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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
(Mark One)
¨ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
OR
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
OR
¨ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report
For the Transition period from to
Commission file number: 001-12126
CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Bermuda
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
25th Floor, Paul Y. Centre, 51 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Telephone: (852) 3151-0300 Fax: (852) 2372-0620
(Name, Telephone, E-mail/and/or Facsimile Number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | |
N/A | N/A |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to section l5(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the Annual Report.
Common Stock: 9,017,310 shares
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ¨ Yes x No
If this is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. ¨ Yes x No
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 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 Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ¨ Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (check one):
Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer x
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP x | International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ¨ | Other ¨ |
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow. ¨ Item 17 ¨ Item 18
If this is an Annual Report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes x No
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This Annual Report for China Enterprises Limited (referred to in this report as the “Company” or “we” and which terms shall include, when the context so requires, the subsidiaries of the Company during the applicable period) should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this report.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and include, without limitation, statements relating to:
• | our business, operating and expansion strategy; |
• | our ability to finance our business strategy; |
• | our future business conditions and financial results; and |
• | future developments in the economic and political environment in China. |
The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “may” and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify certain of such forward-looking statements. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements except as required by the U.S. securities laws.
These forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. They are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including, without limitation, management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in the Company’s records and other data available from third parties. Although the Company believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies that are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond the Company’s control, there can be no assurance that the company will achieve or accomplish these expectations or beliefs.
In addition to the factors and matters discussed elsewhere herein, there are a number of important factors that, in the Company’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, changes in general domestic and international political conditions, and other matters described in the “Risk Factors” included in this Annual Report or otherwise described in the reports the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION
Unless otherwise specified, all references in this document to “U.S. Dollars”, “Dollars”, “US$” or “$” are to United States dollars; all references to “Renminbi” or “Rmb” are to Renminbi, which is the legal tender currency of the People’s Republic of China, or the “PRC” or “China”; and all references to “HK$” are to Hong Kong dollars, which is the legal tender currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, or “Hong Kong”. Where made for the convenience of the reader, conversions of amounts from Renminbi to U.S. Dollars have been made in this document at US$1.00 to Rmb6.60, the noon buying rate from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on December 31, 2010. No representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. Dollars at that or at any other rate. See section “Exchange Rate Information” under “Item 3. Key Information” in this Annual Report for more details on the exchange rate between Renminbi and US Dollars.
References and statements contained in this document regarding China do not apply to Taiwan or the Republic of China.
ITEM 1. | IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS |
Not applicable.
ITEM 2. | OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE |
Not applicable
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ITEM 3. | KEY INFORMATION |
A. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following table represents the selected consolidated financial information of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Consolidated Statements of Operations Data for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, or the “Consolidated Financial Statements”, included in Item 18 “Financial Statements” of this Annual Report. The Consolidated Statements of Operations Data for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, as set forth below, have been derived from audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. The selected financial information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the respective consolidated financial statements and their accompanying notes.
Selected Consolidated Financial Information of the Company
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares, their par values and per share data)
Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2007(a) | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | US$ | |||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from operations | (16,754 | ) | 13,117 | (5,770 | ) | (2,819 | ) | (3,316 | ) | (502 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net (loss) income | (21,226 | ) | (28,178 | ) | (71,441 | ) | 246,951 | 168,029 | 25,459 | |||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per common share (b) | (2.35 | ) | (3.12 | ) | (7.92 | ) | 27.39 | 18.63 | 2.82 | |||||||||||||||
Weighted-average number of common share outstanding (b) | 9,017,310 | 9,017,310 | 9,017,310 | 9,017,310 | 9,017,310 | 9,017,310 | ||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Balance Sheets Data : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | 819,181 | 575,076 | 677,945 | 903,905 | 1,076,077 | 163,041 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shareholders’ equity (Net assets) | 599,297 | 538,325 | 458,805 | 705,411 | 877,567 | 132,965 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common stock — par value US$0.01 per share | 770 | 770 | 770 | 770 | 770 | 117 |
Note:
(a) | During fiscal year 2007, following the purchase and disposal of certain shares of Wing On Travel (Holdings) Limited a company incorporated in Bermuda and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, or HKSE, whose name was changed to Rosedale Hotel Holdings Limited (formally named as Wing On Travel (Holdings) Limited), or Rosedale, on May 27, 2010, the Company’s interest in Rosedale was diluted from approximately 20.36% to 12.77%, and was accounted for as trading securities of the Company thereafter. |
(b) | The calculation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per common share from 2006 to 2010 is based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2006 to 2010. The number of shares of common stock outstanding for 2006 to 2010 was 9,017,310. There were no dilutive securities issued by the Company. |
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Exchange Rate Information
The Consolidated Financial Statements are published and denominated in Renminbi. Where made for the convenience of the reader, conversion of amounts from Renminbi to U.S. Dollars has been made in this document at US$1.00 to Rmb6.60, the noon buying rate certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on December 31, 2010. For the purpose of this Annual Report, the latest practicable date with respect to share and certain exchange rate information is November 30, 2013. As of November 30, 2013, the noon buying rate certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was US$1.00 to Rmb6.09. No representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been, or could be, converted into U.S. Dollars at that or at any other rate.
The following table sets forth the average unified exchange rates for each of the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010:
Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
(Rmb equivalent of US$1.00) | Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | Rmb | |||||||||||||||
At unified exchange rate | ||||||||||||||||||||
- average rate calculated by using the average of the exchange rates on the last day of each month during each period. | 7.96 | 7.57 | 6.93 | 6.83 | 6.76 |
The following table sets forth the high and low exchange rates for each month during the previous six months:
At Unified Exchange Rate | ||||||||
(Rmb equivalent of US$1.00) | High | Low | ||||||
November 30, 2013 | 6.10 | 6.09 | ||||||
October 31, 2013 | 6.12 | 6.08 | ||||||
September 30, 2013 | 6.12 | 6.12 | ||||||
August 31, 2013 | 6.13 | 6.11 | ||||||
July 31, 2013 | 6.14 | 6.13 | ||||||
June 30, 2013 | 6.15 | 6.12 |
B. CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
Not applicable.
C. REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
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D. RISK FACTORS
Investing in our shares involves various risks, including the risks described below. You should carefully consider the following risks and the other information contained in this Annual Report before investing in our shares. Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial also may impair our business operations, financial condition and our liquidity.
Risks Related to Our Business
AS A RESULT OF CHANGES IN THE COMPANY’S ASSETS AND SOURCES OF INCOME, THE COMPANY COULD BECOME AN INVESTMENT COMPANY FOR PURPOSES OF THE UNITED STATES INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
While the Company believes that, in 2010, through its subsidiaries and affiliates it is actively engaged in operating businesses and does not meet the definition of an investment company for purposes of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, or the 1940 Act, depending on the composition and valuation of the Company’s assets and the sources of the Company’s income from time to time, including after the consummation of the transactions in 2011 and 2012 described in Item 4.A., History and Development of the Company, the Company could fall within the technical definition of the term “investment company” for purposes of the 1940 Act. If the Company were to become subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Company’s operations and results would be negatively impacted, including among other possible effects, the inability of the Company to raise capital through the offer and sale of its securities in the United States. The Company may be unable to continue operating as it currently does and might need to acquire or sell assets that it would not otherwise acquire or sell in order to avoid becoming “investment company” as defined under the 1940 Act.
THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT ITS BUSINESS STRATEGY, IN WHICH CASE ITS BUSINESS, OPERATING RESULTS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION WOULD SUFFER
During the past few years, the Company diversified businesses outside of tire manufacturing. In addition, the Company has disposed of certain operations that it deemed to be underperforming. During 2003, the Company reduced its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd or Hangzhou Zhongce from a majority to a minority position (from 51% interest to 26% interest). During 2007, following the purchase and disposal of certain shares of Rosedale, the interest of Rosedale held by the Company was diluted and was accounted for as trading securities of the Company thereafter. While a key part of the Company’s business strategy is to expand through acquiring new businesses and business lines and the Company has been actively seeking new opportunities, its results have been driven almost entirely by its affiliate Hangzhou Zhongce (which has been accounted for as an equity method affiliate in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements). In November 2011, the Company disposed of all of its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce and it ceased to be an equity method affiliate of the Company. In addition, all of the subsidiaries of the Company were inactive during fiscal year 2010.
Despite the Company’s efforts to identify new investments, it has had limited success in doing so and, if it does identify new investments, it may not be able to consummate them. Even if the Company successfully identifies and consummates new investments, the acquisition of new businesses and business lines carries substantial risk and uncertainties. Depending on the specific acquisition, there may be risks relating to the acquired business itself, risks relating to the industry in which the business operates and risks relating to the Company itself.
THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FINANCE ACQUISITIONS, STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS OR OTHER EXPANSIONS OR MAY INCUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACQUISITION OR EXPANSION
The Company may experience difficulty in funding acquisitions, investments or expansion o. The Company may fund any such activities through bank loans or other debt financing and could incur an increase in debt or other liabilities in connection with any acquisition or other similar matter.
FUTURE ACQUISITIONS OR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL AND MAY HARM OUR OPERATING RESULTS
An important element of our strategy is to review prospects for acquisition or strategic investments that would complement our existing companies. Future acquisitions or strategic investments could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results because of possible charges to financial results for purchased technology, restructuring or impairment charges related to goodwill or amortization expenses associated with intangible assets; potential increases in our expenses and working capital requirements and the incurrence of debt and contingent liabilities; diversion or our capital and management’s attention to other business concerns; risks of entering markets or geographic areas in which we have limited prior experience; or potential loss of key employees of acquired organizations or inability to hire key employees necessary for expansion.
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DIVERSIFICATION MAY RESULT IN LOWERED RESPONSIVENESS TO CYCLICAL CHANGES OF DIFFERENT BUSINESSES
Diversification of the Company’s businesses will result in assets, resources and management being committed or allocated to businesses in different fields. As a result, the Company’s flexibility in responding to seasonal changes or periodic fluctuations in the business cycle in a particular business operation may be limited.
CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF THE COMPANY’S ASSETS COULD RESULT IN THE COMPANY BEING DEEMED A “PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANY” WHICH COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON U.S. HOLDERS
Special U.S. federal income tax rules apply to U.S. holders of shares of a non-U.S. corporation that is classified as a passive foreign investment company for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The determination of the passive foreign investment company status of the Company principally depends upon the composition of the Company’s assets, including goodwill, and the amount and nature of the income of the Company, from time to time. The Company has had no operating subsidiaries during the past few years. If we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company, our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences, including having gains realized on the sale of our shares taxed at ordinary income rates, rather than the capital gain rate. In addition, both gains upon disposition and amounts received as distributions could be subject to an additional interest charge by the Internal Revenue Service. A determination that we are a passive foreign investment company could also have an adverse effect on the price and marketability of our shares.
We do not believe that we were a passive foreign investment company for 2010. However, since the determination of whether we are a passive foreign investment company is based upon such factual matters as the valuation of our assets and, in certain cases, the assets of companies held by us, there can be no assurance with respect to the position of the Internal Revenue Service on our status as a passive foreign investment company. Our analysis related to 2010 is based upon certain assumptions and methodologies that we have used, the appropriate value of our ownership interest in companies we held, and the manner in which we have allocated the value among our active assets and passive assets. We cannot assure you that the Internal Revenue Service will not challenge our assumptions and methodologies. If there were such a challenge, we could be classified as a passive foreign investment company for 2010.
With respect to 2011 and subsequent years, the tests for determining passive foreign investment company status are applied annually and it is difficult to make accurate predictions of future income and assets, which are relevant to this determination. The tests are impacted by changes in value of our group companies which are difficult to predict. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will not become a passive foreign investment company in 2011 or a subsequent year, including after the consummation of the transactions in 2011 and 2012 described in Item 4.A., History and Development of the Company.
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND TAXATION REQUIREMENTS COULD AFFECT OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS
New accounting standards or pronouncements that may become applicable to us from time to time, or changes in the interpretation of existing standards and pronouncements, could have a significant effect on our reported results for the affected periods. We also expect to become subject to income tax in jurisdictions in which we expect to commence generating revenues. Increases in income tax rates could reduce our after-tax income from affected jurisdictions, while increases in indirect taxes could affect our financial results.
FAILURE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR OPERATIONS
Growing standardization, more reliance on global systems, information technology services and increased regulations lead to a risk that our information technology systems may fail. This could affect the Company’s operational performance and financial position.
OUR OPERATIONS, ASSETS AND STAFF CAN BE EXPOSED TO RISKS RELATED TO EVENTS OF AN EXCEPTIONAL NATURE
The Company, including its assets and staff, could be exposed to risks related to events of an exceptional nature such as, but not limited to, severe weather, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, political unrest and accidents. Such events could have a significant effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
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OUR INSURANCE COVERAGE MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE RISKS RELATED TO OUR FINANCIAL LOSSES
Historically, our affiliates have not experienced any major accidents in the course of their operations that have caused significant property damage or personal injuries. However, there is no assurance that affiliates or we will not experience major accidents in the future. Although our affiliates have purchased the necessary insurance and we anticipate that future affiliates would purchase necessary insurance, the occurrence of certain incidents such as earthquakes, wars and floods, and the consequences resulting from them, may not be covered adequately, or at all, by insurance policies under which they are protected. Our affiliates may also face exposure to product liability claims in the event that any of their products are alleged to have resulted in property damage, bodily injury or other adverse effects. Losses incurred or payments we may be required to make may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations if such losses or payments are not fully insured.
FAILURE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE ACCURACY IN REPORTING OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS OR PREVENTING FRAUD
Undetected internal control weaknesses or controls that function ineffectively represent a risk of loss or financial misstatement. Internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements because of inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud. Therefore, even effective internal controls can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements. If the Company fails to maintain the adequacy of its internal controls, including any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or if it experiences difficulties in the implementation of internal controls, the Company’s business and operating results could be harmed, and it could fail to meet its reporting obligations.
We are subject to reporting obligations under the U.S. securities laws. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company’s internal control over financial reporting in its Annual Report that contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Moreover, effective internal controls are necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and are important in helping prevent financial fraud. If we are not able to provide reliable financial reports on a timely basis or prevent financial fraud, our business and operating results could be harmed, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, and the trading price of our stock could drop significantly.
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Risks for Doing Business in China
ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES COULD HARM OUR RESULTS IF THE COMPANY IS EXPOSED TO LITIGATION LIABILITY
The products of the Company’s affiliates are manufactured in the PRC and some of them are sold to overseas markets. Anti-dumping duties are specifically intended to prevent cheap imports from countries with lower material and labor costs, in particular the Far East and Eastern Europe, from damaging its community industry. For this reason, goods from the PRC often attract high rates of anti-dumping duties. In 2008, an affiliate of the Company became a defendant in an anti-dumping investigation in India, and the investigation was then completed but no specific charges had been made against the Company. Accordingly, the management of the Company believes that it is not probable that an asset had been impaired or a liability had been incurred at the date of the report. However, the possibility of new legislation could have a material impact on our financial results if our affiliates was to increase its expenditures to comply with anti-dumping requirement, and the imposition of anti-dumping duties may also impact our affiliates’ export sales to India.
THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS FOCUS ON THE GREATER CHINA REGION SUBJECTS THE COMPANY AND ITS BUSINESS TO THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION
As a result of the Company’s traditional business focus on the Greater China Region, the Company’s business and its financial and operating results may be affected by significant political, economic, social and cultural developments in the region. A substantial portion of the Company’s results is derived from its affiliates, major businesses of which are located in China. These businesses are dependent in large part on the performance of the Chinese economy and Chinese government policy. As a result, the future financial condition and results of operations of the Company could be adversely affected by slowdowns in the Chinese economy, Chinese macroeconomic policies that de-emphasize the development of industries that utilize products or services of the Company’s affiliates or other governmental policies, including changes in laws, regulations or the interpretation thereof; confiscatory taxation; restrictions on currency conversion, imports or sources of supplies; or the expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises. Any measures or actions taken by the Chinese government to control industries that utilize products or services of the Company’s affiliates could restrict their business operations and adversely affect the financial positions of the Company and its affiliates.
Although the Company believes that the economic reforms and macroeconomic policies and measures adopted by the Chinese government will continue to have a positive effect on economic development in China and that the Company and its affiliates will continue to benefit from these policies and measures, there is no assurance that the government will continue to pursue such policies or that such policies may not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting China’s political, economic and social life.
In addition, the Company’s financial results are significantly dependent on the economy in the region. The economy of the Greater China Region differs significantly from the economies of the United States and Western Europe in such respects as structure, level of development, growth rate, capital reinvestment, resource allocation, self-sufficiency, rate of inflation and balance of payments position, among others. Furthermore, the recent global economic downturn has had a significant impact on the region’s economic growth as it is primarily an export-oriented economy. Future adverse economic factors or changes in the policies of the Chinese government could have a material adverse effect on the overall economic growth of China. These developments could adversely affect the financial condition, results of operations and business of the Company and its affiliates by reducing the demand for the products and services of the Company’s affiliates.
As a member of the World Trade Organization, China’s economic activity is expected to become more and more export driven and China’s internal market is expected to see more competition through imports. The expected change in economic activity in China and the Greater China Region and a greater interdependence of the Chinese economy on the general world economy as a result of such changes could also impact the Company’s financial results.
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RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE MAY LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO RECEIVE AND USE OUR RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY
Any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use resources generated in Renminbi to fund our business activities outside China or other payments in Hong Kong dollars or other foreign currencies. Although the PRC government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the Renminbi for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign invested enterprises may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents. In addition, remittance of foreign currencies abroad and conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. We cannot be certain that the Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi, especially with respect to foreign exchange transactions.
FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VALUE OF THE RENMINBI COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our reporting currency is the Renminbi as a substantial portion of our investments are denominated in Renminbi. Our remaining assets and liabilities and all of our operation expenses are denominated in Hong Kong dollars. As a result, we may be exposed to foreign exchange risk, and our results of operations may be negatively impacted by fluctuations in the exchange rate of Renminbi against other currencies. As our major assets and liabilities comprise a mixture of items that are denominated in Renminbi and Hong Kong dollars, our business and operating results may be materially affected in the event of a severe increase or decrease in the value of the Renminbi against other currencies.
The value of the Renminbi is subject to changes in China’s governmental policies and to international economic and political developments. Since January 1, 1994, the PRC government has used a unitary managed floating rate system. Under this system, the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, publishes a daily based exchange rate with reference primarily to the supply and demand of Renminbi against U.S. dollars and other foreign currencies in the market during the previous day. Authorized banks and financial institutions are allowed to quote buy and sell rates for Renminbi within a specified band around the central bank’s daily exchange rate.
While the international reaction to the Renminbi revaluation has generally been positive, there remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more flexible currency policy, which could result in a further and more significant appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies.
NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE GREATER CHINA REGION COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RESULTS
The Company’s affiliates are primarily located in the PRC. During the past several years, the PRC has experienced natural disasters, including floods, fires and earthquakes. A disaster could cause significant damage to the facilities of our affiliates, which may not be adequately covered by insurance proceeds and could materially and adversely impact the business of the Company’s affiliates. The disaster relief and assistance in the PRC is not well developed and there can be no assurance that adequate government assistance would be available in the absence of sufficient insurance coverage.
OUR RESULTS COULD BE HARMED IF WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
The operations of our affiliates could create environmentally sensitive waste depending on the nature of their operations. The general issue of the disposal of hazardous waste has received increasing attention from Chinese national and local governments and foreign governments and agencies and has been subject to increasing regulation. Currently, relevant Chinese environmental protection laws and regulations impose fines on the discharge of waste materials and empower certain environmental authorities to close any facility that causes serious environmental problems. Although it has not been alleged by Chinese government officials that our affiliates have violated any current environmental regulations, there is no assurance that the Chinese government will not amend its current environmental protection laws and regulations. Our financial results could be materially and adversely affected if our affiliates were to increase expenditures to comply with environmental regulations affecting their operations.
LEGAL SYSTEM DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GREATER CHINA REGION AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COULD IMPACT INVESTORS
Unlike common law systems in the western world, China has a civil law system based on written statutes and, therefore, decided legal cases are without binding legal effect, although they are often followed by judges as guidance. As the Chinese legal system develops, the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws and the preemption of local regulations by national laws may adversely affect the interests of foreign investors.
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THE AUDIT REPORTS INCLUDED IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT ARE PREPARED BY AUDITORS WHO ARE NOT INSPECTED BY THE PUBLIC COMPANY ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD AND, AS SUCH, YOU ARE DEPRIVED OF THE BENEFITS OF SUCH INSPECTION
The independent registered public accounting firms that issues the audit reports included in our annual reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as auditors of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“the “PCAOB”), are required by the laws of the United States to undergo regular inspections by the PCAOB to assess its compliance with the laws of the United States and professional standards.
