services over the Desulphurization Systems to the customer. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company realized revenue of $0.49 million from operation services. The cost incurred by operation services mainly consists of labor cost, materials consumption, etc.
Cost of Sales
Total cost of sales was $36.4 million and $37.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing a decrease of $0.8 million or 2.2% in the 2010 period. Costs of revenue as a percentage of sales were 69.1% and 58.7%, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
The breakdown of the cost of sales is as follows:
For the three months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Total (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % of sales | Total (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % of sales | |||||||||||||
Revenues | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | $ | 52,084 | $ | 62,195 | ||||||||||||
Machining and operation services | 641 | 1,107 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of Sales | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | $ | 36,199 | 69.5 | % | $ | 36,638 | 58.9 | % | ||||||||
Machining and operation services | 242 | 37.8 | % | 531 | 48.0 | % | ||||||||||
Gross Profit | $ | 16,283 | 30. 9 | % | $ | 26,133 | 41.3 | % |
A detailed breakdown of the cost of sales for the three months ended September 30 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
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2010 | 2009 | % Increase/(decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||
Amount (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to Total | Amount (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to Total | |||||||||||||||||
Raw Materials | $ | 23,574 | 64.7 | % | $ | 28,703 | 77.2 | % | (17.9 | )% | ||||||||||
Outsourcing cost | 9,715 | 26.7 | % | 3,669 | 9.9 | % | 164.8 | % | ||||||||||||
Other costs | 3,152 | 8.6 | % | 4,797 | 12.9 | % | (34.3 | )% | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 36,441 | 100 | % | $ | 37,169 | 100 | % | (2.0 | )% |
Cost of sales primarily consists of raw materials, outsourcing cost and other costs, which include labor cost, energy consumption depreciation and amortization expenses, etc. For the three months ended September 30, 2010, raw material and other costs decreased by $5.1 million and $1.6 million, respectively, compared with the same period in 2009. As a result of the rapid growth of our business, our production capacity has directly impacted how we operate and how much we can charge from period to period, depending on demand level, production efficiency and location of the projects. Currently, we have reached our maximum production capacity, and we have to outsource some of our projects to outside contractors. The increase in outsourcing costs has significantly increased our cost of sales and resulted in a decrease in our gross margin. Outsourcing costs for the three months ended September 30, 2010 were $9.7 million, of which $5.7 million was incurred by the Shougang Jingtang Project, as compared to $3.7 million in the same period of 2009.
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Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2010 decreased by $9.9 million or 37.7%, to $16.3 million from $26.1 million for the same period in 2009.
The decrease in gross profit was mainly due to the intensive competition in desulphurization market, which leads to our reduced gross margin. At the same time, the revenue of the Shougang Jingtang Project is recognized under cost recovery method and no gross margin was recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2010.
Operating Expense
Operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 were $6.4 million, a decrease of $0.2 million or 3.0%, compared to $6.6 million for the corresponding period in 2009.
SG&A expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 accounted for 11.4% and 10.4% of the total revenue respectively. However, our total SG&A expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 decreased by $0.5 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2009. The change in our SG&A expenses was the result of a $1.6 million decrease in commission expenses, which is in line with our decrease in revenue and a $0.2 million increase in salary expenses.
Our Company’s sales commission is usually determined based on the execution of a signed contract. The Company agreed to pay 4-8% sales commissions upon the receipt of first payment from its customers. Sales commission were $3.3 million and $4.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing a decrease of $1.6 million or 32.7%, which is mainly attributable to the decrease of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2010, comparing to that of the same period in 2009. Sales commission accounts for the majority of SG&A, yet it does not fluctuate proportionately along with total revenue due to the nature and the Company’s policy set for the sales commission. For each of our projects, revenue is recognized using the percentage-of-completion method, while commission payment is recognized when we sign the contract with a client and we receive the down payment. Therefore, sometimes during a period, commission is recognized while the project has not started and no revenue for such project has been recognized.
Other Income, Net
For the three months ended September 30, 2010, we had other income, net of $0.4 million as compared to $2.5 million of other expenses, net, in the three months ended September 30, 2009.
The significant increase in other income is mainly attributable to the changes in fair value of warrants. Effective January 1, 2009, because of the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Renminbi, warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock are recorded at fair value. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. Warrants do not trade in an active securities market, and as such, the Company estimates the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Changes in our stock price cause gains losses to the income statement item. Warrants were treated as a derivative liability because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. Changes in the fair value of warrants are recognized in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired.
For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company booked income from the changes of fair value of warrants amounting to $97,620, while booked expenses amounting to $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The increase in the income recognized in 2010 resulted from a drop in the market price of the Company’s common stock.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Revenue
Total revenues were $166.0 million and $139.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing an increase of $26.4 million or 18.9%. Such revenue growth is mainly attributable to the increase of revenues generated from desulphurization and wastewater treatment businesses, which is the result of the increasing demand and the Company’s marketing efforts.