Because we have substantial operations within the Peoples’ Republic of China and the PCAOB is currently unable to conduct inspections of the work of our auditors as it relates to those operations without the approval of the Chinese authorities, our auditors are not currently inspected fully by the PCAOB.
Inspections of other firms that the PCAOB has conducted outside China have identified deficiencies in those firms’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. This lack of PCAOB inspections in China prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating our auditors’ audits and their quality control procedures. As a result, investors may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOB inspections.
The inability of the PCAOB to conduct full inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of our auditors’ audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to PCAOB inspections. Investors may lose confidence in our reported financial information and procedures and the quality of our financial statements and the financial statements of our affiliates.
Risks Related to Our Capital Stock
LIMITED LIQUIDITY IN THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES MAY MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SELL SHARES
The public trading market for our common stock is limited. Beginning in November 2002, our common stock was traded on the OTCQB Securities Market. Nevertheless, an established public trading market for our common stock may never develop or, if developed, it may not be able to be sustained. The OTCQB Securities Market is an inter-dealer, over-the-counter market that provides significantly less liquidity than other markets. As a foreign private issuer whose business is substantially in China and other Asian markets, the Company has less exposure in the U.S. capital markets than comparable U.S. issuers. In addition, the Company has a relatively small public float of its securities and has a recent history of filing its Reports on Form 20-F with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These and other general economic, industry or Company factors may result in low trading volumes or prices of the Company’s securities. Accordingly, shareholders of the Company bear risks regarding the liquidity of the Company’s shares and may not be able to sell shares in desired quantities, at desired times or desired prices, or a combination thereof.
POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF SHARE PRICES WORLDWIDE MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE COMPANY’S SHARE PRICE
The trading price of the Company’s shares has been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations. Capital markets worldwide have generally experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of the listed companies themselves. There can be no assurance that trading prices and price earnings ratios previously experienced by the Company’s common shares will be matched and maintained. Broad market and industry factors may adversely affect the market price of shares in the Company, regardless of its operating performance.
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ITEM 4. | INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY |
A. HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY
The Company was incorporated as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda on January 28, 1993. From July 15, 1993 to late 2002, the Company’s shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. On November 26, 2002, the Company’s shares began trading on the OTCQB Securities Market in the United States. The legal name of the Company is “China Enterprises Limited” and the Company is registered in Hong Kong under the commercial name of “China Tire Holdings Limited” due to local company registration considerations. The Company has historically been engaged in tire manufacturing and trading and related businesses.
In 2001, the Company decided to reorganize its operations to improve its financial performance. The Company began to dispose of loss-making subsidiaries and tried to diversify its business. In early 2002, the Company acquired a substantive equity interest of approximately 35% in Rosedale, which allowed it to diversify its business into the travel industry. In fiscal year 2003, the Company further completed its disposals of its loss-making subsidiaries, Yinchuan CSI (Greatwall) Rubber Co., Limited, and the Company’s remaining interests in Double Happiness Tyre Industries Corporation Limited and ceased to account for the results of operations and the assets and liabilities of these subsidiaries from their respective disposal dates.
In order to realize part of its investment, the Company entered into a contract to sell a 25% interest in its subsidiary Hangzhou Zhongce, a PRC company, on June 15, 2003. As a result, the Company reduced its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce from 51% to 26%. The sale was completed in September 2003 and Hangzhou Zhongce became an equity method affiliate of the Group thereafter.
During 2006 and 2007, the Company’s interest in its affiliate Rosedale, decreased from 20.36% to 12.77% as a result of dilution caused by capital raising activities of Rosedale and the disposal of Rosedale shares by the Company in the market. As a result of its decreased ownership of Rosedale, the Company began accounting for its remaining interest in Rosedale as trading securities instead of as an interest in an affiliate company as it was in previous years.
The Company, through Manwide Holdings Limited, a then direct wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement dated June 16, 2004 with an independent third party, Shanghai Jiu Sheng Investment Limited, or Jiu Sheng, for the acquisition and further development of Xiang Zhang Garden, a parcel of land containing a 24-story building under construction located in Shanghai, PRC. In June 2005, the Company commenced legal proceedings against Jiu Sheng, among other things, to demand that Jiu Sheng meet its obligations under the two agreements related to the purchase of Xiang Zhang Garden and petitioned a PRC court for an injunction order to prevent Xiang Zhang Garden from being transferred to the secured creditors of Jiu Sheng and the main contractor. In June 2006, the People’s High Court of the City of Shanghai ruled in favor of the Company and ordered Jiu Sheng to continue fulfilling its obligations under the applicable agreements and to proceed with the transfer of legal title of Xiang Zhang Garden to the Company. The judgment also required Jiu Sheng to pay Rmb5.9 million to the Company as compensation for the breach of the sale and purchase agreements. In August 2006, the Group petitioned the People’s High Court of Shanghai for a court execution order to enforce the June 2006 judgment against Jiu Sheng. In March 2008, the Group entered into a settlement agreement with Jiu Sheng whereby the Company disclaimed its rights in Xiang Zhang Garden in exchange for a payment of Rmb75 million, which was received in April 2008. A gain of Rmb17 million has been recognized in the consolidated statement of operations.
In March 2008, Hanny Holdings Limited (a publicly listed company in Hong Kong), or Hanny, and certain of its subsidiaries entered into conditional sale and purchase agreements with an independent third party whereby it disposed of a 29.2% interest in the Group for cash consideration of approximately Rmb142 million. The sale closed on May 8, 2008. Following this sale, Hanny’s interest in the Company decreased from approximately 55.3% to 26.1% and the Company ceased to be a subsidiary of Hanny.
In April 2008, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests in Cosmos Regent Ltd, Cyber Generation Limited and Whole Good Limited, all of which are engaged in securities investment, from Hanny Magnetics (B.V.I.) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hanny. Total consideration for the three companies was Rmb34,417,000, and the amount was settled through the cancellation of obligations from Hanny to the Company.
In April 2008, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire certain equity interest in a property investment company for consideration of Rmb150 million. A refundable deposit of Rmb75 million was paid to the third party vendor pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding during the year ended December 31, 2008 and recorded as a deposit paid for the acquisition of investments for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009. The Memorandum of Understanding lapsed in June 2011. The deposit of Rmb67.5 million was refunded to the Company and the remaining Rmb7.5 million was charged as administrative charges.
In April 2009, X One Holdings Limited, or X One, an affiliate of the Company, was dissolved pursuant to Section 291 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
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The Company is a holding company and had interests in a number of subsidiaries and affiliates as of December 31, 2010. The principal interests of the Company were as follows:
• | Capital Canton Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Century Lead Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | China Tire Enterprises Limited, a Hong Kong company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Cosmos Regent Ltd, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Cyber Generation Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Great Windfall Agents Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Hangzhou Zhongce, a PRC company in which the Company has a 26% interest. |
• | Million Good Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Orion Tire Corporation, a U.S. corporation in which the Company has a 60% interest. |
• | Orion (B.V.I.) Tire Corporation, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 60% interest. |
• | Sincere Ocean Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Supreme Solutions Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Ventures Kingdom Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Wealth Faith Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
• | Whole Good Limited, a British Virgin Islands company in which the Company has a 100% interest. |
In its Report on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Committee on November 21, 2011, the Company reported that it had entered into a definitive agreement with CZ Tire Holdings Limited, or CZ. The Agreement provided for the sale of all of the Company’s ownership interests in Hangzhou Zhongce to CZ for RMB600,000,000 or approximately US$90.91 million in cash. The Company reported the closing of the transaction in its Report on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Committee on November 28, 2011.
In its Report on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Committee on October 4, 2012, the Company reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Wealth Faith Limited had entered into a definitive agreement with Fortuneasy Limited. The agreement provides for the purchase by Wealth Faith Limited of 40% of the shares of Million Cube Limited from Fortuneasy Limited. The total purchase price for the shares being acquired by Wealth Faith Limited is HK$200 million or approximately US$25.6 million. The Company, through Wealth Faith Limited, previously deposited HK$154.8 million or approximately US$19.8 million in earnest money with Fortuneasy Limited, which will be applied toward the purchase price. As provided in the agreement, Million Cube Limited has acquired 45% of the issued share capital and corresponding shareholder loans of Paragon Winner Company Limited, or Paragon. Paragon was formed to invest in a joint venture that has developed the Sanya Sun Valley Golf Resort in Yalong Bay, Sanya City, People’s Republic of China and that is seeking to develop a related hotel and resort complex at such resort. The closing of the transaction is subject to, among other things, the Company and Wealth Faith Limited satisfactorily completing due diligence and the receipt of all necessary governmental and other consents. The parties to the transaction anticipate that the transaction will close sometime in the first quarter of 2014.
Additional information about the Company is available through the Internet at http://www.chinaenterpriseslimited.com. The principal place of business and the executive offices of the Company are located at 25th Floor, Paul Y. Centre, 51 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong and its telephone number is (852) 2372 0130.
B. BUSINESS OVERVIEW
The financial results of the Company in fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010 were dependent on its equity share of the results from Hangzhou Zhongce, which the Company disposed of in November 2011, as discussed above. All of the subsidiaries of the Company were inactive during fiscal year 2010. The Company is actively seeking new investment opportunities.
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Hangzhou Zhongce
Hangzhou Zhongce is incorporated in the People’s Republic of China. Its principal subsidiaries are mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires, tire rubber and carbon powder. Hangzhou Zhongce established Hangzhou Sunrise Rubber Co., Ltd with three other PRC enterprises in 1998 and acquired Hangzhou Fu Chun Jiang Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd in 1999, which manufactures radial tire products and a number of raw materials including tire rubbers and carbon powder. In 2008, Hangzhou Zhongce incorporated a PRC subsidiary Zhongce Rubber Fu Yang Co., Ltd, which is engaged in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires. In September 2003, the Company disposed of a portion of its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce and ceased to consolidate the results of Hangzhou Zhongce and its subsidiaries. As a result of that disposal, the Company held a 26% interest in Hangzhou Zhongce, which was treated as an equity method affiliate of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010. In November 2011, the Company disposed of all of its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce and it ceased to be an equity method affiliate of the Company. Hangzhou Zhongce manufactures and sells a broad line of tire products, consisting of motor vehicle (bias and radial tires for trucks, tractors, passenger cars and motorcycles), bicycle and wheelbarrow tires. See “Financial Statements” of Hangzhou Zhongce in item 17 for more details.
Rosedale
Rosedale is an exempted company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability. Its shares are listed on the HKSE. Its principal subsidiaries are engaged in the business of hotel operation and trading of securities.
In 2002, the Company diversified into the travel business through an investment in Rosedale. However, following the disposal of a significant portion of its equity interest during fiscal year 2007, the Company’s equity interest in Rosedale decreased to 12.77% and was subsequently reclassified as trading securities of the Company. As of December 31, 2010, the equity interest had further decreased to 8.90%.
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C. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
As of December 31, 2010, the principal subsidiaries of the Company were:
Consolidated Subsidiary | Country of Incorporation | Principal Activities | Company’s Ownership Interest | |||||||||
Directly | Indirectly | |||||||||||
Capital Canton Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Century Lead Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
China Tire Enterprises Limited | HK | Investment holding | 100 | % | ||||||||
Cosmos Regent Ltd | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Cyber Generation Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Great Windfall Agents Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Million Good Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Orion Tire Corporation | USA | Investment holding | 60 | % | — | |||||||
Orion (B.V.I.) Tire Corporation | BVI | Investment holding | 60 | % | — | |||||||
Sincere Ocean Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Supreme Solution Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Ventures Kingdom Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Wealth Faith Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — | |||||||
Whole Good Limited | BVI | Investment holding | 100 | % | — |
D. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
The registered office of the Company is located at Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, HM11, Bermuda. Only corporate administrative matters are conducted at this office, through the Company’s agent, Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Bermuda) Limited (formerly known as Butterfield Corporate Services Limited). The Company’s principal executive office is located at 25th Floor, Paul Y. Centre, 51 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Company neither owns nor leases property in Bermuda or Hong Kong.
The Company did not incur any principal capital expenditures, investment and divestitures over the last three years ended December 31, 2010.
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ITEM 5. | Operating and Financial Review and Prospects |
Except for statements of historical facts, this section contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by forward-looking words including “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intends,” “should” or “may.” Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance or results and our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth under the section of this Report entitled Item 3 Key Information — “Risk Factors.” This section should be read along with our Consolidated Financial Statements included as Item 18 of this Report, including the accompanying notes, that are included in this Annual Report on Form 20-F. The following discussion of operating results and the financial review and prospects as well as our consolidated financial statements have been presented and prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The forward-looking statements in this Item 5 are not guarantees of future performance. They involve both risk and uncertainty. Several important factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by these statements. Many of those factors are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond the control of our management. Please see the “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report for more details.
A. OPERATING RESULTS
Overview
After the completion of the Company’s restructuring discussed above in “History and Development of the Company,” the financial results of the Company for fiscal year 2010 were mainly comprised of investment and interest income and the Company’s share of the earnings and financial results of its affiliate, Hangzhou Zhongce. Currently, the Company is still actively looking for new investments. The PRC market continues to be the focus of world industry, and the Company is confident in the PRC market and continues to explore appropriate investment projects to expand its business network in the PRC.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions based upon historical experience and various other factors and circumstances. Management believes that our estimates and assumptions are reasonable under the circumstances; however, actual results may vary from these estimates and assumptions under different future circumstances. The following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. For further discussion of our significant accounting policies, refer to Note 2 — “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in “Item 18 — Financial Statements” of this Annual Report.
Accounting Estimates
The accounting estimates inherent in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements of the Company mainly include estimates associated with respect to collectability of receivables, impairment of available-for-sale securities, valuation allowances of deferred tax assets and valuation of derivative instruments. The process of determining significant estimates is fact specific and takes into account factors such as historical experience, as well as current and expected economic conditions. Additionally, the Company constantly re-evaluates these significant factors and makes adjustments where facts and circumstances dictate.
Income Taxes
The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets to the amount that the Company believes is more likely than not to be realized. In the event the Company determines that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of its recorded amount, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be made that would increase income in the period such determination was made. Likewise, should the Company determine that it would not be able to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period such determination was made.
Derivatives Embedded in Certain Debt Securities
Convertible notes of Rosedale held by the Company contain features that enable the Company to convert the debt securities into common stock of Rosedale. These features represent embedded derivatives that are required to be accounted for separately from the related debt securities. The estimated fair value of these features is valued using an option-pricing model, which requires us to make assumptions with respect to variables including the share price volatility of common stock of Rosedale, expected time to expiration, and expected dividend yield of Rosedale. Changes in these assumptions could significantly affect the amount of change in fair value of the conversion option we recognize in our consolidated financial statements. The adjustments will be required until the conversion features are either triggered or expire.
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Results of Operations: Fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 compared with fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
The Company
For 2010, the Company recorded consolidated net income of Rmb168.0 million, or Rmb18.63 per share. By comparison, the net income and the earnings per share in 2009 was Rmb247.0 million and Rmb27.39, respectively. Loss before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2010 was Rmb6.9 million compared to profit of Rmb17.3 million in 2009.
The Rmb3.3 million loss from operating activities mainly represented the administrative expenses incurred for the year ended December 31, 2010. General and administrative expenses were comprised of expenditures for personnel and administrative functions, including accounting, information technology, human resources, legal and administration. The general and administrative expenses in 2010 increased to Rmb3.3 million, as compared to Rmb2.8 million in 2009. Higher administrative and professional fees were incurred in 2010 with the Company being a public reporting company.
Apart from the general and administrative expenses of Rmb3.3 million, included in loss before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates of Rmb6.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 were mainly investment income of Rmb6 million, interest income, which mainly represented the interest income recorded on notes receivable issued by Rosedale, of Rmb3.4 million and exchange gain of Rmb1.3 million, offset by interest expenses of Rmb3.3 million, realized and unrealized loss on investments of Rmb4.8 million and impairment loss recognized on investments of Rmb6.0 million. Profit before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates was Rmb17.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. The poor financial performance in 2010 was primarily due to the poor share price performance of the Company’s investment portfolio in 2010, resulting in net realized and unrealized losses on investments of Rmb4.8 million as compared to a net realized and unrealized gain of Rmb14.7 million in 2009.
The net income for the fiscal year 2010, apart from the loss before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates of Rmb6.9 million, consisted mainly of the Company’s share of net profit of Hangzhou Zhongce of Rmb190.2 million and income tax expense of Rmb15.2 million. The net income for the fiscal year 2009, apart from the profit before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates of Rmb17.3 million, consisted mainly of the Company’s share of net profit of Hangzhou Zhongce of Rmb255.1 million and income tax expense of Rmb25.5 million. The share of profit of Hangzhou Zhongce decreased Rmb65.0 million primarily due to the increase in the cost of materials causing a drop in gross profit. Income tax was primarily related to the 10% withholding tax on the undistributed earnings of the Company’s affiliate in the PRC.
Tire Business
For the year ended December 31, 2010, Hangzhou Zhongce recorded a consolidated turnover of approximately Rmb20,258 million, an increase of approximately 33.8% as compared to the same period in 2009 of approximately Rmb15,145 million. Hangzhou Zhongce was able to maintain its market when the automobile industry continued to recover in 2010. However, despite the significant growth in turnover, the audited consolidated net profit for the year ended December 31, 2010 decreased to approximately Rmb731.4 million from approximately Rmb981.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. In 2010, the cost of raw materials, in particular the cost of natural rubber, in the tire industry increased significantly, resulting in a drop in gross margin from 14.6% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2010, or from Rmb2.2 billion in 2009 to Rmb1.9 billion in 2010.
Results of Operations: Fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 compared with fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
The Company
For 2009, the Company recorded consolidated net income of Rmb247.0 million, or Rmb27.39 per share. By comparison, the net loss and the net loss per share in 2008 was Rmb71.4 million and Rmb7.92, respectively. Profit before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to Rmb17.3 million compared to loss of Rmb116.4 million in 2008.
The Rmb2.8 million loss from operating activities mainly represented the administrative expenses incurred for the year ended December 31, 2009. General and administrative expenses comprised expenditures for personnel and administrative functions, including accounting, information technology, human resources, legal and administration. The general and administrative expenses in 2009 amounted to Rmb2.8 million, a decrease of Rmb3 million, compared to Rmb5.8 million in 2008. Management continued to cut administrative expenses such as professional fees, audit fees, etc during the year.
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Apart from the general and administrative expenses of Rmb2.8 million, included in profit before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2009 were mainly net realized and unrealized gain on investments of Rmb14.7 million, investment income of Rmb6.1 million, interest income, which mainly represented the interest income recorded on notes receivable issued by Rosedale, of Rmb3.3 million and exchange gain of Rmb0.5 million, offset by interest expenses of Rmb4.5 million. Loss before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates was Rmb116.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The significant improvement in financial performance in 2009 was primarily due to the improving share price performance of the Company’s investment portfolio in 2009, resulting a net realized and unrealized gain of Rmb14.7 million as compared to a realized and unrealized loss of Rmb59.2 million in 2008. Also, there was no compensation income received related to acquisition of properties and no further impairment recognized on the Company’s available-for-sale securities in 2009, compared with compensation income of Rmb17 million and an impairment loss of Rmb69.5 million in 2008.
The net income for the fiscal year 2009, apart from the profit before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates of Rmb17.3 million, consisted mainly of the Company’s share of net profit of Hangzhou Zhongce of Rmb255.1 million and income tax expense of Rmb25.5 million. The net income for the fiscal year 2008, apart from the loss before income tax and equity in earnings from affiliates of Rmb116.4 million, consisted mainly of the Company’s share of net profit of Hangzhou Zhongce of Rmb35.4 million and income tax benefit of Rmb9.5 million. Share of profit of Hangzhou Zhongce increased Rmb219.7 million primarily due to recovery of the tire business from the economic downturn in 2008. Income tax in 2009 was primarily related to the 10% withholding tax on the undistributed earnings on the Company’s affiliate in the PRC.
Tire Business
For the year ended December 31, 2009, Hangzhou Zhongce recorded a consolidated turnover of approximately Rmb15,145 million, an increase of approximately 12.6% as compared to the same period in 2008 of approximately Rmb13,446 million. The audited consolidated net profit for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to approximately Rmb981.2 million from approximately Rmb136.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. In 2009, the automobile industry rebounded significantly after the economic downturn that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2008. As a result, the demand for tires also increased accordingly.
Impact of Inflation
Inflation and deflation in the PRC and Hong Kong has not had a material effect on our past business. During the times of inflation, the affiliated companies of the Company have generally been able to increase the price of their products or services in order to keep pace with inflation.
Impact of Tax Regulations
For the impact of tax regulations on the Company, see Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company included in “Item 18. Financial Statements”.
B. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our 2010 operations were entirely funded by internally generated funds. Cash for financing the operations of the Company was principally obtained through the disposal of trading securities and repayments from related parties. During 2009 and 2010, the Company saw a continuation of challenging financial and economic conditions. Although some signs of improvement have started to emerge, the performance of key economies remains uncertain.
The Company’s working capital saw a slight improvement in 2010, calculated as current assets less current liabilities, a negative working capital of Rmb74.3 million as of December 31, 2009 decreased to Rmb71.3 million as of December 31, 2010.
Over the last few years, cash flow for financing the operations of the Company was primarily obtained from the disposal of trading securities. As at December 31, 2010, the Company still held approximately Rmb86.3 million of marketable securities. In 2010, the net cash provided by operating activities was approximately Rmb7.3 million compared to Rmb17.2 million used in operating activities in 2009. The net cash provided by investing activities and used in financing activities in 2010 was approximately Rmb4.3 million and Rmb13.3 million, respectively; compared with Rmb19.0 million provided by investing activities and Rmb1.2 million used in financing activities in 2009.
Other than the Memorandum of Understanding, as described in Item 4 of this Form 20-F, a refundable deposit of Rmb75 million, which paid for the acquisition of investments during 2008 and was refunded subsequently in 2011; and the Convertible Notes receivable of Rosedale of approximately Rmb52 million as described in Item 7 of this Form 20-F, which note matured in June 2011 and subsequently fully settled, no transactions, arrangements or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that are reasonably likely to affect materially the liquidity or the availability of or requirement for capital resources of the Company have been entered into during 2010. In management’s opinion, the Group has sufficient cash and cash equivalents, notes receivable and trading securities to support its working capital for its present requirements.
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For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Company had no expenditure for property, plant and equipment.
Cash and cash equivalents of the Company decreased from Rmb0.2 million at December 31, 2009 to approximately Rmb0.1 million at December 31, 2010 of which Rmb9,300 (approximately US$1,400) were U.S. dollar deposits included in cash and cash equivalents.
There are no material restrictions, including foreign exchange controls, on the ability of the Company’s subsidiaries to transfer funds to the Company in the form of cash dividends, loans, advances or product/material purchases.
For related party information, please see “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions” in this Annual Report. In the opinion of management, these related party transactions have no material effect on the Company’s liquidity or cash flows.
C. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES
The Company does not conduct any research and development and does not rely on any patents or licenses.
D. TREND INFORMATION
Following its sale of a portion of its interest in Hangzhou Zhongce in 2003, the Company does not have a majority-owned operating subsidiary as of the date of this report. As of the date of this report, following its sale of a portion of its interest in Rosedale in 2007, the Company’s financial results were largely dependent on its equity in earnings of the affiliated company, Hangzhou Zhongce, the shares of which the Company disposed of in November 2011, as discussed above. Having positioned itself as a conglomerate investor in China, the Company anticipates that it will maintain its conservative and cautious investment posture in the coming year and to continue its efforts to explore new investment opportunities.
E. OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
For the year of 2010, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial conditions, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources. Additionally, the Company had not undertaken any guarantees as of December 31, 2010.
F. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMERCIAL COMMITMENTS
As of December 31, 2010, the Company had capital commitments for the acquisition of an equity interest of Rmb75 million in respect of the MOU entered into in April 2008.
Payments due by period | ||||||||||||
Less than 1 year | 1-3 years | More than 3 years | ||||||||||
Contractual Obligation | Rmb’000 | Rmb’000 | Rmb’000 | |||||||||
Acquisition of investment | 75,000 | — | — |
On June 30, 2011, the MOU lapsed. The deposit of Rmb67.5 million was refunded to the Company. Rmb7.5 million was charged as an administrative fee and recorded as an expense of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2011.
ITEM 6. | DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES |
A. DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Name | Age | Position | Since | |||||
Allan Yap | 58 | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director | 2001 | (1) | ||||
Eva Chan Ling | 48 | Deputy Chairman and Director | 2004 | (2) | ||||
Dorothy Law | 44 | Director | 2000 | |||||
Richard Whittall | 54 | Independent Director and Audit Committee Member | 2000 | |||||
Lien Kait Long | 65 | Director | 1999 | |||||
Sin Chi Fai | 54 | Independent Director and Audit Committee Member | 2010 | (3) | ||||
Jimmy Chow Chun Man | 44 | Chief Financial Officer | 2003 |
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(1) | Dr. Allan Yap is the Chairman of Hanny and served as an executive director of China Strategic Holdings Limited (“CSH”), a publicly listed company in Hong Kong, until his resignation on June 16, 2006. |
(2) | Ms. Eva Chan Ling is an executive director of CSH and the managing director of Rosedale Hotel Holdings Limited (“Rosedale”), a publicly listed company in Hong Kong and an equity method affiliate of the Company until June 30, 2007 and accounted for as investments of the Company thereafter. |
(3) | Mr. Sin Chi Fai is an independent non-executive director of Hanny and Rosedale. He was also an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee of CSH until his resignation on October 30, 2007. |
There is no family relationship between any director or executive officer listed above and any other director or executive officer listed above. None of the directors or executive officers was elected or appointed pursuant to an arrangement or understanding with any third party.
Biographies of Directors and Senior Management
Dr. Allan Yap, age 58, is the chairman, chief executive officer and a director of the Company. He holds an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws and has over 30 years’ experience in finance, investment and banking. Dr. Yap is the chairman of Hanny and an alternate director of Television Broadcasts Limited, both are publicly listed companies in Hong Kong. He is also the chairman and chief executive officer of Burcon NutraScience Corporation, a company whose shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada, NASDAQ Stock Exchange in the United States and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany. Dr. Yap is an executive chairman of Hanwell Holdings Limited (formerly known as PSC Corporation Limited) and Tat Seng Packaging Group Limited, both are publicly listed companies in Singapore. He is also the chairman of MRI Holdings Limited. The recommendation by the directors of MRI Holdings Limited to return its assets to its shareholders by way of members’ voluntary liquidation was approved by its shareholders on April 29, 2010. Dr. Yap had been an executive director of Rosedale, a public listed company in Hong Kong, and retired on May 25, 2011, and an executive chairman of Intraco Limited, a public listed company in Singapore, and resigned on December 6, 2012. He had also been an executive director of China Strategic Holdings Limited, Big Media Group Limited (now known as Neo Telemedia Limited) and See Corporation Limited, all are publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, and resigned on June 16, 2006, July 20, 2009 and June 13, 2011, respectively. Dr. Yap was appointed as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Company on December 1, 2004.
Ms. Eva Chan Ling, age 48, is a deputy chairman and a director of the Company. She has over 24 years’ experience in auditing, accounting and finance in both international accounting firms and listed companies. Ms. Chan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and also a practicing member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Effective from June 1, 2009, Ms. Chan is the managing director of Rosedale. She is an executive director of China Strategic Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director of Well Way Group Limited (formerly known as Trasy Gold Ex Limited), both publicly listed companies in Hong Kong. She is also a director of MRI Holdings Limited. She had been an independent non-executive director of Wonson International Holdings Limited (now known as China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group Limited), a publicly listed company in Hong Kong, and resigned on August 13, 2008. Ms. Chan was appointed as deputy chairman of the Company on December 1, 2004.
Ms. Dorothy Law, age 44, is a director of the Company. She received her Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Ms. Law is a Barrister and Solicitor licensed to practice law in British Columbia and she has also been admitted as a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong (non-practicing). Ms. Law is Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary of Burcon NutraScience Corporation.
Mr. Richard Whittall, age 54, is an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of the Company. He is a partner in Watershed Capital Partners Inc., an investment banking firm, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Whittall has 23 years’ experience in investment banking, advising domestic and international companies in the areas of fund raising, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic business alliances. Mr. Whittall currently serves as a director of a number of public and private companies, including Fortress Paper Ltd, GVIC Communications Corp., Canadian General Investments Limited and Canadian World Fund Limited.
Mr. Lien Kait Long, age 65, is a director of the Company. Mr. Lien holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and is a fellow member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and CPA Australia. He has extensive experience in finance, corporate management and business investment. He has held a number of senior management positions as well as executive directorships in various public and private corporations in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. He is also a director of MRI Holdings Limited. Mr. Lien currently serves as an independent director on the board of several Singapore and Chinese Companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
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Mr. Sin Chi Fai, age 54, is appointed an independent director and an audit committee member of the Company on June 9, 2010. Mr. Sin obtained a diploma in Banking from The Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic University). He has over 16 years’ experience in banking field and has over 16 years’ sales and marketing experience in information technology industries. Mr. Sin currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Rosedale and Hanny, both publicly listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Sin is also currently a director and shareholder of a Singapore company engaged in the distribution of data storage media and computer-related products throughout Asia. Mr. Sin had been an independent non-executive director, member of the audit committee, and member of the remuneration committee of China Strategic Holdings Limited, and Wonson International Holdings Limited (now known as China Ocean Shipbuilding Industry Group Limited), both publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, and resigned on October 30, 2007 and May 15, 2008 respectively.
Mr. Jimmy Chow Chun Man, age 44, was appointed as the chief financial officer of the Company on September 24, 2003. Mr. Chow holds a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy and is a member of both CPA Australia and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has over 16 years’ of experiences in auditing, financial reporting and corporate finance. Mr. Chow is also a senior vice president of Hanny.
B. COMPENSATION
For the year ended December 31, 2010, the aggregate amount of compensation paid by the Company and its subsidiaries to the Company’s directors and executive officers, for service in all capacities, was Rmb730,620 (approximately US$110,700). The grant of bonuses is determined at the discretion of the board of directors. No bonuses were paid in the year 2010 or granted with respect to the year 2010.
The following table summarizes the compensation received by our executive and non-executive directors and senior management for the year 2010.
Name | Salary (USD) | Salary (Rmb) | Total (USD) | Total (Rmb) | ||||||||||||
Executive Director | ||||||||||||||||
Allan Yap | 20,000 | 132,000 | 20,000 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||
Eva Chan Ling | 20,000 | 132,000 | 20,000 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||
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Dorothy Law | 20,000 | 132,000 | 20,000 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||
Lien Kait Long | 20,000 | 132,000 | 20,000 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||
Richard Whittall | 20,000 | 132,000 | 20,000 | 132,000 | ||||||||||||
Sin Chi Fai (appointed on June 9, 2010) | 4,600 | 30,360 | 4,600 | 30,360 | ||||||||||||
David Edwin Bussmann (resigned on April 21, 2010) | 6,100 | 40,260 | 6,100 | 40,260 |
No officer or director received any non-cash compensation in 2010.
C. BOARD PRACTICES
Mr. David Edwin Bussmann resigned as director of the Company effective on April 21, 2010 and Mr. Sin Chi Fai was appointed as director and member of the audit committee of the Company on June 9, 2010 to fill the vacancy. The 2011, 2012 and 2013 annual general meeting of the Company is going to be held on January 6, 2014, the shareholders of the Company will be asked to re-elect all six existing directors and to serve until the next annual general meeting of the Company.
No director of the Company has entered into any service contract nor is entitled to any benefits upon termination of employment with the Company.
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The audit committee of the board of directors reviews, acts on and reports to the board of directors with respect to various auditing and accounting matters, including the selection of our auditors, the scope of the annual audits, fees to be paid to the auditors, the performance of the auditors and our accounting practices. During the year 2010, the audit committee of the Company consisted of Mr. Richard Whittall, Mr. David Edwin Bussmann (resigned on April 21, 2010) and Mr. Sin Chi Fai (appointed on June 9, 2010). As of the date of this filing, the audit committee of the Company consisted of Mr. Richard Whittall and Mr. Sin Chi Fai.
D. EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Company had no employees.
E. SHARE OWNERSHIP
As of December 31, 2010, none of the Company’s directors, officers or their associates had any personal, family, corporate or other interests in any shares of the Company or any of its associated corporations.
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ITEM 7. | MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
A. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
Based on filings on Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act and public announcements/circulars/annual reports of Hanny pursuant to the Listing Rules of HKSE, as of December 31, 2010, the following persons beneficially owned shares representing 5% or more of the issued share capital of the Company:
Name of holder | �� | Number of shares held | Percentage of class | |||||
Hanny Holdings Limited (1) (2) (3)(4) | 2,610,600 | 28.95 | % | |||||
William F. Harnisch (5) | 469,875 | 5.21 | % |
(1) | On March 26, 2008, Hanny disclosed by way of announcement posted on the website of the HKSE that it would sell to an independent third party its entire issued share capital held in Kamthorn Limited, which held approximately 18.1% equity interest in the issued share capital of the Company. The transaction was completed in May 2008. |
(2) | On July 30, 2008, Hanny further disclosed in its annual report 2007-08 that 29.2% interest including the interest as mentioned in (1) above in the issued share capital of the Company was disposed of subsequent to its financial year ended March 31, 2008. |
(3) | The 2,610,600 shares that Hanny beneficially owned during the fiscal year 2009 included 610,600 shares held by its indirect, non-wholly owned subsidiary, which represented an effective equity interest of 3.88% in the issued share capital of the Company. |
(4) | On December 7, 2010, Hanny disclosed by way of announcement posted on the website of the HKSE that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary had conditionally agreed to purchase 610,600 shares of the Company from its indirect, non-wholly owned subsidiary (that is, the number of shares as mentioned in note (3) above). Hanny further disclosed in its annual report 2010-2011 that the transaction was completed on 30 December 2010. Hanny’s effective equity interest in the Company therefore increased to 28.95%. |
(5) | (a) According to Amendment No. 17 to a report on Schedule 13G/A dated February 4, 2011, the 469,875 shares beneficially owned by William F. Harnisch consist of (A) 79,800 shares beneficially owned individually by Mr. Harnisch; and (B) (i) 218,775 shares beneficially owned by Grenadier Fund; (ii) 116,100 shares beneficially owned by Triumph Fund II L.P.; (iii) 52,500 shares beneficially owned by Peconic Partners International Fund Ltd.; and (iv) 2,700 shares beneficially owned by Triumph Fund III L.P., all of which shares Mr. Harnisch may be deemed to beneficially own by virtue of his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Peconic Partners LLC, the investment adviser to the above-mentioned clients. |
(b) According to Amendment No. 7 to a report on Schedule 13G/A dated February 14, 2013, the number of shares beneficially owned by William F. Harnisch as of December 31, 2012 changed to 467,175 shares, representing a 5.18% equity interest in the Company, consisting of (A) 79,800 shares beneficially owned individually by Mr. Harnisch; and (B) (i) 218,775 shares beneficially owned by Grenadier Fund; (ii) 116,100 shares beneficially owned by Triumph Fund II L.P.; (iii) 52,500 shares beneficially owned by Peconic Partners International Fund Ltd.; and (iv) 0 shares beneficially owned by Triumph Fund III L.P., all of which shares Mr. Harnisch may be deemed to beneficially own by virtue of his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Peconic Partners LLC, the investment adviser to the above-mentioned clients.
According to the shareholders list provided to the Company by its transfer agent, there were 52 shareholders (representing all issued common stock of 9,017,310 shares) of record of the Company’s common stock as of November 30, 2013.
B. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Acquisition of 100% equity interest in certain subsidiaries from Hanny
In April 2008, the Company acquired a 100% equity interest in Cosmos Regent Limited, Cyber Generation Limited and Whole Good Limited, companies engaged in securities investment, from Hanny Magnetics (B.V.I) Limited, subsidiary of Hanny Holdings Limited (“Hanny”). Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreements, total consideration was Rmb34,417,000 (US$5,045,000), and the amount was settled through current account with Hanny. The primary assets acquired were the securities held and the acquisition has been accounted for as an acquisition of assets.
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Convertible Notes
On March 23, 2006, Rosedale entered into a subscription agreement with the Company and other subscribers for convertible notes with an aggregate principal amount of HK$1,000,000,000, of which the Company agreed to subscribe for HK$300,000,000. The initial conversion price of the convertible notes was HK$0.79 per share, subject to anti-dilutive adjustments. In July 2008, the conversion price was reduced from HK$0.79 per shares to HK$0.339 per share as a result of rights issued by Rosedale. Unless previously converted or lapsed or redeemed by Rosedale, Rosedale will redeem the convertible notes on the fifth anniversary from the date of issue of the convertible notes at a redemption amount equal to 110% of the principal amount of the convertible notes outstanding. The Company has the right to convert the whole or any part (in an amount or integral multiple of HK$1,000,000) of the principal amount of the convertible notes into shares of Rosedale at the then prevailing conversion price.
Subject to certain restrictions intended to facilitate compliance with relevant rules and regulations, each noteholder has the right to exchange all or part (in the amount or integral multiple of HK$10,000,000) of 50% of the initial principal amount of its convertible notes for shares of any company that is an affiliated company of Rosedale as defined in the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the HKSE or a subsidiary of Rosedale that is to be listed on a stock exchange through an initial public offering at the price, subject to anti-dilutive adjustments, at which the such shares are actually issued to the public at the time of the listing on that stock exchange. The decision on whether to list any of its affiliated company or subsidiary in the future is at the sole discretion of the directors of Rosedale. During 2007, the Company converted a total of HK$237,000,000 of convertible notes of Rosedale into ordinary shares at a conversion price of HK$0.79 per share. The Company did not convert any convertible notes of Rosedale in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
In July 2009, Rosedale made a repurchase offer to all Convertible Notes holders to repurchase the Convertible Notes at their full value by issuing its share at HK$0.035 per share (the “Repurchase Offer I”). Rosedale has to fulfill several conditions before the completion of the offer as stated in the Repurchase Offer I agreement. As of November 11, 2009, the Board of Directors of Rosedale determined Rosedale could not fulfill certain of the conditions and the Repurchase Offer I lapsed automatically.
In December 2009, Rosedale made another repurchase offer to all Convertible Notes holders to repurchase the Convertible Notes at a price equal to 80% of the outstanding principal amount of the Convertible Notes (the “Repurchase Offer II”). The Repurchase Offer II is conditional upon fulfillment of several conditions. The Company accepted the Repurchase Offer II in full. However, Rosedale could not fulfill certain of the conditions and the Repurchase Offer II also lapsed automatically.
In February 2010, Rosedale had completed a capital reorganization which involved, among others, consolidation of every twenty (20) of its then issued shares of HK$0.01 each into 1 issued consolidated share of HK$0.20 each. Consequently, the conversion price of the Convertible Notes was adjusted from HK$0.339 to HK$6.780 with effect from February 1, 2010.
In June 2010, Rosedale announced that it proposed to make a repurchase offer to repurchase the Convertible Notes (the “Repurchase Offer III”). The Company did not accept the Repurchase Offer III.
Pursuant to the instrument constituting the Convertible Notes, the conversion price of the Convertible Notes is to be adjusted from HK$6.780 to HK$6.774 (the “Adjustment”) as a result of the issue and allotment of 111,666,000 shares pursuant to the terms of the Repurchase Offer III. Since the Adjustment when aggregated with the 2009 Adjustment is less than 3% of the prevailing conversion price of HK$6.780, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Notes, the 2009 Adjustment and the Adjustment will not take effect but shall be carried forward and be taken into account in the next subsequent adjustment.
Other Related Party Transactions
The Company entered into the following related party transactions:
2009 | 2010 | |||||||
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CSH and its subsidiaries | 118 | 95 | ||||||
GDI and its subsidiaries (“GDI Group”) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Hanny and its subsidiaries (except GDI Group) | 1,267 | 1,217 | ||||||
Rosedale and its subsidiaries | 28,766 | 22,779 | ||||||
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CSH and its subsidiaries | 394 | 382 | ||||||
GDI and its subsidiaries | 1,737 | 1,737 | ||||||
Hanny and its subsidiaries (except GDI Group) | 94,545 | 90,835 | ||||||
Rosedale and its subsidiaries | 523 | 258 | ||||||
Paul Y. Finance Limited | 9,744 | 544 | ||||||
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As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the amounts due from/to related parties were unsecured, non-interest bearing and had no fixed repayment terms.
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ITEM 8. | FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
A. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
See the Consolidated Financial Statements to the Company included in “Item 18. Financial Statements” of this Annual Report. See also “Item 17. Financial Statements” of this Annual Report for financial statements of Hangzhou Zhongce, included pursuant to the requirements of Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X.
Dividend Policy
On July 3, 2001, the board of directors of the Company announced that the Company would suspend the declaration and payment of any quarterly dividend until the profitability of the Company and its subsidiaries reached an acceptable level. During 2008, 2009 and 2010, no dividend was declared or paid by the Company. Any future determination to pay a dividend to shareholders of the Company will depend on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition, and other factors deemed relevant by its board of directors.