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The breakdown of our revenue changes is as follows:
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
Revenue (In thousands) (Unaudited) | As a % of total revenue | Revenue (In thousands) (Unaudited) | As a % of total revenue | % of increase/(decrease) | ||||||||||||||||
Flue gas desulphurization | $ | 119,266 | 71.9 | % | $ | 89,057 | 63.8 | % | 33.9 | % | ||||||||||
Wastewater treatment equipment | 33,239 | 20.0 | % | 31,573 | 22.6 | % | 5.3 | % | ||||||||||||
Anti-oxidation equipment and coatings | 11,842 | 7.1 | % | 17,401 | 12.5 | % | (31.9 | )% | ||||||||||||
Machining services | 1,134 | 0.7 | % | 1,602 | 1.1 | % | (29.2 | )% | ||||||||||||
Operation services | 486 | 0.3 | % | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 165,967 | 100 | % | $ | 139,633 | 100 | % | 18.9 | % |
The Desulphurization System, which we introduced in late 2006, can reduce flue gas sulphur dioxide levels by 85-99%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded revenues generated from desulphurization business of $119.3 million, as compared to $89.1 million for the same period in 2009, representing an increase of $30.2 million or 33.9%, which is mainly due to the increasing demand from the iron and steel industry for this system. The central government of PRC has been strengthening the enforcement of the laws concerning environmental protection, especially over steel and iron plants, which used to be one of the biggest pollution sources in the country. With the prospect of a large potential market, we anticipate our desulphurization business will continue to grow in the next few years.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we worked on 19 desulphurization projects, 14 of which have been completed and the remaining 5 are still in process, whereas in the same period of 2009, we were working on 17 projects. The average contract size of desulphurization projects is $9.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $8.6 million for the same period in 2009.
Revenues generated from the Lamella Wastewater treatment business increased by $1.7 million or 5.3% to $33.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $31.6 million for the same period in 2009. The increase is mainly resulted from the increase in newly signed wastewater treatment contracts for the two periods.
The Anti-Oxidation System, which we introduced in January 2007, reduces oxidation loss in the production of hot rolled steel plates. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we generated revenues of $11.8 million from anti-oxidation equipment and related coatings sales, as compared to $17.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, representing a decrease of $5.6 million or 31.9%. Generally speaking, turnaround time of completing an anti-oxidation project is much longer than other projects, because anti-oxidation projects can only be operational when the customers, usually steelmakers, stop their production for testing, maintenance and repair. Since it is more time consuming to realize revenues, the Company has decided to gradually reduce the production and sales of Anti-Oxidation System and withdraw from the anti-oxidation market.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, revenues generated from machining services accounted for 0.7% of our total revenue as compared to 1.1% for the corresponding period in 2009. Machining service fluctuates from quarter to quarter with no pattern as most of such services are non-recurring. The decrease of machining services is mainly because the Company’s own projects utilized more its own machinery’s capacity than the same period in 2009 when the Company serviced more third party customers.
Cost of Sales
Total cost of sales was $109.9 million and $83.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing an increase of $26.5 million or 31.8% in the 2010 period, which is mainly attributable to the business growth of the Company. Costs of sales as a percentage of revenues were 66.2% and 59.7%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
The breakdown of the cost of sales is as follows:
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Total (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % of sales | Total (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % of sales | |||||||||||||
Revenues | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | $ | 164,347 | $ | 138,030 | ||||||||||||
Machining Services | 1,620 | 1,602 | ||||||||||||||
Cost of Sales | ||||||||||||||||
Contracts | $ | 109,167 | 66.4 | % | $ | 82,257 | 59.6 | % | ||||||||
Machining Services | 737 | 45.5 | % | 1,124 | 70.2 | % | ||||||||||
Gross Profit | $ | 56,063 | 33.8 | % | $ | 56,251 | 40.3 | % |
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A detailed breakdown of the cost of sales in for the nine months ended 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | % Increase | ||||||||||||||||||
Amount (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to Total | Amount (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to Total | |||||||||||||||||
Raw Materials | $ | 77,877 | 70.9 | % | $ | 66,912 | 80.3 | % | 16.4 | % | ||||||||||
Outsourcing cost | 19,822 | 18.0 | % | 6,993 | 8.4 | % | 183.5 | % | ||||||||||||
Other costs | 12,205 | 11.1 | % | 9,476 | 11.3 | % | 28.8 | % | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 109,904 | 100 | % | $ | 83,381 | 100 | % | 31.8 | % |
Cost of sales primarily consists of raw materials, outsourcing cost and other costs, which include labor cost, energy consumption depreciation and amortization expenses, etc. Raw material costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $77.9 million, representing an increase of $11.0 million or 16.4%, compared to $66.9 million for the same period ended September 30, 2009, while for the same periods, revenues increased by 18.9%. Other costs of good sold were $12.2 million and $9.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing an increase of $2.7 million or 28.8%, which is mainly attributable to the business growth of the Company. Currently, we have reached our maximum production capacity, and we have to outsource some of our products to outside contractors, and consequently resulted in higher cost and lower profit margin. Outsourcing cost for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were $19.8 million, of which $10.0 million was incurred by the Shougang Jingtang Project, and $7.0 million respectively.
Gross profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 decreased by $0.2 million or 0.3%, to $56.1 million from $56.3 million for the same period in 2009.
Operating Expense
Operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $18.2 million, representing an increase of $4.1 million or 29.2%, compared to $14.1 million for the same period ended September 30, 2009, while for the same periods, revenues increased by 18.9%. SG&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 accounted for 10.7% and 10.1% of the revenue, respectively, representing an increase of 0.6%. Our total SG&A expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 increased by $3.7 million compared to that of the corresponding period in 2009.