Since the Company is a holding company, its ability to pay dividends depends substantially on its receipt of distributions from its subsidiaries. Applicable Chinese laws and regulations require that, before a Sino-foreign equity joint venture enterprise (such as each PRC subsidiary) distributes profits to investors, it must: (1) satisfy all tax liabilities; (2) provide for losses in previous years; and (3) make allocations, in proportions determined at the sole discretion of the board of directors, to a general reserve fund and an enterprise expansion fund. During 2008, 2009 and 2010, no distribution of dividends was made from any subsidiary to the Company.
B. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
The Company did not convert any of the Convertible Notes of Rosedale that it held in 2011. On June 7, 2011, the maturity date of the Convertible Notes, there were a total of HK$63,000,000, or approximately US$8 million, of Convertible Notes outstanding and all such notes have been subsequently fully settled.
On June 30, 2011, the Memorandum of Understanding, dated April 15, 2008, between a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and a third party regarding the acquisition of a certain equity interest in a property investment company, lapsed. The deposit of Rmb67,500,000, or approximately US$10 million was refunded to the Company.
On November 28, 2011, the Company sold all of its ownership interests in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company Limited to CZ Tire Holdings Limited, an independent third-party company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, for a purchase price of Rmb600,000,000 or approximately US$91 million. Approximately US$6.1million of the proceeds otherwise payable to the Company were instead deposited into an escrow account for payment of taxes related to the transaction.
On September 28, 2012, the Company reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Wealth Faith Limited had entered into a definitive agreement with Fortuneasy Limited. The agreement provides for the purchase by Wealth Faith Limited of 40% of the shares of Million Cube Limited from Fortuneasy Limited. The total purchase price for the shares being acquired by Wealth Faith Limited is HK$200 million or approximately US$25.6 million. The Company, through Wealth Faith Limited, previously deposited HK$154.8 million or approximately US$19.8 million in earnest money with Fortuneasy Limited, which will be applied toward the purchase price. As provided in the agreement, Million Cube Limited has acquired 45% of the issued share capital and corresponding shareholder loans of Paragon Winner Company Limited, or Paragon. Paragon was formed to invest in a joint venture that has developed the Sanya Sun Valley Golf Resort in Yalong Bay, Sanya City, People’s Republic of China and that is seeking to develop a related hotel and resort complex at such resort. The closing of the transaction is subject to, among other things, the Company and Wealth Faith Limited satisfactorily completing due diligence and the receipt of all necessary governmental and other consents. The parties to the transaction anticipate that the transaction will close sometime in the first quarter of 2014.
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ITEM 9. | THE LISTING |
Since November 26, 2002, the Company’s common stock has traded on the OTC Pink Sheets and OTCQB Securities Market under the stock symbol “CSHEF”. The OTCQB is a regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last sale prices and volume information in over-the-counter equity securities for companies that are registrants with the SEC. Prior to that, the Company’s common stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “CSH”. However, the trading was suspended on September 27, 2002 by the NYSE for the failure of the Company to meet the NYSE’s continuing listing standards. Effective December 30, 2002, the common stock of the Company was removed from listing on the NYSE.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing sale prices of the common stock as reported by the OTCQB Securities Market from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2010.
Year Ended | High (US$) | Low (US$) | ||||||
December 31, 2010 | 0.19 | 0.01 | ||||||
December 31, 2009 | 0.50 | 0.03 | ||||||
December 31, 2008 | 0.60 | 0.02 | ||||||
December 31, 2007 | 2.21 | 0.55 | ||||||
December 31, 2006 | 2.59 | 0.40 |
The following table sets forth the high and low closing sale prices for the common stock as reported during each of the quarters in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010 and each of the most recent periods.
Quarter Ended | High (US$) | Low (US$) | ||||||
September 30, 2013 | 0.26 | 0.16 | ||||||
June 30, 2013 | 0.74 | 0.26 | ||||||
March 31, 2013 | 0.80 | 0.21 | ||||||
December 31, 2012 | 0.62 | 0.25 | ||||||
September 30, 2012 | 1.10 | 0.10 | ||||||
June 30, 2012 | 1.11 | 1.10 | ||||||
March 31, 2012 | 1.75 | 0.85 | ||||||
December 31, 2011 | 0.76 | 0.10 | ||||||
September 30, 2011 | 0.40 | 0.20 | ||||||
June 30, 2011 | 0.50 | 0.25 | ||||||
March 31, 2011 | 0.35 | 0.04 | ||||||
December 31, 2010 | 0.06 | 0.01 | ||||||
September 30, 2010 | 0.07 | 0.04 | ||||||
June 30, 2010 | 0.16 | 0.05 | ||||||
March 31, 2010 | 0.19 | 0.05 | ||||||
December 31, 2009 | 0.12 | 0.05 | ||||||
September 30, 2009 | 0.12 | 0.05 | ||||||
June 30, 2009 | 0.50 | 0.04 | ||||||
March 31, 2009 | 0.35 | 0.03 |
The following table sets forth the high and low closing sale prices for the common stock as reported during each of the most recent six months.
Month Ended | High (US$) | Low (US$) | ||||||
November 30, 2013 | 0.25 | 0.20 | ||||||
October 31, 2013 | 0.50 | 0.19 | ||||||
September 30, 2013 | 0.26 | 0.16 | ||||||
August 31, 2013 | 0.26 | 0.26 | ||||||
July 31, 2013 | 0.26 | 0.26 | ||||||
June 30, 2013 | 0.37 | 0.26 |
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ITEM 10. | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
A. SHARE CAPITAL
The Company was incorporated with an initial 1,200,000 shares of common stock, US$0.01 par value, all of which were later reclassified as Supervoting Common Stock. On May 14, 1993, the authorized number of shares of the Company was increased by the creation of 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock, US$0.01 par value, and 18,800,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock, US$0.01 par value. As a result, the total number of authorized Supervoting Common Stock is 20,000,000 shares and the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock is 50,000,000. 6,000,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock (including the 1,200,000 Common Stock reclassified to Supervoting Common Stock) were issued to the then ultimate parent company of the Company.
On June 23, 1993, the Company redeemed 3,000,000 shares of its outstanding Supervoting Common Stock at the par value of US$0.01 per share. In September 2006, upon the request of the sole holder of the Supervoting Common Stock and pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, the Company converted the entire outstanding 3,000,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock into the same number of shares of Common Stock, US$0.01 par value. There were no outstanding shares of Supervoting Common Stock as of December 31, 2009 and 2010.
Each share of Supervoting Common Stock is entitled to 10 votes whereas each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote. The Common Stock is identical to the Supervoting Common Stock as to the payment of dividends. Except for the difference in voting rights described above, the Supervoting Common Stock and the Common Stock rank pari passu in all respects.
B. MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
For a summary of the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association see Item 10 of the Company’s Form 20-F for the year ended 2001 to which specific reference is made.
C. MATERIAL CONTRACTS
The following is a summary of material contracts, other than contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, to which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company is a party, for the two years immediately preceding the filing of this report.
• | An agreement dated March 25, 2008 entered into between the Company and Hanny Magnetics (B.V.I.) Limited for the sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of Cosmos Regent Ltd, Cyber Generation Limited and Whole Good Limited for the consideration of HK$38,000,000. |
• | On November 21, 2011, the Company entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Company sold all of its ownership interests in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company Limited to CZ Tire Holdings Limited, an independent third-party company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, for a purchase price of Rmb600,000,000 or approximately US$91 million. |
• | On September 28, 2012, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Wealth Faith Limited entered into a definitive agreement with Fortuneasy Limited. The agreement provides for the purchase by Wealth Faith Limited of 40% of the shares of Million Cube Limited from Fortuneasy Limited. The total purchase price for the shares being acquired by Wealth Faith Limited is HK$200 million or approximately US$25.6 million. |
D. EXCHANGE CONTROLS
Certain Foreign Issuer Considerations
The Company has been designated as a non-resident for exchange control purposes by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, Foreign Exchange Control, whose permission for the issue of shares of common stock of the Company has been obtained. The transfer of shares between persons regarded as resident outside Bermuda for exchange control purposes and the issue of shares to or by such persons may be effected without specific consent under the Exchange Control Act of 1972 and regulations thereunder. Issues and transfers of shares involving any person regarded as resident in Bermuda for exchange control purposes require specific prior approval under the Exchange Control Act of 1972.
There are no limitations on the rights of non-Bermuda owners of the Company’s common stock to hold or vote their shares. Because the Company has been designated as a non-resident for Bermuda exchange control purposes, there are no restrictions on its ability to transfer funds in and out of Bermuda or to pay dividends to United States residents who are holders of the Company’s common stock, other than in respect of local Bermuda currency.
In accordance with Bermuda law, share certificates are only issued in the names of corporations or individuals. In the case of an applicant acting in a special capacity (for example, as an executor or trustee), certificates may, at the request of the applicant, record the capacity in which the applicant is acting. Notwithstanding the recording of any such special capacity, the Company is not bound to investigate or incur any responsibility in respect of the proper administration of any such estate or trust. The Company will take no notice of any trust applicable to any of its shares whether or not it had notice of such trust.
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As an exempted company, the Company is exempt from Bermuda laws restricting the percentage of share capital that may be held by non-Bermudan persons, but as an exempted company the Company may not participate in certain business transactions, including: (1) the acquisition or holding of land in Bermuda (except land required for business and held by way of lease or tenancy for terms of not more than 21 years) without the express authorization of the Bermuda legislature; (2) the taking of mortgages on land in Bermuda to secure an amount in excess of US$50,000 without the consent of the Minister of Finance of Bermuda; (3) the acquisition of securities created or issued by, or any interest in, any local company or business, other than certain types of Bermuda government securities or securities of another exempted company, partnership or other corporation resident in Bermuda but incorporated abroad; or (4) the carrying on of business of any kind in Bermuda, except in furtherance of the business of the Company carried on outside Bermuda or under a license granted by the Minister of Finance of Bermuda.
The Bermuda government actively encourages foreign investment in exempted entities like the Company that are based in Bermuda but do not operate in competition with local business. In addition to having no restrictions on the degree of foreign ownership, the Company is subject neither to taxes on its income or dividends nor to any foreign controls in Bermuda. In addition, there is no capital gains tax in Bermuda, and profits can be accumulated by the Company, as required, without limitation.
E. TAXATION
The following discussion is a summary of certain tax consequences of an investment in the Company’s common stock under Bermuda tax laws and United States Federal income tax laws. The discussion does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in the common stock and does not purport to deal with the tax consequences applicable to all categories of investors, some of which (such as dealers in securities, insurance companies and tax-exempt entities) may be subject to special rules. In particular, the discussion does not address the tax consequences under State, local and other laws (e.g., non-Bermuda, non-United States Federal tax laws). This discussion is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this Annual Report, all of which are subject to change.
Bermuda Taxation
The Company is incorporated in Bermuda. Under current Bermuda law, the Company is not subject to tax on income or capital gains, and no Bermuda withholding tax will be imposed upon payments of dividends by the Company to its shareholders. Furthermore, the Company has received from the Minister of Finance of Bermuda under the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act of 1966, as amended, an undertaking that, in the event that Bermuda enacts any legislation imposing any tax computed on profits or income, including any dividend or capital gains withholding tax, or computed on any capital assets appreciation thereof, or any tax in the nature of an estate, duty or inheritance tax, the imposition of such tax will not be applicable to the Company or any of its operations, nor to the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company, until March 28, 2016. This undertaking does not, however, prevent the imposition of property taxes on Company-owned real property or leasehold interests in Bermuda.
The United States does not have a comprehensive income tax treaty with Bermuda.
As an exempted company, the Company is required to pay to the Bermuda government an annual registration fee calculated on a sliding-scale basis by reference to its assessable capital, that is, its authorized capital plus any share premium.
British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) Taxation
The Company has certain of its subsidiaries incorporated under the laws of the BVI. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the BVI, these subsidiaries are not subject to any income tax in the BVI.
Under the International Business Companies Act of the BVI, as currently in effect, a holder of common stock who is not a resident of BVI is exempt from BVI income tax on dividends paid with respect to the common stock and all holders of common stock are not liable for BVI income tax on gains realized during that year on sale or disposal of such shares; BVI does not impose a withholding tax on dividends paid by a company incorporated under the International Business Companies Act.
There are no capital gains, gift or inheritance taxes levied by the BVI on companies incorporated under the International Business Companies Act. In addition, the common stock is not subject to transfer taxes, stamp duties or similar charges.
There is no income tax treaty or convention currently in effect between the United States and the BVI.
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United States Federal Income Taxation
Taxation of Shareholders
The following discussion addresses the United States Federal income taxation of a United States Investor (i.e., a United States citizen or resident, corporation or partnership organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, an estate subject to United States tax on all of its income regardless of source or a trust subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and the control of one or more U.S. persons) making an investment in the Company’s common stock. The summary does not address the United States tax treatment of certain types of investors (e.g., a dealer or trader in securities, a regulated investment company or a grantor trust, individual retirement and other tax deferred accounts, a bank, financial institution or life insurance company, a tax-exempt organization, a person liable for the alternative minimum tax, a person who receives shares in compensation for services, certain U.S. expatriates, or a person that holds shares as part of a straddle or a hedging or conversion transaction) or of persons other than a U.S. Investor, all of whom may be subject to tax rules that differ significantly from those summarized below. If the U.S. investor holds its common stock through a foreign branch or other foreign business unit, the following discussion may not be accurate in all respects as to such investor. Investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors with respect to their particular circumstances and with respect to the effects of State, local or foreign tax laws to which they may be subject. In addition, future changes to United States tax laws could have an effect on the United States Federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of common stock.
A U.S. Investor receiving a distribution in respect of the common stock will be required to include such distribution in gross income as a taxable dividend to the extent such distribution is paid from earnings and profits of the Company as determined under United States Federal income tax principles. Distributions in excess of the earnings and profits of the Company first will be treated, for United States Federal income tax purposes, as a nontaxable return on capital to the extent of the U.S. Investor’s tax basis in the common stock and then as gain from the sale or exchange of a capital asset, provided that the common stock constitutes a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. Investor. Dividends received on the common stock will not be eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction nor is it likely that dividends received by non-corporate shareholders will be entitled to the reduced U.S. tax rate applicable to “qualified dividends.” Any amount treated as a dividend for United States Federal income tax purposes generally will constitute foreign source “passive income” (or, in the case of certain holders, “financial services income”). With respect to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, the foreign tax credit limitation categories will be limited to “passive category income” and “general category income”. Except for corporations that own 10% or more of the common stock of the Company, no shareholder will be entitled to claim a foreign tax credit against United States Federal income tax for any tax paid by the Company or any entity in which the Company invests, directly or indirectly. For reporting purposes, any dividends that are paid in any currency other than U.S. dollars must be translated into U.S. dollars at the spot rate on the date the dividends are accrued or received by the U.S. Investor, regardless of whether the dividend receipt is in fact converted into U.S. dollars.
With certain exceptions, gain or loss on the sale or exchange of the common stock will be treated as capital gain or loss (if the common stock is held as a capital asset). Such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Investor has held the common stock for more than one year at the time of the sale or exchange. Gains or loss realized upon the disposition of common stock will generally be U.S. source gain or loss for purposes of the United States foreign tax credit limitation.
The “controlled foreign corporation” (“CFC”) and “passive foreign investment company” rules under United States Federal income tax law could apply to the Company and U.S. investors who own Common Stock. Based on the current and anticipated ownership of the Company, the Company does not believe it will constitute a CFC. In light of the Company’s disposition of most of its operating subsidiaries or its majority interests in such subsidiaries during the prior three years, there is some risk that the Company could qualify as a passive foreign investment company for 2010 or subsequent years. The Company does not believe it was a passive foreign investment company during 2010; however, since passive foreign investment company status is determined annually, there can be no assurance that the Company might not become a passive foreign investment company in 2011 or subsequent years, including after the consummation of the transactions in 2011 and 2012 described in Item 4.A., History and Development of the Company.
United States Backup Withholding and Information Reporting
Dividends on and proceeds from the sale, redemption or other disposition of common stock made within the United States, or by a U.S. payer or U.S. middleman, to a holder of common stock generally will be reported to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service unless the holder is a corporation or otherwise establishes a basis for exemption. Backup withholding may apply to amounts subject to reporting if the holder fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise fails to comply with, or establish an exemption from, such backup withholding tax requirements. The backup withholding tax rate is currently 28 percent. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding tax rules will be refunded or allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.
F. DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS
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G. STATEMENTS BY EXPERTS
Not applicable.
H. DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
The Company is subject to certain of the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The Company, as a “foreign private issuer,” is exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and the officers, directors and principal shareholders of the Company are exempt from the reporting and “short-swing” profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to their purchase and sale of the Company’s shares. In addition, the Company is not required to file reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act. However, the Company does file with the SEC an Annual Report on Form 20-F containing consolidated financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm.
Documents concerning us that are referred to herein may be inspected at the Company’s offices at 25th Floor, Paul Y. Centre, 51 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. You may read and copy any document that the Company files with the SEC at its public reference facilities at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The SEC also maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of this web site is http://www.sec.gov. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference facilities.
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ITEM 11. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
The Company is exposed to fluctuations in interest rates and currency exchange rates primarily with respect to any borrowings it may make and to our operating results. Under its current policies, the Company does not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes.
Exchange Rate Information
The Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in Rmb. The financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are translated into Renminbi in accordance with ASC Topic 830, Foreign Currency Matters.
The Hong Kong dollar is tied to and allowed to fluctuate within a narrow range against the value of the U.S. dollar. Historically, there has been no material fluctuation in the exchange rate between the Rmb and the U.S. dollar and restrictions were set on the flow of Rmb between the PRC and the United States. Starting on July 21, 2005, the PRC shifted to a managed floating exchange rate regime based on market supply and demand with reference to a basket of other currencies. The Renminbi is no longer pegged to the U.S. dollar.
Fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies cause U.S. dollar translated amounts to change in comparison with previous periods. However, the fluctuation in exchange rates did not have material effect on the financial position of the Company in the past three years.
Foreign Currency Risk
As our major assets and liabilities are comprised of a mixture of items denominated in Renminbi or Hong Kong dollars, our business and operating results may be materially affected in the event of a severe increase or decrease in the value of Renminbi against other currencies. If Renminbi appreciates against Hong Kong dollars, our operating expenses and net income may be affected depending upon the then composition of our assets and liabilities.
Historically, both Hong Kong dollars and Renminbi were pegged to U.S. dollars. As a result, the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars to Renminbi fluctuated within a narrow range. However, on July 21, 2005, the PBOC adjusted the exchange rate of U.S. dollars to Renminbi from 1:8.27 to 1:8.11, resulting in an approximately 2% appreciation in the value of Renminbi against U.S. dollars. As Hong Kong dollars are pegged to U.S. dollars, such adjustment has effectively resulted in an approximately 2% appreciation in the value of Renminbi against Hong Kong dollar. For more details, see “RISK FACTORS — FLUCTUATIONS IN THE VALUE OF THE RENMINBI COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS”.
As of December 31, 2010, the Company had no open forward contracts or option contracts. The Company’s cash on hand as of December 31, 2010 was Rmb0.1 million of which approximately Rmb9,300 equivalents (approximately US$1,400) were held in U.S. dollar deposits.
Interest Rate Fluctuations
The Company’s interest income is sensitive to change in interest rates. However, the amount of interest income is immaterial to the Company. Any fluctuation in the interest rate will not have material impact on the Company’s interest income.
The Company did not have any short-term or long-term debt which bore a floating interest rate as of December 31, 2009 or 2010.
The Company will be exposed to interest rate fluctuations on any new borrowings under any new loan facility and any change in interest rate could affect its results of operations and cash flows.
ITEM 12. | DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES |
Not applicable.
ITEM 13. | DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES |
There has been no material default in the payment of principal or interest or other material default requiring disclosure pursuant to this item. There have been no arrears in the payment of dividends or other material delinquency requiring disclosure pursuant to this item.
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ITEM 14. | MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
There has been no material modification to the rights of security holders required to be disclosed pursuant to this item.
ITEM 15. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management of the Company, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e), as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are ineffective as they are not sufficient to ensure that the information that the Company is required to disclose in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms. The Company is developing a set of procedures and controls that will allow it to meet such time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by it in its reports is accumulated and communicated to its management, including the Issuer’s principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The directors and management of the Company are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance, but not absolute assurance, regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of its published financial statements. Internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that:
1. | Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; |
2. | Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles; |
3. | Provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and |
4. | Provide reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements will be prevented or detected in a timely manner. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurances, but not absolute assurances, with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may decline.
Our management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010 based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on the assessment, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of December 31, 2010.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm has not conducted an audit of our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report on Form 20-F.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 20-F that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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ITEM 16A | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT |
As the Company’s common stock is not currently listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the Company is not obligated to have an audit committee of the board of directors. The Company has, however, had an Audit Committee for many years and continues to do so. As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors has determined that the two members of the Audit Committee, Mr. Richard Whittall and Mr. Sin Chi Fai, do not qualify as “audit committee financial experts” as defined by Item 401(h) of Regulation S-K adopted pursuant to the Exchange Act. The Company is currently in the process of seeking a qualified financial expert for the audit committee.
ITEM 16B | CODE OF ETHICS |
The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers, which applies to the Company’s principal executive officer and to its principal financial and accounting officers. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as Exhibit 14.1 to this Annual Report on Form 20-F.
ITEM 16C | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
The following table presents the aggregate fees for services rendered by our principal external auditors for the periods indicated below:
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Audit Fees | 192 | 226 | ||||||
Audit-Related Fees | — | — | ||||||
Tax Fees | — | — | ||||||
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Audit fees means the aggregate fees in each of the fiscal years listed for professional services rendered by our principal auditors for the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements or services that are normally provided by the auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. Services comprising the fees disclosed under this category also involve principally limited reviews performed on our consolidated financial statements and the audits of the annual financial statements of our subsidiaries and affiliated companies.
Audit-related fees means the aggregate fees in each of the fiscal years listed for assurance and related services by our principal auditors that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit fees”.
The Audit Committee members are responsible for the review of the quality and performance of external auditors. The Audit Committee has adopted a policy regarding pre-approval of audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent auditors. Under the policy, the Audit Committee pre-approves all auditing services. The engagement of Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Limited as independent registered public accounting firm has been approved by the Audit Committee. If the Audit Committee approves an audit service within the scope of the engagement of the audit service, such audit service is deemed to have been pre-approved.
ITEM 16D | EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES |
As the Company’s common stock is not listed on a U.S. national securities exchange, the information called for by Part II, Item 16D of the Form 20-F is not applicable.
ITEM 16E | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS |
The Company has not made any repurchases of its equity securities during the period covered by this report.
ITEM 16F | CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT |
Previously reported on a Form 6K dated December 3, 2010 (as amended on January 26, 2011).
ITEM 16G | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE |
Not applicable.
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ITEM 17. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
See the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements accompanying this report beginning on page F-1.
Pursuant to Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act, separate financial statements of significant unconsolidated companies of the Company prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or reconciled to U.S. GAAP must be filed as part of the Company’s Form 20-F.
Hangzhou Zhongce prepared its statutory financial statements in accordance with the accounting principles and the relevant financial regulations as established by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC; however, for the purposes of complying with Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X, Hangzhou Zhongce prepared separate financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Pursuant to Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X, Hangzhou Zhongce’s financial statements for the three years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 accompany this report beginning on page F-1.
ITEM 18. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
See the Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements accompanying this report beginning page FF-1.
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm and Consolidated Financial Statements
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DTT(A)(13)U0036
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively referred as the “Group”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Group is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits also comprehended the translation of Renminbi amounts into United States Dollar amounts and, in our opinion, such translation has been made in conformity with the basis stated in Note 2(n). Such United States Dollar amounts are presented solely for the convenience of the readers in the United States of America.
/s/Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP.
November 8, 2013
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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Net revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
- third parties | 13,389,625 | 15,084,814 | 20,171,781 | 3,056,330 | ||||||||||||
- related companies | 56,326 | 60,514 | 86,685 | 13,134 | ||||||||||||
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Total | 13,445,951 | 15,145,328 | 20,258,466 | 3,069,464 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenues | (12,190,132 | ) | (12,936,757 | ) | (18,340,738 | ) | (2,778,900 | ) | ||||||||
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Gross profit | 1,255,819 | 2,208,571 | 1,917,728 | 290,564 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | (756,503 | ) | (877,338 | ) | (980,301 | ) | (148,530 | ) | ||||||||
Government subsidies | 18,977 | 28,439 | 67,573 | 10,238 | ||||||||||||
Other operating income (loss), net | (40,484 | ) | 16,669 | 267 | 40 | |||||||||||
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Operating income | 477,809 | 1,376,341 | 1,005,267 | 152,312 | ||||||||||||
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Interest income | 4,785 | 6,314 | 5,393 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Interest expenses | (252,383 | ) | (178,176 | ) | (179,292 | ) | (27,165 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (loss) | (6,770 | ) | 549 | (11,928 | ) | (1,807 | ) | |||||||||
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Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests | 223,441 | 1,205,028 | 819,440 | 124,157 | ||||||||||||
Income tax expenses (note 7) | (77,408 | ) | (181,748 | ) | (46,289 | ) | (7,013 | ) | ||||||||
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Net income | 146,033 | 1,023,280 | 773,151 | 117,144 | ||||||||||||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (9,707 | ) | (42,059 | ) | (41,740 | ) | (6,324 | ) | ||||||||
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Net income attributable to the shareholders of the Company | 136,326 | 981,221 | 731,411 | 110,820 | ||||||||||||
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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Current assets: | ||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 810,774 | 687,920 | 104,230 | |||||||||
Restricted cash | 17,271 | 19,938 | 3,021 | |||||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful receivables Rmb69,838 in 2009 and Rmb69,631 (US$10,550) in 2010 | 815,297 | 1,099,536 | 166,596 | |||||||||
Notes receivables (note 3) | 111,245 | 406,656 | 61,615 | |||||||||
Other receivables | 93,449 | 191,115 | 28,956 | |||||||||
Inventories (note 4) | 2,163,466 | 3,223,915 | 488,472 | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 135,332 | 213,098 | 32,288 | |||||||||
Due from related companies (note 10) | 74,711 | 48,782 | 7,391 | |||||||||
Deferred tax assets (note 7) | 113,688 | 196,103 | 29,713 | |||||||||
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Total current assets | 4,335,233 | 6,087,063 | 922,282 | |||||||||
Prepayments for equipment | 164,256 | 224,669 | 34,041 | |||||||||
Prepayment for land use rights | — | 35,000 | 5,303 | |||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net (note 5) | 4,498,832 | 5,146,020 | 779,700 | |||||||||
Land use rights (note 5) | 284,836 | 281,540 | 42,657 | |||||||||
Deferred tax assets (note 7) | 13,626 | 10,717 | 1,624 | |||||||||
Due from related companies (note 10) | 1,965 | 8,129 | 1,232 | |||||||||
Other assets | 2,250 | 3,120 | 473 | |||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - continued
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Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Short-term bank loans (note 6) | 1,901,000 | 2,832,161 | 429,115 | |||||||||
Current portion of long-term bank loans (note 6) | 480,000 | 539,700 | 81,773 | |||||||||
Accounts payable | 1,509,734 | 1,938,801 | 293,758 | |||||||||
Advances from customers | 367,462 | 369,763 | 56,025 | |||||||||
Transportation expenses payable | 109,808 | 72,957 | 11,054 | |||||||||
Other payables | 358,639 | 422,235 | 63,975 | |||||||||
Accrued liabilities | 457,415 | 492,415 | 74,609 | |||||||||
Due to related companies (note 10) | 93,839 | 118,768 | 17,995 | |||||||||
Due to a shareholder (note 10) | 134 | 134 | 20 | |||||||||
Income taxes payable (note 7) | 120,035 | 53,087 | 8,043 | |||||||||
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Government subsidies | 475,462 | 454,066 | 68,798 | |||||||||
Long-term bank loans, net of current portion (note 6) | 640,000 | 941,550 | 142,659 | |||||||||
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Registered capital | 613,603 | 613,603 | 92,970 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 20,266 | 20,266 | 3,071 | |||||||||
Retained earnings | 1,860,760 | 2,592,171 | 392,753 | |||||||||
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Noncontrolling interests | 292,841 | 334,581 | 50,694 | |||||||||
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
The following table presents the carrying amounts and classification of the assets of the consolidated variable interest entity (“VIE”), which is included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets above. The assets in the table below include intercompany balances that eliminate in consolidation. The assets of the VIE as presented in the following table can only be used to settle obligations of the VIE.
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Cash and cash equivalents | 92,779 | 75,882 | 11,497 | |||||||||
Restricted cash | 921 | 60 | 9 | |||||||||
Accounts receivable | 4 | 160 | 24 | |||||||||
Notes receivables | 44,379 | 115,025 | 17,428 | |||||||||
Other receivables | 2,059 | 2,119 | 321 | |||||||||
Inventories | 34,916 | 38,654 | 5,857 | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 10,739 | 20,228 | 3,065 | |||||||||
Due from related companies | 9,810 | 15,366 | 2,328 | |||||||||
Deferred tax assets | 1,125 | 1,029 | 156 | |||||||||
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Prepayments for equipment | 971 | 24,033 | 3,641 | |||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,356,019 | 1,308,942 | 198,325 | |||||||||
Land use rights | 53,474 | 51,882 | 7,861 | |||||||||
Deferred tax assets | 10,613 | 16,531 | 2,505 | |||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - continued
(Amounts in thousands)
The following table presents the carrying amounts and classification of the liabilities of the consolidated VIE, which are included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets above. The liabilities in the table below include intercompany balances that eliminate in consolidation. All the liabilities of the consolidated VIE as presented in the following table are without recourse to the general credit of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd.
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Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||
Short-term bank loans | 370,000 | 360,000 | 54,545 | |||||||||
Current portion of long-term bank loans | 50,000 | 79,700 | 12,076 | |||||||||
Accounts payable | 83,487 | 76,715 | 11,623 | |||||||||
Other payables | 181,394 | 136,469 | 20,677 | |||||||||
Due to related companies | 348,757 | 382,861 | 58,009 | |||||||||
Income taxes payable | 3,252 | 8,399 | 1,273 | |||||||||
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
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Balance at January 1, 2008 | 613,603 | 20,266 | 743,213 | 1,377,082 | 231,323 | 1,608,405 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | 136,326 | 136,326 | 9,707 | 146,033 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2008 | 613,603 | 20,266 | 879,539 | 1,513,408 | 241,030 | 1,754,438 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | 981,221 | 981,221 | 42,059 | 1,023,280 | ||||||||||||||||||
Capital Injection | — | — | — | — | 9,752 | 9,752 | ||||||||||||||||||
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income | 146,033 | 1,023,280 | 773,151 | 117,144 | ||||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 29,728 | (25,788 | ) | (79,506 | ) | (12,046 | ) | |||||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment | (398 | ) | 20,035 | 6,052 | 917 | |||||||||||
Depreciation | 443,016 | 559,286 | 664,308 | 100,653 | ||||||||||||
Amortization | 4,732 | 5,525 | 6,643 | 1,007 | ||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable | 8,026 | 210 | (207 | ) | (32 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of government subsidies | — | — | (67,573 | ) | (10,238 | ) | ||||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts and other receivables | (253,067 | ) | 159,191 | (381,698 | ) | (57,833 | ) | |||||||||
Notes receivables | 55,657 | (91,370 | ) | (295,411 | ) | (44,759 | ) | |||||||||
Inventories | (69,680 | ) | (225,441 | ) | (1,060,449 | ) | (160,674 | ) | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (88,105 | ) | 27,545 | (77,766 | ) | (11,783 | ) | |||||||||
Prepaid land use right | (111,665 | ) | (59,433 | ) | (3,347 | ) | (507 | ) | ||||||||
Due from related companies | (11,872 | ) | (35,199 | ) | 25,929 | 3,929 | ||||||||||
Other assets | (983 | ) | (49 | ) | 2,477 | 375 | ||||||||||
Accounts payable and other payables | 328,107 | 528,551 | 467,134 | 70,778 | ||||||||||||
Government subsidies | 33,283 | 27,523 | 8,334 | 1,262 | ||||||||||||
Due to related companies | 14,406 | 73,115 | 24,929 | 3,777 | ||||||||||||
Accrued liabilities | 57,212 | 46,388 | 35,000 | 5,303 | ||||||||||||
Income taxes payable | (45,508 | ) | 109,173 | (66,948 | ) | (10,144 | ) | |||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - continued
(Amounts in thousands)
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Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (1,355,899 | ) | (966,414 | ) | (1,332,504 | ) | (201,895 | ) | ||||||||
Increase in prepayment for land use right | — | — | (35,000 | ) | (5,303 | ) | ||||||||||
(Increase) decrease in prepayment paid for property, plant and equipment | 169,738 | (97,401 | ) | (60,413 | ) | (9,153 | ) | |||||||||
Increase in government subsidies | 17,466 | 200,587 | 37,843 | 5,734 | ||||||||||||
(Increase) decrease in restricted bank deposits | (80,954 | ) | 81,093 | (2,667 | ) | (404 | ) | |||||||||
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment | 5,167 | 5,865 | 2,588 | 392 | ||||||||||||
(Increase) decrease in due from related companies | 1,203 | (1,078 | ) | (6,164 | ) | (934 | ) | |||||||||
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Capital Injection from Non-controlling interests | — | 9,752 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Proceeds from short-term bank loans | 6,087,688 | 2,907,251 | 5,230,188 | 792,453 | ||||||||||||
Repayment of short-term bank loans | (5,427,444 | ) | (3,818,263 | ) | (4,299,027 | ) | (651,368 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds from long-term bank loans | 659,699 | 540,000 | 841,250 | 127,462 | ||||||||||||
Repayment of long-term bank loans | (472,344 | ) | (593,000 | ) | (480,000 | ) | (72,727 | ) | ||||||||
Repayment of debenture payable | (360,000 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Repayment of loans from a related company | (22,669 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
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Interest paid, net of interest capitalized | 249,192 | 189,773 | 183,561 | 27,812 | ||||||||||||
Income tax paid | 93,187 | 98,363 | 192,743 | 29,203 | ||||||||||||
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
1. | ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PREPARATION |
Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) on June 12, 1992. The Company is engaged in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires in the PRC. The Company has a 51.24% equity interest in Hangzhou Fu Chun Jiang Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. (“FCJ”), incorporated in the PRC for a term of 20 years commencing from September 28, 2001, and it is engaged in the manufacture and sale of tire rubber and carbon powder.
In 2008, the Company incorporated a PRC subsidiary Zhongce Rubber Fu Yang Co., Ltd. (“Fu Yang”) and wholly owned 100% of Fu Yang. The principal activity of Fu Yang is in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires in the PRC.
In 2009, the Company incorporated a PRC subsidiary Zhongce Rubber (Jiande) Co., Ltd. (“Jian De”) and wholly owned 100% of Jian De. The principal activity of Jian De is in the manufacture and sale of rubber tires in the PRC.
In 2010, the Company incorporated a PRC subsidiary Haichao Trading Co., Ltd. (“Haichao Trading”) and wholly owned 100% of Haichao. The principal activity of Haichao Trading is in trade of rubber tires.
The Company and all its consolidated subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”.
The consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for the special purpose of filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for complying with Article 3-09 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933 as the Company is a significant equity method investee of China Enterprises Limited, a company traded on the OTC (Over-the-Counter) Securities Market in the United States of America (the “US”).
In 1998, an agreement was entered into by the Company with three other PRC enterprises to establish a Sino-foreign equity joint venture, Hangzhou Sunrise Rubber Co., Ltd. (“Hangzhou Sunrise”) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the PRC, to construct and operate a radial tire factory. The total investment and registered capital of this joint venture was Rmb248,000 (US$37,576 ). The equity interest owned by the Company is 49.2% and its investment commitment was satisfied by the contribution of its existing radial tire project under construction into Hangzhou Sunrise while the other three shareholders contributed cash for the remaining 50.8% interest in Hangzhou Sunrise. The radial tire factory of Hangzhou Sunrise commenced operations in 2000.
The Company is the primary beneficiary of Hangzhou Sunrise because (i) the Company receives a majority of the expected residual returns of Hangzhou Sunrise by virtue of its 49.2% equity interest in Hangzhou Sunrise; and (ii) the Company has guaranteed more than majority portion of bank loans of Hangzhou Sunrise since fiscal 2000, and accordingly, the Company will absorb a majority of Hangzhou Sunrise’s expected losses disproportional to its expected return if Hangzhou Sunrise is unable to repay its bank loans as they fall due. The Company has consolidated Hangzhou Sunrise as its VIE for the three years ended December 31, 2010.
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HANGZHOU ZHONGCE RUBBER CO., LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
1. | ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PREPARATION- continued |
The following financial information of the Hangzhou Sunrise was included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010.
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The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments in the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities to their realizable amounts and the classification that might be necessary if the Group be unable to continue as a going concern.
The Group’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet its obligations on a timely basis and to obtain additional financing as may be required.
The Group has historically met cash needs from borrowings and operating cash flows. Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Group has obtained new bank borrowings of Rmb381,350 (US$57,780 ) repayable substantially from 2013 to 2014 and a new bond borrowing of Rmb880,976 (US$133,481 ) repayable by 2014.
The directors of the Company are of the opinion that taking into account the presently available banking facilities and cash flow generated from its operations, the Group will have sufficient resources to meet its debts when they fall due for the foreseeable future.
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
(a) | Basis of Consolidation |
The Company consolidates all entities in which it is the primary beneficiary of variable interest entities and in those entities in which it has a controlling financial interest.
The consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES- continued |
(a) | Basis of Consolidation- continued |
Net income or loss of a subsidiary is attributed to the Company and to the noncontrolling interests on the basis of relative ownership interest. Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries are presented separately from the Group’s equity therein.
All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
(b) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
The Group considers cash in hand and demand deposits in banks with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash and cash equivalents.
(c) | Restricted Cash |
Bank deposits pledged as security for bank guarantees and bank drafts, and those bank balances for staff quarters’ repair and maintenance as required by PRC municipal government amounted to Rmb17,271 and Rmb19,938 (US$3,021) as of December 31, 2009, and 2010, respectively.
(d) | Inventories |
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, on an average cost basis, or market value. Costs of work-in-progress and finished goods comprise direct materials, direct labor and an attributable proportion of production overheads. The Group writes down the cost of excess and slow moving inventories to the estimated market value based on forecast demand. No slow moving inventories were written down for the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
(e) | Property, Plant and Equipment, net |
Property, plant and equipment, net are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated economic useful lives. The estimated useful lives are as follows:
Buildings | 20 years | |||
Machinery and equipment | 10 years | |||
Motor vehicles | 5 years | |||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 5 years |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES- continued |
(e) | Property, Plant and Equipment, net- continued |
Construction-in-progress represents factory and office buildings under construction and plant and machinery pending installation. Interest capitalized was Rmb34,604, Rmb7,744 and Rmb5,900 (US$894) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Assets under construction are not depreciated until construction is completed and the assets are ready for their intended use.
(f) | Land Use Rights |
Land use rights represent prepaid rent for land under operating lease arrangements. Land use rights are amortized and recognized as rent expense over 50 years.
(g) | Impairment of Long Lived Assets |
The Group evaluates its long-lived assets for potential impairment whenever events and circumstances exist that indicates the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. Assets or asset groups are considered to be impaired when the sum of the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount. Measurement of impairment losses for long-lived assets that the Group expects to hold and use is based on the difference between the estimated fair value of the assets and the carrying amount.
(h) | Revenues |
Revenues are recognized upon delivery and acceptance of goods by the customers and collectability is reasonably assured and the prices are fixed and determinable.
The Group presents revenues net of sales taxes incurred, which amounted to Rmb53,079, Rmb47,483 and Rmb72,947 (US$11,053) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
(i) | Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs |
Costs for transportation of products to customers is recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses, and amounted to Rmb288,010, Rmb372,764 and Rmb432,599 (US$65,545) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
(j) | Advertising Expenses |
Advertising expenses were Rmb3,013, Rmb13,167 and Rmb7,048 (US$1,068) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES- continued |
(k) | Government Subsidies |
Government subsidies are recognized when received and all the conditions for their receipt have been met. Government subsidies are recognized as other income in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income in the period in which the related expenditure is recorded. Capital grants for the acquisition of equipment are recorded as a liability until earned and are often recognized as income over the periods and in the proportion in which depreciation on those assets is charged.
(l) | Product Warranty |
The estimated cost of product warranty claims is accrued at the time the sale is recognized, based on historical experience.
(m) | Income Taxes |
Deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements, unutilized tax loss carry forwards and credits by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current income taxes are provided for in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities.
(n) | Foreign Currencies |
The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries is Renminbi (“Rmb”). Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries at the applicable exchange rate quoted by the People’s Bank of China (the “exchange rates”) prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are remeasured into functional currency using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the respective balance sheet dates. Exchange differences are included in the consolidated statement of operations in selling, general and administrative expenses. The Group had foreign exchange loss of Rmb10,024, Rmb2,210 and Rmb12,647 (US$1,916) in 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The RMB is not a freely convertible currency. The PRC State Administration for Foreign Exchange, under the authority of the People’s Bank of China, controls the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies. The value of the RMB is subject to changes in central government policies and to international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in China’s foreign exchange trading system market.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES- continued |
(n) | Foreign Currencies- continued |
The translation of Rmb amounts into United States dollar (US$) amounts as of and for the year December 31, 2010 are included solely for the convenience of readers in the United States of America and have been made at US$1.00 = Rmb6.6000, the noon buying rate certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on December 31, 2010. No representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been, or could be, converted into United States dollar at that or at any other rate.