There are primarily four reasons for the increase in operating expenses:
i) | Sales commission were $10.4 million and $9.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing an increase of $0.8 million or 8.3%. |
ii) | The Company launched two new projects in 2010, which are the Changxing Island Project, and the Sludge Treatment Project, which contribute to the increased operating expenses of approximately $0.8 million. |
iii) | To respond to the requirements of the rapid business growth in 2010, the Company recruited new technicians and workers, resulting in the increased labor costs of $0.6 million. Business expenses, office expenses, and traveling expenses aggregately increased by 0.5 million, which is also a result of our business expansion. |
iv) | On August 12, the Company entered into a Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement with Mr. Ben Wang, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Wang was granted 150,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $20 per share, vesting in 3 equal annual installments beginning on April 19, 2011. Each installment of options, once vested, will expire on the fifth anniversary of its vesting date. The Company recognized a compensation expense of $325,937 in operating expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010. |
Other Income, Net
Total other income, net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $15.5 million and the total other expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $2.8 million.
The significant increase in other income is mainly attributable to the changes of fair value of warrants. Effective January 1, 2009, because of the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Renminbi, warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock are recorded at fair value. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. Warrants do not trade in an active securities market, and as such, the Company estimates the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Changes in our stock price cause gains losses to the income statement item. Warrants were treated as a derivative liability because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi. As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. Changes in the fair value of warrants are recognized in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company booked income from the changes of fair value of warrants amounting to $15.2 million, while booked expenses amounting to $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The increase in the income recognized in 2010 resulted from the drop in the market price of the Company’s common stock. Volatility in the market price of the Company’s common stock was very high during the nine months ended September 30, 2010, while the volatility is low during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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Please refer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 2–Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fair Value of Financial Instrument for detailed information regarding the change in the fair value of warrants.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash and Cash Equivalents
As of September 30, 2010, the Company had a working capital surplus of $245.0 million, compared to a surplus of $223.8 million as of December 31, 2009, representing an increase of 21.2 million or 9.5%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company’s business kept growing, and profitability kept stable, which is reflected in the increase in working capital.
As of September 30, 2010, the Company has cash and cash equivalents amounting to $56.1 million, compared to $134.5 million as of December 31, 2009, representing a decrease of $78.4 million or 58.3%. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, although the Company borrowed two new loans from banks totally amounting to $10.3 million, capital expenditures reached $26.0 million for the Changxing Island Project, the Sludge Treatment Project, and other investments. Besides capital expenditures, the Company’s business expansion also led to the sharp increase of balances of accounts receivable, costs and estimated earnings in excess of uncompleted contracts, and advance for inventory purchase, the explanations for which are set forth as below:
Accounts Receivable and Accounts Receivable-Retention
As of September 30, 2010, accounts receivable including accounts receivable-retentions increased to $112.0 million from $57.8 million as of December 31, 2009, representing an increase of $54.2 million or 93.8%. Accounts receivable turnover was 138 days for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 93 days for the same period in 2009, representing an increase of 45 days
The significant increases are mainly attributable to the reasons as set forth below:
i) | With the strengthening enforcement of environmental protection regulations in China in 2010 over the steel and iron industry, the strength and reputation that the Company has established through past years and well recognized within the steel and iron industry, the Company successfully secured several construction contracts in early 2010, of which the total contract value amounted to approximately $121 million, resulting in the increase in our operating revenue, and accordingly, the balance of accounts receivables. |
ii) | In order to secure new contracts with the intensified competition it has been experiencing, the Company had to grant the customers more preferential payment terms than ever before. The customers are allowed to make payments by installments lasting for one year and a half or two years, after the projects are completed. For example, in the Shougang Jingtang Project, the customer is allowed to pay off the debt by annual installments for 10 years after the project is completed. |
iii) | Year 2010 is the last year of the National 11th Five Year Plan (the “Plan”) that promulgated by the Chinese government. To achieve the objective as set forth in the Plan of reducing the unit GDP energy consumption, the Chinese government implemented a series of measures including imposing punitive electricity prices and power brownouts over iron and steel industry, a heavy energy consumption industry, and even requiring some iron and steel plants to cease or reduce production, which led to a tightening trend of cash flow in such iron and steel businesses. |
The Company’s customers are mostly iron and steel plants, which are subject to the more and more stringent environmental protection policy control. Such customers may also be short of cash and therefore cannot make payments to the Company timely as required in the construction contracts, causing the balance of accounts receivable of the Company increased significantly.
Accounts receivable balances are considered past due if payment has not been received within the payment terms established on the sales contracts or granted by the Company, typically up to one year. Management periodically reviews its accounts receivable to determine whether an allowance is necessary based on an analysis of past due accounts and other factors that may indicate that the realization of an account may be in doubt. Allowance for bad debts amounted to $666,161 and $273,446 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
Retention refers to the revenue that the Company has earned and billed but held by the customers as a warranty against potential defects for sales of equipments or constructions. Retention is included as part of the contract price, and normally accounts for 5%-10% of the total contract price. Retention is generally collected within one year upon the completion of construction projects.
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As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, retention included in accounts receivable amounted to $21.3 million and $19.0 million, respectively. According to our contracts terms, all the retentions are collectable after the constructions have been completed for one year.