(o) | Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the years presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements includes allowance for doubtful accounts and other receivables, lower of cost or market charges and other provisions for inventory, useful lives of property, plant and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, accruals for warranty costs, valuation allowances for deferred tax assets, and valuation of certain financial instruments.
(p) | Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which the Company would transact and the Company considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, such as inherent risk, transfer restrictions, and risk of non-performance.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(q) | Concentration of Credit Risk |
The Group’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of its cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts and other receivables and advances to related companies and guarantee issued by the Group. The Group’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash are high-quality deposits placed with banking institutions with high credit ratings; therefore, the credit risk is limited. The accounts receivable largely represent amounts due from the Group’s customers and the concentrations of credit risk associated with the accounts receivable are considered minimal due to the Group’s diverse customer base. Majority of the customers are located in the PRC. The Group maintains allowances to cover potential bad debts and believes that no significant credit risk exists as a result of its diverse group of customers. Credit losses, when realized, have historically been within the range of management’s expectations. The other receivables comprise principally deposits to suppliers and other tax receivable. The Company does not believe there is a significant credit risk from any of these counterparties as they are either major suppliers of the Group or local government authorities. The Group has reviewed the credit worthiness and financial position of its affiliate for credit risks associated with advances to these entities. This affiliate has good credit standing and the Group does not expect to incur significant loss for uncollected advances from these entities. The credit risk arising on the guarantee is low because of the credit quality of the related companies who historically have not had any event of default.
The Group does not purchase derivative instruments to manage risks.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
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2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(r) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements |
In June 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standards update to revise the manner in which entities present comprehensive income in their financial statements. This guidance amends existing presentation and disclosure requirements concerning comprehensive income, most significantly by requiring that comprehensive income be presented with net income in a continuous financial statement, or in a separate but consecutive financial statement. Furthermore, the accounting standards update prohibits an entity from presenting other comprehensive income and losses in a statement of equity. In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standards update to defer the requirement for an entity to present reclassifications between other comprehensive income or loss and net income or loss. This supersedes the requirement that was originally included in the June 2011 accounting standard update. This accounting standards update (as modified) is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is evaluating the impact, if any, of the adoption of the guidance. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standard update related to disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities. The amendments require that a company disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The amendments enhance current disclosures by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (i) offset in accordance with current accounting guidance or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with current accounting guidance. The amended guidance is effective for the first fiscal quarter of 2013. The Company considered it is no impact of the adoption of the guidance on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
3. | NOTES RECEIVABLES |
Notes receivables represent bank drafts that are non-interest bearing and due within six months. Such bank drafts have been arranged with third-party financial institutions by certain customers to settle their purchases from the Group.
4. | INVENTORIES |
Inventories by major categories are summarized as follows:
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Raw materials | 907,879 | 1,337,775 | 202,693 | |||||||||
Work-in-progress | 133,601 | 157,486 | 23,862 | |||||||||
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Buildings | 1,108,042 | 1,122,330 | 170,050 | |||||||||
Leasehold improvement | 1,350 | 1,350 | 205 | |||||||||
Machinery and equipment | 5,024,287 | 5,628,092 | 852,741 | |||||||||
Motor vehicles | 42,057 | 49,262 | 7,464 | |||||||||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 527,004 | 657,397 | 99,606 | |||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
5. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET AND LAND USE RIGHTS -continued |
Depreciation expenses of property, plant and equipment were Rmb443,016, Rmb559,286 and Rmb664,308 (US$100,653) and amortization expenses of land use rights were Rmb4,732, Rmb5,525 and Rmb6,643 (US$1,007) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Group had not obtained land use right certificates on certain of their land use rights with a carrying amount of Rmb61,562 and Rmb2,497 (US$378), respectively. As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, Hangzhou Sunrise and Fu Yang have pledged certain land use rights, buildings and plant and machinery having an aggregate carrying amount of Rmb257,987 and Rmb95,444 (US$14,461), respectively to secure bank loans to the Group.
6. | BANK LOANS |
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, long-term bank loans of Rmb70,000 and Rmb70,000 (US$10,606) were secured by land use right, respectively. Also, long-term bank loans of Rmb460,000 and Rmb960,000 (US$145,455) were guaranteed by related companies as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Long-term bank loans of Rmb350,000 and Rmb100,000 (US$15,152) were guaranteed by a third party as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Long-term bank loans carried annual average interest rate of 5.7% in 2009 and 5.5% in 2010.
The outstanding balances of long-term bank loans as of December 31, 2010 were repayable as follows:
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2012 | 710,300 | 107,621 | ||||||
2013 | 177,390 | 26,877 | ||||||
2014 | 53,860 | 8,161 | ||||||
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As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, short-term bank loans are repayable on demand or within twelve months from the balance sheet dates.
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, short-term bank loans of Rmb92,000 and Rmb10,000 were secured by land use right, respectively. Also, short-term bank loans of Rmb430,000 and Rmb345,000 (US$52,273) were guaranteed by related companies as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Short-term bank loans of Rmb454,000 and Rmb497,000 (US$75,303) were guaranteed by third parties as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. The short-term bank loans carried annual average interest rate of 5.7% in 2009 and 4.1% in 2010.
These borrowings do not contain any financial covenants.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
7. | INCOME TAXES |
Income taxes consists of:
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Current | 47,680 | 207,536 | 125,795 | 19,060 | ||||||||||||
Deferred taxation expenses (benefit) | ||||||||||||||||
- Current | (22,279 | ) | (25,788 | ) | (11,204 | ) | (1,698 | ) | ||||||||
- Change in tax rate | 52,007 | — | (68,302 | ) | (10,349 | ) | ||||||||||
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On December 16, 2008, the Company obtained a High and New Technology Enterprise certificate for a valid period of 3 years and is entitled to a preferential tax rate of 15% from 2008 to 2010. The tax concession expired at the end of 2010. The impact on the deferred taxes resulting from the change in the enacted tax is an increase to the net deferred tax assets of Rmb68,302.
On August 7, 2009, Hangzhou Sunrise obtained a High and New Technology Enterprise certificate for a valid period of 3 years and is entitled to a preferential tax rate of 15% from 2009 to 2011. The impact on the deferred taxes resulting from change in enacted tax is zero.
Based on its analysis under ASC 740-10, the Company has made its assessment of the level of tax authority for each tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and has measured the unrecognized tax benefits associated with the tax positions. Based on the evaluation by the Company, it is concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in financial statements. The Company has no material unrecognized tax benefit which would favourably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods. The Group classifies interest related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2010, there is no interest related to uncertain tax positions. The Group does not anticipate any significant increases or decreases to its liability for unrecognized tax benefit within the next twelve months.
According to PRC Tax Administration and Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the underpayment of taxes is due to computational errors made by the taxpayer or withholding agent. The statute of limitations will be extended five years under special circumstances, which are not clearly defined (but an underpayment of tax liability exceeding RMB0.1 million is specifically listed as a special circumstance). In the case of a related party transaction, the statute of limitations is 10 years. There is no statute of limitations in the case of tax evasion.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
7. | INCOME TAXES - continued |
The reconciliation of the effective income tax rate based on profit before income taxes and noncontrolling interests stated in the consolidated statements of operations to the statutory income tax rates in the PRC is as follows:
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Tax provision at PRC enterprise income tax rates | 25 | % | 25 | % | 25 | % | ||||||
Effect of Company’s lower income tax rate | (10 | %) | (9 | %) | (10 | %) | ||||||
Effect of change in tax rate | 23 | % | — | (8 | %) | |||||||
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The tax impact of temporary differences give rise to the following deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
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Allowance for doubtful receivables | 10,486 | 17,407 | 2,637 | |||||||||
Warranty expenses | 34,920 | 58,200 | 8,818 | |||||||||
Accrued liabilities | 49,921 | 92,443 | 14,007 | |||||||||
Depreciation | 24,624 | 26,789 | 4,059 | |||||||||
Others | 7,363 | 11,981 | 1,816 | |||||||||
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Deferred tax assets | 113,688 | 196,103 | 29,713 | |||||||||
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The Group considers positive and negative evidence to determine whether some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible for tax purposes. The Group believes it is more-likely-than-not that the Group will realize the benefits of these deductible differences. Accordingly, no valuation allowance has currently been established. The amount of the deferred tax assets considered to be realizable, however, could be reduced in the near term if estimates of future taxable income during the tax loss carry forward periods are reduced.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
8. | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Group had outstanding capital commitments for construction of factories and purchase of equipment amounting to approximately Rmb522,575 and Rmb447,457 (US$67,797), respectively.
The Group leases certain of its warehouses under non-cancelable operating leases. Rental expense was Rmb43,075, Rmb63,505 and Rmb61,705 (US$9,349) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating lease agreements as of December 31, 2010 are:
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The Group also records an estimate of the product warranty obligation at the time of sale based on the Group’s historical experience. Changes in product warranty provision are as follows:
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Balance at beginning of year | 145,000 | 232,800 | 35,273 | |||||||||
Warranties paid | (633,948 | ) | (484,100 | ) | (73,348 | ) | ||||||
Warranty provision | 721,748 | 484,100 | 73,348 | |||||||||
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In addition, the Group provided guarantees to third parties as of December 31, 2010. These guarantees are full and unconditional and would require the Group to make scheduled payments immediately if the third parties failed to do so. As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the maximum potential future payments of the bank guarantees to be Rmb406,590 and Rmb305,000 (US$46,212). The Group estimated that the fair value of the obligations assumed under guarantees as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 to be Rmb12,275 and Rmb12,275 (US$1,860) and recognized liabilities for such amount in the consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
9. | DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT |
(a) | Dividends |
The Group can declare dividends based on the profits as reported in their statutory financial statements. Such profits will be different from the amounts reported under US GAAP. The Group had an aggregate retained earnings on a consolidated basis of Rmb1,869,061 and Rmb2,510,485 (US$380,377) as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, as reported in their statutory financial statements.
(b) | Profit appropriation |
In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations for Sino-foreign equity joint venture enterprises, the Company and FCJ are required to make appropriation of 5% or a higher percentage of after tax profit as prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the PRC to non-distributable reserve funds as determined by the Board of Director of the entities. These reserves include a general reserve fund and an enterprise expansion fund. The general reserve fund is used to offset future extraordinary losses. The entities may, upon resolution passed by the shareholders, convert the general reserve fund into capital. The enterprises expansion fund is used for the expansion of the entities�� operation and can be converted to capital subject to approval by the relevant authorities. In addition, certain of the entities were granted special reserve fund by the government for specific projects carried out by the relevant PRC entities. There is no specific requirement for appropriation for Hangzhou Sunrise. All these reserve funds are included in retained earnings of the entities but can only be used for specific purpose and are not distributable as cash dividend.
Included in the retained earnings of the Group as of December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, was non-distributable amounts of Rmb1,288, Rmb4,273 and Rmb4,273 (US$647).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
10. | RELATED PARTY BALANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS |
(a) | Due from (to) Related Companies |
Amounts due from (to) related companies are as follows:
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(1) | The related companies were the subsidiaries owned by a shareholder of the Company. The balances were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand. |
(2) | The related companies were a shareholder of the Company and a joint venture partner of Hangzhou Sunrise. The balances were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable after one year. |
(3) | The related companies included a shareholder of the Company, a subsidiary owned by a shareholder of the Company and a joint venture partner of FCJ. The balances were unsecured, non-interest bearing and repayable on demand. |
(b) | Amount due to a shareholder |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -continued
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10. | RELATED PARTY BALANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS - continued |
(c) | Transaction with Related Companies |
The Group paid sub-contracting charges to a shareholder of the Company of approximately Rmb38,819, Rmb57,947 and Rmb67,523 (US$10,231) for tire processing for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Company paid warehouse rental fees to a subsidiary owned by a shareholder of the Company of approximately RmbNil, Rmb2,424 and Rmb 2,432 (US$368) that have been reflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group paid equipment repair charges to a subsidiary owned by a shareholder of the Company of approximately RmbNil, Rmb301 and RmbNil (US$Nil) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group purchased raw materials from a shareholder of the Company totaling approximately RmbNil, Rmb21,198 and Rmb27,865 (US$4,222) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group purchased raw materials from subsidiaries owned by shareholders of the Company of approximately Rmb66,740, Rmb26,353 and Rmb52,021 (US$7,882) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded sales to a shareholder of the Company of approximately Rmb673, Rmb136 and Rmb1 (US$1) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded sales to subsidiaries owned by shareholders of the Company of approximately Rmb55,653, Rmb60,377 and Rmb86,683 (US$13,134) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded repair income from a shareholder of the Company of approximately Rmb86,413, Rmb552 and RmbNil (US$Nil) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded repair income from a subsidiary owned by a shareholder of the Company of approximately RmbNil, RmbNil and Rmb659 (US$100) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded sales of scrap to a subsidiary owned by a shareholder of the Company of approximately Rmb10,652, Rmb2,051 and RmbNil (US$Nil) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -continued
(Amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
11. | RELATED PARTY BALANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS - continued |
(c) | Transaction with Related Companies - continued |
The Group recorded sales of raw materials to a shareholder of the Company of approximately RmbNil, Rmb8,002 and RmbNil (US$Nil) for years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
The Group recorded sales of raw material to subsidiaries owned by shareholders of the Company of approximately RmbNil, Rmb95,002 and Rmb85,124 (US$12,898) for years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
12. | STAFF RETIREMENT PLANS |
All of the Chinese employees of the Group are entitled to an annual pension on retirement, which is equal to their ending basic salaries at their retirement dates. The Chinese government is responsible for the pension liabilities to these retired employees. The Group is only required to make specified contributions to the state-sponsored retirement plan calculated at rates ranging from 12% to 20% of basic monthly salaries for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The expenses reported in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income related to these arrangements were Rmb77,968, Rmb71,738 and Rmb81,315 (US$12,320) for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
13. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
On 4 August 2011, the Group issued Rmb denominated long-term bonds of Rmb900,000,000 (US$136,363,636) (the “Bonds”). The Bonds bear interest on their outstanding principle amount at the rate of 2% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears in February and August each year. The Bonds are guaranteed by The Export-Import Bank of China. Unless previously redeemed, or purchased and cancelled, the Bonds will be redeemed at their principal amount on August 4, 2014. The Bonds may not be redeemed at the option of the Group other than in accordance with certain tax reasons. The Group may at any time purchase the Bonds in the open market or otherwise at any price.
According to the minutes of the special meeting of Hangzhou Municipal Government (Hang Fu Ji Yao 2011 No. 86) dated August 9, 2011, the Company disposed the land use right which located at Gaoqiao Villiage, Fuyang City. The Company has received compensation Rmb366,666,605 (US$55,555,546).
As of the reporting date, the Group has repaid Rmb36,100,040 (US$5,469,703) which matured in 2011.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms
and Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF
CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of China Enterprises Limited (“Company”) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2010 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits also included the translation of Renminbi (RMB) amounts into United States dollar (US$) amounts and, in our opinion, such translation, where provided, has been made in conformity with the basis stated in Note 2(h) to the consolidated financial statements. Such United States dollar amounts are presented for the convenience of the readers.
/s/ Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Limited
Hong Kong, China
November 18, 2013
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To the Board of Directors and the Shareholders of China Enterprises Limited:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows of China Enterprises Limited and subsidiaries (the “Company for the year ended December 31, 2008. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and the cash flows of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU
Certified Public Accountants
Hong Kong
January 27, 2010
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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General and administrative expenses | (5,770 | ) | (2,819 | ) | (3,316 | ) | (502 | ) | ||||||||
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Interest income | 4,865 | 3,291 | 3,379 | 512 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (3,834 | ) | (4,493 | ) | (3,299 | ) | (500 | ) | ||||||||
Investment income | 1,228 | 6,062 | 5,989 | 907 | ||||||||||||
Compensation income (note 8) | 17,000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Net realized loss recognized on investments | (2,568 | ) | (780 | ) | (1,287 | ) | (195 | ) | ||||||||
Unrealized gain (loss) on trading securities still held at the balance sheet date | (56,673 | ) | 15,483 | (3,555 | ) | (539 | ) | |||||||||
Change in fair value of conversion option (note 7) | (4,244 | ) | 72 | (185 | ) | (28 | ) | |||||||||
Impairment loss recognized on available-for-sale securities | (69,524 | ) | — | (6,015 | ) | (911 | ) | |||||||||
Exchange gain | 3,105 | 530 | 1,345 | 204 | ||||||||||||
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Income tax benefit (expense) (note 10) | 9,529 | (25,512 | ) | (15,194 | ) | (2,302 | ) | |||||||||
Equity in earnings of equity method affiliates (note 6) | 35,445 | 255,117 | 190,167 | 28,813 | ||||||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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Cash and cash equivalents | 229 | 87 | 14 | |||||||||
Notes receivable (note 4) | — | — | — | |||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 965 | 161 | 24 | |||||||||
Due from related parties (note 15) | 30,153 | 24,093 | 3,650 | |||||||||
Trading securities (note 5) | 63,750 | 54,821 | 8,306 | |||||||||
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Investments in and advances to equity method affiliates (less allowance of Rmb7,601 in 2009 and 2010) (note 6) | 648,467 | 838,634 | 127,065 | |||||||||
Convertible note receivable (note 7) | 51,789 | 51,764 | 7,843 | |||||||||
Deposit paid for acquisition of investment (note 9) | 75,000 | 75,000 | 11,364 | |||||||||
Available-for-sale securities (note 5) | 33,546 | 31,511 | 4,774 | |||||||||
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Due to related parties (note 15) | 106,943 | 93,756 | 14,205 | |||||||||
Amounts due to securities brokers | 29,884 | 23,961 | 3,631 | |||||||||
Other payables | 1,095 | 667 | 101 | |||||||||
Accrued liabilities | 4,522 | 5,815 | 881 | |||||||||
Other taxes payable | 2,753 | 2,753 | 417 | |||||||||
Income taxes payable | 24,240 | 23,484 | 3,558 | |||||||||
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Deferred tax liability (note 10) | 29,057 | 48,074 | 7,283 | |||||||||
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Common stock - par value US$0.01 per share (50,000,000 shares authorized; 9,017,310 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010) (note 11) | 770 | 770 | 117 | |||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 1,000,958 | 1,000,958 | 151,660 | |||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive losses | (15,712 | ) | (11,585 | ) | (1,755 | ) | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (280,605 | ) | (112,576 | ) | (17,057 | ) | ||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares)
Supervoting common stock | Common stock | Supervoting common stock | Common stock | Additional paid-in capital | Accumulated other comprehensive (losses) income | Accumulated deficit | Total | Comprehensive income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at January 1, 2008 | — | 9,017,310 | — | 770 | 1,000,958 | (7,288 | ) | (456,115 | ) | 538,325 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | — | (71,441 | ) | (71,441 | ) | (71,441 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | — | (8,079 | ) | — | (8,079 | ) | (8,079 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | — | — | — | — | — | (69,524 | ) | — | (69,524 | ) | (69,524 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on available-for-sale securities | — | — | — | — | — | 69,524 | — | 69,524 | 69,524 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2008 | — | 9,017,310 | — | 770 | 1,000,958 | (15,367 | ) | (527,556 | ) | 458,805 | (79,520 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 246,951 | 246,951 | 246,951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | — | (174 | ) | — | (174 | ) | (174 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | — | — | — | — | — | (171 | ) | — | (171 | ) | (171 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2009 | — | 9,017,310 | — | 770 | 1,000,958 | (15,712 | ) | (280,605 | ) | 705,411 | 246,606 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net income | — | — | — | — | — | — | 168,029 | 168,029 | 168,029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | — | (1,023 | ) | �� | (1,023 | ) | (1,023 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities | — | — | — | — | — | (865 | ) | — | (865 | ) | (865 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment loss on available-for-sale securities | — | — | — | — | — | 6,015 | — | 6,015 | 6,015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2010 | — | 9,017,310 | — | 770 | 1,000,958 | (11,585 | ) | (112,576 | ) | 877,567 | 172,156 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Balance at December 31, 2010 (in US$) | — | 117 | 151,660 | (1,755 | ) | (17,057 | ) | 132,965 | 26,084 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
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Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | (71,441 | ) | 246,951 | 168,029 | 25,459 | |||||||||||
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Net realized loss recognized on investments | — | 780 | 1,287 | 195 | ||||||||||||
Unrealized (gain) loss on trading securities still held at the balance sheet date | — | (15,483 | ) | 3,555 | 539 | |||||||||||
Change in fair value of conversion option | 4,244 | (72 | ) | 185 | 28 | |||||||||||
Impairment loss on available-for-sale securities | 69,524 | — | 6,015 | 911 | ||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of equity method affiliates | (35,445 | ) | (255,117 | ) | (190,167 | ) | (28,813 | ) | ||||||||
Compensation income from disclaiming rights in deposit paid for acquisition of properties | (17,000 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Amortization of discount on subscription of convertible note receivable | (3,180 | ) | (3,275 | ) | (3,379 | ) | (512 | ) | ||||||||
Interest income collected on convertible note | 1,124 | 1,110 | 1,097 | 166 | ||||||||||||
Interest income from notes receivable and related party receivable | (1,684 | ) | (16 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||
Write-off of other current assets | 467 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Deferred tax | (15,779 | ) | 25,512 | 19,017 | 2,881 | |||||||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 47 | (789 | ) | 804 | 122 | |||||||||||
Accounts and other payables | — | (15,668 | ) | (429 | ) | (64 | ) | |||||||||
Accrued liabilities | 2,086 | (1,141 | ) | 1,292 | 195 | |||||||||||
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Decrease in due from related parties | 20,456 | 27,648 | 6,155 | 933 | ||||||||||||
Decrease in trading securities | 28,349 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Purchases of trading securities | — | (9,946 | ) | (165 | ) | (25 | ) | |||||||||
Proceeds from trading securities | — | 11,229 | 3,215 | 487 | ||||||||||||
(Increase) decrease in amounts due to securities brokers | — | (11,278 | ) | (4,879 | ) | (739 | ) | |||||||||
Purchase of available-for-sale securities | (53,232 | ) | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Proceeds from available-for-sale securities | — | 1,326 | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Assignment of receivable and notes receivable through current accounts of related parties | 15,846 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Settlement of notes receivable and other payables (note 4) | — | 20,523 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Compensation income received and deposit paid on behalf by a former subsidiary | 75,000 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
1. | ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES |
China Enterprises Limited (the “Company”) was incorporated in Bermuda on January 28, 1993. Its common stock trades on the OTC (Over-the-Counter) Securities Market in the United States of America (the “US”).
China Strategic Holdings Limited (“CSH”), a public company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKSE”), was the Company’s ultimate parent company before its completion of a group reorganization in May 2006 following which the Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Group Dragon Investments Limited (“GDI”), a then equity method affiliate of Hanny Holdings Limited (“HHL”), a public company listed on the HKSE. In June 2006, HHL acquired a controlling interest in GDI and became the parent company. On December 8, 2006, HHL became a subsidiary of ITC Corporation Limited (“ITC”), a public company listed on HKSE and, as a result, ITC became the ultimate parent company. On May 18, 2007, HHL ceased to be a subsidiary of ITC and HHL became the ultimate parent company until 2008 when HHL reduced its equity interest in the Company. Following the completion of the distribution of its HHL shares to its shareholders in November 2010, ITC’s interests in HHL dropped from 42% to 0.1%. As of December 31, 2010, HHL held a 28.95% equity interest in the Company. There have been no further changes in the Company’s ownership status.
The accompanying financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries which primarily consist of Million Good Limited (“Million Good”, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, “BVI”, principally engaged in investment holding), Wealth Faith Limited (“Wealth Faith”, incorporated in the BVI, principally engaged in investment holding), Cosmos Regent Limited (“Cosmos Regent”, incorporated in the BVI, principally engaged in investment holding), Cyber Generation Limited (“Cyber Generation”, incorporated in the BVI, principally engaged in investment holding) and Whole Good Limited (“Whole Good”, incorporated in the BVI, principally engaged in investment holding). The Company and all of its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”.
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Company also had a 26% equity interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Limited (“HZ”, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the PRC). HZ and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “PRC entities”) are engaged in the manufacture of rubber tires in the PRC.
On November 28, 2011, the Company sold all of its ownership interests in HZ to CZ Tire Holdings Limited, an independent third party company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (Note 18(ii)).
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
(a) | Basis of Presentation |
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Having re-considered the nature of the Company’s security trading activities, the Company has reclassified RMB13,575 of cash provided by operating activities to cash provided by investing activities and effect of exchange rate change related to trading securities and amounts due to securities brokers for fiscal 2009 in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. This reclassification had no effect on the net increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents or on net income (loss), as previously reported. No such reclassification was made for the year ended December 31, 2008 as the turnover and amount of the Company’s security trading activities were relatively quicker and larger in the year then ended.
(b) | Basis of Consolidation |
The Company consolidates all entities in which it is the primary beneficiary of variable interests in variable interest entities and entities in which it has a controlling financial interest. The Company did not have a variable interest in any variable interest entity during the periods presented.
The consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
(c) | Equity Method Investments in Affiliates |
Investments in 50% or less owned companies over which the Company exercises significant influence but not control, are accounted for using the equity method. Under the equity method, the Company’s proportionate share of the affiliate’s net income or loss is included in the consolidated statements of operations.
Investment in equity method affiliates is accounted for under the equity method, under which the amount of the investment is recorded at cost, with adjustments to recognize the Group’s share of the earnings or losses of the unconsolidated subsidiaries from the date of acquisition. The amount recorded in income is adjusted to eliminate intercompany gains and losses, and to amortize, if appropriate, any difference between the Group’s cost and the underlying equity in net assets of the affiliate at the date of investment. The investment amount is also adjusted to reflect the Group’s share of changes in the equity method affiliates’ capital. Dividends received from the unconsolidated subsidiaries reduce the carrying amount of the investment.
(d) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
The Company considers cash on hand, demand deposits with banks with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash and cash equivalents.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(e) | Trading Securities |
Trading securities refer to equity securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term, and are reported at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses included in earnings. The fair value of the Company’s investments in trading securities is based on the quoted market price on the last business day of the fiscal year.
(f) | Available-for-sale Securities |
Available-for-sale securities consist of quoted equity securities that are not designated as trading securities. They are held at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reported in accumulated other comprehensive gain or losses. Any unrealized losses that are deemed other-than-temporary are included in current period earnings and removed from accumulated other comprehensive gain or losses.
Realized gains and losses on investment securities are included in current period earnings. For purposes of computing realized gains and losses, the cost basis of each investment sold is generally based on the average cost method.
The Company regularly evaluates whether the decline in fair value of available-for-sale securities is other-than-temporary and objective evidence of impairment could include:
• | The severity and duration of the fair value decline; |
• | Deterioration in the financial condition of the issuer; and |
• | Evaluation of the factors that could cause individual securities to have an other-than-temporary impairment. |
During the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2010, Rmb69,524 and 6,015 of losses previously classified in other comprehensive gain or losses were reclassified into earnings to recognize an other-than-temporary decline in fair value. No such other-than-temporary decline in fair value was recognized during the years ended December 31, 2009.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(g) | Income Taxes |
Deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and unutilized tax loss carry forwards by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current income taxes are provided in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities.
The Company adopted ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. The interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC Topic 740 also provides accounting guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
(h) | Foreign Currencies |
The functional currency of the Company and its Hong Kong domiciled subsidiaries is Hong Kong dollars. The Company has elected Renminbi as its reporting currency.
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currencies of the Company and its subsidiaries at the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into functional currencies using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the respective balance sheet dates. Exchange differences are included in the consolidated statements of operations.
Assets and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries domiciled in Hong Kong have been translated into Renminbi at the rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates and all income and expense items are translated into Renminbi at the average rates of exchange over the year. Exchange differences resulting from the translation have been recorded as a component of comprehensive losses.
The translation of Renminbi amounts into US$ amounts are included solely for the convenience of readers and have been made at US$1.00 = Rmb6.6, the noon buying rate from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on December 31, 2010. No representation is made that the Renminbi amounts could have been, or could be, converted into United States dollar at that rate or at any other rate.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(i) | Earnings (Loss) Per Share |
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The Company did not have dilutive potential common shares during fiscal 2008, 2009 and 2010.
(j) | Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the years presented. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Significant estimates in these financial statements that are susceptible to change as more information becomes available are collectability of receivables, impairment of available-for-sale securities, valuation of derivative instruments and valuation allowances for deferred tax assets.
(k) | Financial Instruments |
The Company recognizes all derivative instruments on the balance sheet at fair value with changes in fair values reported in the consolidated statements of operations.
The Company’s financial instruments that are exposed to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of its cash and cash equivalents, advances to affiliates, notes receivable, amounts due from related parties and convertible note receivables. The Company has reviewed the credit worthiness and financial position of its related parties for credit risks associated with amounts due from them. These entities have good credit standing and the Company does not expect to incur significant losses for uncollected advances from these entities.
(l) | Comprehensive Income |
Comprehensive income represents changes in equity resulting from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income consists of net income (loss) and the foreign exchange differences arising from translation to the reporting currency and unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(m) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements |
In January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 regarding accounting and reporting for decreases in ownership of a subsidiary. Under this guidance, an entity is required to deconsolidate a subsidiary when the entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. Upon deconsolidation of a subsidiary, an entity recognizes a gain or loss on the transaction and measures any retained investment in the subsidiary at fair value. In contrast, an entity is required to account for a decrease in its ownership interest of a subsidiary that does not result in a change of control of the subsidiary as an equity transaction. This ASU clarifies the scope of the decrease in ownership provisions, and expands the disclosures about the deconsolidation of a subsidiary or de-recognition of a group of assets. This ASU is effective beginning in the first interim or annual reporting period ending on or after December 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 (“ASU 2010-06”), which requires a number of additional disclosures regarding (1) the different classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, (2) the valuation techniques and inputs used, (3) the activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, and (4) the transfers between Levels 1, 2, and 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. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has adopted the amendments for the period beginning January 1, 2010 except for the requirement to provide the Level 3 activity of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis. The Company will adopt the requirement to provide the Level 3 activity of purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements on a gross basis for the period beginning January 1, 2011 and expects the adoption will not have significant impact on the Group’s consolidated financial statements.
In March 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-11, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives”. The amendments in this ASU are effective for each reporting entity at the beginning of its first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted at the beginning of each entity’s first fiscal quarter beginning after issuance of this ASU. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-11 to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
In March 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-11, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives”. The amendments in this ASU are effective for each reporting entity at the beginning of its first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted at the beginning of each entity’s first fiscal quarter beginning after issuance of this ASU. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-11 to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(m) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - continued |
In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 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 - a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force”. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Earlier application is permitted. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-13 to have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
In May 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-19, “Foreign Currency (Topic 830): Foreign Currency Issues: Multiple Foreign Currency Exchange Rates”. The amendments in this ASU are effective as of the announcement date of March 18, 2010. The adoption of this update did not have a material effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
In January 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-01- Receivables (Topic 310): Deferral of the Effective Date of Disclosures about Troubled Debt Restructurings in Update No. 2010-20. The amendments in this update temporarily delay the effective date of the disclosures about troubled debt restructurings in ASU No. 2010-20, Receivables (Topic 310): Disclosures about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and the Allowance for Credit Losses, for public entities. The delay is intended to allow the FASB time to complete its deliberations on what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring. The effective date of the new disclosures about troubled debt restructurings for public entities and the guidance for determining what constitutes a troubled debt restructuring will then be coordinated. This deferral will have no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In January 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-02- Receivables (Topic 310): A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring. The amendments in this update provide additional guidance to assist creditors in determining whether a restructuring of a receivable meets the criteria to be considered a troubled debt restructuring. For public companies, the new guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and applies retrospectively to restructurings occurring on or after the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Early application is permitted. The adoption of the provisions in ASU 2011-02 will have no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04 – Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. The amendments in this update intend to converge requirements for how to measure fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in US GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards. For public entities, this ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of the provisions in ASU 2011-04 will have no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(m) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - continued |
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05 – Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. The amendments in this update require (i) that all non-owner changes in shareholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements (the current option to present components of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) as part of the statement of changes in shareholders’ equity is eliminated) and (ii) presentation of reclassification adjustments from OCI to net income on the face of the financial statements. For public entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12 — Comprehensive Income (Topic 220). The amendments in this update supersede certain pending paragraphs in ASU No. 2011-05, to effectively defer only those changes in ASU No. 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments will be temporary to allow the Board time to redeliberate the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for annual and interim financial statements for public, private, and non-profit entities. The amendments in this update are effective for public entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company does not expect the adoption of the provisions in this update will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02 “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment.” This ASU simplifies how entities test indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment to improve consistency in impairment testing requirements among long-lived asset categories. These amended standards permit an assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. For assets in which this assessment concludes it is more likely than not that the fair value is more than its carrying value, these amended standards eliminate the requirement to perform quantitative impairment testing as outlined in the previously issued standards. The guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012; early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(m) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - continued |
In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): The objective of this update is to improve the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update seek to attain that objective by requiring an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures required under U.S. GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. This would be the case when a portion of the amount reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income is reclassified to a balance sheet account (for example, inventory) instead of directly to income or expense in the same reporting period. For public entities, the amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The Company does not expect the adoption of the provisions in this update will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matters, (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity”, to resolve a diversity in accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment of foreign currency upon derecognition of a foreign subsidiary or group of assets. This ASU requires the parent to apply the guidance in Subtopic 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a reporting entity (parent) ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets within a foreign entity. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. Further, this ASU clarified that the parent should apply the guidance in subtopic 810-10 if there is a sale of an investment in a foreign entity, including both (1) events that result in the loss of a controlling financial interest in a foreign entity and (2) events that result in an acquirer obtaining control of an acquiree in which it held an equity interest immediately before the acquisition date. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon the occurrence of those events. The provisions in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
2. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
(m) | Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - continued |
In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740)”. The amendments in this update provide guidance on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exists. These amendments provide that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion thereof, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except to the extent that a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from disallowance of a tax position, or the tax law does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, then the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented as a liability. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect ASU 2013-11 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
3. | ACQUISITION |
In April 2008, China Enterprises Limited acquired a 100% equity interest in Cosmos Regent Limited, Cyber Generation Limited and Whole Good Limited, companies engaged in securities investment, from HHL group. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreements, total consideration was Rmb34,417 (US$5,045), and the amount was recorded as a payable of the Company owing to HHL.
The following summarizes the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed on the date of acquisition:
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Assets acquired: | ||||
Accounts and other receivable | 63 | |||
Amount due from related parties | 23,518 | |||
Available-for-sale securities | 51,102 | |||
Trading securities | 68,645 | |||
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Amount due to related parties | 32,498 | |||
Accounts and other payables | 57,042 | |||
Tax payable | 19,371 | |||
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4. | NOTES RECEIVABLE |
The notes, carrying interest at commercial rates, were unsecured and receivable from an unrelated party. During 2009, the Company instructed the debtor to fully settle the notes receivable by directly paying off the Company’s other payables.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
5. | INVESTMENTS |
2009 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||
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Equity securities listed in Hong Kong | 50,116 | 38,846 | 5,886 | |||||||||
Equity securities listed in Singapore | 13,634 | 15,975 | 2,420 | |||||||||
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Adjusted cost | 122,792 | 117,600 | 17,818 | |||||||||
Unrealized gains | 24,948 | 16,016 | 2,427 | |||||||||
Unrealized losses | (83,990 | ) | (78,795 | ) | (11,939 | ) | ||||||
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Cost | 101,926 | 97,872 | 14,829 | |||||||||
Impairment recognized in earnings | (68,209 | ) | (71,511 | ) | (10,835 | ) | ||||||
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Adjusted amortized cost | 33,717 | 26,361 | 3,994 | |||||||||
Unrealized gains | 760 | 5,150 | 780 | |||||||||
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As of December 31, 2010, the Company considers the declines in market value of one of its marketable securities in its investment portfolio to be other than temporary in nature and considers this investment other-than-temporarily impaired. Fair values were determined using closing prices of each individual security in the investment portfolio. When evaluating an investment for other-than-temporary impairment, the Company reviews factors such as the length of time and extent to which fair value has been below its cost basis, the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto, and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it is more likely than not it will be required to sell, the investment before recovery of the investment’s cost basis. During 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Company recognized impairment charges of Rmb69,524, nil and Rmb6,015, respectively.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
6. | INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO EQUITY METHOD AFFILIATES |
2009 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||
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Investments in equity method affiliates | 648,333 | 838,500 | 127,045 | |||||||||
Advances to equity method affiliates | 7,735 | 7,735 | 1,172 | |||||||||
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Less: Allowance for advances to equity method affiliate | (7,601 | ) | (7,601 | ) | (1,152 | ) | ||||||
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Equity ownership percentages for these affiliates are presented below:
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X One Holdings Limited (“X One”) | Hong Kong | — | — | |||||||
HZ | PRC | 26 | % | 26 | % |
X One:
In April 2009, X One was dissolved pursuant to Section 291 of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
6. | INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO EQUITY METHOD AFFILIATES - continued |
HZ:
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Company had a 26% equity interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co., Limited (“HZ”, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, the PRC). HZ and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “PRC entities”) are engaged in the manufacture of rubber tires in the PRC.
On November 28, 2011, the Company sold all of its ownership interests in HZ to CZ Tire Holdings Limited, an independent third party company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (Note 18(ii)).
The advances to the affiliate are interest free and the Group will not demand repayment within one year from the respective balance sheet dates and the amount is therefore considered non-current.
Summarized financial information of HZ:
2009 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||||||
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Current assets | 4,335,233 | 6,087,063 | 922,282 | |||||||||
Non-current assets | 4,965,765 | 5,709,195 | 865,030 | |||||||||
Current liabilities | 5,398,066 | 6,840,021 | 1,036,367 | |||||||||
Non-current liabilities | 1,115,462 | 1,395,616 | 211,457 | |||||||||
Total equity | 2,494,629 | 3,226,040 | 488,794 | |||||||||
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Revenues | 15,145,328 | 20,258,466 | 3,069,464 | |||||||||
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
6. | INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO EQUITY METHOD AFFILIATES - continued |
HZ’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet its obligations on a timely basis and to obtain additional financing as may be required.
HZ has historically met cash needs from borrowings and operating cash flows. Subsequent to the balance sheet date, HZ has obtained new bank borrowings of Rmb381,350 repayable substantially from 2013 to 2014 and a new bond borrowing of Rmb880,976 repayable by 2014.
The directors of HZ are of the opinion that taking into account the presently available banking facilities and cash inflow from its operation, HZ has sufficient working capital to meet its debts when they fall due in the foreseeable future.
7. | CONVERTIBLE NOTE RECEIVABLE |
On March 23, 2006, Rosedale Hotel Holdings Limited (“Rosedale”) entered into a subscription agreement with the Company and other subscribers for 2% convertible exchangeable notes (the “Convertible Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of HK$1,000,000. The Company and other subscribers agreed to subscribe for the Convertible Notes in exchange for cash in the principal amount of HK$300,000 and HK$700,000, respectively.
The initial conversion price of the Convertible Note was HK$0.79 per share, subject to anti-dilutive adjustments. In July 2008, the conversion price was reduced from HK$0.79 per share to HK$0.339 per share as a result of rights issued by Rosedale. Unless previously converted or lapsed or redeemed by Rosedale, Rosedale will redeem the Notes on the fifth anniversary from the date of issue of the Notes (i.e. June 7, 2011, the “Maturity Date”) at the redemption amount which is 110% of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding.
The Company shall have the right to convert, on any business day commencing from the 7th day after the date of issue of the Convertible Note up to and including the date which is 7 days prior to the Maturity Date, the whole or any part (in an amount or integral multiple of HK$1,000) of the principal amount of the Convertible Note into shares of Rosedale at the then prevailing conversion price. Had the Company’s Convertible Notes been converted into new shares of Rosedale in full as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the equity ownership percentage held by the Company in Rosedale would change from 10.72% to 10.59% and 8.90% to 9.64% respectively.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
7. | CONVERTIBLE NOTE RECEIVABLE - continued |
Subject to certain restrictions which are intended to facilitate compliance with relevant rules and regulations, each noteholder shall have the right to exchange from time to time all or part (in the amount of HK$10,000 or integral multiples thereof) of 50% of the initial principal amount of its Convertible Notes for shares in the share capital of any company which is an affiliated company of Rosedale as defined in the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the HKSE or subsidiary of Rosedale that is to be listed on a stock exchange through an initial public offering at the price (the “Spin-off Shares”), subject to anti-dilutive adjustments, at which the Spin-off Shares are actually issued to the public at the time of the listing on that stock exchange. The decision on whether to list any of its affiliated companies or subsidiaries in the future is at the sole discretion of the directors of Rosedale.
The subscription of the Convertible Notes by the Company was completed on June 8, 2006 which resulted in a payment by its intermediate holding company, GDI, on behalf of the Company, of Rmb205,049, with the remainder of Rmb104,071 being offset by an advance previously made to Rosedale.