The aging of accounts receivable as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 is set forth as below:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Amount (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to total | Amount (In thousands) | % to total | |||||||||||||
< 1 year | $ | 106,017 | 94.1 | % | $ | 52,344 | 90.2 | % | ||||||||
Including: Retention | 21,325 | 18.9 | % | 18,985 | 32.7 | % | ||||||||||
1-2 years | 3,653 | 3.2 | % | 5,718 | 9.8 | % | ||||||||||
2-3 years | 2,997 | 2.8 | % | 23 | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
> 3 years | 12 | 0.0 | % | — | — | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 112,679 | 100 | % | $ | 58,085 | 100 | % |
Since most of our customers are state-owned-enterprises, the credit we grant them is 1 year. Due to the duration of the project and the strict project approval procedures in state-owned enterprises, the payment of the bills may take a longer time than the payment terms as set forth in the construction contracts. On September 30, 2010, the past-due amounts accounted for less than 6% of the Company’s total accounts receivable. We have reviewed the past-due accounts and analyzed historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns.
According to our analysis, we believe that the extended credit terms do not have a material impact on our liquidity in the near term.
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
As of September 30, 2010, costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts increased to $41.4 million from $3.3 million on December 31, 2009, representing an increase of $38.1. The significant increase is mainly attributable to below reasons:
i) | As of September 30, 2010, we had 14 projects still under construction, while only 5 were under construction as of December 31, 2009. |
ii) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the cost incurred for the Shougang Jingtang Projects, which is accounted for using cost recovery method, amounted to approximately $22.7 million, while the corresponding billings was $0. |
Progress billings may not be synchronous with construction stages under the percentage-of-completion revenue recognition method. Unbilled revenue, which is reported as costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts, which hold up another major part of the Company’s working capital.
The aging of costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 is as follows:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings (In thousands) (Unaudited) | % to Total | Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings (In thousands) | % to Total | |||||||||||||
< 1 year | $ | 12,870 | 31.1 | % | $ | 3,259 | 100 | % | ||||||||
1-2 years | 5,883 | 14.2 | % | — | — | |||||||||||
> 2 years | 22,687 | 54.7 | % | — | — | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 41,440 | 100 | % | $ | 3,259 | 100 | % |
Advances for inventory purchase
Advances for inventory purchase increased to $57.2 million on September 30, 2010, an increase of $23.1 million or 68.1%, from the $34.1 million on December 31, 2009.
Advances for inventory purchases are required to ensure timely delivery of raw materials needed to execute existing contracts as well as to expand the business. The costs of steel, with its significantly fluctuating price in these years in China, comprises the majority of our cost of goods sold. In 2010, the Company forecasted that the price of steel will rise rapidly, based on the fact that Chines domestic inflation gets intensified monthly, and reduction of steel production will occur due to the nationwide consolidation of steel plants conducted by the Chinese central government. Therefore, the Company advanced more payments than previously to suppliers to guarantee the sufficient supply of steel so as to meet our current and future production needs, and most importantly to fix and control the costs of good sold.
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We have historically funded our working capital needs from operations, advance payments from customers, bank borrowings, and capital from shareholders. Our working capital requirements are influenced by the level of our operations, the numerical and dollar volume of our project contracts, the progress of our contract execution, and the timing of accounts receivable collections. We believe that our cash position is adequate to meet future short-term and mid-term liquidity requirements, as well as our obligation to satisfy the PRC’s statutory reserves requirement.
Cash flow
The following tables present our net cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the same period ended September 30, 2009.
For the nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
In thousands | 2010 (Unaudited) | 2009 (Unaudited) | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | (67,643 | ) | $ | 8,391 | |||
Net cash used in investing activities | $ | (25,905 | ) | $ | (379 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by financing activities | $ | 13,796 | $ | 1,304 |
Cash used in operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities amounted to $67.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities in the amount of $8.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, representing a decrease of $76.0 million.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, although the Company’s business kept growing, and profitability remains strong, a substantial amount of working capital were held up by the increased accounts receivable, costs and estimated earnings in excess of uncompleted contracts, and advances for inventory purchase, etc., all of which are particular and typical to the construction business.
Cash used in investing activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, net cash used in investing activities increased to $25.9 million as compared to $0.38 million used in the same period ended September 30, 2009, representing an increase of $25.5 million.
On February 22, 2010, the Company invested RMB 3 million (approximately $0.44 million) for a 30% noncontrolling interests in Dalian Environment Exchange Co., Ltd.
The Company commenced the construction of the Changxing Island facility construction in early 2010, and has aggregately invested $20.7 million cash in such project as of September 30, 2010, including acquisition of land use right, infrastructure construction, equipment prepayment, taxes and other miscellaneous costs.
In August 2010, the Company established Rino Logistics to meet the transportation needs of Changxing Island Project, and correspondingly paid for the procurement of trucks, trailers and cranes, totaling $1.2 million.
In September 2010, the Company made a prepayment amounting to RMB 25.44 million (approximately $3.7 million) for the land use right of the land located in Dalian ETD Zone, for the construction of a municipal sludge treatment facility.
Cash provided by financing activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, net cash provided by financing activities was $13.8 million, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities in the amount of $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, representing an increase of $12.5 million.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company borrowed a short-term loan, the principal of which amounts to RMB 15 million (approximately $2.2 million), from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (“SPD Bank”). The loan was made on March 1, 2010, and will mature on February 16, 2011.
In addition to the above mentioned short-term loan, the Company also borrowed from SPD Bank a long-term loan, the principal of which amounts to RMB 55 million (approximately $8.1 million). The loan was made on March 1, 2010, and matures on March 1, 2014. The Company is required to repay the loan according to a schedule commencing on March 1, 2012 and continuing thereafter until the maturity date.
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Related Party Transactions
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company owed $498,598 and $ 494,614 to Mr. Dejun Zou, CEO and director of the Company, respectively, for advances made on an unsecured basis, payable on demand and interest free.
Seasonality
Our sales are not significantly affected by seasonality.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company does not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
We believe that the application of the following accounting policies, which are important to our financial position and results of operations, require significant judgments and estimates on the part of management. Our critical accounting policies and estimates present an analysis of the uncertainties involved in applying a principle, while the accounting policies note to the financial statements (Note 2) describe the method used to apply the accounting principle.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
On January 1, 2008, the Company began recording financial assets and liabilities subject to recurring fair value measurement at the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. On January 1, 2009 the Company began recording non-recurring financial as well as all non-financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurement under the same principles. These fair value principles prioritize valuation inputs across three broad levels. The three levels are defined as follows:
i) | Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. |
ii) | 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 assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments. |
iii) | Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value. |
Effective January 1, 2009, warrants previously treated as equity pursuant to the derivative treatment exemption are no longer afforded equity treatment because the strike price of the warrants is denominated in the U.S. dollar, a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the Chinese Renminbi (RMB). As a result, the warrants are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized currently in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired.
Revenue Recognition
Contracts. The Company enters into long-term fixed price contracts with customers to manufacture and install industrial equipment. Revenue on long-term fixed price contracts is recognized under the percentage-of-completion method in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position (“SOP”) 81-1 “Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts”. Our contracts are generally for single, seamless solutions, a fact that would make estimation of percentage completion by measuring outputs of little value to financial statement users. Accordingly, we estimate percentage completion based on inputs rather than on outputs, as discussed in SOP 81-1 paragraph 47. Under the percentage-of-completion cost-to-cost method outlined in SOP 81-1 paragraph 44, management estimates the percentage-of-completion based upon costs incurred as a percentage of the total estimated costs to complete the contract. When total cost estimates exceed projected revenues, the Company accrues for the estimated losses immediately. The use of the percentage of completion method requires significant judgment relative to estimating total contract revenues and costs, including assumptions relative to the length of time to complete the project, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, and anticipated changes in estimated costs. Estimates of total contract revenues and costs are continuously monitored during the term of the contract, and recorded revenues and costs are subject to revision as the contract progresses. When revisions in estimated contract revenues and costs are determined, such adjustments are recorded in the period in which they are first identified.
Our equipment sales contracts are fixed-price contracts generally for turnkey projects which include design, manufacture of equipment, and installation of equipment, which can require extensive fabrication and construction work in the client’s steel mill. Accordingly, desulphurization projects require in general 6 to 7 months from inception to final installation and commissioning, while our anti-oxidation systems require about 3 to 4 months from inception to installation. Wastewater treatment equipment can require from 5 to 8 months from contract signing, depending mainly on the specific customer’s ability to accept delivery.
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Our equipment sales contracts have two major components, one contains technical specifications and performance criteria and the second contains the commercial terms. As such, our equipment contract generally involves two stages of discussion and negotiation. At the first stage, our engineers and technicians work with our customers to jointly develop technical specifications and performance criteria for each equipment contract. The second stage involves commercial negotiation of price, installation, delivery and other terms based on the size, technical complexity and performance level of the equipment as shown by its specification and performance criteria agreed to by the parties. Depending on the customer, contracts may also contain penalties for delays and definitions of breach of contract. Delay penalty provisions generally require us to pay 0.1% of the contract price for each day the equipment delivery is delayed and such penalty is generally capped at 3% to 5% of the total contract price. All equipment sales contracts specify payment terms. In general, the first 30% is due from the customer within 30 days of contract signing. On average, when the project is 60% complete an additional 30% payment is due. Equipment is generally manufactured at our own facilities and the progress is monitored and signed off by our customers on site on a monthly basis and at each manufacturing mile stone. As equipment is manufactured based on the specifications and performance criteria jointly developed by us and our customers and must obtain our customer’s approval during the manufacturing process, it gives us opportunities to correct any deviation from the requirements of the equipment contracts during our manufacturing process. In the event that we fail to manufacture the equipment in accordance with the technical specifications and criteria, our customers may withhold the payment until we solve the problems and correct the deviation. We are not allowed to deliver equipment unless and until the pre-delivery testing indicates that the equipment meets the technical specifications and performance criteria under the contract. If equipment has been accepted by a customer as meeting the contract specifications and the equipment is delivered for installation at the customer’s site, the customer does not have a contractual right to reject the equipment after installation and must make payment when due. In the event that a customer does not pay any amount when due, we would pursue a breach of contract claim in court in the PRC for all amounts due to date and cease all work until paid pursuant to the contract terms. Our customers may only reject the equipment and terminate the contract if the pre-delivery testing indicates that our equipment does not meet the technical specifications, performance criteria and we are not able to correct the problems. In such case, our customers are relieved from any further payment obligations as our equipment contracts do not require us to provide a refund of the payment already made. To date, we have not encountered any case in which our customers reject the equipment after the completion of the manufacturing, final installation and testing of the equipment. When final installation and testing are completed, another 30% payment is due, and the remaining 10% performance bond is held by the customer for up to a year following completion of the project to ensure quality of installation. To date the Company has not incurred significant costs toward a project after its completion and has had no difficulty collecting the full contract amounts when due.
Because our contracts are generally for single, seamless solutions, we estimate percentage completion based on inputs rather than on outputs. We use a cost to cost method of estimating percentage completion for any given reporting period. Specifically, we use the raw materials applied to a project as a percentage of total budget for the project to estimate percentage completion. “Applied” in this context means raw materials that are actually fabricated into components for a specific project and not held in inventory, for example “applied” would mean steel on which we have begun fabrication operations, or welding supplies or coatings that have been used or painted on components. We believe this accords with the intent of SOP 81-1 paragraph 49, which precludes using the mere purchase of raw materials to drive percentage completion estimates.
Significant production costs such as raw materials and labor are generally incurred pro rata over the time required to complete each project, beginning with machining of equipment parts in our production facilities in Dalian to fabrication and assembly of housings, towers, and other items constructed on site in our clients’ steel mills. While our production costs also include labor, depreciation, and other manufacturing costs, we believe that using the application of raw materials to work in progress to drive our percentage completion estimates offers the most concrete factual basis for estimation of percentage completion as this prevents the allocation of overheads and utilities from directly affecting our recognition of revenues and is in accord with the guidance in SOP 81-1 paragraph 48.
While our estimated percentage completion is driven by our application of raw materials, our contract terms provide the observation and inspection recommended by SOP 81-1 paragraph 51, which causes the customer acceptance provisions in our contracts to indirectly impact our recognition of revenue. The customer assigns a project manager to monitor the progress and quality of each installation. The project manager signs his approval at the end of each month during the installation, and then upon final installation and testing. The second 30% progress payment is triggered by a percentage completion milestone, in many cases when 60% of a project is completed, while the final 30% progress payment becomes due at final installation and testing. Thus the project manager knows that each approval of percentage completion of a project brings the project closer to a progress payment milestone. We believe this act as a natural check to prevent excessive estimates of percentage completion.
Services. In addition to the Company’s specialty equipment sales, the Company uses heavy machining equipment to perform machining services for third parties. These engagements, numbering several hundred per year, are essentially piecework and are completed in usually less than one month. Each machining engagement is governed by a separate contract, indicating existence of an arrangement. Revenue is recognized when service is performed, which is usually concurrent with delivery to the customer, the contract price is set by contract, and collectability is reasonably assured. We have little or no bad debt. Accordingly, these revenues can be recognized under SAB Topic 13. Machining services contracts generally set out the machining work to be performed, including machining tolerances, number of pieces to be worked, payment terms, timing of delivery, and price per unit of work. The contract price is generally paid upon acceptance by the customers of the completed work after testing by the customers according to the contract specifications. Dalian RINO is generally responsible for shipping. Dalian RINO generally accepts responsibility to replace defective products, paying triple the packaging and related costs as a penalty to the customer. Escalating penalties of 1-5% apply for missed delivery deadlines; unilateral cancellation of the contract by Dalian RINO generally results in a penalty of 10% of contract value. In case of disputes, parties can accept arbitration or proceed directly to court action.
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The Company also provides technical professional services, such as operation services over Flue Gas Desulphurization Systems that the Company sells to the customers, to its customers based on a fixed-price time contract. The Company recognizes services-based revenue from all of its contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the completion of the services and invoices have been issued and collectability is reasonably assured. Technical services contracts specify the final user, the nature of the project and the type of technology service to be provided. Contracts are valid for one year from signing; payments are generally collected at completion of construction. In the event of insurmountable technical obstacles caused by the recipient of the technical services, the recipient need not be refunded monies already paid and the contract is canceled. In the event of insurmountable technical obstacles caused by the provider of the technical services, the provider must repay 50% of monies received and the contract is canceled.
BOT Contracts. Starting from 2010, the Company started entering into long-term “build-operate-transfer” contracts (the “BOT” contracts) with customers to manufacture and install, operate and maintain the industrial equipments. The revenue and costs relating to construction or upgrade services is recognized under the cost recovery method as the collection of the receivable cannot be reasonably predicted. Under the cost recovery method, no gross profit is recognized until the Company collected the cost of the revenue, or until such time that the company considers the collections to be probable and estimable and begins to recognize income based on the accrual method. A BOT service contract has an indeterminable number of acts to be performed over a specific period of time. As such, revenue from a BOT service contract is recognized on a straight-line basis unless it is possible to estimate the stage of completion by some other method more reliably. When in a series of acts to be performed in rendering a service, a specific act is much more significant than other acts, and then the recognition of income is postponed until the significant acts are performed.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Adopted Accounting
In June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to eliminate the exception to consolidate a qualifying special-purpose entity, change the approach to determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity and require companies to more frequently re-assess whether they must consolidate variable interest entities. Under the new guidance, the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is identified qualitatively as the enterprise that has both (a) the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance, and (b) the obligation to absorb losses of the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the variable interest entity. This guidance becomes effective for the Company at its fiscal 2011 year-end and interim reporting periods thereafter. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-01- Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash. The amendments in this Update clarify that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a retrospective basis. The adoption of this ASU did not have impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 – Accounting and Reporting for Decreases in Ownership of a Subsidiary – a Scope Clarification. The amendments in this Update affect accounting and reporting by an entity that experiences a decrease in ownership in a subsidiary that is a business or nonprofit activity. The amendments also affect accounting and reporting by an entity that exchanges a group of assets that constitutes a business or nonprofit activity for an equity interest in another entity. The amendments in this update are effective beginning in the period that an entity adopts SFAS No. 160, “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – An Amendment of ARB No. 51.” If an entity has previously adopted SFAS No. 160 as of the date the amendments in this update are included in the Accounting Standards Codification, the amendments in this update are effective beginning in the first interim or annual reporting period ending on or after December 15, 2009. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively to the first period that an entity adopted SFAS No. 160. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities. 2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. These disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however, the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
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In February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 – Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues related to an entity’s requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements. According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. The amendment is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year ending after September 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-10 – Amendments for Certain Investment Funds. This update defers the effective date of the amendments to the consolidation requirements made by FASB Statement 167 to a reporting entity’s interest in certain types of entities. The deferral will mainly impact the evaluation of reporting enterprises’ interests in mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate investment entities that measure their investment at fair value, real estate investment trusts, and venture capital funds. The ASU also clarifies guidance in Statement 167 that addresses whether fee arrangements represent a variable interest for all service providers and decision makers. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-11 – Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. Embedded credit-derivative features related only to the transfer of credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another are not subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting as clarified by recently issued FASB guidance. Other embedded credit-derivative features are required to be analyzed to determine whether they must be accounted for separately. This update provides guidance on whether embedded credit-derivative features in financial instruments issued by structures such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and synthetic CDOs are subject to bifurcation and separate accounting. The guidance is effective at the beginning of a company’s first fiscal quarter beginning after September 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-13, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” or ASU 2010-13. This Update provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in currency of a market in which a substantial porting of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-17 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 20-10-17, “Revenue Recognition—Milestone Method (Topic 605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition” or ASU 2010-17. This Update provides guidance on the recognition of revenue under the milestone method, which allows a vendor to adopt an accounting policy to recognize all of the arrangement consideration that is contingent on the achievement of a substantive milestone (milestone consideration) in the period the milestone is achieved. The pronouncement is effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after September 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-17 have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-20, Disclosure about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit losses. This ASU will increase disclosure made about the credit quality of loans and the allowances for credit losses. The disclosures will provide additional information about the nature of credit risk inherent in First Financial loans, how credit risk is analyzed and assessed, and the reasons for the change in the allowance for loan losses. The requirements will be effective for first fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. The Company is evaluating the potential impact to its consolidated financial statements from the adoption of this ASU.
In September 2010, FASB issued Accounting Standard Update 2010-25, “Plan Accounting—Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962): Reporting Loans to Participants by Defined Contribution Pension Plans” or ASU 2010-25. The ASU clarifies how loans to participants should be classified and measured by defined contribution plans and how IFRS compare to these provisions. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk
The Company deposits surplus funds with Chinese banks earning daily interest. The Company does not invest in any instruments for trading purposes. All of the Company’s outstanding debt instruments carry fixed rates of interest. The Company’s operations generally are not directly sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates. The amount of long-term debt outstanding as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 was $8.2 million and $0.0 million, respectively. A hypothetical 1.0% increase in the annual interest rates for all of our credit facilities under which we had outstanding borrowings at September 30, 2010 would not have any material impact on our net income before provision for income taxes for the quarter. Management monitors the banks’ prime rates in conjunction with our cash requirements to determine the appropriate level of debt balances relative to other sources of funds. We have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to interest rate risk.
Inflation
Inflationary factors such as increases in the cost of our product and overhead costs may adversely affect our operating results. Although we do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our financial position or results of operations to date, a high rate of inflation in the future may have an adverse effect on our ability to maintain current levels of gross margin and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues if the selling prices of our products do not increase with these increased costs.
Currency Fluctuations and Foreign Currency Risk
Substantially all of our revenues and expenses are denominated in RMB. However, we use the U.S. dollar for financial reporting purposes. Conversion of RMB into foreign currencies is regulated by the People’s Bank of China through a unified floating exchange rate system. Although the PRC government has stated its intention to support the value of RMB, there can be no assurance that such exchange rate will not again become volatile or that RMB will not devalue significantly against the U.S. dollar. Exchange rate fluctuations may adversely affect the value, in U.S. dollar terms, of our net assets and income derived from our operations in the PRC.
Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. Except for the U.S. holding companies, all of our consolidated revenues, consolidated costs and expenses, and our assets are denominated in RMB. As a result, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk as our revenues and results of operations may be affected by fluctuations in the exchange rate between U.S. dollars and RMB. If the RMB depreciates against the U.S. dollar, the value of our RMB revenues, earnings and assets as expressed in our U.S. dollar financial statements will decline. Assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates at the balance sheet dates and revenue and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates and shareholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Any resulting translation adjustments are not included in determining net income but are included in determining other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity. As of September 30, 2010, our accumulated other comprehensive income was $11.9 million. We have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign exchange risk. The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions. Since July 2005, the Renminbi has not been pegged to the U.S. dollar. Although the People’s Bank of China regularly intervenes in the foreign exchange market to prevent significant short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate, the Renminbi may appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the medium to long term. Moreover, it is possible that in the future, PRC authorities may lift restrictions on fluctuations in the Renminbi exchange rate and lessen intervention in the foreign exchange market.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, with participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. The term “disclosure controls and procedures” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) means controls and other procedures of the Company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in reports, such as this reports, that it files, or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that because of the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting described below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of September 30, 2010, to satisfy the objectives for which they are intended.
1) Insufficient controls over related party transactions and cash disbursement management
During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the Company made a loan to certain officers and directors (the “Loan”) which created a contingent liability for a possible violation of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act (Section 402(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002). Section 13(k) provides that it is unlawful for a company, such as the Company, which has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, to directly or indirectly, including through any subsidiary, extend or maintain credit in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer of the company.
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The lack of adequate cash disbursement management by the Company and lack of adequate procedures and controls with respect to related party transactions which allowed for the Loan to occur are material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls.
2) Lack of controls over fixed assets management
We did not maintain effective controls over the payment and recording of constructions. Specifically, the Company has a lack of controls over constructions in the aspects of status monitoring and payment requisitions, and mistakenly recorded the payment of certain constructions, which resulted in significant adjustments between construction in progress and advance to suppliers. The lack of timely reconciliation procedures and deficient recordkeeping controls constitutes a material weakness in this area such that there is a reasonable possibility that due to these control deficiencies a material misstatement may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
3) Lack of internal audit function
We lack qualified resources to perform the internal audit functions properly, and the scope and effectiveness of the internal audit function are yet to be developed. Specifically, the reporting mechanism between the accounting department and the Board of Directors and the CFO was not effective, therefore resulting in the delay of recording, reporting and the failure to comply with the Company’s Code of Ethics.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As a result of the foregoing material weaknesses, as of September 30, 2010, the Company’s audit committee of its Board of Directors has undertaken to further review internal controls along with management and in cooperation with outside consultants in order to remediate all existing material weaknesses and internal control deficiencies.
In October 2010, the Company further bolstered its accounting and financial personnel resources by hiring a new financial controller, who is a certified public accountant, and is fluent in English with years of working experiences with PricewaterhouseCoopers and one US listed company.
Since the beginning of 2010, Management has taken the following further actions to address the deficiencies that are identified and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting:
l | Implemented proper procedures of cash disbursement approval-control management under the supervision of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors; |
l | Created positions in our accounting department to segregate duties of recording, authorizing and testing; |
l | Increased our accounting and financing personnel resources, by retaining more U.S. GAAP knowledgeable financial professionals; |
l | Allocated sufficient resources to achieve an effective internal audit function; |
l | Established direct reporting procedures from the Chief Accounting Officer to the Chief Financial Officer to ensure a better overview of the Company’s financial reporting system by the CFO; |
l | Reemphasized to all the officers and employees of the Company the Code of Ethics and to ensure all officers and employees’ full compliance of the Code of Ethics; |
l | Adopted policies and procedures regarding related party transactions and to ensure Audit Committee’s review of all interested transactions. |
Except for the above, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent or detect 100% of all errors and fraud that may occur. 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. Due to 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. And management believes that the steps we are taking are necessary for remediation of the material weaknesses identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these steps and to make any changes that our management deems appropriate.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
(a) | Exhibits |
10.1 | Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and between Dalian Rino and Dalian Innomind (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.2 | Entrusted Management Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomund, Dalian Rino, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.3 | Patent Transfer Contract, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and between Dalian Rino and Dalian Innomind (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.4 | Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.5 | Exclusive Option Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.6 | Pledge of Equity Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.7 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2007 (closed on October 5, 2007) by and among the Company and the named investors (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). |
10.8 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2007(closed on October 5, 2007), by and among the Company and the named investors. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on November 19, 2007.). |
10.9 | Agreement for Developing Environmental Protection and New Energy, dated November 8, 2008, between Dalian Rino and School of Environmental & Biological Science & Technology in Dalian University of Technology, Environmental Group. * |
10.10 | Technology Transfer Agreement, dated March 8, 2006, between Dalian Rino and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. * |
10.11 | Technology Transfer Agreement, dated May 18, 2007, between Dalian Rino and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. * |
10.12 | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2007, between Dalian Innomind and Mr. Dejun Zou.* |
10.13 | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2007, between Dalian Innomind and Mr. Jianping Qiu.* |
10.14 | Form of the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement between Dalian Rino and Mr. Dejun Zou/ Ms. Jianping Qiu/ Ms. Li Yu. * |
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10.15 | Loan Agreement, dated March 31, 2010, among the Company, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010.). |
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned there unto duly authorized.
RINO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | |||
Date: November 15, 2010 | By: | /s/ Zou Dejun | |
Zou Dejun | |||
Chief Executive Officer |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NUMBER | DESCRIPTION | |
10.1 | Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and between Dalian Rino and Dalian Innomind (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.2 | Entrusted Management Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomund, Dalian Rino, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.3 | Patent Transfer Contract, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and between Dalian Rino and Dalian Innomind (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.4 | Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.5 | Exclusive Option Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.6 | Pledge of Equity Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2007, by and among Dalian Innomind, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.7 | Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2007 (closed on October 5, 2007) by and among the Company and the named investors (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 12, 2007.). | |
10.8 | Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2007 (closed on October 5, 2007), by and among the Company and the named investors. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the SEC on November 19, 2007.). | |
10.9 | Agreement for Developing Environmental Protection and New Energy, dated November 8, 2008, between Dalian Rino and School of Environmental & Biological Science & Technology in Dalian University of Technology, Environmental Group. | |
10.10 | Technology Transfer Agreement, dated March 8, 2006, between Dalian Rino and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. | |
10.11 | Technology Transfer Agreement, dated May 18, 2007, between Dalian Rino and Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. | |
10.12 | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2007, between Dalian Innomind and Mr. Dejun Zou. | |
10.13 | Employment Agreement, dated August 1, 2007, between Dalian Innomind and Mr. Jianping Qiu. | |
10.14 | Form of the Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreement between Dalian Rino and Mr. Dejun Zou/ Ms. Jianping Qiu/ Ms. Li Yu. | |
10.15 | Loan Agreement, dated March 31, 2010, among the Company, Dejun Zou and Jianping Qiu (Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2010.). | |
31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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