The Company exercised certain of its conversion rights in the principal amount of HK$158,000 (equivalent to approximately Rmb148,916) and HK$79,000 (equivalent to approximately Rmb74,458) in June 2007 and July 2007, respectively, under the terms of the Convertible Notes. No Convertible Notes were converted during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Pursuant to the instrument constituting the Convertible Notes, the conversion price should be adjusted from HK$0.339 to HK$0.337 (the “2009 Adjustment”) as a result of completion of the placing of 1,800 million shares as announced by Rosedale on August 4, 2009. Since the 2009 Adjustment was less than 3% of the then prevailing conversion price of HK$0.339, pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Notes, the 2009 Adjustment did not take effect but would be carried forward and be taken into account in the next subsequent adjustment.
On February 2, 2010, Rosedale had completed a capital reorganization which involved, among others, consolidation of every 20 of its then issued shares of HK$0.01 each into 1 issued consolidated share of HK$0.20 each. Consequently, the conversion price of the Convertible Notes was adjusted from HK$0.339 to HK$6.780 with effect from February 1, 2010.
In accordance with Derivative and Hedging Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 (“ASC 815”), the conversion option element of the Convertible Notes represents an embedded derivative instrument which must be accounted for separately from the Convertible Notes and, as such, to be measured at fair value when initially recorded and at subsequent reporting dates. The debt element of the Convertible Notes was also measured at fair value initially and subsequently at amortized cost with an effective interest rate of 6.5%. The fair value of the conversion option was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at the date of its issuance and at each subsequent balance sheet date. The impact of changes in fair value of this conversion option, taking into account the portion of the conversion option exercised during fiscal 2008, 2009 and 2010, was a loss of Rmb4,244, a gain of Rmb72 and a loss of Rmb185 (US$28) which have been recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
7. | CONVERTIBLE NOTE RECEIVABLE - continued |
The assumptions adopted for the valuation of the conversion option as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 under the Black-Scholes model are as follows:
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Risk-free interest rate (by reference to the yield of Hong Kong Exchange Fund Bills & Notes) | 0.32 | % | 0.30 | % | ||||
Expected volatility (estimated by the average annualized standard deviations of the continuously compounded rates of return on the Company’s share prices) | 106.93 | % | 37.98 | % | ||||
Expected life (in years) | 1.43 | 0.43 | ||||||
Expected dividend yield (per annum) | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
Fair Value: | ||||||||
Conversion feature (Rmb) | 187 | — |
Convertible note receivable consists of:
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Debt element | 51,602 | 51,764 | 7,843 | |||||||||
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On June 7, 2011, the maturity date of the Convertible Notes, Convertible Notes in the amount of HK$63,000, or approximately US$8,077 remained outstanding. All such Convertible Notes, together with accrued interest of HK$10,800 or approximately US$1,385 were subsequently fully settled (Note 18(i)).
8. | DEPOSIT PAID FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES |
On June 16, 2004, Manwide Holdings Limited (“Manwide”), a then subsidiary, entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Shanghai Jiu Sheng Investment Limited (“Jiu Sheng”), an unrelated property developer, for the acquisition of a parcel of land situated in Shanghai, the PRC (the “Land”) and the 24-storey building and carpark being constructed (the “Building”, hereinafter with the Land are collectively referred to as the “Xiang Zhang Garden”).
The total consideration for the acquisition of Xiang Zhang Garden, on a completion basis, was Rmb450,000. A deposit of Rmb50,000 was paid by Manwide to Jiu Sheng on June 18, 2004.
The remaining consideration of Rmb400,000 was to be settled by the assumption of bank loans of Rmb380,000 and cash consideration of Rmb20,000 upon the grant of a bank loan and the transfer of the ownership of Xiang Zhang Garden to Manwide. The closing of the acquisition was subject to certain conditions precedent.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
8. | DEPOSIT PAID FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES - continued |
One of the conditions for completion of the acquisition was that Jiu Sheng should obtain approval for the change of authorized usage of the properties from office to both commercial and residential. The change of use of Xiang Zhang Garden had not been completed within the stated period and accordingly, Jiu Sheng and the Group entered into another agreement dated February 3, 2005 pursuant to which, among other things, (i) the Group would pay, on behalf of Jiu Sheng, Rmb22,000 to the main contractor of Xiang Zhang Garden (the “Main Contractor”); and (ii) the amount paid by the Group (i) would be deducted from the purchase consideration of Xiang Zhang Garden.
Further, the Group had advanced an additional Rmb8,000 to Jiu Sheng pursuant to this additional agreement and the aggregate sum paid by the Group to Jiu Sheng amounted to Rmb58,000 as of December 31, 2005.
In June 2005, the Group had commenced legal proceedings against Jiu Sheng, among other things, to demand that Jiu Sheng fulfill its obligations under the above two agreements and applied to a PRC court an injunction order on Xiang Zhang Garden to stop Xiang Zhang Garden from being transferred (the “Injunction Order(s)”). It also came to the attention of the Group that one of the three secured creditors of Jiu Sheng and the Main Contractor had already applied to and been granted the Injunction Orders and they, together with the other two secured creditors, had priority over the Group on Xiang Zhang Garden.
In March 2008, the Group entered into an agreement with Jiu Sheng through an ex-subsidiary of the Group, to disclaim its rights in Xiang Zhang Garden for a consideration of Rmb75,000 which was received by the ex-subsidiary in April 2008 and an amount of Rmb17,000 was recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2008.
9. | DEPOSIT PAID FOR ACQUISITION OF INVESTMENT |
On April 15, 2008, Wealth Faith, a subsidiary, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with a third party for the acquisition of a 10% equity ownership interest in Always Rich Resources Inc. (“Always Rich”), an unrelated investment holding company. Always Rich indirectly holds a partial interest in a property under development and a parcel of land situated in Guangzhou, the PRC.
The total consideration for the acquisition of the interest in Always Rich was Rmb150,000. A deposit of Rmb75,000 was paid to a third party vendor on April 24, 2008.
On June 30, 2011, the MOU lapsed. The deposit of Rmb67,500, or approximately US$10,227 was refunded to the Company. Rmb7,500 was charged by the third party as an administrative fee and recorded as an expense of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2011.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
10. | INCOME TAXES |
The components of profit (loss) from operations before income taxes and equity in earnings of equity method affiliates are as follows:
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
10. | INCOME TAXES - continued |
Bermuda
The Company was incorporated under the laws of Bermuda and, under current Bermuda law, is not subject to tax on income or on capital gains. The Company has received an undertaking from the Ministry of Finance of Bermuda pursuant to the provisions of the Exempted Undertakings Tax Protection Act, 1966, as amended, that in the event that Bermuda enacts any legislation imposing tax computed on profits or income, including any dividend or capital gains withholding tax, or computed on any capital asset, gain or appreciation, or any tax in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax, then the imposition of any such tax shall not be applicable to the Company or to any of its operations or the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company until March 28, 2016. This undertaking is not to be construed so as to (i) prevent the application of any such tax or duty on such person as an ordinary resident in Bermuda; or (ii) prevent the application of any tax payable in accordance with the provision of the Land Tax Act, 1967 or otherwise payable in relation to any land leased to the Company in Bermuda.
British Virgin Islands (“BVI”)
The Company has certain of its subsidiaries incorporated under the laws of BVI. Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the BVI, these subsidiaries are not subject to any income tax in the BVI.
Under the International Business Companies Act of the BVI as currently in effect, a holder of common stock who is not a resident of BVI is exempt from BVI income tax on dividends paid with respect to the common stock and all holders of common stock are not liable for BVI income tax on gains realized during that year on sale or disposal of such shares; BVI does not impose a withholding tax on dividends paid by a company incorporated under the International Business Companies Act.
There are no capital gains, gift or inheritance taxes levied by BVI on companies incorporated under the International Business Companies Act. In addition, the common stock is not subject to transfer taxes, stamp duties or similar charges.
There is no income tax treaty or convention currently in effect between the United States and the BVI.
Hong Kong
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are operating in Hong Kong and their income taxes have been calculated by applying a profits tax rate of 16.5% to the estimated taxable income earned in or derived from Hong Kong.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
10. | INCOME TAXES - continued |
PRC
The Group’s PRC entities (note 6) are subject to income taxes calculated at tax rates (15% to 25% beginning from January 1, 2008) on the taxable income.
The deferred tax liability of Rmb29,057 and Rmb48,074 as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively, has been recognized on the undistributed earnings of the Company’s affiliate in the PRC at a rate of 10%. In an announcement formally made on February 22, 2008, the PRC authorities clarified the distributions made out of undistributed earnings that arose prior to January 1, 2008 would not be subject to withholding tax. Consequently, the deferred tax liability on the undistributed earnings of the Company’s PRC affiliate at December 31, 2007 of Rmb19,324 was written off during the year ended December 31, 2008.
The Company adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 740 effective January 1, 2007. The Group has made its assessment of the level of tax authority for each tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and has measured the unrecognized tax benefits associated with the tax positions. Based on the evaluation by the Company, it is concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the financial statements.
The Company has no material unrecognized tax benefit which would favorably affect the effective income tax rate in future periods and does not believe that there will be any significant increases or decreases of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. The Company classifies interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, there is no interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The tax positions for the years 2003 to 2010 may be subject to examination by the Hong Kong tax authorities.
According to the PRC Tax Administration and Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the underpayment of taxes is due to computational errors made by the taxpayer or its withholding agent. The statute of limitations extends to five years under special circumstances, which are not clearly defined. In the case of a related party transaction, the statute of limitations is ten years. There is no statute of limitations in the case of tax evasion.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
10. | INCOME TAXES - continued |
The tax impact of temporary differences gives rise to the following deferred tax asset and liability:
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Tax losses | 6,679 | 7,183 | 1,088 | |||||||||
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The Group has total tax operating loss carry forwards of Rmb40,476 and RMB43,534 (US$ 6,596) as of December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. The valuation allowance refers to the estimated portion of the deferred tax assets that are not “more likely than not” to be realized.
The reconciliation of the effective income tax rate based on profit (loss) from operations before income taxes to the statutory income tax rates in Hong Kong is as follows:
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Profits tax rate in Hong Kong | 16.5 | % | 16.5 | % | 16.5 | % | ||||||
Permanent differences relating to non-taxable income and non-deductible expenses | 2.1 | % | (16.2 | %) | (17.4 | %) | ||||||
Effect on withholding income tax on dividends | 19.5 | % | 9.4 | % | 10.4 | % | ||||||
Change in valuation allowance | (23.5 | %) | (0.3 | %) | 0.9 | % | ||||||
Change in estimate | — | — | (2.1 | %) | ||||||||
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
11. | CAPITAL STOCK |
Share Capital
The Company was incorporated with an initial share capital of 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock with a par value of US$0.01 each which was later reclassified to Supervoting Common Stock. On May 14, 1993, the authorized share capital of the Company was further increased from US$12 to US$700 by the creation of 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock of par value US$0.01 each and 18,800,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock of par value US$0.01 each. As a result, the total number of authorized Supervoting Common Stock is 20,000,000 shares. 6,000,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock (including the 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock reclassified to Supervoting Common Stock) were issued to the then ultimate parent company of the Company as consideration for the transfer of two PRC entities to the Company and on June 23, 1993, the Company redeemed 3,000,000 shares of its outstanding Supervoting Common Stock at their par value of US$0.01 per share.
In September 2006, the Company converted the entire outstanding 3,000,000 shares of Supervoting Common Stock into the same number of shares of Common Stock with a par value of US$0.01 each pursuant to the by-laws of the Company upon receipt of a written notification from the sole holder of Supervoting Common Stock. There was no outstanding Supervoting Common Stock as at December 31, 2009 and 2010.
Capital Stock
Each share of Supervoting Common Stock is entitled to 10 votes whereas each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote. The Common Stock is identical to the Supervoting Common Stock as to the payment of dividends. Except for the difference in voting rights described above, the Supervoting Common Stock and the Common Stock rank pari passu in all respects.
12. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
Effective from January 1, 2008, the Company adopted ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures” for all financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). ASC Topic 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell the asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e. the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and also considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
12. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - continued |
Fair Value Hierarchy
ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC Topic 820 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2009 and 2010:
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- Equity securities listed in Hong Kong | 50,116 | — | — | 50,116 | ||||||||||||
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
12. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - continued |
Quoted prices In Active Market for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant (Level 3) | Balance as of December 31, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
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- Equity securities listed in Hong Kong | 38,846 | — | — | 38,846 | 5,886 | |||||||||||||||
- Equity securities listed in Singapore | 15,975 | — | — | 15,975 | 2,420 | |||||||||||||||
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The Company has entered into a subscription agreement with Rosedale in relation to the subscription of the Convertible Notes (see Note 7). The fair value of the conversion option was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recorded as derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets. Since significant observable inputs such as risk free rates, volatility and dividend yield are used in the valuation model, the conversion option was considered a level 2 item in the fair value hierarchy.
13. | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Company has outstanding capital commitments for acquisition of an investment amounting to approximately Rmb75,000 (US$11,364)(see Note 9).
14. | DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT |
(a) | Dividends |
Dividends from the PRC entities will be declared based on the profits as reported in their statutory financial statements. Such profits will be different from the amounts reported under U.S. GAAP. As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the Company’s affiliates in the PRC had accumulated profits of Rmb1,769,377 and Rmb2,379,278 (US$360,497), respectively, as reported in their statutory financial statements.
The Company did not propose or pay any dividends on the outstanding Common Stock for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
14. | DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT - continued |
(b) | Profit appropriation |
In accordance with the relevant laws and regulations for Sino-foreign equity joint venture enterprises, the PRC entities are required to make appropriation of 5% of after tax profit as prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the PRC to non-distributable reserve funds as determined by the Board of Director of the PRC entities. These reserves include a general reserve fund, an enterprise expansion fund, and a staff welfare and incentive bonus fund. The general reserve fund is used to offset future extraordinary losses. The PRC entities may, upon resolution passed by the shareholders, convert the general reserve fund into capital. The enterprises expansion fund is used for the expansion of the PRC entities’ operation and can be converted to capital subject to approval by the relevant authorities. In addition, certain of the PRC entities were granted a special reserve fund by the government for specific projects carried out by the relevant PRC entities. All other reserve funds are included in retained earnings of the PRC entities but can only be used for a specific purpose and are not distributable as a cash dividend.
Included in the accumulated deficit of the Company as of December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was non-distributable reserves of Rmb1,288, Rmb2,171 and Rmb2,171 (US$329), respectively.
15. | RELATED PARTY BALANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS |
Parties are considered to be related to the Company if the parties that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, control, are controlled by, or are under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
15. | RELATED PARTY BALANCES, TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS - continued |
Other than those disclosed elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements, the Company had the following related party balances:
(a) | Due from/to Related Parties |
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CSH1and its subsidiaries | 118 | 95 | 14 | |||||||||
GDI and its subsidiaries (“GDI Group”) | 2 | 2 | — | |||||||||
HHL and its subsidiaries (except GDI Group) (note 1) | 1,267 | 1,217 | 185 | |||||||||
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HHL and its subsidiaries (except GDI Group) (note 1) | 94,545 | 90,835 | 13,763 | |||||||||
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1 | Ms Eva Chan Ling is the deputy chairman and a director of the Company. She is also an executive director of CSH and the managing director of Rosedale, an equity method affiliate of the Company until June 30, 2007 and accounted for as investments of the Company thereafter. |
2 | Paul Y. Finance Limited is a subsidiary of PYI Corporation Limited, an affiliate of ITC and a company listed on the HKSE. |
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, the amounts due from/to related parties were unsecured, non-interest bearing and had no fixed repayment terms.
16. | STAFF RETIREMENT PLANS |
All of the Chinese employees of the PRC entities (Note 6) are entitled to an annual pension on retirement, which is equal to their ending basic salaries at their retirement dates. The Chinese government is responsible for the pension liabilities to these retired employees. The PRC entities are only required to make specified contributions to the state-sponsored retirement plan calculated at rates ranging from 12% to 20% of average monthly salaries for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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CHINA ENTERPRISES LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
17. | PLEDGE OF ASSETS |
As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, trading and available-for-sale securities amounting to Rmb94,510 and Rmb84,304 (US$12,773) are collateralized to secure the security trading margin facilities of the Company.
18. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
The Company has evaluated all events or transactions that occurred through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no material recognizable nor subsequent events or transactions which would require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements other than those disclosed elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements and below:
(i) | On June 1, 2011, the Company, through Wealth Faith Limited, its direct, wholly owned subsidiary, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding under which Wealth Faith Limited will acquire an equity interest from a third party in an investment holding company with the intention of jointly operating a golf and hotel complex in the PRC. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, refundable deposits amounting to HK$154,800 or approximately US$19,846 have been paid to the third party. The deposits are refundable in full, without interest, within 21 days from August 31, 2012, the deadline of the conclusion of a formal investment agreement. The deposits were funded by the settlement of the Convertible Notes of Rosedale and accrued interest that totaled HK$73,800 (or approximately US$9,462) (Note 7) and a refund of deposits paid for acquisition of a property investment company of Rmb67,500 (or approximately US$10,227) (Note 9). |
On September 28, 2012, the Company entered into a definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with a third party vendor. The Agreement provides for the purchase by Wealth Faith Limited of 40% of the equity interest in Million Cube Limited (“Million Cube”), a company incorporated in BVI from the third party vendor at a consideration of HK$200 million or approximately US$25.6 million. The Company, through Wealth Faith Limited, has previously deposited HK$154.8 million or approximately US$19.8 million in earnest money with the third party vendor, which will be applied toward the purchase price. At the date of these financial statements, this transaction is not yet completed. The closing of the transaction is subject to, among other things, the Company and Wealth Faith Limited satisfactorily completing due diligence and the receipt of all necessary governmental and other consents. The parties to the transaction anticipate that the transaction will close sometime in the first quarter of 2014.
Business of Million Cube
Effective on May 31, 2012, Million Cube acquired from ITC Properties Group Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda and listed on the HKSE (“ITC Properties”), effectively a 45% equity interest of Paragon Winner Company Limited (“Paragon”). Paragon was incorporated in the BVI and engages in the development and operation of a hotel and golf resort, ie Sanya Sun Valley Golf Resort in Yalong Bay, Sanya City, PRC. ITC Properties retains effectively a 55% equity interest in Paragon and accounts for Paragon as its jointly controlled entity. According to the 2012 annual report of ITC Properties, ITC held a 37.9% equity interest in ITC Properties as of March 31, 2012, and the chairman of ITC Properties is also the chairman and a director of Rosedale (Note 15).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except number of shares,
per share data and unless otherwise stated)
18. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS - continued |
(ii) | On November 28, 2011, the Company sold all of its ownership interests in HZ to CZ Tire Holdings Limited, an independent third party company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, for cash consideration of Rmb600,000 or approximately US$90,909. Rmb40,000 or approximately US$6,060 of the proceeds otherwise payable to the Company was deposited into the account of a third party tax service provider for payment of taxes related to the transaction. The remaining proceeds of Rmb560,000 or approximately US$84,848 were fully settled on November 28, 2011. |
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ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS |
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report:
Exhibit Number | Description | |
1 | Memorandum and Articles of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Document Control Number: 02048962) | |
4(a)1 | Contract dated November 21, 2011 between CZ Tire Holdings Limited and the Company for the sale of the Company’s ownership interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company Limited | |
4(a)2 | Contract dated September 28, 2012 between Fortuneasy Limited and Wealth Faith Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purchase of shares of Million Cube Limited by Wealth Faith Limited | |
8 | Subsidiaries of the Company | |
12(1) | Certification of the CEO of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | |
12(2) | Certification of the CFO of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | |
13(1) | Certification of the CEO of the Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
13(2) | Certification of the CFO of the Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
14(1) | Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers |
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SIGNATURES
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Annual Report on its behalf.
China Enterprises Limited (Registrant) |
/s/ Chow Chun Man, Jimmy |
CHOW CHUN MAN, JIMMY |
Chief Financial Officer |
Date: December 23, 2013
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EXHIBITS INDEX
Exhibit Number | Description | |
1 | Memorandum and Articles of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company’s Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Document Control Number: 02048962) | |
4(a)1 | Contract dated November 21, 2011 between CZ Tire Holdings Limited and the Company for the sale of the Company’s ownership interest in Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Company Limited | |
4(a)2 | Contract dated September 28, 2012 between Fortuneasy Limited and Wealth Faith Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purchase of shares of Million Cube Limited by Wealth Faith Limited | |
8 | Subsidiaries of the Company | |
12(1) | Certification of the CEO of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | |
12(2) | Certification of the CFO of the Company pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | |
13(1) | Certification of the CEO of the Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
13(2) | Certification of the CFO of the Company pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 | |
14(1) | Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers |